“It’s finally here!”
Jiang Miao looked at the tall city gate not far away, his face full of fresh expression. They had been staying in the car for the past few days, not to mention how uncomfortable it was, especially with the occasional light rain, they couldn't even cook and could only eat dry food.
The carriage got closer and closer, and soon arrived at the city gate. The group got off the carriage and waited for the guards to check.
On the city wall, the captain in charge of guarding the city gate was standing there watching bored, but when he saw a man getting off the carriage, his eyes widened.
He couldn't believe what he saw. He wiped his eyes vigorously and looked again. There was still the face that made people envious. He quickly got down from the city wall, pushed aside the guards who were checking, and said, "Prince Pei, are you still alive?"
Pei Che was somewhat slow to react when being asked this question out of the blue. He... shouldn't be alive
Jiang Miao on the side was extremely angry. He had finally returned after three years away, but before he even entered the door he was greeted with such an unlucky word. It was really too much!
"Do you know how to speak? He's standing in front of you. Are your eyes just for show? What kind of person is he?"
Jiang Miao spoke rudely. The captain felt that he had just offended him and did not dare to get angry with him. He just smiled and said, "Master Pei, Madam, I'm sorry. There have been rumors everywhere in the capital recently. I asked that question out of confusion. I hope you can forgive me!" After that, he bowed.
Jiang Miao snorted and said nothing, obviously not buying into this statement.
Pei Che said, "Get up. It was just a slip of the tongue. Don't worry too much about it. But, what is the rumor in the capital about? Can you tell me a little bit?"
The captain nodded, then looked around and said, "There are many people here, so why don't you go into the city first, Prince Pei, and park the carriage on the side of the road, and then listen to what I have to say?"
Pei Che saw the same thing. If they kept blocking the city gate, it would be inconvenient for others to enter and exit. He got on the carriage with the others and entered the city. Then he headed towards the captain's residence.
"Here's what happened..."
"You mean, there have been rumors in Liang Kyoto recently that we encountered an unexpected incident?" Jiang Miao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was just delayed on the road for a few days, but he died. How could he explain this
"Yes, they were very confident in their words. I was just surprised and that's why I was so rude. I hope you can forgive me."
"Forget it, but I want to know, who was the first person to spread this story?"
"This..." The captain was a little embarrassed, "I don't know about this little one. Anyway, when I know it, everyone already knows it."
Jiang Miao thought of his second uncle and the Pei and Feng families, and immediately thought to himself that it was terrible. Their deaths were just a joke to other people, but it was a heavy blow to their relatives. Especially Pei Che's grandmother and grandfather, they were both old, and suddenly heard the news, and it was unknown whether the elderly could bear it.
Thinking of this, they hurriedly boarded the carriage and headed for the Duke's Mansion. When they returned home, the Duke's Mansion was already in chaos.
The servants in the mansion were in a hurry, and each of them looked nervous. Pei Che immediately had a bad feeling in his heart. He rushed forward, grabbed a servant, and asked anxiously, "What happened?"
The servant was here with his head down, and was suddenly caught. He was so scared that he almost jumped up. When he saw the appearance of the person questioning him, he was so scared that his legs went weak and he almost knelt down.
"Shishishishi... Prince?!"
"I'm not dead!" Pei Che said impatiently, "Tell me what happened in the mansion?"
"The old lady... the old lady suddenly fainted just now!" said the servant.
As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Che rushed inside, followed by Jiang Miao and the two children. He ordered Chan Yi and Wen Jing to take the palace's name card to invite the imperial physician, and then also walked towards the old lady's yard.
Aunt Pei snorted coldly upon hearing this and said, "What can a servant like you do to me? Now that Pei Che is dead and the old lady is not in good health, I advise you to be more sensible and hand over the key to the old lady's storeroom, so that you can suffer less physical pain."
She had endured it for so many years, but now she didn't want to endure it anymore. Once Pei Che died, no matter how powerful the old lady was, she would still have to rely on them for support.
Ever since she heard about that incident, she was so excited that she couldn't sleep, and she was thinking about hearing good news as soon as possible. When the previous prince and his wife got into trouble, the old lady fainted. Now Pei Che's family of four got into trouble. Can the old lady still survive after hearing the news? Thinking that she would be able to be the master of the family soon? She felt indescribably happy in her heart.
But she waited and waited, and almost everyone knew about it, but she still couldn't get any news from the old lady. Could it be that the old lady didn't know yet
With such speculation, the couple came to the old lady's yard early in the morning and inquired for news under the pretext of paying their respects.
Gao Mama went home to visit her family a few days ago and returned home only yesterday, so she didn't know the terrible news. Now she heard that the couple came to pay their respects, although it was a bit strange, but she still told the old lady about it and let her make the decision.
The old lady was also very surprised. She had long since given up her morning and evening visits, and these two people had not come for a long time. Why did they suddenly come today? Thinking of their nature of not coming to her for no reason, the old lady hesitated for a while, but decided to let them in. She wanted to see what these two people were up to.
After the two men came in, they first greeted the old lady in a fake manner. After making sure that she had not heard the rumors, the couple decided to tell the story themselves.
The old lady didn't understand why Aunt Pei suddenly wiped her tears and asked her to mourn, but after hearing what she said clearly, her face turned pale immediately.
"Shut up!" she yelled angrily, "What nonsense are you two beasts talking about? How dare you curse Che'er?"
Pei Shiyuan was startled by her. After he came to his senses, he said with a bitter face: "I know my mother won't believe me, but this matter is already known to everyone in the entire Liangjing City. You can just call someone in to ask."
The old lady stared at him, as if she wanted to cut off a piece of his flesh: "Someone come!"
Soon, a man came in from outside. He was trembling with fear, not daring to look up at the old lady, and his whole body was filled with a sense of guilt.
The old lady's heart skipped a beat, and the faith she had just held on to suddenly collapsed. She suppressed her discomfort and asked, "Have you heard about the rumors during this period?"
The man kowtowed immediately: "Please calm down, old lady. We don't know whether this is true or not, that's why we didn't tell you about it! The prince is a lucky man, and nothing will happen to him!"
The old lady understood what was said, and immediately closed her eyes and fell to the ground. Fortunately, there was someone supporting her from behind, otherwise, she would have been seriously injured even if she was fine.
Grandma Gao was stunned. When she came to her senses, she quickly asked someone to call the doctor in the mansion and had the old lady carried into the room. Pei Shiyuan and his wife were so angry that the old lady fainted, but she was still unwilling to give up. They followed her in and wanted to hear what the doctor had to say. Since they had done this today, they were not prepared to leave hidden dangers for themselves.
As the door was pushed open, a man walked in. The sunlight outside shone on him, and his whole body seemed to be glowing. Everyone's eyes were fixed on him. As he got closer and closer, Pei Shiyuan and his wife's faces changed immediately, and Gao Ma was in tears, looking like she had seen a savior.
"Pei Che, you..."
"Uncle, Aunt, I'm not dead. Are you disappointed?" Pei Che's eyes were full of sarcasm as he approached them step by step. He had heard the words the two threatened Grandma Gao just now. When Grandma fell into a coma, they couldn't hold back. If he came back later, I'm afraid these people would do something.
Pei Shiyuan forced a smile and said, "Ah Che, what are you talking about? We are so happy that you can come back safely, how can we be disappointed? By the way, why hasn't the doctor come yet? Let's go and urge him."
After saying that, the couple ran away in shame.
Pei Che ignored them. His most urgent task was to see how his grandmother was doing.
(End of this chapter)