I don't want to be the favorite concubine of this palace anymore

With Anlong by her side, An Muxi felt inexplicably safe. She relaxed as well. She hadn't eaten last night and now she felt even hungrier. She didn't hesitate to pick up the meat bun and started eating.

Seeing her eating the buns, Anlong lay down directly, his breathing became steady, and he seemed to have fallen asleep.

He was really tired. He had been running day and night and had killed several horses. Later, he received news from Master Ye and learned that she was in Yuncheng, so he changed his route and went to Yuncheng.

Along the way, except for eating a few bites of dry food and resting for a while, he didn't stop again, and finally found her before dawn.

As soon as my heart settled down, I felt exhausted. Seeing her sitting beside me safe and sound, I finally fell into a deep sleep.

An Muxi looked at the sleeping Dark Dragon and felt that this man was quite mysterious. However, was it always the leader of their Shadow Pavilion who personally took charge of every mission?

The black and gold mask on his face covered his entire face. An Muxi suddenly became curious about what he looked like under the mask.

She reached out her hand and wanted to secretly take off the mask to have a look, but she felt that this was not very authentic. What if he was too ugly to be seen in public? In the end, she gave up.

At noon, Yin Qianqian finally woke up. When she saw that it was already noon outside, she felt annoyed. Ah Xing had tortured her so much last night that she had only woken up now.

"Ah Xing, damn it, where is he?!"

After a while, Ah Xing came in with hot water, put down the basin, and then came over to help her put on her clothes.

"Do you know what time it is now? If it's any later the day will be over and there's no need to leave the city!"

Ah Xing helped her put on her dress skillfully, and then said calmly: "Wash up first, I'll get you breakfast."

Yin Qianqian felt that she was becoming increasingly helpless in dealing with Ah Xing recently. Well, she was about to marry into the Prince's Mansion anyway, and she wouldn't have to deal with this unlucky guy all day long!

Soon, Ah Xing came in with a tray with three side dishes and a bowl of rice.

Yin Qianqian was in a hurry to ask Ah Xing to deal with An Muxi, so she didn't complain and finished her breakfast quickly.

"Go ahead, but remember not to make too much noise. I'll be waiting for you at the inn."

Ah Xing got up and walked out.

Yin Qianqian knew that Ah Xing's skills would not be a problem in dealing with those thugs in the brothel. Moreover, she asked him to sneak in quietly, not to alert others, and come out quickly after killing An Muxi.

They immediately set off to return to the imperial capital. Even if Li Rui found An Muxi, he would only think that she was tortured to death.

Seeing the woman you love die on the bed of a brothel must be an unforgettable feeling!

She had no idea that she had become so mentally twisted and abnormal just because she had been rejected several times and couldn't get the love she wanted.

She only knew that she would feel happy and satisfied if Li Rui collapsed!

The inn they stayed in was not far from the brothel, and Ah Xing came back in less than an incense stick of time.

Yin Qianqian asked excitedly: "Is it resolved so quickly?"

Ah Xing looked a little strange. "She's not in the brothel. She's gone!"

Yin Qianqian was shocked: "What?! Where did she go? Didn't you ask the madam?"

Ah Xing said: "I asked the madam, and she only said that An Muxi served Ye Shizi last night. Maybe Ye Shizi took her back to the palace."

Yin Qianqian felt that An Muxi was extremely lucky. The first time she received a customer, she met the most powerful man in Yuncheng, Ye Shizi, and was taken back to the palace.

The shop in Yuncheng was opened on the fiefdom of Prince Ye. They didn't have time to curry favor with Prince Ye, but a woman was taken away, so the brothel certainly wouldn't dare to ask for her.

But Yin Qianqian always felt uneasy that she didn't kill An Muxi. That woman was not as brainless as Bai Yueli.

What if she were to return to the imperial capital alive and tell Li Rui what happened? Then I would be exposed. What should I do?

She hesitated for a long time and looked at Ah Xing: "Ah Xing, if King Rui knew about this, would you say it was you who did it?"

Ah Xing seemed to have guessed her thoughts long ago. There was no ripple on his face, and he just looked at her calmly.

Yin Qianqian looked away a little unnaturally. For some reason, she actually felt a little guilty.

Ah Xing is just a lowly slave. Isn't it normal to sacrifice him to save yourself?

Ah Xing's face was gloomy and he hummed softly.

Yin Qianqian was finally relieved: "Okay, then it's settled. If Prince Rui pursues the matter, I will find a way to protect you."

"Let's set off for the imperial capital as soon as possible. It seems that my father and mother will come to see me off in the next few days."

Ah Xing walked out silently and prepared the carriage.

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The Ningguo Mansion seemed to be in an uproar at this moment. Several people were kneeling in the yard, with the Duke and his wife sitting at the top, and Wu covered her face and cried quietly.

She still couldn't believe that Bai Yueli was not her biological daughter! She was Aunt Gui's granddaughter!

Bai Jingchen stood behind the Duke, looking a little anxious.

Yesterday, the waiter found them unconscious and woke them up. After he discovered that Xier was missing, he quickly went to the Ministry of War to request a search warrant and mobilized some troops to look for her. He also sent a letter to Lu Qingfeng asking him to arrange for people from the barracks to help in the search.

The Duke looked at Nanny Gui and her son and daughter-in-law lying on the ground and was filled with rage. It was all because of these black-hearted servants that the young lady of the Duke of Ningguo's Mansion had to be stranded outside!

Duke Ningguo shouted angrily, "You guys deserve to die! I'll deal with you after I find my daughter!"

Bai Jingchen had interrogated Nanny Gui's son Zhang Tiezhu overnight, and he confessed everything after just a little torture.

Nanny Gui and her son shrank back in fear. Nanny Gui looked up at Wu and cried, "Madam, this was all my idea. I asked Tiezhu to help switch the young lady. I am willing to take all the responsibility.

Madam, please spare Tiezhu's family for the sake of my decades of dedicated service to you!"

Aunt Gui knew that she would definitely not survive this time, but she still wanted to preserve the Zhang family's bloodline.

Mrs. Wu had already been devastated by this shocking news. Nanny Gui was her wet nurse and had indeed taken good care of her, but she did something unforgivable.

Thinking that her own daughter was sent away by her adoptive father to be a concubine, Wu felt heartbroken!

Bai Jingchen said coldly: "You still have the nerve to beg mother? If it weren't for your family's ungrateful and heartless people, how could the eldest daughter of the Ningguo Mansion end up in that small county town and be tortured to grow up?

Now they are plotting to kill her! If you have any conscience, you won't do such a heartless thing for the good things your mother has done for your family!"

Duke Ningguo roared angrily, "Hasn't that rebellious girl arrived yet?!"

The Duke didn't expect that Bai Yueli actually knew that she was a fake daughter, and even wanted to send An Muxi to a low-class brothel to humiliate her and then destroy her body!

He couldn't believe that Bai Yueli, whom he had watched grow up, was the one who had done such a vicious plot.

Thinking about how his family was so blind to raise Aunt Gui's granddaughter as a treasure, he wanted to chop those people into meat paste!

Bai Jingchen said: "I have sent someone to invite him, he should be here soon."

Duke Ningguo calmed down for a while and said, "Bai Yueli is already married, and she will belong to the Chengwang Mansion from now on. I will give her a letter of severance today, and she will have nothing to do with our Duke Ningguo Mansion from now on!"

Mrs. Wu was a little sad, thinking that the daughter whom she loved so much was actually born to a servant. However, how could the mother-daughter relationship of more than ten years be so easily severed?

She looked at Duke Ningguo and said, "My husband, after all, we raised Li'er. Isn't this a bit too much?"

Duke Ning looked at Wu and said, "She was a servant's daughter, but she was raised as the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion, and was served with fine clothes and delicious food. She was also given a generous dowry and married into the Prince's Mansion as the prince's principal wife.

Isn't that enough? And your own daughter was thrown into that small county town because she took over your nest, and was tortured by her adoptive father and stepmother, and finally sent to the Rui Wang Mansion as a concubine. Could you bear it?

If Bai Yueli had chosen to tell us the truth when she knew it, I might have still thought about our father-daughter relationship and not done such a ruthless thing."

"But not only did she hide the truth, she also wanted to kill our daughter. Can you still forgive her?

I can no longer treat her as my own daughter. Not holding her accountable would be a loss for all the years of family love!"

Wu had been married to Duke Ningguo for many years and they had always loved each other. It was the first time that Duke Ningguo said this to her and she felt a little aggrieved, but she also felt that he was right, thinking of how pitiful her own biological daughter was, having lost the only adoptive mother who loved her at the age of eight.

How did she grow up after all these years? I couldn't help crying again.

At this time, a confident voice came: "Father, mother, do you want to see me for something?"