When he thought about the woman he had loved for so many years, and how one day she would not even want to look at him because of this, he felt even more resentful. He said word by word in a gloomy voice, "Okay, I will go and ask the emperor for permission, and see if you will release her when the time comes!"

After saying this, he left with his followers.

Seeing that he had really left, Li Yuan's body, which had been tense for so long, suddenly softened. Mu Qing hurriedly supported her, but he clearly saw that her eyes were red and her whole body was trembling, and she was clearly still in fear.

She couldn't help but reach out her hands to hug Li Yuan, patting her back and comforting her: "Good child, everything is over. Don't worry, as long as Lingjiazhuang is here, we will never let Prince Kang take you away."

Li Yuan is only two years younger than Lingyun. She is smart, sensible, and hardworking. Although it was Lingyun who rescued her back then, this child has repaid them in her own way over the years. To everyone in Lingjiazhuang, she is definitely not just a maid.

When Mu Qing saw her for the first time, she fell deeply in love with this child. Although she was ugly, this did not affect her pity for her at all. In addition, because of her miserable life experience, she had treated her as her own daughter since she did not know when. In particular, if her second daughter was alive, she would be as old as Li Yuan, which naturally aroused her motherly love.

In addition, Lingyun and she are like sisters, and even Lingyi, who has always been arrogant, is very fond of Li Yuan. This makes Mu Qing feel that this child is destined to be with their family, so she naturally has to protect her to the end.

Li Yuan looked at Mu Qing gratefully, nodded gently, took a deep breath, and finally calmed down, "Thank you, ma'am."

Mu Qing pinched her nose in annoyance, "Silly child, we are family, why are you saying such inappropriate words?"

He immediately let go of her, looked at his daughter, and said to Lingyun, "Yun'er, take Yuan'er back to her room to rest first. She has been frightened, so you should talk to her."

"Okay, Mom."

Lingyun had been waiting for this sentence for a long time. She hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Li Yuan's hand, hugged her comfortingly, and said, "Let's go."

Li Yuan nodded, looked at everyone again, and after saying goodbye to the old man and Ling Wuya, she left.

It was not until the two disappeared from the birthday banquet that Ling Wuya cast his gaze towards the fake Doctor Wang who was still lying on the ground, and ordered Ling Yi, "Yier, I'll leave the matter of poisoning to you to investigate thoroughly. The birthday banquet has to go on, so you go and make the arrangements."

Ling Yi nodded: "Don't worry, Dad, leave it to me."

Ling Yi sent people to take the fake doctor away, and ordered people to remove all the poisonous dishes today. When the kitchen became busy again, the birthday banquet continued. Everyone obviously didn't care too much about the two pranks, and soon they started toasting again.

I don’t know why, even though Li Hongtao was gone, Li Yuan was still uneasy the whole day.