Get out of your vicious mother's house, and make a fortune with your husband to become a prince

Everyone nodded. Xue Qing took a deep breath and led everyone into the secret base. Their figures gradually disappeared in the mist.

After entering the base, they happened to see Xue Zhong, Xue He and a few servants standing there. When they saw Xue Qing, they finally showed a look of relief on their faces.

Xue Zhong hurried forward and said, "Qing'er, you are finally here. Did you encounter any danger along the way?"

Xue Qing shook his head and said, "Grandfather, we are fine. Everyone is safe."

Xue He also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's great. We have been worried about you."

Liu walked forward and said to Xue Zhong and Xue He, "Greetings, old Duke, Lord Duke!"

Xue Zhong waved his hand and said, "We are all family, no need to be polite! No need to be so polite, we are old acquaintances!"

When Xue He saw Liu, a subtle emotion flashed in his eyes. Liu really loved her daughter and was especially grateful to her. She said, "Madam Wu can no longer call me Master. I am very grateful for your care for Qing'er over the past few years!"

Liu looked at Xue He, feeling a little guilty. After all, she had other purposes in letting Xue Qing marry into her family.

"It's my duty." Liu didn't say much.

Everyone hurriedly arranged for a place to live. Fortunately, they started building new houses after arriving here. Xue Qing took them directly to the two newly built houses: "Mother, sister-in-law, you and Xiu'er live here, Wu Yu and Qian'er live in the house next door."

Liu looked at the newly built house and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: "Qing'er, it's really hard for you!"

Xue Qing: "Mom, sister-in-law, please clean up the house first. I will take you to the kitchen later. You may need to trouble sister-in-law to cook for you in the future."

Xue Qing said and looked towards Ding.

Mrs. Ding said quickly, "Qing'er, look at what you said. How can you say you are bothering me? Have you forgotten that you said we are a family?"

After a few more words, they began to clean up the house. Wu Yu and Gao Yi put all the bedding in.

After dinner, Xue Qing, Xue Xuehe, and Wu Yu sat together and began to discuss the next plan.

Xue Qing said: "Now that Zhou Qian has discovered Xia Xuelian's identity, he will definitely send people to hunt us down. We must be prepared for defense."

Xue Zhong noticed that Xue Qing never mentioned "Emperor" but called him by his name. He wanted to remind her, but after thinking about it, he didn't say anything. Let her do what she wants!

Xue Zhong nodded and said, "That's right. We need to strengthen the defense of the base and not let the emperor's people find us easily."

Wu Yu said: "Gao Yi and I are responsible for defense and patrol."

Xue Qing smiled and said, "There is no need to patrol here. You may not have noticed that it is impossible for ordinary people to get here through the fog, so it is very safe here. Now we just need to pay attention to the situation outside. We can't hide here forever. We have to go out. How do we go out? How do we deal with Zhou Qian's difficulties after we go out?"

After hearing Xue Qing's words, the others fell silent.

Xue Qing looked at Xue Zhong and said, "Grandfather, did Zhou Qian already know what the late emperor and the imperial teacher said back then? Is that why he tried every possible means to get me into the palace?"

Wu Yu looked at the two of them, and it seemed that there was something he didn't know.

"Master, what's going on?"

Before Xue Zhong could say anything, Xue Qing said, "They said I was a disaster to the country and the people, so I must die."

Xue Qing simply and clearly summarized the Imperial Master and the Emperor's definitions of himself.

Wu Yu frowned: "Nonsense"

Afterwards, Xue Qing briefly explained why she was sent to the Xia family. Later, she knew that Xia Xuelian was a fake and refused to recognize her. She just wanted to protect herself. However, she did not expect that the eldest prince, now the emperor, would force the Xue family to admit that they had recognized the wrong daughter.

Xue Qing and Wu Yu came out of the mountain and quietly observed the situation in the village. They were filled with worry, wondering if the emperor's men had found this place.

They carefully hid their figures for fear of being discovered.

At this time, Guan Zheng brought his men to Shilibao.

He led his men into the Wu family, only to find that the house was already empty. Guan Zheng's face turned very ugly, as he knew that he had come to nothing.

"Jiang Yi, you have lived with them for so long, think about where they will go!" Guan Zheng said angrily.

Jiang Yi's heart tightened. How could she know the whereabouts of Xue Qing and the others? She lowered her head, not daring to look Guan Zheng in the eye.

"Master, I... I don't know where they are." Jiang Yi stuttered.

Guan Zheng was so angry that he kicked Jiang Yi and cursed, "Useless! You can't even find a person."

Jiang Yi didn't dare to say anything and could only silently endure Guan Zheng's anger.

Guan Zheng was unwilling to return empty-handed, so he decided to start with the people in the village.

He found the village chief and asked him to hand over the whereabouts of the Wu family.

The village chief looked at Guan Zheng and the group of people behind him, and his heart was filled with fear. He knew that these people were sent by the emperor, and if he did not cooperate with them, it might bring disaster to the whole village.

"Sir, I don't know where the Wu family is. They didn't tell me when they left." The village chief said helplessly.

Guan Zheng sneered and said, "Do you think I will believe you? If you don't hand over the whereabouts of the Wu family, all of you villagers will be guilty of deceiving the emperor. Do you know what the consequences will be?"

The village chief turned pale with fright and didn't know what to do.

At this time, Guan Zheng asked the village chief to gather all the villagers in the ancestral hall. The village chief quickly sent someone to notify all the villagers to go to the ancestral hall.

The men, women, young and old in the village soon gathered outside the ancestral hall.

He said loudly: "If anyone can find out the whereabouts of the Wu family, I will reward them with 100 taels of silver."

When the villagers heard the news, they began to talk about it.

Some people were shaken and wanted to sell out the Wu family for the 100 taels of silver, while others were firmly opposed, believing that they could not sell out their neighbors.

At that time, the young daughter-in-law of the Wu family led the whole village to the mountain to pick star anise and peppercorns, so that the villagers could earn money together. Even now, everyone still goes to the mountain to pick them every year and still earns money. Now the lives of every household are much better than before!

Moreover, the shopkeeper of Youranju offered higher silver prices than those from other villages because they were villagers of Shilibao. Isn’t it all because of the Wu family?

Peng Ergou's eyes turned, and he stepped forward and said, "Sir, I saw the lights of the Wu family on a few days ago, and then I saw a few figures going into the mountains behind the village. I couldn't see them anymore after that."

When Guan Zheng heard this, he was overjoyed.

He looked at Peng Ergou and said, "Are you sure you saw someone from the Wu family?"