After I traveled through the book, my sister kidnapped my mother

While Duan Jiling went to adjust the boat, Wen Zhimiao sat there drinking tea and waiting.

She said to Chu Qiu slowly, "Send someone to tell the princess sister that I will not be going back today. I will play outside and will go to perform shadow puppetry for aunt tomorrow. Oh, and ask sister to help her take care of the shadow puppet."

Chu Qiu didn't ask why, but just responded respectfully: "Yes."

When Duan Jiling came back and saw Chu Qiu leaving, she asked her curiously, "Miao Miao, where did you go to protect the guard?"

"Aren't you going back tonight? Since I'm not going back, I have to inform the princess, so that she won't know where I'm going." Wen Zhimiao did not hide it from her.

Duan Jiling nodded and understood.

Chu Qiu came back after a while and still stayed close to Wen Zhimiao, just ten steps away.

Duan Jiling smiled and said, "Miaomiao's guards are very dedicated and conscientious."

Wen Zhimiao's eyes curved slightly. "I used to like running around, climbing trees to get bird eggs, riding horses to hunt, and I would often get myself injured. One time, my mother grounded me, and I secretly climbed the wall, fell down, and broke my leg for a month. After that, Chu Qiu and Chu An were forced to follow me."

"My mother said, to prevent me from doing something weird." Wen Zhimiao squinted his eyes lazily. The breeze from the lake seemed to blow away all the worries and left only the refreshing comfort.

It would be nice if I could just stop thinking about those bad things and live a lazy life.

But unfortunately, this world is full of broken things. If you don’t take the initiative to repair them, cracks will appear under your feet sooner or later.

Wen Zhimiao didn't want to fall into the crack unknowingly and become a frog in a well from then on.

She lazily sat down in the rocking chair by the lake: "My mother is too cautious. I am not a child anymore."

Hearing Wen Zhimiao's deep sigh, Duan Jiling also laughed: "Your mother loves you very much."

"Yeah? Isn't this as it should be? I'm her biological daughter." Although actually she isn't.

She didn't know where her biological mother was, but Wen Zhimiao believed that Su Qingluo would not treat her unfairly.

If she sits firmly on the throne in the future, I can go and see how she is doing.

It might not be appropriate to look for him now. If it is found out by someone with ulterior motives, it will easily lead to gossip.

Besides, there is actually not much point in finding her. If her biological mother is living well now, her appearance will only disrupt her peaceful life.

If they are not doing well, I can at most provide some support, but it is impossible for me to bring them to my side.

There is not much point in saying it.

Duan Jiling sat there with his chin propped up: "Is it natural for a mother to love her daughter?"

"Generally speaking, there are very few daughters who don't love their own children, unless the child was not born voluntarily by her, or the child shows that she has suffered a lot. Would you like a person who caused you suffering? Even if he is just a child." Wen Zhimiao asked casually.

Duan Jiling thought for a long time and asked in confusion: "Why do children become the suffering of their mothers?"

Wen Zhimiao sat up and ate a piece of fruit. The good thing about the south is that there are lots of fruits. In places like Yunjing, there are really few fruits, mainly because the transportation is not convenient enough.

"Well, I don't understand either, but my mother told me a story. She said that when she was doing business, she saved a woman who had just given birth and ran away from home."

"Why?" Duan Jiling asked puzzledly.

"Because she didn't love the father of the child, she was tied up by her family and put on the bridal sedan and forced to have sex in the bridal chamber. The father of the child was a local butcher. He had a little money, but he was a vicious man and few girls were willing to marry him. The girl's family was poor, and the butcher offered a generous betrothal gift, so her family forced her into the bridal sedan and tied her up."

"After the marriage, the butcher often beat and scolded her, and her life was not easy. She was forced to get pregnant and give birth to the child. The woman said that when she saw the child, she wanted to vomit, just like when she saw the butcher forcing her to consummate the marriage."

Wen Zhimiao made up a story casually, or it could not be said to be made up, as there are many women in the world who have encountered such things.

"Like this, then I definitely don't like it." Wen Zhimiao spread his hands.

Duan Jiling still shook her head: "But it's not the child who forced her to marry."

Wen Zhimiao smiled and said, "Then why do you think a butcher would marry a wife?"

Duan Jiling was silent for a while, then whispered, "Start a family and carry on the family line."

Wen Zhimiao said nothing more: "That's it, isn't it for the purpose of carrying on the family line to have children?"

Duan Jiling nodded silently.

"Of course, this is what my mother said. I don't think she is entirely right." Wen Zhimiao said with a smile.

"Hmm?" Duan Jiling raised his eyes and looked at her, like a good kid asking a question seriously.

Wen Zhimiao raised the corner of his mouth: "Based on my understanding of those young masters, they hang out in brothels and wine houses not for the purpose of procreation, but to vent their animal desires. My mother said that men are beasts."

Su Qingluo, who was far away in Jiangnan, had just got off the boat and started sneezing as soon as he arrived at the ferry.

Su Qingluo frowned slightly. She hadn't caught a cold during the entire journey.

She turned around to lead Yun Zhou, who frowned slightly and looked at her: "Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, and I don't know why."

Yun Zhou couldn't help but smile: "Who knows, your good daughter might be saying bad things about you behind your back."

There was no bad word said, just a few nasty things were done.

"She gets things done. Just don't let me hear any bad words." Su Qingluo smiled and shook her head slightly.

She still had the golden mask on her face, covering half of her face.

Yun Zhou had no scruples. Relying on her decent makeup skills, she simply put on a slightly heavier makeup. Unless someone was very familiar with her, no one would be able to tell at first glance that she was the Yun Censor who was supposed to be recuperating in the palace.

Su Qingluo doesn't like the feeling of those things sticking to her face, so she doesn't want to put on makeup.

Yun Zhou had no choice but to let her wear a mask.

"Let's go. Don't worry about her. Jiuzhao is in Yunjing. If she needs help, she will ask Jiuzhao for help herself. She got through the last assassination attempt safely. Why worry about her?" Yunzhou said lightly.

Su Qingluo chuckled: "I don't know who opposed her going at the beginning."

"She's gone now. She's responsible for her own life and death. As a friend, we can only advise her."

"But, would the queen mother secretly ask the Supervisory Council to send more people to Nanshao?" Su Qingluo asked in a low voice.

Yun Zhou's ears turned red instantly.

"Who is her mother? If you keep talking nonsense, go back to Yunjing by yourself." Yun Zhou said angrily.

Su Qingluo quickly held her hand: "You, my Lord Censor."

"I won't go back unless you go back." Wen Zhimiao has been nagging in Su Qingluo's ear for so many years, and Su Qingluo has figured it out. Sometimes you have to be shameless when dealing with Yun Zhou.

Wen Zhimiao had no idea that her complaints helped Su Qingluo succeed.