Ci'an Hospital.
Qi Jing couldn't help but protect her stomach as she listened to her mother, Qi Jia, telling her the news she had just heard.
The Qi family held their daughter's hand, indignantly saying, "They're fighting each other, and now they want to use your child as a weapon! Why?"
Qi Jing stroked her belly with a seemingly calm expression as she said, "If the mistress of the house were Miss Qin, I would definitely want to raise the child under her wing. If nothing else, her knowledge and education would benefit the child for life. But if it were Miss Wu..."
Qi Jing's eyes were filled with worry. She closed her eyes and began to rethink things for herself and her child. "Mrs. Wu may seem promising, but she's still a little shallow. Her knowledge and upbringing aren't enough for me to trust my child to. Besides, my child doesn't want to be a tool in their fight."
"We need to think of a solution." Qi Jing took a deep breath and looked at her mother. "Mother, tell me, why did the Marquis come back in such a hurry?"
Qi Jia immediately stood up and said, "I'll go and find out."
The servant beside Lu Yan was a servant of the Lu family. After being away from home for such a long time, when Lu Yan returned home, the servant naturally took the time to see his family.
The Qi family quickly learned why Lu Yan had returned: "Miss Qin has disappeared."
Qi Jing's face changed slightly. She couldn't believe it: "Miss Qin is missing?"
"The prince is also missing." The Qi family whispered in Qi Jing's ear: "Tell me, is this Miss Qin and the prince..."
Qi Jing turned around and glared at her mother: "Mom! Don't say such nonsense! We have to find a way to save ourselves now."
Lu Yan returned home and left in a hurry. Although Qi Jing didn't know the reason, based on the information she had obtained, she was afraid that it was related to Miss Qin.
If Lu Yan still has feelings for Qin Wan...
Qi Jing's eyes darkened slightly. For the sake of her child, she had to make some plans. She leaned over and whispered in Qi Jia's ear.
The Qi family was puzzled: "Will this work?"
"If this gets widely known, it might damage Miss Qin's reputation. So, mother, you have to be careful and restrain your family members. Don't spread rumors outside. Everything should be done only in our house." Qi Jing repeatedly warned.
The Qi family thought for a moment and said, "Then we need to find the right person to handle this matter. Don't worry."
Qi Jing watched her mother leave, still feeling a little uneasy. Holding her belly, she went to find Old Lady Lu and told her about Lu Yan's return and his hasty departure. "I'm feeling a little uneasy, so I want to go out to the temple and burn some incense."
When Old Lady Lu heard this, she thought she was worried about Lu Yan. She glanced at her belly and said, "I'll have someone send a car to take you there. Bring a few more people with you to make sure nothing goes wrong."
"yes."
Qi Jing agreed and went to the temple. She sent the maids and servants away, took out the monthly allowance she had saved for most of the past six months, secretly lit a perpetual lamp for Qin Wan, and took people to draw a fortune.
"It's a very good fortune." The old woman who followed picked up the fortune and was very happy: "I will go find someone to interpret it right away."
Qi Jing reached out and took the signature. When she saw the words on it, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Hearing the mother-in-law's words, she sneered. This wasn't a request for Lu Yan, so what was the interpretation? She casually threw the stick back into the stick holder and said with a smile, "If it's a very good stick, it doesn't matter how it's interpreted. Let's go back."
The old woman was stunned, but she didn't know where to start looking for the lot again. Seeing Qi Jing walking away holding her belly, she could only look back at the lot box reluctantly and quickly go to help Qi Jing.
Really, why throw it back? If I take it back to the old lady, I'll get a reward!
The moment Qi Jing walked out of the temple, she passed by Qin Xie.
The Qin family received the news of Qin Wan and the prince's disappearance a few days earlier.
Qin Xie, who never believed in ghosts and gods, began to pray to gods and Buddhas the moment she learned that her daughter was missing.
Qin Xie originally wanted to go look for her daughter, but her husband Qin Sheng persuaded her to stop: "No one in the capital knows that Wan'er went with the Crown Prince. Now that the Crown Prince is missing, a large-scale search has been launched. If people knew that Wan'er was missing as well, it would be detrimental to her reputation."
"Which is more important, reputation or human life?" Qin Xie confronted her husband for the first time.
Qin Sheng said in a deep voice, "Human life is definitely more important to us! But what about Wan'er? She's the one bearing the brunt of the rumors! You have to consider whether she can handle it! We, the Qin family, can search locally. Father has mobilized everyone in the Qin family to go looking. Even if we have to dig deep underground, we can still find Wan'er."
Qin Xie's eyes widened when she heard this: "Everyone? Everyone in the Qin family... Then what about His Majesty..."
The Qin family was a wealthy and powerful family. Although Xuanwu Marquis Qin Zhan had retired at the beginning, his personal soldiers also retired with him. Over the years, the Qin family had flourished, with many collateral descendants, and with the addition of in-laws, the personal soldiers had multiplied and thrived...
The Qin family's power is so great that even they themselves are afraid of it. If it is exposed, it will be very dangerous.
Qin Xie hurried to Qin Zhan to dissuade him, "Father, this is absolutely not possible! Yijia has already mobilized the Qin family members in Huzhou Prefecture, so we don't need to send any more. If we rashly send so many people, His Majesty will be wary, and all the hard work our clan members have put in over the years will be wasted. This concerns the lives of thousands of people in our clan. Father, think twice!"
Qin Zhan seemed to have aged ten years overnight. He used to be energetic and didn't look like a man in his sixties or seventies, but now he looked like an old man on his deathbed. "Wan'er is missing. How can we not look for her? Everyone in the family wants to find her."
"Father, this concerns Wan'er's reputation and the lives of our entire family!" Qin Xie's eyes were filled with tears as she knelt and bowed deeply. "Father, I am also worried about Wan'er's disappearance, but this concerns Wan'er's reputation and the lives of our entire family. I beg you to revoke your order!"
Qin Zhan sighed, waved his hand, and said, "Forget it, let's just leave it at that. Let Huzhou find someone."
"Yes." Qin Xie stood up and went out, her body swaying. From then on, she went to the temple every day to pray to the gods and Buddhas for her daughter's safety.
Inside the cave.
There was nothing else to do except sleeping, so Qin Wan and Xie Qing started chatting.
There is no other way. I can’t go out, so I can only chat and solve some problems at the same time.
Qin Wan was a little worried. "You presented all the evidence to His Majesty, but His Majesty didn't punish Rupin and the Fifth Prince, let alone the prefect and governor of Shenyang. I guess the first time you were assassinated, the news was sent back to the capital. His Majesty didn't take action against them. Isn't he afraid that something might happen to you?"
Xie Qing stretched his stiff shoulders and said, "My father has always disliked my indecisiveness, my softness, and my tendency to listen to others too easily. Over the years, he has been trying to let me experience life. I'm afraid this time is also part of my experience."
Qin Wan looked him over and sneered, "You've been training to the point of losing your life?"
Xie Qing smiled confidently and said, "Not really. I still have some ways to save my life."
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