Chapter 7
The stronger Zhixuan whimpered and hugged Antai the moment he was about to step into the carriage, "Father, why don't you go? Let's go back to Gongjiang's hometown together!"

"The emperor's orders cannot be disobeyed. Good boy, you must listen to your sister's words from now on!"

"But I don't trust you, I don't want to be without dad."

Qianru also wept uncontrollably.

King Gui is the emperor's uncle. She had heard of his notoriety when she was in the Hou's mansion in her previous life.

He was a powerful and powerful man who held the military power in his hand, and even the emperor would be courteous and respectful, and the capital would tremble if he stomped his feet.

"Father, you must not be serious when you go."

"What are you going to do if you don't take it seriously? Look at Zhixuan and wait for me to come back."

At this time, Shangguan Yuan came riding a horse, and patted his chest to promise that he would escort An Tai to Gui County safely.

Only then did Zhixuan let go of his hand.

But when the carriage moved, he regretted it again, and chased after him all the way crying, "Father!"

An Tai lifted the curtain and waved him to go back. Seeing that he refused to follow him and fell into the snow, he got out of the car distressedly and hugged him in his arms.

"Be good! With General Shangguan here, dad will be fine. You have to be strong and protect your sister."

Zhixuan took out a string of small bells from his pocket and stuffed them into his father's hand, "Father, you wear it on your body and hang it up when you sleep at night. In this way, when bad guys come, you will be alert."

The bell was bought for his son at the Antai New Year's Eve Lantern Festival. He did not expect his son to be so filial and witty. He immediately saw a long-lasting hope, and cherished the bell in his arms.

Qianru also had something she wanted to give to Antai, but it was made in a rather ugly way, and she had no face to take it out at first, but now that it was the last moment, she didn't care about so many things, so she closed her eyes and stuffed a crumpled sachet for her. Aetna.

"There are some refreshing herbs in it, and some bupleurum pills, maybe Dad will use it."

Shangguan Yuan went over to have a look, tears of laughter came out, "It's done like this, no wonder it's only taken out now."

She blushed, and solemnly assured An Tai that no matter what, she would find a way to raise Zhixuan.

An Tai nodded in relief, and reluctantly stepped into the carriage.

Qianru and Zhixuan sent her off silently at the back, all the way out of the south gate.

At that time, the carriage had already left the capital for more than ten miles.

Zhixuan threw himself into her arms remorsefully, and confessed to her what happened that day when the imperial army searched the house.

He guessed that Liu Shi and Zhihui were going to blame Qianru, so he took a shortcut and climbed over the wall to return home.

Sure enough, after the Liu family lured Qianru away, Zhihui hid the money box in Qianru's house.

He hated it so much, he retaliated with an eye, and quietly put the money box in Liu's house, so that Liu's family was searched.

The Liu family is doomed, but the entire An family has also suffered a catastrophe.

"Sister, I'm so sorry, I should have taken the money box away. If the officers and soldiers didn't find anything, maybe things wouldn't be like this."

"It's not your fault. The wicked people in this world are too rampant."

Qianru comforted her like this, but in fact, she couldn't pass the test of conscience either.

In the afternoon, the official came to ask for An Qianwen's medical expenses. After Qianru gave it, she found that the family had very little money left.

Antai didn't know if she could come back alive, and for the sake of her future life, she fired all the servants and cooks at home.

The intention is to save some money, so as to plan for a long-term livelihood in the future.

Unexpectedly, one day when doing laundry, Zhixuan came to help, and the shoes got wet, and he caught a cold because he didn't change them in time.

The onset was sudden, and after only a few hours, the little face was flushed red.

She hurried to the doctor.

After catching a few doses of medicine, all the money of the whole family was put together and there were only thirty or so taels left. After deducting Zhixuan's three-month tuition and miscellaneous fees, only five taels of silver were left.

Stretched.

How should I live in the future?

The official came to ask for An Qianwen's medical expenses.

She had no choice but to hand over the last five taels of silver.

She had no choice but to find all the jewelry in Liu's, An Qianya's, and An Qianwen's houses and sell them for sale, for a total of twenty taels of silver.

When returning home, he saw a carriage parked in front of his house.

The coachman looked familiar.

Shangguanyuan?
She quickly stepped over the threshold, only to realize that it was Mrs. Shangguan.

With a runny nose, Zhixuan was serving tea to the old lady.

The old lady took it in disgust, put it aside, and saw her when she looked up, her face was even more embarrassed.

The visitor is not good!

How can this be good?

She hesitated and walked up to the old lady, greeted her and greeted her.

The old lady angrily threw a crumpled sachet at her feet.

The sachet was given to An Tai by her a few days ago, but now it is in the hands of Mrs. Shangguan, what is going on?

She was still reacting when the old lady Shangguan's slap burned her face.

"Why did you hit my sister?"

Zhixuan waved his fist to avenge her, but was held back by the old lady's maid.

"When we were discussing marriage, I had a good impression of you. I didn't expect you to look as proud as your old man on the outside, but on the inside you are a coquettish vixen."

"Shut up!" She couldn't bear it, and retorted angrily, but before she could say anything, she was slapped again, and the more she retorted, the more she was hit.

She was born in the general family, and she has kung fu in her hands. Even though she is old, her vigor is not comparable to that of a boudoir woman like her.

"An Qianru, remember it for me. You are an abandoned woman and not worthy of my son. You are not allowed to have any more contact with me in the future!"

After all, he ordered someone to give her a bag of silver, and walked away.

A scholar can be killed, but not humiliated.

She chased it out and angrily threw the silver at the old lady's feet.

"Even if I, An Qianru, were down and out and begged along the street, I would never ask for money from your Shangguan family."

The old lady didn't look back, ordered someone to pick up the silver, and got on the carriage contentedly.

"Sister, this must not be what Brother Shangguan meant."

"Marriage is a matter of parents' order, matchmaker's words, what he means is not important."

What she said was not unfounded.

When he was married to Shangguan Yuan in the previous life, Shangguan Yuan obeyed his mother in everything. Seeing you after rebirth, it seems that there has been some change, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that.

She took out her handkerchief and wiped the snot from Zhixuan's face.

Because of illness, Zhixuan was already five days late at school.

Not preventing him from neglecting his homework, she found the book and let him sit by the stove in the kitchen to read.

In this way, she can supervise him while decocting the medicine.

The next day, seeing that his snot had stopped, she took him to the academy early to enroll.

Master Zhou of the college is An Tai's classmate, and he sympathizes with An's situation very much. Not only did he not embarrass them, but he also offered to help and begged the dean to reduce Zhixuan's miscellaneous expenses.

Although this is a drop in the bucket for An's current situation, it is a timely help after all.

Qianru was so grateful that she silently remembered Master Zhou in her heart.

Unexpectedly, Zhixuan ran back in the afternoon.

His whole body was bruised, his forehead and face were bruised.

Qianru wanted to rush to the academy to seek justice for him, but she didn't know that as soon as she left, several wives came to her with children with bruised noses and swollen faces.

Those children were all injured more severely than Zhixuan, and the most serious one even had the bridge of his nose crooked.

"An Zhixuan, how could you hit your classmates so hard?"

"I can't allow anyone to slander my father and sister. My father is an upright official and my sister is the best woman in the world."

The ladies didn't bother to argue with them, so they just said two words: "Losing money!"

Zhixuan then grabbed all the money in the book bag and threw it to them, a total of 20 taels, which happened to be the tuition fee paid to the academy early in the morning.

How can this amount of money be enough to calm people's anger?

People want 200 taels.

Qianru couldn't afford it, and she didn't dare to give them the rest of the family's money, so she had to let them abuse her.

"Crafting 3 taels of silver and still relying on our little medical expenses, you are simply a bunch of animals!"

At this time, Hu Yong, the doctor of imperial history, came suddenly and rescued them, and at the same time brought them a bad news.

Antai was assassinated and died on his way to Guijun.

To be exact, he was burnt to death while staying at the inn. Shangguan Yuan was seriously injured and unable to hand over Antai's ashes to them face to face, so he entrusted the matter to Hu Yong.

Hu Yong knew that life was difficult for An's family, so he waited until he received the pension before sending him over with Antai's ashes.

They had just set up the mourning hall when Liu Shi, An Qianya, and An Qianwen unexpectedly appeared.

Qianru rubbed her eyes in surprise.

So is Zhixuan.

(End of this chapter)

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