Chapter 70 Treating Her as a Mother
When she got back on the carriage, Ye Qiongying saw An Yu quickly leave the window, pull the curtain flat, and Banban sit upright in his seat, looking straight ahead, pretending that he had not peeked out from beginning to end.
She smiled. After she got off the carriage, she had asked someone to stop it a little further away.
Everything that just happened was blocked by the surrounding people and guards, and the noise outside was noisy and difficult to distinguish, so there was no need to worry about being noticed by An Yu.
Ye Qiongying didn't want An Yu to see those people's faces. If possible, it would be best not to think about the past.
Seeing my mother hanged in front of me at such a young age is not a pleasant memory.
Ye Qiongying herself had experienced such a nightmare before. She had even grown up by then, but when she thinks back on it now, she still feels a dull pain in her heart.
She felt the same way and hoped that An Yu could have a pure and clean past.
Therefore, she did not plan to recover the one hundred taels of silver and give it to An Yu, but instead let the guards divide it.
Anyway, An Yu is by her side, so she won’t be short of money.
As the eldest daughter of the Ye family, how could she treat the people around her badly?
That's right.
Ever since she knew what kind of people the An family was, Ye Qiongying had already decided that this time when she went to the border town, in addition to Uncle Ye, another person she would bring was An Yu.
In his current state, his memory won't recover in a short period of time, and he's overly dependent on her.
Ye Qiongying suspected that it was because she lost her mother at a young age that An Yu regarded her as the support that filled the blank in her memory after she woke up from amnesia. Even though she no longer remembered the past, she still remembered the pain of being abandoned by an important person, which was why she was unwilling to leave her side.
Originally, if An Yu's family was reliable, Ye Qiongying would have planned to send him back.
After all, if he is taken good care of, his memory might return at any time. Having his family around will naturally help him recover.
But Anjia is obviously not a good place to go.
In this situation, I can only keep it with me.
Fortunately, the doctor also said last time that although his health is not good and it is difficult to cure, it will not affect his normal life. As long as he is not stimulated by anything that causes drastic emotional fluctuations, basically nothing will happen.
"Sister!" When An Yu saw Ye Qiongying coming in, he quickly sat aside and left a seat next to himself.
Ye Qiongying sat over and said with a smile:
"Are you anxious?"
"No hurry," An Yu shook her head and looked at Ye Qiongying, "Sister is back! An Yu didn't run away, dear! From now on, sister will take care of An Yu!"
"Okay!" Ye Qiongying agreed immediately, "I'll take you with me when I go out from now on."
Wenping watched from the side.
Why is it that this kid becomes as obedient as a kitten when he sees his master?
I didn't even give her a straight face just now!
"Miss," Uncle Ye asked outside, "are you going back home now?"
"Well, let's go back," Ye Qiongying gave an affirmative answer, "It's time to go back and pack your bags."
The carriage, carrying a group of energetic young men, returned to the Ye Mansion in a ostentatious manner.
Of course no one noticed that the number of people following behind was wrong.
On the other side, as soon as the An family returned to their residence, they immediately started packing up and preparing to leave Beijing.
Although the young lady gave them one day, they were obviously worried, fearing that they would be stopped if they left a step later.
That's nearly twenty thousand taels of silver. How could a sickly pretty boy afford it?
"Coward! Coward! Giving birth to a son is also a disaster. He can cause such a big trouble every time he goes out. If I had known earlier, I should have killed him. It is better than keeping him until now to cause trouble for me!"
The stepmother cursed and glared at An's father while packing her things.
But at this moment she was not thinking about divorce.
If she could return home safely, she would still need her father An to make money to support the whole family!
Father An nodded submissively, lowered his head and said nothing.
The stepmother became angrier and angrier, and she simply slapped Father An on the back, causing him to scream out in pain:
"If you hadn't insisted on making this trip, would they have found us?"
"What did you say?" Seeing that he dared to take the blame, the stepmother widened her eyes. Her younger brother and two sons also stood up.
Father An suddenly became intimidated and didn't dare to say anything.
"Humph, wimp!" The stepmother smiled smugly, "Hurry up and clean up for me!"
There weren't many things in the first place, so the family packed up quickly, bought a donkey cart in a hurry, and headed out of the city.
There were a lot of people in the city gate tower today. After finally squeezing out, they looked at the city gate behind them and breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, I came out in time.
It’s impossible for that young lady to chase out of the capital, right?
Even though all my family fortune was swindled away, at least I still have a hundred taels of silver... huh?
The stepmother's face changed and she quickly turned her pockets upside down, but she couldn't find the banknote.
She slapped Father An in the face:
"Did you steal the banknote? How dare you steal under my nose? Quick, hand over the banknote!"
"I didn't!" An's father was also angry. He had already felt wronged for serving this family, and now all the accusations were pushed onto him. "I think you hid it secretly yourself? Or did you give it to your brother to sleep with a woman again?"
"fart!"
The whole family started fighting right beside the official road.
Inside the city, several guards of the Ye family whistled happily as they looked at the one hundred taels of silver that they had easily obtained.
Oh, this is too simple, the eldest girl just likes to give them subsidies!
After leaving this place, several people quickly returned to Ye Mansion and found Ye Qiongying to report.
It's getting dark.
Ye Qiongying had already informed the elders in her family that An Yu would be going to the border town together.
Old Madam Ye and Madam Hua did not object. They asked the court doctor to come and confirm that An Yu's physical condition would not affect the journey, and then they agreed.
An Yu's residence was also arranged in Ye Qiongying's courtyard, similar to the arrangement of other maids and servants, except that the room was closer to Ye Qiongying.
The Ye family is not worried about their daughter's reputation.
Ye Qiongying will arrive at the border town soon. There are many men in the military camp. If she wants to fit in as a girl, does she need to build a loft to separate herself from the others? The conditions are already very good now. By then, maybe there will be soldiers outside the neighboring tents.
If I can’t accept it now, what will I do in the future?
Yesterday in prison, even though no one made things difficult for me, the conditions were not as good as at home.
Having dealt with Yin Xu today and also planned to go to the border town, Ye Qiongying felt relaxed and fell asleep soon after returning to her room.
The night is getting darker.
Just when the mansion was silent, there was suddenly some slight movement outside An Yu's room.
He was still lying in the room and seemed to have been waiting for a long time. He got up and opened the window.
A black shadow flashed in from the window silently and knelt down in front of An Yu:
"May your Majesty be blessed!"