Wan Jinlan felt that Princess Kangning was not someone who would put on a show. If she really didn't know that she was pregnant and hadn't known in advance that something would happen to Prince Guangling, then all her reactions were normal.
The only one who is abnormal is Xiao Zheng.
Combined with what she saw in Yangzhou, she also felt sympathy for Princess Kangning.
Having said that, Xiao Zheng and her had a good relationship when they were young, but they had not been friends in recent years. Why would he reveal such important news to her?
She needed to inform her father tomorrow. If her suspicions were true, she wondered if her grandfather's family would be implicated, and if their mansion would be affected.
After the dinner, Wan Qiuyu also heard the news of Prince Guangling's death, and she immediately realized that something was wrong.
It was clear that Prince Guangling rebelled in his previous life, so how could he have died in Kyoto?
Thinking of the key point, Wan Qiuyu sat up in shock.
"He faked his death! He faked his death! To escape from Kyoto! Xiao Zheng is going back now, but he's not going back to Kyoto. He should be heading directly to Jiangnan."
Wan Qiuyu put on her outer clothes and hurried to the main room, but was stopped by Wang Minghui's maid.
"The prince and princess have gone to bed, concubine, please return."
The maidservant looked at him with contempt, wanting to pull the prince away from the princess's room in the middle of the night. It was a nice idea, but her behavior was really despicable.
Seeing that the maidservant refused to report, Wan Qiuyu immediately shouted, "Your Highness, I have something important to say."
She shouted several times before she called out Xiao Minghuan.
Wang Minghui followed out wearing her coat, staring at Wan Qiuyu with a bad look for disturbing her.
"Your Majesty, I really have something important to report."
Seeing that her anxious expression did not seem fake, Xiao Minghuan could only follow her to the side yard.
"Your Highness, do you still remember the two rebellions I mentioned?"
"The first rebellion was initiated by Prince Guangling."
Xiao Minghuan was shocked, remembering the news of Prince Guangling's death today, and subconsciously blamed him, "You didn't explain it clearly at the beginning."
Wan Qiuyu said, "Prince Guangling is very likely faking his death. Your Highness should think about how to use this to your advantage."
Xiao Minghuan was in a dilemma. If he told his father that Prince Guangling had faked his death and would rebel in the future, not only would his father believe him, but he had no evidence to prove his words were true.
After pondering for a while, he said, "Let's put this matter aside for now. The most urgent task now is to restore my reputation. Once this matter is dealt with, we can discuss other matters later."
Wan Qiuyu couldn't think of any solution, so she stopped talking and asked anxiously, "It's late, why don't I wait for His Majesty to rest?"
Xiao Minghuan looked at her and did not object. With Wan Qiuyu's help, he changed his clothes and got on the bed.
"Princess, the lights in Concubine Wan's room are off. You should go to bed." The maid said cautiously.
Wang Minghui cursed under her breath, threw a teacup aside, and cursed, "Bitch!"
It was a beautiful autumn day with clear and crisp weather. The sky above the Kuriyama Palace was blue, and the trees were lush and green not far away. Galloping on the grassland made people forget all the troubles.
After Wan Jinlan told his father his guess, he chose a good horse from the stable and went to the hunting ground with a bow and arrow.
The Wei Dynasty also conquered its empire on horseback, and royal children were required to learn the art of horseback archery from a young age. Anyang and the Eighth Princess, for example, were both skilled in horseback archery. Even her aunt had donned her riding gear and entered the hunting grounds today.
Looking at Prince Shun and his entourage rushing away with their guards not far away, Wan Jinlan turned his horse around and avoided them.
She hadn't caught much prey today, but she had caught a few gray rabbits.
The prey in the hunting grounds were all released there. The area where she was now was still on the outskirts of the hunting grounds, and there were no large prey there.
Even in the inner area, there will not be black bears and tigers, which are extremely dangerous and have great lethality.
Wan Jinlan turned his horse's head and headed towards the inner field.
After jumping over a few low hills and crossing a small stream, she heard a sound coming from the dense forest not far away, so she spurred her horse closer.
What came into view was the corpse of a black bear. The bear's head was covered in blood and flesh, with blood all over the ground.
At this time, Anyang was hanging on the tree, holding a not-so-thick branch with his legs and hands.
There was a lot of blood on Tuoba Zong, the third prince of Beirong. The blood on his face was wiped off casually with his hands. There were two blood marks on his brow bones, which looked a bit scary.
"Don't even think about making this princess beg you, you barbarian!"
Princess Anyang yelled and cursed, even though she was hanging, she was still full of vigor and arrogance.
Tuoba Zong sneered, spat out a mouthful of blood, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and prepared to turn around and leave: "Princess, since you don't want to come down, then I will leave. You take good care of yourself. This black bear doesn't seem to be dead yet."
Tuoba Zong's Chinese sounded a bit awkward to Wan Jinlan, a native of the Central Plains, but at least he could understand it.
Anyang screamed at the top of his lungs: "You bastard! Wuuuuuuu..."
The bastard saved her at the critical moment and sent her to the tree. The black bear fell down and she couldn't get down. The bastard asked her to beg him before he saved her.
Tuoba Zong didn't expect to make someone cry. When Wan Jinlan heard the crying, he stopped hesitating and rode his horse closer.
She dismounted, went to the foot of the tree, and opened her arms. "Princess, let go of your hands and feet. I'll catch you from below."
Princess Anyang sobbed, "I dare not, I'm afraid you can't catch it."
Tuoba Zong laughed mercilessly, then climbed up the tree like a nimble cheetah.
Wan Jinlan thought he was going to rescue them directly, but the Third Prince of Beirong stepped on a thick branch and kicked at the thinner branch Anyang was holding. The branch swung back and forth, threatening to break at any time.
"Princess, do you dare now?" Tuoba Zong had a bloodthirsty smirk on his face, his eyes staring down like a hawk.
Anyang even forgot to cry and screamed in fear. In fear, he was finally forced to loosen his hands and feet and fell down with a scream.
Wan Jinlan really didn't expect that the third prince of Beirong would be so incompetent.
Fortunately, the damage Anyang suffered was not particularly high and was within her tolerance range.
After landing safely, Anyang burst into tears.
Today, he was first chased by the black bear and almost died in its mouth, and then he was teased by the northern barbarians.
Anyang saw Tuoba Zong's smiling face through her tearful eyes, and anger rose in her heart. She stood up and pulled out the whip from her waist, and lashed at Tuoba Zong.
Tuoba Zong took the whip with his bare hands, pulled Anyang into his arms.
His eyebrows were originally deep and straight, and now his face was covered with blood, and when he smiled, there was a bit of eerie horror.
He wiped away the tears from Anyang's eyes with his rough thumb and said in a low voice, "Princess, why are you crying? Aren't we safe now?"
"Princess, you should be worried about your mother now. When I came here earlier, I saw a tiger over there, not far from your mother."
"If the princess asks me for help, I will definitely help her."
Anyang was stunned. She was so angry that she didn't know what to say. This person had been teasing her for a long time, but only now told her that her mother was in danger. How could a human being do this?
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