Chapter 369 The Truth Comes Out
On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the Chinese New Year is approaching, and the DPRK is on holiday.

Ning and Xiao Pingan finally arrived in the capital.

Jiang Hao and Xiao Jingshan calculated the time and came to the city gate to pick them up.

The two were afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, so they took an unmarked carriage and kept a low profile.

Despite this, Xiao Ping'an recognized them at a glance among the crowd.

"Third brother, third sister-in-law!"

"Safety!"

The moment Xiao Ping'an saw Jiang Hao and Xiao Jingshan, all the fatigue from the journey dissipated, and he rushed over with a smile like a little fool.

He wanted to hug his third sister-in-law, but he glanced at the woman next to him who was staring at him eagerly and curled his lips.

We haven’t seen each other for such a long time, and the third brother is still so stingy.

Xiao Jingshan's air-conditioning whizzed out, and his wife could not hold anyone but him.

Jiang touched Xiao Ping'an's head as before, "Ping'an has grown taller again and is getting more and more beautiful."

Being treated as a child, Xiao Ping'an felt embarrassed in his heart, "Sister-in-law, these are all words to praise a girl."

"Hahaha, if Ping An is a girl, then the third sister-in-law can take her wherever she goes."

He said this to Xie Xuan when he left Yong'an Town, and Xiao Ping'an blushed even more.

Xiao Jingshan went to help Ning get out of the carriage, "Mom, are you okay?"

Ning's eyes turned red when she saw Xiao Jingshan, "Okay, it's just been a long ride, Jingshan, okay..."

Seeing that Ning was choked up and unable to speak, Jiang Hao suggested, "Go back and talk. Mom is exhausted from the journey."

The two of them helped Ning to the carriage, and the four of them went back in the same carriage.

No one mentioned Xiao Jingshan's identity along the way. Jiang Hao only asked about family matters, and Ning finally relaxed.

He talked about what happened after she left.

Zhao Sheng in the Malatang shop had a falling out with his mother and wanted to marry Tao Hong. It turned out that Tao Hong was not a good thing at all.

After discovering the adultery with his own eyes, Zhao Shenglingding woke up drunk and slept with the girl in the shop, and then married the girl in the shop.

There was also the Tian family, and the youngest daughter-in-law also came in. The two daughters-in-law were fighting in the ring, making a big fuss.

Especially the eldest daughter-in-law is petty-minded and easily instigated by her mother's family.The younger daughter-in-law is quite aggressive, but also very shrewd.

Tian Cuihua kicked her two sons out and built another house, and the old couple lived with Xuehua.

"Has Xuehua got married yet?" Jiang Hao still liked this girl and asked one more question.

"No, the threshold for matchmakers has been crossed, and none of them have succeeded." Ning shook her head.

"Those matchmakers spread the word that Xuehua's heart is as high as the sky, and she doesn't like the dirt-legged people in the countryside. She wants to be an official wife like you, so she won't marry."

Xiao Pingan interrupted, "Everyone in the village is envious of Third Sister-in-law. She never leaves your side for gossiping."

Jiang Hao asked, "Then they didn't envy me before?"

Xiao Ping'an grinned, "I'm envious, the third sister-in-law can still live a life that others envy even without the third brother."

Jamel Xiao raised his eyebrows, "You kid, if you can't speak, just speak less."

Xiao Ping'an didn't even look at him, only looking at Jiang.

Arriving at the Prince's Mansion, Ning felt a little timid looking at the magnificent mansion.

Especially what she was about to face made her extremely uneasy.

Xiao Jingshan settled Ning and said before leaving: "Mom, have a good night's rest. You will probably enter the palace tomorrow. You have to remember that I am your son at all times." Ning was wet. Eye sockets.

……

The next day, the emperor summoned Jiang Hao and Xiao Jingshan to take Ning into the palace.

"The common people's women come to see the emperor, the noble concubine."

Mrs. Ning knelt in the palace and felt uneasy. She had lived in the countryside all her life, but she never thought that one day she would be able to enter the palace.

The imperial concubine took the initiative and said, "Mrs. Xiao is kind to Chen Cheng'er, please get up."

Emperor Yi'an said, "Xiao Ning, please tell me carefully what happened back then. How did my son become the third son of the Xiao family? If he hadn't appeared in front of me, no matter how hard I checked, I wouldn't have been able to find any flaws." .”

How did a country woman get such a great ability to hide things from others?

Ning lowered her head and said slowly.

"The husband of a folk woman is a hunter. We, our husband and wife, originally lived at the foot of Jingshan Mountain and made a living by hunting..."

She was pregnant with her third son at the time and was about to give birth. When she heard someone who was hunting with her came back and said that his man had been scratched by a blind bear in the mountains, she went up the mountain all night, regardless of the fact that her belly was about to give birth.

As a result, when they arrived in the mountains, her amniotic water broke, and she gave birth to a stillborn baby alone in the col.

Just as she was about to find a place to bury the child, she heard a faint cry.

Then she found the child in the grass. One look at the blanket on her body and she knew that he was either rich or noble. She couldn't think too much about the appearance of a child on the mountain for no reason.

She gritted her teeth and replaced her child. She wrapped the living child in the grass with her own coat and put it into the quilt herself, but she did not take off the stone around her neck.

She took the child and found the man, and the two returned home together.

The children were all newly born, and you couldn't tell them apart unless you looked carefully. In addition, she was already carrying a huge belly, so no one doubted the child in her arms.

Within a few days, he moved from the foot of Jingshan Mountain to Huanghuagou.

As for the relic Xiao Jingshan carried around his neck, when the man asked about it later, Ning only said that it was picked up in the mountains when she was giving birth. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, she put the relic away.

As a result, Boss Xiao and the second family treated it as a family heirloom and made a big fuss.

From beginning to end, she never told anyone that Xiao Jingshan was not her biological child, not even her dead husband knew.

After hearing this, Jiang Hao admired Mr. Ning for guarding Xiao Jingshan's identity for 20 years.

"There is God's will in the dark, Your Majesty, if it weren't for this Mrs. Xiao, I'm afraid our Cheng'er..." The imperial concubine looked at Emperor Yi'an with tears in her eyes.

Emperor Yi'an assumed that if the Ning family did not replace Cheng'er, the Jinwu guards he sent out would find the child on Jingshan Mountain, and the child would not have been lost for more than 20 years.

Of course, this is just an assumption. Under those circumstances, it would be a miracle for a newborn baby to survive.

Whether it was due to love or courtesy, Mrs. Ning was always kind to Xiao Jingshan.

The imperial concubine looked at Mrs. Ning and said, "Don't worry, Madam Xiao. Your biological son has been buried. I have offered him a long-lit lamp and got up at night to chant sutras."

The reason why she did this was selfish, because she wanted to pray for Cheng'er.

Ning's eyes were moist, "Thank you so much, Concubine..."

Emperor Yi'an awarded Ning a reward, pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that you have a young son. Let him study in the Imperial College."

Ning lowered her eyebrows and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. The son of a commoner's wife comes from a rural background. He won't understand a place like the Imperial College even if he goes to a place like the Imperial College. If he can pass the exam in the future, it will be his ability. If he fails, it will be his destiny."

"She is a virtuous woman. No wonder she can raise Cheng'er so well, Your Majesty."

Concubine Su looked at Emperor Yi'an.

(End of this chapter)

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