Chapter 956 - 961: Entering the Capital
Chapter 956 - 961: Entering the Capital
Chapter 956: Chapter 961: Entering the Capital"Even if the Eighth Prince’s arrival was a conspiracy, what does that have to do with Imperial Consort Hua’s sudden appearance?"
Su Pan’er sorted through her thoughts.
"When His Majesty was seriously ill back then, the Seventh Prince went out to
With ample edicinal ingredients this time, Su Pan’er managed to concoct dozens of bottles. The dog stayed quietly by her side, but as soon as Su Pan’er opened the furnace, it drooled all over the floor.
Seeing it drool with desire, Su Pan’er casually took out a Beast Spirit Pill from the batch and flung it to the dog.
The dog, now with a shiny coat, leaped gracefully, catching the medicinal pill in its mouth without chewing and eagerly swallowed it.
It wagged its tail incessantly at Su Pan’er, wearing a look of appeasement.
"Like it?"
Su Pan’er couldn’t help but laugh: "You little rascal, you’ve fallen into a fortune. You got lucky!"
It seemed as if the dog understood her words, its tail wagging even more joyously.
Knowing that Su Pan’er had tossed it another pill, it wagged its tail, returned to its nest, closed its eyes, and began to digest the effects of the pill.
Then, Su Pan’er’s gaze fell back on the convoy heading for the capital.
This time, as she prepared to go to the capital, many had volunteered to accompany her. Su Pan’er selected suitable candidates without hesitation, including Su Lao Si and Mrs. Su-Hua to pack up and go with her to the capital.
The other members, including Qin Yu’s entire family, Su Ke, and Patriarch Su, were also naturally part of the journey.
As for Old Qin and Mrs. Qin-Li, after much consideration, Su Pan’er had decided to take Old Qin with her.
Unexpectedly, Old Qin refused!
"I’d rather not go. I’m old now and cling to my home. Besides, there’s someone at home who needs my care... Once you arrive in Shengjing, could you pass a message to Third Son... I mean, to Qin Yi for me?"
Old Qin sounded quite troubled. He had been dragging his heels about sending Mrs. Qin-Li to the ancestral hall after his recent illness, and he hadn’t done it yet. Sitting in front of Su Pan’er, he couldn’t help but feel guilty. Where could he find peace of mind?
Sitting upright in the main hall of the Qin Mansion, Su Pan’er was well aware of Old Qin’s hesitations: "Father, what do you want to say?"
"I’m not capable of much, I couldn’t protect him from his mother’s... harshness back then, and now I’m even less able to relieve his worries or resolve his difficulties. The only thing I can do for him is to try my best not to trouble him."
What does going to the capital represent?
High position and wealth, a bright future, glory and riches are all at hand. Yet he still resolutely refused!
It was because of his last shred of a bottom line as a human being.
In those days, he had taken five hundred taels of silver from the hands of a dead man, so, in raising Qin Yi all those years, the Qin Family didn’t spend a half tael of their own money because the person who entrusted Qin Yi to their care left behind those five hundred taels — even the remaining silver, in the end, was spent by Mrs. Qin-Li.
"Father, Qin Yi has always kept your nurturing grace in his heart. How could it be good for him to go to the capital without you this time?"
Su Pan’er earnestly tried to dissuade him.
"That is exactly why I’d rather not go. I belong here, Luoyan Village is my root. I’m old, and like the leaves that fall, I must return to my roots..."
He had endured so much, whatever came would not be harder than what he had already faced.
After repeatedly trying to persuade him to no avail, Su Pan’er finally gave up.
As Su Pan’er and her party set off for the capital, the villagers spontaneously came to see them off.
The procession! Following that road stretching into the distance, they headed straight for Shengjing.
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