Chapter 52
Han Jinan really wanted to transfer. He realized very deeply that there was no future for his family to continue staying here.
If Yao Chunnuan knew about this, she would definitely be surprised. Why would they plan to surrender and retreat so quickly?
She looked like she deserved a beating, and even the youngest child of the Han family would spit in her face. What's so strange about that? You keep a close eye on her and don't leave her any chance for advancement. Do you think she would stay here and be tortured by you if she didn't run away?
Unfortunately, Han Jinan's request was ruthlessly rejected.
Han Jinan looked listless and had doubts in his heart. This was really not like the prince's style.
Furthermore, Han Jinan suspected that he was just a seed casually sown by the other party. If it sprouted, that would be great, but if it didn't, that didn't matter. This premonition was really terrible.
Han Jinan, immersed in his own thoughts, did not notice a figure who was also walking on this path, and quickly retreated after seeing him.
After Han Jinan disappeared from view, Wang Lang emerged from behind. He stared intently at the direction of the other figure, his brow furrowed. That person seemed to be from Cheng'en Mansion; he wouldn't mistake them, as they had also contacted him privately in his previous life.
At that time, he was filled with grief, indignation and cruelty, and he grabbed the olive branch extended to him without a second thought.
In this life, the other party actually contacted Han Jinan first? He thought about it and knew that the Han family had lived a much more miserable life than his Wang family in this life, which indeed met their selection criteria. Based on their selection criteria, in the eyes of these people, Han Jinan in this life was indeed more valuable to cultivate than Wang Lang.
Wang Lang's heart sank. It was only later in his previous life that he realized that the Crown Prince had only been awake for a short while before falling back into a coma or sleep. It was all because of these unknown people messing around and damaging the Crown Prince's prestige.
It's true that the Cheng'en Mansion is the Prince's maternal family, but his uncles are indeed clueless. For example, this time they contacted and recruited people privately, and they did a very poor job. It can be said that doing nothing is better than their private collusion.
They probably didn't anticipate the negative consequences of their actions. But those they interacted with privately were surely wondering, "Why is the Crown Prince still acting in secret now that he's awake?" He's the orthodox ruler, so shouldn't he be raising his voice now that he's awake? If the Crown Prince were to awaken and step forward, he'd be followed by numerous civil and military officials willing to uphold orthodoxy.
Now, they've made it seem like the Crown Prince doesn't even dare to confront the Third Prince head-on, which is truly undermining his dignity. It's not that he can't contact others privately; he understands their eagerness to help the Crown Prince consolidate his power, but there's a prerequisite for doing so: the Crown Prince must speak up first after waking up. As the saying goes, "Use the right tactics to unite, and the unexpected to prevail." Duke Cheng'en's lightsaber took an unconventional approach. It struck first, but it caused the Crown Prince to lose his way.
I remember that in the previous life, after the prince was fully awake, he learned about his uncle's outrageous actions and almost vomited blood and fainted again. Later, he spent a lot of energy to clean up the mess.
The only person who could stop these people from acting on their own was Old Cheng En Gong. Wang Lang knew that since he planned to continue on the path of becoming the crown prince, this incident was a great opportunity. He could no longer wait passively, so he decisively boarded the ship.
Early that morning, Yao Chunnuan got up and washed up when she heard a man and a woman whispering in the yard next door. She only heard a few words before goose bumps appeared all over her body and her scalp began to numb. Help! Why hasn't the general dealt with them yet? Please don't let them out so early in the morning to disgust her, okay?
Luo Suyi filled a small bucket of water for her and placed it outside where she usually washed. Seeing that she was reluctant to step out of the door, he called her in confusion, "A Nuan?"
Yao Chunnuan took a deep breath, stepped out bravely, took out a simple toothbrush, dipped it in green salt and started brushing her teeth. The idol drama next to her started, with surround sound.
"I'm incompetent. I can't get your parents to agree to our relationship, nor can I get your brother to recognize me. I'm sorry that you've been wronged."
While rinsing his mouth, Yao Chunnuan thought to himself: You really are incompetent. You always let the woman take the lead in everything, and you still want the general to recognize you?
"You know I don't care about these things, as long as you treat me well."
Yao Chunnuan spat out a mouthful of water and thought to herself, Tsk tsk, how loveless are you? You are a normal girl from the Xing family, how could you make yourself as loveless as the cabbages in the field?
"Don't worry, I will definitely treat you well. If I have ten cents, I will only spend one cent, and the rest will be given to you."
Yao Chunnuan grumbled inwardly, "Of course you have to treat her well, because you're just a poor loser. Your time and energy are worthless. There's no other way to keep her except treating her well." Xing Xingyue's eyes were like shit, no, her brain was like shit, she was fooled around by men.
Luo Suyi was quite sensitive to Yao Chunnuan's mood changes. She noticed that something was wrong with her, so she did not leave when Yao Chunnuan was washing up. Gradually, she realized that Yao Chunnuan was obviously upset by the couple next to her.
"A Nuan, go back to the room first, I'll take care of the rest."
"Oh well."
Luo Suyi waited until she entered the door before picking up the bucket of dirty water she had used. The man and woman in the yard next door were vaguely visible, and Luo Suyi poured the water in the bucket in that direction.
Suddenly there were screams and men cursing.
"Don't you have eyes? Don't you see there are people here? Why are you pouring water here?"
"What does this water smell like? Ah, this is the dirty water they used! It's so disgusting, help!"
Yao Chunnuan stared at the scene in amazement. Hearing them call it disgusting, she felt deeply relieved. Disgusting was perfectly normal. Who told you to be so idle so early in the morning and disgust her? Fortunately, she hadn't eaten much last night, otherwise she would have vomited up the leftover food.
"Yao Chunnuan, you did this on purpose! You've really gone too far! I'm going to tell my brother about how you bullied me!"
Go, you must go, whoever doesn’t go is a puppy!
Yao Chunnuan didn’t know whether Xing Xingyue complained to the authorities later, but she was neither punished nor scolded.
Perhaps God heard her cry, because within two days, Yao Chunnuan heard that the general had sent Xing Xingyue away, and the house next door was empty.
The next day, they heard that they had been unlucky enough to encounter bandits and even lost all their people. The general was furious and led his troops to rob the mountain stronghold and took back a lot of things.
Yao Chunnuan: ...You could be more perfunctory.
XX Shanzhai: What have we done to offend anyone? We will be destroyed as soon as we put on the hat.
At the celebration banquet that night after the stronghold was taken down, the general leaned against the window, drinking from a bottle of wine and silently gazing at the crescent moon in the sky. Hadn't she said that as the eldest brother was the father, he could make the final decision? So he did. Since she had eloped, he might as well just pretend she was gone, saving his parents the trouble of having to deal with the mess. There was no need to cause them any more heartache.
Yao Chunnuan ignored him, picking out the food she wanted to eat. After all, she wasn't really dead, so how sad could he be? At most, he felt a sense of sadness. She said there was no need to feel sad at all. Sending her away was like sending away a life-threatening and soul-snatching sword. He should be grateful.
She also believed that even if Xing Changfeng sent her far away, he would still give her enough money for the journey, as he didn't need it anyway. It was just that whether Xing Xingyue could keep the money was hard to say. But it was her own choice, so who could blame her?
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He was kidnapped by bandits and died suddenly...
Hearing this news that spread throughout Yichun, Xing Xingyue was stunned for a moment, then burst into tears, "Jingshu, my brother doesn't want me anymore, he gave up on me..."
Not only did she die, but her reputation was ruined. This clearly meant there was no turning back for her. "He has such a cruel heart."
Lin Jingshu was also filled with hatred, "Don't cry, let's go back! Aren't your parents coming to Yichun? We'll wait for them here. Your brother gave up on you, but they won't ignore you." As he said that, he put all the gold and silver money into Xing Xingyue's bag and asked her to carry it away.
"Yes, let's go back to Yichun and wait for them." Her brother was wrong. Lin Lang was a good man. He gave her so much gold and silver without blinking an eye. He would not lie to her.
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The military is efficient and resolute. She had just asked the general to send someone back to pick up her family the other day, and today Chief Steward Wu told her that arrangements had been made for the people to go back.
Yao Chunnuan went to meet them. The team that went to pick up her family was a small team of twelve people, each with their own strengths: some were scouts, some were good at driving, and some were good at dealing with people...
At this moment, these people were standing in front of her. They were between sixteen and twenty-five years old. They stood with their chests puffed out and their stomachs in, standing straight like little white poplars. They were full of energy, and when they looked back at her, their eyes were clear, warm, and a little curious.
Yao Chunnuan handed the collected keepsakes to the team leader and gave him two hundred and fifty taels of silver, two hundred of which were for her family. Six months had passed, and she didn't know if her family was doing well. If not, these two hundred taels should be enough for them to take care of themselves. It was also a way to gain her family's trust; after all, no one would spend two hundred taels of silver to trick them into moving.
Of the two hundred taels, one hundred were the banknotes her family had given her. She had climbed the social ladder so quickly that she hadn't put them to good use. While they were going to pick up her family, they could take them back to the capital and exchange them for silver at a bank.
The other 100 taels of silver were the salary and rewards she had received from working in the shogunate for the past two or three months. The salary in the shogunate was not high, but the rewards were high. Last time, after the general seized the secret vault of Marshal Zhu, she received a reward of 600 taels. This reward belonged to the first echelon of people who received the most rewards.
The last fifty taels were for their group to spend on the journey.
The team leader declined, saying that they had been given money by their superiors for this mission.
Yao Chunnuan said that the family was poor but the road was rich, so it was better to prepare more money just in case. Only then did the team leader accept it.
Finally, she whispered some of her family's preferences and habits, etc., and then stopped talking with a sense of wanting more and let them go.
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