Chapter 125: The Village Master of Funing

Wu Fang, standing behind Mo Lingwei, was slightly embarrassed.

Is this why His Royal Highness insisted on delivering the imperial edict himself?

Ordinary people would kneel down to receive the imperial edict. Miss Shen was young and didn't understand. The prince didn't take the emperor's majesty seriously.

Fortunately, when Mo Lingwei went to ask for the imperial edict this morning, the emperor looked happy, as if he felt that he could finally help his son.

He also wanted to arrange his eunuch and two imperial guards to read the imperial edict to give Shen Ningning enough face.

Unexpectedly, the prince directly refused and said he would deliver it in person.

Wu Fang deeply suspected that the reason why His Royal Highness wanted to deliver it in person was that he didn't want Shen Ningning to kneel.

This was too caring for her.

Shen Ningning opened the imperial edict, and she was already fully literate.

"The wind is as strong as a pine tree, the appearance is as graceful as a flower, and the beams of a morning rainbow... He is intelligent and virtuous, so he was named the Village Lord of Funing, and enjoyed a fief of 50 shi."

Mo Lingwei smiled with his thin lips, and waited for her to finish reading, then asked: "Do you like it?"

Shen Ningning raised her dark and beautiful eyes, and her childish voice was full of confusion: "Brother, what is a village master?"

Wu Fang couldn't help laughing.

Mo Lingwei turned around and glanced at him.

Wu Fang immediately held back his laughter and explained in a serious manner: "Miss Shen, this village chief is a position that can receive silver from the court."

"Half of the silver paid by the villages within a hundred miles will be distributed to you, and the court will also give you fifty stones of grain every month."

"In our Cangyun country, only the daughters of local dignitaries could be named village chiefs at first. This is a reward that the Crown Prince specially asked the emperor for because he thought you insisted on your own opinion and redressed the grievances for the Wu family!"

After Wu Fang finished speaking, he glanced at Mo Lingwei in a flattering way. The latter looked at him coldly, and then he calmed down a little.

Shen Ningning understood that it was a title that could receive food!

"Fu Ning Village Chief..." She held these four words between her lips and teeth and repeated them: "It sounds good!"

Mo Lingwei smiled: "I picked it for you personally."

"Thank you, brother." The little guy liked it very much.

Seeing this, Wu Fang followed her wishes and said, "With your good fortune and the love of our prince, you will definitely be more than a village head in the future."

"If you move up, you will be a county head, a princess, and finally a princess!"

Of course, it is simply a fantasy to be a princess if you are not a member of the royal family.

From the founding of Cangyun Kingdom to now, no commoner woman has been called a princess.

Mo Lingwei, on the contrary, held Shen Ningning's little hand: "Take your time, I will give it to you."

As he said, it was getting late, and he took Shen Ningning to the carriage.

The little guy poked his head out of the window: "Langlang, go home and tell grandma that my brother and I are going out, so she shouldn't worry."

From the time she came home yesterday to the time she just went out, grandma seemed to have a lot on her mind.

She didn't eat much breakfast, and Shen Ningning asked with concern. Grandma Qin just said it was too hot, so the little guy put a few more ice cubes out.

When she comes back, tell grandma the good news that she has become a village head, and grandma will definitely be happy!

The Black Wolf King nodded and howled twice to reassure Shen Ningning, and then the carriage left.

But when the Black Wolf King returned to the house, he saw that Grandma Qin had packed up and was about to go out.

"Awoo?" The Black Wolf King walked over and looked at Grandma Qin with a confused look.

Grandma Qin smiled kindly and touched its head: "I'm going out. I'm going to Yu'an County. It's not far. I can be back before dark."

The Black Wolf King chased for two steps. Grandma Qin turned around and waved back: "Don't worry, I'll go to the village and ask the child from the Chen family to take me there."

But the Black Wolf King still followed until he saw that Grandma Qin did call Chen Ye and left in Shen Ningning's carriage. He then returned to the mountain with peace of mind.

The cemetery that Shen Ningning chose for Wu Zuchang and his family happened to be in a mountain nest.

Surrounded by mountains behind and facing the white clouds in the distance, the view is wide.

Jingzhao Yin, with a group of yamen runners and several high-ranking officials, had been waiting here with Du Yuanwai's ashes.

They arrived early, and the people in the nearby Xitai Village heard the noise and stood not far away to watch.

They discussed in a low voice--

"I really can't believe that Shen Ningning is so capable that she really overturned the case for the Wu family!"

"She is really capable. The powerful wanted to suppress the case, but she disagreed. She was able to catch the murderer and crush his bones and scatter his ashes. This is also a comfort to the old Wu family."

"Don't you see who her backer is? That's the prince! A nobleman who is second to none."

"Ah, you say, Shen Ningning will not become the prince's concubine in the future, right? If she grows up and enters the East Palace, then when the prince ascends the throne in the future, won't she be a concubine?"

"It's too early to say this now. Shen Ningning is only a few years old. Maybe when she is older, she will have been forgotten by the prince."

Everyone had different opinions until the prince took Shen Ningning's little hand and appeared at the end of the mountain road.

Mo Lingwei was naturally imposing, intimidating without anger, and his aura was cold and proud.

All the villagers who were gossiping shut up immediately.

"Be careful, watch your step." Mo Lingwei bowed his head and told Shen Ningning.

"I won't fall, I'm holding my brother, holding him tightly!" She said softly, and Mo Lingwei laughed softly.

When the two arrived, Jingzhao Yin immediately brought officials to pay their respects.

According to the folk process of comforting the dead, a fire pot should be lit and yellow paper should be burned.

Jingzhao Yin personally lit the fire, and when Shen Ningning looked at the flames, the name of Wu Zuchang on the tombstone suddenly blurred.

She realized that she was crying again, and her tears disturbed her vision.

Shen Ningning raised her hand to wipe them away.

"Brother Zuchang, I'm here to see you. The murderer who killed you has been brought to justice."

A gust of summer wind blew, and there was a rustling sound in the forest. No one responded, but it seemed to be a response.

Jingzhao Yin nodded to the two officials, and they opened the box and scattered Du Yuanwai's ashes outside.

"The injustice has been settled, and you can rest assured on your journey." Jingzhao Yin bowed.

Mo Lingwei stepped forward and offered a glass of wine.

Shen Ningning took out two small paper figures from her pocket.

The big one was very tall, holding the hands of the little figures, Shen Ningning drew smiling faces on them.

She gently put them in the brazier: "Brother Zuchang, I hope you have seen the girl, and don't worry about me. I will live a good life with grandma. When I find my parents, I will come to tell you the good news."

The wind passed, the fire swayed, the tombstone was cold, and the tears were hot.

Finally, Mo Lingwei led Shen Ningning's little hand down the mountain.

On the mountain road, the little girl's soft voice came: "Brother, actually I dreamed of Brother Zuchang last night."

"Oh? Did he talk to you?"

"He didn't say anything, just looked at me and smiled, and finally gave me a small flower with green stamens, just like fireflies. I guess he should have seen the girl now!"

"Then he must want to tell you, don't be sad anymore."

Shen Ningning nodded heavily, her black water eyes looked forward: "I won't cry anymore, I want to live a good life and find my father and mother!"

Mo Lingwei and her figure disappeared at the end of the mountain road with a group of officials.

Behind them, several graves of the Wu family were clustered together, located in the quiet and peaceful mountains.

A gust of wind passed, and behind Wu Zuchang's tombstone, a small flower swayed in the wind, the stamens were tender green, and seemed to have fragrance.

Seven or eight days passed.

Shen Ningning's life returned to normal.

That day she went to the village to give Jiang Zhi some big dumplings made by her grandmother.

However, she saw the old village chief walking out of his house with a sad face.

As soon as he saw Shen Ningning, he immediately felt like he saw a savior.

"Ningning, I was just about to find you. Something happened. We were targeted."

As of this chapter, my saved drafts have been officially used up, and my vacation has also ended. TUT Challenge 3 updates a day in August! Bobo, everyone