Chapter 1249: 609 Wanting a Child (Second Update) Chapter 1249: 609 Wanting a Child (Second Update) Could it really be the work of the forr Queen Consort of Liang?
Therefore, the Emperor ordered a thorough investigation within the Liang royal household. Without the investigation, it wouldn’t have mattered, but once they delved into it, all the disgraceful acts committed by the forr King of Liang over the years, such as taking bribes, colluding with local officials, running private mines, and abducting won, were all unearthed.
Now he would be infamous for generations to co.
As a result, the Emperor confiscated the Liang royal household, and all the descendants of the forr King of Liang were stripped of their royal status and turned into commoners, severing any ties they had with the royal family henceforth.
One day, Gu Jiao was in the courtyard drying dicinal herbs when a few soldiers accompanied by a couple in their twenties ca to her door.
The soldiers were from the governnt office of Pingcheng Prefecture City. The leader among them greeted Gu Jiao with a bow, “May I ask if this is the residence of Doctor Gu?”
“Yes, what do you need from ?” Gu Jiao stopped her work of drying herbs.
The leading soldier hurriedly said, “Doctor Gu, my surna is Liao, just call Liao Quan.”
Another one nad Liao Quan.
“Who’s calling ?” Liao Quan, holding a spatula, ca over from the newly-opened passageway next door.
Gu Jiao turned around and said, “No, Uncle Liao, it’s a coincidence, he’s also called Liao Quan.”
“Oh.” Liao Quan was not surprised; with such a common na, he had encountered many people with the sa na over the years.
He continued back to resu cooking.
Perhaps due to the mix-up caused by the na, the soldier Liao Quan actually felt a bit of kinship, and with a smile, he led the couple forward, saying, “They are from Brookwater Village. They reported to the Yan that their child was lost. We inquired about their child’s situation, and it closely resembles the child that Lord Xuanping and Officer Xiao rescued from an ancient well. The Yan has it on record that the child was carried back to Bishui Alley and handed over to you, Doctor Gu, for dical treatnt.”
Gu Jiao nodded, “I am treating him, but we were short on hands here, and after he recovered, he was taken to Princess Xinyang. Please wait, I will send soone to deliver a ssage to Princess Xinyang.”
Upon hearing this, the couple nearly knelt down.
Their son was taken to be raised by a princess?
A princess?
A princess!
My goodness!
Was their family’s ancestral grave emitting green smoke?
The couple was quite young, and since it was common to marry early in ancient tis, they already had five children, with the baby being the youngest.
Leaving their child behind in the village was not due to a heartless abandonnt; rather, they made a mistake.
The woman explained the situation to Gu Jiao with self-reproach, “That day, the people from the Governnt Office ca in a hurry, saying that a violent rainstorm was imminent, which could collapse the hillside, and sothing about a flood…”
It was a mudslide, but never mind, no need to go into that now.
Gu Jiao listened patiently as she continued.
“They told us to evacuate as quickly as possible, the sooner the better.”
Carrier pigeons had arrived at the post station at noon that day, and the post station had gone on to inform the local governnt office that there would be a natural disaster the next night, urging to evacuate the villagers promptly.
The officials at the Yan did not quite believe in the reality of the natural disaster, but since it was an imperial command, they did not dare to neglect it.
The bailiffs went to the village to mobilize the villagers to leave in the afternoon, by which ti the downpour had already begun.
At first, the villagers refused to leave, especially the elderly, who insisted they’d rather die there than relocate.
The bailiffs, using both gentle persuasion and force, finally convinced the entire village to evacuate by midnight.
It was dark and the rain was torrential as the bailiffs protected the villagers while they evacuated through the night.
At that ti, their son was lying next to a large winter lon; they carried away the winter lon and left their son behind…
“It was just, just too chaotic… I picked it up and put it in the basket, thinking it was my son… We have the elderly and the young in our family, three households in total. When we arrived at the settlent, each household separated, and the basket was taken away by the child’s grandparents. We assud that the child was with his grandparents, and they thought he was with us… Later, when I said to bring the child over, his grandparents, being old… only then did we realize…”
The woman was sobbing so much she could barely speak.
Gu Jiao hardly knew what to say.
To have parents so confused, it’s truly miraculous that the child himself had such good fortune.
The child must have woken up, realized that his family was gone, and crawled around looking for soone, only to accidentally crawl onto the well cover.
A one-year-old child could stand and take a few steps, and the well was not high off the ground, so climbing up was not difficult.
The shadow guard A moved quickly, and it wasn’t long before Princess Xinyang was notified.
To everyone’s surprise, Princess Xinyang personally ca over with Yujin and the child.
Yujin was holding the child in his arms.
“This is Princess Xinyang,” Gu Jiao introduced.
Everyone hastily paid their respects to Princess Xinyang.
The couple gazed at the child in Yujin’s arms, so excited they could hardly wait to rush over.
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