Once the house was empty, Xu Yixing finally calmed down and took a good look at her child. Although she knew the baby was coming early on, she was still worried all the way, fearing that what Lu Anyuan said would come true: "There is nothing 100% certain in the world." Now that the baby was born, she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

This little kid is only as long as his arm, with his eyes closed. Although he was born prematurely, he doesn't seem to have any deficiencies at all. He looks like a strong and healthy child. His nose is breathing in and out, which is very cute. And this nose looks too much like his father's!

Xu Yixing lay down flat, leaving only one hand on the crib to stroke the child's face. What's the name? I was always afraid that the child would not survive, so I didn't dare to give him a name. Now that he's born, I should think about the name carefully.

I don't know if Lu Anyuan would jump up in excitement if he knew that he had a child out of nowhere. He probably wouldn't do that now. After all, he is the emperor and will be more stable in everything.

Thinking about these things, Xu Yixing fell asleep with a smile on her face. But she didn't sleep for long. Jun He woke her up several times to feed her baby. The motherly love she had just felt gradually disappeared with each wake-up call.

If I had known that raising a child would be so difficult, I should not have run away! It would have been much better to leave the child to Lu Anyuan and those wet nurses for life, instead of doing it myself like this.

After recuperating for a few days, Xu Yixing finally felt that she could get out of bed, so she excitedly took a hot bath first - she did not believe that the so-called confinement period required not to have sex for a month. If that was true, wouldn't the concubines all stink after giving birth? How could they dare to let the emperor meet them?

After she changed into clean clothes and asked Yingwu to change her appearance, she felt safer. Yingwu's disguise technique was very clever. For example, this time, he just used glue to slightly change Xu Yixing's eyebrows, shaved off some of the eyebrows, and glued the skin at the end of the eyebrows to the lower eyelids. At first glance, she looked like a woman whose face was distorted by the wind.

There was also a little bit of human skin glue stuck on the corners of her mouth and chin, which made her look much more ordinary. When Jun He asked about it, she just said that she had a disease after childbirth and now her face was stiff and couldn't move. Anyway, she was a child and didn't understand, so she just fooled him and let it go.

In order to check if there was anything wrong with her current face, she went to Gao Yao's house and asked her to teach her how to change her walking gait. Only after she was satisfied did she wrap herself up like a dumpling and leave.

My body is not suitable for long-distance travel now, so the plan agreed with Yingwu this time is to follow the caravan. Miaozhou, as a commercial state, originally gathered many caravans, but now that the war has started and the market has been closed, these caravans have returned without success and have returned to their respective families.

Ying Wu used some unknown method to make a tea shop caravan from Jiangnan think that he was the owner's friend, so they took him along and agreed to set off three days later.

Xu Yixing was wrapped in a cloak made of large animal skins, and practiced the steps Gao Yao taught her as she walked. It was amazing that she just changed her feet to turn inward and hunched her body slightly, and her aura was very different. She was extremely satisfied.

When she passed by the teahouse where she had met Gao Yao before, she deliberately stood at the door for a while. When she saw the waiter impatiently driving her away, she felt even happier. She was really good at pretending!

Little did he know that just as he stood there, he was stared at by someone in a private room upstairs.

Lu Anyuan's imperial carriage and ceremonial guards were still on their way to Miaozhou, but he himself arrived ahead with a few people. If nothing else, the attack by the Hu people this time was strange. Miaozhou was a military stronghold, and the group of Hu people attacked the city without being prepared, and ended it hastily, which really made people wonder if there was another intention.

At this moment, he was sitting in an unknown teahouse in Miaozhou City. Miaozhou's highest general Ren Shaozhou was standing beside him. He had just reported the details of the last Hu people's sneak attack and was waiting for the emperor to lecture him with his hands down. But after a long time, there was no movement. He then raised his eyes slightly and glanced at the emperor. The emperor was looking downstairs through the window.

But because he was standing far away and the window was not open wide, he couldn't see what the emperor was looking at at the moment.

"Yes, Lord Ren, I have heard of it. Please go back first and don't leave my whereabouts unknown."

"Yes." Ren Shaozhou bowed and pushed the door open without saying a word. The emperor had his reasons for traveling incognito, and Miaozhou had always been well governed, so he was not afraid that the emperor would find any fault.

"Master, was there something wrong with the old woman downstairs just now?" A Da had been standing behind Lu Anyuan, and he also saw the figure that the master was staring at just now.

"Don't you think you look a bit like her?"

Of course, the "she" that the master is referring to is only that one.

"Does it look like him?" Ah Da frowned. How could it look like him? "Then I will go after him."

"No need. We have bait in our hands. Are we still afraid that she won't take the bait? Otherwise, we can block Miaozhou and search it several times. Can she escape?"

Ah Da thought that made sense. Our master travelled day and night to Miaozhou ahead of time, wasn't it because he was following that person's trail? We really shouldn't worry.

In the village west of the city, Gao Yao had just finished teaching Miss Xu Er and was thinking about what to do next. After all, from the way she sounded, she might be leaving soon.

But I finally got the news about the second young lady. If I let her go, what if Xueyan blames me for not reporting it? What if Master Xu comes back one day? It will be difficult to find him in such a big world. But if I don't let her leave, something might happen when the emperor arrives.

Just as he was struggling, he heard the woman from the outer courtyard calling out very happily, and then immediately lowered her voice and called towards Gao Yao's room: "Yao'er! Come quickly, look who's here!"

Gao Yao walked out quickly, looked up in the strong wind, and saw... Oh! Great! The real boss has finally arrived!

"Master Xu!" Gao Yao cheered softly and quickly pulled him into the west room. "You're back! How was it? Did your return to Beijing go smoothly?"

Xu Yiwen took off his fur hat and untied his animal-skin scarf, revealing his true appearance. "Oh~ Don't mention it. The inspections were strict along the way. I just managed to sneak through Yanzhou, and then I heard that the emperor was going to lead the army in person, so I hurried back."

Xu Yiwen turned around and looked at the house. It was exactly the same as when he left. The Gao family was really thoughtful. "Are you all okay? I heard that the barbarians invaded the border a while ago. Are there any casualties?"

"Everything is fine, Mr. Xu, your sister has been found!" Gao Yao is really happy now. In just one month, Mr. Xu's long-missed sister has been found, and the person Xueyan had been thinking about in her diary has also returned. Isn't this a double happiness!

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