She Holds the World After Being Reborn
Chapter 441 - 440 Yan Wanqing, a Reckless and Selfish Person

Chapter 441: Chapter 440 Yan Wanqing, a Reckless and Selfish Person

Cong Ge called to a few maids to take small baskets and pat down the blossoms about to fall from the osmanthus trees.

A group of girls dressed in emerald moved among the clusters of orange and light yellow osmanthus, a sight that was beautiful in itself.

"Lu Yin, your basket is full, go on and take it back," Cong Ge said softly.

But Lu Yin seemed not to have heard her at all, continuously patting the flowers on the tree, again and again.

Having no choice, Cong Ge stepped forward, patted her shoulder, and called out again, "Lu Yin?"

"Sister Cong Ge," Lu Yin turned around, her eyes devoid of light.

Cong Ge slightly frowned upon seeing this, as the eldest young lady and the sixth young lady were standing nearby. Although they didn’t like to scold the servants harshly, it still wasn’t good for them to witness such a scene.

"Did you not rest well yesterday? Why do you look like this?" Cong Ge extended the back of her hand, naturally placing it on Lu Yin’s forehead.

The cold sweat on the forehead made her retract her hand.

"What’s the matter with you, child?" Cong Ge took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, wiped Lu Yin’s forehead, and touched it with the back of her hand again. This time, it felt normal.

But Lu Yin’s face looked somehow different from usual no matter how one looked at it.

"I didn’t rest well last night, and now I’m very tired," Lu Yin said slowly.

The girl who usually had eyes that spoke, now seemed like a puppet.

It appeared she truly hadn’t rested well.

Cong Ge’s heart softened and she said, "Give me your basket, go back and rest. I remember you have a young brother at home, don’t you? In another ten days or half a month, you will have come of age. Then you can ask the madam to let you go home and find a good family to marry into. Right now, you can’t afford to slip up over these trivial matters."

Lu Yin bowed slightly, "Thank you for your advice, Sister Cong Ge. I understand."

"Hurry back," Cong Ge said, taking the small basket from her hands, picking out the leaves, and watching her walk away without looking back, shaking her head helplessly, "This child, why so silly."

Where had her usual cleverness gone?

She didn’t have a fever either.

The osmanthus flowers, once cleaned and dried in the gap of sunset, with the remaining sunlight and autumn wind, would be turned into dried flowers after seven days of this process. They would be ready just in time before everyone set off, to be brought along for brewing tea while traveling.

Before their fortunate departure, everyone had shopped for some supplies in Xiangcheng. Although they were relocating as a family, Madam Sun looked at the nearly ready residence and still felt some reluctance to leave.

This time going to the Capital City, she didn’t know when she would be able to return here.

"Madam, please get into the carriage," the nursemaid said, supporting Madam Sun’s hand.

Madam Sun looked back one last time and then climbed neatly into the carriage.

...

Qin Residence.

Zhang Quanzhong’s face was full of wrinkles, and at this moment, his brows were deeply furrowed, like an aged orange.

"Are you saying that Hao Ren is already on his way to the Capital City?" They hadn’t received any messages at all, "What on earth for? Deserting his post can cost a man his head."

Did he have the guts for such a thing?

The young official lowered his voice, speaking mysteriously, "The Crown Prince incognito visited Luzhou County and personally promoted Hao Ren to move to the Capital City. It is said that after observing for a long time and deeming his conduct to be upright, the Imperial Court, being in need of officials, decided to..."

Such a remote place as Luzhou County was even visited by the Crown Prince incognito.

And in such a lively Capital City, he had been for so many years and had hardly seen the Crown Prince a few times.

You talk about fate...

Indeed, it can be more infuriating than comparing one person to another.

Zhang Quanzhong finally understood, this Crown Prince could really run.

"This old servant will go back and report to the Grand Tutor right away," he said as he stepped towards the interior.

Just as he entered the room, he saw the old Grand Tutor washing his hands meticulously.

With great care, he cleaned every finger in the brass basin.

Zhang Quanzhong immediately lowered his head and slowly walked over: "My lord."

"Speak," the Grand Tutor of Qin said concisely.

"The Crown Prince personally promoted Hao Ren, who is now on his way to take up his post in the Capital City."

The Grand Tutor of Qin did not make a sound, he flicked his hands in the basin, and a maid immediately handed him a clean cloth. He took it, wiped his hands, then tossed it into the basin.

"I should have foreseen the influence of that Yan Family woman on the Crown Prince," the Grand Tutor of Qin said with a soft chuckle. "He is my most outstanding student but also the softest at heart, especially regarding romance. Just like his mother, he always struggles to be resolute."

Zhang Quanzhong bowed even lower.

"With the Crown Prince returning to the capital, those old courtiers will certainly wish for his ascension to the throne. Wouldn’t that mean the Yan Family woman would be made empress?" The Crown Prince had been under his watchful eye since childhood.

His affection for Yan Wanqing was not a matter of just one or two days.

The world was about to be his, and the Yan Family girl’s entry into the royal harem seemed set in stone.

"Empress?" The always refined Grand Tutor of Qin actually snorted: "The repercussions of Yan Wanqing’s conspiracy with the Demon Empress have not yet subsided. No matter how vigorous the Crown Prince is, he cannot stand against the will of the people to make her the empress... Yan Wanqing does have some brains and reputation, but she acts without considering the consequences. The loyalty and filial piety that the Duke of the State had built with blood and flesh, she has almost tainted them all."

The Grand Tutor of Qin wasn’t spouting nonsense.

Even though Yan Wanqing had exposed the hypocrisy of the late emperor, it was, after all, a matter involving imperial power with far-reaching impact. Nearly no one at the Imperial Court could remain indifferent. The Crown Prince struggled with sleepless nights over this matter in the Capital City while that woman took her whole family and left the city.

She still held her title as Commandery Princess and could live lavishly by borrowing imperial authority.

Pity those caught up in her recklessness.

Those people might not have acted properly, but nobody’s a blank slate, everything isn’t just black or white. Only children talk about right and wrong. Yan Wanqing may be clever, but she is still too young.

"But before leaving the capital, the Crown Prince and those old courtiers already decided on his return to the throne, a grand wedding, and establishing the empress. Could it be they dare to go against the Crown Prince?" Zhang Quanzhong imagined that scenario and sensed the brewing of a storm of blood and violence.

"Making her empress is true, but who said it must be Yan Wanqing?" the Grand Tutor of Qin scoffed softly: "The eldest daughter of a prominent family is also of age this year."

Zhang Quanzhong: "...This, I’m afraid the Crown Prince won’t agree." Normally, that lord is very easy to get along with and agreeable, but when he goes mad, he throws all caution to the wind,

And in his memory, all instances of his madness were because of Yan Wanqing.

"Disagreeing can naturally be met with ways to make him agree. The Crown Prince is good in all respects but revealed his weakness too early. How can one who aims to achieve greatness have a soft spot?" the Grand Tutor of Qin’s eyes flashed.

He was, after all, his most outstanding student who would eventually unify the Six Kingdoms.

The states of Zhao and Song were already within grasp, leaving only Qin State and Chu Kingdom.

The ruler of Qin State was a woman, whom he had heard of and found unthreatening.

The only troublesome one was the Chu Kingdom.

The ruler of the Chu Kingdom was said to be an extraordinarily demonic being, capable of clashing with his outstanding student.

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