Traveling through time and space

"It would be incompetent of me to speak in front of His Majesty. It seems that the Thirteenth Prince is also smart. I have two plans. First, you can find a few people to disguise yourself with him and ride on horseback directly. Of course, there will be a fake him in the team. The rest of the people will act according to the original plan and divide into two or three groups to attract the other party's attention. When the other party wakes up, the Thirteenth Prince will have already reunited with us. Second, His Majesty will turn around to pick him up, and I will take the people and go according to the original plan and wait for the reunion." Gu Yuanyuan expressed her thoughts.

"Repair the plank road in public and cross Chencang in secret." After hearing what he said, Gu Yuanyuan nodded, "Okay, we will slow down our journey and send people on horseback." He stood up, "I will ask more of them to go back and escort us all the way until they meet up with us." Gu Yuanyuan nodded. After solving this big problem, Gu Yuanyuan was relieved of the burden. Next, she really traveled around, but she didn't have a few more days to play. She traveled leisurely every day and stayed in the car with him every day. After seven days, they arrived at a place called Mixingti in Jiangchuan County, Jiangchuan Prefecture. They decided to camp there because of the beautiful scenery. Along the way, they were afraid of missing them, so they didn't dare to go into the city and stay in an inn. Because it was the New Year period, there were more and more people and cars coming and going on the official road. Gu Yuanyuan repeatedly told them not to communicate with too many people. If they met someone who came up to talk to them, they could just say that the young lady had returned to visit relatives. Of course, there were other families camping in the wild. Nanny Shang said that the day before yesterday, an old woman came to borrow a flint and said that she forgot to bring the flint when she went out. She only remembered it when she was about to cook. They were visiting relatives in Beijing, which was also the reason why Gu Yuanyuan didn't let them chat with others. These past few days outside, Gu Yuanyuan didn't take on too much responsibility and took all the things from the space. Xiao Maozi and Xizi went into the city in advance to purchase them. Whenever they came across a place with water, Gu Yuanyuan would always lure some fish out, and when they came across a place with mountains, they would always bring back some wild game. Since they decided to rest here, Gu Yuanyuan also pulled him out of the car. Because they were dozens of meters away from the official road, they were packing up and setting up camp. Gu Yuanyuan went to the roadside to take a look. It was getting dark that day. There were two grandmothers sitting on the roadside. Looking at them carefully, they didn't look like old ladies in the countryside. They were not very old, about forty or fifty years old. When they came along the way just now, they didn't find them in the village. Gu Yuanyuan couldn't suppress his curiosity and went forward to take a look. "Two aunts, it's late, why are you sitting here?"

"Excuse me, young lady." When she got closer, Gu Yuanyuan realized that both of them were wiping their tears. One was well-dressed, and the other was ordinary. They seemed to be a master and servant, with a large bag beside them.

"Aunts, what happened?" Gu Yuanyuan asked.

"Miss, I'm sorry to say it out loud." The two looked at Gu Yuanyuan, seeming a little embarrassed to speak.

"What's wrong?" Gu Yuanyuan turned around and saw that it was the prince who came. He didn't let Nanny Shang and the others follow.

"Husband, these two aunts seem to have encountered something?" Gu Yuanyuan shook him, "Two aunts, this is my husband. We are not bad people. If you have anything to say, you can tell us. If we can help, we will definitely help."

"Madam, after my master passed away, my old lady said that she wanted to move our family to the capital to live with my young master. We traveled in a carriage for seven days, but I didn't expect that in the morning, my old lady took advantage of the time when I was drinking water with my aunt inside and abandoned us, master and servant." The person who spoke was about forty years old.

"Husband, how far is the capital from here?"

"I don't know, but I'm afraid it'll take a month."

"Husband, is this journey on horseback or on foot?"

"Probably riding a horse."

"Auntie, how do you plan to get to the capital?"

"My aunt is not in good health. To be honest, I don't know."

"Xing'er, stop talking. This is my life."

"Aunt, the young master is your biological child, but now the old lady is afraid that you will do something bad, and she must want to force you to death. From now on, she will be the young master's biological mother."

"Xing'er, I can't make it to the capital and I won't be able to see Heng'er anymore. You might as well just take all your things and go on your own. Find Heng'er and tell him the truth about all these years. Tell him what kind of life his mother led and how she was eventually forced to death by him."

"Aunt, the young master is a sixth-rank official in the Guanglu Temple. He will definitely miss you."

"Over the years, my grandmother has been trying to stop me from telling Heng'er that I am his biological mother. She just doesn't want others to know that the Zhao family's only son came from my belly."

"Aunt, please don't say anything angry. Xing'er won't leave. She will stay with you, even if she dies on the road."

"Aunts, it's getting dark. You should come up with some rules. It's not a good place to be in the middle of nowhere. When we came here just now, we saw a small teahouse about ten miles away. There were people inside. You can rest there for a while."

"Thank you, Madam, for your concern. We, the master and the servant, will rest wherever we are. Aunt, stand up. Shall we take a few more steps? Don't worry, Xing'er will be with you."

"Aunts, here are fifty taels of silver. Take them."

"No, ma'am, we can't accept your money." Both of them refused to take the money.

"Aunts, it's fate that we meet here, but we can't go the same way and can't help you. We can only give you a little financial support. You can rent a car to go to the capital. You can pay half of the money first, and your son can pay the rest when you arrive in the capital. You must pay to reunite with your son, and don't let that cruel old lady deceive your son for his whole life. If you die on the way, you will be sad for the rest of your life." Gu Yuanyuan really wanted to help. This little money was a small matter for her.

"Yes, aunt, the lady is right. We can't let the young master regret it in the future. He is a good man. If he really knew that he had regarded a thief as his mother all his life, he would be so sad."

"Madam is right, Xing'er, let us kowtow to express our gratitude." Without giving Gu Yuanyuanyuan any time to say anything, the two of them knelt down and kowtowed, saying words of gratitude.

"Aunts, I hope you can find your relatives soon." Gu Yuanyuan helped them up and watched them pick up their bags and support each other as they walked towards the capital. "Alas, another poor person."

"Do you know her son?"

"Your Highness, the son she mentioned first is called Heng'er, who works in the Guanglu Temple. His surname is Zhao. I have actually met this man before. He is also my husband Li Bei's eldest son-in-law, Zhao Yiheng."

"Since we have this relationship, do you want to help again?" asked the prince. Gu Yuanyuan shook her head and said, "Madame Shang, give those two another fifty taels of silver and tell them that the lady is kind-hearted. Let them buy a carriage. Remember not to reveal their identities." Gu Yuanyuan nodded and asked Madame Shang to send another fifty taels of silver. Let's help if we can.

"Zi Mo is a good man. Let's go and see the mountain over there." The two held hands and crossed the road. There was a cave in the mountain. The bright light over there indicated that the cave was open. They walked along the wall. It felt like a long way, about fifty meters. When they reached the cave entrance, they found a river blocking the way. The water flowed very calmly, without any ripples. The water surface was about three meters wide. "Let's go and take a look. It must be beautiful in here."

"Madam, how do we get there?" Gu Yuanyuan took his hand and walked to the other side. "I'm so happy to hear you talk about your husband."

"Calling you husband can't be eaten. If you like, I can call you that every day in the future, so that I can save your food money." After crossing the river, there is a flat land. In this season, you can still see wild flowers. By the way, the temperature here is much higher than in the capital. The further east Qingyang goes, the hotter it is. If you listen carefully, you can hear the birds singing, "Husband, it's so beautiful here, with birds singing and flowers blooming." Gu Yuanyuan thought of Tao Yuanming's "I want to have a home in a place like this, where I cook in the house and you play with the children outside, with flowers and trees, a place isolated from the world, where there is only our family, no power struggles, no worries about money, and no disturbances. It's good to be so simple." Thinking of such beauty, Gu Yuanyuan leaned against his arms, enjoying the quiet years.

"We have to go back, otherwise they will be anxious if they can't see us." The place was not big, and there was a river after a few steps. The prince was a little unhappy and pulled Gu Yuanyuan.

"Okay, I just put some spiritual water in the river. Let's go collect the fish and have fish soup tonight. I really like soup recently. Yes, I haven't noticed this problem before." Gu Yuanyuan was a little surprised. Why did her appetite become so strange? "Using a branch to string the fish, the two of them slowly went back.

"Princess, you really scared me to death. I can't see the princess and the prince anywhere." Nanny Shang's tone was a little anxious, and she took the fish skewers from Gu Yuanyuan's hand.

"Princess, Prince, it's time to eat." Dongmei brought dinner over. Since the first day of the new year, they no longer ate together. Gu Yuanyuan and the prince would eat in their own tent. After wiping her hands with the handkerchief, the two sat down to eat. When Dongmei came to clear the dishes, Gu Yuanyuan suddenly wanted to eat corn cakes.

"Dongmei, for breakfast tomorrow, I want fish soup and corn and vegetable pancakes." Gu Yuanyuan ordered.

"Yes, Princess, I will prepare it. But your appetite has been a little strange recently. You used to eat corn cakes, but in the past three days, you have eaten them twice."

"Maybe it's because the weather is getting warmer, so I want to eat something light." To be honest, Gu Yuanyuan also felt it was strange.

"It's okay, eat whatever you want." He smiled and comforted. Looking at this smiling face, Gu Yuanyuan's heart skipped a beat. Nothing that shouldn't happen would happen, right? She had been the most annoying person in both of her lives, getting pregnant before marriage. But she really couldn't just stand by and watch her die that time.

"Zi Mo, who gave you the aphrodisiac that time?" Gu Yuanyuan asked.

"At the palace banquet, I only drank one glass of wine. When I felt unwell, I wanted to leave, but that bad woman and the fake prince stopped me and said something. The bad woman said that they had heard a lot about my reputation, and the fake prince had always wanted to see me. Later..."

"It's really that bad little woman? How did you get away with it?"