novelraw Chapter 238: The Tiny One Born in the Coffin
Chapter 238: The Tiny One Born in the Coffin
This is a great mother. Although Cheng Xiaoxiao doesn’t know who was so heartless to bury this mother and child alive, the mother’s love for her child is fully expressed in the blood-stained words.
It’s important to know that ancient people were very superstitious. They believed in reincarnation, in the afterlife, in lives beyond life.
And this mother would rather give up the chance to be reborn herself to fight for a chance at life for her child.
This is great maternal love. Cheng Xiaoxiao asked herself if she could do the same if it were her, and she might not be able to.
However, she wouldn’t let herself be slaughtered and end up in such a fate.
Suddenly, the child let out a cry. Although not loud, the sound was very penetrating.
Cheng Xiaoxiao was very pleased to hear the sound; finally, the child cried out.
She believed that mother and child could sense each other, even if separated by life and death.
At the last moment of her life, the mother was most concerned about the child in her womb. Unfortunately, she couldn’t see the child’s birth before she passed away.
The child cried out, almost as if it had learned its innate ability.
The sound penetrated the coffin and was heard outside.
In the quiet night, with the wind howling and shadows of trees growing, two sneaky grave robbers were hard at work on the outskirts of the mountains, wielding special shovels and dreaming of getting rich overnight.
The sound of a child’s cry reached their ears, causing both to freeze at the same time.
"Monkey, did you hear that sound?"
The man with a sharp face, called Monkey, had a bad feeling. He also heard the crying. Could there be something unclean here?
As he thought this, the intermittent cries sounded far and lingering, echoing in the dark forest. This time, both men changed their expressions at the same time; without asking, they knew the other heard it too, and it wasn’t just an auditory hallucination of one person.
They both screamed, "There are ghosts!"
Dropping their tools, they fled in a panic, tumbling over each other.
"Hahaha!"
"Host, just now, two grave robbers were scared out of their wits by the little one’s cries."
Cheng Xiaoxiao was surprised, "Isn’t this the Imperial Mausoleum? How could there be grave robbers?"
"The grave robbers are in the back mountain. There’s a disorderly burial ground there, while the front mountain is within the Imperial Mausoleum range," the system explained.
As soon as Cheng Xiaoxiao spoke, she sensed something was wrong. She had thought someone had mistakenly entered the Imperial Mausoleum and was injured and needed her help, but she didn’t expect it to be this situation.
Now she was in the Imperial Mausoleum, and the woman in the coffin couldn’t be the Emperor’s concubine, right?
But that didn’t seem right either. Even if she hadn’t seen her face, she knew this woman wasn’t old. Even if she died young, she couldn’t leave her child, could she?
Nor could it be a Palace Maid who got pregnant by some important person. Someone with insufficient status wouldn’t be eligible to be buried here. This is the Imperial Mausoleum; even concubines of lower rank wouldn’t qualify to be buried here. Only the Emperor and immediate family, or at least an Empress or a noble with Concubine status or higher, would qualify.
Suddenly, she thought of something.
Could it be such a cliché?
Is this little one with the pacifier in her arms a Prince?
But how could the Emperor abandon his child? Could this lady have cuckolded the Emperor?
Not very likely!
Judging by the specs, it’s obviously a grand burial, and there’re so many burial items in the coffin. If she had cuckolded him, she’d more likely be given a cup of poisoned wine or white silk.
How could they leave any living witnesses alive? Ordinary men can’t bear to be cuckolded, let alone a nation’s ruler.
No matter how clever Cheng Xiaoxiao’s mind was, she couldn’t figure out the key.
Guessing this and that was quite a brain drain.
Forget it, who cares.
If no one wants this little one, no matter the noble or lowly status, being persecuted to the point of not even being able to be born, he’ll follow her from now on. She’ll protect him as he grows into a strong young man.
As Cheng Xiaoxiao pondered, the system laughed loudly again.
Today’s system had an especially low threshold for amusement, and without waiting for questions, it couldn’t wait to share.
"Host, host, those two grave robbers were so silly, they were probably scared silly, running frantically in the wrong direction, and they’re getting closer to us. Why not pat the little one’s bottom and make him cry again to scare those two fools."
As soon as the system finished speaking, the little one cooperatively burst into tears.
Cheng Xiaoxiao was stunned. Could the little one hear the system talking?
Uh!
Turns out the 30 ml of milk was finished, and he was probably still hungry, hence the crying again.
Sure enough, on the other side of the mountain, the two of them heard the child’s cries again, begging and pleading while running away, confessing all the bad things they had done in their lifetime.
This time, listening to the system’s narrative, Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but laugh either.
Evil people deserve their own malevolent spirits to grind them down.
"Alright, enough with the mischief. Let’s hurry and leave while the air in the coffin is running out."
Cheng Xiaoxiao took out the Space Shuttle and pressed the button...
Time ticked by, roughly five minutes passed.
The white light still didn’t descend. Holding the child in one hand and the Space Transmitter in the other, she asked the system in surprise, "This borrowed Space Transmitter isn’t a second-hand item, is it?"
Why did it break after just one use? This is so irresponsible."
Due to the lack of response from the Space Transmitter, the system immediately consulted headquarters.
Then the system told Cheng Xiaoxiao some bad news: the Space Transmitter must be activated in an open space, meaning it couldn’t be activated in an enclosed space.
Ha, what’s the logic behind this?
Then how did she get in?
Cheng Xiaoxiao was utterly speechless; what kind of setup was this, only delivery, no pickup?
The system said weakly, "Host, our Space Transmitter is borrowed, so let’s not pick too many bones with it. If we anger headquarters and they decide to take it back, then we’ll have to walk back to the team. Who knows how long that will take?"
Cheng Xiaoxiao pouted, still a bit unwilling.
"Then ask headquarters if we’re trapped here and can’t get out, aren’t we just waiting to die?
To get to an open area, I have to be able to pry open this coffin. Ask headquarters if they can send us some tools or something. We can work, but how can we work without tools?" Cheng Xiaoxiao continued to coax the system to dig deeper.
The system thought about it too; the coffin nails were fastened, and soil was buried on top. How could the host possibly get out by herself?
Cheng Xiaoxiao cheered the system on in her mind, urging it to quickly connect with headquarters for a solution.
After another half quarter of an hour, the system finally responded.
Cheng Xiaoxiao eagerly asked, "How’s it going? What’s their response?"
Before she heard the system’s voice, she found herself holding something. Blinking her eyes in confusion, she didn’t understand its purpose. Turning it over, she saw it was just an ordinary iron shovel.
Is she supposed to use the shovel to pry open the coffin? Haha! Isn’t this too childish?