Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 673 - 330 Return to Heaven_3

Chapter 673: Chapter 330 Return to Heaven_3

Qian Yixiu had been mentally prepared and was not overly panicked. She hurriedly instructed, "Butler Wong, quickly have everyone in the house change into plain clothes, and then bring people to redecorate the house."

Wong Shou nodded and hurried out.

Qian Yixiu then asked, "Is there still no news from my father?"

Wong Shou stopped, shook his head, and walked away.

Father Jiang hadn’t returned, which still left Qian Yixiu deeply concerned. She didn’t know whether Prince Ning had instigated a coup or forced the palace. If so, there would surely be casualties.

Qian Yixiu and the servants all changed into plain clothes, removing their gold, silver, jade, and jewelry from their heads, replacing them with wooden hairpins.

In the Great Qian Kingdom, it was mandated that when the Emperor passed away, all civil and military officials in the capital, as well as wives of officials from the first rank to the fifth rank, had to enter the palace to mourn. Qian Yixiu had no imperial decree, and except for Father Jiang, family members with decrees were all back in the old home, so all she needed to do was to dress in plain clothes to show her grief. Of course, she also couldn’t listen to operas or eat delicacies... She wasn’t entirely sure how to observe mourning, and would listen to what Wong Shou and Sister Zeng said when the time came.

The late Emperor Qianwen had been a benevolent ruler, her own maternal great-uncle, and although she had met him only twice, Qian Yixiu still felt some sadness. She wondered how the Empress Dowager and Zhu Sujin were doing, especially the Little Monk. Despite being emotionally prepared, he would surely be very upset.

After returning to the capital yesterday, she had immediately sent the Double-Headed Golden Crow Snake to the Empress Dowager and Old Master Pan. She didn’t know if the Empress Dowager managed to eat it. At seventy-five, the grief of losing a son must have dealt her a great blow—she hoped the old lady could pull through this ordeal.

Qian Yixiu would either work on embroidery with her attendants or shut the doors to play with Pearl Kid and Sister Squirrel. Pearl Kid had now been taught by Qian Yixiu to be more obedient; he absolutely could not make noise when it was not appropriate, or else Qian Yixiu would threaten to wrap up his shell with cloth.

This was because Pearl Kid had accidentally let slip that if his shell were wrapped in red cloth, he wouldn’t be able to see or hear anything from the outside world anymore. Living in a small room was very lonely, and not being able to hear outside noises would be too uninteresting, although Sister Squirrel kept him company, she could not talk.

The next evening, Qian Manjiang sent a message back to Qian Yixiu, saying he was all right in the palace, but now was a critical moment, and he had to wait a little longer before returning home. He told Qian Yixiu to absolutely not go out and to stay at home peacefully.

Qian Yixiu obediently stayed at home. Even though she wanted to visit Zhu Sujin, she had to refrain. He had moved into the palace and was busy mourning and keeping vigil for the late Emperor, and she could not see him whenever she wished.

Although she was home, news still occasionally filtered in. Some came from Old Master Pan and Uncle Pan, some from Liang Jinzhao when he came to visit her, and some from the rumors Wong Shou heard on the street.

It was said that the Fifth Prince’s mother, Consort Liu, unable to part with the late Emperor, followed him on his journey to the afterlife the night he passed away. Dissatisfied with the late Emperor’s succession choice, the Fifth Prince Zhu Xiang’an attempted a coup with his followers and is now under house arrest. Meanwhile, the Wong family, the Cui family, the Jin family, and the Xie family, who incited Zhu Xiang’an’s rebellion are all in custody, waiting for the Three Judicial Offices to interrogate and deal with them. The New Emperor has already recognized Consort Minde, the late emperor’s wife, as his mother. Consort Minde, who has no children, was expected to have a bleak future, but she has been gifted with such a stroke of good fortune. It is also heard that the New Emperor will grant amnesty to all, introduce new imperial examinations... In short, rumors are varied, including those from within the palace and among the common people.

More than half a month later, on one afternoon, Qian Yixiu sat under the peach tree in the courtyard, basking in the early spring sunlight. The warm and soft rays made her feel drowsy. The peach blossoms grafted the year before were now in bloom, with pink petals vibrant and alluring, fragrant and emanating sweet scents, sometimes fluttering down with the light breeze, landing on her head and face.

She sat with her eyes half-closed, surrounded by a blur of pink.

Suddenly, a familiar voice reached her, "Sister seems quite at ease."

Without looking back, Qian Yixiu knew it was Zhu Sujin, whom she hadn’t seen for some time.

She quickly got up and turned around to find Zhu Sujin standing there in plain clothes. He had grown taller and thinner, and the familiar mischief and stubbornness she knew were absent from his eyes. Instead, there was a firmness that greatly resembled Prince Ning, and... a touch of sorrow.

Qian Yixiu began to feel that maybe, in just a few years, he would also have a deep frown line on his forehead.

Feeling her eyes warm up, she walked over to him and raised her hand to his smooth forehead, as if to smooth out a non-existent frown line.

Sniffling, she choked up, "Brother, you have changed."

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