In my previous life, I killed my whole family. In my next life, I killed the royal family.

The third prince came out of the cave with a smug smile on his face, secretly thinking about how to show his bravery when he stepped forward to save the beauty. However, when he took a few more steps forward, an accident happened.

The first carriage suddenly started running like crazy and slammed into the bandits at an astonishing speed.

The carriage mercilessly rolled over the bandits, and then the horses, dragging the carriage, ran wildly up the mountain like wild horses.

"Oh no, the horse is frightened!" the coachman shouted in horror, but it was too late to control the situation and he was thrown off the horse.

The carriage sped all the way, rushing straight towards the third prince, like a ferocious beast, unstoppable.

Seeing that the carriage was about to hit the Third Prince, he turned pale with fright, his eyes widened, and he was completely at a loss as to what to do.

At this critical moment, the guard beside him was quick-witted and grabbed the third prince, causing him to fall to the ground.

But unfortunately, the horse's hoof stepped hard on the third prince's left leg, and then the carriage ran over his left leg heavily.

"Ah..." The third prince let out an earth-shattering scream, which broke the silent night sky and was creepy.

Everyone in the Qi Mansion was frightened by the sudden incident of the horse being startled and stood there motionless.

After a while, a woman screamed, "Hurry up, catch up with the carriage and save the young lady."

The servants were divided into two groups, and one group chased after the carriage in panic.

A group of people stayed behind to look after the carriage and its owner.

Qi Fu and his son ran forward and looked at the bandits who were crushed to death by the carriage and the injured third prince. They were terrified and didn't know what to do.

The third prince lay on the ground holding his injured leg, sweating profusely from the pain. He wished he could kill Qi Fu and his son immediately.

He thought about it and realized that if today's incident were to be exposed, his father, the crown prince, and the people in the Qi Mansion would definitely understand that this was a trap set by him.

The Third Prince reluctantly arranged: "Quickly transport this prince back to the capital to see the imperial physician, and tell the public that I was injured while hunting."

"Yes, Your Highness." The guard quickly picked up the Third Prince and yelled at Qi Fu, "Give us a carriage, you idiot."

Qi Fu was horrified and asked the maids and old women to get out of the car and let another carriage come out.

The guard saw that it was a servant who didn't want to sit in the carriage, so he lifted the curtain of the most exquisite carriage and saw two young ladies and a maid sitting inside. He drew his sword and threatened them, "Get down."

The maids hurriedly carried the two young ladies out of the car.

The third prince got on the carriage and the guards quickly sent him to the capital.

Qi Jiao and Yuan Zhaodi were already frightened and crying. They sobbed, "Wuwuwuwu, I want to go home."

Qi Fu was in a dilemma. He didn't dare go home. He didn't even dare to go to the villa.

If his father knew that he had lost his eldest niece Qi Wan, he would definitely beat him half to death.

Qi Fu coaxed his daughter and niece, "Don't cry, maybe Qi Wan's car fell off the cliff. We have to find her first, otherwise, we will all be in big trouble."

"Oh." Qi Jiao and Yuan Zhaodi had no choice now but to obediently get on the carriage, and let Qi You guard their carriage.

Qi Fu left a few maids behind and said, "You stay here to look after the young lady and wait for us to come back after we find her."

"Yes, Third Master."

Qi Fu and the Qi family's servants searched everywhere on the mountain for Qi Wan's carriage, but couldn't find even a shadow of it.

At this time, Qi Wan's carriage stopped outside the Ghost Valley.

She jumped off the carriage and said to Chunyan and Wu Ma, "I want to find someone here. You wait for me here."

"Miss, don't go. I heard there are ghosts here." Chunyan was so scared that she curled up into a ball and snuggled in Wu Ma's arms.

Qi Wan whispered to them, "Aunt Feng said what I said to scare them so that they wouldn't dare come here to look for us."

Chunyan smiled and said, "Miss, you scared me too."

Aunt Wu pursed her lips. She had noticed that the young lady's personality had changed drastically since she beat Lan Ting to death with a stick.

She knew that the young lady was ambitious and capable, but she was just a girl. What if something happened if she entered the valley?

Wu Ma whispered, "Miss, why don't I and Chunyan accompany you?"

Qi Wan knew her worries and said with a smile: "Auntie Wu, today's matter was arranged by my father. He sent someone to protect me. I came here to look for someone, and someone will protect me secretly."

Wu Ma thought about it and reluctantly agreed, "Okay then."

She added: "If there is anything, call immediately and the person keeping watch in secret will appear."

"I know, Aunt Wu." Qi Wan adjusted her veil and said, "Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

She raised her head and looked at the deep and long valley ahead. There were large trees in the valley, and the dense branches and leaves intertwined together, forming a green sky that blocked the sunlight. This made the valley look extremely dark and cold, as if it was isolated from the outside world.

Qi Wan couldn't help but think of Wu Yi. He held the rosary tightly in his hands, feeling the warmth and strength it brought.

She took a deep breath and then resolutely stepped into the depths of the valley. Every step she took was filled with determination and courage to cross this mysterious and gloomy place to find the whereabouts of her benefactor in her previous life.

As her figure gradually merged into the shadows of the valley, her back gradually became blurred and finally disappeared completely in the darkness of the valley.

In the capital, several people went back to report the news.

Qin Yong, the guard of the princess's mansion, rode a horse to take a shortcut and rushed back to report:

"Your Highness, Prince Consort, Miss Qi's carriage got startled and crushed the bandit disguised as the Third Prince's guard to death and broke the Third Prince's leg."

Princess Daning was delighted, "Good girl, you have avenged my son."

The prince consort smiled and asked, "Where is Miss Qi's carriage?"

"Looks like it's running towards Ghost Valley."

"Ah!" The prince consort was stunned, "Why did you run there?"

"I heard that no one who went in there came out alive." Princess Daning sighed, "What a pity, such a good girl."

"I hope she can return safely." The prince consort said in a muffled voice.

Guard Qin Yong said one more thing, "The third prince has a broken leg and will be transported back to the capital soon."

Princess Daning said, "The best doctor for treating bone injuries nowadays is Doctor Yuan, the son-in-law of the Qi family. His family has inherited the art of treating bone injuries and internal medicine."

Princess Daning had a fierce look on her face. She whispered something to Qin Yong and handed him a silver note, "Go."

"Yes, Your Royal Highness."

Qin Yong went to the Imperial Medical Office and said, "I'm here to ask Imperial Doctor Yuan to get medicine for the Second Master."

Doctor Yuan greeted him and said, "I originally said I would send the medicine to the princess's residence later."

Qin Yong followed Doctor Yuan to get medicine, and seeing that there was no one around, he whispered, "The young ladies of the Qi Mansion went to Dongshan to visit a patient, and they were attacked by bandits on the way."

Doctor Yuan was shocked and looked at Qin Yong with horror.

His second daughter went to Dongshan today with the young ladies from the first and third branches of the Qi family.

Qin Yong waved his hand, "They are fine."

Doctor Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Yong mentioned another matter, "The Third Prince happened to be in Dongshan. His leg was broken by Miss Qi's car. He will look for you to treat his injury soon."

Doctor Yuan looked horrified.

He blinked his eyes, and suddenly remembered what the servant of Yuan Mansion said to him, "Before the eldest lady fell into the river, she scolded Miss Qi for marrying the third prince in the carriage..."

However, as far as he knew, the master and the eldest uncle of the Qi Mansion had expressed their opposition to marrying into the royal family.

He connected these things together and his heart began to beat wildly.

Qin Yong stuffed a silver note into Doctor Yuan's hand and whispered, "For the Qi family and for yourself, you know what to do."

Doctor Yuan nodded slightly.

His eldest daughter came home last night and gave him a pediatric medical book to read.

Doctor Yuan flipped through the book and the prescription, feeling very excited, and said to his eldest daughter: "This book has been lost for hundreds of years. Your cousin has given you a mountain of gold. You must remember to be grateful."

Imperial Physician Yuan felt ashamed towards the eldest son of the Qi family.

The eldest son of the Qi family has always been generous to the Yuan family, but his wife is greedy and resentful. She insults the eldest son both at home and outside.

He was also grateful to the eldest daughter of the first house, and gave a medical book to his eldest daughter as a dowry.

He also knew what he had to do.

For Doctor Yuan, whose family has been experts in bone medicine for 18 generations, it is not easy to cure a person's broken bones.

But for him, it is very easy to heal a person's bone injury.

Qi Lu also got the guards to report what happened on the way, and said: "The eldest lady's carriage is now missing. The other guards followed it, and the servants are also looking for it."

"The third prince broke his leg and is on his way back to the capital."

Qi Lu murmured: "Where did this girl go?"

He felt very uneasy and wanted to ride out immediately to find his daughter.

Qi Lu thought of what his daughter said before she left: "Don't worry, father, I will return safely."

At this time, apart from arranging the guards to look for her, he could only sit there anxiously waiting for news from his daughter.

There are two other people in the capital who are keeping an eye on Miss Qi's movements.

One is Li Zhi and the other is Lu Fengyun.

Both of them invited official matchmakers to go to the Qi Mansion to propose marriage.

They also learned from official media that the Qi family would choose one of the two.

The two young masters were looking forward to it.

Unexpectedly, the Qi family suddenly withdrew the post, saying, "We are sorry, but it is not appropriate to discuss marriage right now."

This disappointed the two young masters, and they were also confused: "Ms. Qi is sixteen years old, but she hasn't arranged a marriage yet, why is that?"

They thought that Miss Qi was good-looking and well-behaved, but was regarded as a person who did not observe etiquette and had not been able to get engaged for more than two years.

One of them was a son of a general, and the other was a son of a noble family with the talent of the top scholar. They began to suspect: "I'm afraid someone is deliberately ruining Miss Qi's reputation so that she can't get married smoothly."

Both of them sent guards to keep an eye on the Qi Mansion and pay attention to the movements of Miss Qi.

In the morning, the guards followed the Qi Mansion's carriage all the way out of the city and saw everything that happened.

The guards came back to report the whole story to their two masters, and said, "Miss Qi's carriage is missing."

Li Zhi suddenly realized and cursed: "It turned out that he was the one who was causing trouble. No wonder the Qi family didn't dare to discuss the marriage, and no wonder the two people who discussed the marriage had their legs broken. He is so insidious."

Lu Fengyun narrowed his eyes slightly, clenched his fists and placed them on the table, and said coldly: "I guess it was him who did it."

The two men sent several more guards, "Make sure to go to Dongshan to find the whereabouts of Miss Qi."