Peaceful Farm Life-Chapter 1881 - 1882: That Makes Things Easier

Su Yi Jing had exceptionally sharp instincts. As soon as a black-clad figure sneaked to his door, he woke up. However, he did not plan to alert them but instead held his sword, continued lying in bed, and waited for the black-clad figure to sneak in so he could deal with them.

But the black-clad figure used a sword to quietly unlatch the door and entered. As soon as they came in, the figure spoke softly, "Young Master Su, the three people you asked to investigate have been checked thoroughly."

Hearing this, Su Yi Jing realized that the black-clad figure was from Slayer Tower. He quickly got up and lit the palace lantern.

As the light brightened, the black-clad figure was still masked.

The figure did not remove the mask, continuing to be masked while speaking to Su Yi Jing, "Zou Qian, the son of Marquis Chidan, is talented, well-read, and courteous. His heart is set on a government career serving the country; he never wanted to enter the palace as an Empress. Yet, fearing that defying an imperial edict might endanger his family, he became the Empress."

"Liang Zhiyao, the son of Lord Protector, is bold, chivalrous, and skilled in martial arts. He wishes to be a General and has already entered the military camp. But because his family ignored his wishes and sent his portrait to the Imperial Palace, he was selected to become Your Majesty and had no choice but to enter the palace."

"Sheng Qingfeng, the son of Great General, is steady, reticent, and grew up with Liang Zhiyao, sharing a deep bond. They promised each other to join the military camp together and strive to become Generals, but unexpectedly, his family also secretly sent his portrait to the palace, leading him to be selected as Your Majesty."

"All three disdain becoming concubines and do not wish to rely on their families. They only want to make their mark with their own abilities. Their families have always been troubled by them, but considering them the best descendants, they wanted the Empress of Wufeng to have their descendants to honor the family. Thus, their families secretly sent their portraits to the palace for selection by Emperor Wufeng and the Empress Dowager."

"Being selected with an imperial edict is like having no say; all three are not heartless and, to prevent their families from being implicated, agreed to enter the palace."

After listening to the black-clad figure’s report, Su Yi Jing had a grasp of the situation and asked, "When will my second brother arrive?"

"The Young Master is already on his way, but I am unsure of the exact date he’ll arrive."

"Alright, I understand. Let me know when my second brother arrives."

The black-clad figure nodded, seeing that Su Yi Jing had no further instructions, and left. Besides Su Yi Jing, the figure did not disturb anyone else.

After the figure left, Su Yi Jing did not immediately extinguish the light and go back to sleep but sat at the table, contemplating Zou Qian, Liang Zhiyao, and Sheng Qingfeng.

But he did not ponder for long before he curled his lips and smiled, "Since they are all people with ambitions and ideals, it will be easy to handle."

With a plan in mind, Su Yi Jing decided to visit Zou Qian and the others the next day to have a good talk with them.

However, before Su Yi Jing could find Zou Qian and the others, Ye Yi returned hurriedly the following day.

"You’re not watching her and hastily returned; is there something urgent?" Su Yi Jing calmly poured tea, filling the room with a fragrance of tea. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Ye Yi promptly replied, "Young Master, I just heard that each fifteenth of the month, the Emperor and Empress must reunite. Today happens to be the fifteenth."

In other words, tonight Feng Feiyan would go to Empress Zou Qian’s sleeping quarters.

Su Yi Jing had been in the palace for over half a month, having met Feng Feiyan quite a few times, but every time ended in discord.