His Peasant Wife: Yao Ling [Part 1]

Chapter 170: Lin Zhou - Tao Gu Gu's Story

"Thank you, Yao Ling Gu Niang," Tao Gu Gu wholeheartedly thanked Yao Ling after getting her promise to protect them. "How... how is Lin Jian?" Tao Gu Gu heard a lot about the little boy and somehow it formed a kinship in her mind.

She thought of him a lot after the Ce Fei was gone and she was feeling curious about his life.

"He's fine. After he's here, I will let you meet with him," Yao Ling promised.

Yao Ling knew that they probably had a lot of things to catch up with each other.

Yao Ling was able to see the softened look on the old woman's face when she talked about Lin Jian.

"En..." Tao Gu Gu agreed. Then she finally decided to ask Yao Ling,

"You come to find me... because of the Ce Fei and the princess' matter, right?"

"Yes..." Yao Ling answered honestly.

"What do you want to know?" Tao Gu Gu asked.

After meeting Lin Jian, she would have nothing to regret and it was fine even if she died.

She could be together with the Ce Fei and served her in the afterlife.

"Was the Ce Fei living a good life at the Han Kingdom?" Yao Ling asked curiously.

Tao Gu Gu was quite surprised by the woman's thoughtfulness.

She had thought that Yao Ling would ask straight away about the Ce Fei's matter that she wanted to know, but instead, she asked about her wellbeing.

It made her like this Yao Ling Gu Niang more and more.

Tao Gu Gu sighed but she answered Yao Ling's question honestly, "Even if she led a good life and treated very well by the prince... but what kind of happiness that she could feel? If you say about the material or the physical part, she had a good life. But if you talk about her heart matter, it's the opposite..."

Yao Ling felt a pang in her heart, knowing that she lived a lonely life despite the grandeur environment that she lived.

Who didn't want to live as the prince's woman? So many people were fighting for it, but the Ce Fei was simply thrown there by the Shu Emperor.

That hateful person! She already had a childhood sweetheart that she loved dearly, for God's sake!

"Did she miss... General Lin and Lin Jian?" Yao Ling knew that it was a silly question but she decided to ask anyway.

Tao Gu Gu nodded. "There was not once she didn't miss them..."

Yao Ling sighed, knowing that the Ce Fei was actually living the hardest and loneliest life there.

"So... I know that she was kidnapped and brought to the Han Kingdom. How... how did you meet her?" Yao Ling asked curiously.

Tao Gu Gu smiled, remembering about the past. "Before serving her, I met her a long time ago and the Ce Fei didn't even remember it at first. After all, at that time, she was only a little girl. My conditaion wasn't that good too --- very dirty so the Ce Fei probably wouldn't be able to see my face clearly."

Yao Ling listened to Tao Gu Gu story patiently and full of interest.

Tao Gu Gu explained about their meeting.

She used to be a daughter of a low-rank official back at the Shu Kingdom.

They met some troubles because his father offended an important person and they were going to be beheaded.

Her father was able to save her and tell her to run away --- along with her sister-in-law and her niece.

They were almost caught by the soldier and it was the little Ce Fei that saved them.