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  Chapter 1

  Past events have long since been blown away by the wind like smoke.

  Ming Xuan let out a deep breath, his heart filled with bitterness.

  She thought, even if she knew that her uncle was an accomplice at the time, what could she do? It's just like when she found out that her aunt was related to Lu Shi's death, her emotions made her indignant and accusatory, but her rationality told her that her aunt was only used by the real culprit hiding behind the scenes. Although it was despicable, she couldn't blame others for Lu Shi's death either. In the end, she just avoided her aunt from afar and didn't see her again.

  Grandma was right, everyone has a different stance and naturally sees things from a different perspective. Eldest Uncle may also be heartbroken over his brother's unjust suffering, but the fact is already so, and arguing with reason cannot change anything, on the contrary, it will touch the Emperor's reverse scales, causing the entire Gu family to be buried together. As an elder brother, he may have the crime of knowing but not acting, but as a family head, he was only trying his best to minimize losses for the family and then maximize benefits.

  Although hateful, after all, can't be too harshly blamed.

  However, Ming Xuan was very certain that after her grandmother's death, this cold and unfeeling Yongning Marquis Manor would become a brief memory in her long life. She would no longer consider it as a haven or a solid support behind her back. Her maternal home? Her maternal home was Gu Yuanjing's Ping'an Alley, not here anymore.

  She thought so, the turbulent eyes gradually calmed down, and after a while, a shallow smile curved at the corner of her mouth. "Don't worry, grandma, I won't blame Uncle."

  Madam Zhu's eyes flowed with a line of clear tears, she stuttered out a word "good", then seemed to have no worries and closed her eyes to sleep.

  Ming Xuan's heart tightened, and she hastily summoned the imperial physician to come in. Fortunately, Old Lady Zhu had only fainted due to exhaustion and hadn't passed away, which made Ming Xuan breathe a sigh of relief.

  It wasn't long before the Crown Prince's wife came to persuade Ming Xuan to return, "Seventh sister has a filial heart and wants to see her grandmother off on her last journey. This is what one should do as a child or grandchild, but with a heavy body and being close to giving birth, it's better to avoid the sickly air. Not to mention that grandmother's heart is uneasy, and everyone in the mansion is following suit in anxiety, saying that the child in her belly should be born in a peaceful home, isn't that right?"

  Nowadays, Ming Xuan is the first-class princess of Anping, and the child in her belly will have a title regardless of whether it is a boy or girl. It's not something that can be taken lightly as it concerns the dignity of the imperial family.

  It's not that Madame Zhu is now on her deathbed, but people who pay attention to these things are afraid of catching the illness and affecting the unborn child. It wouldn't sound good if it got out. Even if Madame Zhu can hold on for a few more days, there won't be an empty room in the mansion where Ming Xuan can rest. Besides, unless absolutely necessary, who would let their child be born in someone else's home? Even if Ming Xuan is willing, Yongning Hou doesn't have any preparations in place. When the time comes, they'll be busy with Madame Zhu and also busy figuring out what to do with her. If everything goes smoothly, that's fine, but if something goes wrong, it would be a disaster.

  The Yongning Marquis Manor is no longer as prosperous as it used to be and can't withstand any more storms.

  It was then that the Crown Prince's wife, Lady Cai, although she didn't say it outright, actually meant to see off the guest.

  What didn't Ming Xuan understand? She also understood the concerns of the Crown Prince's wife, so she sighed and stood up. "Big sister is right, I'm not convenient to stay here and can't help grandmother with anything, but instead I can only cause trouble. Since I've already rushed over to talk to grandmother and promised her wish, it doesn't seem like a regret after all. I'll just pack up and go back to wait for news."

  She turned around and said to Dan Hong, "Go to the front hall and inform Master Wang that I'm leaving, wait for him at the second gate."

  Bai Jingchen had an audience with Old Lady Zhu and was then invited by Young Master Yuan Huan to the front hall for a conversation.

  Yan's nanny wiped away her tears and said to Ming Xuan, "In that case, the princess will return to the palace with Dan Hong and Xiao Su. I'll stay here to accompany Old Madam. To be honest, I've been by Old Madam's side since I was a child, following her for most of my life. Now that she's about to pass away, I'd feel uneasy if I didn't see her off on her final journey. Moreover, as the princess's personal nanny, it's only right that I'm here to take care of things while you're indisposed, and also to show my filial piety."

  She looked at Mrs. Zhu again, who had already lost all consciousness, and said firmly, "Princess Wang, it's settled then!"

  The Anping Palace had long been fully prepared for Ming Xuan's production, and if Ming Xuan suddenly launched it, with so many people there, lacking one would not be too much.

  However, the only ones who can stay with Old Madam are a few old people like Gu's mother. As she said, she has been serving Old Madam all her life, and when she was old, Old Madam sent her to Seventh Miss's side for her future. Although there were also times of danger, Seventh Miss not only trusted and relied on her, but now in the Anping Wangfu, everything is done by her. This face is all planned by Old Madam for her, so she always wants to do her last bit of filial piety in front of Old Madam.

  Yan's mother is kind and righteous, how could Ming Xuan say anything bad about her?

  She squeezed Granny's hand heavily and said, "I'll leave everything here to you, Granny."

  The young master's wife personally accompanied Ming Xuan into the soft sedan chair and sat with her until they reached the second gate, where she sent her off in a horse-drawn carriage. At this time, a maid hurried over to ask her to go quickly to the front hall because something had happened there that needed her attention. The young master's wife was unable to stay, so she bid Ming Xuan farewell and hastily left.

  After a while, a young maid came up and asked, "Excuse me, is the lady in the carriage Seventh Aunt? My name is Jiao Qin, I serve Fifth Master. Our master said that he has some items to give you, they are gifts sent by Miss Bao from Longxi. He's currently busy talking with Marquis Hou's son and Seventh Uncle at Qingping Hall, and can't leave, so he was wondering if Seventh Aunt could send a few servants over to pick them up."

  She paused for a moment and added, "There are several trunks, none of them light. There aren't enough people in our courtyard to carry them, and I and the other maids can't handle it."

  Longxi's Miss Biao, refers to Li Lin.

  Ming Xuan thought, perhaps Xu Lin knew she was pregnant, so when sending things to Yuan Xian, she also brought some small toys for her. She smiled and nodded in agreement, thinking that since there were many strong and capable midwives around her, and she didn't feel anything unusual in her belly, it wouldn't be time to give birth yet. So she pointed at the several women and said, "Please trouble a few of you to go with Miss Jiao Qin over there."

  Those few midwives are now all people of the Anping Wangfu, but just to move a few boxes, and they also miss the business trip, it must be beneficial, where will they say it's not good? Also seeing that this is the second gate of Yongning Houfu, the comings and goings are all servants of the Gu family, no one should be surprised by the Wangfei. So they all got off the carriage with a smile, following the maid called Jiaoqin to leave.

  As soon as these women left, the spacious second gate was empty except for a small servant who took care of the carriage, only Ming Xuan and Xiao Su were left, along with Zhang Rong who drove the carriage.

  Ming Xuan waited for a long time, but Pei Jingchen didn't come. After a while, she started to feel a bit sleepy. She leaned against Xiao Su's shoulder and whispered, "Let me lean on you for a bit, I'll take a nap. If the king comes, don't wake me up, we can talk about it when we get to the palace."

  Xiao Su followed Sun Taizhen and had targeted learning in obstetrics, knowing that women in labor due to the larger fetal month often feel tired. Now it's also the time when autumn is particularly harsh, the weather hasn't cooled down yet, and it's just after noon, making people even more prone to fatigue. He hastily said, "Princess Wang, go to sleep."

  Ming Xuan closed her eyes at ease and soon fell asleep.

  She used to have dreams often, but never had a dream as thrilling as this one. It was like experiencing a battle between gods, one moment she was thrown into the air and felt like she was in a fairyland, the next moment she fell to the ground and felt chilled to the bone. Behind her, ferocious tigers with bloody mouths were constantly trying to tear her apart. After barely escaping danger, she found herself facing a raging torrent in front of her, unable to cross it, unable to go around it, and unable to retreat as the fierce beasts behind her closed in, leaving no escape.

  At the moment of extreme danger, Ming Xuan suddenly woke up from her nightmare with a start.

  She was covered in cold sweat. Just as she was about to support Xiaosu's limp body, she suddenly realized that the horse carriage was galloping rapidly, while Xiaosu's hands were tied up, with a cloth stuffed into her mouth, and her eyes were filled with tears, anxiously staring at her, humming and murmuring towards her.

  Ming Xuan was shocked and lost color, immediately thinking that she and Xiao Su had been kidnapped!

  She had just fallen asleep in a daze before, waiting for Pei Jingxuan at the second gate of Yongning Hou Mansion. If someone had taken the carriage by force, she would have been aware of it even if she was sleeping soundly, which is enough to explain that the carriage drove out of Yongning Hou's house safely and smoothly.

  But this doesn't add up, Pei Jingchen's future, those maids who went to the Yuan Xiangyuan's house to fetch things didn't come back either. Without their own orders, it's impossible for Chang Rong to easily drive the carriage away. But if it wasn't Chang Rong, then someone else must have done it after knocking him down at the second gate. Not to mention Chang Rong's reliable skills, but who could have sneaked into the Yongning Marquis' manor and, under everyone's watchful eyes, replaced Chang Rong and driven the carriage away without arousing the attention of the marquis' gate guards?

  If it's true, then that person is simply too incredible.

  Ming Xuan's gaze suddenly paused, thinking of that little girl who claimed to be Jiao Qin...

  She was worried and anxious, occasionally lowering her head to suddenly realize that her current situation wasn't much better than Xiaosu's. Her hands were tied up, and her mouth was also gagged with a cloth strip. Through the occasional opening of the carriage curtains blown by the wind, she could only see a tiny corner of the scenery. But what she saw in this small field of vision was enough to shock her - it was a dense forest. Every time the curtain opened, there were thick woods outside, indicating that this forest wasn't small and might be very deep. And at this moment, the carriage wasn't stopped at the second gate of Yongning Hou Mansion, nor was it galloping on the streets of Shengjing's inner city, but was instead in an unknown dense forest!

  Ming Xuan didn't know how long she had slept, so she couldn't estimate the distance they had traveled from the Yongning Marquis's estate. The sky outside was still bright, and judging by this, it seemed like only about an hour had passed.

  She thought to herself that the four suburbs of Shengjing City all had dense forests, and their shapes were also quite similar. She didn't go out often, so she couldn't judge which direction they were heading in based on these scattered sights. It was likely that they hadn't left the borders of Shengjing yet, because once you passed the borders, whether it was south to Tongzhou, west to Anzhou, east to Gunzhou, or north to Rongzhou, the landscape would be completely different.

  So, what's the reason? Such a carefully planned design requires every link to be very accurate. If there is an error in any one place, this kidnapping cannot be carried out. It took so much effort to kidnap this pregnant woman who is about to give birth. If it wasn't for deep hatred, it would be impossible to explain. But she, Gu Mingxuan, was just a lady from a wealthy family, who could she have a deep feud with? Even Pei Jingxuan didn't have such an enemy. Yang Shi and Pei Jingxiao were still staying in the Town Country Public House and wouldn't leave, Han Xiu wouldn't do something so boring, and the men of the Ding Guo Gong Fu who were sent away probably didn't have the ability to go to the Yong Ning Hou Fu to kidnap someone.

  Where is this going? Who kidnapped me and Xiaosu again? RS

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