sbdcsierra Chapter 305 Do You Admit It?
Chapter 305 Do You Admit It?
"There's no rush for this. We are willing, but maybe she isn't..."
An Yonghou thought of An Qiao's appearance. She seemed to like her current life very much. Even though she looked a bit busy, she was always cheerful.
There's nothing good about aristocratic families. Marquis An Yong's parents didn't have any background either. They were just seventh-rank officials. He had fought his way up step by step with his real swords and guns, and with his proficiency in both civil and military affairs.
Although his wife is somewhat related to the current empress dowager and can be considered the empress dowager's niece, she is naturally also the legitimate daughter of a noble family.
Xu Yinhuan, from the Xu family in Huanzhou.
The years after their marriage were considered the most prosperous years for the Xu family. Xu Yinhuan was the eldest daughter at the time. Although she was not as rich as her uncle who was the head of the family, she was also raised in luxury.
When Xu Yinhuan and An Yonghou got married, An Yonghou was just a young boy.
At that time, many people in Kyoto Prefecture said that they didn't know why the eldest daughter of the Xu family liked him, as he didn't look like a handsome man.
But the two are still together.
What the aristocratic families like most is to separate power and money to ensure the prosperity of the family and a continuous flow of income.
Money and power are separated and managed by several children, and no one can do without the other.
Xu Yinhuan's father was the one who managed the family's finances. Apart from his elder sister who was his uncle's tutor, when Xu Yinhuan was a child, she was often taken to play with her aunt who was a royal concubine at the time.
Although the children brought to show up were different each time, they were mostly little girls, and most of them were legitimate daughters of the family.
Xu Yinhuan loved playing the piano and singing since she was a child, and was very much liked by the imperial concubine. So, like her uncle's elder sister, she was often brought to the palace to accompany the imperial concubine to relieve her boredom.
Later, Xu Yinhuan grew up gradually. Although she could not be described as an exquisite beauty, she was also very graceful and pretty.
When Xu Yinhuan met the Marquis, she was 18 years old and her most beautiful. Before that, her family and the palace had introduced her to countless good men of similar age.
Xu Yinhuan just looked down on them. She always felt that these people listened too much to their mother and had no ambitions of their own, so she couldn't like them at all.
Because she was a legitimate daughter, no one came out to blame her. This world is really strange. If a country girl doesn't get married at the age of 18, it means that she has failed in her attempt to marry into a wealthy family. Her life is over and she will become an old maid who can't get married...
But if she is the legitimate daughter of a noble family, she would become picky and look down on petty quarrels.
In short, Xu Yinhuan felt that although An Yonghou was stupid, he would come back to look for her no matter how many times he was driven away. He really had an indomitable temperament, which made her feel more comfortable than those young masters who were too obsessed with painting.
Not to mention, Marquis An Yong is a very unscrupulous person. If Miss Xu said she wanted to eat cakes the day before, Marquis An Yong would come back to deliver them the next day.
That's fine, Miss Xu said, the food at home was not tasty and had become stale, so Marquis An Yong could climb up the wall and run outside with Miss Xu on his back.
After so many times, Xu Yinhuan fell in love with him.
She fled with her husband for half a year, struggling and enduring countless hardships before finally returning to Kyoto Prefecture.
When the Queen Mother found out, she was very angry. She ordered people to kill all the rebels. But she was also worried about her lost niece, and she went back and forth in this cycle for a long time.
But before she could recover from the ordeal, Xu Yinhuan suddenly fell seriously ill and was soon bedridden.
Today, the Queen Mother still has many complaints against Marquis An Yong, thinking that he could not find her niece's granddaughter, nor could he protect her niece, and that she should not have agreed to this marriage that was obviously not a good match between the two families.
Even after marrying Xu Yinhuan, he had some achievements, killed enemies, judged cases, and was finally granted a title.
Recalling those times, the Marquis still felt a sense of emotion, as it turned out that many years had passed.
"Besides, the people we sent out found that many people were eyeing the little girl I lost that year, and probably many people also found out that it was An Qiao. I always feel that this is not a good thing. In any case, I will try to find out from the side first. If she returns to the family, it will be both a responsibility and protection. If she really doesn't want to, then I will protect her secretly. If she likes to be a little cook, then she can be a happy little cook for the rest of her life."
Marquis An Yong closed his eyes. Perhaps he had not been involved in state affairs for too long. Some people had forgotten about him, while others thought he had fallen asleep.
However, everyone has forgotten how he single-handedly killed everyone in the past.
"What if she doesn't want to, Dad... After all, we had no contact with her in the past 18 years. If she knew the truth, would she resent us?" Qi Ningliang felt a little pessimistic.
If An Qiao really doesn't want to, it will be difficult for him to forget that An Qiao is his sister.
"Don't worry about it. Everything will work out naturally. Everything will work out naturally." An Yonghou didn't know how to comfort Qi Ningliang and himself, so he could only let it go for the time being.
In fact, he could just go to the palace and tell the Empress Dowager directly that he had found his little daughter who had been missing for many years.
But he still wanted to respect An Qiao's wishes. He always felt that if he recognized An Qiao so hastily, An Qiao would be unhappy.
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In a restaurant in Kyoto, An Qiao was eating extremely expensive Hami melon. She came across it by chance today, the beginning of winter, and it looked very novel.
Thinking that my daughter likes to eat these, no matter how expensive they are, I bought two for her.
As expected, the young lady loved it very much and ate the melon all at once.
"My dear, this melon is so sweet."
Qiufen sighed, he originally thought that the desserts made by the young lady were delicious enough, but he didn't expect that the melon he grew himself could be so sweet.
"This melon grows in a place where it's very hot during the day and very cold at night, so it's extra sweet." An Qiao didn't know how to explain the temperature difference between day and night, so she could only speak vaguely.
"My mother once told me that for many crops, if there is a drought that year, although the yield is low, the crops are extra sweet," Dahan also interjected.
Everyone sat in the yard, enjoying the evening breeze and eating melons.
The restaurant is no different from other stores, like the grocery store and Huancailou. The beauty here is that you can go home before the sun sets.
But the restaurant is always busy until it is already dark before it closes, and Anqiao's late-night snack stall has become more and more casual. It opens the door when it is free, and does not do this business when it is not.
An Qiao even said directly that whoever wanted to open the shop could do so, and the money earned could be used to pay the restaurant for ingredients, and the rest could be kept for themselves.
As a result, some people are willing to open the door at night, but not many. Occasionally, children from Anning Lane will open the door, and everyone who opens the door has learned the skill of barbecue.
An Qiao shook her head. Barbecue was indeed something that could rule the world.