Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 1039: Chapter 1040: Only Knows to Suffer Losses, Doesn’t Learn?

”Dead so soon?!” Gong Juechen exclaimed in surprise.

Meng Zhuqing said, ”I really didn’t know much about Consort Han. It wasn’t a natural death; Qingyi Palace somehow caught fire. Not only did Consort Han burn to death there, but so did the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Princess. This incident was fervently discussed in the Imperial Capital for the first few years, and that’s how I came to know of it.”

”Both the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Princess died as well?” Gong Juechen feigned confusion. ”How come they just happened to be in Consort Han’s chambers?”

Meng Zhuqing explained, ”The Seventh Prince and the Eighth Princess were Consort Han’s children, so they lived with her.”

Gong Juechen, stroking his chin with an air of intrigue, said, ”So this fire killed a consort, a prince, and a princess. Such a fire burns too...”

He deliberately left his sentence unfinished, which only added more room for speculation.

Meng Zhuqing said, ”At first, the Emperor also suspected it was arson meant to kill Consort Han, the Seventh Prince, and the Eighth Princess, but since nothing was found, it ultimately had to be deemed an accidental fire.”

Gong Juechen thought to himself: It was no accident, it was set by my mother.

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Consort Han’s mother had three children: Consort Han and her two younger brothers, Han Xinche and Han Xinrui.

Han Xinche was older than Han Xinrui.

Upon returning home, Han Xinche immediately sought out his brother Han Xinrui, to talk about how much Gong Juechen resembled their elder sister, Consort Han.

Han Xinrui became excited immediately, ”Brother, are you serious? Does Gong Juechen really look exactly like our sister?”

”If it weren’t true, would I urgently tell you this?” Han Xinche replied.

Upon hearing this, Han Xinrui grew even more excited, ”Then he must be our sister’s child!”

Han Xinche disagreed and said, ”It’s only a resemblance; we can’t be sure yet.”

”Our sister’s child never died, and since Gong Juechen so closely resembles our sister, he must definitely be her son!”

Han Xinche, annoyed, said, ”Why are you still so rash? After all these years, don’t you know how much you’ve suffered due to your rashness? Don’t you ever learn from your mistakes?”

As he spoke, Han Xinche’s face displayed an expression of frustration mixed with disappointment.

Han Xinrui chuckled sheepishly, ”Isn’t it just because I’m too eager to find our nephew?”

Pausing for a moment, Han Xinrui complained, ”Regardless, our sister shouldn’t have taken her own life to protect her child, leaving us searching for so many years without finding him.”

Han Xinche sighed, ”It’s also Su Haoyu’s ruthlessness; even beasts do not devour their offspring. If our sister hadn’t sent the child away by pretending he died with her in the fire, Su Haoyu would never have let it go.”

Han Xinrui still complained, ”Our sister should not have acted on her own; she should have consulted with us or handed the child over to us. We could have secretly arranged for someone else to raise him, which would have been better than us not knowing where the child is and looking everywhere.”

Han Xinche sighed again. ”When our sister’s devoted Serverfly told me about it, weren’t you there? She said our sister saw through everything and merely wanted her kituds to grow up safe and ordinary, which is why she didn’t tell us.”

Han Xinrui retorted defiantly, ”He is a Prince, why can’t our great-nephew be the Emperor? Brother, look at our family: even though you’re titled Great General, you hold no real power. Su Haoyu keeping you in the Imperial Capital is no different from putting you under house arrest here.”