Chapter 045: Adoptive Mother's Dying Wish
In Ah Xiyan's memory, her adoptive mother rarely mentioned her biological mother, but every time she sang this song to put the young Ah Xiyan to sleep, she would reveal a faint sadness, as if she remembered something that made her extremely memorable and sad.
Later, when Ah Xiyan grew up, it was common for her adoptive mother to sing this song softly inadvertently when she was alone in the dense forest, and she was so involved that she didn't even notice when Ah Xiyan came to her.
For this reason, Ah Xiyan also asked her adoptive mother what was the special commemorative significance of this beautiful song, and her adoptive mother told her that she grew up listening to this song when she was a child.
said that this song was specially composed by her biological father for her birth, but her mother didn't seem to know who her father was, and she didn't want to mention it, so she didn't ask any more.
And her mother left the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons when she was ten years old, and never came back.
Before leaving, I left her a letter, the content of which was very simple, that is, I felt sorry for her daughter, and said that she went to find her biological father by herself.
If she finds her, she will come back and pick her up to leave the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons to live.
But if she doesn't come back, I also hope that her daughter will never leave the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons to find her, and she can marry someone in the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons and live her life.
Originally, Ah Xiyan's adoptive mother planned to leave the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons to find her biological parents when she grew up, but who knew that when she was sixteen years old, she met her crush and got married.
And half a year later, she became pregnant again, so she dispelled the idea of leaving the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons to find her biological parents.
Later, her daughter was born, and the family of three was very happy in the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons, and gradually forgot about leaving the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons to find their biological parents.
Who knew that when her daughter was eight years old, she accidentally broke a small hole in the sachet she was wearing to repel poisonous insects, and all the special spices used to repel poisonous insects were lost, but she did not realize it.
And Ah Xiyan's adoptive parents saw that the sachet was wearing on their daughter's waist, so they didn't check it carefully, and turned off the lights and went to bed as usual.
As a result, after falling asleep in the middle of the night, her adoptive parents' daughter was attacked by countless poisonous insects, and before she could cry for help, she died.
Because everyone in the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons must wear this special sachet for self-defense from birth, and before going to bed, they must also take a look at whether it is on their waist, once they accidentally lose it, they have to make a new one overnight.
Otherwise, in the middle of the night, the whole body will definitely be wrapped in thousands of poisonous insects, and after suffocating on the spot, the flesh will be eaten up by thousands of poisonous insects and become a pile of white bones.
It's a pity that although her adoptive parents glanced at the sachet on their daughter's waist before going to bed, they didn't expect that the spices used to repel insects in it had run out.
By the time I found out the next morning, it was too late.
Her daughter had been eaten by poisonous insects and turned into a pile of white bones, only to find that a small hole had been broken in the sachet on the waist of the white bones.
This incident hit Ah Xiyan's adoptive parents very hard, and they were also depressed for almost a year.
It wasn't until one day that he picked up the newborn A Xiyan in the jungle at the edge of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons, and he spent all his energy on A Xiyan, which can be regarded as stepping out of the shadow of losing his daughter.
Since then, Ah Xiyan's adoptive parents have also regarded Ah Xiyan as their own and tried their best to raise Ah Xiyan as an adult.
Every night before Ah Xiyan goes to bed, her adoptive mother will repeatedly check that there is no problem with her sachet before she goes to sleep with peace of mind, also to avoid the tragedy of her own daughter from happening to Ah Xiyan.
It's just that over the years, Ah Xiyan's adoptive mother still can't forget her biological mother, so whenever she misses her mother very much, she will come to the jungle alone to sing this song to relieve the pain of lovesickness.
Although Ah Xiyan's adoptive mother told Ah Xiyan about her biological mother, she never told Ah Xiyan that she once had a daughter, let alone that Ah Xiyan was just an abandoned baby she picked up after losing her daughter.
If it weren't for the dying moment, Ah Xiyan's adoptive mother couldn't bear to let Ah Xiyan spend her whole life in the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons in a daze, so she said all this.
When Ah Xiyan left the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons to find her biological parents, she helped her pay attention to her biological mother by the way.
And the only one who can prove that the other party is her biological mother, in addition to being able to sing this song, there is a birthmark like a plum blossom on the back of the other party's right hand.
also said that if Ah Xiyan was really lucky enough to meet her biological mother and help her tell her mother a word, that is, she did not hate her mother until she died, and when she was ten years old, she left her to leave the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons to find her biological father.
If there is an afterlife, she still wants to be her daughter, but in the next life, she hopes to stay by her mother's side to take care of her for a lifetime and provide for her in old age, instead of only being able to get along with her mother for ten years like in this life.
Although it was just a simple sentence, this was her adoptive mother's only wish on her deathbed, so Ah Xiyan also kept it firmly in mind.
also intends to try her best to help her adoptive mother find her biological mother, and relay her adoptive mother's last words to her mother, which can be regarded as a way to repay the adoptive mother for her nurturing grace in the past 17 years.
Originally, she thought that she would not meet her adoptive mother's mother so soon, but she didn't expect that she was just passing by the cold palace meditation garden in the palace, and she actually heard a woman singing the song that her adoptive mother loved to sing.
Although a song alone is not enough to completely confirm that the other party is the mother of the adoptive mother, Ah Xi feels that she should still find a way to meet the other party.
Even if the other party is not the biological mother of the adoptive mother, he must know the adoptive mother's mother, otherwise there is no reason to sing this song that outsiders will not sing.
It's just that this meditation garden is a cold palace after all, and it belongs to the forbidden place in the palace, and it is not that she is a new palace maid qualified to enter.
Although the emperor has verbally appointed her to the position of chief imperial physician, because she asked the emperor to postpone the public announcement, she is not officially the chief imperial physician at present, and there is no chief imperial physician token that can enter and leave any part of the palace.
So she knew that she was afraid that she would reach the gate of the Meditation Garden, and she would not be able to convince the royal guards guarding to let her in.
But if she just gives up, she will go to the border tomorrow morning, and it is difficult to say whether she can come back, and she will miss this only opportunity to repay her adoptive mother for her nurturing grace forever.
In this case, Ah Xiyan still walked towards the door of Jingxin Garden, she thought about trying to discuss with the doorman when she got to the door, to see if she could be accommodating, and let her go in to take a look at the woman.
If the woman is her adoptive mother's mother, then she will leave immediately after telling the adoptive mother that she has entrusted her, which can be regarded as fulfilling the adoptive mother's request.
But if the woman is not, then let's see if we can ask her for relevant clues so that she can continue to search for the whereabouts of her adoptive mother's biological mother when she returns from the border in the future.
It was with this thought that Ah Xiyan came to the door of Jingxin Garden without hesitation.
And the entrance of the Meditation Garden was just as she expected, there were indeed two royal guards guarding it.
Only at this moment, the two royal guards were so bored that they had already fallen asleep on the ground.
And there was a big lock hanging on the gate of the Meditation Garden, and if she didn't wake up the two royal guards to open the door, Ah Xiyan wouldn't be able to enter at all.
After a slight hesitation, Ah Xiyan walked over and tried to wake up the royal guard with the key hanging on his waist.
"This big brother, big brother guard, are you awake?"
Ah Xiyan shouted quietly as she slapped the arm of the royal guard, who looked like she was having a sweet dream.
"Ah...... Ha! I'm so sleepy! Yo, is it almost dinner time? Oh, my God! I've been asleep for two hours! Pander to...... Ha! Sleepy! Wait a minute, I'll open the door for you. ”
When he finally woke up the smiling and sleeping royal guard, the other party yawned repeatedly and squinted sleepily.
The other guard was still sleeping soundly and snoring.
"Huh? Isn't that right? Why are you alone, or empty-handed? ”
It's just that when he stood up, took off the key hanging on his waist in a daze, and was about to open the door, he inadvertently glanced at A Xiyan again, and asked with a puzzled expression.
Hearing what the royal guard said, Ah Xiyan knew that the other party mistakenly thought that she was the palace maid who came to bring dinner to the cold palace.
So, he hurriedly smiled and said politely: "Brother Guard, hello, I'm not here to deliver dinner." It's still early for dinner. I'm here to find someone. It's the woman who sings inside. I suspect that she is an old friend who I have been lost for many years, and now that I finally have news of her, I wonder if I can be accommodating and let me go in and have a look. If I recognize the wrong person, I will leave without saying anything. If she really is the old person I know, I will say a few words to her and leave immediately. All right? I promise I won't trouble you. ”
"What? Why are you here not to deliver dinner? It also woke up my sweet dreams! Don't you know that this is a cold palace? Can you just go in and find someone? You're the new palace maid, aren't you? So ignorant of the rules! Besides, all the concubines who have made big mistakes are locked up here. If there is no emperor's will, no one is allowed to enter and see them in private, otherwise it will be a capital crime to lose their heads! You're going to die that heart! Go, go, go! Go aside! ”
The royal guards guarding the door were extremely displeased.
Obviously, he also blamed Ah Xiyan for disturbing his previous dream.
After saying that, he stretched out again, intending to continue to sit down and continue with his previous sweet dream.
"Smack!"
Just when Ah Xiyan was a little disappointed and didn't know how to persuade the royal guard to be accommodating, she didn't expect a masked man to suddenly fall from the sky and hit the royal guard's neck on the side of the neck with a quick shot.
Before Ah Xiyan could react to what was going on, she saw that the royal guard suddenly fainted.
The masked man ignored the fallen royal guard, and came to Ah Xiyan's side in a flash and whispered: "If you really want to see the singing woman, don't make a sound, relax your whole body, nod your head, and I'll take you in." Rest assured, I have no ill will towards you. But if you don't believe me, just shake your head, and I'll leave. After that, you should get out of here. ”
After listening to the other party's words, Ah Xiyan also hesitated slightly, but still nodded.
Then, the masked man jumped up with his arm around her waist, flew up to the high wall of the meditation garden in the blink of an eye, and jumped down without hesitation......