Heaven-Sent Farm Girl Builds Her Fortune And Captures His Heart-Chapter 561 - 560: Childbirth

Once the two had left, Shen Qinglan asked Duan Yunfei, "Where did my cousin and the others go?"

"Song Ting and the others have already left the city," Duan Yunfei said. "Don’t worry, I arranged for people to take them away. Once the Medicine Sect’s people leave the palace, Song Ting will join them."

Shen Qinglan nodded, "It’s good that there’s no problem."

Du Bingxue looked at Le Zhao and said softly, "Young Master Le is injured, he should go and rest first."

Le Zhao nodded, "I’ll go lie down for a while, you all continue chatting."

After Le Zhao left, Duan Yunfei looked at Shen Qinglan and asked, "How did you know the Zhao Family planned to take advantage of the chaos to carry off Noble Consort Zhao and the Fourth Prince?"

Shen Qinglan shared what she had heard at the Food Sea Building with him.

Duan Yunfei sneered, "Emperor Liu was already incompetent enough, and it’s rare to overthrow him. If another Zhao Family were to rise, this Nanfeng Country would truly be beyond saving."

"Therefore, we absolutely cannot let the Zhao Family succeed!" Du Bingxue said, "The Commander’s Seal in the Fourth Prince’s hands must be seized amidst the chaos."

"Miss Du, don’t worry," Duan Yunfei said, "Junyan, as Nanfeng Country’s youngest general, is certainly not to be underestimated."

Fu Junyan was skilled in both martial and literary arts from a young age. At sixteen, when the old General passed away, he naturally inherited his father’s position as the only male of the Fu Family.

In the past, Nanfeng Country was still a fragmented small nation. The old General and Emperor Liu led troops in battle, conquering half of the small countries and annexing them into Nanfeng Country. After the old General’s death, Fu Junyan, despite being ill, conquered the remaining small countries, resulting in the vast territory of today’s Nanfeng Country.

Although Emperor Liu was incompetent, he still cared for the Fu Family, constantly granting rewards and warning others openly and secretly that, despite the old General being gone, the Fu Family was still those he trusted.

Unfortunately, Fu Junyan was not the old General and couldn’t be satisfied with the status quo. What he wanted was the people’s well-being, not imperial supremacy.

He was both brave and wise, with a heart for justice. He couldn’t bear to see Nanfeng Country’s citizens suffer, nor the arrogance of those nobles.

How could bustling streets be deserted? Therefore, Emperor Liu was destined to die.

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The next day, the news of Emperor Liu’s death had spread throughout Nanfeng Country, and the nation mourned.

In front of the taverns, all the red lanterns were removed and replaced with white ones.

A month later, the Crown Prince ascended the throne. Noble Consort Zhao and the Fourth Prince, for hiring assassins to seize command, were meant to face collective familial punishment, but the new emperor was merciful — only reclaiming military power and confiscating all assets.

The Zhao Family, from a prestigious merchant family, fell into poverty.

Fu Junyan and Prime Minister Du, having captured the regicides in time, had the Commander’s Seal returned to Fu Junyan, who remained the National Guardian General of Nanfeng Country, while Prime Minister Du continued as the Prime Minister of Nanfeng Country.

Half a month later, the new emperor issued an order allowing ordinary citizens to reside permanently in cities, retracting the rule prohibiting citizens and women from engaging in commerce.

Upon this decree, the citizens rejoiced, and although the nobles were discontent, they dared not speak out.

In May, Shen Qinglan and her group finally concluded their journey in Nanfeng Country, bid farewell to Du Bingxue and Fu Junyan, and boarded a ship back to Yunye Country with several carts of seafood products.

As they boarded the ship, Fu Junyan and Prime Minister Du, accompanied by the City Lord and others, personally went to the pier to see them off.

Upon returning to Yunye Country in the second month, Shen Qinglan received news that Shen Qingju was about to give birth, bid farewell to Duan Yunfei and others, and hurried back to Lishui Village.

On June 3rd, Shen Qingju gave birth to a baby boy, named Li Ting.

On June 10th, Yang and Shao Yi adopted Zhuang Ruyue as their foster daughter, and in early July, Zhuang Ruyue married Shen Qingning.