A Foodie Transmigrated into the Palace

Chapter 1352 - 1350: Destitute and Downcast

Now it’s too late to say anything, we can only reap what we’ve sown.The official position is gone, the power and status are gone, the vast wealth is gone! Let’s consider those losses.

If we stir up trouble now, we might end up losing our lives too!

Thinking about this, he suddenly felt panicked.

No matter what, he must get the message out.

He desperately widened his eyes and forced a smile, finally uttering a few vague words.

’Move... Move away!’

’Hurry... Quickly!’

Although it was only a few words, it took all his strength.

Young Master Tao couldn’t quite understand and looked up to ask his mother, Lady Zhang.

"Mother, what did Father say?"

Lady Zhang was somewhat speechless but impatiently repeated his words.

"Your father said we should move away quickly!"

Young Master Tao immediately protested.

"Move away? Why?"

"I am, after all, her husband, in this world only the man can dismiss a woman, where have you heard of a woman dismissing a man!"

"Mother! Are we really going to just let it go like this?"

Lady Zhang felt helpless too.

"What can we do? We’ve tried everything, and we can’t force our way in!"

Though she said this, she internally agreed with her son’s opinion.

What about a princess? Is a princess not a woman?

Where does a woman dismiss a man; it really is shameless!

"Hmm... Hmm hmm! Hmm hmm hmm!"

Tao Shuhai struggled desperately.

Lady Zhang and her son exchanged a glance, finally waving their hand.

"Alright, alright! We’ll do as you say! We’ll move out tomorrow! Happy now, are you satisfied?"

Upon hearing this, Tao Shuhai indeed stopped ’talking!’ and nodded, indicating satisfaction.

...

The next day, the Tao Family indeed began packing things.

Nothing from the house could be taken, including the servants.

This made Lady Zhang very uncomfortable, she protested sharply.

"How will we manage without maids?"

"I can’t do things with my own hands!"

"Can’t we even take the personal maids?"

The maids beside her felt greatly troubled.

"Madam! We would be willing to leave with you, but our contracts are with the government, they’ve been..."

Already been confiscated and are no longer with you.

"So... please forgive us for not being able to serve you anymore!"

Lady Zhang was so angry she leaned backward.

"Is this trying to drive me to death?"

"Is there no law under heaven?"

The maid smiled faintly.

"Madam must be dreaming!"

"Such words are treasonous, be careful not to say them again, the walls have ears!"

Lady Zhang, feeling blocked, did not bother to argue, feeling bothered and restless.

"Go away, don’t delay me in doing things!"

The maids, indeed, did not say anything more.

They began helping Lady Zhang pack things.

The next day.

The Tao Family, several members with luggage, stepped over the final line leading to ’death,’ and moved into a civilian house the Emperor had long prepared for them.

...

Standing before the simple, shaky, almost collapsing little hut.

Lady Zhang and Tao Yanzhen, the mother and son, wanted to cry but had no tears.

"What kind of place is this, can people really live here?"

Tao Yanzhen shouted even louder:

"This really is driving us to death!"

"I will write a complaint, I will appeal! I want to argue!"

Lady Zhang slapped him from behind.

"What nonsense are you saying? Isn’t this tragic enough?"

She now fully understood.

The Eldest Princess and the Imperial Family were determined to destroy their family.

Otherwise, why would one avoid meeting, and the other press them to this end?

"Even if it’s uninhabitable, we have to live here? We’ll find a way!" Lady Zhang said helplessly.

Tao Yanzhen looked incredulous.

"Mother!"

"You used to always support me, why have you suddenly changed like this!"

"You’re just as timid as Father!"

Lady Zhang gave him another fierce glance.

"Don’t talk nonsense!"

"We..."

She lowered her head to look at Tao Shuhai lying on the broken bed wrapped in a tattered quilt, filled with regret.

"If only we had listened to your father earlier, maybe it wouldn’t’ve come to this!"

"Old Master, I regret it so much!"

She cried out, lying on Old Master Tao.

Old Master Tao’s clouded eyes finally showed a hint of brightness, followed by a few drops of turbid tears.

He wanted to comfort his wife but was helpless.

Tao Yanzhen seemed to understand something too, lowered his head, and kept silent.

Tao Shuhai mumbled and struggled.

"Ancestral... Graves!"

"School!"

"Lands!"

Tao Yanzhen did not quite understand.

"Father, what do you mean, Father?"

Tao Shuhai rotated his clouded eyes, then exerted all his strength.

"Return... to the Ancestral Graves!"

"Establish... a school!"

After saying, he fainted.

He had a stroke, along with other ailments.

The accumulation of all these things suddenly defeated this man, already well into his middle years.

His hair turned white overnight, wrinkles deepened on his face, he aged over ten years in just one night.

A month ago, he was still an elegant Grand Scholar in the Hanlin Academy.

A month later, he became the state of this sickbed figure.

Indeed, illness strikes like a mountain crumbling, and attacks like floods breaking through a dam.

Lady Zhang continued to cry.

Tao Yanzhen understood his father’s words.

In a life of despair, there seemed to be a glimmer of hope to hold onto.

"Mother! Stop crying!"

Lady Zhang wiped her tears, sobbing bitterly.

"Well, life and death have fate, wealth is in the heavens!"

"It’s just a pity for my unborn grandson!"

"Otherwise I would die without regret! Wuuu..."

Tao Yanzhen lowered his head, silent, his expression complex.

They lived in the house given by the Emperor for a few days.

Finally, unable to bear it, they secretly sold the house, hired a carriage, and headed overnight to Saizhou in the Northwest.

It was the Tao Family’s ancestral place, their roots.

There they could live better than here.

At least... like human beings!

...

Xia Ruqing received the news by mid-April.

It was Zi Yue who casually mentioned it to her.

"Oh? They went to the Northwest?" She was a bit surprised.

"What about their illegitimate son from that family? Did they take him?"

Zi Yue laughed.

"Madam, your concerns are different from others!"

Actually, concerned about their illegitimate son!

"Probably took him!"

"Since they have divorced, how could the Eldest Princess possibly still help support the Tao Family’s child!"

Xia Ruqing’s eyes flashed slightly, not expressing directly.

But deep down she thought, she didn’t give birth to all of them for the Tao Family?

"The three children born by the Eldest Princess are all living at the Princess’s Mansion, and they have changed their surname! From now on, they have nothing to do with the Tao Family!" Zi Yue added.

Xia Ruqing nodded lightly.

"That’s good!"

"I think she has really come through the hardships!"

"She is a princess, with salary, land, and the Princess’s Mansion! She won’t worry about food and drink for a lifetime! And no one dares to trouble her!"

"With children around her, she won’t be frustrated, that’s truly..."

That’s truly the best outcome for women in ancient times.

See, you still can’t escape status.

She took a deep breath and made a firm decision.

She must find a reliable Prince Consort for Yue Er in the future.

He cannot be too weak, nor too strong.

Too weak will be looked down upon by Yue Er, too strong will bully Yue Er!