In Love With My Fierce Farming Wife!
Chapter 976 - 981: Shall We Leave Together?

Chapter 976: Chapter 981: Shall We Leave Together?

Su Pan’er was forcibly brought back to the Imperial Palace by Qin Yi and then returned to the side palace hall where she was temporarily residing.

Fortunately, she still had Little Yanyan and Little Sugar Bean by her side.

Little Yanyan clearly sensed something was off with her father and Empress Mother, remaining silent from beginning to end, and kept casting worried glances at Su Pan’er, which softened the resistance Su Pan’er had built up in her heart.

She couldn’t quite articulate the feeling in her heart, but after lulling Little Sugar Bean to sleep for a while, she personally began teaching Little Yanyan how to write.

Seeing the Empress’s gloomy expression, Jiu Lan suggested after the First Princess finished practicing her calligraphy, "Empress, the rockery and lotus pond near Chuigong Palace Hall are in full bloom, the lotus leaves stretch across the sky, creating a pleasant scene. Why not take the First Princess for a walk there to cool off?"

This side palace hall was indeed stifling!

Hearing there was a lotus pond, Su Pan’er contemplated only briefly before happily proceeding there with Little Yanyan and a now-awakened Little Sugar Bean.

Along the way, the scenery was beautiful with verdant lotuses stretching to the horizon. Su Pan’er set aside her worries and revealed a genuine smile for a rare moment. Little Yanyan, feeling her mother’s happiness, cheerfully darted back and forth, seemingly recapturing the joyous days of the past.

Little Yanyan picked some lotus flowers and leaves, and even plucked a couple of unripe lotus pods, attempting to peel lotus seeds for play, all the while keeping several Palace Maids busy chasing after her.

Su Pan’er watched Little Yanyan’s antics with a shake of her head, slightly exasperated.

Children truly are children; they forget everything in the blink of an eye!

She looked up, taking in the delightful surroundings, but an unintentional sweep of her gaze caught a sight that made her blood run cold!

Across the riverbank, a tall man dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe stood between the cascading flower archway, his arms wrapped around a woman with half-exposed shoulders, his head lowered, whispering something!

The man who vowed he would love only her for a lifetime, even if turned to ashes, she would never mistake for another!

Su Pan’er felt darkness descend before her eyes, waves of dizziness washing over her, forcing her to clench her teeth tightly to restrain the impulse to rush over and end the lives of the treacherous couple!

On the opposite riverbank, the entwined pair seemed to separate slightly, but soon, they were back in each other’s embrace.

The two seemed to be talking about something, but Su Pan’er no longer had the heart to continue watching!

Without a word, she decisively turned and left!

Little Yanyan, who was enjoying herself, was quite puzzled and hastily followed her mother, not even bothering to gather the lotus seeds.

Beneath the cascading flower archway.

Qin Yi narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing the girl in his arms: "Who are you?"

A cold glint flashed in his eyes, she did indeed imitate Pan’er’s makeup and demeanor, but alas for her, she wore top-quality chiffon!

The girl blinked her soul-charming eyes, murmuring coyly, nearly falling into Qin Yi’s arms again.

With bashful tenderness, "This servant, is the legitimate granddaughter of Rong Taishi, Jiuge, and also one of the concubines residing in Han Xiang Hall. It’s just that Jiuge likes to have a shallow toast before sleeping and is thus playfully called by her family as ’Incense Song.’ Your Majesty..."

"I didn’t ask for any of that!"

Qin Yi forcefully peeled the octopus clinging to him off and casually pushed her aside.

"There are rules in this palace; this isn’t a place for every Tom, Dick, and Harry to come casually. Someone! Take her back to Han Xiang Hall."

"Your servant obeys."

"Remember! If there’s a next time, it’s Military Regulation!" Qin Yi issued a final warning, "And those guards of the Imperial Guard tasked with watching the Imperial Palace! Since they all slack off in their duties, it seems they no longer need to eat either! Pass my decree, today’s duty guards are all fined half a year’s salary to set an example! If anyone dares to publicly comply but privately oppose and permits irrelevant people to enter, be ready to present their head!"

"Your servant accepts the decree with gratitude."

Soon, a eunuch stepped forward, and directly led Rong Jiuge away.

Rong Jiuge felt as though the sky itself had collapsed!

She was very confident in her beauty, and as the legitimate daughter of the Rong family, now within the Imperial Palace, she firmly believed that as long as she could meet His Majesty, she would certainly be able to keep him by her side. With a prince born in the future, she was confident she could seize the whole world!

But Qin Yi’s words struck her like a bolt of lightning!

She struggled desperately, trying to cling to him again, and cried out miserably, "Your Majesty, it was my fault, please, for the sake of my grandfather and my father, keep Jiuge by your side!"

Qin Yi twisted her away with ease, and coldly flung her off, saying with icy sharpness, "Rong Jiuge has behaved improperly before the court, attempting to probe military secrets. Expel her from the palace. Take her away!"

This was truly "When one wants to punish, one will find a pretext."

"Your Majesty, Jiuge did not probe military secrets! I didn’t... mmph..."

The unwilling Rong Jiuge was muffled by the eunuch and forcefully taken away.

This little interlude did not weigh on Qin Yi’s mind.

After Rong Jiuge had been taken away, he casually continued walking, heading towards the side palace hall where Su Pan’er was temporarily residing, still contemplating how to deal with Qin Hong’s matter, unaware that his own rear courtyard was aflame.

Su Pan’er walked swiftly, Little Yanyan could not even catch up with her at a run.

One before the other, followed by a group of palace maids, they quickly turned past a rockery and walked along the path by the Grass Pavilion.

"Mother, Mother! Wait for Little Yanyan!"

Puffy with annoyance, Little Yanyan finally grabbed the hem of Su Pan’er’s clothes: "Mother, why don’t you answer Little Yanyan?"

Su Pan’er looked deathly pale, and the depths of her eyes held a deadly stillness as she stared at Little Yanyan, making her scalp tingle and exclaim in alarm.

"Mother, you look so unwell! What’s the matter? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?"

"No."

The scenery before her eyes wavered, and, gritting her teeth, Su Pan’er collapsed onto a boulder. She looked at Little Yanyan, whose face bore a seven-tenths resemblance to Qin Yi’s, and managed a forced smile.

"Yanyan, if—merely if! If your mother had to leave your father, would you follow Mother, or would you stay with your father?"

Little Yanyan and Little Sugar Bean were both the treasures of her heart, and she could not bear to part with either.

But for her, Su Pan’er, to share a man with another woman, even if it meant having a knife at her throat, she couldn’t do it!

Yet to give up Qin Yi, she must abandon Little Yanyan and Little Sugar Bean!

Looking at her two children, delicate and adorable like finely sculpted jade, her heart felt as if it were being both cut and hollowed out, irreconcilable!

"Mother, please don’t leave Little Yanyan behind, Little Yanyan doesn’t want you to go..."

Little Yanyan became anxious and immediately burst into tears.

"Don’t cry, Yanyan be good. Mother is just saying if, if! It’s not something that’s real, understand?"

Su Pan’er patted her back gently: "Yanyan, would you be willing to leave with Mother?"