Su Cheng sat alone in the room.
Su Xiaoxiao knocked on his door: "Dad, it's me."
Su Cheng wiped his red eyes and said seriously, "Come in."
Su Xiaoxiao came in carrying a bowl of lotus seed soup: "Dad."
"Hey." Su Cheng responded, "Why aren't you sleeping so late?"
"I couldn't sleep, so I came to see Dad."
Su Xiaoxiao placed the lotus seed soup on the table and sat down next to Su Cheng, "Dad."
"Hmm? I happen to be a little hungry."
Su Cheng didn't want his daughter to see his abnormality, so he buried his head in eating.
Su Xiaoxiao saw through the whole thing but didn't say anything. She had already learned what had happened from Wuhu.
That’s right, Wuhu, a little spy, has no pressure in gathering intelligence.
She came to see his father after careful consideration.
She sighed softly and said, "Dad, let Mom go back to Southern Xinjiang."
Su Cheng clenched the spoon.
"Aa ...
Wei Xiaobao's serious and solemn voice could be heard from the yard.
I don’t know what Qin Canglan did to her again, and she is angry again.
Su Xiaoxiao held Su Cheng's wrist and said, "Mom has finished the journey with Dad. Let her and grandma go home."
Su Cheng closed his red, swollen, and sore eyes, and his body trembled slightly. -Three days later, Cheng Sang and Zong Zhenghui said goodbye to Qin Canglan and others.
Old Madam Wei, Madam Wei, Old Madam Su, and Mrs. Tao all came to see him off.
During their time in Beijing, they formed many card games, and leaving aside their kinship, they had become card-playing friends with a tacit understanding.
Suddenly one person is missing, and Old Madam Wei and Old Madam Su are quite reluctant to let go.
Su Xiaoxiao traveled with Wei Ting and Su Ergou.
The task of relocating the grave was done personally by the son and son-in-law, who escorted it all the way back to the Cheng family in southern Xinjiang without asking anyone else for help.
After a tiring journey by boat and train, I had not originally planned to bring the little ones along.
Wei Xiaobao was a shrewd man. He passed by the pharmacy on the way and got on Su Xiaoxiao's carriage.
When the group arrived at the city gate, Qin Canglan and the Qin family cavalry were waiting in formation on the official road.
Qin Canglan gripped the reins tightly: "I will escort my daughter-in-law home." -Xinghua Village had never seen so many troops come. The mighty soldiers filled the entire village.
The villagers dared not even make a sound, for fear that they would be trampled to death by the horses' hooves if they were not careful!
In fact, the Qin family's cavalry were well-trained and never trampled on even a patch of cauliflower on the ridge of the field.
Wei Ting and Su Ergou took shovels to dig the grave.
Qin Canglan and Zong Zhenghui also came over.
Qin Canglan said: "I'll come, she is my daughter-in-law."
Zong Zhenghui grabbed the shovel and said, "From now on, she is my daughter."
Zong Zhenghui had already ordered his men to rush over from southern Xinjiang with great speed. It was custom-made at a huge expense and was just enough to fit the old coffin.
When the coffin was about to start its journey, the Qin family soldiers all knelt on one knee and said, "We respectfully send the young master's wife home!"
"Send the young master's wife home!"
"Send the young master's wife home!"
Cheng Sang stroked the cold jade coffin, tears in her eyes: "Weiwei, mother will take you home." -Emperor Jingxuan did not survive July.
He passed away on a sunny afternoon.
Crown Prince Xiao Chonghua ascended the throne under the witness of civil and military officials.
The Empress Dowager was promoted to Grand Empress Dowager.
The empress was named the Holy Empress Dowager, and her biological mother, Concubine Xian, was named the Empress Dowager.
Not long after the national mourning, Xiao Chonghua’s personal guards "discovered" the body of "Bai Xihe" under the cliff and officially announced Bai Xihe’s death.
"The Queen Mother."
The head nanny came over.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs took inventory of the things in Zhaoyang Palace and brought a booklet to ask the Holy Empress Dowager for instructions.
Since the new emperor had just ascended the throne and had not yet established a harem, and Concubine Xian was used to giving up her responsibilities, she was too lazy to take charge of the six palaces after becoming the empress dowager. Therefore, all matters, big or small, were still handled by the Holy Empress Dowager.
"I know she is not dead."
Said the Holy Queen Mother.
The head nanny looked at her with a complicated expression: "Empress Dowager..."
The Saint Queen Mother smiled faintly: "Are you trying to tell me that I can do the same? It's not that I haven't thought about it, but it's a pity that I don't have the courage like her. I... can't put my life and property in the hands of a man."
After faking her death and leaving the palace, Bai Xihe did gain freedom, but she also lost the protection and support of the royal family.
As long as Su Chengruo is a good man, she can rest assured.
But if Su Cheng is not, what awaits her will be eternal damnation.
"Everyone has his own destiny."
After saying this, the head nanny said nothing more.
Once someone is wounded, they can never take off their armor again.
She knew that Sikong Yun was still waiting for her.
But she didn't have the courage to take the risk again.
This deep palace is her prison and also her fortress. -Affected by the death of the previous emperor, the original selection of the imperial consort had to be cancelled.
The two princesses must observe mourning for the late emperor for three years.
Xiao Chonghua also postponed the draft to three years later on the grounds of mourning.
For the people of the Great Zhou, life gradually returned to normal after the national mourning on the 27th.
After watching Wei Xiyue finish her calligraphy practice, Old Lady Wei asked Wei Xiyue to go play in the snow with her younger brothers, while she asked Madam Wei to call her grandchildren's wives over.
Su Xiaoxiao, Chu Feifeng and Li Wan are not here.
Su Xiaoxiao went to southern Xinjiang, and Chu Feifeng went back to her parents' home accompanied by Wei Chen.
Ever since Wei Chen was stimulated by the affair between Alliance Leader Jiang and Yun Shuang, he changed his previous aloofness and immediately put down his airs. He knelt on the floor when he should, wrote love poems when he should, and used all his skills as long as his wife was shameless.
Chu Feifeng had no idea what he was thinking, but in the end his father-in-law and mother-in-law were very satisfied.
As for Li Wan, she was pregnant with her second child and was very sleepy, so Old Lady Wei deliberately did not let anyone call her.
Chen Pei, Lan Baoyin and Jiang Susu sat upright in Old Lady Wei's room.
"mother."
Madam Wei spoke.
Old Lady Wei said, "Have you guessed what I want to say?"
Mrs. Wei nodded.
Old Lady Wei sighed and decided not to beat around the bush: "Pei'er, Baoyin, Susu, I asked you to come here today because I have something to discuss with you."
Lan Baoyin and Jiang Susu immediately became nervous. Even Chen Pei, who was usually calm, sensed something unusual in the old lady Wei's demeanor.
Chen Pei said, "Grandma, if you have anything to say, just tell me. No need to discuss it with me!"
Grandma Wei: "No, this matter must be discussed. Grandma asks you, are you living well in the Wei family?"
"Okay." Chen Pei answered without hesitation.
Lan Baoyin and Jiang Susu also nodded heavily.
"The third, fourth, and fifth elders passed away early. It is the Wei family that has let you down, leaving you widows at such a young age. Grandmother does not want to delay you any longer. If you want to remarry, she will let you marry off with all the splendor of her granddaughters. It would be best if you could grow old together with your husbands. If you have been wronged, the Wei family will always be your home."
"grandmother!"
"grandmother!"
"grandmother!"
The three people's faces changed drastically.
Old Lady Wei looked at them lovingly: "Grandma doesn't mean to chase you away. I just hope that you can take charge of the rest of your lives." - Chen Pei left.
She didn't get married, but went out to explore the world.
Before Mr. Qiu and Granny Nie left Qianshan Island, they gave her a Qianshan Island token.
She thought it would be a good idea to go to Qianshan Island to gain some experience first.
She will come back to the Wei family. She is a member of the Wei family in life and a ghost of the Wei family in death.
"Sanlang, what is your greatest wish?"
"Peace on earth!"
"Besides this?"
"Well... I travel the world with my sword!"
"But... you can't even beat Xiaoliu, aren't you afraid of being bullied in the martial arts world?"
Sanlang is an expert in archery and is the most powerful archer in the Wei family.
But in terms of internal strength and physical skills, he is slightly inferior to his brothers.
"Don't I still have you, my lady? If anyone bullies me, I'll teach him a lesson for me!"
"Well, okay."
Chen Pei set off on horseback in a heroic manner.
Li Wan looked at Chen Pei's back as she walked further and further away, and asked Wei Qing: "Is my third brother's wife here for my third brother's unfulfilled wish?"
Wei Qing shook his head: "Third brother never wanted to venture into the martial arts world. The reason I said that is because I know that my third brother's wife has always had a dream of venturing into the martial arts world."
"Hey! Third sister-in-law, wait for me!"
It’s Jiang Susu.
"I want to go to Qianshan Island, too! I want to attend the wedding of Alliance Leader Jiang and Palace Leader Yun!"
"Hurry up, Sihu! If you can't catch up with the Third Sister-in-law, you'll be a useless horse!"
The four tigers’ horse hooves were smoking!
Baby is the best!!! Li Wan asked curiously: "Why is Fifth Brother's wife..."
Wei Qing smiled and said, "The Jiang family sent someone to pick her up. I heard that they have arranged a marriage for her."
Li Wan was stunned and said, "So she...ran away from marriage?"
Jiang Susu doesn't want to get married.
Having money, power and freedom, isn’t this a great life?
Why do you want to find a man to bring trouble to you?
Besides, if you want children, you don't have to give birth to them yourself, there are plenty of them in the mansion! Lan Baoyin is going to remarry.
The day before their departure, she cried in the arms of Old Lady Wei.
Old Madam Wei hugged her and was choked with sobs and unable to speak.
"My precious silver... my precious silver..."
Old Lady Wei cried uncontrollably.
On the side, Mrs. Wei was in tears, and Li Wan's tears were falling like beads from a broken string.
The place where she was going to marry was far away, and her husband was a local merchant and a distant cousin of hers.
"I know I will never meet a better man than Shiro in my life."
"Second sister-in-law, I envy you and Xiaoxiao. I envy you for having your own children."
"I...want to be a mother, too."
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival
(End of this chapter)