boyutpedia Chapter 115 Long live my emperor (2)
Chapter 115 Long live my emperor (2)
On her coming of age day, Chu Yue found a seriously injured young man in the woods next to the farm.
Chu Yue was very kind. She brought him back to the farm and asked a doctor to treat his injuries.
After the wound was bandaged, the man woke up quickly.
Chu Yue has always lived in the farm, and the biggest place she has been to is the town. Her wet nurse died of illness when she was nine years old. The person who has always been with her is her wet nurse's daughter, Yunjuan, a maid who grew up with her.
So there are no rules to follow, and the separation between men and women is not very strict.
Chu Yue was not like the noble ladies in Chaoge, whose every move seemed to be dictated, like a soulless puppet.
She is lively and innocent.
During his recuperation, the young man inevitably fell in love with her, just like the cheesy stories that Chu Yue had secretly read.
A nobleman from Chaoge City fell in love with a country girl.
Before the man left, the two became engaged and exchanged tokens of love.
Chu Yue gave him the mandarin duck handkerchief she embroidered. He searched her body and finally gave her a jade pendant.
At the same time, he told her that if she went to Chaoge in the future, she could use this jade pendant to find him if she had any problems.
If you want him to help you with something, this jade pendant can buy you three chances. Consider it as your way of repaying him for saving your life.
If she trusted him, she shouldn't have traded the jade pendant for opportunities and waited for him to marry her.
Chu Yue, who was in love, naturally believed it.
Marquis Yongding died on the battlefield. During the funeral, the Marquis Yongding's mansion finally remembered her as their legitimate daughter and sent someone to take her back.
Chu Yue didn't expect that when she returned to the Marquis' Mansion, she would attend her father's funeral.
However, she had never seen her father since she was a child and had no feelings for him.
The illegitimate sons and daughters secretly cursed her behind her back, but she pretended not to hear.
Chaoge City is very big, and the Yongding Marquis Mansion is also very big, but Chu Yue feels very uncomfortable living there.
Over the years, her mother would occasionally visit her at the farm, but the two were not very familiar with each other.
The rules in the Marquis' Mansion are very strict. The old lady doesn't like her mother, and as a result, she doesn't like her, her granddaughter who has not been around since she was a child.
Marquis Yongding died suddenly, and there were a lot of messy things to deal with in the marquis's mansion, which made people overwhelmed.
To make matters worse, another imperial edict came from the palace.
The eldest son of the Marquis of Yongding was sent as the transport supervisor to escort the grain and official silver to Qi County.
Today, at the beginning of spring, the world is a little chaotic. Bandits are everywhere, and some kings and marquises of different surnames and small countries around are ready to make moves.
The court was extremely corrupt.
It seemed as if just a slight push would cause complete chaos.
After the sudden death of Marquis Yongding, who was loyal to the court, the whole of Daning was in turmoil.
Qi County is a special area located at the intersection of Daning and the fiefdom of King Xiqing.
The county magistrate here, Yang Su, was once a former subordinate of the Marquis of Yongding, but he had some unpleasantness with the Marquis of Yongding because of some old frictions, otherwise he would not have condescended to go to the remote Qi County to be a small county magistrate.
In order to prevent Qi County from being lured away by Prince Xiqing and attacked, the emperor, on whose bad advice he might have listened, ordered the legitimate son of Marquis Yongding to escort the official silver and grain before the seemingly inactive Prince Xiqing could take any action.
This was to replenish military supplies and prevent the King of Xiqing from using Qi County as the first breakthrough point after his rebellion.
Secondly, it was also a signal to Yang Su that you could do whatever you wanted with the legitimate son of Marquis Yongding. After you had vented your anger, you could still be a good official of Daning, and the past events would be written off.
As long as Qi County is preserved, promotion and wealth will not be a problem.
Before the body of Marquis Yongding was cold, the court took action against his legitimate son. The court used the son of Marquis Yongding to vent its anger on a small county magistrate. This was a naked humiliation!
Although they were extremely angry, they could do nothing as the Marquis of Yongding had just died. They were also in the Imperial City of Chaoge and dared not rebel against the court. They had to rely on the emperor for survival, so they could only swallow their anger.
The old lady figured out the whole thing, so how could she dare to let her precious Dalang go.
Fortunately, there is still hope.
His Majesty only mentioned the Marquis Yongding’s legitimate son, but did not say which one it was. This was also an opportunity His Majesty gave them.
The Marquis's Mansion also has a second legitimate son, Liulang.
In order to save the Marquis's Mansion, the old lady discussed with the second and third wives and simply abandoned Liu Lang.
When Tian heard this, she almost fainted. She brought Chu Yue here with her, trying to make the old lady change her mind.
Liu Lang is young, and his martial arts are not as good as his elder brother and father. He carries official silver and food fodder, which is like a child carrying gold through a busy city. He may not even make it to Qi County and will be killed by bandits on the way.
She had already lost her husband and didn't want to lose her son.
Tian's thin body was trembling, and even her sobs were very soft.
After receiving the memory, Nan Yue sighed softly, not knowing how to comfort her.
"Mother, I'm going to go see Liu Lang."
Tian raised her rabbit-red eyes and nodded gently, her voice choking with sobs, "Go, go, spend more time with your brother..."
I'm afraid we won't have the chance to get along again...
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Nan Yue asked the servants in the mansion and found out where Chu Liulang was. Then she took her maid Yunjuan to find him.
Yunjuan is only one year older than her and is a teenage girl.
Because she had been staying in the manor with Chu Yue, she was much more lively than the maids in this mansion.
But after returning to the Marquis' Mansion, he received a good education and now knows a lot of etiquette.
Don't look around when walking, take each step with the same size, keep your head down and don't look directly at your masters.
The noble ladies in Chaoge City all wore various kinds of skirts with wide sleeves and trains at the back, and a layer of gauze long gown on the outside. The girdle tightly wrapped around their slender waists, and long jade pendants hung around their waists, which jingled when they walked.
Her long hair was tied into an exquisite bun, and she wore a jade hairpin and a small hair crown on her head. Sometimes, she would use small gold and silver hairpins as embellishments. A long hairband was used to tie up the long hair that fell behind her.
This outfit looks gentle and dignified, but it is very inconvenient to walk in.
Nan Yue's walking speed is considered fast among the noble ladies, but she is still elegant and has a boldness that other noble ladies do not have.
She thought to herself that she would definitely change the style of the clothes in her closet when she had time.
It looks good, but it’s too inconvenient.
And so we walked all the way to the racecourse.
The horse farm of the marquis's mansion is naturally not comparable to that of the royal family. One can only ride a horse around twice. However, the Marquis of Yongding is a military general and loves to collect all kinds of foals.
Although Chu Yu was very young, his favorite place to stay in the Marquis' Mansion was the horse farm.
The young man was riding a maroon horse, running very fast in the stable. His cheerful laughter could even be heard by Nan Yue who had just entered the stable.
His vitality is incompatible with the lifeless mansion.
Nan Yue took a breath and called him, "Liu Lang!"
Hearing her voice, the young man looked over here, then turned his horse's head and ran towards her quickly.
When he was ten steps away from her, he stopped.
Chu Yu jumped off his horse and called her in surprise, "Sister!"
The young man smiled, revealing his white teeth. "Sister, how did you find time to come and see me?"
Ever since his sister returned to the Marquis' Mansion, she has been forced to learn the rules. Whenever he goes to see her, those annoying mothers-in-law stop him, saying that it is against the rules to meet alone.
What rules should be observed between him and his sister?
As a result, he and his sister didn't have much time to talk.