After his wife and daughter died tragically, the scumbag prince's hair turned white overnight

He Xuan's letter also mentioned that someone in Danyang wanted to guide the people in Prince Rong's mansion to inform Prince Rong that his wife and daughter were dead.

And all the evidence points to the Nanyuan Shen Mansion...

If it were before today, Murong Jingyan might still have doubted Shen Chuanhai.

But after experiencing Shen Xi's "eavesdropping" today, Murong Jingyan almost instinctively connected Shen Xi with those people in Danyang who led the Rongjun Prince's Mansion.

Long before the marriage was arranged, Murong Jingyan already knew Shen Xi's past clearly.

When she was five years old, she was sent to a farm and worked as a medicine boy for a traveling doctor in the countryside. She was brought back at the age of fifteen to fulfill her engagement with the Marquis's family. However, the marriage was delayed for three years because her biological mother died of illness.

After finally coming out of mourning, her fiancé changed his mind and got involved with her stepsister...

After that, he fell into the water and was sent to a farm to recuperate for three months.

Although he was not as cowardly as before after he came back, his reputation was basically half ruined.

Her own life was already in ruins, and he could understand that she had resentment towards the Shen family.

But he couldn't understand why a woman who grew up in Nanyuan and had no relationship with anyone in Beichen suddenly got involved in the affairs of Beichen Rong Junwang's wife and daughter?

He even gave up the most important support for the rest of her life for the little girl who almost died in the Rongjun Prince's Mansion...

Murong Jingyan's gaze fell on the pitch black outside the window. After a while, he spoke softly, "The water in Yecheng is becoming increasingly turbid."

...

Early the next morning.

Shen Muxi went to the Little East Palace again.

Because she didn't trust Murong Jingyan, Shen Muxi personally boiled the medicine and brought it over.

If this had happened in the past, the servants in the yard would have definitely stopped Shen Muxi.

And today, perhaps it was because Murong Jingyan gave in.

After Shen Muxi came to the yard, the servants respectfully withdrew.

Shen Muxi fed Xiaoxiao the medicine smoothly.

In the past, when servants were present, Shen Muxi didn't dare to be too intimate with Gu Xiaoxiao.

Now, she couldn't control herself at all. After feeding Gu Xiaoxiao the medicine, she trimmed her nails very carefully.

The nails that Yu Yuexi had ordered to be pulled out in Beichen have now grown back. Shen Muxi lovingly held Gu Xiaoxiao's small hand and rubbed it back and forth.

Xiaoxiao is sensible. When she was in Danyang, her father often helped her fetch water and deliver meals, and did things within her ability. So when she was only five years old, she had a thin layer of calluses on her hands.

Now, as she lay here these days, the thin calluses on her hands softened a lot because the maid rubbed ointment on them every day, and they finally became as delicate as a child's.

"If the prince doesn't interfere too much, Xiaoxiao will wake up soon. What are your plans then?"

Shen Xi's question suddenly brought Shen Muxi back to reality.

She couldn't help but put Gu Xiaoxiao's little hand to her lips and kissed it lightly, then carefully covered her with a blanket.

She could never get enough of looking at her daughter who had been lost and found again.

"If Xiaoxiao wakes up, I will directly tell her my current identity. She is a smart child and knows how to cooperate with me."

This is the tacit understanding between mother and daughter.

Xiaoxiao is always so sensible that it makes her feel distressed.

But, in order to survive...

At the very least, they must survive in Nanyuan and return to Beichen to personally seek revenge on those who harmed them.

Thinking of everything his daughter had experienced in Prince Rong's Mansion after his death, Shen Muxi couldn't help but tear up.

"I won't let them go, not even one of them."

"Don't worry, no one can escape."

Shen Xi comforted her, just like when she was in the Shen Mansion and she was feeling down, she comforted her.

Inside the Xiaodong Palace, in a pavilion on a higher ground.

Murong Jingyan asked the tall and thin man beside him who was looking at the small courtyard with a telescope.

"What might it read?"

The man was one of Murong Jingyan's aides, named Zhang Heng.

Hearing Murong Jingyan's question, Zhang Heng slowly put down the telescope and saluted respectfully towards Murong Jingyan. "Your Highness, that person said, 'When Xiaoxiao wakes up, she will directly reveal her identity to her'... and she seems to have a grudge against someone, and she said that she will not let any of those people go."

These words seemed to be making a decision for someone...

Murong Jingyan frowned, "Besides the unconscious person, is there anyone else in the room?"

Zhang Heng shook his head. "This is what I find strange. She and the unconscious person are the only ones in the room, but her demeanor and movements are as if she's talking to someone."

As soon as Zhang Heng finished speaking, He Hong, who was following behind Murong Jingyan, also spoke up, "Your Highness, I can prove it."

Just now, he and Master Zhang were looking into the distance with binoculars. Although he couldn't read lips, he could read expressions.

That's not the demeanor someone talking to themselves should have.

"I heard that Miss Shen's personality changed drastically after she woke up from falling into the water four months ago. Your Highness, do you think she might have been possessed by some foul creature?"

Murong Jingyan took the telescope handed to him by He Hong without any concern.

Through the telescope, he clearly saw the other person taking care of the little girl on the bed carefully and tenderly.

That serene and gentle look is just like a mother's gentleness towards her child...

She would be a good mother.

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Murong Jingyan immediately put down the telescope.

Surprised at her own wild thoughts, the image of her carefully wiping the sweat off Gu Xiaoxiao became increasingly clear in her mind.

She was clearly just an unmarried woman, but why did she have such obvious maternal instincts when she looked at that child...

"Your Highness, this Miss Shen is indeed very strange."

He Hong's voice brought Murong Jingyan back to reality.

Zhang Heng’s words are still ringing in my ears.

Not one will be spared...

Directly reveal your identity...

Also, the maternal spirit that emanates from within is not typical of her age.

She sent people to Danyang to plan a plan against the Rongjun Prince's Mansion...

He woke up from falling into the water three months ago with a completely different personality.

These seemingly unrelated things are now all connected to her.

Suddenly, an idea that he had just used to scold He Hong for being ridiculous quickly popped up in his mind.

In a split second, he blurted out an order, "Tell He Xuan to find out about the past of Rong Junwang Gu Shi's wife and where she is now."

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