Chapter Twenty-Nine: It's You Who Can't Have a Son
The next day, after Jingwu woke up, he rubbed his eyes and went downstairs, where he saw his uncle sitting alone at the dining table.
"uncle."
"Awu's awake." Shao Che looked a little tired, but smiled as he looked at her. "Your aunt left you breakfast. Come and eat."
"Where is Aunt?" Jingwu looked around and found the room unusually quiet. Even the two usually boisterous twin brothers were silent today, which puzzled him.
“Last night, the Ruan family came to report the death. They said Mu Jing hanged herself, and the bronze mirror was still on the ground. Your aunt went there last night with her two cousins. She said you were home alone and would worry if you didn't know where we were. So she told me to stay home and tell you before we went over.”
Yesterday, after Ruan Chongyue returned, she told Shao Che about this matter, and the two discussed it for a long time, feeling quite uneasy.
Jingwu was not surprised when he heard this.
If Mu Jing doesn't return the bronze mirror, she'll die sooner or later; it's just a matter of time.
"Okay, Uncle, I understand. You can go now."
Seeing that she obediently agreed, Shao Che smiled, patted her head, and handed her ten coins.
"If you're going to set up a stall on South Street today, buy yourself some food so you don't go hungry. No one's home today, so it's best to eat dinner on the street before coming back."
Jingwu shook his head and did not take the money: "I have money, Uncle, you don't need to give it to me."
"Here, take it. You don't earn money easily." Shao Che insisted on handing her the money.
Jingwu couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to accept it.
"Alright then, but I can't just take your money for nothing. Uncle, let me tell you your fortune for today."
Hearing this, Shao Che felt that his niece had become distant from him, and he was a little unhappy.
Just as he was about to speak, Jingwu said, "Uncle, if you go to the Ruan family today, take the small path; you'll receive unexpected wealth."
After a moment's thought, Shao Che readily agreed.
Seeing that it was getting late, they quickly packed their things and headed towards the Ruan family's house.
Remembering his niece's words, he didn't take the original route, but instead headed down another path.
Not long after walking, they saw a boy standing at a fork in the road, looking around anxiously.
Upon seeing him, the man immediately ran over: "Brother, do you know how to get to Green Bamboo Village?"
He and his father were ordered to bring the princess back to the capital. Now that they had found her, he thought he would go out for a stroll.
But because he had never known a way of getting around since he was a child, his father refused to agree.
So he slipped away with a few servants, but he got lost and separated from them.
Seeing the anxious look on the person's face and the fine sweat on his forehead, Shao Che immediately pointed to the path he had come from.
"Just walk a few steps forward on this road, turn left first, and then turn right, and you'll get there."
"Huh?" The man was completely confused and looked at him with a puzzled expression.
Seeing that he didn't understand, Shao Che scratched his head, not knowing how to explain, so he decided to be a good Samaritan and led him back.
As soon as they reached the village entrance, three or four people immediately surrounded them.
"Young Master, where have you been? We were so worried about you!"
"That's right, Your Highness. If you keep running around like this and get lost, how are we going to explain it to the Prince?"
"Your Highness, are you injured anywhere?"
This person is none other than Yun Beixu, the only son of the current Prince Rui.
Squeezed aside by the chattering crowd, Shao Che, realizing he had found someone he knew, turned and headed to the Ruan family's house.
"Wait, brother, wait a minute." Yun Beixu stopped him as he was about to leave. She winked at someone nearby, took a purse, and handed it to him.
"Brother, thank you so much for bringing me out. Otherwise, I would have gotten separated from my family. Please accept this small token of my appreciation."
Shao Che was stuffed with a heavy purse, and he quickly waved his hand, saying, "It's just showing me the way, how can I take your money? I can't take it, I can't take it."
After Yun Beixu shoved the object into his arms, she immediately left with the people around her.
"Brother, see you again someday."
After saying this, he didn't give Shao Che a chance to react and immediately got into the carriage and went back.
Shao Che held the heavy purse in his hand and stared blankly at the departing carriage.
When he saw that he hadn't gone back, he looked down and opened the box. Inside was a heavy wad of silver, probably four or five taels.
He was extremely shocked and stood there stunned for a long time before putting his purse away. Then he walked toward the path, and only when he was almost there did he suddenly remember.
Could this be the windfall my niece was talking about?
Yun Beixu, sitting in the carriage, was pleased with his dashing actions just now. He remembered that the male protagonist in the novel his princess cousin had been reading had done just that.
The servants standing nearby couldn't help but think to themselves, "What a living ancestor!"
When Jingwu arrived at South Street, it was already mid-morning.
She set up her stall, sat on a stool, and waited for the first person she was destined to meet.
Before long, a crowd gathered around her stall, all there to see what was going on.
Soon, a man in his thirties sat down.
The man had a fair complexion and was dressed neatly. After putting down ten coins, he said, "Master, I've heard you're very accurate. Could you please tell me where my destined partner is and when she will appear?"
Jingwu looked at his face and couldn't help but frown.
"A destined match?"
Wei Heng handed over the paper with his birth date and time written on it, and said with a smile, "Yes, help me calculate when my true love will appear?"
Jingwu looked at his face and frowned, saying, "Looking at your face, your spouse palace and children palace are full, indicating that you already have a wife and daughter, and they are both alive and well. Why do you want to have your true love told? Is it because you and your husband are not getting along?"
Wei Heng's face instantly turned cold. He was indeed married and had two daughters.
But how can this wife, who cannot give birth to a son, be considered his true love?
"She is not my destined partner. How can my destined partner not give birth to a son? Master, please tell me quickly, where is my destined partner?"
Jingwu was speechless upon hearing this, and his face immediately turned cold.
Just as he was about to speak, the person in front of him spoke again.
"Master, do you think it's because they've taken the place of my destined partner, that my destined partner won't appear?" Wei Heng said to himself, completely ignoring the expression on the face of the person in front of him: "Should I...?"
"What should we do with them?" Jingwu's voice turned cold.
"It's nothing, it's nothing." Wei Heng realized he had said the wrong thing. Although he really wanted to kill the mother and her two daughters to make room for them, he couldn't say it out loud.
Jingwu looked at the person in front of him with icy eyes: "It is you who cannot give birth to a son, not your wife. You are not destined to have a son in this life, no matter which destined partner you are with, you will not have a son."
"Impossible!" Wei Heng jumped to his feet, pointing his finger at the person in front of him. "You're talking nonsense! How could I not have a son?"
Jingwu gave him a cold look and continued, "You are destined to have no sons, only two daughters. Now let's talk about your destined partner, your current wife. She is your equal in terms of social standing; your family owns a pastry shop, and her family owns a rice shop. When you first got married, you treated each other with great respect. It's just a pity..."
"What's a pity?"
Wei Heng felt a shiver run down his spine from her gaze and subconsciously asked a question.
"Unfortunately, she will soon no longer be your wife."
"What's the meaning?"
As soon as Wei Heng asked the question, a man rushed out from the crowd, grabbed him by the collar, and started yelling at him.
"You bastard, you actually came here asking about your true love just because my sister gave birth to a daughter?"
The newcomer was none other than Wei Heng's brother-in-law, Zhao Yuan. He was passing by today and saw everyone gathered here, assuming there was some kind of performance. Upon closer inspection, he was shocked to discover that it was his brother-in-law telling fortunes, and doing such utterly ridiculous things. Unable to contain his anger, he rushed forward.
"Brother, let me explain."
"What's there to explain? Divorce, it has to be a divorce. My sister isn't forced to live in your house!"
Zhao Yuan grabbed him by the collar and dragged him all the way back to the Wei family home. He then threw him in front of his sister and explained what had happened.
The younger sister decided to divorce him, so she forced him to sign the divorce papers and immediately took the mother and daughters home.
Although his family wasn't wealthy, they could still support three mouths to feed.
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