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"Your Majesty, you don't have to do this. The Queen Mother granted me the marriage because my stepmother wanted to find an excuse to kill me without taking any responsibility."

"No matter what, I will never help the Queen Mother to harm Prince Ling. Your Majesty can rest assured."

"Hahaha...you are indeed an interesting and insightful girl. From now on, I will rely on you to protect Aye!"

what?

Did she hear it correctly?

The dignified Prince Ling needs her protection?

Seeing her confused face, Emperor Jianning's face became sad. "You must have heard about what happened to Ah Ye before. Although he is a prince, he was murdered and has been suffering ever since. Not only has he been bedridden, but he has also been plagued by bad reputation. After being poisoned, he has never entered the palace again. As the emperor, I naturally cannot walk out of the palace at will. Although we all live in Kyoto, we haven't seen each other for many years..."

The original owner had only lived in Kyoto for half a year after returning from Cangzhou, so he naturally didn't know the interests among the royal family. Since ancient times, there could not be pure family affection between royal children. It was still unknown whether Emperor Jianning's brotherly love for Prince Ling was true or not, but at present, it seemed that he and Prince Ling were at least on the same side, and standing on the opposite side was Queen Mother Lan.

Whether she likes it or not, she's already on this boat.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Prince Ling will be able to come to the palace to meet you soon."

"That's all thanks to you! Go out of the palace. If you don't come back for a long time, Ah Ye will be worried sick."

What is he anxious about?

Emperor Jianning raised his eyebrows. "Because the Queen Mother summoned me, Aye sent someone to tell me to protect you, fearing that you would suffer."

Mu Qingyan blinked. What happened between him and Prince Ling could only be considered a chance acquaintance, but the look on Emperor Jianning's face made their originally bland friendship more ambiguous.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for coming all the way to protect me. Otherwise, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to be safe today."

Emperor Jianning snorted, "Don't think I don't know. You have already discovered my existence, so you deliberately angered Yunxi and made her say something she didn't want to say."

Although his expression was unfriendly, there was no trace of anger in his tone.

Mu Qingyan said angrily, "Your Majesty has seen through me..."

When we got out of the palace gate, A Shu was waiting there, with a carriage beside him.

"Miss, the prince asked his subordinates to pick you up."

"He has something to do with me?"

Ah Shu was stunned. How should he answer this? The prince didn't say anything was wrong.

"Uh... I am just an errand boy. If you want to know, you can go see the prince and find out."

Mu Qingyan pulled the jade hairpin onto the carriage, but said, "I'm going back to the Duke's Mansion, not to Prince Ling's Mansion."

Ah Shu gritted his teeth and agreed.

Anyway, the prince didn't say he would bring her back to the palace. Since Miss Mu doesn't want to go, then forget it... She seems to have a bad temper.

When passing Zhuque Street, the carriage suddenly stopped.

"what happened?"

"My dear, there seems to be an accident ahead. Two carriages collided with each other... the road is blocked and we can't pass..."

"If you can take a detour, take it. If you can't, just wait a while..."

Mu Qingyan didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but the voice coming from the front sounded familiar, so she lifted the curtain and took a look. It turned out to be Lan Hui.

Her carriage was hit by another carriage, and she was now sitting on the ground, feeling unreasonable.

Lan Hui, like her aunt, was a person who would not do anything without profit. If the person who bumped into her didn't have a grudge against her, then Lan Hui was deliberately making things difficult for her.

"Ashu, go and see who is in the other carriage."

After receiving the order, Ah Shu got off the carriage and came back after a while.

"Miss, I took the prince's seal and quietly asked the driver over there. It turned out that it was the wife of Mr. Yuan, the governor of Jiuzhou Canal Transport, who is also your aunt..."

The original owner’s aunt?

Let's go down and take a look. Although the original owner has no memory of any relatives, it is much better to have someone to rely on than to fight alone.

At the corner of the street where the carriages collided, many people gathered to watch the excitement, and Mu Qingyan finally squeezed in.

Lan Hui was slumped on the ground, her face pale.

Opposite stood a mother and daughter, their clothes were patched, and they didn't look like the family of a high-ranking official in the court at all. Their hands tightly grasped the bundles on their shoulders.

Mu Qingyan looked at the position of the two carriages. Judging from the direction, Madam Yuan's carriage was going straight, while Lan Hui's carriage suddenly turned, which led to the collision. But looking at Lan Hui's posture, was she planning to bite back by relying on her pregnancy?

But she had been married into the Xiangning Marquis's Mansion for less than a month. If the news of her pregnancy was revealed at this time, wouldn't it confirm that she was pregnant before marriage?

Is Lan Hui so stupid?

"Where did the Second Young Master's wife get into trouble? Do you want to ask a doctor to come and see her? There's a family clinic right there..."

Hearing Mu Qingyan's voice, Lan Hui's already pale face became even uglier, "You, why are you here?"

She glanced guiltily at the mother and daughter opposite her, then lowered her head.

"I don't need to call a doctor. My maid has already reported the matter to the authorities. I believe Jingzhao Prefecture will be able to give me justice..."

It seems that this was done intentionally to send the person to Jingzhao Prefecture!

It is not uncommon for carriages to collide with each other. Even if there are injuries, compensation and settlement will be reached if both parties are willing. Lan Hui seemed to be just a little frightened, but she wanted to send him to Jingzhao Prefecture without any explanation. It was really weird!

Madam Yuan hugged her daughter together, but her eyes were firm and there was no trace of panic.

She certainly didn't know Mu Qingyan, and Mu Qingyan didn't know her either.

The reason why she knew that the original owner had such an aunt and cousin was because an old maid followed the original owner to Cangzhou. Since the original owner could remember, she often talked to the original owner about who else was in her maternal grandfather's family.

Thanks to the protection of this old lady, the original owner was able to grow up safely. After she died of old age, the original owner could only live a life of hunger and fullness. The ancestral home of Duke Fuguo was in Cangzhou. His grandfather's family became prosperous and moved to Kyoto to serve as officials for generations.

But there are still some impoverished branches in my hometown.

Their family became high-ranking officials, but they didn't help these side branches, and they also left a motherless child to them to raise. Who would be happy about this? Of course, they would not be kind to the original owner.

Mu Qingyan bowed slightly to Madam Yuan who was on high alert, "Yan'er greets my aunt, my mother's maiden name is Qingqin..."

Mrs. Yuan's expression changed from defensive to confused to surprised to regret, and finally her eyes were filled with tears.

She choked and trembled as she stretched out her hand, as if she wanted to touch Mu Qingyan's face, but she remembered something and slowly retracted her hand, covering her face and crying bitterly.

"Mother...what's wrong with you? Is she the cousin you often mention?" The woman next to her spoke. Her face was painted black, and there were even two ugly scars on it. Her clothes were also tattered.