The ambush site was near the city, and many cargo carts were frantically fleeing to avoid getting caught up in the chaos.
Ning Shi stepped out of the sedan with a dignified demeanor.
"I was not born from my father's resentment."
"I was born from my mother's love."
"Born from the will of a person."
. . .
Rose began to recount.
"My husband once told me."
"His father once said."
"Ning Shi. The character 'Shi' in your name is not a curse."
"It's not meant for you to die."
"I was strict with you, not because of your mother's death."
"What remained in me then was only heartbreak."
"The Ning Family has long served as soldiers and generals for the Imperial Court."
"The ignorant ones in the family, who have forgotten their past, have such reckless thoughts."
"A Ning Family soldier, when going to the battlefield, must remember four words."
"When your mother passed away, her last words."
