The abandoned concubine who transmigrated woke up shouting "Long live the widow!"

It turns out this man is Li Xia's father.

"Hey!" the man replied, glancing quickly at Li Xia before heading to open the main hall door.

As soon as Jing Zhiyuan entered, he saw Li Shi being helped by a nanny to stand in the center of the main hall, her belly noticeably larger than before.

"Mother!" Jingze cried out, his voice trembling with sobs.

"Xue'er, Ze'er, you've come!" Tears streamed down Li's face, and the nanny beside her was also wiping away tears.

The four of them knelt down and kowtowed again.

"Get up, all of you! Get up quickly! It's not easy to meet, don't waste time on these formalities!" Jing Zhiyuan said.

At this moment, another couple entered and bowed to Jingxue and her brother.

Xiaoman called out, "Father! Mother!"

Although Jingxue no longer possessed the original owner's emotions and memories, she couldn't hold back her tears in this situation and took out a handkerchief to wipe them away.

"Lixia, Xiaoman, Father is right. We have limited time. You should each go down with your parents and have a chat!"

"Yes, Miss!" the two maids replied, and the six of them went out.

Jing Zhiyuan helped Li Shi sit down, while Jing Xue used her supernatural abilities to survey the entire Lengyan Palace.

The Cold Smoke Palace is a three-courtyard complex surrounded by a high wall. In addition to the imperial guards guarding the surrounding area, there are still two men in black on the roof of the main hall.

"Xue'er, you've changed a lot!" Jing Zhiyuan said as he sat down.

Jingxue met Jing Zhiyuan's meaningful gaze and understood what he had seen. "Father, I'm all alone here. I've just learned some survival skills. No matter how much I've changed, I'm still your daughter!" Jingxue said, glancing at the roof.

Jing Zhiyuan already knew there were other people in the main hall, and so did Madam Li. He sighed and said, "Alright!"

"Mother, my elder sister has already sent me to the academy, so don't worry about Xiaoze!" Jingze nestled close to Li Shi.

Li put her arm around Xiaoze's shoulder and said, "You are both good children. I am so proud of you!"

"Mother, how are you feeling? Has the Emperor sent a physician to examine your pulse?" Jingxue asked.

"I've been here once before; it was Physician Ren!" Madam Li replied.

Jingxue remembered that it was the middle-aged imperial physician who had treated the Empress. He seemed like a good person, which put her at ease.

"Mother, these are the things I prepared for you during childbirth. Please see if you need anything else, and I'll bring it to you next time I come!" This was something Jingxue had asked Jingze's wet nurse to prepare a few days ago.

Looking at the package Jingxue had untied, Madam Li said, "The Empress and the Empress Dowager have both sent over quite a few things. Don't worry about us, we're all fine! We don't need anything!"

"Father, this is for you!" Jingxue took out a stack of silver notes from her bosom and handed them to Jing Zhiyuan. There were ten thousand taels of silver notes, with denominations of one hundred taels and one thousand taels. There was also a scalpel underneath the silver notes.

She originally wanted to take out the dagger from her spatial storage, but it was too big and not as convenient as a scalpel.

Jing Zhiyuan frowned, wanting to decline, but Jing Xue stuffed the silver note into his hand and whispered, "Father, money makes the world go round!"

Although they are imprisoned here and cannot buy anything, it would be good to bribe the guards and do them a favor. Besides, there are imperial physicians here!

When Jing Zhiyuan touched the cold scalpel, he realized that Jing Xue had given it to him for self-defense.

Jingxue took out more than a dozen packets of medicinal powder. "This is medicinal powder for treating colds and fever. Please keep it safe and read the instructions carefully before using it!"

Besides some commonly used medicines, Jingxue also put in a few packets of sleeping pills. She believed that Jing Zhiyuan would use them, but she still gave Jing Zhiyuan a look.

Jing Zhiyuan nodded knowingly.

"Xue'er, how is the War King treating you? You..." Madam Li looked at Jingxue's belly. She wanted to ask Jingxue if she was pregnant. This should have been a private conversation between mother and daughter, but with Jing Zhiyuan and his son present, she was too embarrassed to say it directly.

Jingxue smiled and said, "Mother, don't worry. The Prince treats me very well. Having a child is a matter of fate, and it will come sooner or later! We're not in a hurry."

It is said that one should only report good news and not bad news. Since Li and the others cannot leave here, I cannot tell them the truth and make them worry, so I can only tell them white lies.

On the way, Jingxue also reminded Jingze and the two maids not to tell their families about the county princess's mansion.

"Xue'er, the portrait you sent in last time was really good, it looked just like the real thing. The painters in the capital are really skilled these days!" Madam Li said, taking out the photo from her bosom.

Jingze giggled, "Mommy, that's not a painting, it's a Polaroid photo! I've had enough of that now!"

"A Polaroid camera? What's that? I've been away from the capital for over three years, and things have changed a lot here!" Madam Li laughed as well.

“Mother, those are some new things that Prince Qin brought back from out of town. They can capture people or scenery realistically, and they’re even better than what painters can paint!” Jingxue explained, but she didn’t intend to take them out.

"Oh!"

"When my younger brother or sister is born, I will take a few pictures of them every month to record their growth process, and give them to him as a keepsake when he grows up!"

"Good! Good!" Madam Li nodded repeatedly in agreement, looking at her daughter with eyes full of satisfaction.

"Father, Mother, the shops you gave me as part of my dowry are doing very well. I will take good care of Xiaoze, so please don't worry!" Upon hearing this, Jing Zhiyuan and Madam Li replied in unison, "That's good!"

At this moment, Jingxue suddenly thought of an important question and asked, "Mother, can Lixia and Xiaoman's mothers deliver your babies?"

Madam Li smiled slightly, gently patted Jingxue's hand, and comforted her, "It's alright. Although they didn't deliver your and Xiaoze's babies, they have delivered babies for the servants in the manor before!"

Jingxue frowned slightly, still somewhat uneasy: "Oh, what I mean is, don't use unfamiliar midwives!" She didn't say it directly, but rather expressed her opinion tactfully.

"Okay! Mother will remember!"

The person behind framing Jing Zhiyuan has not yet been found, and Jing Xue doesn't trust anyone.

Jing Zhiyuan didn't say much, just silently looked at his wife and children.

An hour passed quickly, and the group couldn't say everything. Jingxue mainly cared about their health and daily needs, including food and necessities.

Finally, urged by General Wei, the four reluctantly left Lengyan Palace.

Light snow began to fall from the sky, and the wind was stronger than when they arrived, stinging their faces. Jingxue took out masks from her spatial storage, and the group felt better after putting them on.

Ying Jiu, Jing Xue, and the others boarded the carriage today and headed back.

A short while later, Ying Jiu was heard saying from outside, "Today is a little different!"

Jingxue immediately used her supernatural power to investigate. This was the alley where she had encountered Shadow A and his group last time. There was no one on the street, but many men in black were lying in ambush in the trees along the roadside.