After He Fangyan followed the Xuzhou guards to deal with those "no bishops" people, he found that Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue were no longer there. Only Qin Ruoruo was left sitting on the edge of the cliff, staring blankly at the bottom, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.
He Fangyan rushed forward, embraced Qin Ruoruo, and brought her away from the dangerous position on the edge of the cliff. Then he asked, "Ruoruo, where are His Majesty and the Queen?"
Qin Ruoruo subconsciously grabbed He Fangyan's sleeve and murmured in his arms: "Sister Gu followed His Majesty and jumped off the cliff. Sister Gu said she would meet us at the gate of Qianzhou City, but Fang Yan's place is a cliff! If Sister Gu and His Majesty jumped down, would they..." At the end, Qin Ruoruo was already in tears and hid in He Fangyan's arms and cried.
He Fangyan patted Qin Ruoruo on the back soothingly and said, "Since the Empress dared to take His Majesty with her to jump from here, she must be absolutely sure of it. We can't waste time here now. We need to hurry to Qianzhou so that we can reunite with the Empress and the others as soon as possible."
After saying that, He Fangyan hugged Qin Ruoruo, put her on the horse, and then rode towards Qianzhou City with the Xuzhou guards.
After Gu Yanyue and Yu Wenran fell off the cliff, they landed right in the river below. The sound of water lingered incessantly, and the air felt damp and cold. Gu Yanyue woke up in a whirlwind of disorientation. As soon as she opened her eyes, she vomited out all the water she had accidentally inhaled before she could even take in her surroundings.
Yuwen Ran's condition was much better than Gu Yanyue's. At least he could still walk and jump. He supported Gu Yanyue's shoulders and handed a leaf filled with water to her mouth: "Rinse your mouth first."
Gu Yanyue now felt that her vision was getting darker and darker, and she saw double images of people. Her limbs seemed to have just been disassembled and reassembled, and she had difficulty moving. After Yu Wenran gave her a few sips of water, she slowly breathed a sigh of relief and recognized the people around her.
"Aran," Gu Yanyue said weakly, "Look, we're really lucky. We didn't die even after falling off the cliff..."
"We are lucky. This should be the river below Qianzhou City. As long as we go up along here, we can reach Qianzhou City in half a day." When Gu Yanyue was still asleep, Yuwen Ran had already gone out to understand the surrounding terrain. As long as Gu Yanyue had rested well, he would take Gu Yanyue on the road.
When Gu Yanyue heard that she had somehow saved herself so much distance with Yuwen Ran, she instantly revived. She stood up from Yuwen Ran's arms and urged him, "Ah Ran! Hurry up! We need to get to Qianzhou as soon as possible!"
Yu Wenran had no choice but to get up and lean on Gu Yanyue, taking Gu Yanyue out of the cave where they rested, and heading towards Qianzhou City along the road he had just explored.
Maybe it was because those who survived a great disaster will be blessed in the future. This time, she and Yuwen Ran fell off the cliff, and neither of them lost any limbs. Even the dizziness was only temporary. But God may have seen that they had also "died" once, so he was extremely kind to them afterwards.
When they arrived at Qianzhou City, Qin Ruoruo and He Fangyan had just arrived outside the city with the Xuzhou guards. Before they even dismounted, Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue came up from below. Qin Ruoruo saw that Gu Yanyue and Yuwen Ran were indeed fine, and immediately put her heart at ease.
When Yuwen Ran brought Gu Yanyue and the others into the city, everything went smoothly. When King Xiang heard that Yuwen Ran had come to Qianzhou in person, he led the people of the city to greet Yuwen Ran, Gu Yanyue and the others at the city gate.
When Yuwen Ran brought Gu Yanyue into the city, he discovered that Qianzhou was nothing like what Yao Jinle and his secret guards had reported. Qianzhou was peaceful and tranquil. As he led Gu Yanyue to the provincial government, he could hear the people praising Prince Xiang, saying that it was all thanks to his contributions in disaster relief that the Qianzhou city Yuwen Ran saw today existed.
No matter how Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue thought about it, they felt something was wrong. If it was just Yao Jinle who said that, it would be fine. They could still say that Yao Jinle framed Prince Yu Xiang. However, even the secret guards sent by Yuwen Ran to Qianzhou said that the situation in Qianzhou City was no different from what Yao Jinle said, and it might even be a bit more serious than what Yao Jinle said.
How could King Xiang complete the disaster relief work in Qianzhou City in just over ten days? This must be a fraud.
As soon as Gu Yanyue arrived at the provincial government's mansion, she went into her room, saying she wanted to thoroughly wash off the smell on her body. After tossing and turning in her room for over half an hour, she emerged fully dressed, even wearing the bun on her head that an unmarried girl would wear.
Before Yu Wenran had the chance to ask Gu Yanyue why she was going out with her hair in a bun, he saw Gu Yanyue running out of the yard.
Gu Yanyue combed her hair and dressed so beautifully before going out, she must have something to do.
She made an appointment with Qin Ruoruo and left the provincial government's mansion together, pretending to be a young lady from a noble family who had come to Qianzhou with Yuwen Ran because of her admiration for Prince Xiang. Gu Yanyue fully demonstrated her social skills here, chatting with Qin Ruoruo all the way from the east to the west of the city.
Hard work pays off. Before Gu Yanyue was exhausted, she finally learned the truth about why Qianzhou is so harmonious now from the mouth of a homeless vagrant.
It turned out that before Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue came to Qianzhou, King Xiang brought the guards he brought from the capital and went door to door to threaten the people of Qianzhou, asking them to praise Yuwen Ran in front of him when he arrived in Qianzhou City and tell him how well he had done in disaster relief.
If they agreed, they would be given a bag of rice and a bag of millet. If they refused, they would be threatened with the lives of the family members to make them agree. That was why Yu Wenran and Gu Yanyue saw the scene when they entered the city.
After getting the answer she wanted, Gu Yanyue gave the homeless man some money and told him to use it to buy some food. Then she took Qin Ruoruo back to the provincial government to find Yu Wenran and explain the whole story.
Because of the testimony of the homeless man, Yuwen Ran quickly convicted King Xiang and planned to return to the capital soon to deal with King Xiang's actions in Qianzhou.
Later, the disaster relief task in Qianzhou City was handed over to Yao Jinle. Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue stayed in Qianzhou for more than ten days. Seeing that Qianzhou City was gradually getting back on track under the command of Yao Jinle, they put the plan of returning to Beijing on the agenda and finally returned to the palace before the first month of the year.
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