Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family-Chapter 1076 - 1075: Need to Convalesce

His eyes were filled with contempt.

If it weren’t for Sisi, why couldn’t any place in this vast world be home?

"According to reliable information, Zhao Yuanlang will soon appear in Macheng County. Before that, I hope you can turn your enmity with Sisi into friendship. Stop giving unscrupulous people the opportunity they’re looking for!"

"Unscrupulous people? Who are they?"

Lin Xiner was taken aback, instinctively catching the deeper meaning in his words.

Her face suddenly changed, blanching as she considered a certain possibility: "It couldn’t be..."

"Now that you understand, you should also know what to do."

Nan Tianzong finished speaking and turned to walk outside. As he rounded a bend and was about to leap away, a figure suddenly flashed at the corner of his eye, and he quickly gave chase.

The person in front did not go far. After a short distance, the two reached a secluded area, and the person ahead stopped and turned around.

"It’s you? Whose side are you on?"

Nan Tianzong’s hand slowly reached behind his back.

Granny Peng, on the other side, clutched her chest and coughed violently several times before hastily gesturing with her hand, "Don’t... don’t misunderstand! I came to see you to find out about the current situation of Sisi. Is she all right?"

"Don’t change the subject, whose side are you on?"

Nan Tianzong was on high alert, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword, ready to draw it at any hint of confrontation.

Granny Peng’s eyes flickered before she quickly spoke.

"I am a servant of the Master..."

Her words were cut off as a sword suddenly appeared at her throat, and Nan Tianzong said fiercely, "If you don’t wish to speak, then you’ll never need to speak again!"

"I serve the Master, I really haven’t deceived you..." Seeing Nan Tianzong shake his wrist, she quickly amended her words, "And I also serve the ruler! Truly, I am not lying!"

"You should know that I’m not interested in hearing this!"

The icy sword left a streak of blood on her throat, causing her to sweat profusely and to realize that if her answer did not satisfy him, she likely wouldn’t get another chance to speak.

She instinctively moved back, but the sword followed like a shadow, eliciting a resigned smile from her, "See, I was a contingency the Master left behind in the capital city; however, Princess Consort Virtue locked me up in the sky prison. Those imprisoned with me were secretly executed one by one, and it seemed she had forgotten about me. Then, by chance, I saved the Second Young Miss’s life. Princess Ruyu, grateful for what I’d done, specially rescued me from the sky prison, and later, by coincidence, I managed to save the Princess twice."

Nan Tianzong pressed the long sword a bit further, "Then how did you come to be here?"

Granny Peng immediately felt the piercing pain of the sword blade drilling into her skin, "Princess Ruyu had a poison sore which I cured, but then she suddenly disappeared. I searched everywhere, and accidentally bumped into the Master. She found a divine doctor who cured the injuries on my body and neutralized the weird poison that had been in me for many years, restoring my martial arts."

Seeing no change in Nan Tianzong’s expression, Granny Peng became anxious.

She hurriedly explained, "I’m telling you the truth! If I’ve spoken even half a lie, may the heavens strike me down with five thunders, and may I die a horrible death!"

Granny Peng’s words were actually in line with what Nan Tianzong had investigated and had a rough idea of.

Now, hearing the confirmation from her, he casually withdrew the long sword, "You’d better remember the oath you took today, and don’t forget it."

With those words, he turned and left.

Granny Peng sighed with relief, quickly covering her neck, which hurt a lot!

"Wait!"

Nan Tianzong had taken a couple of steps when he turned back, "Tell your master that Nan Tianzong was here."

After saying this, without waiting for Granny Peng to respond, he leapt away.

Granny Peng turned and ran until she reached a place she deemed safe and finally relaxed, wiping the cold sweat off her back.

She had thought that only Marquis Yongping was the one she needed to be wary of, only to realize today that there was another person to consider.

Applying the ointment to herself, she couldn’t help but feel jealous of Liu Sisi.

Why did all the good men seem to gravitate around her?

The sky gradually brightened.

Thirteenth Luo had tossed and turned all night without a good night’s sleep, waking up in the morning to reveal faint dark circles under her eyes.

Ah-Huang and Ah-Hua had kept her company here last night and only ran off when daybreak approached.

The personal maid, holding an egg, applied it on her eyes and couldn’t help but report in a low voice, "Prefecture Princess, word has it... that Princess Ruyu returned last night."

"Oh? Auntie is back? Why didn’t someone send word to report? Quick, do my hair, I have to go pay my respects to Auntie."

"Prefecture Princess..."

The personal maid seemed to hesitate to speak.

"If there’s something, say it directly!"

Thirteenth Luo’s face showed a hint of unexpected calm.

She was not a person prone to anger, so this expression already made the few people following her shiver in fear.

"It is, spies reported that just after Princess Ruyu’s return last night, a dead female body was secretly carried out of the princess’s room and hastily taken out of the mansion."

Thirteenth Luo, who had been comparing bead ornaments to her hair, paused, her gaze shifted around the room before she slowly lowered her hand.

Having grown up in the prince’s mansion, she had seen plenty of heart-wrenching struggles in the backyard. Initially, when she saw how pristine the Di Residence was and started to have feelings for Di Xuan, she longed to be married into the Di Family.

Now, suddenly hearing such news, she couldn’t help but have additional thoughts.

"Did Auntie have any abnormalities?"

"Last night, Nanny Gao from the princess’s room took four eggs from the kitchen. Later, when passing by the gatehouse, someone faintly smelled the scent of medicinal ointment," answered the personal maid with due diligence.

"I see..."

Suddenly, Prefecture Princess Luo pulled out the bead ornaments from her hair, casually messing up her neat hair, and lay back down on the bed.

"Send the word down, I, the Prefecture Princess, am exhausted from the journey and not feeling well today, in need of rest. I will not receive outsiders."

"Yes, Prefecture Princess."

Before the personal maid could leave, there was a knock on the door, and the little maid’s voice came from outside.

"Prefecture Princess, Second Young Master Di is outside asking to see you, and he would like to invite you to the flower hall for breakfast."

Thirteenth Luo slightly propped herself up before lying down again, feigning a cough.

The personal maid beside her gave a slight nod, then stepped out from behind the screen, lifted the bead curtain and instructed the little maid, "Go and tell Second Young Master Di that the Princess had a tiring journey yesterday and is very exhausted today, in need of rest, and, unfortunately, won’t be able to make it."

The little maid hurried to relay the message.

Di Xuan, waiting outside the door, had actually heard the commotion inside.

His expression darkened as he heard the reply, managing a polite smile, and greeted with a fist, "Since the Prefecture Princess is not well, please take some time to rest. We have a doctor in the mansion. Later, I will have him come and take your pulse, see if you caught a heatstroke on the road."

"That would be very kind, thank you, Second Young Master," came the response.

"It’s the least I could do," Di Xuan replied.

After speaking, he politely took his leave and withdrew.

He turned to glance back at the Waterside Pavilion behind him, his heart heavy with mixed emotions. Could it be there was something happening he was unaware of?