The eldest sister was reborn and the younger sister traveled through time. I just want to survive.

Yan Muqing tried her best to control her emotions, but she couldn't stop her body from trembling. She stared at the direction of Yan Yongchen and her daughter, staring until her eyes were sore but she didn't dare to blink.

In the interlacing lights, two faces, one big and one small, were smiling. I don't know what Yan Yongchen said to Mingxin, but Mingxin clapped her hands and smiled even more happily.

As he watched, Yan Muqing's mood inexplicably calmed down, and his vision became blurred.

When she was young, she was hugged and caressed by her father. Thinking back now, everything in the past seemed like an empty dream. Although it was false, it still left a scratch on her heart.

After the iron flower performance, Ming Xin was carried back to Yan Muqing. She hugged her daughter tightly in her arms. When she touched her daughter's soft body, she realized that her underwear was soaked with sweat.

Fearing that Mingxin had been tampered with, Yan Mucheng was about to take Mingxin away first. An eunuch hurried to the side of Emperor Yuanjing and whispered something in his ear. Emperor Yuanjing's face changed instantly.

After coming down from the city wall, Yu Jintang and several meritorious officials followed Emperor Yuanjing to the imperial study to discuss matters.

Yu Jintang did not return home all night, and Yan Muqing also did not sleep a wink all night. It was not until noon the next day that Yu Jintang returned to Changle Palace.

After sending away the servants in the room, Yan Muqing asked anxiously, "Father, why did the emperor summon the ministers to discuss matters overnight?"

Yu Jintang sat down on the armchair and rubbed his forehead tiredly, "The fifth brother was captured by the North Vietnamese army?"

Yan Muqing was shocked when he heard this. "The Fifth Prince is closely guarded by the secret guards of the Tianji Pavilion. How could he be captured by the enemy?"

The fifth prince's biological mother is Concubine Yu, and Concubine Yu's brother, General Wu, is a border defense general promoted by Emperor Yuanjing himself.

The Wu family has only a short history and its foundation cannot be compared with that of the aristocratic and meritorious families, so the fifth prince has never been included as a candidate for the throne.

After the Fourth Prince got into trouble, the Fifth Prince took the initiative to ask to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy at a court meeting one day. Emperor Yuanjing praised him and agreed to the Fifth Prince's request.

The emperor's move was obviously to gild the Fifth Prince's reputation by sending him to the battlefield. If the Dingbei Army could successfully repel the North Vietnamese Army, the Fifth Prince's prestige would be incomparable to before.

The fifth prince's uncle is a general guarding the border, and he himself has layers of secret guards for protection, so the chance of an accident is very small.

"The North Vietnamese army claimed that the eldest princess was unfaithful and had committed adultery, so they hung her on the city wall to humiliate her. The fifth brother was so angry that he secretly led a team of people to rescue the eldest princess in the middle of the night, but was severely injured and captured alive by the North Vietnamese army."

Yu Jintang sighed deeply and said, "I have never seen my father look as pale and ugly as he does today. How about we..."

Yan Muqing interrupted in a hurry, "Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Your Highness must not be soft-hearted. If Your Highness is soft-hearted and makes mistakes, the Xue family, the Su family, including me and Mingxin, will fall into the abyss with Your Highness."

Yu Jintang closed his eyes weakly, unwilling to say another word to argue with Yan Muqing.

He didn't understand why Yan Muqing had to commit such a treasonous act, was it just because of an extremely absurd dream?

It’s just a dream, how can it be used as a basis for future actions?

Yu Jintang was named the crown prince since he was born. Over the years, although his father intended to promote other princes to compete with him, he had never treated him harshly.

In the past, he had to be on guard against the competition from his eldest brother, the Fourth Emperor, and the Sixth Emperor, who were from the most powerful family of his mother. But now even his fifth brother, the only one who had the possibility of competing for the throne, has been deposed, and there is no prince of Dafeng who can compete with him anymore.

He just needed to secure his position as crown prince and wait for his father to pass the throne to him when he grew old. He didn't want to force his father to abdicate.

However, Yan Muqing had already persuaded Imperial Tutor Su and Imperial Tutor Xue, and as soon as the plan was ready, he would encourage students all over the world to force his father to abdicate.

It would be fine if the emperor is willing to abdicate at that time, but if not, he will definitely commit a heinous act.

Whenever he thought of the situation he was about to face, his heart felt as if it was being tightly gripped by something, causing him so much pain that he almost suffocated.

……

After the Lantern Festival, Yuechan's body recovered enough to be able to get out of bed and stand for a while. Yan Muxi would take time out every day to visit the rose garden. After more than ten days, the previous unfamiliarity between the aunt and niece was no longer there.

That day, seeing Yuechan had the strength to walk forward, Yan Muxi smiled and praised, "Aunt is really amazing. I think by March, you will be able to walk briskly."

"Thank you." Yuechan sat down beside the bed and squinted at Yan Muxi.

Yuechan didn't talk much. Most of the time, it was Yan Muxi who did the talking. When it came to topics that interested her, she would agree with him. There weren't many topics that interested her. In each conversation, she spoke no more than thirty words.

Yan Muxi narrowed her eyes and smiled, "No wonder Ninth Sister doesn't speak! She actually inherited it from her aunt. I haven't seen her for two years, and I wonder if Ninth Sister has learned to speak now."

"Blame me." Guilt flashed across Yuechan's eyes, and then she quickly lowered her eyes.

Because her throat was damaged by the smoke, she was afraid of scaring people, so she would not open her mouth unless necessary. After having her by her side for several years, her daughter also developed the habit of speaking without opening her mouth.

"Ninth sister doesn't blame you. She only loves and cares for aunt." Yan Muxi put away the smile on her face and asked the question she had always wanted to ask, "Will aunt hate me?"

She had long noticed that Old Lady Yan had cold eyes when she looked at her grandchildren. She didn't understand why the old lady disliked them before, but now she knew it was because they had the blood of Dafeng people in their veins.

Yuechan's experience is even more miserable than that of Old Lady Yan. Logically, she should be more disgusted with people like them who have Dafeng blood. If they really dislike them, she should be tactful and show up less in the Rose Garden in the future.

Yuechan shook her head and denied it without even thinking, "I don't hate you."

"Really?" Yan Muxi didn't quite believe it.

Yuechan guessed what she was thinking and explained, "I don't dislike anyone, nor do I hate anyone, so you don't need to worry."

"Aunt doesn't hate anyone?" Yan Muxi didn't believe Yuechan's words even more.

Relatives were slaughtered, homes were destroyed, and you yourself were turned into a state that is neither human nor ghost. How can you not hate?

Yuechan nodded slightly, "Well, I have never hated it."

"Why not hate?" Yan Muxi asked with a puzzled look.

"I don't remember anything. I don't remember what to hate. I have been like this since I can remember. By the time I reached the age when I could hold grudges, I had become accustomed to the pain and couldn't hate them anymore." Yuechan's eyes were gentle, and seemed to carry a hint of helplessness.

Yan Muxi was silent for a moment, then asked, "If you don't hate him, why would you risk your life to take revenge?"

Yuechan is a mother, and she is also a mother. Unless it is absolutely necessary, she will never abandon her young child and do anything dangerous.

"My life was saved by my aunt. I must obey her words and orders."

Hearing Yuechan say this, Yan Muxi felt unspeakable in his heart, and couldn't help but think of Yan Yongchen, "What about my father? He is just like my aunt, not holding much hatred, is he just following my grandmother's orders?"

Yuechan shook her head, "I don't know. Your father is the same age as me. When the Wuyue tribe was destroyed, we were still little kids and we don't remember much. Even if there is hatred, it shouldn't be too much! But your father has been smart since he was young. Maybe he remembers more people and events than me, and hates his enemies more than me."