Chapter 265 Preparing to Write a Letter to the Capital
After returning home, Madam Chang thought about it carefully for a long time and felt that the peasant woman she saw today was Lu Zhou, the former Empress.
But just as Du Wanchun said, even if she knew that Aunt Zhou was the Empress, she couldn't spread the news.
The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she felt. She wanted to write a letter to her father back home in the capital, so she quickly took a piece of paper and a pen from the table. However, the pen broke as soon as she put the pen down.
"How did this perfectly good pen break? Could it be because no one has lived here for too long?" Madam Chang said to herself, then picked up another pen.
She wrote only one word this time before the pen tip fell off.
Madam Chang stood up and quickly took out all the pens in the room, examining them all. She found that the nibs of the pens had all fallen off.
She quickly summoned her maid, "Xiaochun, why are all my pens ruined?"
The maid looked at the broken pens with surprise. "Madam, I remember these pens were all fine when I was cleaning the room just now."
The two elders of the Chang family have both passed away, and this old house has been uninhabited for a long time, so it's not surprising that the things inside are broken.
Madam Chang assumed that the maid hadn't paid attention while cleaning.
She quickly said, "Go and buy some more pens, and also some paper and ink while you're at it."
The maidservant quickly replied, "Yes, Madam."
After saying this, the maid turned and left the study.
Madam Chang's mind was filled with thoughts of meeting Aunt Zhou today. If she really was the Empress, then it meant the Crown Prince was still alive.
She became more and more excited the more she thought about it.
Just then, a maid's voice came from outside: "Madam, a guest requests an audience."
"Guests?" Madam Chang muttered to herself. She had only just arrived in Cheng'an County; how could there be guests so soon?
She replied, "Let the guests in."
"Yes, madam."
Madam Chang slowly walked to the front yard. She was startled to see the Third Prince in the yard. She quickly tidied her clothes and composed herself before walking up to the Third Prince and asking, "Your Highness, what are you doing here?"
The Third Prince turned to look at her. "I was visiting an old friend in Cheng'an County recently. I heard you were here today, so I came to see you."
Madam Chang lowered her head, a slight blush on her face, "I didn't expect that the Prince would still think of coming to see me."
The Third Prince walked slowly inside, his hands behind his back. "We are old friends, why wouldn't I come to see you?"
Madam Chang looked up at the Third Prince's back, wondering whether she should tell him about seeing the Empress today.
Before they were married, Madam Chang had a crush on the Third Prince, but the Third Prince only had Lu Zhou in his heart, so she could only bury her feelings in her heart.
The prince turned to look at her and asked, "Now that you're going back to the old house, will you return to the capital in the future?"
Madam Chang quickly came to her senses and said, "We're not going back. We'll stay here and live a good life with our two children."
Before Lord Chang passed away, he had several concubines. Madam Chang could no longer bear the harassment from those concubines, so she took her children back to the old house and never returned to that place of trouble again.
The Third Prince's expression relaxed considerably upon hearing this.
Then Madam Chang had a maid pour him a cup of tea and dismissed all the maids and servants in the room.
When they were alone, Madam Chang finally spoke up, "Your Highness, I saw someone today."
"Who?" the Third Prince asked hastily.
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