ebookland Chapter 242 Towards a New Life
Chapter 242 Towards a New Life
After the palace banquet, Shi Lidie prepared to leave the capital and go to her fiefdom.
She had already told the emperor and the empress that she could not stay in the capital and that she could better display her value in her fiefdom, so she found an opportunity to bid farewell to the emperor and the empress.
"You have your own goals, so we won't keep you any longer. But remember, take some time every year to come back to the capital to see us and Qi'er," said the queen.
"Don't worry, mother. I will come back from time to time." Shi Lidie nodded with a smile.
After saying goodbye, she asked Wen Tan and Hui Xiang to pack up their things and pack up all the commonly used items in the princess's mansion in the capital and take them all to the fiefdom. After all, she would be living in the fiefdom for a long time in the future.
As for the capital, I would probably only come back to stay for a while at the end of the year or when there was something important.
"Princess, the luggage is packed. When are we leaving?" Wen Tan asked.
"Tomorrow morning," Shi Lidie said, "I have to go to Chen's house to say goodbye to Shu Ting."
Wen Tan nodded and went to prepare the carriage.
Shi Lidie went to the system in the house and exchanged it for a universal detoxification pill, then put it in a small porcelain bottle and then in a brocade box. After packaging it, she took it to the Chen family.
Chen Shuting knew that Shi Lidie was leaving and also knew that she would come to say goodbye, so she made preparations early in the morning.
She personally welcomed Shi Lidie in, had someone serve her tea, and then asked:
"When do you plan to leave?"
"tomorrow."
"So anxious?" Chen Shuting was a little surprised. "Since we separated in the capital of Ye State, we haven't had a good chat together for a long time. I thought you would stay in the capital for a while, but I didn't expect you to leave so soon."
"The capital is not a place for me to stay." Shi Lidie said with a smile, "I was born in the countryside and don't fit in here. Now it's time to go back to my countryside."
"You... I know you don't want to listen to the gossip in Beijing, right?" Chen Shuting said.
No matter how high Shi Lidie's position and power were, no matter how much she was personally conferred as the Princess of the Nation by the Emperor, the fact that she was over twenty years old and had not yet married was enough to become the topic of conversation among the people in the capital.
"What about you?" Shi Lidie asked instead of answering, "These gossips must be bothering you, right?"
Not to mention Shi Lidie, Chen Shuting is the same.
A few years ago, she secretly followed Chen Zhao out of the capital and went to the capital of Ye State to work as a spy. She opened a private custom shop and gathered intelligence for Shi Lidie and Chen Zhao. This delay also lasted for three years.
Like Shi Lidie, Chen Shuting is now 20 years old and still unmarried.
It's not that no one talked about her, but the Chen family was a top-notch family with connections in the court and a prominent family background. Plus, she had indeed made contributions to the country, so those gossips rarely reached her ears.
But Shi Lidie is different. She is a lonely person. Even though she is valued by the emperor and the empress, she cannot compare to the connections of the Chen family behind Chen Shuting, and there are not many things that can be asked of her. So in the eyes of those people, she is not worth currying favor with.
"My parents are looking for a date for me." Chen Shuting smiled bitterly. "I'm over 20 years old, and I'm considered an old girl in everyone's eyes, so there are only two options for me. One is to marry a widower as a second wife, and the other is to continue to be married to Zhao Jing'an."
Even though she is the daughter of the Chen family and the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites, she cannot escape the rules of this world.
Zhao Jing'an was once engaged to Chen Shuting, but later they broke off the engagement because of Song Miaomiao's incident, and Zhao Jing'an has not married to date.
After hearing this, Shi Lidie asked:
"Are you willing?"
"Of course I'm not willing to do that." Chen Shuting said, "I've seen the beautiful scenery outside and know that a woman's future can be more than just confined to the inner house. How can I be willing to marry someone like Zhao Jingan?"
"Then have you ever thought about going to my fiefdom?" Shi Lidie asked with a smile, "You are very knowledgeable. I will build a girls' school in my fiefdom in the future. I need a very reliable female teacher. I wonder if you are willing?"
"Of course I am willing!" Chen Shuting said immediately, "It's just that after I ran away with my brother, my family has been stricter with me. It's not so easy to run away now."
"Who said you were going to run away? You can leave openly." Shi Lidie smiled and handed over the universal detoxification pill she had prepared.
"what is this?"
Shi Lidie paused, made up a story about the origin of this thing, and said:
"This is a detoxification pill that can cure the cold poison in your third uncle, Mr. Chen Qinghe."
"Do you remember that I told you that my parents told me that there was a small tribe to the west of Dayin Dynasty, where there were pills that could detoxify. I even joked before that if I did business there, I would help you find it."
“This pill comes from that small tribe.”
"Although I didn't do business there, I went to Ye State. Ye Zhaonan, the former crown prince of Ye State, once led troops to wipe out that small tribe and snatched the holy medicine from the tribe. I got this thing from Ye Zhaonan."
"I thought, there's no use for me to keep it, so I can give it to Master Chen."
Master Chen has been kind to Shi Lidie. If it weren't for Master Chen, she might not have reached where she is today, so she must repay his kindness.
The antidote should have been exchanged long ago, but there has never been a suitable opportunity until today.
Shi Lidie found a suitable source for the pill, which not only fulfilled what she had said before, but also left no evidence. Neither the small tribe nor Ye Zhaonan could confirm the origin of the pill, so naturally they would not doubt it.
Chen Shuting carefully held the medicine box, her face full of joy:
"Can this really cure the cold poison in my uncle's body?"
"Yes." Shi Lidie nodded firmly.
"Then I can go out under the pretext of delivering medicine to my third uncle. I will go to Luoyun Town first, deliver the medicine to my third uncle, and then go directly to your fiefdom without returning to the capital." Chen Shuting said.
Shi Lidie shrugged and said nothing more, but everything was said without words.
She had said everything she needed to say to Chen Shuting, and it was time to leave, so she said goodbye to Chen Shuting and left the Chen family:
"I'm going to my fiefdom and head for a brand new life. Shu Ting, if you believe that a woman's value does not lie in getting married, and if you feel that you still have many meaningful things to do in your life, then I'll wait for you in my fiefdom."
"I will definitely go." Chen Shuting saw her to the door and watched her get on the carriage.
Early in the morning, before daybreak, Shi Lidie got up, washed, had breakfast, called Wen Tan and Hui Xiang, as well as the twenty guards given to her by the emperor, and took some other people with her, left the capital and headed towards her fiefdom.
She deliberately left early without letting anyone see her off.
The carriage sped all the way, out of the city gate and headed south. Facing the cool morning breeze and the slowly rising sun, she ran towards her fiefdom to start the next wonderful life.