As expected by everyone, she became the wife of the Marquis after being married off

When Li Jing's spy informed him of this, it was too late for him to react. Meng Changce's carriage might have gone far out of the city by then.

Li Jing pushed a chair down fiercely in the study. The sound of the chair falling echoed in the space. The secret spy kneeling on the ground lowered his head even more, fearing that his anger would be transferred to him instantly.

The spy dared not speak and reduce his presence.

Li Jing turned his back to the spy and clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turning slightly white from the force he exerted.

"Great! What a great Meng Changce, Marquis of Changning!" Li Jing thought of Meng Changce's performance at that time, and his breathing became rapid and heavy with anger, like an enraged beast.

"Since you want to flee far away, I should see you off!" Li Jing turned around, his eyes cold and sharp, every word he said made people feel sick. "Send a few more people to see Chang Ning Hou off, regardless of death or injury."

"Yes." The spy was stunned and glanced at Li Jing.

He still sensed the oppression in the air, nodded and retreated.

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Shen Lanyue woke up while being shaken. Fanfan was originally supporting himself with his wrists. After seeing Shen Lanyue, he immediately poured a glass of water from the table, walked to her bedside and handed it to her.

"lady."

Shen Lanyue took it, drank it and relieved the dryness in her throat, then looked around and asked, "Where is the Marquis?"

Fanfan: "The Marquis came over just now, and when he saw that Madam was sleeping soundly, he left again."

Shen Lanyue nodded and said, "I see. You are tired too. Go to the couch over there and take a nap."

"I am not tired."

Fanfan quickly shook his head.

Shen Lanyue smiled gently, knowing that Fanfan would not listen even if she was pressuring her. So she did not bring it up again, but walked to the window and looked out at the river where she could not see the eaves.

At a glance, all they could see were woods on both sides, and the distance between them was very far apart. Their boat was in the middle.

Shen Lanyue had never seen the sea. In her eyes, this was the largest lake she had ever seen. The lake where the young ladies and gentlemen in the capital city cruised was not worth mentioning at all.

"It's really big!" Fanfan couldn't help but exclaim.

Shen Lanyue turned sideways and looked at the amazement in her eyes, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly.

"Go out and have a look."

There was a gleam of surprise in Fanfan's eyes. He looked at Shen Lanyue and nodded vigorously. Then he put the cloak around Shen Lanyue and followed her out of the room.

Shen Lanyue came out of the cabin. The breeze blowing towards her was refreshing and clean. What she saw were continuous mountains and tall green trees. Her mood suddenly became very strange.

She couldn't help thinking: It turns out that the scenery outside the capital is so beautiful. The free birds flew past her eyes, and it was no longer the sky in her eyes.

In her previous life, she was trapped in the backyard wall, and she often looked up at the square sky. When she was in the boudoir, even if she could go out occasionally, most of the time the rules prevented them from staying for too long.

After marrying Li Wenxuan, let alone talking about it. She was a woman living in the palace, trapped in lies, let alone leaving the capital to go to the outside world.

In a sense, this was Shen Lanyue's first time leaving the capital.

"Ma'am." Fanfan's eyes were almost filled with surprise. "It's really beautiful!"

"What's so beautiful?"

Shen Lanyue still curled her lips and was about to speak when her eyes met Meng Changce who was walking over.

His eyes were full of tenderness, his deep eyes were facing her, with a smile in them. Amidst the mountains and rivers, he became gentle and warm, a feeling that Shen Lanyue had never seen before, just like the breeze blowing past her face, making her eyes halo and glow.

At that moment, Shen Lanyue's heart beat uncontrollably for a few beats.

"My Lord." Fanfan quickly turned around and saluted.

Meng Changce's eyes shifted away from Shen Lanyue's gaze, "Get up." Then he walked to Shen Lanyue's side and tied the belt of her cloak.

"Be careful of catching a cold."

Shen Lanyue came back to her senses and said with a smile, "The Marquis seems different from before." He was not like the Regent Meng Changce in her memory of her previous life, who was decisive and ruthless and had blood in his eyes, nor was he like the Meng Changce who always smiled in the capital and made people wonder if he had some trick behind his back.

If Shen Lanyue were to say, Meng Changce in front of her now is like a young man in his prime, unrestrained and flamboyant, yet containing countless profound meanings.

"Hmm?" Meng Changce showed a little surprise in his eyes and asked her curiously, "What's the difference?"

Shen Lanyue's smile deepened, with bright spots in her eyes spreading to the corners of her eyes.

The breeze blew just right, blowing the long hair on Shen Lanyue's forehead, stirring the heartstrings of someone.

Meng Changce's usually cold eyes were filled with tenderness. He reached out and grabbed the hair in front of him: "The wind is blowing."

Fanfan didn't dare to look up at her two masters. She felt that there seemed to be an atmosphere between them at this moment that she could not understand or integrate into, so whispering.

Shen Lanyue took a deep breath silently in her heart and turned slightly to the side: "Yes, the wind is blowing. I'm afraid there will be a lot of wind and rain when we leave the capital this time. I don't know when I will see such a scenery next time."

"Not far."

Shen Lanyue listened to his voice which suddenly changed to a low and cold one, her eyes flickered slightly, but she did not ask any more questions.

Not long after she left the capital, she discovered that something was very wrong. Whether it was the sudden departure or the fact that the ship turned into a water vessel not long after it left, both clearly told Shen Lanyue that all this was part of Meng Changce's plan.

His absence from court for several days forced Emperor Yingde to ask someone to inquire about his health, so that he could enter the palace with a legitimate reason and then ask the emperor to let him return to Jiangbei.

Shen Lanyue's pupils shrank and her eyebrows twitched.

This gave her a bold idea. Maybe Emperor Yingde also wanted him to leave, but she didn't know what method he used to make the emperor who had been monitoring him let him go.

Meng Changce stood side by side with her on the boat. Although his eyes were looking straight ahead, he was always observing Shen Lanyue's changes out of the corner of his eye.

Watching her look panic-stricken at one moment, frowning at another, and suddenly enlightened at another.

I suddenly felt a little funny in my heart, as if watching her facial expression was a different kind of joy.

The ambiguous atmosphere surrounding the two people on the boat was just right, but the capital city thousands of miles away was not so peaceful.

In the backyard of the Third Prince's Mansion

A maid in emerald green rushed across the corridor and ran all the way to Li Niang's yard, shouting, "My master, something bad has happened. The young master has fallen into the water!"