Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress-Chapter 2010 - 2018: Spending the Night in the Suburb (Part 4)

The appearance of a woman is of utmost importance. When her disheveled image appeared before everyone, it instantly became the top news and joke in the mansion, swiftly spreading outside. The matter was originally a taboo for Dong Qing’er, but today I mentioned it publicly, causing her to lose face immediately, and her complexion turned very unpleasant.

"Humph, what’s it to you?"

She stiffened her neck and glared at me fiercely.

I leisurely coldly smiled: "It doesn’t concern this young master, I’m just curious why Second Miss Dong, a young maiden’s mouth, can be so foul? Did you drink too much of that sewage water the other day, that it’s still stinking now?"

"You... you..."

Upon hearing my words, Dong Qing’er blushed furiously, glaring at me with both anger and hatred, stamped her foot, and ran out...

Princess Zhao Qing, Prince Consort Dong, Dong Qi, Dong Wan’er, and a few others, seeing me mercilessly mock Dong Qing’er, each bore expressions of resentment but could do nothing against me.

Indeed, being the younger brother of the Empress Dowager offers advantages in certain aspects that surpass those of commoners.

Despite the one thousand and ten thousand reluctances of Prince Consort Dong and Princess Zhao Qing, I pressed forward without compromise. In the end, they had no choice but to invite the elders from the Dong family and expel Third Miss and her younger brother from the family register, along with their wet nurse, from the Dong Mansion.

As I walked out of the Dong Mansion, I saw Third Miss break into a wide, radiant smile. She looked up at the sky, half-closed her eyes, and sighed, "We are finally free!"

Nanny Zhang, leading the six or seven-year-old child behind her, wore a knowing smile as well and said, "Miss, we’ve finally escaped this cage, but now, where do we settle down?"

Third Miss turned back, smiled at Nanny Zhang and the little one, and said, "First we’ll find an inn to settle in, then I’ll find work, and we’ll look for a place to stay. Also, stop calling me Third Miss. I won’t rank with them anymore; just call me by the nickname Mother gave me, Yanran. From now on, I am Yuwen Yanran, with no connection to the Dong family or their copper coins..."

I stood behind her, watching this girl, gradually regaining the lively nature of a maiden, and said somewhat worriedly, "Princess Zhao Qing is not kind-hearted; if you leave the mansion this way, she will surely hold a grudge. If you ask me, you’d better return to the capital with me to settle down. It’s much safer in the capital than here."

Yanran laughed and said, "Returning to the capital is indeed safer than here, but my mother’s grave is still here, and I have yet to avenge my mother’s death. I won’t leave. Rest assured, I will protect myself and the people I care about."

I doubt such a young girl can protect herself. If she could, she wouldn’t have lived so miserably in the Dong Mansion. But she insists on staying, so I cannot impose upon her. Fortunately, I heard my older sister mention that her good friend Shen Juhua resides in Nong’an County near Tongzhou, so I advised Yuwen Yanran to take her brother and Nanny Zhang to live in Nong’an County.

Nong’an County is very close to Tongzhou, around a hundred miles’ journey, only requiring a day’s time. Yuwen Yanran and her brother going to Nong’an County can look after their mother’s grave, continue her dreams, and receive care and protection from Sister Juhua’s family, achieving three goals at once.

I presented my suggestion. Luckily, Miss Yanran did not reject it and even thanked me gratefully.

Her acceptance of my goodwill made me very pleased. Otherwise, just leaving her in Tongzhou, under the eyelids of the Eldest Princess’s family, I wouldn’t be at ease.