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On the day Xu Lian'er asked to be demoted to a commoner and left Sheng'an, countless assassins intercepted her carriage.

She knew that those people would not let her go easily.

Fortunately, there is always a way out, and Xu Muqing's men arrived in time to rescue her.

The killer was afraid of exposing his master, so he committed suicide by taking poison the moment he was captured alive.

Xu Li'er was arranged to live in a village outside the city.

She was waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to meet Song Jin.

At the city gate, a carriage slowly came out.

Xu Li'er hid in a secluded corner of the official road, made sure that no one could be seen at the city gate, lowered his eyes and pulled off the cloak on his head.

"My dear, I sprained my ankle. Can you give me a ride?"

"good."

Song Jin looked at the plainly dressed woman in front of him, "What does this young lady want to say?"

Xu Li'er raised her head, her face looked thin.

I have lost a lot of weight during this period.

But her eyes were pure, without a trace of resentment.

Song Jin was a little dazed and found it hard to connect the person in front of him with the person who kidnapped him a few months ago.

"Miss Song, I want to ask about my eighth sister."

Xu Li'er had been living outside the city and dared not enter the city. Occasionally, she would hear a little news about the palace from passers-by.

She tried to ask Xu Muqing, but Xu Muqing didn't know either, so he asked her to ask Song Jin.

Song Jin sighed: "I think the young lady has already guessed in her heart that your eighth sister has never thought of harming you from beginning to end. Even if she did, it was not out of her heart."

"Sure enough, I knew it was so."

A cheerful smile appeared on Xu Lier's face.

I no longer ask what happened specifically, maybe I just want a sincere answer.

As if she thought of something, she took out a stirrup.

"I owed her a rattle when we were children, but I never had the chance to give it to her. Now she is locked up, and I think she must be extremely bored. She has always been free, so it's good to give her this rattle to help her kill time."

When talking about her childhood memories, Xu Li'er's eyes showed a hint of tenderness. Seeing that Song Jin was hesitant, she raised her eyes in confusion.

"What's wrong?"

Song Jin hesitated: "My dear, something happened to her."

Xu Li'er smiled and said, "She is in confinement, what could possibly happen to her..."

"She was poisoned. Her life is not in danger, but...she will live a foolish life for the rest of her life."

Xu Li'er's smile froze, and after a long while she lowered her eyelids and said softly, "That's fine, it's better than being in dire straits... Then I'll have to trouble Miss Song to pass it on to her for me, just as... a coming-of-age gift from this incompetent sister of mine."

Living a life of stupidity is never a bad thing.

Xu Lier has come to terms with it now.

The eldest princess died unexpectedly, and now she is just an ordinary young lady.

"What are your plans for the future, young lady?"

Xu Li'er: "I don't have any plans. I'll just find a clean place to live. From now on, there will be no more princesses."

Although he said it lightly, there was a hint of reluctance in his eyes.

The previous Song Jin might not understand it, but after experiencing what happened with Cui Huaiji, she could see where Xu Li'er's reluctance came from.

"What about Wang Anlin? Can you really let him go?"

Xu Lien'er smiled bitterly: "I shouldn't have delayed his career. Before I left, I left him a divorce letter and gave him back his freedom."

She had already signed her name on the divorce certificate.

As long as Wang Anlin's name is signed, it will take effect.

Song Jinzhen was silent for a moment before he sighed, "This young lady is really cruel!"

Xu Li'er said nothing, her eyes fell on the wave drum, becoming long and complicated.

She didn't stay in the carriage for too long and said goodbye to Song Jin at the next fork in the road.

The two carriages drove off in opposite directions.

Song Jin was thinking about the white jade pendant, so he asked the driver to speed up and return to Qingzhou.

Ten days later, the two finally returned to Qingzhou City, where they had been away for a long time.

Qingzhou is still as lively as before I left.

"My lady, you have been tired all the way. Please come out tomorrow."

Song Jin nodded, then hurried into the Song Mansion.

The mansion was in complete silence, even the servants were nowhere to be seen.

"Dad? Dad? Dad!"

No one answered.

Song Jin suddenly became anxious and grabbed the hem of her skirt and rushed to Song Qin's yard.

Qing Wu chased after her.

"My lady, slow down! Watch your step!"

Song Jin ran all the way and saw Shi An's figure in the yard, as if he had seen a savior.

"Shi An! Where is my father? Did he really get into trouble?"

"Why are all the people in the mansion gone?"

Just as Shi An was about to speak, Song Qin coughed from behind.

"Jinjin, Daddy is here."

Song Qin walked out of the room weakly, holding on to the door.

Song Jin immediately went over to support him and said, "Father, what happened? Why was your white jade pendant sent to me?"

White jade dove jade pendant.

Song Qin couldn't help but tear up when he looked at the jade pendant that he had lost and found again.

This is the legacy left to him by his beloved wife.

"I thought I would never see it again in this lifetime..."

The story begins half a month ago.

Song Qin delivered goods with the caravan as he did in the past.

Suddenly, a group of bad guys showed up halfway and stopped the caravan. If they were asking for money, it would have been fine, but these bad guys didn't want the money and wanted to kill the caravan members.

The jade pendant fell while he was escaping, and he knew nothing about it until he was temporarily out of danger, then he realized that the jade pendant was missing.

Song Qin once thought about going back to look for the jade pendant.

But when he heard the words "Sheng An" and "Young Lady" from the bad guys, he immediately realized that they were coming for him.

The only person who could threaten his life was Song Jin in Sheng'an.

"I was running for my life. If I hadn't encountered Shi An, I would have died long ago."

Song Jinchao Shi An bowed solemnly.

Shi An immediately panicked: "My wife, you can't do that. You are the county lord now."

Song Jin refused to stand up: "Shi An, you have helped me many times, I already consider you a friend. You saved my father, you don't know how important this is to me."

She had witnessed her father's tragic death once and didn't want to see it a second time.

Seeing that persuasion did not work, Shi An stopped talking.

Song Jin guessed that the attack on the caravan was most likely related to Yang Chaoxue.

Only she could have such great hatred towards herself.

Song Jin didn't want to disturb him about these things.

"Dad, you should go back and rest. Your injury has not healed yet."

The green mist brought people into the house.

Song Jin turned his head and looked at Shi An: "Shi An, are you going back to report now?"

"The Lord did not explain."

Song Jin nodded, "Why don't you stay here? New Year's Eve is only a few days away, and you will definitely not be able to catch up if you go back."

"This..." Shi An hesitated.

"Don't worry, I will send a message to the Marquis. He won't blame you."

Song Jin vowed solemnly.

Shi An was a little surprised.

Although the Marquis was more doting on her, her confident tone made it seem as if something had happened when he was away.

*

The winter sun is warm and the breeze is gentle.

Song Qin's injury was not serious and he recovered after a few days of rest.

It's a rare good day today, and thinking that Song Jin hasn't been back for a long time, I took her out for a walk.

Looking at Song Jin who was distracted for the fifth time, Song Qin frowned: "Jin Jin, what's wrong with you lately? Why are you so absent-minded?"

"Ah?" Song Jin came back to his senses. "It's okay, Dad. I just thought about something. It's nothing serious. Didn't you say you would take me out of the house?"

Song Tan swallowed his doubts and was skeptical.

As the New Year approaches, Qingzhou City becomes quite lively.

Qingzhou City has recently introduced a lot of rare things. Song Qin excitedly pulled her along and wanted to buy her whatever she liked.

The person in question was staring at the candy cookie not far away in a daze.

Song Tan's eyebrows wrinkled even tighter.

Sugar cookies are not something rare, why is Jinjin so obsessed with them?

Of course, Song Jin was not in a daze because of the candy biscuits, but because of the people related to the candy biscuits.

She remembered that Cui Huaiji didn't like eating candy cakes very much, but she was always muttering in her heart about the time when she and Cui Yuyao ate candy cakes when they were children. It was obvious that Cui Yuyao tricked her into eating them, but she was always thinking about it in her heart.

Now that Cui Yuyao is in the imperial palace, many things can no longer happen again.

That day, she deliberately tricked him into eating the candy cookie just like Cui Yuying did, thinking that maybe it would comfort him a little?

"Now now! Now now!"

Song Qin's face suddenly appeared in front of me.

Song Jin uttered a short "ah", "Ah, Dad, what's wrong?"

"Jinjin, did you run into any trouble in Sheng'an? Why are you always absent-minded?"

Song Jin was embarrassed. She couldn't argue with her father because she was thinking too much about him, right?

How shameful!

"I, I just want to eat candy. Dad, please buy me a candy."

Song Qin was not going to be fooled. He scolded her with a smile and told her to go buy it herself, and then he caught Qing Wu when she wasn't paying attention.

"Qing Wu, tell me honestly, what happened to Jin Jin in Sheng An? I always feel like something is wrong with her."

Qing Wu was in a dilemma.

She could probably guess the reason, but she didn't dare tell Song Qin!

Song Qin narrowed his eyes slightly and scanned the master and servant with a scrutinizing look.

Shao Ding asked, "Is it related to Qu Linghou?"

Qing Wu was surprised: "How did you know that, Master?"

It is true.

Can't withstand explosion.

"It turns out that it was that boy who made Jinjin lose his appetite..."

He knew that Cui Huaiji had interfered in the cancellation of the engagement, and he originally still felt a little grateful.

But now that Cui Huaiji had set his sights on his daughter, he had to be on his guard.

What if it’s the next Xu Nanheng?

*

Sheng An, toward Wu Palace.

The weather is good today, so we cleaned Chaowu Palace inside and out.

Cui Yuyao had nothing to do, so she dragged Cui Huaiji to play chess.

After eating the opponent's black chess piece for the third time, Cui Yuyao raised her eyes and said, "What's wrong with you today? This is the first time I can eat three chess pieces from you."

Cui Huaiji lowered his eyes and said, "Could it be that my sister has become an excellent chess player?"

"Don't fool me," Cui Yuying threw down the white piece in her hand, and the more she looked at it, the more she felt something was wrong. "You've lost your focus three times while playing chess with me. You're smiling foolishly and then...reminiscing?"

Cui Yuhuai's eyes widened and she leaned forward: "What are you reminiscing about?!"

Cui Huaiji turned away and said, "Sister, you are seeing things."

No one knows a younger brother better than his sister.

His little tricks didn't work at all in front of Cui Yuyao.

"Is it related to Miss Song?"

"Why do you think it has something to do with her?"

Cui Yuying held her chin up in her hand: "Can't I see what you're thinking? You like her, and you can't hide it in your eyes. I'm an experienced person after all, so how can I not see it? Now that the person is gone, and you haven't brought her back, I'm ashamed for you!"

"We are the only ones left in the Cui family. I thought you and I were more like our mother, but I didn't expect you to be most like our father, and you are very stubborn!"

I don’t even dare to say that I like that girl!

Cui Huaiji was helpless, "Who said I dare not admit it? I like Mi Mi, but I have to choose an auspicious time to express my feelings."

"Mianmei? You call me that in a very affectionate way, how shameless!"

Cui Yuwei rolled her eyes very ungracefully.

His mouth is like his father's and his face is like his mother's.

"Then when will you bring my sister-in-law back?"

"Wait a little longer."

At least say it to his face.