Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 607 - 305: Purple Dragon Pearl_3

Chapter 607: Chapter 305: Purple Dragon Pearl_3

Liang Jinzhao said anxiously, "Mother, if you don’t want to see Embroider, we won’t stay in the mansion after we get married. Whenever you’re willing to see her, that’s when we’ll move back. How about that?"

Lady Cui cried with anger, tears streaming down her face as she said, "You’re my retribution. When I gave birth to you, it was as if you came to settle debts. As a child, I worried about your health, and now that you’ve grown, I worried about whom you would marry. Yet you still upset me so."

Seeing Lady Cui in this state, Liang Jinzhao also felt a sadness welling up, reddening his eyes as he said, "Son knows he has made Mother suffer. But what can be done? Son only wants to marry Embroider, and none of the girls Mother mentioned appeal to me."

Lady Cui choked out angrily, "You insist on infuriating me to death, don’t you? To call off this marriage proposal, Mother has been hurt so deeply, turned into a laughingstock throughout the Capital City. Now we have nearly cut ties with my family. It took so much effort to call off the previous engagement, and now you say you want to marry her. Fine, fine, you get married, since my words have no place here anymore. You don’t need to come to me, I can’t stand it." After speaking, she turned away to wipe her tears.

Liang Jinzhao quickly got off the chair and knelt before Lady Cui, choking up as he said, "Mother, I’m sorry for saddening you. But the person Son wishes to marry is only her, and she is the only one in Son’s heart, with no room for anyone else. I beg you to grant your blessing."

Then, he knelt there and kowtowed several loud times. The thud, thud, thud of his forehead hitting the ground caused Lady Cui’s heart to clench with each successive impact. Clenching her handkerchief tightly, she steeled herself not to turn back.

As Lady Cui didn’t turn around, Liang Jinzhao kept kowtowing relentlessly. Sister Cui, who had been waiting outside, could not bear it any longer and quickly lifted the curtain to come in.

She knelt down and, embracing Liang Jinzhao, cried, "Young master, please, do not be stubborn. This is too painful for Madam." She then pleaded with Lady Cui, "Madam, you think of the young master every day, and you look forward to his return. Why fight as soon as he comes back? No one is more heartbroken than you are seeing him like this. Why continue to be so hard-hearted and let him carry on kowtowing?"

The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. After a moment, Lady Cui sighed faintly and, without turning around, said softly, "Zhaozhao, go back. Marry whoever you wish, I won’t interfere anymore; I’m incapable of doing so. I’m tired and wish to rest."

Seeing the situation, Sister Cui advised Liang Jinzhao, "Eldest young master, please leave for now and let Madam rest quietly."

Liang Jinzhao, with no other choice and tears rolling down his cheeks, gave Lady Cui another kowtow and said, "Mother, your son has been unfilial and made you angry. Please rest, and in a few days, your son will come to visit you again." After speaking, he got up and walked out.

Listening to her son’s retreating footsteps, Lady Cui’s tears flowed even more fervently. She felt her son, who was never very close, was drifting even further away from her.

Liang Jinzhao stepped into the courtyard, where the snow continued to fall and the north wind howled. He felt utterly exhausted, more so than during battle. At least on the battlefield, despite the fatigue, there was a sense of exhilaration. But now, he felt stifled, silent, and unable to vent his pent-up emotions.

He stood there, uncertain of where to go to let out this oppressive feeling in his chest. Then, an old woman ran over and said, "Eldest young master, the Old Duke has heard of your return and asks you to discuss matters in the outer study."

Liang Jinzhao hurried to the outer study.

Old Duke Liang sat behind the writing desk, with Commander Liang sitting on an official chair to the side, both with solemn expressions.

Liang Jinzhao bowed to them and took a seat before asking, "What has happened?"

Old Duke Liang said, "I have just returned from the palace..."

It turns out that the Emperor had the same dream for half a month, dreaming of a Black Dragon coiled above the Imperial Mausoleum. Strangely, the Black Dragon had only its right eye, while the left eye socket was a bloody hole. By the dragon’s side sat the long-departed founding Emperor Qiangao— the current Emperor’s great-grandfather. The current Emperor had never seen Emperor Qiangao in person; he recognized him from paintings in the Imperial Book Room and the Imperial Mausoleum.

Emperor Qiangao also had only one right eye, the left eye socket being a bloody hole, and tears kept streaming from it.

The Emperor felt that his ancestors were summoning him and that perhaps his end was near. But High Ancestor Emperor also left him a hint, to find and bring the Black Dragon’s eye to heaven.

"...The Emperor said that he looked carefully at the Black Dragon’s right eye, but couldn’t see it clearly. It seemed larger than a longan, a pale purple color, dazzling to behold, and it emitted a golden light. Somewhat like pearls, and somewhat like crystal," Old Duke Liang explained.

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