The peerless and dark princess

"Elegy, actually, you have done enough. Grandmother thanks you for all you have done. What about the Qiao family?"

Madam Mu Jiang wanted to ask the Qiao family and Qiao Yan, but it seemed inappropriate. Her son was their enemy, and she had never imagined that such a situation would happen to her son. She felt sorry for the ancestors of the Mu family. However, she did not have the face to seek death. She lived to atone for her son's sins.

"Qiao Yan became a nun and didn't care about worldly affairs."

Chu Wange also knew what to say. That was something that happened before they came to the capital. At that time, the original owner's mother, Chu Wanran, didn't even know about it. How could she know what happened?

In fact, Jiang is not a coward. If it were not for Mu Yuqi and others, she would rather be exiled thousands of miles away. Compared with the Yang family who lost their lives and were exiled to the border to suffer, it was nothing. But she could not let the descendants of the Mu family suffer the same way. Wange and her siblings had already left the Mu family and would not inherit the Mu family in the future. The bloodline of the Mu family must be preserved, so Mu Yuqi must be well.

Jiang opened her mouth, her heart aching. That child had suffered so much. What kind of sin had her son committed to harm so many people? But he was still her son. She had raised him with great difficulty. She couldn't just let him lie dead in the wilderness. She would find a place to bury him when she got back. He didn't deserve to be buried in the Mu family's ancestral tomb.

"Which temple?"

"Jing'an Temple."

Jiang was silent. Now she had nothing and could do nothing. But she couldn't just leave Qiao Yan alone. It was her fault that she didn't teach Mu Heng how to behave. She would have to bear these debts until she was buried.

"Lan Xin, take your grandmother back to the capital. Everything has been arranged. I've already registered the house you bought for you here."

At that time when his property was confiscated and he was exiled, Mu Yuqi had just chosen a house to buy and had not yet had time to register at the government office. Then Mu Lanxin made a prompt decision and asked Chu Wange to buy it for her. Even if Chu Wange did not come to redeem him, they planned to take out the money from the silver shop to redeem him when they arrived at the border. Over the past year, all the money she earned from Chu Wange was kept in the silver shop. She did not show off. All her food, clothing and other expenses were paid from the monthly salary given by the Mu Mansion, that is, the monthly salary and dividends she earned from running the shop for Wange were saved.

"Thank you, sis."

"You and I are still sisters, no need to be polite. Just live your life behind closed doors from now on."

Chu Wange really thought that Mu Lanxin and her brother were good people. If they had not gone to see Haolin, the original owner's brother might have been killed early by Shen Xinyue and the servants. Of course, Jiang's power made Shen dare not act too hastily.

After Mu Lanxin took Jiang away, Chu Wange planned to take Shiqi for a stroll here. This was her first time leaving the capital. If she hadn't been afraid that Shiqi beside her couldn't control those yamen runners, she would not have left the capital. Now that she was here, she would be sorry if she didn't take the opportunity to travel.

"Miss, would it be a bad idea for us to let Zuo Qi return to Beijing?"

Shiqi was a little nervous. That day, she had run into Prince Heng looking for her at night. It would not be good to leave Prince Heng in the capital like this.

"What's wrong?"

"Well, the young master will look for it. You promised him that he would go back early."

"I didn't say a specific date. Earlier means we can stay for two days before returning. Besides, Lin'er is well taken care of by her grandparents in the palace. Let's just go for a walk. This is the first time your daughter has been to such a faraway place."

Shi Qi looked at Chu Wange who had just run away. What else could she say? That was her young lady, could she really just abandon her and leave her alone? She shook her head and hurried to follow, otherwise she would not be able to catch up with her young lady.

When Chu Wange arrived in the city, she went straight to a bustling place, because bustling places had the flavor of life. Here, there was no Wange, only Luoxi, and she could act as she pleased. This side of her was unknown to everyone. To the Chu family, she was Wange; to Haolin, she was her elder sister; to the Jiang family, she was Mu Heng's daughter and Jiang's granddaughter; and now, she was truly herself.

It was also the first time that Shiqi saw Chu Wange so active. She watched Chu Wange bargaining in front of the small vendors and eating snacks, as if she had let go of everything. She had never seen such a lady before. She had seen her obey Shen Mu Ruohan's foolish appearance before, and then she changed and became very calm and did everything with ease, without any sign of panic.

"Miss, when will you return to the inn?"

"I just heard from people around us that there is a cruise ship here. Let's find a place to watch it, and then we will go back to the inn." Chu Wange remembered that he had just heard several young men talking about a cruise ship activity. It seemed that there were also courtesans competing in talent on the cruise ship. He had never seen the unique skills of those courtesans, except for the time when he disguised himself as a man to meet Ruoyan in the Beijing Quyi Pavilion, but Ruoyan was also Zuo Ci's person, and he recognized her at the time.

"what?"

Shiqi had never felt that shopping was tiring before, but today she finally experienced it. She had been practicing martial arts for more than a year and still couldn't keep up with her own lady. Alas, next time she should let Amei or Yihua go with her. It would be good for her to stay in the mansion, really.

Chu Wange didn't care about Shiqi's doubts. She followed the crowd silently, intending to occupy a good place to watch the talents of the courtesans, such as playing the pipa, erhu, guqin, flute, etc. She wanted to see the level of these ancient people, which were better than those in modern times.

"Shiqi, come here and look..." Chu Wange was puzzled. Where is Shiqi? She was not following him just now. Did she get lost?

On the other side, Shiqi was also following behind her young lady. She was bumped by someone and couldn't find anyone when she looked up. She was a little panicked. She was unfamiliar with the place and hoped nothing would happen to her. Besides, when Zuo Jiu was not around, Zuo Qi was sent back to the capital by the young lady. She was the only one around, and now she hadn't followed him.

"Forget it, let's wait until everyone leaves and then look for Shiqi." Chu Wange muttered.

When the courtesan appeared just now, the crowd surged and drowned out the two of them. In fact, they were not far away, but there were too many people. Chu Wange didn't want to squeeze in at this moment, so she finally got a good position.

Chu Wange had seen the high level of skills that the courtesans or daughters of officials in ancient times had in learning music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Those so-called masters of modern times were not even worthy of being promoted in front of these people. Fortunately, the original owner was a clueless young lady. Well, thanks to the original owner's lack of knowledge, she was not asked to show off her talents. If she was really a talented woman, she really wouldn't be able to learn! ! !

When the boat trip ended, Chu Wange was still sitting by the river in a daze, waiting for Shiqi to come find her. If she left, they might get sidetracked. It would be better to stay and wait. After all, she was a lady, and Shiqi would come find her.

People gradually left, and the riverside became much quieter. Chu Wange was a little dazed. She missed the previous world. In this world, there was only Wange. No matter whether she was Chu or Mu, she was not Luoxi. Luoxi had long stayed in that world, but she still missed her.

This scene reminded Chu Wange of a poem from her past life, and she couldn't help but chant, "Tonight, I hear the song of willow-breaking. Who wouldn't be nostalgic for their homeland?" [From: Li Bai's "Hearing the Flute in Luocheng on a Spring Night"]

Clap—Clap—

There was a sound of clapping in his ears. Chu Wange turned around and saw a man in brocade clothes. Although not as handsome as Zuo Ci, he was still not bad. A handsome man is a plus. Wange had a good impression of him.

"Which young lady writes good poems?"

"This wasn't written by me, but by a senior. I'm just borrowing it to express my feelings at the moment." Chu Wange didn't dare take all the credit for this. Besides, the literary attainments of this era were equally impressive. Besides, she knew her own abilities. She'd simply memorized a few more poems in her past life. She truly couldn't compose them on the spot. Those two lines were from Li Bai.

"Which senior is it? I don't think I've ever heard of him."

"I haven't seen it either. I just happened to hear it when I was passing by the river."

Chu Wange didn't want to talk to her anymore. After all, it was late at night and a man and a woman were alone together. If someone saw them, there would be a lot of trouble. She didn't want to get into trouble, but why didn't Shiqi come yet?

"Miss!!!"

Chu Wange's eyes immediately filled with tears. It was really timely, as he was thinking of her.

"Sir, my maid is here to see me."

"Miss, who is that?" Shiqi was a little out of breath. She had just been pushed away by the crowd and had to wait until there were fewer people before she came back.

"do not know."

Someone I don't know? How can I talk to the young lady? Well, I'd better keep it secret. It would be bad if Prince Heng found out. Now there are rumors in the capital that the young lady is marrying up to Prince Heng.

"Then let's hurry back to the inn."

"it is good."

The man glanced at the master and servant, "Hmm~ So it's the Zuo Ci family. It seems that those people in the Mu Mansion have been rescued."

It turned out that this man was Baili Ziyu, the owner of Baili Inn and a good friend of Zuo Ci. He came out to see the shop and when he saw the person in charge, he heard this poem and became interested, so he wanted to meet the person. He didn't recognize her at first, but when he saw the maid Shiqi, he recognized her as Chu Wange.