inspire-indiana Chapter 597 The Imperial Envoy Arrives
Chapter 597 The Imperial Envoy Arrives
Du Mingxian laughed at herself, "It must have been difficult for my father to write official documents like that."
"Maybe he's missing you, and since you haven't written to me, he's getting anxious."
"I'll write it tonight, and prepare some other things tomorrow so I can send them along with the letter."
"I can see it."
"The child still doesn't have a name, and you, as the father, don't even care?"
Ling Silang really wanted to cry out that he was wronged, "It's not that I don't want to name the child. The names of my older brothers' children were all chosen by Dad through someone else. When it comes to our family, are we supposed to just name them ourselves?"
Du Mingxian understood. "We can't stay without a name forever. How about we give him a nickname first, and then have Dad choose a name for him when we get back?"
"Okay, let's think about it carefully and come up with a nickname first."
"You're the most learned person in our family. Your father didn't even ask you to name your child; he went to ask someone else instead?"
"What Dad means is that the child's name needs to be calculated and chosen carefully; I can't do it."
Du Mingxian chuckled, "Alright, then let Dad get up. The family doesn't know about this pregnancy yet."
"Yes, the family doesn't know about the little one yet. We'll just take the baby back home and give them a surprise."
Du Mingxian stared at him, "Have you thought of a nickname?"
"No, really. Do you have something in mind?"
"Let's call her An'an. I just hope we can all stay safe and sound." Although things are going smoothly now, no one knows how things will develop in the future, so it's better to be careful.
Peace and tranquility are the best blessings.
Ling Silang was very satisfied. "Then let's call her An'an. That's a good name."
"Okay." Du Mingxian looked at Xiao An'an's sleeping face. "From now on, we'll have a name too, An'an."
After they finished eating together, Du Mingxian remembered to ask about Guo Miaomiao, "What happened to Guo Miaomiao? Why did she leave?"
"She said... she suspected her father wasn't dead and wanted to go look for him. I couldn't stop her, so I let her go."
"If the news of her faking her death gets out, it will be bad for us."
“Guo Miaomiao is not an ordinary girl. She knows that she is faking her death, so she will definitely be careful. Besides, as long as she doesn’t admit it, there will be no problem.”
Du Mingxian didn't say anything more. She had only asked casually, "What are you planning to do next?"
"The Ming King has fallen, and officials from his faction have been arrested or demoted. The court is still purging them, and an imperial envoy has arrived. He is currently in the prefectural city. I don't know who he is, but I do know that he is swift, accurate, and ruthless."
"Once things are settled over there, the imperial envoy will come here. We'll need to come up with a plan before we can take any further action. So for now, I'll just be doing my job as usual."
After finishing his sentence, Ling Silang added, "The most chaotic place right now is probably the capital. The Ming King has fallen, and there are still many people in the capital who were placed there by the Ming King. There are also remnants of the previous dynasty emerging. I don't know when they started placing people in the court. Investigating these people is particularly difficult."
"The princes in the capital who are eyeing the position of crown prince are bound to cause trouble in this chaotic situation. The crown prince is now in the most difficult position."
Du Mingxian genuinely wanted the Crown Prince to be well. "Will something happen to the Crown Prince? We're using up his manpower here, but won't we be short-handed over there?"
"It shouldn't be a problem. The Emperor's heart is always with the Crown Prince. As long as the Emperor stays calm, the Crown Prince will be fine. The only fear is that if something happens to the Emperor at this time, the Crown Prince will be in great danger."
Du Mingxian thought that the Emperor's accident was about ten months later than in her previous life. She wondered if the Emperor would be alright this time. "I will also send a letter to the Crown Prince tomorrow, and send him some spiritual water as well, saying it is medicine."
"That's good. Only when the Crown Prince is well can we be well."
Du Mingxian knew that from the moment she unknowingly recognized a maternal grandmother, she had already become a member of the Crown Prince's faction.
The next day, Du Mingxian wrote a letter, bought some local specialties in the city, and took some things from her space to send back to Lord Wen. At the same time, she also sent a box with the letter to the Crown Prince. Inside the box was a small bottle of spiritual water from her space.
Because Ling Silang was waiting for news, and everyone knew that the county magistrate's wife had taken back an abandoned baby, Ling Silang simply stayed at home with Du Mingxian most of the time, only going to the yamen when there were some matters that needed to be dealt with.
That day, Xia Yu walked over, and Du Mingxian could see the anger on his face, which was originally expressionless.
She asked, "What's wrong?"
"We saw another abandoned baby outside our door today, and it was brought back."
Du Mingxian's expression was also not good. This was the twelfth abandoned baby thrown at the gate of the mansion in just a few days. Some were only a few days old, while others were over a year old. In any case, they couldn't even speak clearly.
"We already sent people to guard the area, so how did the child get to the door?"
"I saw it. An old lady threw it there. Our people went over to check and investigated. She's a pitiful person," Xia Yu said in a muffled voice.
"The old lady threw away her grandson. The family was originally doing well, as they were all single sons. Two years ago, the old lady's son fell ill, and his wife passed away a few months later. The old lady's grandson got married, and the two of them were living a good life."
"But luck wasn't so good. The old lady's grandson drowned, and her granddaughter-in-law hanged herself at home on the third day after giving birth, which was just two days ago."
"It must be that the old woman couldn't afford to raise the child. She was too old to support him, so she hobbled and left the child at the gate of our mansion. The people who went to investigate came back after they finished their investigation."
Du Mingxian didn't know what to say. "Have the families of the other children not been found either?"
"We found two families, and the officials sent officers to arrest them. Those two girls were abandoned at our gate because their families disliked them for being girls and heard that the madam was adopting children."
"Investigate. I don't believe everyone is so pitiful. Investigate thoroughly."
"Yes, I have already sent people to investigate. I will also investigate after I return with my report."
"Go ahead and find out the truth."
"Madam, what about the children?"
"Xiangyang has already brought people to take care of things, so don't worry. You can go and investigate first."
Du Mingxian felt sullen. A perfectly good child, just thrown away like that. These people are really heartless.
Another ten days passed, and Xia Yu and her group caught a few children who had abandoned their children. Later, the number of children abandoned decreased, but the situation regarding the previously adopted children was still unclear. Then, the imperial envoy from the prefectural city arrived.
When Ling Silang received the news, he was playing with An'an in his arms. He heard Xiang Guang say that the imperial envoy had arrived and that he didn't mind at all saying that he wanted to stay directly at the county magistrate's residence.