In Love With My Fierce Farming Wife!
Chapter 1255 - 1166: Generous Reward!

Chapter 1255: Chapter 1166: Generous Reward!

Qin Yi’s gaze was distant, the smile at the corner of his mouth exceptionally relaxed.

Su Pan’er burst into laughter suddenly, "When that time really comes, the scenery around us must be very beautiful... very beautiful..."

Her eyes were misty, gazing into the unknowable distance.

Perhaps when that day arrived, she would open up her heart and tell him everything about her true origins?

Right?

She truly didn’t know if such a day would come. If such a wonderful wish could ever be fulfilled!

"The scenery might be beautiful, but in my heart, it is only you who are the most beautiful!"

Qin Yi said earnestly.

And tightened his grip on her hand.

She would never understand the place she held in his heart!

She appeared in his most bewildered, helpless, and loneliest moments, during the darkest times of his life, and lit up the brightness in his existence. He could give up his own life but never her!

"By then, my face will be all wrinkled. How can I still be beautiful?"

Su Pan’er laughed out loud, unable to hold back her joy.

It had to be said, his words were truly comforting and greatly relaxed her mood.

"If I’ve got a face full of wrinkles while being younger than you, how could you still be youthful? I don’t believe it..."

Qin Yi feigned complaint but stopped as he suddenly saw Jiu Lan stride in.

"Empress, Mrs. Su is seeking an audience outside the palace gates."

Delight spread across Su Pan’er’s face! Her mother was entering the palace!

"Please, bring her in quickly."

The arrival of Mrs. Su-Hua immediately invigorated Su Pan’er.

"Look at you, had I known that inviting your mother to the palace would make you this happy, I would have brought her in to tend to you, no matter the trouble."

Qin Yi couldn’t resist teasing her.

Su Pan’er playfully punched him twice, and she, too, couldn’t help but laugh.

"Of course! Having mother in the palace to keep me company means I have someone to talk to. I do wish you could keep me company, but you are always busy with state affairs. Even if I wanted to find you, couldn’t I?"

Qin Yi, in turn, took her small fists and brought them to his lips, kissing them gently, "Then, why don’t I just skip the morning court session and stay with you?"

"Tsk! Stop joking..."

Su Pan’er looked at him with mock disdain, "I certainly don’t want to become a femme fatale that brings disaster to the country, nor do I wish to be a slave of a fallen nation. So, for our children’s future, it’s best that you continue to diligently handle state affairs!"

Qin Yi burst into laughter immediately!

"Rest assured, I have even less desire to be a ruler of a fallen nation!"

Mrs. Su-Hua had just reached the entrance of the hall and couldn’t help but shudder, her heart skipping a beat upon hearing their banter. She quickly bowed her head, pretending to have heard nothing, and quietly waited at the side for the eunuch to call her in.

It wasn’t long before Su Pan’er and Qin Yi came out, hand in hand.

Mrs. Su-Hua’s heart almost leaped out of her chest, and she hurriedly stepped forward to bow: "Your servant pays her respects to His Majesty, pays her respects to the Empress."

"Rise."

Qin Yi, his face beaming with joy, hurriedly called out, "Mother-in-law, you will have to take care of Pan’er in the future, and yet you keep bowing like this, isn’t that a bit disorderly? Henceforth, I grant you the special privilege to not kneel when meeting officials and to move freely within the palace. Additionally, I will draft a decree to convey my command, ordering the Hanlin Imperial Academy to draft the appointment, conferring Mrs. Su-Hua the title of third-grade Lady, with a food salary of five hundred loads."

Su Pan’er and Mrs. Su-Hua were both shocked!

The edict issued by the Hanlin Imperial Academy, making Mrs. Su-Hua a third-grade Lady, was truly an unexpected and enormous windfall that had fallen right on her head.

A food salary of five hundred loads is no small sum!

"Your servant thanks His Majesty for your great kindness!"

Mrs. Su-Hua hurriedly bowed her head in worship.

"Mother-in-law, please rise quickly. Just now, I said, we are all family here, so there’s no need for such formalities in the future. It only makes things seem needlessly distant," Qin Yi stopped her.

"That won’t do; the rites must not be abandoned."

Mrs. Su-Hua’s face was all smiles: "Although I am uneducated and don’t understand much, I do know this much. I will certainly remember His Majesty’s kindness towards me. But if I were to ever misstep, and the Speech Officials were to find out, it would inevitably cause His Majesty trouble."

Mrs. Su-Hua had indeed been informed by Su Lao Si about how odious these Speech Officials could be when they had nothing better to do but look for faults. Even worse, some would closely scrutinize His Majesty’s every move, and at the slightest transgression, they would formally accuse him in court. Those Speech Officials feared nothing, not even death, and some even took pride in provoking His Majesty.

"The sun is too strong outside. Let’s go inside and continue our conversation."

Qin Yi helped Su Pan’er into the hall.

Su Pan’er was clearly still hesitant: "One should not accept rewards without merit. Could this... be against ancestral laws? Is the reward perhaps too excessive?"

"Your mother is the one who has painstakingly raised you. Now, she is also entering the palace to take care of you and the child in your womb; no reward His Majesty gives could be too much. Besides, it is merely a third-grade edict for now."

Qin Yi’s words were meant for Su Pan’er and also directed at Mrs. Su-Hua: "The main thing is that the decree itself cannot be raised too quickly; there needs to be a proper reason for promotion. Once the child in your womb is born, everything will be easier to handle."

This was implying that once the child was born, there would be additional rewards!

Mrs. Su-Hua hurriedly expressed her thanks.

Su Pan’er, on the other hand, remembered Su Ke: "By the way, you spoke with Ke’er for such a long time yesterday. What did you discuss?"

She hadn’t asked about this the whole morning.

"Nothing much, just that I have sent Ke’er to Deicide Mountain. Afterwards, I discussed in detail with him the things that I know. He is going to investigate those matters, so he needs some direction, after all."

With direction, it would make the investigation easier.

"Your servant did hear about this from Ke’er this morning."

After pondering for a moment, Mrs. Su-Hua brought up Su Ke’s recent itinerary: "From what he said, he plans to visit Yingtian Academy today, then go thank his mentor. Tomorrow, he plans to gather with the people from the mansion, and the day after tomorrow, he will fare on his journey. Three days later, he will set off to return to his hometown in Luoyan Village to visit his kin."

To visit his kin?

A flash of realization crossed Qin Yi’s eyes; the child was indeed astute.

After Qin Yi had left, Mrs. Su-Hua finally relaxed her tense body. Somewhat embarrassed, she smiled at Su Pan’er: "I don’t know whether it’s because mother senses something wrong or something else, but as soon as I face His Majesty, I feel an overwhelming sense of authority bearing down on me, and I can’t relax even if I want to. It’s really strange; how did I never notice before just how much the child has changed?"

"Mother, that’s called momentum, presence!"

Su Pan’er, reclining on the edge of the chaise lounge, deeply understood what she had just said. Qin Yi’s presence was growing stronger and more oppressive day by day. When he was in good spirits, he could lift the mood of everyone around him, but when he was angry, it struck fear deep into one’s inner heart.

However, she always made an effort to overlook that sort of momentum.

After all, they were two people who were constantly together.

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