"This old woman used to follow and serve the Shu woman --- Han Xiang's mother if I wasn't mistaken!" Han Yi said excitedly.
She finally remembered where she had seen the old woman.
If it wasn't because of the big mole on her chin with a few strands of hair that grew on it, she probably wouldn't recognize the old woman.
After all, her appearance was quite different from the past despite the familiarity that she felt when she saw the old woman.
"Following the Shu woman?" Yao Ling asked in confusion. "Does it mean that this old woman is actually a Shu woman? Not a Han woman?" Yao Ling had never thought of this possibility before.
Han Yi nodded, feeling full of confidence. "Yes! I clearly remember her now."
Yao Ling was still feeling a bit doubtful.
Was that the reason why she stayed at Wen Feng after retiring? To go back to her own homeland? If yes, then everything would make sense.
"Han Yi... can you tell me more about this maidservant and Han Xiang's mother? Anything that you know about them is fine."
Yao Ling thought back to what she had known about Lin Jian's mother.
Lin Jian's mother was kidnapped and the maidservants were still looking for her when she was missing --- some were also killed at those time.
So where did this old maidservant come from? She was sure that the Shu Emperor wouldn't be kind enough to send one of her maidservants along with Lin Jian's mother after he was hellbent on getting his revenge.
Han Yi quickly told Yao Ling everything that she knew.
The Shu woman suddenly appeared when the current Emperor was still only a prince.
She was brought back from the Shu Kingdom after the prince went there as a representative.
So far, it went in line with what she had heard from Lin Jian.
The Shu woman was conferred the title of Ce Fei[1] by the prince.
It made a lot of people feel surprised and at the same time, curious about this new Ce Fei.
The prince doted on the Shu woman and somehow it became a popular story back then --- the prince had found his one true love.
However, the closest people to then knew that the Shu woman didn't really love the prince.
She only gave him the cold shoulder and never reciprocated the prince's feelings toward her.
To gain her favor, the prince specifically found a few Shu women to serve her and it was done to ease her sense of loss --- The Shu woman seemed to be missing someone or her hometown all the time.
Everyone who saw her would be able to see her sadness, even though she masked her feelings quite well.
"Ah... so this old woman was given by the current Emperor?" Yao Ling asked despite knowing the answer.
She shuddered when she thought about that true love story --- after all, the current Emperor actually forced a married woman to become his Ce Fei.
What kind of true love was that?!
"Yes..." Han Yi said.
"Why do you know a lot about her?"
Yao Ling asked curiously. "If I am not mistaken, you are either too young or hasn't been born around that time."
Han Yi scratched the back of her head and laughed. "My mother served under Young Miss' mother and she heard a lot of stories about them. After all, their story was quite popular back then. My mother told me about their story after knowing that Young Miss has a good relationship with the princess."
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His Peasant Wife: Yao Ling [Part 1]
RomanceDISCLAIMER: This Novel is Intended for Offline Purposes Only. All Credits Still Goes to the Author And Translator/s of this novel. Summary: When Yao Ling saved a handsome man, she never thought that there would be a day she would propose a marriage...