Upon hearing what the other party said, Long Yi took off his waist token and threw it over the city wall.

Immediately, a guard at the gate picked it up and handed it to the person who had been questioning him. The person took the token and saw that it was indeed from the Imperial Guard! Without saying a word, he said, "Men, open the city gate immediately!"

Nangong Li and Li Liuyun had already taken a disguise pill, so they didn't try to hide it. After Long Yi led the two into the city, the man handed Long Yi his waist token without asking any further questions.

Li Liuyun glanced at the man and said, "This man is quite shrewd."

Long Yi spoke up: "Reporting to Your Highness, that person is from the Dark Guard Camp. In other words, that person is His Majesty's man."

"So that's how it is! I knew it! We asked to open the city gate in the middle of the night, and that person didn't even ask us a single question or look at us! Turns out he was one of our own."

A moment later, the four arrived at the gate of the Prince of Huainan's mansion. It was almost midnight. The four dismounted, and Long Er stepped forward and knocked on the door.

A moment later, the gatekeeper opened the door: "May I ask who you are? What brings you to the Prince of Huainan's residence so late at night?"

Li Liuyun stepped forward: "I am your young lady's close friend. I have come from the Southern Frontier and have been invited to this meeting!"

Upon hearing Li Liuyun's words, the man quickly stepped forward and bowed, saying, "My lord, please wait a moment. This servant will go and inform the Prince, the Princess, and the Eldest Miss!"

Li Liuyun nodded, and the man turned and quickly headed towards Li Jin'an and Xiao Shi's courtyard.

The man arrived outside Li Jin'an's courtyard: "Quickly inform the Prince and Princess that a woman claiming to be the eldest young lady's close friend, from the Southern Frontier, has come to keep an appointment with the eldest young lady. Please decide whether to inform the eldest young lady."

The maid on night watch nodded after hearing the gatekeeper's words, turned around and went to the door of Madam Xiao and Li Jin'an's room, and gently knocked on the door: "Your Highness, Your Highness, I have something to report."

Li Jin'an's voice came through: "What is it?"

"Your Highness, the gatekeeper Xiao Si just reported that there are four people at the gate, one of whom is a woman who claims to be a close friend of the Princess, from the Southern Frontier, and has come to meet her as arranged! Your Highness and Princess Consort, please advise whether to inform the Princess!"

Upon hearing the maid's words, Madam Xiao excitedly asked, "Say it again, where did that woman say she came from?"

"Your Highness, the woman said she came from the Southern Frontier!"

"It's late. There's no need to inform the princess. The prince and princess will go to greet her. Someone, help the princess change her clothes."

It was the little maid who, upon hearing Li Jin'an's words, pushed open the door and entered to help Madam Xiao change her clothes.

A moment later, Li Jin'an and Madam Xiao, dressed and ready, rushed to the gate, where they found three men and one woman standing there.

Upon seeing Li Liuyun, Madam Xiao was overjoyed and was about to rush over, but Li Jin'an grabbed her arm, saying, "Madam, there are too many people around. Let's go inside first."

Madam Xiao stopped in her tracks, only then remembering that Jinyu and Yun'er had disguised themselves to travel to the Southern Frontier. Nevertheless, she stepped forward and took Li Liuyun's hand: "Miss, you must be tired from your journey all the way from the Southern Frontier! Please come with me into the manor and get settled in properly!"

Li Liuyun let Xiao Shi pull him along and said with a smile, "It's not hard work, everything went smoothly. I just wanted to get here as soon as possible! That's why I'm visiting so late at night. Please forgive me!"

Nangong Li and the other man bowed and said, "Please forgive me, but I have something to attend to and must go to the palace now! I will definitely come to apologize another day!"

Madam Xiao looked at Nangong Li with a loving expression: "Go ahead and take care of your business. You can come back another day after you've finished these things! Thank you for taking care of her for me these past few days."

Nangong Li bowed again: "Your Highness is too kind! This is what I should do, I dare not thank you!" After saying that, he bowed to Li An again!

Li Jinan nodded: "Go ahead and do what you need to do. It's the same no matter if we get together again!"

Li Jin'an rarely showed Nangong Li such a kind expression.

Nangong Li, Long Yi, and Long Er mounted their horses and headed towards the palace. Li Liuyun followed Xiao Shi and Li Jin'an into the mansion.

The three arrived at Xiao Shi and Li Jin'an's room. Yu Jing'an waved for everyone to leave. As soon as they entered, Xiao Shi immediately hugged Li Liuyun: "Yun'er, you're finally back safe and sound! Your father and I were so worried! We were afraid something might happen to you! Waaah..."

Li Liuyun leaned against Xiao Shi's chest and gently comforted her, "Mother, your daughter is very capable and has excellent martial arts skills. Besides, there's still Nangong Li, and so many secret guards and hidden guards!"

Everything went smoothly this time, without any danger! I'll tell you more about it later. I'm back safe and sound! Please don't cry anymore. It's late, you and Daddy should get some rest.

"Father, Mother, haven't you been resting well these days? She doesn't look too well. Oh, by the way, I heard you're going to offer incense tomorrow? I'll go with you!"

Before Li Jin'an could answer, Ling'er's voice rang out: "Master, your mother is pregnant! You're going to have a younger brother or sister!"

Upon hearing Ling'er's words, Li Liuyun stared wide-eyed at Li Jin'an and Xiao Shi in disbelief!

Li Jinji, thinking that Li Liuyun was worried about Xiao Shi, quickly said, "Yun'er, don't worry, your mother is fine! Your mother just hasn't had a good appetite lately. I've been telling her to see the imperial physician, but she keeps saying that nothing's wrong, that she just misses you and can't eat. Now that you're back, you should take your mother to see him. Your mother is very stubborn! She'll definitely listen to you."

Madam Xiao hurriedly said, "Yun'er, don't worry, Mother is fine! Mother was just too worried about you! I didn't have much of an appetite, but now that you're back safely, Mother is relieved!"

Upon hearing Li Jin'an and Xiao Shi's words, Li Liuyun sighed inwardly. It turned out that the two of them didn't know that Xiao Shi was pregnant.

Li Liuyun asked Xiao Shi to help him sit down at the table: "Mother, stretch out your hand, let me take your pulse!"

Seeing her daughter's worried expression, Madam Xiao reached out her hand in a cooperative manner: "You're really fine! You just don't have a good appetite, but you're perfectly healthy, there's nothing wrong with you! Don't listen to your father's nonsense."

Turning to Li Jinan, she said, "It's all your fault! It's just a bad appetite, nothing serious, what's the big deal!"

Li Jin'an scratched the back of his head: "It's your own fault for always refusing to see the imperial physician. Yun'er's back now, so I can have her examine you and put my mind at ease!"

Li Liuyun reached out and felt Xiao's pulse; it was indeed a slippery pulse, indicating she was pregnant, though still very young and hadn't shown any significant signs of pregnancy yet.

Li Jin'an looked at Li Liuyun with a worried expression, and seeing Li Liuyun's serious face, asked, "Yun'er, how is she? Is your mother alright?"

Li Liuyun didn't speak, but he was actually communicating with Ling'er, asking her to scan Xiao Shi's body to see if the child and the mother were healthy!

Seeing that Li Liuyun remained silent, Madam Xiao began to worry: "Yun'er, could it be that Mother has some kind of terminal illness?"

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