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Chapter 27.2

Lu Daniang was silent for a moment: “Then I will not say anything more. I will find the opportunity to talk to your Old Nanny, do not worry. I will also help keep an eye on your fourth sister’s affairs. Keep the money. You are alone here with no helper around. Who knows what will happen in the future? Always have something to hold onto. If there is something you need, you can find me again. I am not afraid of trouble as I have nothing to worry about in this world.”

An Ruochen choked up and nodded.

Lu Daniang looked out the window again, stood up, and saluted to An Ruochen: “Miss, my husband was a rough man, but he once said whoever values love and righteousness, even if he is a small person, he can stand up to the sky. I believe that. I think this saying can also be said, as long as one values love and righteousness, even though a woman, she can stand up to the sky. You were not willing to marry and dared to escape. I admire you. You beat the drums in the middle of the night to complain about injustice and to find your sister. I admire you. When you knew Old Chen had lost his life, you thought about my safety and looked for someone to save me, and I am grateful to you. I wish you all the best. Please take care of yourself.”

An Ruochen saw her get up and quickly got up as well. Hearing her words, she spilled tears on her sash and bowed deeply. ” Daniang, I am not as good as you.”

Lu Daniang smiled and said goodbye.

Zong Zeqing came in and saw An Ruochen standing, holding the money he lent her.

She handed him the money with tears in her eyes, smiling: “General Zong, I’m so lucky. I always meet good people.”

Zong Zeqing froze. He wanted to let An Ruochen keep the money, but with Big Long staring on the sidelines, he got awkward. Lending some money to a girl in private was one thing, but giving money to a girl in front of others was another. It was not right, so he took it.

An Ruochen thanked him and saluted Big Long and Xie Gang to say goodbye. She walked away with her walking stick.

Zong Zeqing touched his nose, holding the small piece of broken silver, and was a bit embarrassed by Big Long’s stare. He had to find something to say: “General, look at Miss An, she is indeed useless. Others do her a favor without taking her money, and she already thinks the other party is a good person. This kind of lack of intelligence, how is she going to deal with spies, ah.”

Big Long did not reply.

Xie Gang said: ”You, this kind person, has even managed to become a general, do not worry about Miss An.”

Zong Zeqing glared: ”What about me? I have courage and strategy.”

Xie Gang smiled: “Yes, yes.”

Zong Zeqing refused to be convinced: “Humph, who are you laughing at? Wait and see. I will train Miss An to be a master and teach her to take down the spies in one fell swoop.”

Xie Gang continued to smile, “It looks like we’ll have to ask General Zong to do it.”

Big Long nodded his head. Then turned around with his hands behind his back and walked away.

Xie Gang waited until Big Long had gone far away, then he exclaimed in surprise: “Huh, the Lord General said he was going to teach Miss An how to deal with spies. Why did he leave?”

Zong Zeqing’s face fell: “Wait, you set me up?”

“How can it be?” Xie Gang looked sincere, “You and I are good brothers.”

Zong Zeqing: “……” sure enough, he set him up.

The next day, Big Long left the Purple Cloud House again and went to the military camp outside the city. An Ruochen did not see Big Long’s face and continued to recuperate from her injuries quietly and study seriously.

Meanwhile, An Zhifu and An Ronggui returned home that day. Lu Daniang met with the Old Nanny. The two sought a secluded place to speak in detail. The Old Nanny listened to Lu Daniang’s words with tears in her eyes. She blamed herself for being useless and unable to protect her girl without understanding her mind in the past, and now she was still worried about her.

Lu Daniang took the opportunity to advise her to find a way to leave and protect herself.

But the Old Nanny hung her head for a long time and suddenly said: “I, ah. I never thought a woman could have a way out of disobedience. When my young lady married An Zhifu, she did not have a good time. I advised her to be patient and show the authority of the main wife so she could control the situation and live comfortably. But she could not endure, could not hold on. I quietly went to ask the Daxian Temple to help her deal with the fox concubines but to no avail. My young lady finally died of depression. I was sad and blamed myself, but there was no other way. I never thought there would be another path to take. I didn’t dare tell the young lady that the Eldest Miss was betrothed to the Qian family for fear of upsetting her in the grave. I went to the temple to burn incense, cursed Qian Pei to have an early death, and taught the Eldest Miss to learn from those wicked concubines on how to curry favor. To live in the Qian House, endure for a few years, and not prevent the old man from taking concubines and maids. Even help him to get a few more concubines. He was old. The more ridiculous, the sooner he would die. I only thought of these ……” she said up to here and wiped the tears: “I only said that when it comes to this kind of thing, a way out can only be like this. I never thought the Eldest Miss would dare to have other ideas. It turns out that she never intended to give in. What to please, what to bear the humiliation? I now understand she was willing to be like that to get another way out. I, one the other hand, never dared to think of another way.”

Lu Daniang sighed: “Nanny, what is the use of talking about this now? Since the Eldest Miss has managed to get out, let her go. She is concerned about you. You can help her feel at ease.”

Old Nanny shook her head: “I keep saying I will return to my hometown to retire, but how can I leave? I only hope to take care of the Eldest Miss until she dies so I can be worthy of my young lady. I thought she didn’t want me to see her married into the Qian House and was sad. Now that I know she has such a heart and courage, I can’t leave.”

Lu Daniang frowned: ”What does that mean?”

“Sister, since the Eldest Miss entrusted you to come, she must have trusted you. She always looked for you to talk to, and now I understand what is happening. I am a useless person. The Eldest Miss did not talk to me even if she had an idea in her mind. She knew I would try to stop her and advise her not to be reckless and not to think much, just like I advised her mother. She didn’t want to be like this. She felt she couldn’t rely on me.”

Lu Daniang said anxiously, “Sister, the Eldest Miss does not think like this. She does not want to drag you down and put you in danger.”

Old Nanny shook her head: “Don’t need to comfort me anymore. I understand it in my heart. I thought wrongly in the past. The Eldest Miss has escaped, and I am happy in my heart. As for me, I’m an old person. I’m worthless. What’s the point of raising an old person? If I leave, my heart will not be at ease. I tell you, that bastard An Zhifu’s heart is poisonous. The Eldest Miss has escaped and is still in this city. He must hate her. He hurriedly went to Fu’an County to see that Qian Pei and stayed there for a few days. In these few days, what did they discuss? How do they want to deal with the Eldest Miss? I have to stay at the An House to watch for the news. If they try to harm the Eldest Miss, I have to report to her.”