The brother and sister were stunned and subconsciously looked at each other, their eyes gleaming with surprise: "It's mother!"
Only after confirming that the footsteps outside were made by Song Qianning and not by bandits did Da Wang and Xiao Ya come out of the valley.
"Mother!"
Seeing the two cubs safe and sound, Song Qianning finally felt relieved.
She quickly walked over to the two cubs and gave them a rough check. Apart from the scratches caused by accidental friction, there was nothing serious on their bodies.
After seeing Song Qianning, Da Wang and Xiao Ya felt a surge of fear in their hearts that they had not felt for a long time.
Xiaoya threw herself into her arms, her voice choked with sobs: "Mom, Xiaoya and brother finally see you."
Da Wang next to him also had red eyes.
After comforting the two cubs and waiting for them to calm down, Song Qianning asked, "Da Wang Xiao Ya, why are you here?"
While taking a nap at noon today, Da Wang and Xiao Ya were awakened by a loud noise.
The brother and sister originally wanted to look for Song Qianning, but as soon as they went out, they were captured by a group of ferocious bandits and taken to the mountain stronghold.
After being captured and taken to the mountain village, those people didn't care about the two children. They just locked them up in the woodshed, threatened them, and then left them alone.
At first, Da Wang was cautious and didn't dare to act rashly. Later, after observing for a while, he took advantage of the bandits' inattention and quietly took Xiao Ya and sneaked out from the dog hole outside the woodshed where they were imprisoned.
Da Wang knew that he and his sister could not walk far on their own legs, and they would most likely be discovered and caught by the bandits.
So, after crawling out of the dog hole, the two found a valley outside the mountain village and hid there, waiting for Qin Ye and Song Qianning to come find them.
Fortunately, the two cubs were small and the valley was deep, so they would not be discovered unless the bandits dug up all the grass.
During this period, several bandits passed by here, but did not notice them.
After learning how the two cubs escaped, Song Qianning rubbed their hair and praised them several times.
After praising him, she paused, suddenly reached out and patted her head, her face suddenly becoming nervous.
She also saw from Shangguan Qing's memory that everything that happened today was a collaboration between the other party and Gu Yunji.
As for Qin Ye, he was tied up by Gu Yunji.
Thinking of what she had seen from Shangguan Qing's memory and the urgent report that Qin Ye suddenly received today, Song Qianning's eyes flashed with anxiety.
Worried about Qin Ye's safety, she didn't have time to say much to Da Wang and Xiao Ya. She rode them back to the palace at full speed. Without even having time to catch her breath, she gave them a few casual instructions and hurried to the Dali Temple.
Qin Ye was imprisoned in the Dali Temple by Gu Yunji's men.
Knowing the hatred between Gu Yunji and Qin Ye, and fearing that something bad would happen if she was a step late, Song Qianning used magic to become invisible and came to the dungeon where Qin Ye was imprisoned.
While walking towards the dungeon, he secretly prayed in his heart that Qin Ye would be fine.
After searching several cells, they were all empty and there was no sign of Qin Ye.
Just as she was getting extremely anxious and even started to have some bad guesses in her mind, a familiar voice rang out from the front: "A Ning."
With a startled expression, Song Qianning subconsciously looked up and looked in the direction where the voice came from.
In a cell not far in front of her, Qin Ye was standing there, looking at her in surprise.
"Qin Ye!"
Song Qianning's tone was filled with unconcealable joy as she walked quickly towards the cell.
In his excitement, he forgot to hide the fact that he knew magic, and he cast a spell and removed the lock of the cell.
"A Ning, why are you here?"
"I came to see you."
After holding Qin Ye's arm and observing him for several times and making sure that he was fine, Song Qianning finally felt relieved.
God knows how worried she was along the way, afraid that if she slowed down a little, something would happen to Qin Ye.
Seeing Song Qianning's worry, Qin Ye felt warm in his heart. He took the initiative to hold her hand and slowed down his voice: "Don't worry, An Ning, I'm fine."
In fact, what Qin Ye didn’t say was that before being taken to the cell by Gu Yunji’s men, he had already made preparations in advance.
Even if Song Qianning hadn't come, he would have been able to escape safely.
Worried that something might happen if they stayed any longer, she took her men out of the cell after checking that Qin Ye had no injuries.
As Qin Ye walked out with Song Qianning, looking at the woman beside him, a picture suddenly popped up in his mind.
In the picture, he was standing by the Yaochi Lake, holding an elixir and feeding a small koi, his eyes filled with unwavering doting.
The koi was very beautiful, and the way it looked at him was exactly the same as the way Song Qianning looked at him.
After returning home, Song Qianning relaxed and finally had time to drink some water.
After drinking several glasses of water, she wiped her mouth and looked at Qin Ye: "What happened today was done by Gu Yunji and Shangguan Qing."
Qin Ye had guessed it long before, and was not surprised by Song Qianning's words.
After complaining about the shamelessness of Gu Yunji and the others, Song Qianning suddenly remembered something else and clapped her hands fiercely: "There's one more thing I almost forgot to mention."
"Shangguan Qing is not Emperor Xia's biological daughter."
"Hmm?" Qin Ye raised his eyebrows, looking slightly surprised: "Shangguan Qing is not the daughter of Emperor Xia?"
Concealing the fact that she had seen everything from Shangguan Qing's memories, Song Qianning nodded: "She is not the daughter of Emperor Xia. She was switched when she was young. The real Princess of Xia was murdered by her a few days ago."
The other side.
Shangguan Qing returned to the bedroom crying and ran to Emperor Xia: "Father, you have to make the decision for your daughter."
At this time, Shangguan Qing's hair and clothes were disheveled, and there were scars all over her body. She looked extremely miserable.
Although Emperor Xia had been somewhat disappointed with Shangguan Qing due to some of her recent behavior, he was still shocked when he saw her like this.
"Qing'er, what's going on?"
"It's all Song Qianning." Shangguan Qing cried, exaggerating and confusing right and wrong, wiping away tears. "Father doesn't know that Song Qianning simply wanted to kill me."
After all, she was his most beloved daughter and the one left by his sweetheart. When Emperor Xia learned that she had suffered such humiliation, his face immediately turned dark.
"Well, well, well, Song Qianning is so bold." Emperor Xia slammed the table and stood up, gritting his teeth and saying, "I want to ask, who gave her the courage to lay hands on my Princess of Xia!"
That night, Emperor Xia took Shangguan Qing and went to the Regent's Palace in person.
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After one stick of incense, we arrived at the Regent's Palace.
Song Qianning raised an eyebrow and looked at the person opposite: "How come Emperor Xia has time to come to our Regent Palace today?"
"Hmph!" Emperor Xia flicked his sleeves and said in a cold voice, "I came here today to ask the Regent Princess what hatred you have for taking such a cruel action against my beloved daughter!"
"My beloved daughter?" Thinking of what she had seen in Shangguan Qing's memory, she said meaningfully, "I've only heard of someone recognizing a thief as a father before, but this is the first time I've seen someone recognize a thief as a daughter."
"Emperor Xia, why don't you guess, is Shangguan Qing really your daughter?"
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