In Love With My Fierce Farming Wife!
Chapter 728 - 727: Courteous Treatment_1

Chapter 728: Chapter 727: Courteous Treatment_1

Initially, Zhou Zhenchao ordered the destruction of the river embankment. As a result, the flood broke through, and the rushing river transformed the fertile fields around Fengdu Ancient City into vast oceanic expanses, dooming hundreds of thousands of commoners to death. Countless commoners were displaced — forced to abandon their homes and villages to seek refuge elsewhere.

All these grievances would be settled upon the captives led by Zhou Zhenchao!

Once these commoners found out that the people in the prisoner’s cart were Zhou Zhenchao and his associates, their towering anger finally found an outlet. Rotten eggs, rotten vegetable leaves, broom heads and more were hurled at them accompanied by curses and cries of lamentation, echoing all around!

Walking behind them, Su Pan’er heaved a sigh!

Good deeds are rewarded, evil deeds are punished; it’s not that they aren’t repaid, but the time hasn’t come yet. Look up at the sky, the heavens spare no one!

The dragon carriage stopped at the front gate, and Qin Feimo invited Qin Yi to dine with him with a smile on his face: "Beloved Official Qin, a banquet in the palace is ready; we invite you and the other officials to drink with us!"

"I wouldn’t dare to disobey!" Qin Yi naturally agreed.

Only then did Qin Feimo take Qin Yi into the palace through the front gate, gesturing for the officials to rise.

All the civil and military officials stood up, and immediately there was a continuous ripple of admiration. They then entered the palace through the left gate to attend the banquet!

While Qin Yi and the others entered the palace, Su Pan’er and the others were personally received by Mrs. Hwa, the wife of State Duke Hwa.

Mrs. Hwa, now in her eighties, is still in good health. More importantly, she is far from ordinary. In his youth, State Duke Hwa had outstanding military accomplishments, and the former emperor married his only daughter to him. That is to say, Mrs. Hwa, the wife of the old State Duke, is in fact a relative of the current Emperor — and she is directly related by blood! Moreover, her eldest son is the current Prefect of the Jingzhao Prefecture.

Having someone of Mrs. Hwa’s status receive Su Pan’er personally was giving her a huge amount of respect!

Su Pan’er was startled upon learning the identity of her host!

She hurried forward to greet her: "Your servant greets Mrs. Hwa. I’m truly frightened that Mrs. Hwa personally came to welcome us!"

"There’s no need for so much ceremony, stand up quickly!"

Wearing a colorful and extravagant outfit, Mrs. Hwa looked rich and festive. Her dim eyes shone with wisdom. She came forward to help Su Pan’er up, carefully sizing her up for a moment, before she nodded her head in approval again and again.

"His Majesty always praises you in front of me. I used to wonder what kind of legendary woman it must be who killed hundreds of soldiers and saved His Majesty and the Prince Regent. But seeing is believing! All I see now is a delicate and dainty noblewoman, certainly not a fierce person!"

Su Pan’er maintained her composure, with a graceful smile on her face. She demurely said, "I don’t deserve Mrs. Hwa’s praise. I was forced to save someone, so I tricked the soldiers a bit in their food. Plus, with the Prince Regent leading the charge, all I did was run some errands, nothing worthy of praise."

She did her best to downplay her merit in saving the Emperor.

"It is, it is!"

Mrs. Hwa smiled warmly: "If saving the Emperor is not worthy, then what is? Don’t be so modest."

In fact, before meeting Su Pan’er, Mrs. Hwa had already investigated her in detail.

However, when it came to Su Pan’er being a cousin of the Emperor, she had her reservations. After all, since Su Pan’er had saved the Emperor, it would only be natural for the Emperor to find a good pedigree for her, perhaps by having some nobleman adopt her as a foster daughter.

But when she saw Su Pan’er today, she noticed a resemblance to the Empress Dowager on her face. Especially impressive was her poise as a lady of a great house, those clear and bright eyes, pure and innocent!

She then understood, the matter of the two being cousins, was likely to be true nine out of ten times!

"As for you, don’t call me Mrs. Hwa, wife of State Duke Hua any longer. You’re His Majesty’s cousin, I wouldn’t treat you as an outsider. You might as well just follow His Majesty and call me ’old ancestor’."

Su Pan’er felt joy in her heart, naturally she complied, "Greetings, old ancestor!"

Mrs. Hwa, wife of State Duke had a benevolent expression on her face and gently patted Su Pan’er’s hand. "How wonderful! Your call of ’old ancestor’ makes me feel so comfortable! His Majesty, concerned about you, specifically asked me to come and escort you to attend the Banquet in the Palace. You should accompany me and enter the palace."

Once she had decided, Mrs. Hwa, wife of State Duke, invited Su Pan’er to join her in the carriage with a smile.

"I appreciate your care, old ancestor, and am grateful for your generosity."

Su Pan’er couldn’t refuse, she had no choice but to join her in the carriage. Once they were seated, the carriage team rushed forward, heading straight for the palace gate.

As soon as the carriage sped off, a figure emerged from behind and gave chase. He had followed for quite some distance before he finally stopped, seemingly deflated.

Su Huarong struggled to catch his breath, somewhat annoyed.

He had clearly seen his cousin but, before he could reach her, he was blocked by a safety crew. Now that the carriage was far off and he could not give chase, he felt a sense of loss. However, he soon realized that his cousin’s status was different than before and it would not be difficult to find out where she was staying.

With this thought, he felt relieved.

Now that he knew her whereabouts, it would not be difficult to take action.

Su Pan’er accompanied the wife of State Duke Hwa to visit the Empress Dowager.

Su Pan’er couldn’t describe her feelings towards this former Imperial Consort Hua, and now, Empress Dowager.

She hadn’t seen the Empress Dowager in more than half a year. She now appeared more commanding. Even though she was smiling, there was an underlying severity in her expression. As the Empress Dowager approached Mrs. Hwa, wife of State Duke Hwa, she didn’t wait for her to bow and immediately offered her help.

"Old ancestor, please, don’t be overly formal. It’s too much trouble for you to make this trip, it makes me feel guilty. But His Majesty said that you are the pillar of our Great Zhou dynasty, this matter concerns our land and kingdom, so I had no choice but to request your help."

Mrs. Hwa, wife of State Duke, did not change her attitude because of these words from the Empress Dowager. She remained courteous during her meeting with her.

"We can’t abandon our customs of courtesy. Now you are the Empress Dowager, thus it is appropriate for you to receive this courtesy. As for His Majesty entrusting me to greet the victorious returning Great General’s Lady, it’s because His Majesty holds me in high regard. I couldn’t be happier!"

The Empress Dowager also laughed, "It’s always the old ancestor who thinks things through."

As she said this, she looked over to Su Pan’er standing nearby.

Su Pan’er immediately bowed down, kneeling on the large red carpet to greet the Empress Dowager.

Before Su Pan’er could finish her greeting, the Empress Dowager quickly stepped forward to help her rise.

"Pan’er, get up! Don’t be overly formal, let me have a look at you. Hmm! You seem to have lost weight and darkened a bit."

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