The Rise of a Farm Girl

The day finally became quiet after everyone left. The next day was the second day of the Chinese New Year, the day to go back to one's parents' home. Yu Wenjiao's family of five got up very early, had breakfast, and went to the general's mansion with a cart full of gifts to pay New Year's greetings.

The old lady of the general's mansion had sent people to wait at the gate early, awaiting the arrival of her daughter and her family.

After entering the general's mansion, Wang Jingru flew into her grandmother's yard like a little swallow.

The maid quickly opened the door and let Wang Jingru in. Because Yu Wenjiao had been missing for so many years, this was the first time she spent the New Year at her parents' home, and the eldest sister-in-law did not return to her parents' home on the second day of the New Year.

The whole family was waiting in the old lady's yard. Wang Jingru entered the house and first greeted her grandparents and kowtowed. She then greeted her aunt and several uncles.

Everyone gave him a big red envelope. Wang Jingru was extremely happy to receive the red envelope. At this time, her parents and two brothers came in.

The family greeted their elders again. Yuwen Guang was the third child, so he needed to greet Yu Wenjiao and Wang Laosan.

Yu Wenjiao also prepared several big red envelopes, one for her younger brother and one for each of her twin nephews.

Wang Laosan and his family were not in a hurry to go home and stayed in the general's mansion for three days.

The family returned home happily. They brought a cart full of gifts when they left and two carts full of gifts when they came back.

Wang Jingru and her family happily celebrated the New Year in their mansion. What he didn't expect was that the nanny from the Queen's palace came. Wang Jingru and her family hurriedly invited the nanny from the Queen's palace to the living room.

As soon as the nanny came in, she didn't waste any words and bowed to Wang Jingru's family. Then she began to say that the Queen wanted to invite Princess Jingru to the palace. The Chinese language teacher hurriedly stuffed two silver bills into Momo's hand. The nanny didn't know what the Queen wanted to do when she asked Princess Jingru to go to the palace.

The nanny was very happy to receive the banknotes, but she still had a stern face. The queen was very unhappy and didn't know how Princess Jingru had offended the queen.

I don’t know about the rest of the things. Princess Jingru, please pack up quickly and follow me into the palace.

Wang Jingru hurried into the house, changed her clothes, combed her hair again, and put on a fox fur cloak.

Then he hurriedly followed the nanny into the palace. The reason why the Queen wanted to see her was not because of anything else, but because of his father. His father went to Gouzi Village to bury his younger brother in the ancestral tomb and never came back.

No matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find his father. He asked the villagers, but they refused to mention anything about him. They all said that his father had been buried and his brother had passed away.

After investigating for such a long time, nothing was found. In the end, the queen sent secret guards to arrest several people from the clan.

After severe torture and interrogation, he learned that his father was dead.

The time coincided with the time when Wang Jingru returned. The man also called Wang Jingru out. Although he did not mention the name and said it was a girl, the queen thought of Wang Jingru.

Regardless of whether it was true or not, she would first summon the person to the palace. If it was really him, the queen clenched her fists tightly and said fiercely, I will make his whole family die miserably.

This is how the palace maid, Prince Xuan Jingru, came into the palace. Wang Jingru was accompanied by the secret guards of Prince Zhan.

These two people had been following Wang Jingru, so they roughly knew what was going on. One of them stayed with Wang Jingru, and the other went back to Zhan Wang's mansion to report the news.

As soon as Wang Jingru left the mansion, guards were guarding outside the door. It seemed that they were afraid that their family members would go to the General's Mansion, Prince Zhan's Mansion, and Prince Gong's Mansion to inform the news.

It seemed that the Queen wanted to kill her. Wang Jingru had already thought about it. If the Queen really dared to attack him, he would not mind killing her on the spot, putting her into the space, and denying her guilt.

Wang Jingru got on the carriage and quickly arrived at the palace with the palace maid.

Arriving at the palace gate, they got off the carriage and walked into the palace. The secret guards could not enter the palace, so they hurried back to the Zhan Wang Mansion. Zhan Wang knew the whole story and quickly informed the prince Xuanyuan Lei.

At the same time, the old general was notified, and the general's mansion also received the news. The three families gathered together to discuss how to rescue Wang Jingru.

Wang Jingru and the nanny came to the queen's palace. The nanny went into the house to report and did not come out for a quarter of an hour. Wang Jingru found a place to shelter from the wind. She did not want to stay there and freeze.

The queen wanted to forgive Wang Jingru, but also wanted to freeze her there to give her a warning.

Wang Jingru waited for a while, but the queen still didn't call her in. Wang Jingru quickly walked out of the courtyard. At this time, a little maid stopped Wang Jingru and said, "The queen has summoned you, but hasn't let you in yet. Why are you leaving?"

Wang Jingru pushed the little maid aside and quickly left the Queen's Palace.

When the queen received the news, Wang Jingru had already arrived at the imperial study. Wang Jingru cried and shouted, "Your Majesty! It's freezing cold, and I don't know what the queen wants to see me for."

I was called to the palace, but I was not allowed to enter. I stood outside for an hour, but the Empress did not let me in. I don’t know what I did wrong. Please tell me, Your Majesty!

His crying startled the emperor who was reviewing the memorials. The emperor put down the memorials and asked the eunuch Liu beside him who was crying outside to see what was going on.

Really, it's not quiet even on New Year's Day. Eunuch Liu went out and saw that it was Princess Jingru. He hurriedly asked the reason, "Princess Jingru, why are you crying in the palace on New Year's Day?"

Wang Jingru said, "Eunuch! Please tell the emperor that the queen is planning to freeze me to death, and she asked the maid in the palace to bring me into the palace."

I was left outside freezing for an entire hour and they wouldn’t let me in. I don’t know what I did wrong. Please, Your Majesty, save me!

Eunuch Liu said, Princess Jingru, please wait a moment, I will go into the room to report to the emperor, you should get up first!

Wang Jingru took the opportunity to get off the horse and quickly stood up. Eunuch Liu went into the room to report to the emperor, who put down his pen and said, "Let Princess Jingru come in!"

When the emperor saw Wang Jingru come in, her little face turned red from the cold, and he secretly blamed the queen in his heart for making trouble during the New Year.

Every now and then her nephew would come into the palace, and there was also her bastard nephew. If anything happened to his stepsister, the whole palace would be in turmoil, and the queen was becoming more and more outrageous.

Thinking of this, the emperor hurriedly asked someone to bring a hand warmer to warm Wang Jingru's hands, and then he kindly said, "I will talk to the queen later to find out what happened. It must be a misunderstanding, or the subordinates did not report it."

At this critical juncture, the emperor couldn't say that the queen did it on purpose, so he could only try to smooth things over.

Wang Jingru could only give the emperor a way out. Jingru thanked the emperor. The queen had a tantrum in the palace, then put on her cloak and rushed to the emperor's study.

At the same time, Xuanyuan Lei also entered the palace. Xuanyuan Lei had a badge that allowed him to enter the palace at any time, and he went straight to the imperial study very smoothly.

Xuanyuan Lei and the queen arrived at the door of the imperial study at the same time. The emperor called them in, sat in front of the desk, and told them what was going on.

Queen, as the master of the Central Palace, you actually did such a ridiculous thing. You can't even feel comfortable during the New Year. You called people to the palace, let them freeze outside, and didn't let them into the house. What's going on?

Xuanyuan Lei didn't care about this. His sister was frozen and he had to vent his anger, even the Queen couldn't tolerate it.

If the Queen dared to use her status as an elder to put pressure on him, he would punish the Queen's family members. If he didn't make them kneel down and beg for mercy, he would not be Xuanyuan Lei.

The emperor knew that this was an act of disobedience, so he looked at the queen and said, "The queen has punished her subjects without reason and has a lack of moral character. I will deprive you of your power to manage the harem and put you under house arrest for half a year. From today on, you are not allowed to leave the palace without my order."

The queen was so angry that her face turned pale. She hadn't even figured out the truth about her father's affairs yet, but she was falsely accused by Wang Jingru.

The queen gritted her teeth, thanked the emperor, and left the imperial study.

She returned to the palace and smashed a bunch of things, cursing as she did so, saying that the emperor was partial to her. This made the queen so angry that she fell ill.

Because the emperor was afraid that Xuanyuan Lei would make trouble, he rewarded him with many good things, including one thousand taels of silver and five hundred taels of gold, all of which were sent to the Sinong Mansion.

The queen learned that the emperor not only punished him but also rewarded Wang Jingru. She fell ill that day and lay in bed unable to get up.

It was so infuriating. My father might have been killed by that vicious Wang Jingru. Before I could avenge my father, I was punished by the emperor to be under house arrest.

The queen became angrier and angrier the more she thought about it. The key point was that no one in his house could leave.

Wang Jingru went home happily to look at her gold, silver and jewelry.

When he got home, he couldn't wait to see these treasures. But when he got back to the mansion, he learned that the people from the War King and the General's Mansion were all there.

The only one missing was Xuanyuan Lei, and he didn't make them wait long. After a while, Xuanyuan Lei came out of the palace and arrived at the Sinong Mansion.

As soon as Xuanyuan Lei entered the living room, he walked towards Wang Jingru. "Sister, you must be frozen! Hurry up and ask the kitchen to make a bowl of ginger soup to get rid of the cold. If you really catch a cold, it will be terrible."

Seeing Wang Jingru return safely, the whole family felt relieved.

Wang Jingru called the secret guards outside, and had them guard the surroundings, not allowing anyone to approach.

They called the maids in the room out, and then all of them sat down. The people who came from the general's mansion included the old general and the great general, father and son. There were only a few people in the room, and even Old Man Wang and Old Lady Wang were sent back to their own yards.

Then she talked about what the queen might have wanted to see her for. Wang Jingru told everyone what happened in Gouzi Village, which made everyone in the room very angry. They thought this person was not a human being, but a beast.

Only then did he know that Wang Jingru had killed someone's father. It would be strange if the queen didn't come after him! Yu Wenjiao complained, "Look at you, you don't even know how to cover up when you do bad things."

Yu Wenjiao pointed at Wang Jingru's forehead and said, "Tell me, are you stupid?"

Wang Jingru asked me why I was not covering myself. I was wearing a veil all the time, but I looked like a woman and people could tell at a glance.

Although they didn't see my face, you have to know that I passed by Gouzi Village at that time.

That's why the Queen blamed me for this. I guess she is not sure that I killed her father. If she knew, she would fight me to the death even in front of the Emperor.

Xuanyuan Lei said, the emperor could also save you, this man's killing has touched the emperor's heart.

The emperor had long wanted to deal with Grand Tutor Qian because he saw that the empress's family was powerful.

However, due to lack of evidence, there was no way to deal with Grand Tutor Qian. Once Grand Tutor Qian died, only his eldest son Qian Ming'an was left to be feared.

As long as they are suppressed a little and their followers are dealt with, the Qian family will never be able to rise again.

The Queen no longer dared to act up in the palace, and the Emperor had no worries when dealing with the Queen.

Maybe the emperor already knew what you did, or he had already guessed it, but there is no substantial evidence. Otherwise, the emperor would not have helped you directly today without knowing the truth.

I have rewarded you with a lot of things, but we can't just sit there and wait for death. A cornered dog will jump over the wall. What's more, the Queen is surrounded by secret guards trained by Grand Tutor Qian.

If the queen really finds out about this, she will definitely take revenge. Wang Jingru said, we can't kill all the queen's family!

If we kill the queen, the emperor will not forgive us!

We can only fight back when the enemy comes, and block the water with earth. Although we can't do anything to the queen, we can take it out on her brother. Now Master Qian only has one son left.

I was pushed into a corner and killed all the people in Lao Qian's family, leaving him without descendants.

If the queen is smart enough, she will just endure it. If he insists on causing trouble for me, I will not be afraid of her.

As long as the emperor doesn't come out to join in the fun, the queen won't be able to jump up even if she's alone.

After all, she was in the harem, and the secret guards around her would eventually be killed.

By then, he will have no useful people around him, and he can only worry in the palace. After all, the emperor cannot let him leave the palace at will. As for finding faults with me, she just needs to be more careful. After all, I am a princess conferred by the emperor, and she has no right to execute me directly.

Xuanyuan Lei was worried about Wang Jingru, so he left four secret guards for him. War King Wu Tianyang was also worried, so he left two more secret guards.

The General's Mansion sent ten secret guards, making a total of eighteen secret guards. There were also some imperial guards in the mansion, so the manpower was enough for the time being. In fact, Xuanyuan Lei and Wu Tianyang wanted to keep more secret guards, but Wang Jingru refused to agree no matter what.

It took much persuasion to get them to stay. Seeing that there was nothing else to do, everyone planned to go back, but Wang Jingru didn't let them go. It was freezing cold, and it was the fifth day of the New Year, so they all got together and had a hot pot before going back.

So a strange pot was placed in the dining room with charcoal burning underneath. The table was filled with various meats and some simple vegetables, which came from Wang Jingru's space.

Xuanyuan Lei and Wu Tianyang liked hotpot the most. The general had eaten it last time and couldn't forget it. The three of them, plus Wang Laosan, drank some wine and ate hotpot.

Wang Jingru and her mother were sweating profusely while eating, and left the table when they were full. Wang Jingru and her mother had just left the table when her two brothers came back from outside. They were invited by their colleagues to go to the restaurant for a drink.

Seeing the hotpot on the table, the two of them became greedy again and joined the hotpot army. The hotter the hotter, the better they liked it. Their faces were flushed as they ate, and the scene was very lively with people toasting each other.

The meal lasted three hours before it was over. Everyone was drunk and was helped by the servants beside them into the carriage and returned to their respective homes.