Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 499 - 263 Truth_1

Chapter 499: Chapter 263 Truth_1

Qian Yijin was invited to the guest room of the main courtyard’s east wing and saw his grandfather, Mr. Yu, Grandpa Wan, and his uncle-in-law seated within. His grandfather’s eyes were bloodshot and his spirits seemed low, as if he had just finished crying, while the other three were struggling to suppress their excitement.

Strangely, they were all seated on chairs along the sides of the room, while the two main seats at the Eight Immortals Table beside them were empty. Usually, those two seats were reserved for his grandfather and Mr. Yu or Grandpa Wan.

As Qian Yijin entered, Qian Sanui pointed to the main seat beside the Eight Immortals Table and said, "Jinwa—oh, no, You, please, take the seat." His voice trembled as he spoke, and his tone was heavy with nasal congestion, as if he was on the verge of crying again.

Qian Yijin shook his head, refusing to sit, and asked in confusion, "Grandfather, what’s wrong? That’s where the elders sit."

Seeing this, Wan Erniu said, "Brother Qian, you are the nominal grandfather of the young prince, please take the seat. Once seated, we can discuss important matters."

Wan Dazhong stood up and helped Qian Sangui to the seat on the right side of the Eight Immortals Table, then guided the utterly bewildered Qian Yijin to the left seat. Qian Yijin still refused to sit down. He was baffled; why were these people treating him like this? What did they mean by ’young prince’...

Wan Dazhong reverently said, "Please take a seat. Once you are seated, my father and father-in-law will solve your quandary."

Qian Yijin had no choice but to sit down.

Wan Erniu was the most suitable person to recount this matter.

Wan Erniu began with the events from thirteen years ago, when he led a team of guards to escort the pregnant Princess Ning to Daci Temple to observe a vegetarian diet. On their way back to the Capital City, they heard rumors that Prince Ning had been imprisoned for killing the Crown Prince. The Princess, devastated, went into premature labor and gave birth to a boy. To be on the safe side and protect the Prince’s bloodline, she instructed them to take the child and hide him among the common folk while she continued north to join Prince Ning, publicly declaring the child dead...

"...We brought the child back to Darong Village and left him at the doorstep of the Qian family," finished Wan Erniu, studying Qian Yijin’s expression closely.

Qian Yijin was beginning to understand but still unwilling to admit that the boy was himself. With tears welling in his eyes, he asked, "Are you talking about Brother Shan?" After asking, the tears finally started to fall.

Wan Erniu paused, then said earnestly, "No, we left the child at the doorstep of the Qian’s third wife in West Huaxi Village." He glanced at Qian Sangui as he spoke.

When Qian Sangui fully realized that this child, whom he’d raised as his own for thirteen years, was about to leave, he had already cried in secret. Upon Wan Erniu’s prompt, he tried to hold back his sorrow and said shakily, "Yes, on the night Yueyue gave birth to Xiuer, we heard a baby crying outside. Your—oh, not right, Manjiang mother went to check and found a boy. We were so happy, thinking that the heavens saw Xiuer was a girl and therefore gifted us a boy too... So, we took the child home, claiming publicly that Yueyue had given birth to twins of mixed sex. The child we picked up was you."

After finishing, Qian Sangui handed over the letter from Prince Ning to Qian Yijin.

As Qian Sangui narrated, Qian Yijin’s tears flowed more freely. He took the letter and cried for a while before opening it.

The letter read, "My son Sujin, it has been thirteen years since your birth. Not once have father and son met, and I long for you deeply. Although born into the Royal Family, my life has been fraught with difficulties. For your safe upbringing, I had no choice but to separate from you, hiding you among the commoners, entrusting you to the Qian family... You are my true eldest son Zhu Sujin... Your mother, due to her overwhelming thoughts and unresolved worries, has been ill for many years... I hope you will return to the Capital City quickly, to filially serve at our side..."

Before reading the letter, Qian Yijin only wanted to be a child of the Qian family, no matter how grand his true origins. He was not willing to change his current life. But at the first glance of the letter, knowing that it was written by his biological father, that innate blood connection made him instantly hold the writer in reverence. After reading the letter and learning that his birth parents had sent him to the countryside for his safety, and how much they missed him—especially his mother, who had fallen gravely ill from her longing—he couldn’t help but yearn for his parents in the Capital City.

His emotions were incredibly conflicted; he didn’t want to leave the Qian family, with whom he had lived for thirteen years, nor did he want to leave the relatives with whom he had become so close. At the same time, he was concerned for his biological parents in the Capital City and couldn’t bear the weight of their longing...