"Don't talk nonsense. You must have misheard. How can that sound like a baby crying? It must be an unknown little animal howling in the middle of the night." The guards were also very frightened, but they were just pretending to be calm.

The further we walked, the clearer the baby's crying became, and there seemed to be green ghost lights flickering in the woods on both sides.

The leading guard cleared his throat and was about to say a few more words of comfort when a gust of wind blew by, and white smoke filled the air all around, with specks of green light wandering around in the smoke.

"Ah~ Ghost! Help, help..."

"Don't bite me, I haven't done anything bad, and I don't want to die, wuwuwuwu..."

The two eunuchs guarding the carriage were howling with fear, and several guards were also terrified. They mustered up all their strength to whip the horses, and the horses ran forward wildly in pain.

After running for about half a quarter of an hour, the smoke dissipated, and the crying baby and the green light disappeared.

The carriage and horses moved forward for another half an hour before the head of the imperial guards dared to raise his hand to order the carriage and horses to stop. He turned his horse's head and walked to the carriage pulling the coffin, "Check the coffin to see if it has been tampered with."

The eunuch did not dare to disobey the order. He lit the tinder while crying and shaking with his hands. He quickly glanced at the tightly closed coffin and said, "It's fine. There's nothing unusual."

Upon hearing that there was nothing wrong with the coffin, the chief of the guards breathed a sigh of relief, turned his horse around, and continued on his way.

In a stone house not far from the imperial mausoleum, Minghui took the long package wrapped in red brocade and asked worriedly, "Has anyone discovered anything?"

Yan Da shook his head and said, "Don't worry, no one will know about it! Don't stay any longer, take everyone away from Luodu as soon as possible." After that, he disappeared into the house.

Minghui gently placed the package on the only wooden bed in the stone house and tore open the red brocade, revealing Mingxin's little face covered with herpes.

Without wasting any time, Minghui quickly took out a black pill from the porcelain bottle in her waist pouch and stuffed it into Mingxin's mouth. She then lifted up Mingxin's body and helped her swallow the pill.

About an hour later, Mingxin coughed lightly and slowly opened her eyes.

When she saw Minghui, she asked timidly, "Who are you?" Her voice was so weak that it was not even as loud as the cat's cry.

Minghui forced out a smile that she thought was very warm, "No matter who I am, eat something first to save your life."

Mingxin pouted and wanted to cry, but she found that she had no strength and could not cry.

Minghui first picked up the water bag and fed her a few sips of water. After a while, she picked up the water bag filled with rice paste and fed her a few sips of rice paste.

Although the little girl’s life has been saved, her body has been badly damaged. She needs to be carefully taken care of for a while, otherwise there will be a risk of losing her life.

At dawn, Yan Muxi received the news from Minghui that Mingxin had been rescued and had left Luodu.

After days of inner torment, Yan Muxi still couldn't do it and watched Yan Muching and her daughter step into the underworld step by step.

After careful consideration, she came up with a compromise, asking Minghui to find Yan Yongchen and persuade him to let Mingxin go.

Now that Mingxin has escaped, no matter whether Yan Yongchen had intended to let her go or Minghui's persuasion worked, the result was good after all, and her risk was not in vain.

They had been staying in Luodu for more than a month. Now the storm had passed and Emperor Yuanjing should not be worried about Yan Muyun and her son, so it was time for them to leave and go their separate ways.

After breakfast, Yan Muxi called Yan Muyun into the bedroom and told her about his plan to leave Luodu.

Yan Muyun frowned and thought for a while, then made the decision she had thought about for a long time, "After this incident, I really don't feel comfortable bringing Qing Ge'er back to Jincheng. The chaos has just begun, and it will only get more chaotic in the future, so, can Second Sister help me take care of Qing Ge'er for the time being?"

Although the second sister had never told her where she would settle down, given her cunning and cautious nature, she was sure that there was a very safe paradise on earth where she could settle down.

Yan Muxi had not expected Yan Mujun to have the idea of ​​entrusting her son to someone else. After a moment's hesitation, she jokingly said, "Qing'er is so popular, aren't you afraid that I will sell your son off?"

"Don't be afraid. If Qing'er was sold by Second Sister, then he deserves to be sold. Anyway, I am completely relieved to leave my son to you. Second Sister, just tell me whether you agree or not." Yan Mujun's tone was deliberately coquettish.

Yan Muxi pretended to roll his arms and said, "Please speak nicely. I don't know how your General Gu can stand your pretentiousness. It's July and I'm freezing and getting goose bumps all over my body."

Yan Mujun pouted. There was no need for her to act coquettishly or cutely when talking to Gu Yunting. She just stood there motionless. The man named Gu rushed over with shining eyes like a dog seeing a bone.

She cleared her throat, suppressed the irritability on her face, and brought the topic back on track, "Second sister, just tell me, will you help me take care of my son?"

"Qing'er is so well behaved, it's no big deal for me to take care of him for you, but don't you need to tell Gu Yunting in advance before you hand over your only precious son to me?"

At present, Gu Yunting has not yet made a clear stand. His wife and children are his weak points. Yan Muxi is worried that Yan Mujun will make decisions on her own and create a rift with Gu Yunting.

"No need. Gu couldn't even protect the safety of my son and me, so how could he care about where his son went? I was able to keep Qing safe, so he should be grateful."

Hearing Yan Mujun making such a decisive decision for Gu Yunting, Yan Muxi also roughly understood the status of the couple when they were getting along.

Her third sister married Gu Yunting. Although they experienced some twists and turns, it is impossible for any couple to live together without any troubles for a lifetime. Gu Yunting respected and loved her third sister, so her third sister could be said to have married the right person.

On the sixth day of July, the group left Luodu and headed northeast towards Huadao Island. For safety reasons, Yan Muyun also set out with the group. After arriving at Chaoyang City, they took a detour by water back to the northwest.

The day after Yan Muxi left, the deposed crown prince and the women of the Eastern Palace were escorted to the Eastern Tomb Palace.

Three days later, the new crown prince entered the East Palace. On the same day, Emperor Yuanjing issued an edict, appointing Yan Yongchen as the chief minister of the cabinet, and conferring his legitimate daughter Yan Muwan as the crown prince's principal wife, and the legitimate daughter of General Qin and the legitimate youngest daughter of the Minister of War as the crown prince's concubines.

Yan Muwan was registered under Qian Manman's name. Not only did she become a legitimate daughter from a concubine, she also became the future crown princess of the new prince.

Not to mention her origin as a concubine's daughter, Yan Muwan didn't reach marriage age until October, and was still a young girl with immature hair.

Emperor Yuanjing promised the Crown Princess to the Yan family, who had no legitimate daughter of marriageable age, which shows how much he valued Yan Yongchen.

Unfortunately, Yan Yongchen did not care about the so-called respect at all. To him, it was only endless irony.

In the Fuju Garden of the Yan Mansion, old lady Yan, who was about to die, was so skinny and haggard that she looked like she was about to die. Only her eyes were still frighteningly bright.

He looked at Yan Yongchen who was three steps away and said slowly, "I don't have much time left to live!"

"If mother can't wait any longer, you can leave with peace of mind. You are accompanied by the Weiyuan Marquisate, the Su family, the Xue family, and the Yu family's little ghost. You won't be alone on the road to the underworld."

Upon hearing this, Old Lady Yan started coughing violently, almost to the point of passing out.

Yan Yongchen stood straight in the same place, just watching quietly, his eyes indifferent, and he had no intention of going forward to comfort or serve.

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