Chapter 66 Concealing Identity
Despite the pain, the man didn't argue, clutching the back of his head and saying, "Mother, I worked in the palace and never did anything immoral!"
Aunt Wang pointed at the Zhou family and said, "They haven't done anything heinous, so why do you want to kill them? Let me tell you, they are your parents' saviors. If you want to kill them, you're killing your parents!"
The man lowered his head and truly stopped resisting.
Seeing that he had calmed down, Aunt Wang grabbed his hand and pulled him, angrily saying, "All these years, why haven't you sent a single message to your parents?"
The man said aggrievedly, "I sent it, but I haven't received a reply."
Aunt Wang frowned. "You didn't even come to the village to look for us."
The man felt even more aggrieved, "I looked for you, but you've all moved away."
Aunt Wang's eyes welled up with tears, and she started crying again.
Aunt Zhou and Du Wanchun were still a little confused. They had clearly encountered assassins, so how did it turn into a scene of deep mother-son affection?
What they didn't know was that although Wang Qiu worked in the palace as a famously stern guard, he was also a very filial son who was extremely obedient to his parents at home.
He had been searching for his parents all these years, and now that they had suddenly appeared before him, he dared not act recklessly.
Aunt Wang took his hand and asked him, "Didn't you say you worked in the palace? Why did you travel all this way to come here to assassinate someone?"
Wang Qiu looked at Aunt Zhou and Zhou Ruiyuan, frowned, and said, "I was acting under someone's orders..."
Aunt Wang raised her hand and slapped him on the back of the head again. "What do you mean by being ordered around! You'd rather not do this kind of job! Let me tell you, as long as I'm here, you won't touch the Zhou family!"
Wang Qiu was stunned by the beating and didn't dare to utter a word in rebuttal. He lowered his head, looking very embarrassed.
Aunt Zhou got up and walked to Aunt Wang's side, asking her again to confirm, "Sister Wang, is he really your son?"
Aunt Wang nodded and said, "Yes, he is the son we have been looking for for so long."
Aunt Zhou didn't know whether this was good or bad, since the assassin sent from the capital was actually Aunt Wang's son.
This is truly unexpected.
Aunt Wang then slapped Wang Qiu again and said, "Qiu'er, I don't care who you work for, from now on you stay in this village and don't leave. Just honestly farm the land."
Wang Qiu suddenly looked up at her, his face showing some reluctance.
At this moment, Zhou Ruiyuan pointed his sword at him and said, "I think it's best to silence him."
Upon hearing this, Wang Qiu's face darkened, and she sighed deeply, saying, "Alright, Mother, I'll listen to you. I won't leave."
Aunt Wang's complexion gradually improved.
Zhou Ruiyuan then sheathed his longsword.
Aunt Wang pulled Wang Qiu into the Zhou family home and asked him about his experiences in the capital.
It turns out that after he went to the capital, he entered the palace as a guard. Later, he was appreciated by the Imperial Concubine and became her personal guard.
His visit to Changliu Village was at the behest of the Imperial Concubine, to assassinate the Zhou family.
As for why the Imperial Concubine killed the Zhou family, Wang Qiu deliberately did not say.
After all, this is a huge secret.
Three years ago, the Lu family of Marquis Anwu was executed along with the entire family for treason. At the same time, the eldest daughter of the Lu family, who is now the Empress, was banished to the Cold Palace for poisoning Consort Wu.
The Lu family's property was confiscated, and the Empress was banished to the Cold Palace.
The Crown Prince and Empress's other two sons had always wanted to clear the name of the Lu family and their mother, but they were then framed and convicted of treason.
In a fit of anger, the emperor exiled the mother and her four children to Zizhou.
However, the mother and her three children were attacked during their exile.
Everyone thought they were dead.
No one expected that the mother and her three children would meet Chen Yue'e, who had returned to her hometown, during their escape.
Chen Yue'e was sold to the capital as a child bride to a stable boy in her early years. She had no children for many years, so she was sent back home.
On her way home, she was plagued by illness and nearly starved to death. She was rescued by the four exiled women and children and took them back to Changliu Village.
Unfortunately, Chen Yue'e died of illness before she even reached the village entrance.
After burying Chen Yue'e, the mother and her three children went to Changliu Village under her identity and changed their names to Zhou.
Recently, there have been rumors in the palace that someone who looks remarkably like His Highness the Crown Prince has been seen in Cheng'an County.
The Imperial Concubine was worried, so she specially sent Wang Qiu to investigate. If it was just a rumor, that would be fine, but if it was true, she would kill him to silence him.
Although Wang Qiu was a bodyguard of the Imperial Concubine, he had never done such a thing before and was somewhat unwilling.
Now that he has encountered his own mother again, he naturally finds it even more difficult to do so.
Later, when Aunt Wang pressed him for details, he had no choice but to help the Zhou family conceal their identities, saying that the Zhou family had inadvertently offended the Imperial Concubine in the capital, which was why the Imperial Concubine had taken such drastic measures.
Aunt Wang believed it.
However, Du Wanchun did not believe it. Listening to Wang Qiu's words, she began to doubt her husband's identity.
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