The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 792 - 786: Lamenting the fleeting beauty with tears of yearning, unable to speak of the world’s sorrows where many heroes fall.

Chapter 792: Chapter 786: Lamenting the fleeting beauty with tears of yearning, unable to speak of the world’s sorrows where many heroes fall.

She pitied her plight, treating her like an honored guest, yet to her surprise, she was the Crown Princess Consort who had recently caused such a stir in Beijing.

What terrified her even more was the thought that the Marquess would start a rebellion for her sake?

Fang Cuizhen’s maid was shocked, watching her own madam repeatedly slap herself until her face turned red.

She took Fang Cuizhen’s hand and pressed it down, crying, "Madam, what is this? If you are upset, take it out on me, don’t hit yourself!"

Fang Cuizhen turned her head blankly and collapsed onto her maid’s shoulder, crying her heart out.

Two days later, Fang Cuizhen found Xiao Qinqin and confessed the truth to her.

"I know you are the Crown Princess Consort whom everyone in Beijing has been searching for, but you can’t hide in our house forever. Sooner or later, you will be found. The Marquess has just ascended the throne and his own position is still unstable, I..."

Xiao Qinqin cut her off, smiling, "I know, Cuizhen, thank you for taking care of me these past few days, I will leave."

Fang Cuizhen showed a hint of joy, yet also concern, as she said, "But... where can you go in your current condition after leaving Lingnan? Why don’t you... go back to the Crown Prince Residence?"

Xiao Qinqin shook her head, saying, "No, I can’t go back. The world is so vast, I believe there is a place for me somewhere."

The daughter of the Xiao Family, once a Crown Princess Consort, had fallen to the point where she had nowhere to hide. Fang Cuizhen sighed with regret and said, "If you haven’t thought of a place to go, I might have a suggestion. You could see if it’s feasible."

Xiao Qinqin looked up at her.

She said, "They say the whole world is under the emperor’s domain, but there is one exception: the sacred land of Qi Mountain of the Dao Family. Qinqin, if you hide in Qi Mountain and receive protection from the Heavenly Master, you may be safe and sound. Unless the Heavenly Master agrees, no one dares to search the mountain."

Xiao Qinqin, upon hearing Fang Cuizhen’s words, escaped to Qi Mountain with her help and, unexpectedly, made it there quite smoothly.

Tian Jizi took her in, on the condition that if the child in her belly were a boy, he must become Tian Jizi’s disciple.

By then, Xiao Qinqin had completely lost trust in Jin Moning, and was willing to agree to anything to protect her child.

So she gained the protection of Tian Jizi.

Tian Jizi allowed her to build a house behind the Taoist Temple. Pregnant and with limited strength, she could only erect a simple, crude hut barely enough to shield her from the elements.

From conception to childbirth, through the hardships of escape, lack of food and clothing had taken a toll on her vitality, coupled with her perennial depression, by the third year after giving birth to her son, she finally reached the end of her rope.

Looking at the toddler playing with mud at the doorway, she lamented endlessly within her heart.

This life had finally come to an end, sooner than she had imagined. If she felt any reluctance, it was there, because she had not yet seen Ayan grow up.

In the end, the woman sitting at her bedside asked if she had any regrets.

Regrets?

She said, "What does it matter if I regret it or not, the consequences of the decisions I made are mine to bear."

Her vision blurring, she then remembered something she had yet to do in this life.

With her last ounce of strength, she said to the woman, "If you get the chance, could you ask for me whether he always treated me as a pawn in the struggle for power? When I was no longer of any use, did he hesitate at all to discard me?"

"Who is he?" the woman asked.

Xiao Qinqin slowly closed her eyes and never opened them again.

Endless are the tears of lost love and the fleeting beauty of youth; countless are the heroes who perish in a world full of hardship.

This was her brief life. She regretted not being there to see her child grow up, she had not received his answer, and she no longer had the chance to repay his kindness.

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