The opium that my father had been poisoned with had controlled his mind. My mother had always trusted the Qin family and loved Zhao Chong, so she had no doubts about them at all...
Princess Pingrou could not let Qi Yu'an launch an uprising rashly. She only hoped that the Persian envoy could expose the opium poison as soon as possible so that her father could regain his sanity. She thought that the Qin family would not dare to force the emperor to abdicate and rebel easily.
“Ling, Lingling!”
Lingling heard a familiar voice and looked back, only to see Qi Yuning riding on a big horse.
Lian got down from Princess Pingrou's arms and ran quickly towards where Qi Yuning came from.
Qi Yuning turned over and got off the horse, ran towards Lingling, and hugged Lingling tightly in his arms.
Qi Yuning raised her eyes to look at Lingling, and saw Lingling burst into tears, "Wuwuwu!"
Qi Yuning's heart was broken when she heard Lingling's aggrieved cry. She hugged Lingling tightly and said, "Lingling, mother will never leave you again, never again."
Lingling was still crying in Qi Yuning's arms, "Mom is so bad, wuwuwu."
Qi Yuning also shed tears and said, "I'm sorry, Lingling. In the future, mother will never let you be separated from mother for such a long time. I'm sorry, Lingling."
Princess Pingrou saw the mother and daughter hugging each other and heard her call "Mom". She saw Lu Baozhu looking haggard with messy hair. Princess Pingrou went forward and hugged Lu Baozhu.
Lu Baozhu cried, "Mother, I have suffered a lot these past few days."
When Prince Consort Lu saw his third brother, his wife, and the younger generation of the Lu family coming over, he stepped forward and asked, "Why are you all here?"
Third Master Lu sighed and said, "It's a long story. Something happened in Shengjing City. Sigh... We've only rested for less than ten hours on our way here. We could have fallen asleep right away."
Prince Consort Lu said, "Then you should take a rest quickly."
Princess Pingrou looked at the Lu family and asked Lu Baozhu, "Where's your brother? Why didn't Ze'er come with you?"
Lu Baozhu choked up and said, "Mother, my brother is still in Shengjing City... He's been locked up in prison."
Princess Pingrou was shocked and said, "What?!"
Qi Yuning said repeatedly: "I have made arrangements for Lu Ze. I think he should have escaped from prison."
Qi Yuning handed Lingling to Princess Pingrou and said, "Princess, I still need to go to my brother to discuss going to the capital to remove the Crown Prince and protect His Majesty. I'll trouble you to take care of Lingling for now."
"No, Lingling, don't be separated from your mother!"
Lingling hugged Qi Yuning tightly, her small peach blossom eyes filled with tears.
Princess Pingrou said, "It's already this late, and we can't afford to delay for another day. Seeing how haggard you all look, why don't you take a rest first? It won't be too late to return to Quan Town tomorrow."
Lu Baozhu nodded and said, "Yes, there is no need to rush this day. We are safe now."
Qi Yuning looked towards Shengjing City and said, "No, we can't delay. Every day we delay, Lu Ze will be in danger. Now I don't know if my method can help him escape. Moreover, I don't know what Zhao Chong and the Qin family will do after their identities are exposed! The Qi family army in North City must prepare first."
Qi Yuning hugged Lingling and asked, "Do you dare to ride a horse with mother?"
Lingling nodded her little head and said, "I dare!"
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