Chapter 32: Night Search of Qingfeng Village

Princess Chaoyang looked at Xu Yaoyao in her arms and said thoughtfully, "That's true. It seems that it was right to let him enter the military camp."

"It's just that I always feel that although this child seems to be close to me, there seems to be something between us."

"It's as if he's not my biological son."

[Oh, my dear mother, your feeling is so right. ]

[Xu Linyue is definitely not your biological son, he is the son of a scumbag father and his mistress! ]

[He is just like your scumbag father. He is always one thing to you and another thing behind your back. It is impossible for him to be close to you! ]

Juxiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Princess, are you confused? This second young master really came out of your belly, how could he not be your biological child?"

[Please stop it, Juxiang! ]

[How could Xu Linyue crawl out of my mother's belly? He clearly crawled out of my mistress's belly!]

[The child who crawled out of my mother's belly, my biological third brother, was deliberately thrown into the mountains by his mistress to feed the wolves.]

[Alas, my poor third brother]

Princess Chaoyang felt her eyes go dark and she almost fell to the ground holding Xu Yaoyao. Fortunately, Juxiang and Yuanxiang were quick to help her in time.

"Princess, what happened to you?" Yuan Xiang took the child from Princess Chaoyang and asked worriedly.

Princess Chaoyang could no longer suppress the grief in her heart. Her eyes turned red and she cried unrestrainedly.

Oh God, why, why should she let her child pay the price for her original choice!

Why? Why? She really regretted it. She really regretted it!

Juxiang had never seen Princess Chaoyang so sad before. She was so frightened that she was at a loss. Did she say something wrong to make the princess so sad?

But she didn't seem to have said anything wrong? No matter what, it was more important to admit the mistake first, so she quickly knelt down and said, "Princess, Princess, please don't cry. I was wrong. I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have said anything nonsense."

Yaoyao was heartbroken when she saw Princess Chaoyang suddenly crying so sadly.

Could it be that her mother had some kind of postpartum depression? That was why she was so emotionally unstable and suddenly burst into tears?

[Mother, mother, please don't cry. Seeing you so sad makes Yaoyao sad too.]

[Mother, how can Yaoyao make you happy? ]

[How about, Yaoyao, give your mother another smile? ]

[Mother, please take a quick look at Yaoyao. Yaoyao is smiling at you, and she is smiling very hard.]

Yuan Xiang looked at Xu Yaoyao in his arms, who was grinning all the time, and his brows furrowed even more.

She carried Xu Yaoyao to the nanny and said, "Mammy, Second Miss, is your brain not working well?"

"The princess was crying so sadly, but she kept laughing. And she was laughing so hard?"

The nanny glared at Yuan Xiang and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? How can you say that to your master?"

Yaoyao:.
[Yuan Xiang, you, you, you, you are the one with a bad brain! Your whole family has bad brains! ]

Although their voices were very low, Princess Chaoyang still heard them.

She tried hard to stop her sadness and suppress her emotions, and said faintly: "Juxiang, please get up."

"I'm fine, but I can't help feeling sad when I think about my child suffering because of me." Everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that the princess felt sorry for the second young master suffering in the military camp.

Xu Yaoyao:
[It turns out that my mother was sad because of Xu Linyue's illegitimate son. ]

[Alas, it’s a waste that my mother treats him so well, but he is an ungrateful person who can never be tamed]

[In the end, he hurt my mother so badly, and even pressed her legs and feet to let Xu Nianyue and the heroine torture her, and gave her poisoned wine]

Princess Chaoyang only felt a bitter taste in her throat, as if she had really tasted poison.

There was a cold look on her face, and the sadness in her heart gradually turned into hatred.

After nightfall.

On the mountains outside Fusu City, balls of fire lit up.

Those were the soldiers from the government office and the guards from the princess's mansion searching the mountain.

They had been searching all day and had found nothing.

Seeing that his brothers were really tired, hungry and cold, Captain Yang of the government office walked up to Xu Jinhuai and said, "Sir, we have already searched two hilltops and haven't seen even the shadow of a bandit."

"Are you sure you encountered bandits around here? If not, let's go back and rest, and continue searching tomorrow, shall we?"

The temperature dropped even lower at night, and the white mist from Captain Yang's mouth became thicker when he spoke.

Xu Jinhuai was also very tired. He panted and said, "No, we must find the bandits today. I'm sure they are hiding in the mountains nearby."

After saying that, he sat down on a rock next to him and said, "Let's all take a rest. There is only one last mountain left. The bandits must be there. Let's look for them."

Captain Yang had no choice but to signal everyone to rest first. Before leaving, his family could give them many instructions and tell them to obey the prince consort in everything.

After resting for about half an incense stick of time, Xu Jinhuai asked everyone to stand up and continue searching the mountain.

The longer the delay, the more dangerous Xu Size would be. If he died at the hands of the bandits, his 100,000 taels of silver would be completely gone.

Thinking of this, Xu Jinhuai didn't care about his painful face from the cold and continued to move forward with everyone.

It was not until late at night that they found a village with lights on on the top of the last mountain. Three large characters were crookedly written on the wooden door of the village: "Qingfeng Village".

Captain Yang knew that Xu Jinhuai was a scholar and had no special skills. He was worried that he would have a hard time explaining himself if something happened to him, so he arranged for him and the rest of the people to hide and wait. He then took two brothers from the government office to check the situation in the village.

About an incense stick of time later, Captain Yang and his men returned quietly.

"How is it, Captain Yang? Are there many people in the village?" Xu Jinhuai asked immediately.

"The village looks big, but there are not many people inside, only about thirty people, including a few women and children." Captain Yang replied.

"Then why are you hesitating? Just go in and kill them."

"There are at least eighty people in your government office plus the guards of our princess's mansion. It should be easy to capture their thirty or so people." Xu Jinhuai didn't want to wait any longer.

Captain Yang hesitated, "Sir, we are not sure that these bandits are the ones who robbed you."

"Moreover, if they only robbed money and did not kill anyone, they would not be guilty of the crime, not to mention that there were women and children inside."

Seeing that Captain Yang was soft-hearted, Xu Jinhuai's eyes flashed with malice, "Captain Yang, I think you are too soft-hearted."

"Since they are bandits, they are certainly murderers and arsonists who commit all kinds of evil. If you are lenient to such people, you are being irresponsible to the people."

(End of this chapter)