Peasant Woman is in Her Prime - C184

Noble Yang died on the second day after arriving at the Tzu En Temple.

In the morning, the maidservant who was accompanying Honorable Yang knocked on the door for a long time. Seeing that no one replied, she pushed the door open and walked in.

Sunlight flooded into the meditation room as soon as the door was opened, causing the maid’s legs to fall limply to the ground at the door.

Noble Yang used the white silk to hang himself in the middle of the beam, his body swaying gently in the wind, his face distorted.

The maidservants’ terrified screams quickly spread throughout the entire Tzu En Temple.

When word reached the palace, the empress was making her way around the garden to the royal study to see the Crown Prince take his place.

The inauguration ceremony was approaching, the things the crown prince wanted to learn were numerous and numerous. Since seven days ago, he had to go to the royal study to study every noon.

Once the empress was free, she would prepare tea and snacks for the Crown Prince to watch. When she saw that the Crown Prince was tired, she would even take out the towel she carried with her and wipe his forehead.

Just as Sui Gu supported the Queen through the fake mountain, she saw a young eunuch, who was attending to flowers, carrying a pot of small branches and tangerines, heading towards them.

When the young eunuch saw the Queen’s phoenix carriage from afar, she immediately carried the flower pot and stood up straight. When she turned around, Sui Gu saw that the young eunuch had a red jade tied around her waist.

Sui Gu raised her eyebrows and laughed, she then lowered her head and said to the Queen softly, “Empress, the one from the Tzu En Temple has been settled.”

The empress nodded her head nonchalantly. This matter was already set in stone, there was no joy to speak of.

He had only walked two steps before he spoke to Sui Gu expressionlessly, “Send the news to the imperial study.”

“Yes.” Sui Gu nodded in agreement before retreating. She then beckoned for a young palace maid to come forward. After the second sentence, she returned to the Empress’s side.

The empress and her party walked leisurely to the imperial study, where they could already hear the wails of the twelfth prince through the doors.

“Empress has arrived.” The young eunuch who was standing guard at the entrance of the hall raised his head and chanted, before immediately pushing open the door.

The crying stopped immediately. As soon as the empress stepped through the door, a small figure jumped into her arms.

Her frail shoulders trembled from the sobs. After a long while, she finally raised her head, her tiny face was covered in tears. “Empress Mother, my… “My mufei is gone …”

The Queen sighed, put her arms around Zhao Yu’s shoulders and half-squatted as she gently pulled him down. Zhao Yu’s head leaned on the Empress’s shoulder.

“Yu-er, don’t cry.” “Your mufei loves your Royal Father wholeheartedly and wholeheartedly. She’ll follow you there and be happy. You should be happy for your mufei.”

“But …” Zhao Yu’s eyes were completely red. “From today onwards, I don’t have a mufei anymore.”

“Yu-er, I’m here!” The empress hugged the crown prince even more tightly. “From now on, I’m your Empress Mother, your mufei, and even your mother!”

“Mother!” Zhao Yu hugged the Queen’s waist with both hands and started crying again.

Seeing that, Sui Gu lowered her head, and smiled.

The empress stayed in the imperial study with the crown prince for the entire afternoon, and only after the crown prince had completely relieved himself did she leave the palace. By the time she left, Zhao Yu had already treated the empress as his mother from the bottom of his heart.

The empress, on the other hand, was extremely tired. She was not good at coaxing children, and as soon as she stepped out of the palace, her face immediately fell. Sui Gu immediately gestured for the palanquin to move forward, lifting the empress up as he headed towards the Clear Brilliance Palace.

He took off the ring earring and changed out of his robe. He was just about to take a breather when he heard that someone had come to report something important.

The Queen was already annoyed, she waved her hand, allowing Sui Gu to go out and send them away, while she lazily laid on the bed. Before she could close her eyes, Sui Gu turned and entered the hall.

“Empress.” Sui Gu was afraid that the Queen was about to fall asleep so she quickly called out to her.

“What do you want to talk about tomorrow? I’m really tired.” The Queen didn’t even raise her eyes.

“It concerns the Prince Yao.” Sui Gu did not rush nor slow down, but the moment she said those words, the originally listless Queen immediately perked up, and her body instantly straightened as she sat up.

“How’s it going?” the Queen asked.

“Done.” Sui Gu couldn’t hide the joy on her face, “The four boxes have already been sent to the Clear Brilliance Hall, do you want to see for yourself?”

The empress’s eyebrows immediately tightened. “Four? Weren’t there five people in their group? ”

“Yes.” Sui Gu nodded, “I’m missing a child.”

“If you want to cut the grass, you have to get rid of the roots. Otherwise, there will be endless troubles in the future.” The empress’s face was stern. “Four boxes for me to see. I won’t be able to be at ease until I see them.”

Sui Gu led the people inside the hall with four trays, the mahogany trays were covered with exquisite embroidered red cloth, and its sides were covered with spices.

Smelling the fragrance lingering around her, it carried a heavy weight, as if it was some kind of precious tribute.

After the maidservants presented their gifts, they left in succession. Only then did the Queen stand up, and Sui Gu immediately took out her outer robe to cover the Empress’s body.

He walked over to the tray and ripped the red cloth apart, revealing a square wooden box. “Open.”

Sui Gu nodded, she walked over and lifted the lid of the box.

Unexpectedly, the moment the lid was opened, a rotten stench assaulted her nostrils. The empress was already nearby, but was forced three steps back from the smell, almost causing her to faint.

“Why is it so smelly!” The empress held her nose in place, turning her head to take a few deep breaths before turning back to look inside the box.

Inside the box, there was only a human head, but the flesh on its head was already like mud. Not to mention who it was, it was impossible to tell if it was a man or a woman.

“Carry him away! Carry him away!” The Queen waved her hands, she had not seen Zhao Yao’s face with her own eyes. Even though he had his doubts, he still ordered Sui Gu to go there, “Release the news, other than that, tell the people outside to catch this little one, the next time they send it in, I want to see their appearances clearly, look like this, don’t pass it in.”

The news of Prince Yao’s death on the way to the west had already spread throughout the capital the next day.

The same news. Some people were happy, some were sad. There were even some who were not sure whether they were happy or sad.

In the Linlang Workshop, when Lv Yun heard the rumors, the cup in her hand broke, and blood flowed all over her body.

When the wet clothes went to get her medicine box, Lv Yun’s blood flowed down his wrist and onto the table in front of him.

There was a letter on the table. She had something to tell the shopkeeper, and now that she had written the letter, she was about to tie it to the pigeon’s feet.

Lv Yun shook her head, and retracted her tears that were about to flow, “It can’t be, shopkeeper and Seventh Prince are not ordinary people, how could they be so easily … “I definitely won’t …”

As Lv Yun spoke, she rolled the letter into a small scroll and stuffed it into the bamboo tube tied to the pigeon’s leg.

This carrier pigeon was something that Jin Xiaolou had given to Lv Yun before she left. The carrier pigeon recognized Jin Xiaolou as its master and as long as it was released into the air, it would be able to find Gao Lang.

Lv Yun picked up the pigeon and threw it outside the window.

Her pure white wings flapped twice as she flew towards the blue sky.

Only after seeing the pigeon fly further away and disappear into the clouds did Lv Yun finally fall back onto the chair and cry out loud.

By the time the pigeon landed in front of Gao Lang, a month had passed.

Due to the less and less rain, the Gong Bian had already been dry for many days. The originally dry and loose land had been eroded by the wind to the point that it became even more severe.

Gao Lang caught the pigeon and put it back in the cage, ordering Chang An to give it to him.

Jin Xiaolou was currently in her tent at the back of the hill. It had been three months since they arrived at Gong Bian, and Jin Xiaolou’s stomach was even larger than a full moon.

Seeing that the sandstorm had started again, Gao Lang and Hu Shan led the soldiers to stop it. Jin Xiaolou could only sit inside the tent leisurely, still feeling anxious.

Seeing Chang An bringing the carrier pigeon in, Jin Xiaolou’s heart skipped a beat. She immediately took off the barrel on the pigeon’s leg and carefully took out the letter inside.

The letter was rolled in an untidy manner, making the person who rolled the letter feel anxious. What worried Jin Xiaolou the most was that there were some black blood stains on the letter.

Afraid that something big had happened in the manor, Lv Yun quickly spread open the letter. What entered her eyes was actually the good news that she had been anticipating for a long time.

Just as he was about to continue reading, a strong gust of wind blew past him, causing the entire tent to flutter.

Jin Xiaolou anxiously kept the letter in her chest and threw herself onto Lin’er, who was sleeping on the bed. Nan Yang ran out of the tent and tightly covered the entrance.

The most terrifying sandstorm once again shook the entire Gong Bian.

Covering the sky and blotting out the sun, dust and stones would fly from the folded wood. Every time a sandstorm passed, it would be a calamity that had come to an end.

Jin Xiaolou hugged Lin’er tightly, afraid that the strong wind would blow the tent up, causing the small Lin’er to be swept into the air.

The last time the sandstorm had struck, all thirteen lambs in the army camp had perished in this manner.