Chapter 507 The An Family’s Secret (4)
Afterward, An Bingsheng returned to his hometown in glory. Amid the envious gazes of the villagers, he joyfully led his elderly parents out of their modest thatched cottage to Changan, accompanied by the beating of drums and the gong.
And it was on the road back to Changan that something happened, which would change the An Family’s destiny.
An Bingsheng saved a woman who was at death’s door.
The woman’s surname was Li, and her name was Wanniang. She was the same age as An Bingsheng, seventeen.
When Wanniang was rescued by An Bingsheng, her body was covered in blood, and her breath was extremely faint.
Elder An and his wife were kind and charitable, and An Bingsheng was of a pure nature; he did not despise Wanniang and warmly lent her a helping hand. They took care of her on the way to Changan and even let her stay in the Scholar Mansion directly.
As in all melodramatic tales that followed, An Bingsheng and Li Wanniang developed feelings for each other over time. With the deliberate matchmaking of Elder An and his wife, the two of them paid homage to heaven and earth and were wed as husband and wife.
From then on, their story became a delightful anecdote.
The days after their marriage were not troubled by any significant disturbances. An Bingsheng was honest and won the emperor’s trust. Although he did not rise swiftly through the ranks to become a powerful minister, he nonetheless held a position on the imperial court. A year after the wedding, Li Wanniang gave birth to twin sons for the An Family.
A few years later, Li Wanniang gave birth successively to two more boys.
By the time Elder An and his wife passed away twelve years later, An Bingsheng and Li Wanniang had five children, all of them boys!