My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

"What's there to pity! The Li family will be childless and die out. I think it's retribution for all the evil deeds they've done."

At that moment, a voice full of resentment suddenly rang out from the crowd.

People looked in the direction of the sound and saw that it came from Chen Aman, who lived next to the Li family.

Someone rushed forward and asked Chen Aman why she said that, and whether she knew something.

Chen Aman said, "Do you know what the old man of the Li family did after his son died?"

The onlookers hurriedly asked, "What did you do?"

Yuan Aman said, "He actually sneaked into his daughter-in-law's room at night and said that since his son was gone, he would take his place, since they were all his Li family's offspring anyway."

Those around him stared wide-eyed, their expressions filled with disbelief.

A woman questioned, "This...this can't be, can it? Although the Li family fled here, they don't seem to be short of money. If the old man of the Li family wants to continue the family line, he can just take a concubine. Why would he do something like this?"

"That's right. With the war going on, there are homeless refugees everywhere. A few taels of silver can buy a young virgin. If the old man of the Li family wants to continue the family line, he can just buy a girl. Why do something so immoral?"

……

After the initial shock, people began to question Chen Aman's words. Some felt that the Li family wasn't that poor, and their situation was more complex than that.

Some people also questioned Chen Aman, wondering how she knew such a secret matter. Their words were full of probing, asking if the Li family had offended her in some way, which was why she was ruining the Li family's reputation.

Seeing that people actually doubted him, Chen Aman immediately became unhappy and said, "I just can't stand the evil deeds of the Li family. Believe it or not, it's up to you. What good will it do me to ruin their reputation?"

Hearing her say that, people were a little confused about whether the matter was true or false. However, people's attention quickly returned from the Li family to Ji Yunshuang.

People are interested in the gossip about the Li family, but at most, it's just something to do with their leisure time.

But Ji Yunshuang is different. If Ji Yunshuang is really related to the Prince's Mansion, then the Lu family's status will be very different. Could their village also benefit from this?

Ji Yunshuang had no idea what the villagers were talking about after she left.

At this moment, she was looking at Lu Yanqi.

She had been trying to find an opportunity to talk to him for the past two days. If he was a reincarnated person, he should know a lot about his past life.

Talking to him might yield unexpected results.

However, looking at the guards from the Prince's mansion following outside the carriage, it still wasn't the right time. Ji Yunshuang temporarily suppressed the chaotic thoughts in her mind, took out some candy from her bundle, and shared it with the two of them.

Lu Yanqi didn't take the candy she offered, but instead said angrily, "I can't eat it."

Ji Yunshuang put the candy in her mouth and asked, "Why can't you eat it?"

Looking at the woman in front of him who was asking a question she already knew the answer to, Lu Yanqi became even angrier.

Ji Yunshuang crunched the candy in her mouth, "Sometimes I'm really curious, what exactly have you been through to develop such an awkward personality?"

The experience she was referring to was, of course, her previous life.

Lu Yanqi naturally noticed this as well. He looked her over and saw that her eyes were filled with pure curiosity, without any attempt to hide it. He felt even more puzzled.

Did she never see herself in her past life?

He carefully recalled her behavior after being reborn in this life, as well as the mysterious and unsolved enigmas surrounding her, and a bold idea gradually took root in his mind.

Perhaps she wasn't like him, having returned from a past life, and therefore knew nothing about him or many of the events of his previous existence. She might truly be, as Madam Sun suspected, a mountain spirit…

If she's a mountain demon, can she handle the shrewd people in the Prince's mansion? He couldn't help but worry about her.

He hesitated for a moment before asking, "Would it be dangerous for you to go to the Prince's residence?"

Ji Yunshuang looked at him with interest and said, "Are you worried about me?"

Lu Yanqi immediately reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, "I wasn't worried about you, I was just worried about my sister."

Lu Yuzhu said innocently, "Brother, you don't need to worry about me. I will listen to Mother and not cause her any trouble. Mother took me with her when she was doing errands before, and I was always good."

Lu Yanqi: "..."

Ji Yunshuang smiled and ruffled her daughter's hair, saying, "Yes, my Zhuzhu is the best."

Lu Yuzhu looked up at Ji Yunshuang and smiled brightly, saying, "Mother is the best! She can protect herself and us too, right?"

"Yes, Mother will not only protect herself, but also you."

Ji Yunshuang looked at Lu Yanqi and said, "So, just like your little sister, happily eat the candy and trust me. Children shouldn't worry too much, or they won't grow tall."

Although she spoke as if she were teasing a child, she was actually responding to Lu Yanqi's question, indicating that she could not only protect herself, but also protect them.

Lu Yanqi's eyes suddenly stung with tears.

This woman, whose exact identity is unknown, sometimes seems more like a real mother.

He turned his head away, not wanting Ji Yunshuang to discover his feelings.

Ji Yunshuang ignored her and started talking to her daughter.

Given the situation today, she shouldn't have brought her child.

She offered to bring her daughter along, partly because she knew she would be leaving again after this incident, and she wanted to spend more time with her.

When he was with her, it seemed like she was keeping him company. But in reality, it was more often the child who was comforting his soul.

Looking into her pure eyes and feeling completely dependent on her, her mood gradually improved.

The mother and daughter ate sweets and chatted along the way, and the carriage soon arrived in Hongcheng.

Ji Yunshuang originally intended to leave the two children at her own shop after entering the city, but Steward Li said there was no need for such trouble and that she could take the two children to the Prince's Mansion together.

Ji Yunshuang didn't bother them any further and took both children to the Prince's Mansion.

After entering the Prince's mansion, Li Dequan first asked Ji Yunshuang and the others to wait outside the hall, while he went ahead to report to the Prince.

When Prince Rui heard that Ji Yunshuang had brought her child to the palace to be with her, the little bit of doubt in his heart disappeared.

If the matter of the third child was orchestrated by Ji Yunshuang and someone else, she would never have brought the child along.

She brought the child along to prove that she had nothing to do with the matter. Therefore, she was confident that even if the child came to the palace with her, he would be safe.

He said, "Please have General Ji come in and give an answer. Send the two children to Fufeng Palace to keep the Princess company."

As soon as he heard that Ji Yunshuang had brought her child to the Prince's Mansion, Bo Ling felt that something was very wrong.

Hearing the prince's arrangement, he was thunderstruck.

Everyone knows that Princess Rui loves children, but the Crown Prince is not interested in matters of love and sex. Not only is he not married, but he doesn't even have a concubine in his household.

The prince's order for Ji's child to accompany the princess demonstrates his high regard and trust in Ji.

He couldn't help but curse Ji Yunshuang in his heart; what a treacherous woman she was.

No wonder the master had someone keep an eye on her; he must have seen through her cunning long ago and knew she was not easy to deal with.