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Prince Ling's Mansion was soon reached.

After A Shu asked the coachman in the palace to accommodate Madam Yuan's coachman, he hurried in to report.

Prince Ling was waiting anxiously in the mansion. When he saw Ah Shu hurried in, surprise flashed in his eyes, but when he saw that there was no one behind him, a hint of loss appeared in his eyes that he was not even aware of.

"Your Majesty, the wife of the Governor of Kyushu Canal Transport requests to see you!"

"what happened?"

Ah Shu then told the story of the carriage collision on the street and how Lan Hui reported the matter to the authorities, leading to the appointment of the Jingzhao prefect.

"Please ask someone to meet me in the main hall."

"Yes!"

When he was in the mansion, he only wore casual clothes and let his black hair down.

When meeting guests, one must dress properly and of course one cannot just walk away like that.

The news that Madam Yuan and her daughter did not enter Jingzhao Mansion but entered Prince Ling's Mansion reached the ears of Empress Dowager Lan, who was so angry that she smashed a set of white jade teacups. Lan Hui knelt on the ground trembling, not daring to breathe.

Even when the broken pieces of the teacup splashed on her face and cut her, she didn't dare to scream.

"You can't even do this! What use is there for me to have you?"

Lan Hui spoke tremblingly, "Please forgive me, Queen Mother. I was about to get married, but who knew that Mu Qingyan would show up halfway... She was threatening me with the doctor. I have been married into the Marquis' Mansion for less than a month. If the doctor finds out that I am pregnant, my reputation doesn't matter. I am only afraid that I will implicate the Queen Mother and Sister Ruge..."

"Hmph! You are so good at making excuses! If something has not been done, it has not been done. And you still want to use me and Ruge as an excuse! You have nothing to do here, so get out of here!" The Queen Mother waved her sleeves and shouted.

Lan Hui raised her head, and seeing the Queen Mother's cold and angry expression, she lowered her head again, "Yes, I will take my leave..."

She looked calm on the surface, but in her heart she hated Mu Qingyan who had ruined her plans.

How come that abscess suddenly became so sharp-tongued!

Inside Prince Ling's Mansion

Prince Ling was dressed neatly, and the moment he saw Mu Qingyan in the main hall, he could hardly suppress the smile on his face.

But your face must remain calm.

Madam Yuan hurriedly pulled her daughter to her feet and saluted, "I, the subject Gu, and my daughter Yuan Ying, come to pay my respects to the prince."

Prince Ling gave her a false helping hand and said, "Madam, please stand up. No need to be polite."

After asking Madam Yuan to sit down, he walked to the first seat and sat down. "Madam Yuan is anxious to see me, but what is the matter?"

Madam Yuan took off the bag that she always carried with her and handed it to Ah Shu.

Ah Shu passed it on to Prince Ling.

"My master has been investigating a case, and has just made some progress. A month ago, the governor of Huaiyang invited my master to his house for a banquet on the pretext of celebrating his mother's birthday, but he never came back. I sent someone to inquire, and he claimed that the master left after the banquet, and many colleagues could testify to this. I also sent people to the houses of these colleagues to ask one by one, and they all said that they saw my master leave the gate of the Huang Mansion with their own eyes. My son Yuan Feng realized that something was wrong, so he sorted out all the evidence that the master had found, gave it to me and my little daughter Yuan Ying, and sent someone to escort us all the way to Kyoto, because the master had said before that if there was a change in the mansion, he would let us go to Beijing and hand the things over to Prince Ling. We were ambushed in the Huang County area, and the guards died after fighting to the death to lead us out of the siege... We had to disguise ourselves, and then we entered Kyoto safely."

Prince Ling had already opened the two packages and took out the contents to take a general look.

His expression became more and more solemn the more he looked at it.

After putting down his things, he didn't speak for a long time.

After a long silence, he finally spoke, "Ah Shu, have someone clean up the yard and arrange for Madam Yuan and her daughter to stay. Also, you personally take people with me, take my seal, and quietly go to Huaiyang to ensure the safety of Master Yuan and his son."

When Madam Yuan heard that they were to live in the palace, she stood up anxiously and said, "Your Highness, we can just go back to the old house of the Gu family and live there. It's not appropriate to live in the palace, as it will disturb Your Highness's peace..."

Prince Ling glanced at Mu Qingyan, who had been silent.

Mu Qingyan blinked. Hmm? What's that look?

Resentment?

"Yan'er hasn't had time to tell Madam yet, right? His Majesty has just issued an edict granting marriage between this prince and Yan'er. You will be my elder in the future, so I have to follow Yan'er in calling you aunt. There is nothing wrong with that. General Gu and his family have been guarding Chiling Pass for many years. If the Gu family's old house is not repaired, it may not be habitable. Besides, Kyoto is not safe."

Madam Yuan never expected that Mu Qingyan was engaged to Prince Ling.

But she remembered that her sister was deeply loved by the old lady of Xiangning Marquis's Mansion, but she always regretted that her sister could not become her daughter-in-law, so she betrothed the child in her sister's belly. If it was a boy, they would become sworn brothers, and if it was a girl, they would get engaged.

This was mentioned by her sister in a letter to her.

At that time, the old lady's eldest grandson was already betrothed to the granddaughter of the Minister of the Central Secretariat, so the child in my sister's belly was destined to be the old lady's second grandson.

Unfortunately, before her sister's baby was born, the old lady of Xiangning Marquis suddenly fell seriously ill and died.

She did have a lot of things she wanted to ask Mu Qingyan, but because Prince Ling was present, she couldn't speak.

Fortunately, Prince Ling was a man of discretion and tact. Without waiting for her to speak, he left on his own initiative, leaving Madam Yuan, her daughter, and Mu Qingyan behind.

"Yan'er..."

She hesitated to speak, and Mu Qingyan took the initiative to speak, "Aunt knows that I have an engagement with the second son of Xiangning Marquis?"

Madam Yuan nodded with difficulty. She had a lot to ask and say, but she didn't know from what standpoint to start.

She just bore the title of aunt but did nothing for her.

"Yang Jing behaved improperly and had an affair with my stepmother's niece. She even got pregnant, so the Marquis's Mansion came to cancel the engagement. The woman you bumped into today is my stepmother's niece, the wife of the second son of the Marquis of Xiangning."

"What! They bullied you so much, and your father didn't stand up for you?"

Mu Qingyan sneered, "If it weren't for this engagement, he probably wouldn't even remember that he had a daughter like me until his death. How could he stand up for me? My stepmother and the wife of the Marquis of Xiangning sang the same tune and got the matter done, and he didn't even ask a question."

The more she downplayed it, the more important it was to Madam Yuan.

How much suffering did she have to endure to develop such an indifferent personality...

"Yan'er, it's all my aunt's fault..."

Seeing that she kept trying to get closer but then cautiously retreated, Mu Qingyan felt a little soft-hearted for a moment.

She even thought that if this aunt had not married Huaiyang, the original owner would have grown up safely and smoothly under her protection. She would not have come to the end of her life in just seventeen years...

But, isn’t there a lot of regret in this world?

"Aunt has traveled a long way from Huaiyang to Kyoto. She must be exhausted from all the worry and fear along the way. Go to the backyard first, wash up, eat some food, and rest for two days to get your spirits back."