activa-t Chapter 380 The Miraculous Belly
Chapter 380 The Miraculous Belly
Not long after, King Huai, who was in the Yue Kingdom, received a secret report from his subordinates.
Sitting behind his desk, Wang Huai saw his trusted confidant, whom he had sent to the Xia Kingdom, stammering and couldn't help but slam his hand on the desk.
"Speak the truth! What kind of behavior is this, stammering like that!"
The middle-aged man, who had an ordinary appearance and blended into the crowd, still didn't dare to look up at Wang Huai, but his words became much more fluent.
“My lord! The servant has failed to complete the task you assigned him; instead, instead…”
"On the contrary?!"
Wang Huai had already anticipated the bad outcome, but he still shouted and questioned.
"Instead, she gave herself away and was discovered by the Princess Consort, who led the guards of the manor to surround and attack Shishu. Shishu was no match for her and died!"
Wang Huai's expression froze for a moment.
"Dead? Just like that, he's dead? Are you sure he's dead?"
"The body was dumped in a mass grave overnight by the people of the Prince Xian's mansion. I personally went to the mass grave to examine Shi Shu's body and confirmed that it was her!"
"Hahaha!"
Wang Huai suddenly threw his head back and laughed, then instantly gritted his teeth, his face contorted in rage, slammed his fist on the table, and then swept all the teapots and teacups off the table to the ground.
A series of crisp cracking sounds followed.
The middle-aged man shrank back in fright and instinctively took a few steps back, only to hear Wang Huaiyi's series of curses.
"Useless! Useless! Utterly useless! I wasted so many years of my efforts to keep him hidden by the Prince's side until now, but in the end he accomplished nothing! He deserved to die! Useless!"
A sudden, profound sense of desolation arose in the middle-aged man's heart, a feeling akin to the saying "the cunning rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked," an infinite sense of sorrow.
Back then, he followed his lord with a single-minded devotion to restoring the kingdom, but one day he was suddenly assigned a very simple task by his lord.
He was ordered to go to a mountain village outside Jinyang City and kill a peasant couple who were unarmed and unable to resist.
The mission was completed smoothly as expected, but he still didn't understand why his lord had asked him to do it.
It wasn't until the Lord instructed him to secretly contact the scribe that the scribe, knowing he was the Lord's trusted confidant, inquired about his adoptive parents from him more than once.
Only then did he realize that the couple he had killed were Shishu's adoptive parents.
But even now, with Shishu dead, he still doesn't know whether Shishu was the Lord's nephew or not. Were the couple Shishu's adoptive parents or his biological parents?
Those who deserved to die are all dead, and now everything is unverifiable. Of course, he wouldn't be foolish enough to ask the only one who knows the truth, the Lord.
But he still remembered the young man named Shishu and how radiant his smile had been!
But upon seeing him and learning from him that she was about to be used by the Lord, that radiant smile vanished in an instant, like fireworks turning into specks of dust, scattering and drifting away...
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On the horse-drawn carriage heading to Jiaoyangyu.
Shi Shu recalled what Gu Zhanghua had once told him.
"Shishu, don't worry, I've already asked my second brother to find a death row inmate in the Ministry of Justice prison who looks exactly like you. He will die in your place, and his body will be dumped in a mass grave. Everything will be seamless. From now on, you will be Li Gouwa!"
Shi Shu opened her eyes and looked at the unfamiliar scenery outside the car window, her heart pounding with excitement.
He was grateful to His Highness for giving him a second chance at life, and he no longer clung to the question of his origins.
He looked at Chunlan sitting beside him, a gentle smile appearing on his face, and gently took Chunlan's hand.
"Chunlan, once we've settled down in Jiaoyangyu and gotten married, I'll take you back to Jinyang City when I have the chance..."
What are you going to Jinyang City for?
“Outside Jinyang City, there is a small mountain village called Wuligou, where my adoptive parents live. They treat me very well. They would rather go hungry themselves than let me go hungry. They would even cover me with the only quilt they had so that I wouldn’t get cold…”
The winter wind stung my face like a knife, and the scenery, both near and far, was a desolate blur. The sound of horses' hooves gradually faded into the distance, but Shishu's gentle and warm voice continued to murmur...
"The princess's words that day woke me up. That year, I listened to that man and left my adoptive parents without saying goodbye. That man found a sick woman from somewhere and made me call her 'mother,' and begged all the way to Liyang..."
Since then, I have never seen my adoptive parents again, but the kindness of raising them is greater than the kindness of giving birth to them. Once we have settled down in Jiaoyangyu, I will take you back there and bring them to Jiaoyangyu to take care of them in their old age!
They'll be so happy to see that I've married such a wonderful wife like you..."
"Just keep hope in your heart..."
Sitting in front of the carriage shaft, Hao Xiong vaguely heard what Shi Shu said and muttered to himself.
"Who doesn't have something on their mind? Qin Tietie, are you alright?"
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Xia Kingdom.
In Liyang City.
The legend of Yang Ying's indomitable spirit spread throughout the streets and alleys.
Yingyang finally received an invitation from the General's Mansion. Wu Yulan invited him to a gathering at the mansion the following afternoon.
On the day of the banquet, Ying Yang got himself ready early and prepared two generous gifts, one for Wu Yulan and one for Qin Chuyun.
After careful consideration, Ying Yang felt that using the General's Mansion as a starting point to expose Yang Ying as actually the Rongdi King Ying Yang was the safest and most credible approach.
Everyone knows that General Qin Shao has guarded the northern border for many years and has had many conflicts with the Rongdi tribes. They have even fought several times. If even the General's wife and daughter acknowledge Ying Yang's identity, the people will surely believe in the alliance between the Rongdi tribes and the Xia Kingdom.
Ying Yang was no longer the despicable figure the common people imagined, and with Yang Ying's halo as a foil, it was no surprise that he gained a wave of goodwill.
So, that afternoon, Yingyang rode his tall horse leisurely to the General's Mansion. Before he even reached the gate, he saw a familiar girl sitting on the high courtyard wall—Qin Chuyun.
Qin Chuyun's appearance remained elegant and refined, but her figure was as bloated as an adorable teddy bear.
Ying Yang simply couldn't imagine what method Qin Chuyun had used to torment himself into this state.
Seeing Qin Chuyun look down at the base of the wall, stretch his legs as if to jump down, Yingyang felt an instant urge to spur his horse and grab Qin Chuyun, pulling him onto his own steed...
But in the blink of an eye, Ying Yang abandoned the idea of playing the hero and saving the damsel in distress. He was worried that his arm would break when he caught Qin Chuyun!
Yingyang's lips twitched. Qin Chuyun looked three times as fat as she used to be, and even that was a conservative estimate of 200 pounds.
Just as Ying Yang was debating whether or not to lend Qin Chuyun a hand, Qin Chuyun leaped off the wall and rolled several times on the ground to lessen the force of his fall.
Rolling and rolling, Qin Chuyun rolled until he landed on Ying Yang's horse!
Suddenly, she followed the horse's leg, full of doubt. She looked up and their eyes met. Qin Chuyun's small mouth opened into a big "O".
"Miss Qin, where are you going?"
Ying Yang suppressed the urge to burst into laughter, looked at Qin Chuyun's comical appearance, and calmly asked the question.
"Run away from home? What? Is that not allowed?"
After only a moment of stunned silence, Qin Chuyun dusted himself off and stood up.
Ying Yang looked up at the towering wall, then at Qin Chuyun, who was straightening his bloated "belly," and once again desperately suppressed the urge to burst into laughter, giving Qin Chuyun a serious wink.
"I didn't expect Miss Qin to be so skilled, but... what's with this amazing belly of yours?"