In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

Once you cross Shanhaiguan Pass, you'll be in the territory of Bailu.

Chief Steward Li couldn't help but rub his head, then cautiously said to the Emperor, "Your Majesty is right... This servant will immediately send someone to chase after her and see how Lady White is doing now."

"...Oh, right." The emperor then instructed Chief Steward Li, "Go and ask how the three young men of the Bai family are doing."

His expression was somewhat complicated. The three young men from the Bai family probably already knew about this, and they would likely be heartbroken.

Zhao Bingyu was sent away by Bai Lu just like that, and everyone will surely know that she came to Da Wu.

The emperor sighed.

Seeing the emperor sigh, Chief Eunuch Li quickly stepped forward to comfort him, saying, "I understand, Your Majesty, I will go and ask right away. Please don't be upset."

The emperor rubbed his temples and couldn't help but sigh again.

He was left alone in the imperial study. He pouted, a little angry. The Empress was really something, actually thinking that he would still regard Zhao Bingyu as his white moonlight.

Hmph, she really doesn't understand herself.

Before long, Steward Li returned.

His expression was hesitant, as if he had eaten shit.

When the emperor saw him like this, his heart skipped a beat, and he sensed something was wrong. He hurriedly asked, "Why do you look so pale? You can still tell me you ate shit! But please don't tell me that something happened to those brats from the Bai family."

Chief Eunuch Li's face fell, and he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, you're really hoping this servant will do something good... Shit doesn't taste good..."

Hey, you actually ate it?

The emperor was furious. "Enough with your nonsense!"

"Tell me quickly, how are Chu Yao, Qing Ze, and Lie Zhao? Have they said anything?"

Steward Li trembled and finally kowtowed directly to the emperor, saying, "I heard that Lady Bai just sent Zhao Bingyu and the others out of the city overnight, and the three young masters found out in just three hours... Moreover, when the eldest young master learned the news, Lady Lin was also by his side."

"The First Madam wanted to go forward and comfort the Eldest Young Master, but he left without saying a word, taking his three sons with him."

"After the second young master found out, he was so angry that he chopped the two artificial hills in half, and then left without saying a word."

"After learning of this news, the Third Young Master thought about it and then took the seven young princesses away."

"At this moment, everyone is probably chasing after Lady Zhao and Lady Bai!"

Upon hearing this, the emperor's expression changed: "These lads, aren't they going to cause a huge mess for me to see? I'm a little scared!"

The emperor's vision went black, and he almost fainted.

"Oh dear, Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Upon seeing the emperor in this state, Chief Eunuch Li was startled and quickly helped the emperor up to kneel down.

The emperor said urgently, "Quickly, send General Zhou and General Murong... hurry up and catch up with these three brats."

"What if those three brats do something stupid with the kids?!"

"Let them do whatever they want, but what if the children get frightened as a result?!"

The emperor was furious.

Upon hearing this, Steward Li hurriedly scurried out and quickly summoned Zhou Langya and General Murong to give them a thorough dressing-down.

Zhou Langya and General Murong simply rode their horses out of the city, and even the Empress Dowager followed suit.

Shangguan Yi and Murong Jinshu also felt that things were not good. What if these siblings started to fight with their mother?

That won't be good for their reputation either.

They had originally planned to go along, but Murong Jinshu's gagging completely bewildered Shangguan Yi.

Shangguan Yi looked completely bewildered and said, "This... Third sister-in-law, are you pregnant?"

Murong Jinshu was also a little confused. The two of them went straight to the palace to find the Empress without stopping.

Upon hearing this, the Empress's expression changed, and she quickly summoned the imperial physician.

The people from the Imperial Medical Academy sat in the Empress's palace and took the pulses of several people together.

The Empress also had to take her pulse every day, so they did it all at once.

Shangguan Yi watched as the imperial physician placed his hand on Murong Jinshu's wrist, with a handkerchief between them.

Soon, the imperial physician reported with a look of great joy: "Your Majesty the Empress, the two ladies!"

"Our Third Madam is pregnant!"

"Got it?!"

Upon hearing this, the Empress was overjoyed and quickly said, "Good, good, good! I'll reward you with a large red envelope!"

"Now that you're here, you should rest well and definitely not go and cause trouble with them."

"Everything over there is covered in white dew. The presence of white dew means you have a pillar of support."

The Empress's face, which had been somewhat sickly, was now filled with joy. She said to the palace maids below, "Quickly go to my storeroom and pick out a few bolts of brightly colored silk to send to the Bai family. We can make some tiger-head shoes and tiger-head hats for Jinshu's unborn child. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

"Add some tortoiseshell, pearls, and gemstones..."

The Empress was overjoyed; now there was a great joy in the palace.

“Back when Bailu gave birth, I didn’t even see her or participate. Now you’re about to have a baby.” She looked at Murong Jinshu with such tenderness that it was almost dripping with tears. She was overjoyed: “Our palace can finally have a great joyous occasion.”

This way, we can also keep those young men from the Bai family in check.

Overjoyed, she waved her hand and said, "Hurry up and send someone to... cough cough, and then send them on horseback for 800 li to Bai Qingze at the border to report the good news."

"I wonder where Qingze is now. If he's impulsive, let's use this child to keep him in check."

Upon hearing this, Murong Jinshu immediately stepped down and bowed, saying to the Empress, "Your Majesty, please rest assured, Qingze is definitely not an impulsive person. He is measured and confident in his actions."

“Even if he doesn’t have children, he will make plans for his brothers, his sister, his nephews and nieces, and he will make plans for me as well.”

The Empress nodded, feeling somewhat relieved.

"I will be at peace when I pass away..."

Upon hearing this, Murong Jingshu and Shangguan Yi exchanged a glance, and Shangguan Yi said crisply, "Your Majesty, what are you saying?"

"Sister Bailu specially examined you and prescribed medicine to regulate your body, so how could you have died?"

"Don't worry, you will definitely live to be a hundred years old."

The Empress smiled faintly and remained silent, but her eyes revealed a resolute look.

Both Murong Jinshu and Shangguan Yi had a bad feeling... but they couldn't quite put their finger on it, which was very strange.

......

Bai Lu didn't rest at all; she drove the carriage all the way towards Qingzhou.

Once we reach Qingzhou, we can send Zhao Bingyu and the others back to the Western Regions.

She rode at breakneck speed, not daring to delay at all.

She had given that horse a powerful drug; not even ten oxen could pull it back.

Bai Qingze and his group chased after them for nearly seven days, but they still couldn't catch up.

Moreover, Bai Qingze and his family are with them, so they certainly can't move that quickly.

Finally, Bailu arrived in Qingzhou Prefecture.

As soon as she entered the city, the people were stunned and crowded around her: "Hey, isn't this our Lady White Snake? Marquis Anguo has returned!"

The people quickly surrounded Bailu, asking her with concern, "Lord Anguo, have you eaten, slept, and drunk well on your journey?"

Why do you have dark circles under your eyes?

"What's going on? Why did you suddenly come back?"

"I heard you're going to stay in the capital for a long time before you come back, Marquis Anguo..."

Everyone was talking at once, showing great concern, and they wouldn't let go of Bailu, crowding the place up completely.

When the soldiers arrived, they thought there was some kind of argument or trouble, but there were actually over a hundred people surrounding the area.

Then Bai Lu spoke with a dignified and clear voice: "Thank you all for your concern. I am doing well in Kyoto."

"I have something to attend to, please make way for me."

Instantly, a path was cleared among the people.

Everyone's eyes sparkled as they bowed to Bai Lu and said, "Please, Lady Bai."

Bai Lu nodded and drove the carriage out of Qingzhou City.

Inside the carriage, Zhao Bingyu and Ru Bao exchanged a glance; both of them were already feeling nauseous from the jostling.

For the past few days, they have been eating, drinking, and relieving themselves all inside this vehicle.

The car smelled bad, and the food and drinks weren't very good either.

They all felt they had lost a lot of weight and looked very haggard.

Bai Lu refused to let them get off the carriage, and they really didn't understand what Bai Lu was trying to do.

Should we send them directly back to the Western Regions?

But this speed is too fast!

Bai Lu was in front, and Xu Xian sat beside her carriage, whispering to her, "...The system really hasn't made any moves. We've been traveling for seven days straight."

"If we could really continue to be bound to her, we would have continued to appear long ago."

"Presumably, that system is still dormant."

Bai Lu nodded. It seemed that Zhao Bingyu was right. She really did have a system, but that system had stopped functioning and was no longer useful to her.

"Perhaps they've already completed their mission and returned?"

Xu Xian said to Bai Lu, "You should know that not every system can accompany its host."

"Some were punished for not completing their mission and had to go back early; others were recalled after completing their mission."

"Zhao Bingyu has already achieved great success... She completes all tasks very well, except that she is love-struck... I guess her system may have already completed its tasks."

Upon hearing this, Bai Lu fell into deep thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Hmm, what you said makes some sense. I think I understand now."

"Then we just need to send her back."

If Zhao Bingyu had a system, it would probably threaten her safety, so Bai Lu didn't dare to relax.

Now, I can finally relax.

Bai Lu frowned and pulled the carriage forward.

Just then, a troop of soldiers suddenly appeared in front of them and blocked Bailu's way.

Bai Lu looked closely and realized it was actually the prefect of Qingzhou!

"Father?!" Bai Lu was somewhat surprised. She tightened the reins and jumped down with Xu Xian. She bowed to the prefect of Qingzhou and said, "Father, what are you doing here?"

The prefect of Qingzhou patted her on the shoulder and said kindly, "This is my territory, so naturally I'll stay here."

"I heard you had returned to Qingzhou, but I didn't believe it. The soldiers behind me said the same thing, so I rushed over to see you. I never expected you would actually come back."

"What are you doing back here this time? And why are you in such a hurry, pulling this carriage?" As he spoke, he turned to look at the carriage.

Bai Lu then whispered something to the prefect of Qingzhou.

The prefect of Qingzhou was silent for a moment, then said, "So it was your mother who returned..."

“Alright.” He nodded and sighed to Bai Lu, “If your mother comes back, I’ll probably know… You were afraid that your brothers would be reminded of her painful memories if they saw her, so you hurriedly sent her away.”

Bai Lu nodded: "Yes... Zhao Bingyu wants to see us brothers... that's absolutely impossible."

“My brothers don’t just see me whenever they want, or abandon me whenever they want, or continue to raise me as their own precious sons whenever they want!”

“The child is not her possession; the child is a living, breathing person. How can she be told what to do with the child?”

Bai Lu knew that the reason her brothers were chasing after her with their children wasn't because they still cared about Zhao Bingyu; there must be another reason.

They might say some harsh words to Zhao Bingyu.

There's no need for this; after all, it's the children who are hurt in the end.

It's a Pyrrhic victory.

So Bailu thought, let's just leave it at that.

We need to send Zhao Bingyu back as soon as possible.

She exchanged only a few words with the prefect of Qingzhou before Bailu had to take her leave.

She said to the prefect of Qingzhou, "Your daughter must depart first; I must hurry and escort Zhao Bingyu back to the Western Regions, so I cannot stay and talk with you any longer..."

"I will come back to see you two days after I am sent back to the Western Regions, and stay here with you for a while."

As for Kyoto, if Bai Qingze wants me to attend the wedding banquet... just tell Bai Lu, and she can go.

If it wasn't held, I would have headed straight for Liangzhou.

If we were still in Kyoto, there would be a lot of trouble.

Bai Yansong is still there.

After Bai Lu finished speaking, the prefect of Qingzhou smiled.

He nodded and said, "Okay, then you should go now."

He waved his hand, and the carriage gradually drove away.

The smile on the face of the prefect of Qingzhou faded, replaced by a hint of melancholy: "Alas... this child, what a life she has to live. She sent her own mother away, not wanting her three older brothers to be sad, but isn't she sad herself?"

Looking at Zhao Bingyu and Ru Bao, mother and daughter, huddled together inside the carriage, what kind of situation is Bai Lu, this villain?

What was she feeling?

As the prefect of Qingzhou was shaking his head, he suddenly heard a strong gust of wind howling past him.

A familiar voice rang out; it was Bai Liezhao!