"Madam Ye, please help me."

Princess Minghui knelt on the ground in a disheveled state, her face bearing shocking scars that made Ye Lanyin somewhat overwhelmed.

She took a step back and said:

"You...know me?"

Princess Minghui kowtowed to her.

"Madam Ye, I am Princess Minghui of Xuan Yue Kingdom. Last time, I came to the Holy Kingdom with my elder sister to participate in the Divine Summoning Conference."

"Does Madam Ye still remember?"

Ye Lanyin nodded.

She remembered that when the Xuan Yue Kingdom came to the Holy Kingdom to participate in the Divine Summoning Conference, they tried to crush the Holy Kingdom and later even tried to kill her daughter. It was only because Wanwan's spiritual root was activated that she escaped this calamity.

Thinking of this.

She looked warily at the person opposite her.

"Are you Princess Minghui?"

The Regent shielded Ye Lanyin beside him and tried to draw his sword.

Princess Minghui seemed to have seen through the Regent's actions and spoke first, "Regent, please have mercy. I am not here to take revenge on you."

"I was abandoned here by my elder sister on the way back to Xuan Yue Kingdom with her last time."

“Last night…” Princess Minghui said, lowering her eyes, “Last night, I was hungry, but I couldn’t let anyone know that I was a princess of Xuan Yue Kingdom, so I pretended to be a ghost to scare you.”

"Actually, I had a sweet potato in the house and wanted to go in and get it to fill my stomach."

"I am truly sorry for causing you fear, which was unavoidable."

Upon hearing this, everyone was completely baffled. They looked at each other, trying to glean an answer from each other's eyes.

Finally, Hua Mei said, "We didn't hear any sound last night."

“We slept very well. If we hadn’t discovered that Miss was missing today, we wouldn’t have known you were there.”

Princess Minghui looked on with surprise after hearing their words.

How is that possible?

She screamed so loudly last night that she scared away all the birds, and they actually said they didn't hear her?

"I almost died last night, didn't you hear my screams?"

The painting of the heart and the painting of the plum blossoms shook their heads.

"No."

Princess Minghui glanced at Xiao Wanwan in Huaxin's arms and suddenly felt a sense of fear towards her.

The little one sensed the noise around him and suddenly opened his eyes, startling Princess Minghui so much that she took a step back and screamed.

"ah."

The fears of yesterday still linger in my heart.

Even though she was just a child, she always felt like she had been seen through.

But Xiao Wanwan's eyes were so bright and clear, as if she were not the same person from last night.

"elder sister?"

Princess Minghui asked guiltily, "Hmm?"

"Where are the sweet potatoes?"

She could only remember the bite of sweet potato she ate last night, and she was still craving it.

I was planning to bake it for Princess Minghui, but she fell asleep.

She got off Huaxin and pulled her to the woodpile, asking Huaxin to peel and chop sweet potatoes for her.

"Auntie Huaxin, I want a big one~"

Okay~

Ye Lanyin shook her head helplessly, then seemed to remember something.

"By the way, what did you just ask me to help you with?"

Princess Minghui turned to look at Ye Lanyin, clenched her hands, and said, "Madam Ye, please, could you send me back to Xuan Yue Kingdom?"

“After I left Bianjing last time, my elder sister found an excuse to drug me and then abandoned me. When I woke up, they were already far away.”

"If I go back alone, she will definitely kill me."

"Judging from Madam Ye's entourage, she is probably heading towards the border. If you happen to pass through Xuan Yue Kingdom, could you please give me a ride?"

Princess Minghui started to cry as she spoke.

“My mother only has me as her child. She must think I’m dead and will definitely beg my father to avenge me.”

“Now that I have caused trouble in the Holy Kingdom, I am afraid that my elder sister and the Empress will instigate the relationship between the Holy Kingdom and the Xuan Yue Kingdom. If war breaks out, it will be bad for the people of both countries.”

"Madam Ye, Regent, could you please have mercy and send me back?"

Ye Lanyin and the Regent exchanged a glance.

The Regent was stationed in the east to guard against the Xuan Yue Kingdom.

Xuan Yue Kingdom already had many people with spiritual roots, and now that he and Ye Lanyin are going to the Dragon Clan, if a war breaks out, the Holy Kingdom will not fare well either.

"Father, my sister knows how to roast sweet potatoes, why don't we give them to her?"

[Oh ho, time to go back and turn evil.]

Will she replace the legitimate princess's position?

The little guy was already plotting something in his mind, eating sweet potatoes while thinking about watching the show.

The group of people who heard her thoughts felt quite helpless.

Whenever something happens, she's absolutely indispensable!

“Yes, Regent, if the Xuan Yue Kingdom and the Holy Kingdom go to war, I’m afraid it will be bad for both countries.”

After considering it in his mind, the Regent agreed after discussing it with General Yao.

"We did indeed pass through the Xuan Yue Kingdom this time."

"I can send you there, but our two countries are not on good terms. How can you prove you have no backup plan?"

Princess Minghui knew that this was the only condition the Regent had agreed to.

But now she has to go back. She has to expose her elder sister, and her mother is in a precarious situation. She can't live a life of ignominy alone.

"Rest assured, Your Majesty, I will prove my innocence with my life. This matter has nothing to do with you."

"In addition, there is a secret passage in the palace. If anything goes wrong, you can leave through the passage at any time."

She was unaware of this passageway at first, but unfortunately, she overheard the Empress's conversation and learned that she had built a passageway in the inner palace.

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