Chapter 114 Was the death of Cuilan's family also due to Empress Zheng?
However, it's truly impossible for her to understand all of this on her own!
Alas, one only realizes how little one knows when one needs it most; I only regret my lack of education.
After feeling wronged, the little dumpling felt a little embarrassed and smiled shyly at Zijuan.
Zijuan found it both funny and incredibly cute.
Zijuan couldn't resist and gently poked Shengsheng's slightly chubby cheek with a smile; it was soft and squishy.
"The princess is still young. She will learn to read when she grows up. Speaking of which, the princess is already five years old. After this year's Dragon Boat Festival, it will be her sixth birthday. At that time, His Majesty will probably arrange for a tutor to teach the princess."
Sheng Sheng didn't resist reading at all, nor did she feel that it deprived her of playtime.
Perhaps influenced by Pei Ji and his elder brothers (except for the fifth brother), Sheng Sheng found reading to be rather elegant and interesting.
"Can't Sheng Sheng go to the Wenhua Hall to study with her brothers?"
"Of course you can, but the princess is too young. She needs to study for two years before she can enter the Wenhua Hall. Otherwise, you won't understand anything there. It's not just the princess; that's the rule in the palace. For example, the Fifth Prince only entered the Wenhua Hall last year when he turned eight. Before that, he also studied separately for two years. However, the Crown Prince and the Second Prince will be sixteen in less than a year. Once a prince turns sixteen, he can attend court and participate in politics, and he no longer needs to study in the Wenhua Hall."
In other words, Sheng Sheng was still in the early stages of her education when Xie Yunchuan and Xie Yunyang graduated.
It's impossible for Sheng Sheng to study with them.
"Oh, I see."
Sheng Sheng didn't have any other emotions. Anyway, it's not like we'll never see each other again. We'll still have to sit down and eat together in the evening.
What's more important right now is what Xiao Hei stole after "traveling through countless mountains and rivers".
"Zijuan, Zijuan, quickly help Shengsheng read it aloud, what exactly is written on this?"
Zijuan carefully took it: "Princess, let's go inside first, be careful not to catch a cold."
Sheng Sheng nodded obediently, "Okay."
Shengsheng skipped in, and Zijuan instructed someone to bring the milk from the small kitchen before following her in.
There was a bowl of white fungus porridge on the table. Sheng Sheng scooped a bowl for herself and let it cool. Then she picked up a hard-boiled egg that had already been peeled and used a spoon to separate the yolk.
Sheng Sheng first scooped out a small amount of egg white and gave it to Xiao Hei, then ate the rest of the egg white in one bite.
She divided the egg yolk into two halves, one large and one small, and placed them in her hand to feed Yan Hu and Xiao Bai.
Yan Hu finished his meal quickly, while Xiao Bai elegantly licked it off slowly.
The two little ones had drool on their palms, which they habitually wiped clean with their small handkerchiefs before picking up the perfectly warm white fungus porridge and eating it.
Zijuan sat down beside her and carefully laid the two items flat on the table.
Sheng Sheng sipped his porridge slowly while watching her.
Zijuan first examined the paper.
Although the upper right corner of the paper had been burned off, Zijuan recognized it at a glance.
The date on the far left is clearly six years ago.
To the right of the date, three names were clearly written, one of which was familiar to everyone: Niu Cuilan.
There's a red handprint on it, though it's faded a bit over the years.
The other two names are: one is a woman named Niu Laosan.
The other one was Chengdian, who was none other than the purchasing nanny who brought Cuilan back to the palace when she went out to purchase goods back then!
Because Xie Yunchuan had previously sent people to investigate the inside story of how the purchasing nanny brought Cuilan into the palace, even though the purchasing nanny had died of illness five years ago, Cuilan would not mistake the name.
A "dian woman" is a father who sells his daughter into slavery.
The person who was in charge of registering Cuilan into slavery was the one who registered her into slavery.
This is Cuilan's indenture!
Because the purchasing nanny died, and Cuilan's family also died, the previous investigation had not made any further progress.
But now, they have found Cuilan's indenture in the Empress's palace.
Isn't this already irrefutable evidence that Cuilan's relationship with Empress Zheng was unusual?
"Princess, this is Cuilan's indenture!"
Zijuan was very excited and wished she could take the indenture to report Empress Zheng right now.
Sheng Sheng wasn't in a hurry; she just let her look at the letter first.
"oh oh!"
Zijuan carefully opened the envelope again. Fortunately, although the letter inside was a large sheet of paper, it only contained two lines of text, and the fire did not burn the writing.
“Princess, this letter wasn’t burned!” Zijuan told her happily, then read it aloud word by word, “The matter has been accomplished. Niu’s parents have passed away, and his sister contracted madness three months ago and her whereabouts are unknown… five years ago.”
Sheng Sheng was taken aback.
"What!"
Xiao Hei was the first to sense something was wrong. It crawled over on all fours, stepped onto the paper, and stared intently at the words on it.
Although he couldn't understand it.
"Cuilan's parents are dead, and her sister is missing too?" Xiao Hei retorted, baring his teeth and brandishing his claws. "I clearly heard Caiyun tell Cuilan that as long as she took that poison, the Empress would take good care of her family!"
Xiao Hei was unaware that Xie Yunchuan had sent people to investigate the Niu family, who were already dead, so he focused on the last few sentences.
But Sheng Sheng found the first sentence strange.
Sheng Sheng poked Xiao Hei, feeling that his fur was a little stiff, and comforted him, "Cai Yun is obviously... uh, deceiving Cui Lan, so that Cui Lan will think that as long as she obediently dies and guards the bad things she did for Empress Zheng, her family can live a good life."
Cuilan probably knew that she had done something wrong for the Empress and was ashamed to face her family. She was also afraid that seeing them would cause them trouble, so she never went home to visit them in person.
It's likely that Caiyun would occasionally tell Cuilan about her family, which is why Cuilan believed Caiyun's words in the prison.
It's quite a sad story. Cuilan was loyal to Empress Zheng, even committing murder, and in the end, she committed suicide by poison to protect Empress Zheng's secret.
His only wish, and his only hope in life, was that his family could be taken care of and live a good life.
Six years ago, Cuilan voluntarily entered the palace as a slave to prevent her family from starving, becoming a hidden weapon planted by Empress Zheng.
Cuilan thought that by doing everything she could, she could ensure her family's safety for the rest of their lives.
Unfortunately, Cuilan never knew until her death that her parents had died five years earlier, and her only sister had gone insane and run away, and was very likely dead as well.
and……
He pondered that sentence repeatedly.
The matter has been accomplished.
What was it that was accomplished?
Could it be that the deaths of Cuilan's parents and her sister's madness were not accidents, but were also orchestrated by Empress Zheng?
And that purchasing nanny, she also died of illness five years ago. Isn't that a bit too much of a coincidence?
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