Whenever those fierce Beidi women broke into their tent, the eldest sister would protect him behind her and say to him over and over again: "Shan'er is not afraid, my sister is here..."
Just saying it over and over again seemed to be comforting him, and it seemed to be emboldening himself.
But he could see clearly that the eldest sister's body was shaking so violently, and her lips were so nervous that they were chapped.
Obviously so timid.
He's obviously just such a big kid.
…
He felt sorry for his eldest sister, and even in his heart, her eldest sister's existence was far greater than his mother's, but the eldest sister still went to Dali.
Still for him.
"Mother! Why should you send your eldest sister to Dali?" Five-year-old Mu Nanshan was rolling on the ground and acting reluctantly. "I don't agree! I don't agree!"
"Do you think you are willing to be your mother?" Lu Minglan's eyes were also blood red, but her hands kept packing Mu Nanzhi's clothes, "Either you go, or your eldest sister goes, you choose!"
"Why does it have to be us! The Great Khan has so many children! Why does it have to be us?!" Mu Nanshan cried so hard that he couldn't breathe. He hugged Lu Minglan's legs and asked, "Why didn't Mother let the Great Khan Send someone else! Why does it have to be the eldest sister! I don’t want to be separated from the eldest sister!”
"Why is it us? Why do you think?! Other princes and princesses have the support of their mother's family behind them. What do you have? I am just a concubine and the most humble concubine, so why should I go with the Great Khan? Negotiate terms?" Lu Minglan laughed angrily, "Why does your eldest sister have to go to Dali? If it weren't for you, how could Dali still remember that we are in Beidi without your eldest sister's mediation? Without Dali's attention, why would Dahan care about you, a bastard with foreign blood? Why would that bitch in Beidi be afraid of us! Today, you have the nerve to beg your eldest sister to stay? Come on, Mu Nanshan, can you show some respect? Everything I do with your eldest sister is just for you!"
"I don't want to be valued by Da Khan! I'm not afraid of them bullying me! I just want the eldest sister to stay! I don't want anything! I just want the eldest sister! I just want the eldest sister!" Mu Nanshan cried so hard that he was speechless, "Mother , I... I don't have any big ambitions, and I don't want to get ahead. I just want to be with my mother-in-law, depend on each other, and eat chaffy vegetables. This... this doesn't matter... I just want my sister... "
"Snapped!"
A slap fell hard on Mu Nanshan's face. He was thin and small, and he had no weight to begin with. At this time, he was crying and exhausted. In addition, Lu Minglan used all his strength. After one slap, Down, Mu Nanshan actually rolled twice on the ground before stopping.
"Why don't you have big ambitions?! Why do you want me and Nanzhi to accompany you to eat glutinous vegetables?!" Lu Minglan's face turned pale with anger, and she pointed at him with a trembling finger, "You know what my mother has been all these years? I have suffered so much and suffered so much! I can’t even die for you, so I just hope that you can get ahead and make my mother proud. Is it because I have no great ambitions?”
…
Mu Nanshan still remembers the strength of that slap, and the hysteria in Lu Minglan's eyes. He was really frightened that day. After being scolded by Lu Minglan, he fainted and waited until he woke up again. By that time, it was already the second day and it was almost dusk.