General, Madam Called You To Farm - Chapter 569

General, Madam Called You To Farm
Chapter 569 – The Big Boss Arrives (1) 

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Eunuch Sun touched the money pouch at his waist.  

It was heavy, filled entirely with gold.  

After a moment of hesitation, he finally decided to share the story with Su Xiaoxiao.  

It turned out that the Grand Empress Dowager was the niece-in-law of the late emperor. 

The late emperor’s elder brother had three sons, the eldest of whom was also the legitimate heir (by the primary wife). 

As a matter of course, he inherited the crown prince position.

However, this legitimate heir had been frail since childhood, nurtured on a medical diet, and was unfit for governance.  

Before Emperor Jingyuan passed away, he entrusted his son to his own younger brother, the late emperor, and appointed him as regent, tasking him with overseeing state affairs.  

Emperor Jinghui ascended the throne but frequently fell ill. 

Enemy nations watched eagerly, continuously launching wars at the borders.  

At the time, the late emperor, who was the regent, led campaigns on behalf of the emperor, pacifying the realm through southern and northern expeditions.  

Emperor Jinghui, physically weak, left behind no children and refused to adopt an heir from a collateral branch. 

On his deathbed, he issued an edict allowing his regent uncle to inherit the throne.  

The Grand Empress Dowager was Emperor Jinghui’s secondary empress. 

By then, Emperor Jinghui was already on the brink of death, and she had entered the palace to serve as a ‘bliss-bringer’ for him.  

Unexpectedly, Emperor Jinghui passed away just a few days later.   

That year, she had just turned thirteen, a young girl who understood nothing, bewilderedly becoming empress without even completing the marital rites, and then confusedly ascending to empress dowager.  

The late emperor ruled for two years before passing away. 

The fourth prince ascended the throne, becoming the current emperor, Emperor Jingxuan.  

Emperor Jingxuan has reigned for seventeen years. 

By all accounts, the Grand Empress Dowager is barely over thirty years old.  

“Grand Empress Dowager!”

Accompanied by a delicate, sweet voice, a young girl dressed in a flowing pink gauze dress with a fitted waist darted out from Qilin Hall.

At her call, the Grand Empress Dowager’s phoenix carriage came to a halt.

Eunuch Sun continued his commentary for Su Xiaoxiao. 

“That is County Princess Lingxi. She is deeply cherished by the Grand Empress Dowager.”

Su Xiaoxiao glanced at her, then toward the nearby Qilin Hall, and asked, “Is she also here to be a study companion for the princess?”

“Yes,” Eunuch Sun replied.

Su Xiaoxiao asked curiously, “I didn’t see her at the examination yesterday.”

Eunuch Sun smiled. 

“Ah, County Princess Lingxi doesn’t need to take the examination. She has a spot reserved by the Grand Empress Dowager.”

Su Xiaoxiao: “Oh, I see.”

A person who had the connection. 

Su Xiaoxiao looked toward County Princess Lingxi again.

Since she was a person with the connection, it was best to remember what she looked like.

Just then, the Grand Empress Dowager in the phoenix carriage turned her head and offered County Princess Lingxi with a gentle smile.

Su Xiaoxiao’s expression suddenly froze.

Those eyes……

She blinked, wanting to get a better look, but County Princess Lingxi had already moved to the front of the carriage, and the Grand Empress Dowager had turned away again.

Su Xiaoxiao stared blankly at the Grand Empress Dowager’s retreating figure.

Was she missing Ms. Li too much?  

Or was it that she hadn’t thought of her in so long that guilt crept in, causing her to glimpse a shadow of the other woman in a stranger’s features?  

The sedan chair stopped at the entrance of Qilin Hall, and Eunuch Sun led Su Xiaoxiao into a spacious, brightly lit classroom.  

The room was arranged with eight long desks in four rows.  

The first row remained unoccupied, while the back three rows each had pairs of students sharing desks. 

The desks were low, and the young ladies sat on cushions.  

Qin Yanran sat in the second row on the left-hand side. The young lady from the Leng family was in the same row but not sharing a desk with Qin Yanran, she sat on the right.  

Miss Hong, who had played chess with Su Xiaoxiao last time, likely hadn’t been selected, as Su Xiaoxiao didn’t see her.  

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