Famine and exile: I brought the Spirit Spring to save the entire Marquis's mansion.

"It seems to have been that day." Shen Ye scratched his head.

"I don't remember very clearly, but Yi'er should remember it clearly. She's in charge of the housekeeping and the gatekeeper's records all go through her. Shall I ask her?"

"No need." Huo Chang'an's throat was dry.

He already had a premonition that something terrible was about to happen.

"If Hongkang wasn't behind the Buddhist temple incident, then who was it? Who do you think it was?"

Yan Beichen, Yan Mingyu, the Grand Princess, or Prince Huaishan—which of them could it be?

“Yan Beichen and Yan Mingyu are already dead, and they don’t have the guts to do that. If we have to choose one person, it must be the Grand Princess!” Shen Ye said.

"Chang'an, your family rose to power late, and you are unaware of many secrets of the imperial court."

My grandfather said that without the Grand Princess, the Yan royal family would have perished during the reign of the late emperor!

Don't be fooled by the fact that that woman didn't manage things much later on; she was indeed the most powerful and ruthless member of the Yan family.

It is said that in order to help the late emperor seize power, she maneuvered among three powerful generals who held considerable military power. In the end, the three turned against each other, two of them died tragically, and one was given death by the late emperor.

She has many tricks up her sleeve and will stop at nothing to achieve them.

At that time, the court officials all knew in private that it was better to offend the emperor than to offend the Grand Princess.

Having probably committed many evil deeds, she later became a Buddhist and vigorously promoted Buddhist teachings. Those unaware of her past actions mistakenly believed her to be a virtuous person.

Shen Ye muttered under his breath, "I remember when Hua Buyan first joined us, I warned you not to pay any attention to him..."

Although Hua Buyan is very innocent, his grandmother is terrifying.

Believes in Buddhism.

To propagate Buddhism.

"The eldest princess!"

Huo Chang'an and Yan Meng spoke in unison.

Immediately, everyone's expression changed.

"Go back, come back quickly!"

……

Square City.

Sang Ning appealed to the emotions and reasoned with the defending general, Lin Dong.

Everything that needed to be said has been said.

He was also given the evidence of the Grand Princess's cruelty towards the people.

Lin Dong remained unyielding.

"Madam Huo, I admire your courage to enter the city alone, but I cannot comply. Please consider this as if you never came here and return."

Lin Dong is not a man who kills indiscriminately; he has a fairly good reputation in Sifang City.

That's why they didn't expect him to betray them at the time.

Sang Ning gambled that he still had a conscience, which is why he chose Sifang City over Long'an City.

But Lin Dong's performance was disappointing.

"What courage do I have? Who isn't afraid of death? It's just that even my eight-year-old nephew knows that exchanging one person for the lives of millions is a worthwhile trade."

Lin Dong opened his mouth, but his attitude remained firm.

Sang Ning was unwilling to accept this.

She didn't have much time left, and she didn't know when she would fall into a coma again. She had to persuade Sifang City to send supplies to the army.

"General Lin, you are truly laughable. Go to the war zone and see for yourself. Even the common people know that the Huo family is a righteous army, and they are sending their meager grain to the military camp."

And you, a city commander, have allied yourself with wolves and jackals; you will be despised and have your ancestral graves desecrated in the future!

"I was destined to be an orphan, with no ancestral graves."

"You... Oh, I see, the Grand Princess saved your life?"

This is not easy to do.

The ancients valued the debt of saving a life the most. Those who were stubborn would rather die than betray their benefactor.

“Madam Huo, please return. If you do not return, I will detain you.”

"So what if they detain me? I already gave instructions that if I didn't return, there was no need to worry about anything else. First, use the wavering Four Directions City as a sacrifice!"

Lin Dong's face turned cold.

He simply couldn't understand what Sang Ning was thinking.

As a matriarch, her life is so precious, how could she be so careless?

"Why don't you go and persuade Jing Sanshun of Long'an City, Madam? It's impossible for me to open the city gates."

"Okay, but you have to tell me the real reason. If it's reasonable, I won't force you."

"Escort Madam Huo out of the city!"

"No..."

Before Sang Ning could finish speaking, her mind went blank.

Lin Dong immediately caught her.

"Mrs. Huo! Your attempts to seduce me won't work. My wife and I..."

"Lin Dong! What are you doing!"

Madam Lin stormed in and slapped Lin Dong across the face.

Then they snatched Sang Ning away.

"Your breaking your promise is already shameful, but now you've actually drugged Madam Huo!"

Lin Dong: "..."

Sang Ning pulled the needle out of her finger; it hurt so much, so much…

She grasped Madam Lin's hand and said weakly, "Good sister, open the city gate, otherwise the soldiers will break in..."

General Lin, General Lin is making a mistake! You can't do that! The Yan Dynasty's fate is sealed. Our 400,000 troops from the Northwest and Northern Frontier are on their way. You...you're just wasting your lives!"

“I know, I know, Madam Huo, open the city gates now.”

Just for that one word, "sister," she was willing to follow Madam Huo.

When Sang Ning came to the city, he hosted a banquet for the women of officials' families. She felt that Sang Ning was different from them and admired her very much.

The mother of a nation should possess such magnanimity and breadth of mind.

What Grand Princess, what Yan royal family? They're all just opportunists, bloodthirsty bastards!

"Open the city gates! Lin Dong! Open the city gates!"

"Madam!" Lin Dong exclaimed, both annoyed and anxious.

"you do not know……"

"You don't know! You are aiding and abetting the wicked, and you are leading Sifang City into injustice!"

"Will you open the city gate or not? No? Fine, I'll kill the child in my womb!"

Madam Lin drew her knife and pointed it at her stomach.

what?

Is the lady pregnant?

"I'll drive, don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive."

Upon hearing this, Sang Ning could no longer hold on and fainted.

When he woke up again, Ling Feifei was by his side.

Lin Dong let her into the city, and Sang Ning knew that things were settled.

"How long have I been unconscious?"

“It took me three hours and twelve acupuncture needles to wake you up,” Ling Feifei said with tears in her eyes.

At this point, her physical abnormalities were no longer a secret.

"So, has Lin Dong sent the supply team over yet?"

"Don't worry, Madam, it's all been sent over."

At this moment, Madam Lin brought in the food.

"Madam, you're awake. What's wrong with your health? My doctor can't find anything."

"It's nothing, I was just angry and upset. General Lin didn't drug me," Sang Ning said with a smile, blinking.

Madam Lin, however, was not at all happy; she still frowned and worried.

"You must rest well and avoid overexertion. You must not damage your health. Your good fortune is yet to come."

That is.

Everyone thought she was destined to be empress.

Mrs. Lin then apologetically explained the reasons why Lin Dong had turned against her.

It was all for his sister who had been separated from him since childhood.

"When they were very young, something happened in their family, which caused the siblings to be separated."

A while ago, the Grand Princess sent a message saying that she had found his sister and that she had become the concubine of Prince Hua. If she became pregnant, she would be promoted to a secondary wife.

My husband has been searching for my sister for many years and often suffers because of this.

The Grand Princess described his sister's features perfectly, and even sent a portrait, so he…