In Love With My Fierce Farming Wife!
Chapter 956 - 961: Entering the Capital

Chapter 956: Chapter 961: Entering the Capital

"Even if the Eighth Prince’s arrival was a conspiracy, what does that have to do with Imperial Consort Hua’s sudden appearance?"

Su Pan’er sorted through her thoughts.

"When His Majesty was seriously ill back then, the Seventh Prince went out to search for an eminent doctor on His Majesty’s behalf and wasn’t by His Majesty’s side. Imperial Consort Hua arrived just when Great General Ye received urgent news and left in a hurry. Later, His Majesty asked Director Wang, who was serving by his side, to step down. Your servant saw Imperial Consort Hua from a distance out of curiosity and asked Director Wang about it, but Director Wang kept his lips sealed about the matter. Your servant also doesn’t know what Imperial Consort Hua actually said to His Majesty."

"However, regarding the matter of Imperial Consort Hua’s arrival, aside from His Majesty and Director Wang, only your servant knew about it. After conducting an investigation afterward, your servant discovered that after Imperial Consort Hua left, His Majesty became especially irritable, and later, His Majesty actually secretly entrusted the imperial edict to your servant, instructing your servant to hide it well and never to tell anyone, not even Director Wang."

"Your servant didn’t understand the reason behind His Majesty’s instructions at the time. But, by dawn, His Majesty unexpectedly passed away in a mysterious manner, and even Director Wang took his own life to follow his lord. Remembering His Majesty’s instructions, your servant didn’t dare to continue staying and fled into the night. Since then, I have been hiding and fleeing, fearing detection."

His Majesty had instructed that the imperial edict must be handed over to the Seventh Prince personally. She Lao had been looking for opportunities to get close to Qin Yi all these years, even creating opportunities to approach Su Huarong!

Alas, just by a hair’s breadth, he had brushed past Qin Yi several times but never managed to deliver the Emperor’s will to him.

Until now!

Upon learning of Qin Yi’s uprising and having heard about the tales of the Azure Dragon’s phantom, he was even more convinced that Qin Yi truly was the prophesied ruler. That’s why he took the initiative to approach Su Pan’er, wanting to seize the opportunity to reveal this secret.

Su Pan’er fell into silence.

After pondering for a long time, she raised her head again.

"Can you dare to repeat this in front of Qin Yi?"

She Lao became excited, hardly able to contain himself, "Of course I dare! Your servant was originally ordered to inform the Seventh Prince about this matter. To see the Seventh Prince in person, your servant would die without regrets!"

"Very well, you may step back for now!"

Su Pan’er was also quite satisfied.

Such a secret could grant Qin Yi a justified claim to the throne in the future, make his actions much more convenient, and intensified Su Pan’er’s desire to head towards Shengjing.

If the Emperor’s will from that year was here, then the so-called imperial edict in Qin Yi’s hands...

She clenched her teeth and, with hardly any hesitation, ordered her servants to look for the rascal pig.

Ever since the rascal pig woke up, it had clearly changed a lot. Although it was still gluttonous, its appetite had grown significantly larger than before.

A whole roast lamb used to be enough to fill its belly, but now, it needed at least four in one meal. Fortunately, it didn’t require food every day. More often, it would climb up Deicide Mountain on its own to solve its hunger.

The rascal pig was not at the Qin Mansion at the moment, and the servants searched for quite a while before finally spotting it coming down from the mountain.

Su Pan’er breathed a sigh of relief, had a detailed conversation with it, and entrusted it with an errand.

The rascal pig didn’t refuse, but it struck a bargain with Su Pan’er. Understanding the benefits of those medicinal pills, it demanded that Su Pan’er concoct two bottles in exchange.

Making the Beast Spirit Pills was truly no easy task not only for the rascal pig, which greatly benefited from them, but even the dogs found the pills irresistibly alluring. The main hurdle was that the edicinal ingredients were hard to find. Luckily, the rascal pig brought the main ingredient on its own, and they came to an agreement with a pat of their hands.

The rascal pig left cheerfully, but Su Pan’er got caught up in the preparations for making the Beast Spirit Pills.

With ample edicinal ingredients this time, Su Pan’er managed to concoct dozens of bottles. The dog stayed quietly by her side, but as soon as Su Pan’er opened the furnace, it drooled all over the floor.

Seeing it drool with desire, Su Pan’er casually took out a Beast Spirit Pill from the batch and flung it to the dog.

The dog, now with a shiny coat, leaped gracefully, catching the medicinal pill in its mouth without chewing and eagerly swallowed it.

It wagged its tail incessantly at Su Pan’er, wearing a look of appeasement.

"Like it?"

Su Pan’er couldn’t help but laugh: "You little rascal, you’ve fallen into a fortune. You got lucky!"

It seemed as if the dog understood her words, its tail wagging even more joyously.

Knowing that Su Pan’er had tossed it another pill, it wagged its tail, returned to its nest, closed its eyes, and began to digest the effects of the pill.

Then, Su Pan’er’s gaze fell back on the convoy heading for the capital.

This time, as she prepared to go to the capital, many had volunteered to accompany her. Su Pan’er selected suitable candidates without hesitation, including Su Lao Si and Mrs. Su-Hua to pack up and go with her to the capital.

The other members, including Qin Yu’s entire family, Su Ke, and Patriarch Su, were also naturally part of the journey.

As for Old Qin and Mrs. Qin-Li, after much consideration, Su Pan’er had decided to take Old Qin with her.

Unexpectedly, Old Qin refused!

"I’d rather not go. I’m old now and cling to my home. Besides, there’s someone at home who needs my care... Once you arrive in Shengjing, could you pass a message to Third Son... I mean, to Qin Yi for me?"

Old Qin sounded quite troubled. He had been dragging his heels about sending Mrs. Qin-Li to the ancestral hall after his recent illness, and he hadn’t done it yet. Sitting in front of Su Pan’er, he couldn’t help but feel guilty. Where could he find peace of mind?

Sitting upright in the main hall of the Qin Mansion, Su Pan’er was well aware of Old Qin’s hesitations: "Father, what do you want to say?"

"I’m not capable of much, I couldn’t protect him from his mother’s... harshness back then, and now I’m even less able to relieve his worries or resolve his difficulties. The only thing I can do for him is to try my best not to trouble him."

What does going to the capital represent?

High position and wealth, a bright future, glory and riches are all at hand. Yet he still resolutely refused!

It was because of his last shred of a bottom line as a human being.

In those days, he had taken five hundred taels of silver from the hands of a dead man, so, in raising Qin Yi all those years, the Qin Family didn’t spend a half tael of their own money because the person who entrusted Qin Yi to their care left behind those five hundred taels — even the remaining silver, in the end, was spent by Mrs. Qin-Li.

"Father, Qin Yi has always kept your nurturing grace in his heart. How could it be good for him to go to the capital without you this time?"

Su Pan’er earnestly tried to dissuade him.

"That is exactly why I’d rather not go. I belong here, Luoyan Village is my root. I’m old, and like the leaves that fall, I must return to my roots..."

He had endured so much, whatever came would not be harder than what he had already faced.

After repeatedly trying to persuade him to no avail, Su Pan’er finally gave up.

As Su Pan’er and her party set off for the capital, the villagers spontaneously came to see them off.

The procession! Following that road stretching into the distance, they headed straight for Shengjing.