allonlinenovel Chapter 317 Buried in the Fragrance of Wild Flowers
Chapter 317 Buried in the Fragrance of Wild Flowers
Luo Xiaoran did not tell Chen Xingchen about Niu Dan. Chen Ji respected her decision and therefore did not say it directly.
When they came back today, Niu Dan's body had been examined, but Luo Xiaoran did not want Niu Dan to be buried in pieces, so everyone in Prince Yan's Mansion was looking for his toes and the cut off part of his calf.
After a lot of trouble, they finally found it in the pond. Perhaps the koi in the pond were fed too much by Chen Xingchen and Li Heng, so they didn't eat much of the remains of the ox egg.
Then, the coroner sewed it back together, and the cow's testicle... was finally complete.
Luo Xiaoran nodded to Chen Ji to show that she understood. She looked down at the little hand that was tightly holding hers, gritted her teeth, and pulled her hand out.
"Chen'er, sister is leaving now. There are still some things waiting for sister to deal with at home."
Chen Xingchen widened his eyes, unable to believe that Luo Xiaoran was going to leave him at this time. He grabbed Luo Xiaoran's hand again in a fit of anger, tightly, as if he had used up all his strength.
"Chen'er, be obedient and stay here. I'll come to see you when I have time."
Luo Xiaoran pulled her hand out again, then turned around and walked towards the door.
"elder sister!"
Behind him, Chen Xingchen shouted hoarsely.
Luo Xiaoran didn't turn around.
"Chen'er, what is our Luo family motto?"
"Don't delay the important matter."
"You still remember that sister is very happy. Now... sister has something very important to do, so she can't always be with you."
When Luo Xiaoran said this, she really wanted to cut herself in half with a knife!
Half of them stayed here to accompany Chen'er, and the other half took Niu Dan back to Hexi Village for burial.
"But the family rules also say that you can't cry all the time. My sister allowed me to cry all the time before. It was my sister who violated the family rules first."
Chen Xingchen sobbed, his eyes full of stubbornness, and opened his mouth to argue with Luo Xiaoran.
Luo Xiaoran sighed, but still did not turn around, just threw down a sentence lightly:
"Then add another rule to the family precepts: Luo family precepts do not restrict the head of the family."
After saying this, Luo Xiaoran asked Chen Ji to borrow a carriage, took Niu Dan, and left the Prince of Yan's Mansion without looking back.
……
Anruo Temple, the dining room of Princess Qingyi.
Zhu Yan led Lan Zheng, who was dressed in black, in.
"Princess, I have successfully killed Chen Xingchen and Li Heng. Huineng tried to stop me during the process and was severely injured by me."
Lan Zheng was the sharpest knife in Chen Lingyi's hand. When she heard him report that Chen Xingchen was dead, the big stone that had been hanging in her heart for a long time finally fell to the ground.
However, Huineng's betrayal still made her very unhappy.
"Why not just kill Huineng?"
"Hui Neng also brought many of his men with him when he went to the Prince of Yan's mansion this time. I was afraid that if we fought with him, there would be many loopholes at the scene, so I withdrew with my men first."
Zhu Yan continued Lan Zheng's words, "The spies reported that after Lan Zheng and Huineng left Prince Yan's Mansion, Luo Xiaoran and His Royal Highness Prince Yan also arrived one after another. Soon they came to Anruo Temple together. They are now in Huineng's room. I don't know what they are talking about."
"Luo Xiaoran?" A hint of anger flashed in Chen Lingyi's beautiful eyes.
"Why is it her again! Why did she go to Prince Yan's Mansion? Not only did she ruin my good deeds at Anruo Temple, but now she is entangled with my uncle! She is really an eyesore!"
Seeing that Chen Lingyi was about to get angry again, Zhu Yan whispered to comfort her:
"Luo Xiaoran is just a village woman, why should Princess take her seriously?
Now that Chen Xingchen is dead, the princess can finally put her worries to rest.
As for Concubine Bai... we can just push the blame onto Luo Xiaoran, and I'm sure the Queen will understand the princess."
……
On the way back to Hexi Village, Luo Xiaoran recalled the question she asked Chen Ji before she left.
“Your Highness, before you went to see Huineng, you told me that Chen Lingyi would not involve Niu Dan, but Huineng said that it was a spy under Chen Lingyi who brought Niu Dan’s body to the Prince of Yan’s Mansion.
Your inference is based on your understanding of Chen Lingyi, while Huineng's statement is based on Chen Lingyi's revenge against me. Who do you think I should believe?"
Luo Xiaoran drove the carriage with an expressionless face, and from time to time she would lift the curtain to glance at Niu Dan. Only then would her eyes become softer. When she turned her head and looked forward, her eyes were dead silent again.
Of the two contradictory statements, it is obvious that Huineng's words are more convincing.
Not to mention that Luo Xiaoran also believed from the beginning that she had offended Chen Lingyi, which led to Niu Dan's death. Even considering that Huineng said these words before he died, it is even more of a "dying man's words are good."
But what if Chen Ji's inference is true? What if Chen Lingyi didn't involve Niu Dan at all? Then who brought Niu Dan to the Prince of Yan's mansion?
Almost Huineng.
However, there is no point in worrying about these things now.
Huineng is already dead, and the matter is over. She cannot do anything like whipping his corpse unless Niu Dan can come back to life.
If Huineng really has any sins, then he should go to the underworld and repent!
Besides, Niu Dan died in the bloody case at Prince Yan's Mansion, but the person who orchestrated the bloody case is still alive and well~~
Luo Xiaoran was immersed in her own thoughts, with a strange light flashing in her eyes. She held the reins of the carriage tightly with both hands until she felt a slight tingling sensation in her metacarpophalangeal joints, and then she relaxed her palms slightly.
……
Luo Xiaoran buried the cow eggs in a place full of wild flowers on Baobao Mountain. She and Du Kongqing would pass by here when they came to the mountain to look for herbs.
This is a beautiful and quiet place where Niu Dan can sleep well.
Regarding Niu Dan's death, Luo Xiaoran always said to everyone inside and outside that it was an emergency at night and she took him to see a doctor, but he could not be saved.
This bad news was undoubtedly another heavy blow to Qiu Niang, whose hope of life had just been awakened by Yun Hu.
After Xiao Xingchen left, Qiu Niang transferred all the attention she had previously paid to Niu Dan, which was equivalent to investing twice as much energy in Niu Dan.
Later, when the Tang Tian incident happened, Qiu Niang had thoughts of suicide due to the stress reaction.
Niu Dan didn't know what had happened, but every day he would move a small stool and sit in front of Qiu Niang's door, not saying a word, just quietly guarding Qiu Niang until Luo Xiaoran called him away.
Such a good child was gone suddenly. When Qiu Niang heard the news, she seemed to be struck by a bolt of lightning. She staggered and fainted. The Luo family was in chaos again.
Aunt Ji asked her daughter Ruyi to help carry Qiu Niang into the house while tears streamed down her face. This old woman who had experienced some of the most tragic things in the world, such as fleeing famine and losing her son, could not help but feel sad for the death of the young master she had lived with day and night.
"How come he's gone all of a sudden? Master Niu Dan was still so young, God is so blind..."
Ruyi also cried along with her mother. Uncle Xiang's back seemed to bend a lot in an instant. His lips moved up and down, trembling slightly. In the end, he said nothing, but his eye sockets, which were as deep as Li Heng's, gradually became moist.