The prince disliked her, and the legitimate daughter was reborn and married to the regent

"Take it easy, take a deep breath."

Yun Nian spoke softly. Perhaps her gentle voice soothed the woman, and her shortness of breath gradually stopped.

This woman had a very common name, Juan'er. It was said that she was often sick when she was young, so she was given a cheap name so that she could be raised easily.

This is the case for all people in this world. The late emperor was incompetent and ruthless. Outside Luochuan City, especially near Keluo, there was war and chaos, and the people were living in misery.

Under such circumstances, Juan'er thrived like the rhododendrons all over the mountains. Her face looked about 20 years old.

However, her hands had become extremely rough due to long hours of hard work. When she touched Yun Nian's hand, she shrank back a little uneasily, but was held down forcefully.

"Oh, Dad, my dad has also been poisoned. I...I want to go, no, I want to go see him."

She spoke incoherently, not noticing that her face was pale and she was sweating coldly. When she tried to get out of bed, her steps were unsteady and she fell to the ground.

Yun Nian reached out to help, but she didn't expect that a poisoned and sick person could have such great strength.

"Father! Father!"

She staggered out and immediately saw the person covered with a white cloth in the middle. At that moment, tears suddenly flowed from her eyes.

The wailing sound echoed in this small courtyard. Zuo Mingyuan turned his head away, not daring to watch such a scene of life and death.

It was Fuqiu who picked her up from the ground and dragged her into the room.

"Don't cry, just worry about yourself. If you die, I don't think your father will be at peace in the underworld."

Juan'er was sobbing, Yun Nian was worried that she couldn't catch her breath, but after just a quarter of an hour, she had calmed down, and only the occasional sob could be heard.

Yun Nian sat beside the bed, not urging her, just waiting for her to speak.

"It's him."

This time, Juan'er finally said something other than crying and expressing her despair. Her face was filled with regret and there was a hint of resentment in her tone.

Yun Nian watched her wipe the tears from her face and said in a hoarse voice,

"My husband is back. I thought he had a change of heart and came back to take me away, but I didn't expect that he would actually poison us."

She married him four years ago. Although they had some minor frictions, they were still very respectful to each other. But she didn't expect that he would abandon her when the war started.

"He took away all the money, and even forgot to take the hairpin I saved up to buy, but he didn't think of taking the wife he arranged for me."

Are the people who escaped coming back? Yun Nian thought of the refugees he met on the road before. They were heading to Luochuan City. However, if they wanted to go from Jisha City to the next prosperous town, they would probably have to walk for another month and a half.

Since they had escaped, why would they risk coming back? In their eyes, even starving to death in the wild was better than being killed by the enemy when they came back, right?

Yun Nian did not ask rashly, so Juan Er continued to talk.

"I was angry and surprised to see him come back. He just said he missed me and asked me to cook him a meal. Then he smiled and scooped a bucket of water from the bucket next to him for Dad. After Dad drank it, he gave it to me."

Juan'er was not thirsty at the time and did not want to drink, but he insisted on forcing her to drink. She was not as strong as a man and was about to be forced in.

At this time, her father desperately hugged her husband's legs. During the argument, he only gave Juan'er a few sips.

If there hadn't been a soldier knocking on the door, she would have been in great danger.

"So, he ran away?"

Yun Nian tapped the edge of the bed with her fingers, her dark eyebrows knitted together.

"I, I don't know. I was very dizzy and fell down. I saw several shadows, but I don't know if it was an illusion or real."

Juaner said everything she could, and then looked at them in despair.

"If I had been more vigilant and knew that he was a heartless guy, I would never have let Dad take over the things he handled, and Dad would not have died."

Hearing this, Fuqiu stood up impatiently.

"Yes, then do you want to die now? Your father was trying to save you when he was poisoned, but you just wanted to die."

As soon as these words came out, Juan'er's face turned blue and red, she bit her lips and said nothing.

Yun Nian had no choice but to give Fuqiu a look, signaling her to say less. Then the girl with long braids groaned and turned her head away, no longer paying attention to this side.

Zuo Mingyuan looked over. Yun Nian tucked her quilt in and told her to have a good rest. Then he left the room.

The sun outside seemed to be finally setting, but there was not much coolness. In such a hot environment, the soldiers guarding the door also had a bit of irritation on their faces.

"Is anyone else awake?"

Yun Nian asked. Zuo Mingyuan walked ahead silently and led her to the next house.

Only a few people woke up, and no one was like Juan'er who directly pointed out the murderer. However, Qi Ming took a step forward, pointed at the person who lied at the beginning and started to curse.

"Don't think I don't know just because you don't say anything. Isn't it just that your brother is back? He left you behind and ran away to save his life, not caring about your lame brother."

Yun Nian noticed that when Qi Ming said this, the man on the bed shrank his feet a little uneasily. There were large scars on his face, which looked like they were burned by fire.

"Your feet and face, aren't they like this because you saved your brother? He doesn't regard you as a beautiful woman, so why are you protecting him?"

Qi Ming cursed in frustration. It seemed that what he said was true. He knew exactly who the relatives of the remaining people were. He also didn't know how long they had been guarding the Jisha City.

"You don't want to say it, right? You think he raised you, so you should obey him in everything, even if it means taking your life, you will have no regrets? But do you know that he not only poisoned you, but all the people in Jisha City are in a coma, and Juan'er's father, who used to give you hot meals, is also dead, do you know that?"

"what?"

The scarred man's expression changed at this moment. He shook his head.

"Impossible, how could it be possible? My brother would not do this. He said that he only needed to kill me."

After saying this, he wanted to bite off his tongue. He had clearly promised that he would never tell anyone. If his brother knew about this, he would probably scold him again.

Yun Nian and Zuo Mingyuan looked over at once, and the girl's gentle voice sounded,

"That is to say, his purpose was very clear, which was to kill you. Then, why didn't you die?"

"Qi Ming, I guess the people of Jisha City are very good at saving their lives when the enemy attacks, right?"

Qi Ming immediately understood what she meant, and stepped forward and lifted the bamboo hat in the corner of the room.