Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

"What's wrong with your voice?" Qi Qing asked Ling Qiqi with concern.

"It's okay, I'm fine now. It won't interfere with my eating and drinking." Ling Qiqi said carelessly.

"When I hugged you just now, I could clearly feel that you had lost a lot of weight." Qi Qing said again.

"Are you more beautiful than before?" Ling Qiqi asked shamelessly.

Qi Qing held back her tears and nodded with a smile.

"I have a lot to ask you. Is everything alright at home, Aunt Liu?" Ling Qiqi suddenly asked with a serious expression.

Seeing this, Qi Qing quickly calmed down and replied seriously:

"After I heard that you were poisoned, I started to investigate the people around you. At first, I found nothing. It was not until you left Beiwei that you seemed to relax your vigilance after poisoning. To my surprise, all the clues pointed to Aunt Liu. So I sent people to her home in the countryside, only to find that her family was missing. After a lot of effort, I finally found out that her family was imprisoned by a group of people in an abandoned temple outside the capital. I didn't believe that Aunt Liu was the mastermind, so I didn't rush to rescue them. I wanted to follow the clues to find the person behind the kidnapping. As a result..."

Qi Qing showed regret on her face and tears welled up in her eyes again.

"Their entire family was silenced?" Ling Qiqi asked anxiously.

"We only saved Young Master Liu. We failed to save Madam Liu's husband and the other two young masters."

"How did you rescue him? Did you alert the enemy?" Ling Qiqi continued to ask.

"We didn't alert them. The group had been tying them up, and knowing that they didn't know martial arts, they gradually relaxed their vigilance. Later, we found that they began to dig a pit in the grove outside the temple. We thought it was a sign of preparing to kill them, so we untied the father and son at night while they were asleep and let them escape separately. As a result, the group was alert and soon caught up with them and killed them on the spot. Only Young Master Liu escaped by chance and was taken away by us and hidden elsewhere. The group searched the area for several days, and we found a deeper cliff on a nearby mountain and pretended that they fell off the cliff. We also placed a dead body under the cliff, changed into Young Master Liu's clothes, and processed the head and body of the body to make it look like it was bitten by wild beasts, making it unrecognizable. Not long after, the group disappeared, and we think we had deceived them. During this period, none of our people were exposed."

Ling Qiqi nodded and asked:

"Where is Young Master Liu hiding now? Is he safe?"

"I brought Nan Shen with me, and he is now in Xingsheng Inn."

"What?" Ling Qiqi was a little bit incredulous.

"After we rescued him, we hid him in a secluded place, but he must have been too sad. He always refused to stay and insisted on going out for revenge. Later, someone from the Du family came to the pawnshop to redeem a family ornament that was pawned for 60 taels. I guessed that they wanted me to save the Liu family. I also heard that it was a family letter from Nan Shen. I knew you were still in Nan Shen. I was worried about you, so I decided to come and find you. I was also worried about leaving Master Liu in Bei Wei, so I simply brought Nan Shen with me."

"very good."

"It's a pity that we only saved Young Master Liu." Qi Qing felt ashamed and guilty when she saw Ling Qiqi praising her.

"You don't have to blame yourself too much. No one would rush to rescue someone in that situation. You've done a good job by finding out about Madam Liu's family in advance. If you had waited until we sent the letter before rescuing them, we would definitely not have been able to save anyone. Not only did you buy time, but you also handled it very carefully, leaving no traces behind, which makes it easier for us to do things in the future."

"The people I sent out later tracked down the group. One of them secretly went to the Prime Minister's Mansion and never came out again. Later that day, a maid in the Prime Minister's Mansion met with Wu Ma from Chunhui Palace."

"The people we sent out to track them down also found Aunt Wu."

"Is it the Queen?"

"I wasn't sure if it was the Queen or the Fifth Princess before, but if the Prime Minister's Mansion is involved, then it should be the Queen. After all, it is the Queen's family. The Fifth Princess is unlikely to dispatch people from the Prime Minister's Mansion at will."

"How is Nanny Liu?" Qi Qing asked.

"We hid her somewhere else. The Third Prince should have sent someone to secretly pick her up. They should arrive in two days. You can move in here too. There are too many people in the inn. Bring Young Master Liu over as well. There are enough rooms here for everyone to stay."

"Is it safe here?"

"The Third Prince must have arranged secret guards around us, and Nan Shen has been strictly investigating suspicious persons during this period, so we are safe for the time being. After all, this is Nan Shen, and Bei Wei's people are restricted everywhere here. As long as we are cautious, we will not be easily exposed."

"No wonder we were strictly checked after entering Nan Mirage. What are your plans next?"

"I am dead now, and I am taking this opportunity to live a normal life."

"Do you want to let the Sixth Prince know that you are safe? That way he won't worry."

"No, he won't worry about me."

Qi Qing wanted to defend the Sixth Prince, but then she felt that her identity was not right, so she gave up.

"By the way, shouldn't we sort out the relationships among our family?" Ling Qiqi turned around and asked Du Jingshan, who had been silent beside her.

Du Jingshan ignored her words and poured her a glass of water, held it in front of her and said:

"We'll discuss this later. You just talked too much. Drink some water."

"Oh." Ling Qiqi obediently took the cup and drank the water.

Seeing that the Seventh Princess was indeed feeling tired, Qi Qing did not dare to disturb her any further. She stood up and said goodbye, and promised to bring Young Master Liu over early the next morning so that the Seventh Princess could rest early.

On the way back to the inn, Qi Qing recalled the look in Du Jingshan's eyes when he saw the Seventh Princess drinking water just now, and couldn't help feeling lost. She was afraid that Du Jingshan would only inadvertently reveal that kind of look in front of the Seventh Princess.

Early the next morning, when there were not many people on the street, Qi Qing dragged a young man into the new house.

Ling Qiqi knew that he was Young Master Liu, and she looked him up and down, yawning.

But the appearance of this young Master Liu is a little hard to describe. At first glance, he is extremely ugly, but at a closer look, he is even worse than at first glance.

Ling Qiqi shook her head repeatedly in her heart.

"What do you mean by shaking your head? Do you think I'm ugly?" Young Master Liu stopped and stared at Ling Qiqi and asked.

"Did I shake my head? You must be seeing things."

"You shook your head. I saw it."

"Then you must have seen it wrong."

"There's nothing wrong with my eyes. I can't be wrong."

"Your eyes may not be sick, but your heart is sick. Your disease is called appearance anxiety."

"What green?"

"Appearance anxiety is similar to paranoia. It is a disease and must be treated."

“No one ever told me I was sick.”

"Then you haven't met me. If you had met me earlier, you would have been sick a long time ago. This disease needs early detection and treatment. You have to pay attention to it and don't delay it. If it gets serious, it will affect your life. If it gets even more serious, it may be fatal."

Seeing that the other party spoke so confidently and seriously, Young Master Liu didn't know whether it was true or not, and was speechless for a moment.

Qi Qing quickly stepped forward to smooth things over:

"Let's talk inside if you have anything to say. Let's not stand in the yard all the time."

Young Master Liu asked regardless:

"Where's my mother? Didn't you say I could see her here?"

"You stay here first, and I'll bring your mother back in two days." Ling Qiqi felt very sympathetic when she thought of the changes in his family, so she explained to him with rare patience.

"In two days? Why does it take two days? I want to see my mother right now." Young Master Liu shouted excitedly.

Ling Qiqi turned around and asked Qi Qing:

"Has he always been like this?"