The woman, wearing a veil, looked graceful and elegant. She took some steps and in a short while she caught up with the man in front of her.

"It was her. I exchanged my vinegar with her."

As soon as the old woman spoke, Hu Luanfei immediately quickened his pace. Seeing the two people gradually disappear into the depths of the dense forest, he had no choice but to call out softly: "Mother!"

The two people in front paused for a moment and turned around together. Coincidentally, one side of the veil on the woman's face was not caught when she turned around, revealing Lushan's true face.

A face that was almost exactly the same as Hu Luanfei's instantly appeared in front of everyone.

Hu Luan flew too fast and felt a dull pain in his lower abdomen. He had no choice but to stop, supporting his waist with one hand and holding onto the gardenia tree with the other to catch his breath.

"Your Majesty, please sit for a while." Le Yao helped her find a clean place. The two men were curious and came over to greet her out of kindness.

Hu Luanfei held the woman's hand tightly. Although he felt uncomfortable, his bright eyes still sparkled with exciting joy. "Mother..."

She hadn't fallen asleep in her mother's arms for a long time, so she buried herself in the woman's arms and said, "Mother, I miss you so much."

Maybe it’s because of the pregnancy, I suddenly feel like crying so much.

The woman's gaze stayed on Hu Luanfei's bulging belly. Her motherly love overflowed. She felt life beating there, making her look even more helpless, weak and fragile.

In the end, Hu Luanfei fell into a deep sleep.

The woman had no choice but to ask the man to carry her back to the cottage where they lived, despite Le Yao's eloquent pleading.

Le Yao had never seen Hu Luanfei's mother, and she didn't know if the person in front of her was her. She was not sure. After all, she knew that Hu Luanfei was in his twenties. According to her age, the woman in front of her should be in her forties. But she didn't look old, so she couldn't tell.

"Are you doubting whether I am her biological mother?" The ethereal and melodious voice like a lark broke Le Yao's wild thoughts.

Le Yao looked away after hearing this.

The woman fluttered her eyelashes and answered truthfully, "I am."

"You were pretending to be innocent earlier, and you didn't show any excitement or joy at reuniting with your daughter. Unlike my queen, when she saw you, she wanted to fly to your side as soon as she could."

The woman said calmly: "You are not me, how do you know whether I am excited or not?"

Le Yao was stunned for a moment. The woman didn't know when tears filled her eyelashes.

She looked down at the blood-red maple leaf bracelet on her wrist, took it off and handed it to Le Yao.

The moment Le Yao took it, the red maple leaf bracelet turned green in the blink of an eye.

The woman took the bracelet back and placed it in Hu Luanfei's hand, and the green maple leaf bracelet quickly turned back into blood red.

"Why...this..." Le Yao was so surprised that she was speechless.

The woman said softly: "Because of blood."

The woman gently stroked Hu Luanfei's sleeping face, her heart and eyes full of love.

Le Yao couldn't help wondering, "Have you ever looked for your daughter in all these years?"

The woman paused for a moment, and looked at Hu Luanfei reluctantly, wondering whether he should hug her again.

After all, I haven't held a child in my arms for a long time.

Especially for children who have grown that big.

The woman's eyes faded and she asked Le Yao, "How old do I look?"

Le Yao looked at him and said, "About seventeen or eighteen."

"So, do you think I have the ability to go back and find my child?"

Le Yao looked at the young woman in front of her and suddenly became confused.

In this world, is there any mother who looks younger than her daughter?

Le Yao said directly: "I don't understand what you mean."

The woman was not annoyed. When she looked up again, she had transformed into a weathered-looking woman, which was completely different from the seventeen or eighteen years old she was just now.

“This is what I looked like before I died…”

She was only in her twenties, but her temples were already covered with gray hair. Her face was full of vicissitudes, her body was full of fatigue, but she smiled gracefully.

Le Yao was stunned for a moment, "Face-changing trick?"

The woman shook her head. "This is one of the villages where Luan Fei and I lived before. It was also the best time in my memory. Luan Fei was very smart when she was young, and she could learn many things without a teacher. She loved gardenias the most, so she planted many gardenias on this hillside. She also taught me how to make vinegar with gardenia petals."

After saying that, he turned back into his appearance of seventeen or eighteen years old.

"You, you, you are a ghost?" Le Yao was suddenly shocked.

"Yes, it is."

"Grandfather, please stay away from my queen!" Le Yao was afraid of death, but because of the accusation, she rushed forward like a madman and grabbed whatever she could get.

"Be careful! This snake bites very painfully."

Only then did Le Yao realize that the weapon she had caught for self-defense was actually a small green snake.

The little green snake circled along her arm, and only raised its head and spit out its tongue when it reached her arm. The distance was close, and the red tongue kept touching her face, feeling icy cold.

A chill instantly rushed up from the soles of my feet to the top of my head, and a scream broke the tranquility of the afternoon.

"Okay, don't scare the child." The man came in from outside and grabbed the small green snake that was wrapped around Le Yao's arm.

At this time, only a wisp of soul was left of Le Yao clinging to life.

"Little girl, get up." The man knocked on the table that Le Yao was leaning on. Just two knocks woke Le Yao up. As soon as she woke up, she immediately hugged the man's arm, crying and begging him to save Hu Luanfei.

The woman laughed repeatedly at his funny actions, "Are you sure he will help you if you ask him for help?"

"Why don't you help?" Le Yao looked at the man fearfully.

"Because he is my husband now."

After the woman spoke, Le Yao immediately pushed him away and couldn't even cry anymore.

Fortunately, the man was more normal and stopped the woman from making trouble, "Don't tease this child anymore."

The woman stuck out her tongue playfully, then turned to face Hu Luanfei, "She's grown so big, and she's married and pregnant."

The man also sighed, "Although she found us first, this is finally a good ending."

During those days and nights of searching for her, I didn't know where my child was, and I wondered if she had enough to eat, if she was dressed warmly, and if she was in danger. Whenever I thought of these things in the dead of night, I would always be terrified, afraid that when I finally found her, it would be bad news.

"Mother..." Hu Luanfei muttered in his dream.

The woman leaned over and whispered in her ear: "Mother is here, go to sleep."

Hu Luanfei fell into a deep sleep again.

"Cuiwei, there is something I am particularly worried about." The man frowned slightly and tightened his hand on Hu Cuiwei's shoulder. "Luanfei looks so much like you. I am afraid that the people in Beiqiu have already discovered her existence."

Speaking of this, Hu Cuiwei suddenly thought of something, "Since I faked my death and left the palace, Xuanyuan Li has never stopped looking for me. To be honest, I am also worried that Luan Fei's existence will be known to them. Besides..."

Hu Cuiwei turned to face Le Yao, "I heard you always call Luan Fei 'Niangniang', so may I ask, what kind of Niangniang is Luan Fei?"

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