Peaceful Farm Life-Chapter 1068 - 1069: Don’t Let Us Worry

"I just want to say," An Jing continued, "whether your body can bear children or not, if you truly meet the right person, that person won’t care about that."

"Like my husband. When he was with me, he didn’t care that I couldn’t have children. You go and ask around, before I got pregnant, everyone, including my husband and I, thought I was barren. You should see how my husband treated me and how our lives were together, everyone envied our relationship, we were so close as if we were one person."

"Even without children, a couple can still live happily." Besides offering such comfort, An Jing really didn’t know what else to say.

She was actually not very good at comforting people.

But she could tell that Tobanya was feeling very upset, so, she thought it was better to say some comforting words as much as possible.

Finally, Tobanya opened her eyes, turned her head, and looked at An Jing sitting by the bed, sincerely saying thank you, "Thank you, Princess, for your concern. Wild Goose Jade is fine."

Fine...

How could she be fine...

An Jing didn’t expose Tobanya’s pretense, but said, "Take good care of yourself; there are plenty of people who care about you, don’t make us worry."

Whether or not Tobanya heard the underlying meaning in An Jing’s words, she nodded: "Mm."

...

When An Jing left Tobanya’s room, she happened to see Meng Zhuqing in the courtyard, comforting Old Lady Meng. First, An Jing told Meng Zhuqing to keep Old Lady Meng company before leaving King Sheng’s mansion to return to Prince Yi’s Mansion.

Old Lady Meng was not at all comforted by Meng Zhuqing; she was still sobbing, "If the Commandery Princess had not saved me, it wouldn’t have happened... It’s all my fault... The Commandery Princess shouldn’t have saved me..."

"If I had known that this would happen today, I would not have left the mansion no matter what; that horse, I don’t know what got into it, suddenly went crazy... Then the Commandery Princess appeared and saved me, but she... it’s all my fault... It’s me..."

Meng Zhuqing didn’t know how to comfort his mother and could only say again, "Mother, you didn’t want this to happen."

But Old Lady Meng continued to sob, "She is a Commandery Princess, with such a noble status. Later, because she cannot bear children, people will mock her behind her back... I have truly committed a great sin..."

"Mother, let’s go back; staying here won’t help. The Commandery Princess needs to rest in peace. If she hears this, how can she rest well?" Meng Zhuqing, suppressing his own heartache for Tobanya, once again urged Old Lady Meng to return.

Old Lady Meng finally agreed to leave.

Meng Zhuqing did not accompany Old Lady Meng back to the General’s mansion, nor did he stay at King Sheng’s mansion. Like An Jing and Gong Juechen, he went back to the Prince Yi’s Mansion.

Seeing Meng Zhuqing return so quickly, An Jing was surprised and blurted out, "Why are you back so soon?"

Meng Zhuqing understood what An Jing meant and fell silent for a moment, then honestly said, "I will go over to check on her at night."

An Jing, silent.

She could guess that he was going to sneak into King Sheng’s mansion at night.

...

In the middle of the night.

The moon shone brightly, and the stars were sparse.

Meng Zhuqing sneaked into King Sheng’s mansion.

At this time, the lights had gone out in Tobanya’s room.

Meng Zhuqing sneaked into the courtyard where Tobanya lived, not trying to find a way into her room; he just stood quietly at the doorway to her room.

Other than being a little closer to her, he didn’t know what else he could do.

Just as Meng Zhuqing had stood long enough at the doorway to Tobanya’s room and was about to turn and walk away, a voice came from the room—it was Tobanya’s voice—