Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 105 - 103: Hanging

"What’s our relationship with the Eastern Jin Dynasty?" Xiao’er remembered that the two people she had just shot with her arrows hadn’t received the antidote yet. However, the tiny amount of Ashoka flower juice could only cause fainting, not death. By tomorrow, those two people should be awake. Zhuge Xin would probably need to question those two people after they woke up, which is why he took them away.

"Currently, it’s peaceful. We’re in friendly diplomatic relations!" The Eastern Jin Dynasty is currently in a civil unrest, its king severely ill and the princes fiercely competing for the throne. The Thirteenth Prince of the Eastern Jin Dynasty who holds substantial power has disappeared. That man must be the Thirteenth Prince of the Eastern Jin Dynasty!

"How did you come to know the prince of the Eastern Jin Dynasty?"

"I bought his shop, and, well, his wife and I came from the same place." They both crossed the same threshold – time travel, Xiao’er silently added in her mind.

Seeing Xiao’er start to read the letter, the hidden guard tactfully left.

Xiao’er quickly finished the letter. Turns out that the day she got caught in a tornado and was swiftly lifted up into the sky, the speed was so fast that she couldn’t open her eyes, as if a layer of skin from her face was being blown away. Within seconds, the tornado slowed down. Upon opening her eyes, she found herself falling from the sky, the issue being she didn’t have a parachute! She thought she would crash to her death, but surprisingly, an unknown force cushioned her fall, and she landed on a tree branch. It turned out, it was Zhuge Xin who saved her.

Zhuge Xin asked her where her home was. The place she mentioned was something he had never heard of. He then remembered seeing her falling from the sky, from an incredibly tall blue sky devoid of clouds. A fall from such a height should have broken the tree branch, but it didn’t!

He remembered that someone once predicted his future, saying his future wife would be a gift from the heavens. Seeing her wearing a white princess dress and a small crown with a unique hairstyle, she looked like a fairy! He thought that she was the one – the fairy sent from the heavens, his Imperial Consort!

No matter how much she cried, protested, and caused havoc demanding to go home, he tolerated everything. Gradually, she also accepted the fact that she got blown back in time by the mysterious wind.

Due to his endless tolerance to her unruly and willful behavior, she was emotionally moved and naturally became his Imperial Consort.

Anyone with an unknown background becoming an Imperial Consort would not have a smooth journey. During the fight for the throne, she gave birth to twins. They planned to send the children to a villa as their home had become too dangerous. Despite carefully planning everything, there was a mole who leaked their plan and the children were taken away. Everyone thought it was the planned adoption. By the time the couple realized it wasn’t, there were no traces of the children.

After losing her children, she fell into depression and self-isolation for several years. Just when she was about to come out of it, she was poisoned with the eternal sleep poison and slept for several years.

What a miserable child! Xiao’er also realized that her life must not have been easy. She felt even more fortunate about her own life!

At twelve, Anyi was indeed a naive, unruly and capricious little girl. However, this was only in front of her loving family. Thinking back, her mommy would always say that she was too mature. She should be more like Anyi, impulsive and carefree, that’s what youth is for! Back then, she thought of Anyi as a prospective wife for her second brother. However, things don’t always go as planned and the world is unpredictable!

Xiaoxiao, thank you for helping me find my child. I know you have the capability to protect him. We will meet again in the future.

Holding the final piece of paper – a silver banknote worth 100,000 taels – Xiao’er pondered the last sentence of the letter.

To find her child? Could it be Fang Wenri? Yet Brother Ri’s ears really do resemble Anyi’s. What a small world!

Once, they played together like children, and now, their children are just as old as Xiao’er. She felt quite melancholy, unsure if she had won or lost big!

The next day, Xiao’er called Brother Ri and gave him the silver banknote worth 10,000 taels. She also told him about his background.

"Feel at home here, this is also your home. They’ll come to take you home once this is all over. If you want to go back then, feel free to do so. If you don’t, you can stay here."

Brother Ri fell silent for a moment, then nodded. He handed the silver banknotes back to Xiao’er, "It’s better used for household expenses!"

In fact, he was not scared of danger, nor was he scared of death. He simply wanted to be beside his parents, but they didn’t even allow him to catch a single glimpse of them!

Xiao’er did not take it. She looked at the pitiful child, "Our family is not short of money, you can keep it as your private fund. That’ll be good. Anyway, they haven’t been with you for many years. You didn’t even know who they are and yet you’ve grown up just fine. You know now, isn’t that better? Don’t make such a sad face, focus on making your life better. That’s what really matters! The future is long! A man is meant to make his own way in the world, leaving your parents behind is inevitable, you merely got an early start. Don’t worry, it wouldn’t make any difference to me whether you have a father or not, as long as you are by my side."

Fang Wenri was at a loss for words. Is this a comfort? What is this ’you merely got an early start?’ He had never once lived with his own parents! What big sister! He was actually older than her! However, as long as he was still breathing, indeed, the future was long.

Just as Xiao’er’s family finished lunch, a knocking sound came from outside the door.

"I am sure it’s nothing good!" Jinghao grumbled.

Mrs. Liu shot Jinghao a glance.

Jinghao blinked innocently.

"Sister-in-law! Quickly open the door! Wenhui hanged herself!"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Liu hurried out, and the entire family followed.

Mrs. Liu swiftly opened the door, "Why did she hang herself? Is she dead?"

"No, she has been rescued!" Youfu’s wife hurriedly responded, waving her hands.

"Let’s quickly go take a look! Why did she out of a sudden become so desperate!" Mrs. Liu breathed a sigh of relief. Behind her, Xiao’er, who had heard the entire conversation, bitterly smiled. Mother, is that really how you ask these questions? ’Is she dead?’ Anyone who didn’t know better would think you’re excited!

"I heard that this morning at the river side, while everyone was doing laundry, Aunt Wang started to reprimand her in front of everyone. She accused Wenhui of seducing her man because she saw your family becoming wealthy, and couldn’t wait to move into your house even though it was new year’s. She said she got so many works in your family by using her body. The words she used were really ugly. She even said that this kind of woman should be thrown into a pig cage, if it were her, she would have hanged herself on a tree by now. Others joined in and scolded her all the way back home."

"Later, her sister-in-law went to her house and scolded her too, saying she didn’t look after her own family when good things happen but always dragged them into trouble when bad things happen. She scolded a lot of things, I couldn’t remember them all, but eventually she told her to die, because she ruined their face in the village and their niece’s reputation! They said she was harming others as well as herself by staying alive!"

"Er, I also heard that, your mother-in-law went to scold her yesterday. Aigh, such a good child, she’s pitiful enough as it is, can’t they just leave her be, why do they have to push her to this extent!"

"It’s all my fault!" Mrs. Liu was very somber. All the trouble started because she asked her to develop the wasteland, to cook, to make dolls, to move into their home. Now that Wenhui had earned a bit of silver, these people were envious and resentful. Seeing her all alone, they took advantage of the situation and vented their unwarranted discontent on her, pushing her to the brink.

She had thought that Wenhui had a tough life and wanted to help. Little did she know, she ended up causing more harm!

Xiao’er actually quite liked Xu Wenhui. She was a woman of few words but diligent and meticulous in her work, and worked really hard. She had a good heart and was generous. At least, being scolded by so many people, she never once retorted and did not quarrel with anyone. But perhaps if she stood up for herself or countered right from the start, people would not have dared to treat her this way. After going through so much, she was still resilient and lived on her own. Just when her life began to have hope, she was struck down once again, which probably led to her temporary despair.

Regardless, this kind of person deserved to be helped!