Wind and Rain Empire

Cao Jieyu walked into the inner hall wearing a new dress with peony patterns on a yellow background and red satin that she had just chosen, Xia Yu followed behind her

Seeing Cao Jieyu approaching, Prince Chenfeng stood up from the stool and cupped his hands towards Cao Jieyu

"Chuan'er pays homage to his mother and concubine, and her mother and concubine are blessed and safe"

Cao Jieyu stepped forward with a gratified smile

"Chuan'er don't need to be too polite, sit down quickly, mother and concubine haven't seen you for a long time"

"I came to see my concubine today because I heard that my concubine felt unwell after eating chestnuts a few days ago, so I came here to see you."

Cao Jieyu didn't know the content of the inner palace's message, Prince Chao Chenfeng added

"It's not just discomfort, it's almost over."

Prince Chenfeng was surprised after hearing

"What? So dangerous? Then how good is the mother concubine?"

"Fortunately, Zi Zhaorong was there at the time and saved the life of the concubine mother, otherwise the concubine mother would not be able to see you, Chuan'er"

Prince Chenfeng frowned and thought about it

"Is that Zi Zhaorong? Well, I will go to her palace later to thank her."

Cao Jieyu looked at the young biological son in front of her and smiled.

"Chuan'er knew how to repay her kindness at a very young age. It's really good, but you can't find her now, and she is no longer in her palace."

"She's not in my palace? Why? Then where did she go?"

Cao Jieyu told the truth

"She was arrested because she wanted to escape from the palace, and now she is locked in the prison of Dali Temple, waiting to be released"

Prince Chenfeng looked puzzled

"My son is stupid, mother concubine, you mean that Zi Zhaorong is going to escape from the palace? Why?"

Cao Jieyu sighed

"Let's have an idea for each person. I don't know about the specific mother concubine (turning point). By the way, Chuan'er, when you visited the mother concubine a few days ago, you mentioned that your nurse Liyuan was sick. Is she recovering now?"

Prince Morrowind shook his head

"No, it's dead"

Cao Jieyu was shocked

"What? Has passed away? Did the imperial doctor say what kind of disease it is?"

"The imperial physician didn't know what the disease was. He only knew that Liyuan's wet nurse would infect other people and pass it on to two palace servants. So the imperial physician isolated them and starved to death. After starving to death, he carried them away."

Cao Jieyu turned her head to the side thinking

"There are still such things. Fortunately, no more people have been victimized (to Prince Chenfeng). Chuan Er, do you know what the cause of the disease is?"

Prince Morrowind shook his head

"I don't know, the imperial doctor only said that it might be a family medical history, nothing more."

Cao Jieyu narrowed her eyes in doubt

"Family medical history? (looks away, thoughtfully) Chuan'er, since your wet nurse is gone, you can move here to live with the concubine mother, it's strange that the concubine mother lives alone here, come here Stay with my concubine"

"...if the concubine doesn't dislike it"

"You are the son of the concubine mother, how could the concubine despise you?"

Prince Morrowind nodded

"Okay then, Chuan'er went back to tidy up and brought the palace servants to live here."

Cao Jieyu is smiling

"Very good, you go back quickly"

Lan Xueyi, who had been riding a horse for a long distance, finally stopped. After getting off the horse, he led the horse and walked to the grass beside him for a rest.

Lan Xueyi overlooks the Yangtze River, her inner monologue

"I should have arrived at Anqing Mansion by now, and it might take another day's journey to get there. Linglong, you have to wait for me."

Lan Xueyi led the horse and walked for a while, the area near the river became more crowded, and some small vendors gathered selling breakfast and various commodities

Steamed buns are sold in a shed by the road, and the owner puts a towel on his shoulders to wipe his hands

"Guest officer, what would you like to eat?"

Lan Xueyi saw someone talking to her, so she walked to the bun shop

"Boss, here are two cages of meat buns."

The boss readily responded

"Okay, you sit down first, the meat buns will be ready soon"

Lan Xueyi sat in the shed of the bun shop, waiting for her meat buns to arrive

In a blink of an eye, Boss Kung Fu brought the steamed stuffed bun, put it in front of Lan Xueyi, and put the bowl and chopsticks on it

"Guest officer, take it easy"

"Thank you boss"

Lan Xueyi started to eat steamed buns, and when she had just eaten the second one, she saw a woman in a long white dress standing on the riverside bridge crying, and then more and more people gathered around, pointing at the woman

Lan Xueyi curiously put down her chopsticks, walked out of the bun shop, pushed aside the crowd, and asked the woman

"Girl, what's wrong with you, why are you crying here?"

The woman turned her head, she had a big nose, big mouth and small eyes, and her makeup was smeared by crying. Lan Xueyi was scared by her appearance and took a step back

The woman cried and said

"I have a lover, and I have made a private appointment for life, but my father won't let me marry him, insisting that I will be sent to the palace to be a concubine with a beautiful face, and scolded me!"

Lan Xueyi's inner monologue

"This father is also a good father. If the girl wants to marry, hurry up and send her to the palace? Is it harmful to others?"

she said to the woman

"Don't cry, it's so dangerous here, if you fall down and do something wrong, won't your lover be sad?"

The words of consolation didn't help, but it made the woman cry more and more. She jumped down and hit a fishing boat on the river with a "boom".

Standing by the river, Lan Xueyi patted his forehead and sighed

"Oh, it hurts to death, right? Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."

Immediately she followed suit

Lan Xueyi landed lightly on the fishing boat, and saw that a large piece of the boat's roof was smashed, and the woman who jumped into the river also fell unconscious

The boatman turned his head and saw Lan Xueyi was taken aback on the boat, took a step back, and then reprimanded:

"Oh, what's going on with you guys? You fell off my boat with a bang. My old man can't bear such a scare, okay? He also smashed my boat. Look at what happened! "

Lan Xueyi quickly explained

"Boater, this girl is here to commit suicide, and she doesn't want to jump on your boat either."

The boatman is completely angry

"She doesn't want to jump, does she? With such a wide river, she can't do it anywhere. She has to jump when my boat is crossing the bridge, right? Who the hell!"

Lan Xueyi was left speechless by the question, thinking that she was just joining in the fun, so she hurriedly persuaded

"Boater, don't be angry. In this way, you can park the boat on the shore first, and we will send this girl ashore, and then talk about your boat, okay?"

The boatman rowed the boat to the shore with a displeased face

At this time, several government servants and a man who looked like an official rushed to the river in a carriage, shouting "Ronger, Ronger!"

The official trotted all the way holding his official cap, ran to the side of the boat and pushed Lan Xueyi away.

The official hugged the unconscious woman and yelled

"Rong'er, why are you so overwhelmed? Daddy just told you not to elope with this kid!"

The man wailed and pointed at Lan Xueyi

Lan Xueyi pointed at herself puzzled

"I?"

Said the boatman to the official

"Your daughter smashed my boat, you lose money!"

The man looked at the boatman

"I didn't bring any money. My lord never takes any money when I go out. Besides, if it weren't for your broken boat blocking my daughter, I wouldn't be in a coma. It would be good if I didn't ask you to pay for it!"

The boatman pointed at the official

"Hey, You……"

Lan Xueyi hurriedly cleared herself

"My lord, I saw that your daughter was going to jump into the river to watch the fun, so don't mistake her."

The official was furious, stood up, and reprimanded Lan Xueyi

"You still don't admit it?"

Lan Xueyi was so angry that his jaw almost dropped

"What account do I accept?"

"It's because you and my daughter have a private life and want to invite her to elope. Otherwise, why did you come to save her? Does she have anything to do with you?"

Lan Xueyi pointed at the woman

"Who should I invite? I invite her? (Inner monologue) I can't stay here for too long..."

Lan Xueyi took out the gold medal from his waist

"I am Lan Xueyi, General Dingyuan appointed by the imperial court. If you pass by your place, if you dare to talk nonsense again, don't blame me for leading the troops to crush your place."

When the official saw the gold medal, he was so frightened that he fell to his knees and cupped his hands

"Long live the official family. The next official, Qin Zhong, the magistrate of Anqing Prefecture, didn't know that the general was here. There was a misunderstanding. Don't blame the general."

Lan Xueyi let out a "tsk"

"Get up, there is nothing wrong with this general here, you quickly pay the boatman's money, and then take your daughter home, if someone wants to marry her, marry her quickly, don't let her come out crying and commit suicide"

Qin Zhong stood up and grabbed Lan Xueyi

"General, general, I forgive you for being so bold. The general saved my little girl's life. I should thank you for being kind."

Lan Xueyi pushed Qin Zhong away

"Don't get me wrong, this general didn't save your daughter. This general was just passing by. It was the fishing boat that saved your daughter's life. This general has something urgent to do, so I'm leaving first."

Lan Xueyi walked back to the bun shop and shouted at the boss

"Boss, pack my unfinished two baskets of steamed buns"

The boss said something

"That's great! (Then looking at Lan Xueyi) I heard that you are the unmarried son-in-law of the magistrate?"

Wrap the buns with paper

Lan Xueyi finds it funny

"His daughter? I'm just passing by, I can't bear it"

boss sighed

"There's actually nothing wrong with his daughter, but she's not good looking, and her family background and talent are very good. It's great to be able to marry her."

Lan Xueyi pointed at herself

"I'm sorry, I still look at the face. (Turning) What, are you interested in his daughter?"

The boss smiled embarrassedly

"Guest officer, please don't make fun of the younger one, the younger one already has a family."

Pass the packed bun to Lan Xueyi

Lan Xueyi took the bun and handed the boss the money

"Thank you so much"

"Guest officer, it won't take so much, just give me ten cents."

"Uh……"

Lan Xueyi is sorry

"I don't have any coins on me"

The boss took the money

"Okay then, thank you very much!"

Lan Xueyi walked out of the steamed stuffed bun shop and was about to lead the horse, but found that the horse was gone. She wondered about her inner monologue

"Hey! Why is the horse missing? Did I loose it or was it stolen?"

Lan Xueyi whistled, and the horse ran over. As soon as he got on the horse, he was stopped by a carriage. The people in the carriage lifted the curtain, and it was Qin Zhong, the prefect of Anqing.

Qin Zhong bows his hands

"General, I invite you to gather at your house."

Lan Xueyi also arched his hands

"Thank you, no need, the general has urgent matters"

Qin Zhong took his time

"Excuse me, sir, the general's horse has an old injury on its leg, and it probably won't be able to run for another fifty miles. There is a BMW in the mansion. If the general is willing to give me face, I will give the BMW away. Send to the General"

When Lan Xueyi heard it, she couldn't be sure whether what he said was true or not, so she fell into a tangle, thinking about it

"Forget it, if the horse can't run and I can't go to see Linglong, let's go to his house to see the BMW (to Qin Zhong) then okay"

Qin Zhong smiled

"The general is really a cheerful person"