"You knew it was him all along?"

"Yes, I saw Zhao Jiajun."

After the routine checks, everyone was allowed to pass, and the lockdown on Bianzhou City was lifted.

All the people of Bianzhou gathered at the city gate to see them off.

"Dr. Mu, you are welcome to visit my home in Bianzhou City sometime in the future."

Some people couldn't help but wipe away their tears. They knew better than anyone else that if it weren't for Mu Wanting, they would have been buried in the ground long ago.

Moreover, when Mu Wanting left, she distributed all the food she had obtained from Doctor Liu.

As everyone knows, it was thanks to Mu Wanting that the price of rice was able to return to normal, and the grain stores were quickly sold out.

They walked for five miles, and people followed to see them off, their eyes red, very reluctant to part with Mu Wanting.

Mu Wanting said softly with a smile, "Everyone, please go back now. I will come to Bianzhou again if I have the chance in the future."

The people then went home, but they still left some gifts as a token of their gratitude, which Mu Wanting couldn't refuse.

Zhao Zhiyuan looked at Mu Wanting with an unprecedentedly gentle gaze.

He felt that Mu Wanting was even more charming now.

Upon seeing him like this, Shen Xinglan was unwilling to give in and immediately grabbed Mu Wanting's hand.

Zhao Zhiyuan looked at Mu Wanting with a heavy heart.

This should have been his wife; the one he's holding hands with now should be himself.

They walked forward for a while and saw a richly dressed middle-aged man in front of them. Upon closer inspection, they realized it was Zhao Xiwu.

He was carrying a large package, and when he saw them, a smile appeared on his face.

First, he greeted Ma Dazhuang, who smiled obsequiously the whole time and dared not be negligent.

After that, Zhao Xiwu walked towards Shen's mother and the Zhao family.

In fact, the Zhao family was exiled because they had previously misappropriated disaster relief funds; they were simply grouped together for this purpose.

Along the way, Zhao Xiwu was unable to protect his sister, so he thought of doing something for her.

He gave two packages in total, one for Shen's mother and the other for the Zhao family.

Zhao Xiwu looked at the head of the Zhao family.

"The Zhao family is a unified whole; we share both prosperity and adversity. You all need to look after each other along the way."

Regardless of what the Zhao family patriarch thought, he was currently a commoner while Zhao Xiwu was an official, so he still had to give him face.

He immediately smiled at Shen's mother.

Mother Shen didn't put on airs and smiled at the head of the Zhao family.

"Father."

Zhao Shigao, the head of the Zhao family, smiled and agreed, and the Zhao family gradually resumed its relations with the third branch of the family.

That evening, Shen Xinglan also took this opportunity to chat with Zhao Shigao.

He subtly implied that the Zhao family should have been beheaded long ago, and that he had shielded them from many disasters. This time, it wasn't that he, Shen Xinglan, had implicated them, but rather that Shen Xinglan simply couldn't protect them.

After listening to Shen Xinglan's reprimand, Zhao Shigao realized how many outrageous things the Zhao family had done. Shocked, he also felt more grateful to Shen Xinglan.

Now, the Zhao family, the third branch, and the collateral branches all united as one, making up a full third of the exiled prisoners.

Shen Lijun and his group no longer dared to cause trouble. Every time they tried to pick a fight with Mu Wanting and her group, they were shut down before they could even find her.

Zhao Zhiyuan also had servants come to him several times, asking him to go back.

His answer is always the same.

"Unless Wan Ting comes back with me."

Mu Wanting was speechless, and Shen Xinglan's eyes were deep.

She knew things wouldn't end there.

Then, Mu Wanting saw a magnificent carriage arrive, and she had a premonition.

As soon as the carriage curtain was lifted, Murong Rong was indeed seen.

Even though she was dressed up nicely, she still couldn't hide the fact that she was travel-worn.

Upon seeing Mu Wanting, Murong Rong's smug expression froze.

She had expected to see Mu Wanting looking haggard, but the Mu Wanting she saw in the end was in even better condition than when she was in the capital.

Her skin was so smooth it looked like you could squeeze water out of it, and even though she was wearing a neat short outfit, the materials used were extremely exquisite.

Even though she simply wore a jade hairpin in her hair, the hairpin itself was of very good quality.

Compared to Mu Wanting, her own deliberately dressed outfit actually made her look rather exquisitely ugly.

She paused as she took her step down, but quickly forced herself to calm down.

What's there to be afraid of? She's been reborn; why would she be afraid of a teenage girl like Mu Wanting?

This is nothing.

Her voice was soft.

"Sister, have you seen my husband?"

Before Mu Wanting could speak, her maid Xiao Cui had already spoken.

"The son-in-law is over there!"

Murong Rong never expected to actually see Zhao Zhiyuan, and her face instantly stung again.

Her own husband was chasing after her own sister; she had completely lost face.

She took a deep breath.

She gave Zhao Zhiyuan a cold glance, but still swayed her hips and walked to his side, speaking in a very soft voice.

"My husband, I've been looking for you everywhere. Shall we go back to the capital?"

Zhao Zhiyuan turned his head.

"Go back if you want, but I'm not going back. I'm staying here."

"I've already missed out on Mu Wanting once, I can't afford to miss out on her again."

Murong Rong's face turned pale and then red, and she was so angry that she was speechless.

Why did it have to be that bitch Mu Wanting? In their past life, Zhao Zhiyuan had already been good enough to Mu Wanting. In this life, she married him, so he should be good to her.

She forced a smile.

"My lord, your parents are still waiting for you at the Marquis's residence."

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