CHAPTER 398: CHAPTER 393: EIGHT YEARS (PART 2)

"Absolutely not!"

Yuan Bao did not feel that the big mansion in Yunyang City was her home.

In her view, any place with Yuan Zhaodi and Mrs. Xiao Li was not home.

Upon hearing Yuan Bao’s words, Hu Niuniu was silent for a moment, not saying anything further.

Regarding Yuan Bao’s experiences, Hu Niuniu naturally knew about them.

On this matter, let alone Hu Niuniu, even Nanny Xue and Mei Jiu wouldn’t spout their opinions.

The encounters in a person’s lifetime are truly peculiar.

Good and bad, right and wrong, many times, are really hard to distinctly classify.

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Just as Hu Niuniu had heard from the servants in the Prefectural Governor’s mansion, in Yanmen County, there really were only two seasons, winter and summer, with winter being particularly long.

Yuan Bao followed Yuan Yindi and Ruan Wan to Yanmen County, originally thinking she would stay for at most a year and a half, but who would have thought that she ended up staying for eight years!

She arrived in Yanmen County at the age of two, and when she left, Yuan Bao was already ten.

In those eight years, Ruan Wan bore Yuan Yindi two sons, Yuan Shouqian and Yuan Shouxun.

Yuan Shouqian was five years old and Yuan Shouxun was three.

Unfortunately, Yuan Shouqian and Yuan Shouxun were both born during the coldest part of winter, and due to the weather, Mrs. Zeng couldn’t come to care for Ruan Wan during her confinement.

For this, Mrs. Zeng had always been somewhat resentful.

In those eight years, Yuan Bao returned to Yunyang City three times, and each time she had to listen to Mrs. Zeng’s laments for a long time.

And Yuan Shouqian and Yuan Shouxun, because Old Yuan and Mrs. Zeng didn’t frequently appear before them, the two little guys were somewhat distant from their grandparents.

During these eight years, the Yuan Family developed quite well.

Mrs. Li also bore a son, the six-year-old Yuan Shoucai!

Mrs. Xiao Li then gave birth to twins once more, the five-year-old Yuan Shoufu and Yuan Shoulu.

As for the Song Family and Mrs. Peng, in these eight years, they had not added any new members to the Yuan Family, probably because Yuan Wangdi and Yuan Laidi had joined the military, and their visits home were rare.

Of course, adding new members to the Yuan Family was one aspect, there were imports too!

Several of Yuan Bao’s older cousins were already married.

Even Yuan Shougui in the military had taken a wife. In eight years, with Sun Feng’s help, Yuan Shougui finally earned military merits and successfully retired from the army, though at the cost of a partially crippled leg.

As for Yuan Shougui’s crippled leg, if Yuan Bao used the Incense Fire Wishing Power from her space, it would certainly be healed.

However, Yuan Bao did not use the Incense Fire Wishing Power on Yuan Shougui.

In eight years, the Yuan Family was indeed no longer the same as before.

Yuan Yindi received repeated commendations from Emperor Xia, which also extended to her parents.

Old Yuan and Mrs. Zeng were both handsomely rewarded by Emperor Xia, and Mrs. Zeng was even granted the title of Seventh-rank Imperial Decree Lady, which made her so happy she couldn’t sleep at night.

Yuan Shoucheng and his cousins, the women they married did not come from small families, but rather were daughters of the nobility in Daxia. Although they were not legitimate daughters, just concubines, this marriage connection somewhat made the Yuan Family count as a noble family in Daxia.

Eight years passed, and Yuan Bao now was truly transformed.

The once Little Douding had grown into a graceful young woman.

At over ten years old, she certainly didn’t look small anymore.

Due to martial arts training, she was rather tall.

And now, she had formally apprenticed under Ying Li, learning about the origins of her high-level master.

As her master said, strictly speaking, their lineage was practicing immortality.

Unfortunately, due to the thinness of spiritual energy in the world, practicing immortality lacked the necessary conditions and became only slightly higher than martial arts cultivation, known as Spiritual Martial training.

If in the future, spiritual energy revives, their lineage can quickly absorb it to enhance their strength.

In eight years, the conflict between Daxia and Great Yin never stopped, but there were no large-scale clashes. It was as if Great Yin had forgotten that Daxia had destroyed their Black Armored Cavalry.

Instead, the conflict between Beili and Great Yin intensified.

Yuan Bao initially thought that Emperor Xia would seize the opportunity to ally with Beili to attack Great Yin, but instead, Emperor Xia surprisingly refrained from taking action. He even occasionally supplied some food and weapons to Great Yin to help them resist Beili.

In Yuan Yindi’s view, Emperor Xia was watching like a tiger from the mountain, waiting for Great Yin and Beili to exhaust each other, intending for Daxia to take advantage and seize the opportunity to unify the world.

Unfortunately, in this world today, the tripartite balance is not easily broken.