"Nonsense!" Princess Jiahua suddenly stood up: "Yuyan is my study companion, she grew up with me, how could I not recognize Yuyan as real or fake? Prince Zhennan, are you deliberately ignoring people for the sake of your reputation?"

Princess Zhennan stared intently at Princess Jiahua, wishing she could do something, but with her tendons severed, she couldn't speak and could only watch anxiously.

"Princess……"

“Your Zhennan Prince’s Mansion is truly incomprehensible. A few days ago you were so desperate to find someone, and now that Yu Yan has finally returned after a near-death experience, you refuse to acknowledge her,” Princess Jia Hua said quickly.

Immediately, a chorus of agreement arose from the crowd.

"That's right. I used to think it was so affectionate, but now that I think about it, it's nothing special."

"Perhaps they deliberately wanted to kill the princess and frame her, but the princess was lucky and escaped. Even the Prince of Zhennan did not expect that she could come back alive."

"If you tell too many lies, you won't be able to cover them up anymore."

Princess Jiahua carefully helped Princess Zhennan up: "Yuyan, you have suffered. I will not abandon you."

Princess Zhennan was breathing heavily and wanted to push the person away, but she had no strength at all and was limp and let Princess Jiahua do as she pleased.

Princess Jia Hua's gaze passed over Prince Zhennan and landed on Pei Zhao: "Young Master Pei, don't you even recognize your own mother?"

A single question turned Pei Zhao's face deathly pale.

Looking into the expectant eyes of the Princess of Zhennan, Pei Zhao felt as if her heart was being torn apart.

In the end, he couldn't resist and dismounted.

"Zhao'er!" the Prince of Zhennan called out urgently.

Pei Zhao stopped in his tracks: "Father, that's Mother."

After saying that, Pei Zhao walked resolutely towards the Princess Consort of Zhennan, stopped in front of Princess Jiahua, and his dark eyes flashed with cold anger: "I will remember this day."

Princess Jiahua shook her head helplessly: "I know you have misunderstood me. After all, you are a junior. For Yu Yan's sake, I will not hold it against you. Your mother was humiliated, so please don't look down on her."

These words struck a nerve. Pei Zhao's face turned ashen. He stepped forward and grabbed the arm of the Princess of Zhennan, asking anxiously, "Mother, are you alright?"

Princess Zhennan finally realized the situation and felt somewhat regretful.

He should have bitten his tongue and committed suicide just now.

She appeared in full view of everyone, her clothes disheveled and her body covered in wounds, which aroused all sorts of speculation. No matter how she explained it, no one would believe her.

"Stop talking and quickly dismantle the mourning hall. Help your mother back for treatment," Princess Jiahua reminded her.

Pei Zhao bent down, picked up the Princess of Zhennan, and hurriedly left.

Princess Jiahua glanced around and said, "Everyone here today will receive a share. Someone, distribute 10,000 taels of silver and add 10,000 coins of incense at the Jokhang Temple to thank the Bodhisattva for protecting the Princess Zhennan and bringing her back alive."

As soon as she finished speaking, countless people praised Princess Jia Hua for her kind and benevolent heart.

Upon hearing this, the Prince of Zhennan was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and the murderous intent in his eyes was revealed without any attempt to conceal it.

In no time, the news of Princess Zhennan's return alive spread like wildfire through the streets and alleys, and everyone knew about it.

The Prince of Zhennan pressed the Prefect of Jingzhao for an explanation: "People don't just come back for no reason. You must give me an explanation."

The Prefect of the Capital was taken aback.

"Investigate! Who brought the princess back? She can't speak now and her hands and feet are injured. She couldn't have walked back!" the Prince of Zhennan roared.

“Your Highness, this is putting us in a difficult position. There are at least five hundred or a thousand carriages coming and going at the city gate today. How can we check them one by one?” The Prefect of the Capital said with a bitter face, “Tomorrow is the Eighth Prince’s wedding. The Eighth Prince’s Mansion sent people today to take the future princess to the Guanyin Temple outside the city to pray for blessings, and then settled her in the North Garden, which is five miles away from the capital, to wait for the wedding tomorrow.”

Princess Lian'an, as a princess sent to Japan for a political marriage and also the principal wife, lived in the Eighth Prince's Mansion. It was impossible for her to marry out of the Eighth Prince's Mansion and then marry into the Eighth Prince's Mansion again.

This is against the rules.

Therefore, Princess Lian'an chose a separate courtyard for herself.

The original intention was to let all the people in the city see how much effort Zhao Zhiyan had put into his marriage, with a ten-mile-long red bridal procession that was no less impressive than that of some others.

Praying at the Guanyin Temple is also a tradition of Northern Chu. However, since Princess Lian'an was pregnant and it was inconvenient for her to go up the mountain, she had to find a Guanyin Temple with a better road.

We set off before dawn today; the procession was vast and impressive.

"Your Highness, you can't possibly send me to investigate the Eighth Prince, can you?" the Prefect of the Capital asked nervously.

The Prince of Zhennan was now contemplating murder. He was breathing heavily and suddenly loosened his grip on the Prefect of the Capital's collar: "Since there is suspicion, we must investigate."

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Beiyuan

Su Jing looked at the large, somewhat empty courtyard. For some reason, her eyelids started twitching violently after she entered the courtyard. "Princess, there are plenty of courtyards in the capital city. Why do we need to leave the city?"

Princess Lian'an pursed her lips and said, "It would be a disgrace for me to get married in an inn."

Logically, she should have had a grand wedding in the palace, but the Emperor of Northern Chu refused her request, citing his poor health and the fact that the Imperial Observatory said it was not auspicious for a pregnancy in the palace recently.

Helpless, Princess Lian'an had no choice but to find a place in the North Garden.

This courtyard was bought by Zhao Zhiyan for her to settle down; it is considered her private property.

Looking at the bright red dowry and betrothal gifts in the courtyard, Princess Lian'an comforted herself, determined to see how magnificent her wedding would be tomorrow, even if it meant bypassing everyone else.

"It's just for one night," Princess Lian'an said, unconcerned.

Seeing this, Su Jing didn't say much.

Just then, the steward rushed in to report: "Princess, the Prefect of the Capital is coming this way with the Prince of Zhennan, saying that he wants to investigate a case."

Princess Lian'an's eyelids twitched.

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