"Madam, the general is back!" Qiuyue, the head maid, walked to Jiang Wenyue's bed excitedly and said.
"What did you say? The general is back?" Jiang Wenyue sat up instantly, grabbed Qiuyue's arm and asked in disbelief.
Qiuyue nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I didn't lie to you. The general has gone to the palace now, but he sent someone back to tell you the news first."
Jiang Wenyue's tears immediately burst out, she was surprised and aggrieved: "My husband is finally back, I have been waiting for him so hard..."
She threw herself into Qiuyue's arms, crying like rain, her thin body trembling slightly. Qiuyue couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat when she saw her master crying so hard. She stayed with her master every day, and she knew too well how difficult her master's life was!
"Madam, please stop crying. What if your eyes are swollen? I'm sure the general doesn't want to see you so sad. And the general is back now, right? From now on, you don't have to support this family by yourself anymore..." Qiuyue comforted her weak master with heartache.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Wenyue quickly raised her head from the maid's arms, wiped her tears, and asked eagerly: "Are my eyes swollen now? Quickly bring me an egg and roll it around. You are right, I can't let my husband see me like this..."
"It's not swollen, just red. Madam, you will recover after a while. By the way, let me put on makeup for you. Madam, you must appear in front of the general in the best image." Qiuyue suggested.
"Yes, yes..." Jiang Wenyue was immersed in the joy of her husband coming back. When she heard Qiuyue's words, she immediately nodded and agreed.
So Qiuyue put beautiful makeup on Jiang Wenyue, making her look more fragile, helpless and charming. Cui Anhua liked her like this look the most because it could best arouse his desire to protect her.
After putting on makeup and changing her clothes, Jiang Wenyue sat anxiously in the living room, staring at the door, looking forward to it.
"Why hasn't he come back yet?" She murmured from time to time, and ordered the servants again and again, "Go outside and see if the general has returned!"
Finally, when Jiang Wenyue had stretched his neck to the limit of waiting, the sound of horse hooves came closer from afar, and the servant came running back with a happy face and said, "The general is back!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a tall figure rushed in from outside. Jiang Wenyue stood up instantly, tears falling uncontrollably, and cried with joy: "Husband!"
"Yue'er!" Cui Anhua hugged Jiang Wenyue into his arms and kept kissing her head, "I'm finally back!"
"Husband, Cui Lang..." Jiang Wenyue was like a child who had left home and met his parents, "Why did you come back just now? I missed you so much..."
She was full of grievances and resentments, but she also had complete trust in him. Just one sentence from her made Cui Anhua feel as if his heart was being tightened.
The couple continued to hug each other and talked about their separation pains as if no one was around. The servants around them looked at each other with their eyes and noses, and everyone lowered their heads and acted as if they were transparent. Even if they secretly complained that Jiang Wenyue had no dignity and virtue of a mistress, and was more like a concubine who served men with her beauty, it did not show on their faces.
The two of them finally finished talking, and Cui Anhua looked up and asked, "Yue'er, didn't you say that I gave birth to three children? Where are the children?"
Jiang Wenyue's whole body froze. She hadn't thought about the child at all, so she naturally forgot to ask the servants to bring the child out to meet his father first.
Although she gave birth to these three children, she did not actually have deep feelings for them, because she suffered too much during childbirth and her body became even weaker. So every time she fell ill in bed, she could not help but blame the children. In addition, due to her poor health, she seldom saw her children, and the three children were taken care of by servants. Over time, even though they were mother and children, there was a gap in their hearts, and she did not spend the energy to take care of them personally, so it was natural for her to ignore them.
But Jiang Wenyue couldn't bring herself to tell the dark and shameful reason, so she had to make up an excuse and said, "The children are still young. I'm afraid they might get caught in the wind if I carry them out. It would be bad if they get sick. If you want to see them, you can go to their room."
After Jiang Wenyue finished speaking, she suddenly remembered that two of the children were injured in the earthquake and they are still not well! When she thought of this, her face turned pale instantly. Fortunately, she had put on makeup, so Cui Anhua could not see her ugly face.
She let Cui Anhua lead her hand to the children's room, but she was anxious and worried. She was a little worried that Cui Anhua would blame her for not taking good care of the children after seeing that the children were injured...
But how could she be blamed? It was the earth dragon that caused the two children to be injured. She was just a weak woman, how could she protect the children from a terrible natural disaster
Yes, this is not my fault, my husband will not blame me... Jiang Wenyue was trying to comfort herself in her heart.
When Cui Anhua saw the three toddlers being cared for by their nanny, he immediately let go of Jiang Wenyue's hand, walked to the children in surprise, picked up the little girl, and softly coaxed her, "My little Mingzhu, I am your father."
Unfortunately, when the little girl saw him for the first time and was suddenly hugged by this "stranger", she was so scared that she burst into tears and pushed Cui Anhua away with her little hands.
Cui Anhua wanted to coax her again, but suddenly he saw a deep scar on the little girl's cheek.
"What's going on? Why does my daughter have such a scar on her face?" Cui Anhua suddenly became furious and asked the wet nurse next to him in a low voice.
The nurse was so frightened that she immediately knelt on the ground, trembling all over, and stammered: "I don't know, I just came, and the young master already had this scar..."
The wet nurse was hired after the earthquake, so naturally she knew nothing. The previous wet nurse was driven out of the house because she failed to protect her master during the earthquake.
Jiang Wenyue wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, feeling guilty and remorseful, and said to Cui Anhua: "My husband, this is all my fault! I failed to protect my child, and she got this ugly scar on her face at such a young age. It's because I'm a useless mother..."
Qiuyue immediately jumped out to defend her mistress with clear words:
"General, this cannot be blamed on our wife. When the earthquake happened, the master was still ill in bed. It was the servants who worked together to rescue her before the house collapsed. She was busy taking care of herself, so how could she protect the young masters
If you want to blame someone, blame the nurses and servants who took care of the young masters! It was because they failed to protect them properly and only cared about escaping for their own safety, but left the young masters in the house, which is why the young masters got hurt."
Jiang Wenyue had been crying silently with her head down. When she heard her loyal maid say this, she immediately shook her head and said tearfully, "You don't have to absolve me of the crime. As their biological mother, I have to protect them no matter what happens, but I failed in my duty and left my little baby with such injuries. I am not worthy of being their mother..."