This portrait of An Lingyue was somewhat different from the one that Nalan Yanming showed her, but she still had the same stunning beauty.
The woman in the painting has a cold expression, with sparse eyebrows and eyes. She looks ahead like a princess high above, or a banished immortal from the nine heavens.
The An Lingyue in the painting has a face very similar to He Xi, but the expression is completely different from what He Xi remembered.
The woman leaning against the window lattice and looking at Nalan Hexi had a pair of gentle eyes and a soft smile that could intoxicate even the sun, moon and stars.
But the eyes of An Lingyue in the painting were extremely cold and sharp, like the blade of a knife.
Moreover, He Xi couldn't help but glance at Nalan Zijun beside him. He and An Lingyue looked so similar, but Nalan Zijun was not the same at all.
Of course, this is a fake, it doesn't seem like a given.
Nalan Zhengze's fingers gently stroked the edge of the portrait, his voice filled with low sorrow, "Your mother was extremely talented and beautiful when she was alive. It was because of your mother's help that our Nalan Mansion is where it is today. Unfortunately, your mother's health has been poor since she gave birth to you, and she passed away a few years later. Whenever I think of your mother, I feel sad and can't eat or sleep, and I am even more afraid to see you thinking about sad things. So from childhood to adulthood, I sent you to the other courtyard and the Seven Star Palace respectively. Ziyun, Hexi, you won't blame me, right?"
Nalan Zijun said quickly, "Dad, don't say that. You sent us away because you loved my mother too much. How could we blame you? Hexi, don't you agree?"
He Xi chuckled and said, "If my brother says yes, then of course it is."
Nalan Zhengze was somewhat dissatisfied with Hexi's sarcastic tone, but he continued: "Ziyun, Hexi, your mother once told me that after she passed away, she would give the most important things to you for safekeeping. When the Nalan Mansion is in crisis, you can take them out and restore the prestige of the Nalan Mansion. Of course, your contributions to the Nalan Mansion will also be remembered, and all the resources of the Nalan Mansion will be at your disposal in the future."
Nalan Zhengze then sighed and said, "To be honest, this is a critical moment for our Nalan Mansion. In this Yanjing City, there is a powerful force secretly trying to swallow up the four major families. Now, the Murong Mansion and the Ouyang Mansion are finished, and it will probably be our Nalan Family's turn next. For the sake of Nalan Mansion, are you willing to give me the things your mother left you to save the Nalan Family?!"
"Of course we are willing!" Nalan Ziyun said quickly, "We are members of the Nalan family. We have the blood of the Nalan family flowing in our veins. The honor and disgrace of the Nalan family is related to our future. If mother's relics can save the Nalan family, I think mother will definitely be willing in her grave. Sister, don't you agree?"
He Xi just smiled and said nothing, letting him perform.
Nalan Ziyun said anxiously, "But father, mother's belongings are not with me. Sister is older than me, and mother asked her to take good care of me. I think mother must have given her belongings to you. Sister, the situation is critical now, so please hand over the things mother left behind!"
He Xi showed a timely look of confusion on his face, "I'm so sorry, I don't understand what you are talking about. You said that mother left behind a legacy, so what is this legacy? Do the clothes that mother made for us by hand count?" (To be continued)