Seeing her eldest son dismount and stand on the steps in front of the door, Madam Yao understood even more clearly that the item in her arms must have been given to her son by the Taoist priest.
After getting off the carriage, Madam Yao didn't waste any words and went directly to her courtyard with her eldest son.
After entering the house, Madam Yao dismissed the servants and handed the brocade pouch to her eldest son.
The young master easily untied the brocade pouch, much to the amazement of Madam Yao and her personal nanny.
Having learned of the secret of the brocade pouch from his mother, the prince carefully took out the paper inside.
The Yao family and others were curious as to why the letter was blank, but the young master clearly saw a letter. Miraculously, after he read and memorized its contents, the paper turned to dust and vanished without a trace.
Knowing that this matter was suspicious and serious, he instructed his mother and nanny not to tell anyone. The two women who cherished him agreed that they would never tell anyone.
That very night, just as the letter had predicted, the crown prince had a dream in which he regained his memories from his previous life.
The current imperial concubine comes from the Duke of Dingguo's mansion. The third prince she gave birth to is of a noble birth compared to the other princes, and the empress has not given birth to a legitimate son.
If nothing unexpected happens, the concubine's son will undoubtedly become the emperor in the future.
Unfortunately, in his previous life, the Third Prince was ordered to investigate a case on the border, but his whereabouts were exposed and he was kidnapped to an enemy country. The heir of the Duke of Dingguo was his friend since childhood, and later became his study companion.
When the third prince was kidnapped, he ran around trying to devise a way to rescue him.
However, the crown prince was unaware that a villain in his household had conspired with Xie Lei, a lowly soldier from the frontier, to kill him in a foreign land. The third prince, who was on his way to rescue him and bring him back to the country, also perished along with him.
From his dream, the heir of the Duke of Dingguo learned that the mastermind behind his death was his half-brother, who had long since sided with other princes.
After he and the third prince died, his half-brother consolidated the power of the Duke of Dingguo's mansion and supported his master to ascend the throne as emperor.
Afterwards, the half-brother's faction seized the opportunity of his role in supporting the emperor and became one of the most powerful officials in the capital. Xie Lei, who had murdered him and the third prince, also rose to prominence as a result.
After waking up, the prince was unable to come to his senses for a long time. The scene of being betrayed and tortured to death in his dream was as if he had experienced it himself.
He always remembered how he met Xie Lei and how he gradually fell into Xie Lei's trap...
However, the heir of the Duke of Dingguo was still afraid that someone was plotting against the Duke's mansion, and he still doubted whether the dream had actually happened.
Fortunately, he clearly remembered everything in his dream. He only needed to verify those things. If everything was true, he would naturally help those who had harmed him to make a good future for themselves.
Thinking that he was fortunate enough to have such an opportunity thanks to the princess in the Empress's womb, the Crown Prince resolved to protect his future mistress well in the future.
Knowing that the heir of the Duke of Dingguo had used the brocade pouch, Xie Ming knew that Xie Lei was doomed.
These things could have been resolved simply by appearing in a dream, but Xie Ming had to arrange the chess pieces for his daughter, so he had to take a roundabout approach.
“Naruko, your older sisters are all thanks to you now.”
Xie Jiangshi straightened the clothes on the bamboo pole and talked to Xie Ming, who was sitting in the yard chopping firewood, about her daughters.
Xie Jiangshi felt incredibly proud that her son could stand up for his mother and children.
"Of course, we're all one family!"
In the nearly three months that followed, Xie Ming settled his eldest and third sisters in, then bought a dilapidated house at Yunlai Temple and moved his second sister's family from the mountain to the foot of the mountain.
His second sister's family had Yunlai Temple as their guarantor, so his journey down the mountain was quite smooth.
Guanwai Tianlu naturally wouldn't sell the land to outsiders. Although his second brother-in-law didn't have any land to farm, he was good at hunting and processing wild animals. There happened to be no butcher near the dilapidated house, so Xie Ming let him take on this business first.
Nowadays, helping villagers slaughter pigs or finding work in other villages, plus the occasional hunting trip up the mountain, makes life much better than it was in the mountains.
"Is your second sister's money still sufficient?"
After hanging up the clothes, Xie Jiangshi walked up to Xie Ming with a guilty look on her face and rubbing her hands together.
“My second brother-in-law has taken on two or three jobs these days. He hasn’t made a lot of money, but he’s still made a little. My second sister is also hardworking, so I’m thinking of helping her and my eldest sister find another way to make a living.”
After Xie Chunniang's husband's family released her, she never returned to the village and continued to live in Yunlai Temple.
Although Xie Ming had taken care of things at the temple, it wasn't a long-term solution, so he planned to get the two sisters involved in some business.
Now that Master Changqing has become famous in the capital, his Taoist temple will be crowded with worshippers.
Before he went to Beijing, Xie Ming told him that he wanted several prime shops in the future.
He planned to let the two sisters run the yellow paper and candle business, thinking that if they managed it well, it would be easier than relying on the weather.
"Naruko, if it's too much trouble for you, don't overdo it. You've done your best to help."
"It's nothing serious, Mother, don't worry about it."
Xie Ming waved his hand dismissively, put down his machete, and piled the chopped firewood together.
Just then, he caught a glimpse of a corner of a garment outside the courtyard and guessed that it was his good father eavesdropping on the mother and daughter's conversation.
Is he afraid I'll harm him? Does he hate me that much? Why doesn't he just leave?
Then, Xie Ming's eyes darted around and he leaned closer to his mother, saying, "Mother, would you like to stay at the temple for a while?"
His voice was quite loud, and the people at the door heard it clearly.
Old Master Xie could no longer hide. He strode into the yard and shouted angrily, "Xie Ming! Do you want our family to fall apart?!"
"Oh! So Dad's here! Didn't this family fall apart a long time ago? Dad has to rely on his nephews and nieces to take care of him in his old age and see him off in his final days. It's not appropriate for us brothers to get involved."
Xie Ming said with a smile, swinging the belt that had grown out of his waist.
"You...you really think I won't sue you!"
Old Master Xie really wanted to kill this son.
During this period, his mother's dislike, his wife's indifference, his brothers' coldness, his children's lack of care, and the villagers' ridicule were all thanks to this "filial son".
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