Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

Arriving at the study, Yang Zhijin personally made two cups of tea. After the two sat down, Xie Yunzhou took a sip from the cup and said in surprise: "Hey, this tea is good."

"This is a piece of tea that a farm girl picked from the mountains and roasted at home. Some time ago, I went to the village to do some work, and someone gave it to me as a thank you."

"I'll bring you some when you leave."

"Row."

Xie Yunzhou did not refuse, he thought it tasted really good.

After they finished their tea, Yang Zhijin asked, "Yunzhou, tell me, is there anything I can help you with?"

Yang Zhijin knew very well that his good friend came to him at this time not just to reminisce about the past, there must be something else, and it must be a big thing, and he would be needed.

Otherwise, as a friend, he could just order his servants to do it, and there would be no need for the friend to do it personally.

But now not only did his good friend come to Wuning County in person, he also came to find him. He thought things would not be simple.

As he expected, Xie Yunzhou's next words gave him a further understanding of the situation in the DPRK.

But that was none of his business. He just needed to do his job as the magistrate of Wuning County and ensure that the people under his rule could safely survive the locust plague.

"Zhi Jin, I won't hide it from you. My sister-in-law brought her nephew back to the capital from Beiling City. When they passed by Qingshan Prefecture, her nephew Mingxuan was kidnapped without alerting anyone who followed them."

After hearing what Xie Yunzhou said, Yang Zhijin's expression changed from calm to serious very quickly.

He knew that among the direct descendants of Prince An's Mansion, Xie Mingxuan was the only boy. His good friend had never married and therefore had no children. Xie Shiya was a girl and would get married in the future. Whether the baby was a boy or a girl, the child would have to take someone else's surname.

What's more, Xie Mingxuan is the legitimate son of Xie Qichen, the prince of Prince An's Mansion. If nothing unexpected happens, he will inherit the palace in the future. This shows how valuable Xie Mingxuan's identity is.

The key point is that Prince An’s Mansion is no different from other aristocratic families. Not only is the family tradition clean, but there are also no messy people in the mansion, such as concubines.

Now Prince An Xie Kunchang has only one princess consort, who is his good friend’s mother.

Unlike his father, after his mother passed away, he couldn't wait to bring his stepmother home, and he also took in many concubines and several maids.

As far as he knew, there were two concubines in the Marquis's Mansion, both of whom were maids of his stepmother. In order to win his father's heart, the maids were sent away.

His father doesn't care about meat or vegetables, so he will accept whatever you give him.

But the good thing is that his father didn't completely lose his mind and give birth to a lot of illegitimate sons and daughters. So far, there are only two young masters in the marquis's mansion and only he and his stepmother's son, Yang Yunchi.

Of course, it is unknown whether his father was unwilling to have a child or his stepmother was too skillful and made all the pregnant women in the house have abortions.

Let’s not talk about the matter of the Marquis’ Mansion for now. The next generation heir of the Prince An’s Mansion was kidnapped on the way back to the capital. This is no trivial matter.

First of all, it is not normal that Xie Qichen is willing to let his wife and son return to the palace.

After all, Xie Mingxuan has been living in Beiling City since he was born. If he suddenly has to return to Beijing, something big might have happened in the palace.

Xie Mingxuan returned to Beijing with his mother, so their whereabouts were kept secret, but they were still known clearly to others.

He didn't believe that there were no spies, but as the general of Huaihua, Xie Qichen had been guarding Beiling Town. No matter himself or his wife and children, every person he used would be carefully selected, and only those with a clean background would be chosen.

The whereabouts of Xie Mingxuan and his group were exposed, and Xie Mingxuan was successfully abducted, which shows that the person behind the scenes is not simple.

If there is anything happening right now that would make people disregard offending Prince An's Mansion and use Xie Mingxuan as a bargaining chip.

If he guessed correctly, it was only a matter of fighting for the throne, but he didn't know whether the person who did it was from the eldest prince's faction or the second prince's faction.

"Yunzhou, when did Mingxuan disappear? Why didn't you come to find me earlier?"

"Zhi Jin, it's not that I don't want to come, but my father told me to search for him secretly. I left the palace without even my followers or secret guards."

After hearing what Xie Yunzhou said, Yang Zhijin realized that the facts were almost exactly what he guessed. He was probably aware of the disappearance of his grandson and wondered who was involved, or what the other party's intention was in kidnapping Mingxuan.

Indeed, before the battle for the throne reaches a fever pitch, it is better for Prince An's Mansion to remain neutral, not to take sides, and not to let the palace become a victim.

After all, the current emperor is in his prime, and it is not yet time to appoint a crown prince.

The reason why the First Prince and the Second Prince's factions are so anxious to win over people is that the Third Prince is too outstanding. He defeated Xiliang some time ago and returned triumphantly. His reputation among the people is getting higher and higher, which makes the First Prince and the Second Prince feel threatened.

That's why he couldn't wait to win over people and expand his power, hoping to have a better chance of winning in the fight for the throne.

The Prince An's Mansion is a royal family and has considerable influence in the court. It is normal for it to be the target of the princes' efforts to win over.

But now is not the time to talk about this. The most important thing is to find Mingxuan as soon as possible.

"Then why did you come to me? Is it true that the last place Mingxuan appeared was Wuning County?"

Yang Zhijin knew his friends well and valued his relatives very much. He said that Mingxuan disappeared in Qingshan Mansion, which meant that his friends had searched Qingshan Mansion thoroughly but could not find Mingxuan.

Instead, he came to find me, which means one thing: Mingxuan had appeared in Wuning County, or there were clues pointing to Wuning County.

When Xie Yunzhou heard what Yang Zhijin said, he was not sure, but he was not sure either, because he did not know whether his nephew was in Wuning County.

After all, he was just in Lanlong County and heard others talking about how the young master of the Jiang family was abducted by human traffickers and was finally rescued by a young girl. He kept his promise and gave the girl 12,000 taels of silver.

Only then did he think of trying his luck to see if his nephew had escaped and fallen into the hands of the human traffickers again.

To be honest, when he first had this thought, he felt like he was going crazy for having such an outrageous idea.

You have to know that no matter who sent people to kidnap Mingxuan, that person would not be weak in martial arts. My nephew is only seven years old, how could he escape from the hands of someone with good martial arts skills.

Just thinking about it seemed impossible, but there was a voice in his heart telling him that he must go to Wuning County.

He then took advantage of the human traffickers and came to Wuning County.

He didn't find his nephew here, but he saw a girl who looked very much like his aunt.

Fortunately, his father sent secret guards here, which made it much easier for him to investigate some things.

The reason why he came to the county government office to visit his good friend was that they hadn't seen each other for a long time. It would be unreasonable for him to come to each other's territory but just come to take a look.

On the other hand, he heard that the human traffickers were handled by his good friends, and the abducted children were also sent back by his friends.