Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 687 - 336: Gratitude and Resentment_3

Chapter 687: Chapter 336: Gratitude and Resentment_3

Qian Sangui waved his hand with a laugh, "Why bother giving any silver, my household doesn’t lack these funds. I was already thinking of not collecting the thousand taels of silver I lent you. Let’s use this silver to take care of things now, and give the rest to Ting Gu for her dowry."

Qian Manting’s marriage into the Marquis Mansion was certainly grand, and Qian Sigui was not foolish enough to drain his entire estate to provide a dowry for Qian Manting. They decided to give her a dowry of a hundred acres of farmland and more than two hundred taels of silver for her dowry box, plus furniture, jewelry, and other items, totaling over twelve hundred taels of silver, which was half of their entire family fortune.

With less financial pressure, everyone’s spirits improved quite a bit.

While Qian Sigui’s family was busy preparing the dowry, the Liang Family and the Qian family also began their hustle and bustle. Even though the marriage was decreed by the Emperor, except for the betrothal, all other rites were to be observed.

In May, the Capital City also experienced its most brutal moment, when the entire faction of the Fifth Prince dispersed into smoke and clouds.

The Fifth Prince’s Consort, Lady Wong, had a heart like a viper’s and persecuted the Royal Family’s descendants; she incited the Fifth Prince to rebel, was sentenced to die by poisoned wine, and after death, her bones were crushed and scattered to ensure she would never find peace. A few days later, after the death of the Fifth Prince’s last son from illness, the Fifth Prince also hanged himself. The news of his death was not announced immediately but the following year. Of course, that’s a story for later.

And the Wongs, Cuis, Jins, Xies and others involved with the Fifth Prince who were definitely proven guilty of treason and persecution of the Royal descendants numbered over a thousand people, including infants, and were beheaded outside the Wu Gate from the fifteenth to the twentieth of May.

Many ministers pleaded for clemency, arguing the infants were innocent and suggesting, as in the time of the previous emperor, that male offenders over the age of eight be executed and the children and women be exiled or consigned to be government slaves. Prince Consort Pan penned an appeal tens of thousands of words long, requesting the Emperor’s leniency. But Emperor Qianwu stood firm, and even when the Imperial Censor splattered his blood in the Golden Hall, it could not change the Emperor’s decision.

It was said that during those days, blood flowed like a river outside the Wu Gate, and a heavy gloom hung in the air. The entire Capital City seemed enshrouded in dark clouds, and many people dared not leave their homes.

The corpses of the Wong, Jin, and Xie families were left unclaimed, all buried at the Mass Graves. But Liang Jinzhao still led people to claim the corpses of the Cui family and buried them where Old Great-grandpa and Old Madam Cui lay.

The Pan family had initially wanted to claim the corpses of the Wong family, but Zhu Sujin had sent a message in advance to Yixiu, reminding her that the Wong family was the Fifth Prince’s family by marriage and that many evil deeds had been carried out or led by them directly. Emperor Qianwu despised the Wong family above all else, and it would be best for the Pan family not to provoke further hatred.

The Wong family was where Old Madam Pan came from. With her entire brother’s family killed, the old lady fell ill and never recovered, dying a few days later.

After mourning for the old lady, Yixiu, Qian Sangui, her mother, Mingming, Jingjing, and others retreated to Plum Court. They truly did not wish to stay in the Capital City any longer, feeling not only the oppressiveness and darkness but as if the very air was tinged with the scent of blood.

June was the season when Ten Lotus Fragrance was at its most beautiful: waves of green rippling, and lotus flowers carried their scent through the air. The local villagers here were far less affected by the political climate than the citizens of the capital. Life went on as usual. Seeing their smiling faces, the Qian family breathed a sigh of relief.

Furthermore, it was the season to harvest golden honey peaches. Although most of the trees in the Peach Garden were saplings that would take years to bear fruit, there were still dozens of older peach trees that had been transplanted there. Grafted just last year, they were now bearing peaches.

These golden honey peaches, of course, could not compare to those of Cave Sky Pool, but they were still the first water honey peaches grown in the North, golden and yellow, juicy, and sweet as honey. Such a prized prize was certainly not for sale; some were sent as tribute to the Palace, and others were gifted to the Pan family, the Liang Family, the Fu family, the Eldest Princess Mansion, and several other relatives and friends. The rest were enjoyed by their own family, with special consideration for their pregnant mother.

Pan Yue was not particularly close to Old Madam Pan; during her thirteen years in the Pan Mansion as a child, she spent most of that time in the Palace. So, after feeling saddened for a few days, she recovered.

Every day, Yixiu would accompany Pan Yue for walks by the Lotus Pond outside. Having a peculiar affection for the countryside due to her special circumstances, her mother found the endless lotus pond, countless golden lotus flowers, and the distant rolling hills as beautiful as Huaxi Village. Back then, she had been afraid and dared not venture out, only able to gaze from the yard. But now, she could go out, be amidst it all, experiencing a sense of freedom and relaxed leisure she had never felt before, utterly at ease.

Seeing her mother smile with such joy, Yixiu felt really happy too.

Monkey Brother had taken the House of Animals to play in West Mountain, except for Tiaotiao and its offspring, who were in Eastern Palace. The rest of the House of Animals had all come to the countryside. Tiaotiao had given birth to a pair of beautiful female babies, named Huanhuan and Xixi.

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