Chapter 1403: 1398: News About Miaoyan

Chapter 1403: Chapter 1398: News About Miaoyan

Before,

there were simply too many events.

Even if she recounted the past between the two of them for days and nights on end, Rong Sheng didn’t have the energy to tell him everything.

She also made her stance clear, “I am willing to be with you, but as for the past… can you stop searching for it?”

Chu Yifeng’s hand that was holding the wine glass paused slightly, half of his face buried in shadows, looking extremely solemn, “The past is also a part of Your Highness; there is no reason to abandon it and not seek its return.”

Rong Sheng took a deep breath—in the event that he insisted on recovering the past, on becoming who he once was…

she would definitely have to leave him.

When she got up from the bed, the man’s tall figure had already returned to the bedside. He gently bit her earlobe, his husky voice entwining around her, “But if senior sister doesn’t let me search, then I won’t search.”

He couldn’t remember any enmities or entanglements with this woman, but his body made it abundantly clear to him—he deeply loved her.

Since he loved her so deeply, why seek out the past?

When Rong Sheng was taken by surprise, she was already being overpowered by him.

She had never experienced such joy and wonder in bed; if pain could be transformed into pleasure, why would she again confine herself to such bounds?

“Chu Yifeng, hold me,” Rong Sheng whispered in a low voice, and the man above her lost all control.

On the return journey to the capital, passing through Hangzhou, Su Yingxue intended to talk to Xiao Yu about something. Saint Ruan had found a child whose identity was dubious and might be Ningning.

With their battle over, she could join Saint Ruan in bringing the child back for Xiao Yu to see.

Her intentions were good, but Chu Yihan reminded her, “Xiao Yu has lost his wife and child. Without complete certainty, do not raise his hopes only to disappoint him. If the child isn’t his, he will be even more heartbroken.”

The cruelest thing in this world is to give hope to someone in despair, only to then shatter it, plunging them into despair once again.

Su Yingxue, troubled, held her small face in her hands, “But apart from Xiao Yu, no one else has seen Ningning. Without bringing the child before Xiao Yu for him to identify, we can’t determine the child’s identity.”

“After returning to Jiang Du City, I will summon Xiao Yu to the capital. At the Marquis of Martial South’s Manor, you can bring the child, and let him have a look inadvertently. If it is Ningning, we will all rejoice; if not, it won’t be too much of a disappointment,” Chu Yihan thought of a middle-ground solution.

“That’s not a bad idea. I’ll first have Saint Ruan go to Silver Moon Pavilion and bring the child over, so he doesn’t suffer there. I’ve heard from Saint Ruan that in Silver Moon Pavilion, even infants must struggle to survive on their own,” Su Yingxue, concerned, immediately went to find Saint Ruan.

Unfortunately, Saint Ruan was faster than she expected, leaving her a note saying he had gone to fetch his son, and then he was gone without a trace.

Su Yingxue clutched her head, feeling a pang of headache.

They passed through Hangzhou with the intention of greeting Xiao Yu, but the people of the Xiao family said that Xiao Yu, due to a landslide during the road construction that injured a worker and caused a disturbance, had gone to the site personally and wasn’t at the Xiao family’s residence.

Xiao Qingyu sought permission from Su Yingxue and Chu Yihan, “My elder brother must have discovered some clue regarding my sister-in-law, otherwise, he would not have rushed there in such a hurry. Your Majesties, please rest assured and return to the court; I will leave immediately to join my brother.”

“Perhaps it’s Miaoyan’s news? Then I must go too!” Su Yingxue became agitated.

“Wait a moment; come back to the court with me first,” Chu Yihan urged her not to make such a rash decision and instructed Xiao Qingyu, “Take care of Xiao Yu, don’t let him lose reason over this.”

Xiao Qingyu nodded, “I shall obey the order.”

After seeing off Su Yingxue and Chu Yihan, Xiao Qingyu immediately set off for One-Line Sky Canyon, the area where the road was being built.

The mountain path was rugged and inaccessible, preventing the passage of horse-drawn vehicles. Xiao Qingyu arrived at the mountain’s base and began the laborious trek upwards, only reaching the construction site after the better part of a day, following noon.

Xiao family’s stewards and servants were there, resolving the issue. Xiao Qingyu went straight up to the newly appointed foreman, Yu Zhiqing, and asked him, “Where is the family head now? How is the situation being handled?”

Yu Zhiqing hastily bowed, “Reporting to young master seven, the family head didn’t listen to our persuasion and went into the mountains led by Zuiying. Those of us who followed haven’t come back yet; there’s been no news at all.”

“Lead me there, now!” Xiao Qingyu suddenly became anxious.

“Young master seven, this place is difficult to enter or leave; if you can’t handle ropes, there might be life-threatening danger,” Yu Zhiqing showed him.

There was a village within One-Line Sky Canyon called Zhang Family Village, where the entire population lived off the mountain and water. With only about fifty families, the villagers came and went using only a rope, pulled in and out of the mountainside, an endeavor only the strong and young men could undertake.

Beneath that rope, the river water rushed furiously, its current incredibly swift. If someone were to fall, they would have no chance of survival.

Xiao Qingyu tried several times but finally decided to go in. He instructed Yu Zhiqing to oversee the road construction as he, accompanied by Mo Yun and one of the foremen from the worksite, crossed over the ropes toward Zhang Family Village.

The three of them, young and strong, mustered their effort and managed to cross by hanging onto the ropes.

On the way, the foreman filled Xiao Qingyu in on the recent events, “The family head ordered the road to be built in search of his wife, something all of us foremen were aware of. So during construction, we were extra careful. If we found anything, we would have immediately reported to the family head. However, no such discoveries were made since construction began, until a few days ago when several men from Zhang Family Village arrived.

They came to buy supplies and, hearing we paid the workers well, rallied a dozen or so villagers to help with the road construction. The man injured by the landslide yesterday was from Zhang Family Village; it seemed a minor mishap at first—we thought to simply send him to the clinic for treatment. But the difficult mountain paths delayed the trip, and by the time we reached the clinic, the doctor said it was too late to save him. We intended to offer his family a substantial amount of silver as compensation, but one of their companions, a strong man named Zhang Daniu, insisted we owe them a life for his brother’s and demanded reparation. How could we possibly compensate for a life?”

Xiao Qingyu listened and slowly analyzed, “But was it from this Zhang Daniu that something related to my sister-in-law emerged?”

The foreman immediately bowed, “Young master seven is wise. It was indeed Zhang Daniu; after being overpowered in a fight with our men, a string of Copper Coins fell from him. The coins themselves weren’t unusual, but the manager Yu recognized on sight that the thread strung through the coins was a golden thread—a precious item far beyond what such a rough man should have. Yu manager immediately took him and the rest of his crew and pressured them for information.

As soon as the golden thread was returned to the Xiao family, the family head recognized it—it was part of his wife’s belt ornament. He rushed over at once. Though usually a stable man, he couldn’t wait to get any information out of Zhang Daniu and, accompanied by Zuiying, crossed the rope and came searching.”

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