South City Pier.

"Why are you still the only one?"

Xie Leqing looked behind Nangong Hao, "Where's Yu'er?"

The child was lively and extremely dependent on her. Logically, he should have come to her as soon as he got off the carriage.

But when I looked around, I didn't see his unique little figure.

Nangong Hao touched his nose and said, "Let's go to the boat first, and then I'll explain it to you."

Xie Leqing's heart skipped a beat, and he said casually, "You didn't leave him alone in the Prince of Pingnan's mansion, did you?"

Nangong Hao suddenly took Nangong Xiyu back to the Prince of Pingnan's Mansion last night, saying that the father and son would set out from the mansion again today and everyone would meet at the city gate today.

Xie Leqing didn't think much about it at the time.

But now, the more I think about it, the more I feel something is wrong.

Nangong Hao was evasive, "Well...it's a long story, let's first..."

He didn't dare to look at Xie Leqing again and quickly shifted his gaze.

Xie Leqing understood immediately, and his expression turned cold. "What on earth can't be explained in just a few words? Explain it to me now!"

This man should not be trusted!

Yu'er is not even six years old!

How dare he!

Shen Wanwan and others were walking in front. When they heard the noise behind them, they turned around and looked at the two people.

That annoying Nangong Xiyu was left alone in Prince Pingnan's mansion?

This is too cruel!

It's simply inhumane!

"Sister, was Nangong Xiyu really thrown into the palace by him?"

Nangong Che, formerly known as Pei Guangguang, sighed faintly, "He is indeed annoying sometimes, but sometimes he is quite sensible. It's pitiful to be left like this."

For some reason, I suddenly felt a little lost.

Nangong Wanning, formerly known as Pei Wanning, shook his head. "If he were really abandoned, he would be in a very miserable situation."

The journey to Jingsi Island is long, and without that little brat Nangong Xiyu, the journey is destined to be quiet and boring.

The brother and sister both looked at Shen Wanwan.

Shen Wanwan shrugged. She didn't know what was going on.

Xie Leqing refused to leave, and Nangong Hao had no choice but to say, "I didn't mean to abandon him, he chose it himself..."

"How old is he? Do you think I'm a three-year-old who's easy to coax? Nangong Hao, I really didn't expect you to say such things. Listen carefully to what you said!"

Xie Leqing was so angry that he jumped up and down. "Such a big thing, he is just a five-year-old child, can he make his own choice? Do you think it is credible?"

"It was indeed he who insisted on staying, Qing'er. You know, I have never lied to you."

Facing Xie Leqing's questioning, Nangong Hao was overwhelmed. He glanced at Nangong Wanning and Nangong Che from the corner of his eyes and lowered his voice, "...Can't you save some face for me in front of the children?"

Xie Leqing glared at Nangong Hao and his expression softened a little.

Nangong Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but then he heard Xie Leqing's cold voice: "Since Yu'er doesn't want to go with us, then you should go back too."

How can this be done!

Nangong Hao's face suddenly changed, like an eggplant hit by frost. He didn't tell her in advance because he was worried about this situation.

What a good thing that kid Nangong Xiyu did!

He reached out to hold Xie Leqing's hand, but she shook her sleeves and turned to board the boat.

"Qing'er, listen to me..."

Nangong Hao hurriedly chased after him, "I can explain..."

Shen Wanwan and others were stunned.

Is this really the King of Pingnan?

Where is the tough guy on the battlefield?

The key point is, these two people are almost a hundred years old in total, yet they can still...

Well, I really don’t know how to describe it.

The few of them did not dare to delay and quickly got on the boat and went to the cabin.

After Nangong Hao explained the reason why Nangong Xiyu chose to stay, everyone fell silent.

Including Ye Tianlan who had just walked to the door.

No one expected that a child under the age of six could be so filial.

"Although I am Yu'er's adoptive father, I have to respect his choice and cannot force him to come here. But don't worry, Qing'er, I won't completely let him go."

Nangong Hao coughed lightly and said, "The Emperor has adopted him as his adopted son. Even if I'm not around, no one would dare to harm him."

Xie Leqing's expression grew even colder.

"You mean, being the emperor's son is safer than being the prince's son?"

Nangong Hao was momentarily speechless.

How should he respond to Qing'er's words?

"Perhaps, the child is indeed safer in the palace than in the palace."

Ye Tianlan looked around at everyone, "The premise is that no outsiders know that Gu Beichen left with us."

Everyone was startled and looked at Shen Wanwan with strange expressions.

Gu Beichen is the only bloodline of Emperor Tianchen, but he is willing to abandon everything and follow her.

She was really not fair in doing this.

If the world knew that the only person who could inherit the throne had run away, and Emperor Tianchen adopted a son at this time, it would be hard not to make people think about it.

Shen Wanwan noticed everyone's gazes and pulled her lips awkwardly, but couldn't utter a word.

In this situation, nothing you say is right.

It is a fact that Gu Beichen wants to follow.

It is also true that she agreed.

Apart from them, the only ones who knew about his departure were the Emperor, the Empress Dowager and Zi Yi, and the few core subordinates left behind by Gu Beichen.

However, no matter how carefully he concealed the news that he was not in the capital, it would eventually leak out. After all, not showing up in public for a long time would inevitably arouse speculation from those with ulterior motives. By then...

"By the way, Prince Pingnan, didn't you just say they arrived first?"

Shen Wanwan looked around, "Where are they?"

The "they" she was referring to were Gu Beichen and Xie Moxuan, but only she knew that at the moment she only wanted to know where Gu Beichen was.

She suddenly felt that it was necessary to have a good talk with him again.

Nangong Hao was hesitating about how to respond when Ye Tianlan spoke up, "He left for Jiangzhou half a month ago. How could he not tell you about this?"

He looked at his sister in confusion. Logically speaking, Gu Beichen would not do things so recklessly.

I even sent someone to the dock to tell him, how could I hide it from her?

Unless... he feels this trip is dangerous!

Thinking of this, Ye Tianlan's eyes flashed slightly.

Shen Wanwan frowned slightly and shook her head, "No."

Went to Jiangzhou?

That was Princess Pingyang's fiefdom. Why did he suddenly run to Jiangzhou?

wrong!

Didn't he leave half a month ago after Princess Pingyang's funeral?

No wonder I never saw him once after moving into Changchun Palace.

On the day of the princess's funeral, the two of them just glanced at each other from a distance.

Thinking of this, she looked at Feiyue.

Feiyue was shocked and shook her head quickly, "I don't know anything about this!"

She is no longer the prince's subordinate, so how can she know his whereabouts? Even if she still is, the prince will never reveal his whereabouts to her.

Shen Wanwan thought of something and looked at Nangong Wanning, "When did Xie Moxuan leave the Xie Mansion?"

In their team, besides Nangong Xiyu and Gu Beichen, Xie Moxuan was also missing.

Nangong Wanning was slightly startled and said casually: "Five days ago, he said he was going to the Prince Qin's Mansion to help deal with it..."

Suddenly remembering something, she changed the subject, "Could it be that he also went to Jiangzhou five days ago? ... But that doesn't make sense. Yesterday I was..."

She had someone tell him yesterday that the departure time today would be advanced by half an hour.

Earlier at the south gate of the city, she had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but someone said they had already arrived at the dock.

When Nangong Wanning thought of this, the look in her eyes when she looked at Nangong Hao changed.

Nangong Hao took over at this time, "There are traces of Japanese spies in Jiangzhou. The King of Qin suddenly went there to deal with the spies. As for Mo Xuan, I only received news yesterday. He left the Xie Mansion and headed out of the city to Jiangzhou."

Something big must have happened in Jiangzhou!

Shen Wanwan and Nangong Wanning looked at each other, their brows furrowed.

Ye Tianlan noticed the expressions of the two men and spoke to them in comfort, "Don't worry, we are sailing very fast down the river and will reach Jiangzhou in less than ten days. If anything really happens, we will know when we meet."

Arriving in ten days?

Nangong Hao looked at Ye Tianlan in surprise.

When he got on board just now, he had noticed that this ship seemed to be different from ordinary merchant ships.

However, he was so focused on how to explain Yu'er's matter to Qing'er that he didn't think much about it.

Now, when Ye Tianlan said that it only took ten days to travel from the south city pier to Jiangzhou, he was really shocked.

As far as Nangong Hao knew, even if the best merchant ship of Nanyao Kingdom sailed downstream, it would take at least one month to travel from Shangjing City to Jiangzhou.

Ye Tianlan said that it would only take ten days, and the speed was really unbelievable.

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