Chapter 749: Thoughtful
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
When Xue Yan looked at her, she didn’t say anything and just followed him through the front door and returned to their house. Then, they turned off the lights and went to sleep.
It was still snowing outside.
Shiye went around to the back of the courtyard wall, then climbed over the wall and came in. He quietly came to the side of the small house and whispered into the first house, “Zi Cui. Zi Cui.’
The maids usually slept on each side of the room, and the Empress slept in the middle.
He couldn’t directly disturb the Empress, so he first called out the name of a random maid.
Coincidentally, Zi Cui and Miao Han were closeby. The two of them woke up when they heard the sound. They were very vigilant at first, but when they heard that it was Shiye, they quickly came out of the room.
Hearing that Shiye had something important to report to the Empress, Zi Cui and the others made Shiye wait at the door. They gently knocked on the door and then entered the Empress’s room.
Xue Liu and Xia Han slept in the same room as the Empress. This was so that in case the Empress needed anything when she woke up in the middle of the night. Xue Liu and Xia Han slept on the brick bed.
Xue Liu and Xia Han quickly turned on the lights when they heard noises.
The room was still warm because the charcoal was still burning. Zi Cui and Miao Han coaxed them to warm up by the side of the incense cage before they hurried to the bed to help them get up.
When the Empress woke up, Zi Cui hurriedly went out and called Shiye in.
Shiye lowered his voice and bowed, “Empress, I am Shiye, reporting for duty. Your Majesty, the Crown Prince, has been found!” he reported happily.
“Really?” Shao Youyue was naturally pleasantly surprised.
Zi Cui and the others were also pleasantly surprised.
“The General asked me to report this. It’s true.” Shiye said in a low voice. “That child in Changyu had the jade pendant with him. This child’s name is Wei Zizhan.
“Ji Yi was also found. In order to protect the Crown Prince, Ji Yi wanted to use himself to lure away the people who were chasing after him and the Crown Prince. He left the Crown Prince in the hands of a family with the surname Wei.
“The Crown Prince was henceforth raised by the Wei family. Later, the Wei family brought the Crown Prince from the county to Pingan Town…”
“Pingan Town?” Shao Youyue said. So her son had been exceptionally close to her…
Didn’t Locust Village belong to Pingan Town?
“Yes, Pingan Town. However, because someone from the Wei family became a
County Magistrate of Heshi County in Changyu, the Wei family had to go to Changyu in the first half of the year and brought the Crown Prince along. Then, the Crown Prince pawned the jade pendant there. This is also the reason why the jade pendant was found in the pawnshop there.”
Shao Youyue understood and nodded.
“Previously,” Shiye continued, “Ji Yi fell into the Ji family’s hands first. Ji Yi could not withstand the torture and told the Ji family about the Crown Prince’s whereabouts.
“It was only after Shao Zhongxi rescued Ji Yi that we found out that the Crown Prince was in the Wei family. However, His Royal Highness and the General were afraid that the Ji family would find the Crown Prince first, so they had to quickly act. Therefore, you weren’t immediately informed .
“You were also pregnant, so they were afraid that you might be affected, so they did not tell you about this. Now, the Crown Prince’s safety has been confirmed. He’s almost at the Imperial Capital to have a blood test with the
Emperor. That’s why the General dared to let me report this happy news.”
“My brothers were doing that for my own good. I know that,” Shao Youyue said. Naturally, she would not blame her brothers for not informing her. She was even very grateful to her brothers for thinking so thoroughly.
“The General also said that the jade pendant and age matched. Moreover, Ji Yi proved that the Crown Prince was Wei Zizhan, so Wei Zizhan must be the Crown Prince. The blood test will be just a formality for the officials to see. It was also to ensure that the Crown Prince was the Crown Prince. He told the Empress to relax and that the army had made arrangements to ensure that nothing would happen to the Crown Prince in the future..”