Peach Blossom.

"Tao Ye...Tao Ye..." Wang Jing gently shook Tao Ye's body, not listening for any response.

He panicked and shouted to his followers, "Change the route and go to Doctor Tian's house."

Chu Li, who was driving outside, heard this and responded, "We are not far from Stone City anymore. If we keep running back and forth now, we may not be able to make it in time for the abdication ceremony!"

"We have to go, Taoye is unconscious, he must be suffering from some emergency. No matter how urgent the matter is, it is not as urgent as this."

It was a dark night, and there was only one galloping carriage on the quiet road. It changed its route in the howling north wind and headed towards Jiankang City.

Wang Jing held the unconscious Tao Ye in his arms, swaying with the bumps in the carriage. Thinking of his daughter, brother, and sister-in-law who had been placed under house arrest, he was at a loss as to what to do.

When the carriage arrived at the city gate, it was just after the hour of Yin and the city gate had just opened. They entered the city quickly and stopped in front of the house of the imperial physician Tian Yuan.

Chu Li got off the car and knocked on the door. An old servant who was guarding the door came out, recognized Wang Jing, and hurried inside to inform Tian Yuan.

Tian Yuan had not gotten up yet. When he heard that Wang Jing had come, he quickly got up, dressed, and rushed over.

Wang Jing waited outside the door because his wheelchair made it difficult for him to enter.

Hearing footsteps again, Wang Jing knew that it was Tian Yuan coming out, so he asked Chu Li to push him closer and bowed to Tian Yuan: "I shouldn't bother you before dawn, but my wife suddenly fell ill and I had to come for help."

After that, Wang Jing asked his attendant Chu He to carry Tao Ye off the carriage and hand her to Tian Yuan, and then said, "Not only to seek medical treatment, but I also have to ask Doctor Tian to take care of her for a few days. All of our Wang family members have been arrested, and it is difficult for me to find a place to settle her."

Tian Yuan nodded slightly, and hurriedly asked two maids to support Tao Ye, and said, "It's too cold outside, help Madam Tao to the young lady's room first, I will be there later."

The maids supported Tao Ye and were about to go inside when Wang Jing suddenly called out, "Wait a minute!"

Tian Yuan was stunned, and the maids also stopped.

Wang Jing signaled Chu Li to push the wheelchair closer to Tao Ye. He gently pulled Tao Ye's hand and bent down to kiss her.

When Wang Jing raised his head again, his eyes were already filled with tears. His lips and teeth moved slightly, and he sighed in a very low voice: "After parting today, I don't know if we will meet again in this life..."

Tian Yuan was listening nearby and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Since ancient times, people have always been sad about separation. It's better if you fall asleep..." Wang Jing shed tears, tremblingly let go of Tao Ye's hand and pushed it inward, "Take her away, thank you..."

The maids went in again and took Tao Ye in.

Wang Jing was worried about Wang Yu. After sending Tao Ye off, he said goodbye to Tian Yuan: "Excuse me, Doctor Tian. Goodbye."

"My Lord, wait a minute." Tian Yuan walked a few steps outside and asked, "Are you going to Stone City?"

Wang Jing nodded with a bitter smile, helpless, "If I don't go, how can he be willing?"

Tian Yuan knew that the "he" Wang Jing was referring to was Chen Ji, so he asked again: "Do you know how the young master of the Duke of Qiao County died?"

"I absolutely don't believe that it was my daughter who did it. She would never do such a thing at any time." Wang Jing's face suddenly turned worried and he just sighed.

Tian Yuan turned to Wang Jing and couldn't help but sigh: "I naturally believe in the Queen's character. But what happened that day was indeed strange. When I arrived, the child should have died, but everyone was busy with the eldest princess' illness and hadn't noticed it yet. They thought the child was asleep, and when they found out later, it was too late. The child really seemed to have been suffocated to death, and the only people who had entered the room before that, besides the Duke of Qiao and his wife, were the eldest princess's closest maids and the Queen..."

Wang Jing didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing these words: "You all think that there is no reason for the princess's personal maid to do such a thing, so the only suspect is the queen?"

Tian Yuan was embarrassed, but he had to say: "When everyone thinks so, it will become a 'fact'. The most important thing is that when the queen entered the room, the maids were all outside. She approached the child alone, with the motive, time and opportunity. "

Wang Jing smiled bitterly and asked with hatred: "Such a precise suspicion... don't you think it's more like a trap or a frame-up?"

"How could the Duke of Qiao County, who only has one son at this age, risk his life to set a trap?" Tian Yuan shook his head, feeling unbelievable. "Who else would have the courage and opportunity to do this? I really can't think of it."

"No matter who it is, it can't be Yu'er!" Wang Jing said it with certainty, as if he had witnessed the scene himself.

"Even so, there were too many people who believed in it, so the Chen family army's forcing the emperor to abdicate became legitimate, and even the common people who talked about it on the streets did not think it was a rebellion. If the emperor was willing to deal with the queen, things would have turned around. Many people advised the emperor to do so at the time, but the emperor insisted on protecting the queen, which really showed his deep affection and loyalty. Otherwise... even if the marquis rushed back now, he would not have the chance to see her..." Tian Yuan narrated, lamenting again and again.

Wang Jing felt even more distressed as he listened, and asked in confusion: "Even if the queen is suspected, the emperor abdicated, Chen Ji gladly accepted it, and even placed the emperor's three clans of relatives under house arrest. Could it be that Princess Si Rong, as her biological sister, just watched and did nothing?"

"Oh... You don't know how sick the princess is..." Tian Yuan also had a sad face, frowning, "She had a lot of old illnesses from her childhood, and now they all flared up at the same time, and she's also suffering from the pain of losing her child. She's almost lost half her life! She takes more medicine than food, and she coughs up blood every other day. How can she care about what's happening outside?"

Wang Jing was a little surprised. He didn't expect Si Rong to be so seriously ill when she was only in her early twenties. "You mean, the princess doesn't know anything at all?"

Tian Yuan said, "She doesn't know everything, does she? Every time I go there, I feel that the people around her are hiding a lot from her. It's probably because of her illness that she doesn't dare to be provoked. She probably only knows that the Duke of Qiao has gathered people to avenge his son, and it's hard to say anything else."

Wang Jing asked again: "What about Shang Yun?"

Tian Yuan sneered and said calmly: "Even before the Chen family army prepared to break into the palace, they had already kidnapped General Shang's parents, wife and children. General Shang has always been the one who cares most about his family, so we can only let it go."

Wang Jing was shocked again.

Tian Yuan said: "Now even the guards of the city gates and palace gates are from the Chen family army. It's nothing surprising. The Duke of Qiao's accession to the throne is just a formality."

Wang Jing thought about how smoothly he had just entered the city, and thought that Chen Ji probably already knew his whereabouts, but he did not interfere at all, and it was obvious that he was very confident about everything.

Tian Yuan added, "There is one more thing. Last time, one of my apprentices went to diagnose the pulse of the wife of the Minister of Five Armies, and secretly heard from outside the wall that their original plan was that if the emperor executed the queen, they would try to force the emperor to marry the daughter of the Minister of Five Armies as his queen; if the emperor did not execute the queen, they would break into the palace in the name of revenge. They have a lot of plans."

"Thank you for telling me so much. It's almost dawn and I have to hurry to Stone City." Wang Jing said goodbye to Tian Yuan again and asked Chu Li and Chu He to carry the wheelchair back to the carriage.

With an instinctive fear, Tian Yuan chased after the carriage again and said, "If you go, I'm afraid you'll be in danger."

"You know my illness best...but Yu'er still has a long way to go..." Wang Jing said sadly and lowered his head.

"But you not only have a daughter, you also have a wife!" Tian Yuan looked at Wang Jing who was already sitting in the car, feeling uneasy.

"She has been with me for these years and has never had a good life. Without me, maybe she can have a better life..." Wang Jing didn't want to say anything more, so he turned around and told Chu He, "You stay at the Tian family and protect the lady. If I don't come back, you persuade her... to go back to her hometown."

When he said the last sentence, tears welled up in Wang Jing's eyes again.

Chu He was terrified when he heard this: "How could the Marquis never come back? Madam will definitely ask when she wakes up!"

"If she asks me, just tell her... I betrayed her..." When Wang Jing mentioned Tao Ye, his speech became slower and slower. Not wanting to say more, he lowered the curtain and waved his hand: "Let's go..."

Chu Li turned his car around again and rushed to Stone City.

Chu He stood there blankly, watching the wheels turn, the carriage began to sway from side to side, and the curtains were lifted by the cold wind. He clearly saw the tears rolling in Wang Jing's eyes finally fall down. He was so reluctant to let Wang Jing go, but he still had to leave. Chu He's eyes were blurred with tears.

Tian Yuan also stood in front of the door, watching the carriage go away. The creaking sound of the wheels seemed particularly heartbreaking.

"Dad... Dad..." Tian Le's voice came from behind.

Tian Yuan turned around and saw Tian Le running out of the house quickly.

"Where is Marquis Anfeng?" Tian Le looked around the street but didn't see the person he was looking for.

Tian Yuan replied: "He went to Stone City."

"Ah? How could he go to Shitou City? Duke Qiao hates him the most. How could he survive if he went there? Why didn't you stop him?" Tian Le stamped his feet anxiously.

"He is going to save his daughter and no one can stop him, even if it means exchanging his own life for another's..." When Tian Yuan said this, he felt sad.

Tian Le was so shocked that his eyes widened and he blurted out, "He can't exchange his life for another's! Tao Ye is already pregnant!"

Tian Yuan was stunned for a moment.

Tian Le explained, "You asked someone to take her there, and I checked her pulse. Although I'm not an expert in medicine, I'm not so bad as to fail to check if she's pregnant. She's not sick at all, she just had too much morning sickness from the shaking, and she fainted because she was exhausted."

Tian Yuan looked at the direction where the carriage disappeared, and couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

"No! Bring my horse, I'm going to Stone City to chase him!" Tian Le got hot-headed and asked someone to bring the horse.

Tian Yuan was startled and hurriedly grabbed Tian Le, "What are you going to do? Stone City will be a river of blood today!"

Tian Le panicked and tried to push his father away, but he couldn't. "So I have to stop him! He can't die. If he dies, Tao Ye will not be able to live!"

"If something happens to you, I won't be able to live!" During the tug of war, Tian Yuan shouted sternly, scaring Tian Le who was busy.

"He will not give up on saving his daughter, just like I will do anything for you, do you understand?" Tian Yuan emphasized again sternly.

Tian Le didn't dare to talk about going to Stone City anymore, and could only ask weakly: "But what about Tao Ye? When she wakes up, she will definitely ask Marquis Anfeng first... We can't just watch her, a pregnant woman, run to Stone City alone, right? She's already very weak, she can't afford to go through that."

Tian Yuan thought for a while and said softly: "No one can stop it, so we can only delay it a little bit."