Chapter 72, first published on Jinjiang Literature City (2+3 updates) "Big Hadun..."
While Chao Lu and Pei Du were talking outside, Ruan Yu also figured out what was going on with her.
Although it's... a bit unbelievable, she accepts it.
"Can it be solved?"
Before Dr. Xu arrived, Chao Lu had already met with him once and had given him some instructions.
So he didn't say much at that moment, only saying, "Yes, please rest assured, Khatun."
"In that case, I'll have to trouble you, doctor."
When Doctor Xu left, Chao Lu immediately looked over. Doctor Xu stepped forward and said, "My lord, Your Highness, I observed that the Fourth Khatun is in good spirits. It seems that the poison is as we thought, and it will not cause any particularly serious harm to the Khatun's body at present."
Pei Du nodded: "Take the medicine first."
Chao Lu also said, "Thank you."
Dr. Xu: "You're too kind. I'll go and prepare the medicine right away."
After everyone left, Chaolu looked at Pei Du again, "Could he...?"
Pei Du nodded: "Don't worry, I'll have Doctor Xu accompany you."
Chao Lu breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly gave Pei Du a steppe salute, saying, "The Chaha tribe will certainly treat Doctor Xu as an honored guest."
Pei Du smiled.
Chao Lu went back to his room. Ruan Yu lay on the bed, lost in thought.
"Yuyu, are you hungry? What do you want to eat?"
Ruan Yu looked at him and wrinkled her nose: "I didn't notice before, how come you're so sloppy? Go take a shower and change your clothes first."
Chao Lu glanced down and said, "How could I possibly care about that..."
Ruan Yu laughed and said, "I was just joking with you. How's it going on the grasslands?"
Chaolu had no time to deal with these matters; he just stared intently at the person: "The wheat seeds have been sent back. I didn't even have time to say a few more words to my mother before I heard the news. I didn't have a moment to spare."
Ruan Yu lowered her eyes: "Mother and elder sister must be extremely worried."
"Yes, but it's okay, let's go back soon. Yu Yu, Lingzhou is unstable. Once you've recovered, I'll take you back. Third Brother is also preparing to leave."
The matter in Lingzhou has been basically settled, and there is indeed no need to stay any longer.
Ruan Yu smiled at him and said, "Okay, I'll listen to my husband."
...
Inside the cellar, the old woman was being tortured by Has and Yang Chong in turn, but she was still alive.
Torture, but not enough to kill everyone.
It was late at night, and the guards around were all drowsy.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard not far away, followed by a cloud of smoke.
The guards, who had been holding on, instantly fell asleep. In the darkness, the old woman slowly raised her head and saw the girl in front of her, who had removed her cloak.
"Who...who are you?" the old woman asked, on the verge of death.
Bao Yin stepped forward with a smile: "You don't need to know."
She was extremely excited, and now she no longer needed to hide anything. She walked around the old woman for a long time before saying, "Saren actually still has this trump card of yours. I thought that the snake gu last time was her last gasp."
A complex emotion flashed in the old woman's eyes.
"You know Gu poison, and it seems you can also use poison. Which sect are you from? From the Western Regions?"
Bao Yin chuckled: "Just because you're not affiliated with any sect or school doesn't mean... you learned it all by yourself?"
"At such a young age, you have quite the big mouth. Even if you are, you're still a mixed bag, and in the future... you'll only be a half-baked expert."
"Ha!" Bao Yin seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. "So what if you're from a prestigious family? You've still ended up like this. It seems... you're not even as good as me, a half-baked idiot."
The old woman seemed humiliated; indeed, in her youth...how glorious she had been...
It all stemmed from Hurile, the new Khan, who disregarded witchcraft and sorcery upon ascending the throne…
That's why they've fallen to this state.
Bao Yin: "However... your physique is excellent. Although you are old, your bones and muscles are still strong. Why don't you... concoct some medicine for me..."
The old woman exclaimed in shock: "You!"
"What, are you surprised? You think I wouldn't dare if my fourth brother didn't take your life?"
"You weren't together?! So young, yet so cunning!"
"None of your business. What good are you anyway? You're just Saren's dog."
Baoyin deliberately emphasized the last sentence, which angered the old woman: "What is Saren—"
But before she could finish speaking, she realized she might have fallen into a trap and immediately shut up.
But Baoyin seems to have already gotten the answer she wanted...
She suddenly smiled mischievously: "Then... I won't be polite!"
When it was truly time to die, the old woman suddenly screamed, "Stop...stop...no..."
...
When Baoyin emerged from the darkness again, she was covered in the stench of blood, but she was clearly very excited.
Excellent medicinal herbs, truly excellent medicinal herbs.
She moved extremely quickly, and just as she was about to return to her room, someone suddenly blocked her way—
Bao Yin instinctively wanted to make a move, but quickly realized the other party's identity.
"Sixth Brother?"
In the darkness, Turing slowly emerged, squinting his eyes.
"You did it?"
Bao Yin was very excited: "She is an excellent medicinal material! With this in mind, my new medicine will definitely be fine!"
Turing frowned: "You're in a hurry. You should at least wait for Fourth Brother to finish the interrogation."
Bao Yin slowly frowned.
“I gave him time. If I had to wait for him, I would have made my move that day. I can’t wait any longer. I’ve already collected the snake gu, and this time I’ve obtained the tendons and bones of the successor of the Yin Poison. Sixth Brother… our plan… is about to succeed…”
Turing didn't speak, he just lowered his eyes.
Baoyin was anxious: "Sixth Brother, things have come to this point, Saren is on the verge of death! How can you act on emotion at this time! Yes, I admit that Chaolu has been kind to you, but that's enough. Last time with the snake poison... I already helped him... This time, that old woman simply won't confess!"
A flicker of pain crossed Turing's eyes: "Even before you killed her, she wouldn't confess?"
"No way! That old woman values her mentally challenged son so much, all she wants is to leave him an heir. What a foolish woman, sacrificing her entire life for a man's mentally challenged child!"
"Then, can you cure Fourth Sister-in-law's poison?"
Bao Yin paused for a moment: "I don't know much about insidious poisons, but I can learn. However, our plan seems to be more important, don't you think?"
Turing pursed his lips.
"Sixth Brother...you can't hesitate any longer!"
“I understand!” Turing whispered.
“But this matter has nothing to do with Fourth Brother, we’ll talk about it later… As for Ao Han, Grandfather has already made arrangements, and news will arrive in the next day or two. I would like to ask you, what’s going on with Yu Zhu?”
Bao Yin was taken aback.
“I drugged her on the carriage that brought her to Lingzhou, but I don’t know why she got pregnant. It might be related to Charles, you know, Naren, she—”
Before Baoyin could finish speaking, she suddenly looked warily at the bamboo forest behind her—
"who!"
Turing also became very wary and threw a couple of hidden weapons at them.
A cat let out a pitiful cry and quickly ran away.
Turing breathed a sigh of relief: "It's alright."
Bao Yin frowned, realizing she had said too much tonight; she was indeed overly excited about obtaining a top-grade medicinal herb.
"What's done is done. I will do my best to help Ruan Yu, but I'm determined to have this."
After saying that, she disappeared into the darkness.
After standing there for a moment, Turing silently turned and left.
...
The next morning, Yang Chong discovered that the old woman was dead.
Upon hearing this, Chaolu remained silent for a moment, and his expression indeed turned rather unpleasant.
Hass: "Damn it, she's a real stubborn one, she won't last long..."
Chaolu asked expressionlessly, "Where is her son?"
"We've found them, and we're sending people to arrest them."
"Follow the clues and bring them all back to me."
"yes."
...
Ruan Yu rested indoors for another day and felt that her body had truly recovered almost completely.
She didn't really care about it, but she could clearly sense that Chaolu was in a bad mood.
I haven't been joking with her these past two days. Besides spending time with her, I rush out whenever I have a spare moment.
Even Ruan Yu didn't know what he was busy with.
Pei Du sent over the final finished plow early in the morning. It was said to have been improved by the Ministry of Works and was indeed much larger than the one made by Chao Lu last time.
Finally, the Ministry of Works changed the name to "seed drill".
That's quite a vivid description.
Because it was Ruan Yu's ingenious idea, Pei Du promised to give the Chaha tribe one hundred planes during this trip.
It can be produced in large quantities continuously.
Ruan Yu felt that she had done a good deed and was in a good mood.
Meanwhile, at the fur shop, the embroiderers she had selected had all finished their work, and Xuanniang brought people to meet them.
A few of them were indeed chosen by Ruan Yu.
"This hat is well made, and so is this scarf."
The embroiderer was delighted to receive the praise and stepped forward, saying, "Thank you, Madam."
"You two made this? Keep it all, including this knee pad..."
This was made by a grassland embroiderer. Ruan Yu was pleasantly surprised: "Did you learn your skills in the Central Plains?"
"Replying to Madam, I learned it after I married into Lingzhou."
"That's very talented. Which tribe do you come from?"
"It's from Chaha."
Ruan Yu smiled and nodded: "You stay too."
It's one of our own people, so there shouldn't be any problems using it.
In the end, Ruan Yu selected several embroiderers, some Han Chinese and some from the grasslands, and she naturally had her own considerations.
Xuan Niang smiled and said, "Madam's arrangements are very sound. I guess you'll need to recruit a few more embroiderers when you return to the grasslands?"
"Yes, keep these people and nurture them carefully. If you find a good one, you can promote him. After all, I won't be around often in the future."
"yes."
Ruan Yu picked up the knee pad again, smiled, and said, "I'll keep this one for Chao Lu."
"What about this?" Xuan Niang pointed to the hat.
Ruan Yu laughed and said, "No, I don't think he'll like wearing it."
Xuanniang smiled and agreed.
Chaolu returned on time during lunch.
Ruan Yu put down her book: "What are you busy with?"
Chao Lu smiled at her: "Arranging the return trip is nothing."
Ruan Yu seemed to be thinking for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's alright, let's eat."
Chaolu was also hungry and ate meat heartily.
While I was eating, I suddenly noticed the hat next to me.
"What is this?" He reached out and took it.
Her eyes lit up: "Yu Yu, did you make this for me?"
As he spoke, he placed it on his head.
Before Ruan Yu could even speak, he saw Chao Lu fiddling with things from side to side.
Is it pretty?
She suddenly felt like teasing him.
"It looks nice. I made it. Do you like it?"
Chao Lu hurriedly ran to the mirror, looking at himself from left to right: "I like it! But isn't it a bit hot now..."
"Is it hot? I'm alright... The wind on the grassland must still be quite strong?"
Actually, it wasn't good-looking at all, and it was a bit small, but Ruan Yu just wanted to see him say one thing and mean another.
Chao Lu turned around and grinned at her: "Yeah, then I'll wear it."
Chao Lu sat down again, and Ruan Yu saw with her own eyes that Chao Lu's ears had turned red from holding back his anger. Finally, she couldn't help but say, "Take them off..."
"I won't pick them anymore, I really like them."
Ruan Yu: "...I didn't make it. I was just teasing you. It was the embroiderer who made it."
Chao Lu was stunned for a moment before finally saying "Oh".
Then he silently took it off.
"It seems a little small..."
After Chao Lu finished speaking, Ruan Yu burst out laughing.
Chao Lu laughed along with him.
"Here, but this is for you."
Ruan Yu handed him another pair of knee pads: "These should fit you, try them on."
Chao Lu's eyes lit up instantly again, and he took it—
"Perfect, perfect!"
Ruan Yu smiled and said, "Yes, it should be just right for you to use in winter."
Chao Lu smiled and said, "Yes, thank you, wife!"
Ruan Yu looked at him for a while and then curled her lips into a smile.
"On your return journey the day after tomorrow, is there anything you still wish to do in Lingzhou that you haven't fulfilled?" Chao Lu asked, looking at her.
“Dr. Xu will also be going back with us, and I will treat him as an honored guest.”
Ruan Yu shook her head: "It's nothing. I've almost finished arranging things at the shop. Has the seed drill been delivered yet?"
"Yes, Father Khan will be very happy to see this."
...
Chaha tribe.
Around 7:00 AM, the maidservants in the Great Hadun's tent went to deliver breakfast to Hadun as usual.
But shortly after the door was opened, a scream rang out from inside Hadun's tent—
Several maids all ran out.
When the news reached the Khan's ears, Hurile immediately rushed over.
Saren is dead.
Hurile immediately blocked the news. When Damu heard the news, he rushed over and collapsed to his knees outside the tent. All the nobles and ministers arrived. The news shocked the entire grassland.
When Hurile arrived, there were few people in the tent. Saren lay on the couch, seemingly dying with his eyes open.
But Hurile immediately noticed something she was holding in her hand, and he narrowed his eyes—
"Great Khan!"
Before the people outside could barge in, Hurile immediately put the thing away.
After the person came in, he turned around expressionlessly—
"Da Hadun has passed away; prepare for his funeral."
Naren arrived shortly afterward, staggering over, her expression one of utter despair.
"Great Khan, Great Khan, what exactly happened! Who killed my sister...?"
Hurile gently helped her up: "Naren, calm down, it's not necessarily someone who's trying to harm her..."
Naren shook her head: "No, I don't believe it, I want to go in and see my sister..."
Hurile didn't stop her and let her in.
Outside the Great Hadun tent, things were in chaos, but Hurile remained calm and methodically handled what he needed to do, while also taking away all the maids from the Great Hadun tent from the previous night.
Interrogate them rigorously.
...
Inside Lady Qiu's tent.
Madam Qiu had been striking the wooden fish and chanting Buddhist scriptures in the Buddhist hall all day.
Hela accompanied her.
As dusk fell, hurried footsteps came from outside the tent, and Hurile walked straight in!
"Great Khan..."
"Get out, everyone."
Hurile blocked out all the light. Qinggu glanced at her mistress with some concern, but still silently withdrew.
"Hela, you go too."
Hela: "Father Khan, I..."
Mrs. Qiu: "Hela, you can go out first, it's alright."
Hela pursed her lips. "Yes... Mother."
After Hela left, the tent became completely quiet, and Madam Qiu also stopped what she was doing.
"Your Majesty, ask whatever you want."
Hurile looked puzzled: "Tell me, it wasn't you."
"Since the Great Khan has come alone to question me, doesn't that mean you already have the answer in your heart?"
"As long as you say it wasn't you, I will believe you."
Madam Qiu suddenly curled her lips into a smile and stood up.
She was a concubine.
Hurile seemed to break down after hearing this: "No! Say it! Say it's not true!"
Lady Qiu looked at the almost hysterical Hurile and was also a little puzzled: "Why is the Great Khan so surprised? Saren has attacked my son time and time again. Is it surprising that I took her life? Or is it that my actions have shattered my image in the Great Khan's eyes?"
Hurile suddenly looked up: "I told you... to wait, I will deal with her!"
"How long are we going to wait? We've been back on the grasslands for half a month! In this half month, she failed to harm my son, so she set her sights on my An'an! Does the Khan... not know about these things?"
Hurile took a half step back, the once vigorous and powerful ruler of the grasslands even slightly unsteady on his feet. "Awan... then all those words of comfort and understanding you gave me the other day... were they all lies to me?"
Madam Qiu suddenly looked away.
"There's no point in saying all this now. I killed Saren, and you have evidence, don't you? Let the Khan decide what to do with him."
"Answer me! Are you lying to me? I clearly said that once Saren is deposed, I will put you on the throne! Why are you...!"
Madam Qiu felt a pang in her heart. She pursed her lips and said, "I can't depose him. I'll have to do it myself."
Hurile paused for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter.
"You don't believe me?"
Silence fell.
"No, perhaps you don't distrust me, but rather... you don't care about the position of Grand Haddon."
Madam Qiu was taken aback and pinched her palm.
“Speak! Is that so! You'd rather personally bring yourself to this point, isn't it because you don't trust me? And you don't want to become the Great Khatun! And... you took advantage of my sincerity, you're certain that I... wouldn't bear to harm you... isn't that right?!”
Lady Qiu pursed her lips: "No! I'm the one who killed Da Hadun. Kill me or do whatever you want, Khan!"
With a "bang," the sound of something falling to the ground came from outside. Hurile turned around abruptly and strode out.
A dark figure flashed by, its reach swift and agile, but even it couldn't outrun Hurile.
Hurile took a few quick steps forward and grabbed the other man from behind.
"Your Majesty... have mercy... I can take the medicine..."
Hurile was in a fit of anger and had no desire to waste any more words.
The fastest way to silence someone—
With a click.
It means directly snapping the other person's neck.
There are no more worries.
Hurile turned around, and Haila collapsed to the ground.
He stood quietly in the wind for a moment, then said softly, "Tell your mother that she is under house arrest from today onwards."
Hela wanted to say something, but she couldn't utter a single word.
Hurile turned and slowly walked away, his back view seemingly aging by more than a decade in an instant...
“Mother…” Hela ran inside crying.
"Why are you doing this... Why don't you tell Father Khan the truth? Why do you have to..."
Hela didn't understand and burst into tears.
Madam Qiu closed her eyes, and tears streamed down her face.
"Hela, don't cry, you should be happy for your mother."
"Mother has avenged her son, and you and Chaolu are both adults now. Mother is very happy, truly... Even if your father Khan wanted to punish me... Mother feels... it would be a relief..."
She was very tired, extremely tired.
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