Chapter 510: Mother, you can't abandon me

She didn't know anyone.

She had never interacted with anyone.

No one had ever accompanied her as she grew up!

Jiang Yun Chu stretched out her fair hand and wiped the little girl's tears, saying, "How old are you? Still shedding tears? Your older brothers and sisters haven't cried in a long time."

Ning Yue Xue used a handkerchief to carefully dry her tears, then stubbornly lifted her head.

"Mother, you can't abandon me, Yue Yue doesn't want to leave you." Her voice trembled slightly from fear.

Jiang Yun Chu laughed and cried, saying, "Silly girl, no one can take you away from my side."

"You're the girl I raised, where else do you want to go?" Her plain hand tapped Ning Yue Xue's forehead.

Ning Yue Xue blinked her big eyes, observing Mother's expression, then uncertainly asked, "Mother, you won't drive me away, right?"

"Yes!" Jiang Yun Chu nodded firmly.

Ning Yue Xue's hanging heart finally settled down.

She had finished reading the materials just now; she recognized every character, yet when put together, she couldn't understand them.

"These are all fake, right?"

Jiang Yun Chu looked at her and said, "Silly."

"When could the Dark Hall's investigated data ever be fake?"

"Moreover, what about real or fake? You are the Eldest Miss of the Regent Prince's Manor, always have been."

As she spoke, she took Ning Yue Xue's hand; the little girl's hand, after the recent fright, was now somewhat cold.

"Yue Yue, I'm telling you this because I don't want to keep it from you."

"They are your relatives, and your parents have indeed been missing for many years. The Yong'an Princess Consort, since your father left, has never stepped out of the manor; yesterday coming to our residence was the first time."

"You can choose for yourself whether to accept them or not."

She rubbed her daughter's hair, which used to be soft and yellow, now it was dark and shiny, saying, "Yue Yue, Mother simply doesn't want to deprive you of the right to see your relatives."

"No matter when, the Regent Prince's Manor is your home, I am your mother, and in this lifetime no one can take you away."

"Do you understand?"

Her daughter deserved everyone's love.

She did not want her daughter to have any regrets.

The child has grown up, has the ability and right, and has made a choice.

Ning Yue Xue's emotions finally settled completely; she lifted her head and said, "Mother, I will always be a person of the Regent Prince's Manor."

"However, I will talk with the Yong'an Prince's Manor; perhaps their manor also does not wish for my appearance."

Jiang Yun Chu knew the little girl's wish was unlikely to come true.

She had already figured out the attitude of the Yong'an Prince's Manor, seeing how much they doted on Guo Guo, so she only said all this to Yue Yue.

If she were not sure that the Yong'an Prince's Manor treated Yue Yue well, she would not have brought this up at all.

"Yue Yue, the Yong'an Prince's Manor is your blood relatives, the Regent Prince's Manor is your foster parents; Mother has never said you can only choose one."

She embraced Ning Yue Xue, just as she did when she was young.

When she was afraid, when she felt wronged, she would hold her tightly, giving her warmth and strength.

"Mother hopes you will be loved by many people."

"Follow your heart, okay?"

A muffled sound came from Jiang Yun Chu's embrace, "Okay."

Just as Jiang Yun Chu was about to let go, the little girl stubbornly stretched out her arms and tightly embraced Jiang Yun Chu's waist.

"You!" she sighed helplessly, but still continued to hold her.

At some point, steady breathing came from her embrace; Jiang Yun Chu felt the strength at her waist weakening, and when Yue Yue fell asleep, she bent over, picked up her daughter directly, and returned to her own bedroom.

"Princess Consort, should I have the maid send the young lady back to the courtyard?" Zi Su asked softly.

Jiang Yun Chu shook her head, "Just let her stay here."

Now her daughter's emotions are unstable; she needs to give her a full sense of security.

Even asleep, Ning Yue Xue tightly held her hand, as if afraid she might leave at any moment.

Yong'an Prince's Manor.

"Really?" the Princess Consort exclaimed, jumping up, but then her head spun and she slumped back into the chair.

Prince Yong'an quickly helped the Princess Consort, shouting outward, "Call the doctor!"

The people outside hurriedly went to call the manor's doctor.

Others directly sent the notices to the palace; these notices were all prepared in advance by the Prince, meant for the Princess Consort's health.

"Mother, what's wrong?" An Guo Guo heard the news and ran over hurriedly.

The Yong'an Princess Consort finally caught her breath, looked at the people around, and said, "You all leave."

Then a pair of probing eyes looked toward Prince Yong'an, asking, "Really?"

Prince Yong'an nodded, "Really."

"How good, how good." the Princess Consort's tears, however, would not stop.

No wonder; upon first meeting, she took a liking to Yue Yue, liking her more and more.

It turned out to truly be her own child.

An Guo Guo lifted her head, then looked at the two people, and asked, "What happened?"

"What is really?"

"What is real?"

She rubbed the two cowlicks on her hair, looking at her father with some confusion.

Mother's body, after years of conditioning, no longer faints at the slightest provocation unless something major happens.

"Ning Yue Xue is your brother's daughter." The Yongan Prince looked at An Guo Guo, his voice calm, yet in those few breaths one could sense his unease.

An Guo Guo stared, then her eyes widened.

"My brother's daughter?"

"Yue Yue?"

After just those two questions were spoken, silence fell.

The Princess Consort looked at her daughter, "What's wrong? Don't you want Yue Yue to come back?"

Her daughter was optimistic and open-minded.

An Guo Guo came to her senses, patted her own head, "How could that be? How could I not want Yue Yue to come back?"

"I just resent myself a little!"

Now the Yongan Prince and Princess Consort were somewhat bewildered, what's wrong with their daughter?

"Five or six years ago I noticed something strange: Yue Yue can't eat apples, nor can she drink any apple-flavored tea."

"Because she's allergic to apples."

An Guo Guo sighed, "If I had known earlier, there wouldn't be all this trouble now; why didn't I think more back then?"

In the world, the only people she'd encountered with apple allergies were her own family members and Yue Yue; at the time she thought it a coincidence and didn't think further.

"Moreover..."

As she said this, An Guo Guo looked at her father, "There is a small sword-shaped birthmark beneath Yue Yue's nape."

"Red."

When her words fell, the Yongan Prince closed his eyes, "Indeed, it is their child."

The Princess Consort also fell silent, and for a moment the room sank into silence.