The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 405 Reverse Scale

"It will take three days to reach Jinling."

Le Anning exuded fatigue from the inside out.

There were just a few more coffins in the team, but the road seemed to be endless.

The good mood of being a widow has been wiped out.

Seeing that Fu Nanjun didn't say anything, she struggled to move her legs that felt like they were filled with lead, and her butt that felt like it was a huge rock, to Fu Nanjun's side, swaying with the carriage, and complained:

"Sister-in-law, my bones are almost falling apart, aren't you tired? What are you thinking about?"

Look at the deep look on my sister-in-law's face. Is she plotting against anyone?

Fu Nanjun came back to his senses and poured two cups of tea. He handed one to Le Anning. He raised his head with tired eyes and smiled faintly, "I was thinking about Lingyun."

After hearing this, Le An Ning quickly put down his teacup and consoled him, "Ling Yun is a lucky guy and will catch up with us soon. I heard that Lao Liu fell off his horse on the way to the border and broke his leg. It was all his fault for being careless and dragging Ling Yun down. Otherwise, according to the itinerary, he would have met up with us ten days ago."

Fu Nanjun put one hand on her forehead and rested her elbow on the tea table. She rubbed her temples and brows, looked out the window with dim eyes, and said softly:

"I'm afraid that the sixth brother won't come back honestly after hearing the news that Shi Mingzhu went to the northwest. The fourth brother ran away, and the seventh brother said that he returned to the capital to be a eunuch, and the prince went after him - what if the prince didn't go after the fourth brother?"

"Then where will he go?" Le An Ning asked back. She immediately reacted. Her tired eyes widened in an instant. She lowered her voice and asked in fear, "Brother, are you going to find Shi Mingzhu too?"

Fu Nanjun closed his eyes, suppressed the anger and fear in his chest, and said, "Nine out of ten. I also received news that the Fourth Prince has led the Imperial Guards to the north, searching for Shi Mingzhu along the way."

Le An Ning thought hard and exclaimed, "If they bump into each other, it will be the end! The Fourth Prince might think that it was our Shi family who sent Shi Mingzhu to the Fifth Prince. The Shi family has already colluded with the Fifth Prince!"

Realizing that Shi Lingyun and Shi Mingmo were together, Le Anning suddenly understood why Fu Nanjun had that expression.

She angrily cursed: "These suicidal men only care about their own momentary pleasure and don't care about the lives of orphans and widows like us!

They deserved their wives to run away! If you like Shi Mingzhu so much, just go live with her. What's the point of marrying a wife? We won't get any benefits, and we will be the only one to suffer any harm! "

Fu Nanjun felt a sharp pain in his heart.

She didn't understand why the Duke and Shi Mingwu believed in Shi Mingzhu so much, why they didn't impeach the Fifth Prince earlier, and why they suppressed the memorial from their second uncle, causing the Shi family to face the worse predicament they are facing today.

The fifth prince has been handed over to the Tang family, and I heard that Tang Zhan is in charge of him.

Doesn’t the Shi family know what’s going on?

He was summoned back to the capital from thousands of miles away to discuss marriage, and the proposal was already written. But then Shi Mingzhu turned up halfway and promised Shi Yao to the Xie family, playing tricks on Tang Zhan for nothing. How could Tang Zhan not feel resentful?

The Shi family is too arrogant, and Shi Mingzhu is also too arrogant. How could they think that just because they have helped the Tang family, they should risk the lives of their entire family and rebel with the declining Shi family?

I don't know who informed the Fourth Prince and he headed straight to the northwest. I'm afraid he would catch the Fifth Prince and Shi Mingzhu red-handed.

If they happen to run into Shi Mingwu and Shi Mingmo, I'm afraid the Shi family will be wiped out soon!

Even if only Shi Mingzhu was arrested, the eldest branch of the Shi family could not escape responsibility.

My second uncle and second aunt have obviously had a few more gray hairs in the past few days.

This shows that the situation is not optimistic.

Fu Nanjun hated it so much!

Her sons are her Achilles' heel. She has endured until today for the sake of her two sons. The Shi family wants to force them to death. How can she just sit there and wait for death?

Moreover, how could Shi Mingwu and Shi Mingmo dare to take Ling Yun with them when they went to do something so outrageous?

She doesn't care how they commit suicide, but she will never implicate her son.

"Only the dead can be at peace."

Le An Ning was in a state of panic. Suddenly, she heard her sister-in-law mumbling something and asked hurriedly, "Sister-in-law, what did you say?"

At this time, the carriage stopped and the third master Shi Jianan shouted that it was time to eat and rest.

This is the wilderness, with no village in front and no shop behind, so the Shi family can only eat the dry food they brought with them.

Fu Nanjun exhaled a breath of foul air and said, "I asked if it was time to eat, and it was indeed time. Sitting in the carriage for so long has made my brain dull."

Le An Ning hurriedly said, "Why not? I'm not very smart to begin with, and I'm even more at a loss right now. Sister-in-law, you've always been smart, you can't be confused."

Fu Nanjun: “…”

This second brother's wife is stuck to her and she can't get rid of her.

Never mind. She will be a widow in the future, so it would be good for her to have two sisters-in-law to keep her company.

Fu Nanjun got off the carriage and arranged food and drink for the whole family.

Shen ate the pancake with hot tea and asked with a smile, "Did you change the filling of the pancake today?"

Fu Nanjun personally handed the Duke of Zhenguo a plate of ten pancakes, his face showing a weary look: "I stayed at the inn yesterday, and asked the servants to make them in the inn's kitchen. They baked them all night, and the fillings were made from local ingredients. Are you used to it, Second Aunt? If not, there are some leftover preserved vegetable pancakes in the car."

When she heard that it was leftover from the day before yesterday, Shen smiled and said, "It's not bad to change the taste."

The Duke of Zhenguo ate four or five pieces in a row, and gave the remaining ones to his servants as rewards.

Fu Nanjun smiled slightly and lowered his head to eat the biscuit.

After dinner, everyone found a place to rest.

The Duke of Zhenguo rested in the carriage.

Fu Nanjun took a look and as if he had suddenly realized something, he asked someone to bring the fruit from the carriage, giving one to each servant and one plate to each master:

"I almost forgot about this. I bought it yesterday. It's not available in the capital. Everyone should try it."

Fu Nanjun picked a plate himself and called Shi Yunfan: "Brother Fan, please help me run an errand and deliver it to your great grandfather."

Shi Yunfan glanced at her.

Let him deliver it?

Aren’t you afraid that he will poison the Duke of Zhenguo?

He said nothing and handed the fruit to the Duke of Zhenguo.

The Duke of Zhenguo thanked him with a smile and gave him a few gold melon seeds as a reward for his errands: "Take this and play with it."

Shi Yunfan ignored him and turned around and climbed out of the carriage.

The Duke of Zhenguo paused with his smile and casually threw the melon seeds back into his pocket without touching the plate of fruit - who would dare to eat the food that had passed Shi Yunfan's hand?

The fruit had been left there for two hours in vain. Before dinner, the Duke of Zhenguo casually rewarded the servants.

It was like this for three consecutive days.

On the day when they were about to arrive in Jinling, Fu Nanjun suddenly shouted to stop the carriage.

Holding a letter in her hand, she stumbled to the Duke of Zhenguo, and cried with tears streaming down her face, "Master! Something big happened in the northwest! The Fourth Prince led the Imperial Guards to search for Zhuzhu all the way to the northwest, but who would have thought that Zhuzhu was still alive, and that Zhuzhu was doing that with the Fifth Prince, and was caught by the Fourth Prince on the spot!

"Master, this is terrible. The Fifth Prince and Zhuzhu took the Fourth Prince hostage in order to escape, but the Fourth Prince captured them and is now taking them to the capital to be handed over to the Emperor for his fate! Master, what should we do?"

For some reason, the Duke of Zhenguo felt like his stomach was on fire these past few days, and his internal organs were uncomfortable. He felt nauseous and dizzy from time to time. He thought it was because he was tired from traveling for days and was anxious because he hadn't heard from his son for a long time.

When he suddenly heard the news, he fell off his horse, hit his head on the ground, and fainted on the spot.

Fu Nanjun screamed, "Master!"

It was already a mess when the others heard the news about Shi Mingzhu, and the Duke of Zhenguo fell and got a bloody head, which made the situation even more chaotic.

The doctor brought by the Shi family gave acupuncture and used some good gold wound medicine to barely stop the bleeding, but the Duke of Zhenguo did not wake up for a long time. The second master Shi Jizhen hurriedly took his brother into the city for treatment, and Shi Mingzhen and Shi Mingchen followed.

When the Shi family rushed to the old house with the coffin, Shi Jizhen and his nephew staggered back.

Facing everyone's questions, Shi Jizheng burst into tears, wiped his face, pointed to the person on the stretcher behind him and said:

"My eldest brother passed away."

The people from the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion and the Shi family were in an uproar, and everyone was at a loss!