The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1249 - 1249 609 Wanting a Child (Second Update)

Chapter 1249: 609 Wanting a Child (Second Update) Chapter 1249: 609 Wanting a Child (Second Update) Could it really be the work of the former Queen Consort of Liang?

Therefore, the Emperor ordered a thorough investigation within the Liang royal household. Without the investigation, it wouldn’t have mattered, but once they delved into it, all the disgraceful acts committed by the former King of Liang over the years, such as taking bribes, colluding with local officials, running private mines, and abducting women, were all unearthed.

Now he would be infamous for generations to come.

As a result, the Emperor confiscated the Liang royal household, and all the descendants of the former King of Liang were stripped of their royal status and turned into commoners, severing any ties they had with the royal family henceforth.

One day, Gu Jiao was in the courtyard drying medicinal herbs when a few soldiers accompanied by a couple in their twenties came to her door.

The soldiers were from the government office of Pingcheng Prefecture City. The leader among them greeted Gu Jiao with a bow, “May I ask if this is the residence of Doctor Gu?”

“Yes, what do you need from me?” Gu Jiao stopped her work of drying herbs.

The leading soldier hurriedly said, “Doctor Gu, my surname is Liao, just call me Liao Quan.”

Another one named Liao Quan.

“Who’s calling me?” Liao Quan, holding a spatula, came over from the newly-opened passageway next door.

Gu Jiao turned around and said, “No, Uncle Liao, it’s a coincidence, he’s also called Liao Quan.”

“Oh.” Liao Quan was not surprised; with such a common name, he had encountered many people with the same name over the years.

He continued back to resume cooking.

Perhaps due to the mix-up caused by the name, the soldier Liao Quan actually felt a bit of kinship, and with a smile, he led the couple forward, saying, “They are from Brookwater Village. They reported to the Yamen that their child was lost. We inquired about their child’s situation, and it closely resembles the child that Lord Xuanping and Officer Xiao rescued from an ancient well. The Yamen has it on record that the child was carried back to Bishui Alley and handed over to you, Doctor Gu, for medical treatment.”

Gu Jiao nodded, “I am treating him, but we were short on hands here, and after he recovered, he was taken to Princess Xinyang. Please wait, I will send someone to deliver a message to Princess Xinyang.”

Upon hearing this, the couple nearly knelt down.

Their son was taken to be raised by a princess?

A princess?

A princess!

My goodness!

Was their family’s ancestral grave emitting green smoke?

The couple was quite young, and since it was common to marry early in ancient times, they already had five children, with the baby being the youngest.

Leaving their child behind in the village was not due to a heartless abandonment; rather, they made a mistake.

The woman explained the situation to Gu Jiao with self-reproach, “That day, the people from the Government Office came in a hurry, saying that a violent rainstorm was imminent, which could collapse the hillside, and something about a flood…”

It was a mudslide, but never mind, no need to go into that now.

Gu Jiao listened patiently as she continued.

“They told us to evacuate as quickly as possible, the sooner the better.”

Carrier pigeons had arrived at the post station at noon that day, and the post station had gone on to inform the local government office that there would be a natural disaster the next night, urging to evacuate the villagers promptly.

The officials at the Yamen did not quite believe in the reality of the natural disaster, but since it was an imperial command, they did not dare to neglect it.

The bailiffs went to the village to mobilize the villagers to leave in the afternoon, by which time the downpour had already begun.

At first, the villagers refused to leave, especially the elderly, who insisted they’d rather die there than relocate.

The bailiffs, using both gentle persuasion and force, finally convinced the entire village to evacuate by midnight.

It was dark and the rain was torrential as the bailiffs protected the villagers while they evacuated through the night.

At that time, their son was lying next to a large winter melon; they carried away the winter melon and left their son behind…

“It was just, just too chaotic… I picked it up and put it in the basket, thinking it was my son… We have the elderly and the young in our family, three households in total. When we arrived at the settlement, each household separated, and the basket was taken away by the child’s grandparents. We assumed that the child was with his grandparents, and they thought he was with us… Later, when I said to bring the child over, his grandparents, being old… only then did we realize…”

The woman was sobbing so much she could barely speak.

Gu Jiao hardly knew what to say.

To have parents so confused, it’s truly miraculous that the child himself had such good fortune.

The child must have woken up, realized that his family was gone, and crawled around looking for someone, only to accidentally crawl onto the well cover.

A one-year-old child could stand and take a few steps, and the well was not high off the ground, so climbing up was not difficult.

The shadow guard A moved quickly, and it wasn’t long before Princess Xinyang was notified.

To everyone’s surprise, Princess Xinyang personally came over with Yujin and the child.

Yujin was holding the child in his arms.

“This is Princess Xinyang,” Gu Jiao introduced.

Everyone hastily paid their respects to Princess Xinyang.

The couple gazed at the child in Yujin’s arms, so excited they could hardly wait to rush over.