Chapter 13 What a good life!

"I never thought he would be your husband and Tuan'er's father."

No wonder Tuan'er looks so delicate, it turns out she has such parents.

The young man he met that day was the most handsome and most extraordinary man Doctor Li had ever seen in his life.

When they first met, he thought he was a nobleman from some wealthy family. Later, when he learned that he was just an ordinary mountain villager, he was a little surprised.

"If I had known earlier that there would be such a connection in the future, I would have brought him back to the clinic and taken good care of him."

Doctor Li's tone was full of regret.

Meng Mingshu clenched her palms tightly.

Endless regret welled up in her heart. If she could go back to the past, she would never do such a wrong thing again.

She was so wrong and lost her mind.

Taking advantage of Xiao Yan's liking for her, she trampled on his feelings at will.

When facing Xiao Yan, she was always fearless.

When she faked her death with her daughter, she seemed to have never thought about how miserable Xiao Yan would be.

In his previous life, Xiao Yan had never told her these things. She knew nothing about his pain, despair, and everything else.

"My condolences."

Doctor Li spoke to comfort her.

Meng Mingshu shook her head and bit her lips tightly: "He is not dead."

"I don't need to mourn, my husband is still alive."

Meng Mingshu held her snow-white neck tightly, her palms clenched tightly, and her words were very firm: "He is still alive and well."

Xiao Yan must be in the capital at this moment.

She had met him in the capital in her previous life.

Doctor Li and Xu Shaozhang looked at each other, and both sighed, feeling uncomfortable.

After all, Tuan'er was still so young and had lost his father, and Meng Mingshu could not accept the reality.

"Yes, he is a lucky man, and he must still be alive."

Doctor Li comforted Meng Mingshu.

"Mother."

Tuan'er's face was covered with tears.

She was very small, not even as tall as everyone's legs, but she could already understand what others were saying.

She hugged Meng Mingshu's legs, tears welling up in her eyes.

"They're all lying, aren't they? Daddy will definitely be fine, right?"

Meng Mingshu hugged her and spoke seriously, word by word:

"Tuan'er, you must believe what your mother says. Your father is fine."

"He has been waiting for us, and we will be able to see him soon."

Meng Mingshu gently wiped the tears from Tuan'er's face, her eyes red:

"Even if Tuan'er doesn't believe in mother, he should still believe in your father. Tuan'er, do you still remember what your father said?"

"Daddy said that our family will always be together, and Daddy will always protect Tuan'er and Mom."

Meng Mingshu smiled with tears in her eyes: "Yeah."

Meng Mingshu wiped the tears from her and Tuan'er's faces. She wanted to go and see the so-called "Xiao Yan's" tomb.

"Doctor Xiao was cremated. There's no body left, and the grave is empty, so a tombstone was erected."

Meng Mingshu became even more certain that the dead person was not Xiao Yan.

It should be a royal method.

The imperial power was supreme, and after Xiao Yan recognized his relatives, he became the prince and grandson of the emperor.

All traces of past existence must be erased.

Before leaving the village, Meng Mingshu took Tuan'er to their former home.

The fire was really big and their former home was burned to ashes.

Only ruins and a pitch-black area remain, with no trace of the past left.

Tuan'er kept wiping her tears with her little hands.

"Mom, our home is gone, and the flowers Daddy planted for Tuan'er are gone too."

Meng Mingshu held Tuan'er and spoke seriously:

"Tuan'er, home is where our family is. Even if this home is gone, there will be a new home in the future."

"So, don't cry."

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Perhaps what you think about during the day you dream about at night.

On the way back to Chongzhou Prefecture, Meng Mingshu dreamed of Xiao Yan while staying at an inn.

In the dream, Xiao Yan looked pale and very thin. He was lying on the bed and someone was talking to him.

"Nothing can happen to you! You are my only son! If anything happens to you, who will I take over this kingdom?!"

"You are my son, the prince, the most noble person in the world. As long as you want, all the women in the world are yours."

"Why do you have to be so sad about a dead person?"

In the eyes of the emperor, Xiao Yan was unaware of his blessings.

Think about how difficult it was for him to ascend the throne.

He endured humiliation, slept on straw and tasted gall, and encountered countless life-threatening situations.

In order to gain the throne, he killed all his brothers.

The journey was filled with blood and danger.

Countless people died, both those who opposed him and those who supported him.

Among them was Xiao Yan's mother.

The throne that he had worked so hard to obtain was easily available to Xiao Yan.

He even coaxed and begged Xiao Yan to come back and take over the throne.

In the future, he will do everything he can to pave the way for Xiao Yan.

What a good life this is.

Those lowly creatures in the royal family wished that such a good fate could befall them.

Therefore, the emperor could not understand, let alone accept, that Xiao Yan became so ill because of a woman.

"Drink this medicine! If the Crown Prince doesn't recover, I will kill all of you! Everyone will be buried with him!"

In the dream, Meng Mingshu ran towards the person on the bed. She wanted to tell him to take the medicine well and get better soon. She and Tuan'er were not dead.

But no matter how she ran, she couldn't touch Xiao Yan, let alone talk to him.

Meng Mingshu woke up from this extremely real dream and couldn't fall asleep for the rest of the night.

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"Why are you at my door?"

Early in the morning, as soon as Xu Shaozhang opened the door, he saw Meng Mingshu waiting at the door.

Meng Mingshu had just recovered from a serious illness, and her face was already pale, and the dark circles under her eyes were particularly obvious at this moment.

"How long have you been waiting?"

"One hour."

"Brother-in-law, I need your help."

Xu Shaozhang sighed: "Tell me what happened first."

Although Xu Shaozhang has changed his opinion of Meng Mingshu a lot during this period of time.

But he still didn't dare to agree to help Meng Mingshu do anything.

"Do you know a father-in-law named Liu Zhongquan?"

In his previous life, this man had always been by Xiao Yan's side and was his personal eunuch. He was quite trusted, so he must have followed Xiao Yan as soon as he returned to Beijing.

Moreover, this eunuch was in the palace, so if he was asked to pass on the message to Xiao Yan, it would be a hundred times easier than asking anyone else.

At least even for her father, Magistrate Meng, it was not easy to deliver a letter to the prince. Even if it was delivered, it might not be opened.

Xu Shaozhang frowned, his face darkening: "Why are you asking about him?"

Meng Mingshu had a criminal record, so Xu Shaozhang naturally became wary.

"Your desire to cling to the Duke's Mansion was already terrifying enough. You must never again harbor such inappropriate thoughts. Do you know that a single word from the royal family could cost you your life?"

"The Heavenly Family...is definitely not something people like us can cling to."

Meng Mingshu nodded calmly: "Second brother-in-law, I know all this."

"I want to contact Eunuch Liu because he serves the Crown Prince, and Tuan'er's biological father is the Crown Prince."

Xu Shaozhang looked at Meng Mingshu in disbelief, "Are you crazy?"

Xu Shaozhang almost called for Doctor Li. In his opinion, Meng Mingshu was mentally ill.

"Your husband is dead. Even though you are sad, the dead cannot be resurrected. You should also think about Tuan'er."

"Don't be crazy anymore. I'll pretend I never heard what you said today."

Meng Mingshu shook her head:

"Brother-in-law, I am very sober and I know what I am talking about."

After saying that, Meng Mingshu handed over the jade pendant that she had taken back from Aunt Li.

"This jade pendant with a dragon pattern is a symbol of royalty. Only the royal family can possess it. It's an heirloom from Tuan'er's father, and he's been carrying it with him all these years."

Xu Shaozhang took it suspiciously.