Chapter 6 Good deeds will be rewarded!
"This hairpin is worth quite a bit of silver. After you exchange it for money and buy what you need, you'll have some left over."
"Just distribute it among the servants. Don't stop anyone from leaving or staying; I don't blame them."
Zhichun immediately became anxious.
"Your Highness! You've always been kind enough to everyone; now is the time when you need this money even more!"
"Listen to me!"
Xu Qingyi shook her head, looking at her with a firm gaze.
Zhichun nodded heavily and solemnly promised, "Your Highness, this servant will certainly live up to your expectations!"
"Sister Zhichun, remember to buy some medicine for your wounds!"
Yun Zhao reminded him.
Both of them were taken aback.
How could such a young child know these things?
"Mother, the book says that it's so hot in Lingnan!"
Yun Zhao deliberately opened his arms wide, and the exaggerated physical movements made the two of them suddenly realize something.
The child's innocence eased the mood of the master and servant.
"Don't worry, Princess, Zhichun will go and buy it!"
After being urged several times by the officials, Zhichun had no choice but to leave.
Xu Qingyi watched Zhichun's departing figure and anxiously hugged her daughter and son to her arms.
"I wonder how your father is doing."
"Don't worry, Mother. Father is a lucky man and will be blessed by Heaven."
Yun Zhao nestled in her mother's arms and gently hugged her back.
In this life, no matter what, she will protect her family!
Xu Qingyi felt a pang of guilt for her daughter's well-behaved nature.
The mother and daughter cuddled together until the next day.
The officials from the Dali Temple, carrying shackles, opened the prison cell door.
"Your Highness, I'm so sorry."
The officer showed a hint of reluctance as he chained the shackles to Xu Qingyi's feet.
"Exiled women were required to wear shackles until the place of exile could be opened."
"I understand, but my daughter is still so young, could you..."
Xu Qingyi was holding a six-month-old baby in her arms, and a five-year-old child was standing at her feet, looking up at the officials with curiosity.
Yun Zhao's eyes were a pale color, pure and clear, like glass, making people's hearts soften.
"The child is young, so he doesn't need to wear it. He just can't run around. Do you understand? I hope Your Highness won't make things difficult for me."
Listening to the official's words, Xu Qingyi roughly understood.
This official must have received favors from the Prince of Jin, as he treated her with considerable politeness.
Before Xu Qingyi could speak, Yun Zhao nodded obediently.
"Don't worry, brother, Zhao Zhao is a very good girl!"
The innocent voice of a child is comforting to the ear.
The official's face showed even more reluctance.
This child probably has no idea how difficult the road to exile will be.
"Your Highness, please."
The officer stepped aside and escorted the mother and her two children to the door.
Outside the Dali Temple gate, three officials in charge of escorting the prisoners were waiting.
"This is all I can do for you, Your Highness. Please take care on your journey."
The official from the Dali Temple stepped aside and stuffed a small packet of copper coins into Yun Huaijin's swaddling clothes.
Xu Qingyi stared at him in astonishment, instinctively hugging the child tighter to block the bag of copper coins.
Yun Zhao was short, but she heard her mother suddenly whisper "Thank you".
She looked up and stared intently at the officer.
"Brother, good people will be rewarded!"
The official nodded kindly and casually replied, "Okay."
No one took the child's naive words to heart.
However, the escorting officials were not as kind as the officials from the Dali Temple.
Xu Qingyi was holding the child and moved slowly. She hadn't taken more than two steps when she was scolded.
"Hurry up! Do you want to taste the whip if you dawdle?"
Although Xu Qingyi was a woman, she showed no fear in the face of these fierce officials.
She gently put her arm around her daughter's shoulder, "Zhaozhao, stay close to your mother."
"Yes, Mother, don't worry!"
Yun Zhao held tightly to her mother's hem and walked quietly beside her.
The clanking of shackles came from behind him. Yun Zhao looked in the direction of the sound and saw another group of people walking towards them from a distance.
There were dozens of men and women.
"younger brother!"
Xu Qingyi exclaimed in surprise.
Yun Zhao then realized that this group of people was from the Zhenguo General's Mansion!
Amidst the crowd, and in the eyes of those who looked either fearful or resentful, Yun Zhao precisely spotted three men with expressions of surprise and delight.
These must be her three maternal uncles!
"elder sister!"
The three of them shouted in unison.
The officer lashed the ground with his whip.
"What's all the noise about! Do you still think you're some young master from the General's Mansion?"
The three uncles dared not speak out in anger, and could only stand there and wait for the officials to escort Xu Qingyi away.
Just as the mother and her two children approached, they heard a woman complaining.
"What bad luck!"
"Sister-in-law, what are you saying!"
The eldest uncle, Xu Yifei, glared at the woman, stopping her from continuing.
"Did I say something wrong? She just got back, and then this bad luck happened in her family. She's a jinx; whoever touches her will be cursed!"
The woman retorted angrily.
Xu Qingyi's face immediately darkened. "Sister-in-law, watch your words. Zhaozhao is my own daughter. If you continue to talk nonsense, don't blame me for being impolite!"
Unexpectedly, the woman scoffed, a disdainful look on her face.
"Do you still think you're a princess? You still think you can discipline me?"
Xu Qingyi was immediately choked.
Seeing his mother's discomfiture, Yun Zhao tugged at her clothes and begged for mercy pitifully.
"Mother, Zhaozhao isn't a jinx, boohoo! Don't send Zhaozhao away!"
The sound of a child crying cautiously is heartbreaking.
The three uncles looked displeased and couldn't help but shout at the woman, "Zhaozhao is our family, don't talk nonsense!"
The woman, with a lump in her throat, continued to hurl insults at him.
"If it weren't for her father, would we have been implicated? Where did I go wrong?"
This attracted the attention of onlookers nearby.
Ling Xuerou and her family of three were naturally among them.
"Mother, how could the Prince of Jin do such a thing? Zhao Zhao is so pitiful!"
Ling Xuerou nestled in Lin Shujing's arms, saying she felt sorry for him, but secretly she couldn't help but gloat.
"It's a good thing you came back, otherwise you would have been the one exiled!"
The thought that her own daughter had almost been exiled filled Lin Shujing with lingering fear.
Their visit was at Ling Ruofeng's request.
It wasn't that she was reluctant to part with Yun Zhao, her former daughter; it was that she didn't want to lose a pawn.
Yun Zhao is exceptionally intelligent. Even at only five years old, one can imagine that such a girl will surely shine brightly in the capital in the future.
Regardless of who it is given to, it will be a great help to the Marquis of Dingyuan's household.
With that in mind, Ling Ruofeng walked into the exile group.
Yun Zhao watched his movements and couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
What terrible idea is Old Deng coming up with now?
"Zhaozhao, His Majesty promised that you and Xiaoxue would henceforth be children of two different families. If you apologize to Xiaoxue today..."
"I will reluctantly request His Majesty's decree to allow you to return to the Marquis of Dingyuan's residence and become his daughter."
Upon hearing this, the hot-tempered eldest uncle immediately exploded.
"You, surnamed Ling, are dreaming! This is our Xu family's niece!"
Xu Yifei has always been crude and vulgar. In the past, Ling Ruofeng would give him face out of respect for the General.
From today onwards, Ling Ruofeng will no longer give him a kind look.
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