Without giving any further thought, Madam Yao finished instructing the maids and servants who were following her and prepared to return to the mansion immediately.
Meanwhile, Xie Qiuniang went to a secluded spot, touched her chest, and breathed a sigh of relief. She had finally completed the task her younger brother had entrusted to her.
Two months ago, she and Daoist Changqing went to the capital and stayed at Xuantian Temple.
Afterwards, the Taoist priest used the blessing ceremony held in the palace to strike up a conversation with the Empress of the current dynasty.
The emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, who reigned for more than 10 years, shared a deep and loving relationship with his empress, who was 5 years younger than him, creating a rare and beautiful story.
However, the empress had fallen into the water and caught a cold in her early years and was unable to have children again. Although there were more than a dozen princes in the palace, none of them were her children.
Strangely enough, the emperor had many concubines who frequently gave birth, but none of them gave birth to a princess.
After Master Changqing arrived, he performed divination for the Empress and predicted that she was destined to have a daughter blessed by heaven.
The empress, who had been childless for many years, almost lost her composure and begged the Taoist priest for guidance.
Changqing was quite the actor; after giving her the Runji Pill, he had the Empress burn incense, bathe, and copy hundreds of scriptures.
Unexpectedly, half a month ago, the empress sent word that she was indeed pregnant and asked the Taoist priest to pray for the child in her womb.
From then on, Master Changqing's reputation soared among the elites of the capital, and she, the "burden," also benefited greatly. Now, many high-ranking officials and nobles would call her "Fairy Maiden" when they saw her.
Xie Qiuniang knew that this situation was all planned by Daoist Changqing and her younger brother. She didn't know the details, but she understood that the good days were all given by her younger brother.
She, Xie Qiuniang, had nothing else, but she still had one life. After leaving that cannibalistic house, she vowed that from now on, her life belonged to her younger brother.
Before going to the capital, her younger brother secretly gave her a brocade pouch, instructing her to deliver it to the wife of the Duke of Dingguo before the 6th of September.
She accepted it without hesitation, thinking that she could eventually sell herself into the Duke of Dingguo's mansion and do this for her younger brother.
But her younger brother said that as long as she followed Master Changqing, she would be able to see the Lady of the Duke's Mansion.
She trusted her brother, but as the date drew closer after arriving in the capital, she began to panic. She never expected that the lady would actually appear at the temple today.
Having fulfilled Xie Ming's request, Xie Qiuniang felt relieved and went to find Changqing to listen to the sutra.
After receiving the brocade pouch, Yao boarded a carriage and headed to the Duke's mansion.
They traveled without hindrance until they reached the gate of the mansion, where they encountered the eldest son, the heir of the Duke of Dingguo, who had just returned home.
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