The real daughter's life was stolen, and she was reborn and became the best in the capital

Gu Mingheng caught a glimpse of the gauze curtain of the carriage falling down again, and Mingjin's face was hidden behind the curtain again, not meeting her gaze. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.

At that moment just now, when he saw Mingjin's clear eyes looking at him, even though he knew that he was wearing a veil and that she could not see his face, Gu Mingheng still felt as if his heart was being pinched by an invisible hand at that moment.

This made it almost impossible for him to breathe.

At this moment, my burning heart felt a little better.

This man who is invincible and fearless on the battlefield, a man who can remain calm even when facing the supreme emperor of Daqian, but when he meets Ming Jin, he always unconsciously becomes timid and hesitant.

He felt guilty towards Ming Jin and took all the responsibility on himself. He always felt that it was because of him that Ming Jin became like this, so he couldn't be at ease when facing her.

The attendants around him obviously knew about this as well.

At this time, they saw that the carriage was getting farther and farther away from them, but the master still stayed where he was, not daring to move forward.

Zhuo Qian and Qing Xin looked at each other.

Qing Xin looked at the man first and said, "Master..."

"Follow her and don't let anything happen to her." Gu Mingheng's voice came from the front.

Qing Xin quickly replied yes.

Seeing that his master was just looking ahead and had no other instructions, he said no more. He bowed to Gu Mingheng and went straight after the carriage in front.

After Qing Xin left.

Zhuo Qian saw that his master still had no intention of taking any action.

He hesitated for a moment, then looked at the man and said, "Master, let's go back too. You still have to go to the palace to pay your respects to His Majesty today."

"Ah."

Gu Mingheng answered, but watched the carriage disappear from his sight before riding away.

Although the Anyuan Marquis Mansion and the Chang'an Prince Mansion are both in Dongcheng District, their locations are very different.

The Anyuan Marquis Mansion is located in Qing'an Hutong. High-ranking officials and dukes and earls granted by the emperor live here.

It is considered one of the best alleys in Dongcheng District.

As for the Chang'an Prince's Palace, it is located on Huangqin Street close to the imperial city, and almost all the people living here are royal relatives.

Princess Fuhua's childhood residence was actually here, but ever since she married into Marquis Anyuan's Mansion, the residence has been left idle and no one has lived there for many years.

Gu Mingheng returned to Beijing. Although no one in the capital knew about it yet, as a person from the Chang'an Palace, he received a letter early on.

Eunuch An, the eunuch who had served Gu Mingheng since he was a child, had his people clean up early on.

The master would only come back for a few days during the Chinese New Year every year. Last year, due to the invasion by foreign tribes, he hadn't come back for years.

Eunuch An hasn't seen his master for almost two years.

Now that he knows he is coming back, he is naturally overjoyed. Eunuch An is almost fifty years old this year, and his hair is now white, but his face is still well maintained and very fair.

White face and no beard.

The two slightly drooping white eyebrows made him look very kind because of the smile on his face, and he looked like someone who was easy to talk to.

But who in the Chang'an Palace doesn't know how powerful this eunuch An is? No matter how powerful the monkeys are, they dare not make trouble in front of him.

Over the years, it was all thanks to him that, although the Chang'an Palace had no owner, it still stood tall and proud, and no one dared to look down on it.

People in the Chang'an Palace are still a few points higher than others when they go out.

The house has been tidied up.

Eunuch An even personally checked Gu Mingheng's bedroom, patted the quilt and pillow, and asked someone to tidy up the clean room again to see if everything was ready.

She took the clothes that she had washed and dried for Gu Mingheng, and walked to the clean room, twisting her neck to look outside, sighing, "What time is it now? Didn't Zhuo send a letter long ago? Why hasn't the prince come back yet?"

There was another eunuch in the room, named An Cong, who was fifteen years old this year and was the grandson adopted by Eunuch An a few years ago.

He was a smart man and knew that Eunuch An was anxious, so he followed behind him and comforted him: "Don't worry, Grandpa, the prince must have been delayed because of something."

I saw Eunuch An almost walking towards the purification room.

He immediately trotted over and lifted the curtain for the person.

Just as Eunuch An was about to go in, he heard a series of voices outside: "Eunuch, Eunuch, the prince, the prince is back!"

Eunuch An turned his head away almost immediately.

His face, which was full of depression just now, now suddenly became smiling. He was about to go back, but remembering that he still had clothes in his hands, he hurriedly put the clothes in and then ran out immediately.

Just as he ran breathlessly to the moon gate of the second entrance, Eunuch An saw two men walking towards him from a distance.

The first man in black was nearly nine feet tall, with deep eyebrows, three-dimensional facial features, long arms and legs. He was now striding towards him. It was the master he had been thinking about for a long time.

"Your Majesty!"

The moment Eunuch An saw Gu Mingheng, tears almost burst out.

Gu Mingheng had been silent all the way here, with a cold and indifferent expression on his face that made him difficult to approach. But when he saw the old eunuch who had taken care of him personally when he was growing up, his expression softened a lot.

When he approached, he smiled and called out, "Eunuch An."

Seeing that the old eunuch was about to kneel down, he hurriedly stepped forward, bent down and helped the man up without waiting for him to kneel down.

"That's not the point."

When Eunuch An heard this, he burst into tears.

He didn't insist on kneeling, but looking at the man beside him who was getting taller and more stable, his eyes fell on his angular face, and he couldn't help but choked up and said, "Why do you look thinner? Did Zhuo Qian and the others not take good care of you?"

Zhuo Qian didn't have time to defend himself.

Eunuch An couldn't help crying again as he spoke: "At the beginning, I wanted to go with you, but you refused. Zhuo Qian and Qing Xin know nothing. They are just young and ignorant boys. They only grow old but not smart. How can they take good care of you?"

Zhuo Qian, who was following behind Gu Mingheng: "..."

He was also Gu Mingheng's personal attendant. Who wouldn't respect him when he was outside? At this moment, he was scolded and belittled by Eunuch An, but he didn't dare to say a word. He could only lower his head and treat himself as a dead man.

When Lord An was in the palace, he was always very quiet, leaving others to guess what he was thinking and what he was going to do.

But every time he saw Gu Mingheng, he became nagging, as if he wanted to say a lot of things.

Gu Mingheng looked helpless.

Over the years, he has gotten used to it. Every time he comes back, he has to listen to Eunuch An's talk.

He could predict what he was going to say next.

"You refuse to marry. If you had someone to take care of you, I would feel more at ease. But you..."

A cliché.

Gu Mingheng's ears are already callused from listening so much.

In Daqian, the person who cares most about whether he gets married or not, apart from his royal brother, the current emperor of Daqian, is the old eunuch in front of him.

When Gu Mingheng was young, he would immediately find an excuse to run away when he heard these words.

Now I have mastered it.

"Eunuch, I'm tired from traveling all the way." He simply took another approach and said helplessly to Eunuch An.

As expected, when Eunuch An heard this, he stopped talking about these things and said hurriedly, "Look at me, hurry up, go take a good bath first, I will ask someone to make you something to eat."

As he said this, he personally held Gu Mingheng's arm and walked inside.

Gu Mingheng let him go, but said, "I will go to the palace to see my brother later, so you don't have to prepare dinner for me."

But Eunuch An said, "We have to fill our stomach first."

Gu Mingheng didn't say anything more.

After returning to his room, Gu Mingheng politely declined Eunuch An's offer to help him take a bath, and went into the bathroom to take a shower himself.

Eunuch An was waiting outside and called out, "My Lord, if the hot water gets cold, please tell me and I will have someone bring it back."

Gu Mingheng said it was not necessary.

He is no longer the idle king who was used to enjoying himself in his youth. There is a shortage of water in the north, and war is always imminent. How can there be time for people to take a bath?

Although the war is over now, he has a lot of time.

But some habits are deeply ingrained and cannot be changed overnight.

Besides, Gu Mingheng didn’t think there was any fun in taking a bath.

Hearing the sound of a shower coming from inside, he knew that the master was trying to fool around again. The roses, goat milk, and essential oils he prepared were not something the master would use. Eunuch An shook his head secretly, but did not say anything. He walked out and asked Zhuo Qian, who was sitting in the yard drinking tea, "Why are you back so late? Didn't you say you were outside the city early in the morning? And what about Qing Xin? Where did he go?"

He didn't know that Ming Jin had been found, so naturally he didn't know that his own prince had sent his personal guard to protect Miss Ming.

"Eunuch An."

Seeing Eunuch An coming out, Zhuo Qian immediately wiped the crumbs from his mouth and stood up with his hands clasped together.

However, facing Eunuch An's words, Zhuo Qian didn't know how to respond for a moment.

This matter is not really a secret.

They all know it.

But if it's not a secret, the master obviously doesn't want too many people to know.

He hesitated for a moment about how to answer.

Eunuch An had watched these boys grow up, so seeing Zhuo Qian like this, he naturally knew what was going on. He frowned and was about to speak when he saw another person walking outside the yard.

At first glance, Eunuch An was unable to recognize him.

After the people came closer, Eunuch An looked at the person and asked in a lost voice, "Wu Ji?"

"Hello, father-in-law."

Wu Ji greeted Eunuch An from a distance.

He was the most outgoing among the few people. He walked over with a smile and bowed to the old eunuch. Seeing his shocked face, he listened to the sound of water coming from inside and knew that his master was still taking a shower. He smiled and talked to the old man beside him: "It's been a few years since we last met. The eunuch is still so healthy. He is better than us."

He had a clever tongue and was eloquent, which made Eunuch An laugh.

"You kid."

Eunuch An didn't have time to ask Zhuo Qian for a moment. He patted Wu Ji's arm and asked him with a smile: "Why did you come back suddenly? How long will you stay this time?"

Eunuch An also knew where the knot in their master's heart lay.

Nine years ago, the master went to the north on his own will, and has been stationed in the north ever since, rarely coming back.

Wu Ji was also sent out by him to continue tracking the whereabouts of the girl from the Ming family.

During these nine years, he only came back occasionally and spent most of his time outside looking for people.

Eunuch An also felt sorry for him.

Qing Xin and Zhuo Qian could at least follow the prince, but he was alone and helpless.

But this is the biggest knot in the prince's heart, and even he dare not mention it too much.

Thinking that the prince would definitely ask Wu Ji about that person's whereabouts when he came out later, Eunuch An suddenly sighed. It seemed that the prince would not be in a good mood today.

He thought about telling the kitchen to prepare a calming soup for the prince at night, so that he wouldn't have a restless sleep again.

Suddenly, Wu Ji's words came to my ears: "This time, I won't leave."

Wu Ji said to Eunuch An.

Eunuch An was stunned when he heard this, as if he hadn't reacted at all. He stared at Wu Ji blankly. When he thought of something, his expression suddenly changed and he exclaimed, "Could it be that..."

Although he had guessed it in his mind, Eunuch An still felt uncomfortable when he really thought about this possibility.

In my memory, the cute and lively little girl who always loved to wear red clothes also called him "Eunuch An" with a smile.

It's a pity that he died like this.

He had a sad look on his face.

"What are you thinking about, grandpa?" Wu Ji saw the old man looked sad and suddenly smiled, "That person has been found."

Eunuch An's sadness was still evident on his face.

Hearing this out of the blue, his eyes suddenly widened and he asked in surprise, "What?"