Shen Qingyan smiled slightly, "Of course I'm going back to where I should be. Thank you Mr. Jiang and Mr. Jiang for taking care of you over the past three years. Tangtang and I will not bother you anymore."

Jiang Mufan was anxious and said quickly: "Sister Yan, I didn't come here to chase you away today. You can live here as you like, for as many years as you want, you don't have to leave."

Shen Qingyan knew that he had misunderstood, and explained: "Mr. Jiang, you are overthinking. Tangtang and I must leave because we have important things to do."

Gu Huatang swallowed the snowflake crisp in his mouth and said in a baby voice, "We are going to find daddy!"

"What?" Jiang Mufan looked incredulous. "Didn't he die a long time ago?"

At that time, Shen Qingyan was alone and gave birth to and raised the child by herself. Jiang Mufan had long assumed that her husband was dead, otherwise why had there been no news from him for three years?

"He's not dead, it's just that for some reason, we can't meet."

Jiang Mufan still couldn't recover from his shock. He seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly advised.

"Sister Yan, did that man contact you? You, don't be fooled by him. He hasn't contacted you for three years, but now he wants to meet you. No, I can't watch you and Tangtang jump into the fire pit..."

Shen Qingyan had a headache. When she first met Jiang Mufan, he was still a fifteen-year-old boy, modest, polite, gentle and sensible. Now that he has grown up, it is not easy to fool him.

Shen Qingyan didn't know how to explain the reason directly, and after much persuasion, Jiang Mufan finally dispelled some of his doubts, but he was still worried.

"Sister Yan, this place is a long way from the capital. What if you and Tangtang encounter danger? I heard that there are many bandits at the foot of Luan Mountain in the eastern suburbs of the capital... How about this, I bring some people to protect you? Until I escort you to the capital to meet your husband."

Shen Qingyan knew that he meant well, and if she didn't agree, she would probably start to doubt him again.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, Mr. Jiang."

Gu Huatang clapped her hands and smiled with her eyes curved, revealing two cute dimples.

"Great! Brother Mu Fan, come with us to find daddy!"

Jiang Mufan corrected him tirelessly, "Call me uncle, not brother."

"But, brother, you don't look like an uncle."

"No, we can't mess up the generations." After saying that, he secretly glanced at Shen Qingyan.

Gu Huatang didn't understand what seniority was and insisted on calling him brother. The two of them argued over this little thing.

Shen Qingyan laughed in silence. They didn't feel annoyed at all that the big and the small argued about such trivial matters every day.

Since she had decided to leave, Shen Qingyan didn't waste any more time and started packing up, preparing to leave early the next morning.

Jiang Mufan brought people to help her clean up. Shen Qingyan couldn't refuse and had to follow him.

At the same time, in the capital, the imperial palace.

Inside the Yangxin Palace, Gu Beihuai was staring at the little guy in front of him practicing calligraphy.

Gu Yuxuan is already over three years old. He has fair skin, a handsome and cute look, and his little body stands straight as he practices writing stroke by stroke, not noticing his father's cold eyes at all.

Gu Beihuai thinks Gu Yuxuan is good in every way except that his skin is too white. What if he grows up to be a gigolo?

When he thought about Gu Yuxuan growing up to be as childish as he is now, he felt furious.

In fact, he spent every day in frustration.

Ever since Shen Qingyan left, no one has seen Gu Beihuai smile again.

Over the past three years, the entire Tianfeng Kingdom has been prosperous, with peace and tranquility, no disputes with neighboring countries, and the people living and working in peace and contentment. Everything is developing in the best direction.

But Gu Beihuai was tired of it.

Without Shen Qingyan, what's the point of all this?

Now three years have passed, but Shen Qingyan still hasn't returned.

"Father, I have finished writing."

Just then, Gu Yuxuan's voice interrupted his thoughts.

Gu Beihuai just took a glance and frowned.

"After three days of study, this is how you write?"

Gu Yuxuan was stunned and lowered his eyes with some grievance.

He had written it for the third time, but his father was still not satisfied.

"Father, please calm down. I will write it again."

Looking at the small figure sitting down at the table again, Gu Beihuai sighed silently, and his cold heart softened a little.

"Write it again and go to sleep. Show it to me tomorrow."

"My son, I obey."

After Gu Beihuai left, Qingmei and Zhiqing immediately stepped forward to wipe Gu Yuxuan's sweat, fan him, and pour him tea.

With Gu Beihuai here, they didn't dare to serve the little prince too meticulously.

Gu Yuxuan paused his writing, looked up and asked Qingmei in a low voice.

"Aunt Qingmei, will the Queen Mother really come back?"

Qingmei's heart trembled, and she was a little afraid to meet his expectant eyes.

"Yes, Your Highness, don't worry too much. The Queen will definitely come back."

Gu Yuxuan lowered his eyes. There were some things he had been holding in his heart for a long time, but he dared not tell anyone.

Many palace maids and eunuchs said that it was impossible for the queen mother to come back because she had gone to a very far place.

Gu Yuxuan felt that he was no longer a three-year-old child. He was already three and a half years old. He understood what it meant to go to a faraway place.

Some people also said that his mother was hidden by his father, but he secretly searched the entire palace and found no trace of his mother.

Others said that the Queen Mother no longer wanted him and his father and had left with someone else.

Of course, no one mentioned it again afterwards, because after my father found out, those people disappeared.

Gu Yuxuan sighed quietly in his heart and made up his mind.

He needs to grow up quickly so that he can go find his mother on his own.

Little did he know that his mother was already on her way back.

Early the next morning, Shen Qingyan set off with Gu Huatang.

In front of their carriage was another carriage and a group of guards.

Jiang Mufan insisted on sending them off personally.

Shen Qingyan held the drowsy Gu Huatang in her arms, but she was not sleepy at all.

The closer she got to the capital, the more anxious she became.

Suddenly, the carriage stopped.

Gu Huatang was awakened and asked in a daze.

"Mother, what's the matter?"

"It's okay, go to sleep first, mom will go check it out."

As soon as the carriage curtain was opened, Jiang Mufan walked over with a serious look on his face.

"Sister Yan, the road ahead is blocked by rocks. My people are moving them, and I believe they will be cleared soon."

Shen Qingyan's mind suddenly flashed back to what he had said before about the bandits, and her expression suddenly changed.

"Hurry, tell them to stop moving, turn around and take another route."

Jiang Mufan was stunned for a moment, but didn't even ask the reason, and immediately gave orders.

"Everyone come back and take another route."

However, no matter how fast he moved, he was still a step too late.

Suddenly, a large number of men in black appeared around them and surrounded them on three sides.

They were holding all kinds of weapons and had fierce looks on their faces. It was obvious that they were bandits.

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