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Xiaowan never thought that the good news that Hubby would bring would actually be the empress getting pregnant. Furthermore, the Queen had personally written a letter to ask Ling Chaofeng to pass the message on his behalf. This joyous event was not known to the rest of the world, and would only be announced to the world after the birth of the child safely.

This made Xiaowan extremely happy, and what was even more unexpected was that the dignified mother of a nation actually treated her, a young lady from the countryside, as her close friend. She had traveled a thousand miles to tell her that she could not even tell the world about this joyous event.

A few days after that, Xiaowan made a wish to the Jade Ring every day, protected the Queen and her son safely, and then went to the City God Temple with Susu to pray for blessings.

Susu naturally did not know that the inn had once received the current emperor and empress, and upon seeing the Xiaowan willing to settle down, she only thought that the Xiaowan hoped that she and the Manager Ling would get your son soon. Thus, she made up her mind and decided to return to the tavern as soon as possible, so that Xiaowan would not have to work too hard.

When they returned to the village, they had to pass through Siyun Pavilion s, and the store was still closed when they arrived. Currently, it was already open, and a faint fragrance spread out from the shop, but it had attracted countless women from the Baisha Town s to take a look at the fresh Rouge Shop s.

They walked along the opposite side of the street. Originally, they were walking along the way, and did not intend to avoid the Siyun Pavilion, but unfortunately, they heard the employees of the grocery store discussing with each other, "Did you hear? The county magistrate is currently raising that woman."

Another person said: "I already knew that. Otherwise, those Fast Catcher would have settled the matter for her."

The one who had spoken just now said, "She really is a trash from a brothel, no wonder she is so monstrous when she walks. That day, she was beaten up until she was wounded all over, and even the feather duster was broken. How could she possibly recover well in a few days? If she can't, how did she serve the county magistrate?"

After walking a distance, Susu could not help but ask: "The town is already so big, we can't even see them from the back of our heads. Xiaowan, can we really pretend that such a thing did not happen?"

Xiaowan thought for a moment, "Hubby said, if she doesn't offend me then I won't offend her, there's no need to hide from her, so there's no need to be afraid of her. Susu, don't worry. If you don't wait for her to make a move, Hubby will definitely take care of her. "

"Of course, I don't worry. I still want to return to the inn to work tomorrow." Susu said.

"No rush, rest well, there's not much business in the inn." Xiaowan was concerned about this while laughing slyly, "Of course, if you really want to sit on Da Qing's cart, it won't be good for me to stop you."

Susu said anxiously: "You are getting worse and worse, when shopkeeper comes to pick you up at night, you must be well regulated."

Xiaowan disdainfully said: "I'm not afraid of him. He's afraid of me."

Susu laughed: "Forget it, once I see the shopkeeper, I will submit. I am extremely obedient, I don't know who it is."

As they walked past the town entrance, they saw two people setting up stalls. They thought they were here to sell groceries, but when they got closer, they realized they were here to pick up goods.

It was said that 500 years ago, there were nobles who built a palace here. After a landslide, the palace was buried in the mountains, and recently, someone had dug out from the mountains the precious treasures inside the palace's vessels, which were all valuable antiques.

Right now, they were going to ask the local citizens to collect them and see who had picked up or dug up anything. After they appraised them, they would definitely collect them at a high price.

Xiaowan and Susu looked at each other, and then thought about the two guests who stayed at their inn previously. They would always leave early and return late, but Susu had never seen them on the road before.

After that, they returned to the Baisha Village. Not long after, a few aunties came over, saying that there was a person here to collect antiques and they didn't know what antiques were. However, the one at the village entrance that got pickled vegetables actually got five taels of silver.

"Susu's mother, your tiled house is also very old, go ahead and check if there are any strange things. If you show it to those people, they might be able to exchange it for a lot of silver." The women of the village were all very excited, each of them going home to look around.

Auntie Chen said that the house belongs to Manager Ling, so even if there were treasures, they should not have them.

At night, Ling Chaofeng came to pick up Xiaowan. Da Qing also returned, he had recently gotten a mule cart, so he was no longer toiling on pulling boats. He would go back and forth to deliver some goods to the customers every day, giving them more money than being a gigolo.

As for the cushions and cloth shoes that Susu made for him, he was reluctant to wear them. He also cherished the use of the cloth shoes and refused to let the merchants sit on them.

When Susu heard this, she weakly replied, "I'll cook for you a few more times.

Sitting under the roof, the Auntie Chen shared the melon with everyone. Da Qing was not willing to eat it, he said that the melon was very rare, and wanted to bring it back for his mother to taste, so Susu pushed the two pieces over, lowering her head without saying a word.

After being rebuked by Ling Chaofeng, she gave a dry cough and said in a serious tone, "From tomorrow onwards, you will need Da Qing to take care of Susu and we will pay for it. From now on, you can also be considered to be part of our Ling Xiao Inn."

Da Qing and Susu looked at each other, and Susu's face was so red that it reached her ears, she nodded, and Da Qing said: "I don't dare to take the money, shopkeeper give me the mule and cart, the money I've earned recently, is even more than what I earned by pulling a boat for two months."

Xiaowan said: "Of course I need to earn more money to be able to get married."

Da Qing stuttered, scratched his head and said: "Yes, yes."

Susu's face was completely red, she said that she would get everyone water, then turned and ran.

Ling Chaofeng whispered into his wife's ears: "You are not allowed to bully Susu, is it your ability?"

Xiaowan chuckled. "I didn't say anything."

She had said to Xiaowan that she had her eyes on Da Qing too, it was just that Susu had married before, even if Da Qing's family was poor, she would not allow them to be particular about him.

On the way back, Xiaowan chattered incessantly to Hubby, "Susu has always been keeping his promise, and anyone who sees can understand why. If Da Qing is afraid, he would not interact with us. Furthermore, after such an incident occurred, not only did he not mind it, he even came to take care of it, telling me who it was that they met on the road the other day. "

Ling Chaofeng listened to her blabbering on and on, but only smiled and did not speak. He thought to himself that if he could save this trip, this young lady would be proud for life.

Their horses were moving slowly, and they had actually called for people who were walking fast to catch up, but those people weren't heading towards the Baisha River Pier. After turning a corner, they all went into the mountain.

On the way, Xiaowan and Ling Chaofeng saw many people like this. She remembered that the Baisha Town had antiques, so the news had already spread far and wide, and people that were ten miles in circumference had all come to the mountains to search for treasures.

The next morning, Susu sat on Da Qing's cart and went to work. On the way, she saw many people holding a sickle and hoe, they did not even go down to the ground, it was more important to dig treasures in the mountains.

Susu asked Da Qing: "Are you going to dig for treasures?"

Da Qing laughed: "Last night, my mother told me, if I could find a treasure, I would not be so poor. She said it would be easy to get praise from the shopkeeper, it is more important to work hard."

Susu said softly, "You can't bear to leave your aunt behind, so you didn't go to a faraway place to work. You weren't hungry and you froze your aunt, how can you be poor?"

Da Qing looked at her and said seriously: "I have already saved up two taels of silver."

Susu was startled, she did not know whether it was because of her imagination, but she smiled embarrassedly.

When she arrived at the inn, the Xiaowan was already sweeping the floor. Susu quickly ran over to receive the broom, and said with a smile: "Innkeeper, rest in your room and let this little one clean the floor."

Xiaowan and Da Qing waved their hands, seeing that the carriage was slowly leaving, she teasingly said: "In the past when you were not working properly, I could still take care of you. But now that there is someone protecting you, how would I dare work hard on Miss Susu?"

Susu looked behind her and said: "Innkeeper, it's good morning."

The Xiaowan was immediately terrified and turned around with a mischievous smile, afraid that her husband would scold her for bullying Susu. In the end, no one came out of the door, Ling Chaofeng was so happy that he came up to tickle her.

Seeing the two young lady so happy, she laughed: "What are you guys so happy about, could it be that you guys have also dug a treasure?"

The Xiaowan had a bad look on her face as she pointed to the east side: "Aunt, Susu's darling, we just went to the dock."

Just then, Ling Chaofeng walked out and glared at her. Xiaowan immediately ran over and acted good, "Hubby, have you finished breakfast?"

However, Ling Chaofeng told everyone, "During the Dragon Boat Festival, we will go to Li Prefecture to gather there, and we will also be able to visit the Miss Meng.

Susu was very cautious: "Is it important that no one is looking at it? "Shopkeeper, I came in the morning, and the people are all on their way to the mountain. The people near us are all here, and I don't know how long they'll be digging. When we're not at home, how can they barge into the inn?"

Ling Chaofeng smiled lightly: "It's alright."

The Xiaowan asked curiously: "Why haven't I heard from the villagers before, what kind of palace was this place 500 years ago?"

Susu said: Many people in my village took out items to exchange for money. Some of them said that if there was anything that could be dug out from the mountains, it would be worth even more, and they could even afford to give us hundreds of silver. This morning, all of them went into the mountains.

Xiaowan looked into the distance: "This is really strange, where did the treasures come from?"

Susu was not exaggerating, the news of this spread around the village. The villagers who depended on the heavens to survive all year round, seeing such a rich road, how could they miss it.

Even the people from Qingling Village were alarmed, and did not hesitate to walk a few miles into the mountain. At this moment, the Madam Xu arrived with her daughter, Wen Juan, and the family of the Aunt Wang next door.

When they arrived, there was someone carrying a sack of food out. The crowd gathered around him and asked if he had it, and where he had dug it, but the man kept it to himself, saying he would find it himself if he wanted to make a fortune. He carried the treasure he had dug up and ran to town to collect the antiques for money.

That afternoon, news came that the person's sack had been exchanged for fifty taels of silver. Instantly, almost all the villages within a five kilometer radius were mobilized.

Xiaowan had been married for so long, but she had never seen so many people on the road before. Gradually, they approached the inn or passed by it to get to the Baisha River Pier. Uncle Biao circled the inn twice with his Pig Slaughtering Knife, and none of the villagers dared to go down the mountain.

Before sunset, Xiaowan came to hang lanterns outside the shop. Seeing a little girl standing by the roadside, she narrowed her eyes and asked, "Juan'er?"

"Big Sis." As expected, Wen Juan ran over, the child's body was covered in dust, one foot was in the mud, and there were tears on her face as she sobbed, "Big sister, I lost my mother and myself."

"How did you get lost?" Xiaowan took out a handkerchief and wiped her face.

"She took me to the mountains to find treasure. I couldn't walk anymore and rested under the tree. I didn't see her coming back." Wen Juan sobbed, "Big sister, did my mother get eaten by wild wolves?"

If Madam Xu was really eaten by a wolf, Xiaowan would be really happy. Unfortunately, her little brother and sister were still young, even if they were not obedient, they were still innocent children. Xiaowan could not help but bring Wen Juan back to the shop to wash her face and hands, and also brought her food.

When Ling Chaofeng came downstairs, the husband and wife duo decided to send Wen Juan back to the Qingling Village first.

"What about my mother?" Wen Juan cried and asked.

"It's dark now. The mountain is so deep, where can we find it? And the Aunt Wang? " Xiaowan asked her sister, "Did you not see any of them?"

Wen Juan nodded. "I don't even see her, big sister, does my mother not want me anymore? She doesn't even bring her little brother to dig for me, only me."

Xiaowan sighed lightly. "It's probably because Wen Bao is too young, so don't cry anymore. Big Sis will send you back first."