Farm Girl Turns Everything Around: Sly Husband, Let's Farm

Chapter 1289: Chapter 1088: Qiao Qinghe’s Original Partner_1 Chapter 1289: Chapter 1088: Qiao Qinghe’s Original Partner_1 “Ah?” This news was quite unexpected for Yang Hao as he slightly widened his eyes, “You’re saying that Qiao Qinghe’s wife is Fan De’an’s mother?”

“Yes.” Yang Ye nodded and began to recount the sequence of events.

“Qiao Qinghe’s wife Fang Qin was three years older than Qiao Qinghe. ‘A woman three years older, a treasure to hold,’ as the saying goes. She had just married and given birth to a healthy son when misfortune struck, as floods ravaged her hometown. That year, she was swept away by the floods while holding her child, but luckily, they were saved, and both mother and child survived.”

“The one who saved her was Fan De’an’s father, an ordinary Juren, with a modest family fortune, who just happened to have lost his wife.”

“One separated from her husband, the other a widower in middle age, so the two of them ended up together.”

“And Fan De’an was actually Qiao Qinghe’s very son.”

“The Fan family settled in the Capital City, and Fan De’an took the Imperial Examination. The emperor saw his talent and good character, and valued him highly.”

“Remember the Dried Sweet Potatoes that Qiao Xiaomai made that were rejected for being unclean? The first to reject them was Fang Qin, who had remarried and faced some gossip and slander, so she was quick to avoid someone like Zhuang Luhe.”

“The time when the Left Minister himself sat at Jiwei House and prevented those families from entering, the Fan family was among them. It’s like ‘a flood washing over the Dragon King Temple–one family fails to recognize its own.’”

Yang Hao “…”

After hearing Yang Ye’s story, he envisioned the face of old Madame Fan, the filial Fan De’an who had requested an imperial title for her a few years back. Now, she was a third-rank imperial titled lady.

A third-rank imperial titled lady, somehow linked to Qiao Qinghe…

All of this had already been known to Qiao Xiaomai from previous letters, but hearing it recounted by Yang Ye still stirred emotions within her heart.

Fate really is a jest, Qiao Qinghe separated from his wife, himself fallen into a den of thieves, living in a daze for decades with a wretched old crone like the Sun Family, while his wife became an imperial titled lady.

A couple with two different fates, how sigh-worthy.

“Your Highness, there’s no doubt about all this, right?” asked Xiaomai.

“There shouldn’t be any doubt, but I’ve learned all this from others. Perhaps I should directly send someone to find her,” suggested Yang Ye.

“Hmm…” Xiaomai hesitated, “My grandfather is still unconscious now. He did want to look for her, but he would never have imagined such fates for the two of them. How about we wait until he regains consciousness before we inquire at the Fan’s household?”

Qiao Qinghe was now in a vegetative state, while Fang Qin was a third-rank imperial titled lady.

Separated for decades, who knows whether Fang Qin would be willing to recognize him.

This decision should be left to Qiao Qinghe.

“But what if Qiao Qinghe never wakes up?” asked Yang Ye.

“If he never wakes up, then let it be. It means their destinies in this life are exhausted. One’s an imperial titled lady, the other a country old man; the disparity is so great, it’s probably best not to disturb Madame Fan for the time being.”

“Fan De’an’s nominal father has long passed away, and now Fang Qin is the head of the Fan family. Perhaps she has regrets in her heart, and maybe she too wishes to see Qiao Qinghe again,” Yang Ye offered a different perspective.

“There’s also Fan De’an, who has yet to meet his biological father.”

“No, they, mother and son, are living a good life now. Telling them about my grandfather’s situation will only disturb their peaceful lives.” Xiaomai still shook her head, standing firm in her opinion.

“This choice, I leave to my grandfather.”

“Then so be it,” Yang Ye, seeing this, didn’t insist, since his duty was only to investigate. Now that he had the results of his investigation, his task was complete.