A surge of anger welled up in Emperor Yuanhe's heart. He suddenly reached over the prison door and grabbed Yu Nanqing's collar with a loud bang, roaring as he demanded, "Did you kill Tingyi?! She is the eldest princess of the Great Jin! She is my own sister! And your imperial sister! How could you do such a thing!"
Yu Nanqing was caught off guard and bumped into the prison door. The impact seemed to calm him down.
After a moment of silence, his eyes suddenly flashed with contempt as he looked down at the furious Emperor Yuanhe, and sneered, "Yu Nanyi, let me tell you, if Yan'er is murdered, I will make the entire Great Jin Dynasty pay with its life!"
What does it matter if Yu Tingyi dies? Didn't he also want him dead all along?
Although her lips were curled into a smile, her voice was icy cold.
Unlike the fury in Emperor Yuanhe's eyes, it made one feel as if they were in an ice cellar.
Emperor Yuanhe glared angrily and shoved him to the ground. He looked coldly at the disheveled Yu Nanqing, his fists clenched in his sleeves. In the end, he said nothing more and left the cell with a dark face.
Yu Nanqing didn't get up; instead, she simply lay down on the ground.
He has already arranged the itinerary for Su Wanyan's current location. As long as nothing unexpected happens, Yan'er will arrive safely.
Yu Nanqing slowly closed her eyes.
I miss her so much.
Meanwhile, Su Wanyan was enjoying a delicious seafood feast.
Because they travel by water, they pass by many docks, and there are many fishermen selling seafood near the docks. Qiu Ye and Huang Ye would buy seafood there every time.
In addition, the crew members also purchase large quantities of fruits and vegetables.
The ship she is currently on is a cargo ship, and all cargo ships undergo an inspection every time they enter the port.
They were moving quickly at first, and the checks were just simple, but when they reached the third port, the officers and soldiers suddenly became stricter.
Su Wanyan's room was a dark room. Whenever someone came in to search, she, Qiuye, and Huangye would hide in the dark room to avoid the search.
Su Wanyan was not idle these past few days. Although she had no way of knowing what was happening in the capital, she deduced that since Xiao Chensheng was traveling with her, something must have happened at the Princess's residence.
She didn't know what happened, only that it was definitely not a good thing.
The stricter checks by the port guards now are likely the result of Emperor Yuanhe's rage; he's either looking for her, Xiaochensheng, or both.
On the other hand, since Yu Nanqing is going to prison, he must be making some moves.
The day she left the capital, Su Wanyan asked Tanaka how Yu Nanqing had dealt with Yunyi that day.
Tanaka didn't hide anything and told Su Wanyan what had happened. Su Wanyan then felt that Yu Nanqing had used Yunyi as a pretext to make things worse.
After all, Yunyi is with Fengyao, so she is from the East Sea. If anything happens in the manor, it can be blamed on the East Sea, which could incite conflict between the two countries, and Yu Nanqing's crime could be either serious or minor.
Su Wanyan sorted through everything that had happened and hadn't happened in the capital, made some deductions, and the conclusion she came to was basically the same as what was currently unfolding.
Then, Su Wanyan specifically asked about Yunyi's matter.
According to Tanaka's investigation, the information Yu Nanqing had previously found about Yunyi's background was true, except that Yunyi was not her parents' biological child.
Not only her, but none of her other siblings were either.
They were all taken in and raised by their adoptive parents in Wengcheng.
Because they had many children, they lived a very frugal life. But "frugal" wouldn't be an accurate description; according to Tanaka, Yunyi felt that she was living a very difficult life.
According to Yunyi's description, before being adopted, although they didn't know where their next meal would come from, they didn't have to work or wash the family's clothes in the river in the cold winter wind.
After being adopted, they had to work themselves to the bone from morning till night for the little food they could get. They had three older sisters and a younger brother, and the whole family worked tirelessly day and night.
She felt she had never suffered this much when she was an orphan. She would rather be a wanderer. If they were going to adopt her, why couldn't they even provide her with basic living security?
Yunyi harbored resentment; from the day she was adopted back home, the resentment in her heart never subsided.
So when the East Sea army invaded Wengcheng, she was both afraid and happy, feeling that those people had come to save her.
The soldiers from the East Sea killed her adoptive parents, and her three older sisters were not spared either.
Before they died, they shoved the petite Yunyi and her younger brother under the bed, using their bodies to block the Donghai Army's view, which is how Yunyi and her brother escaped death.
Her younger brother could have survived, but Yunyi thought he was a burden. She felt that it would have been better if only she had survived, but she insisted on taking care of a brother who was not related to her by blood.
So afterwards, when her brother wasn't looking, she pushed him into the river.
At that time, many people died in Wengcheng, and no one would think much of the extra corpse in the river.
Later, Yu Nanqing and his soldiers led their troops to recapture Wengcheng and left their orphans who had lost their parents in the general's mansion, which was a temporary place for them to stay.
In Yunyi's eyes, this was yet another form of redemption.
She felt that life in the general's mansion was so good, a world apart from her previous life. From then on, she harbored a fantasy: how wonderful it would be to live such a life forever.
Yu Nanqing was not her first target, but only Yu Nanqing was a prince, and only he held a high position.
Even if others are generals or vanguards, how can they compare to Yu Nanqing?
If she could enter the Prince's mansion, she would have more wealth and honor than she could ever spend in a lifetime, so she always fantasized about it and always harbored this thought.
However, all of this was ultimately just a bubble.
Yunyi was just an ordinary citizen. If her adoptive parents hadn't taken her in and given her a household registration, she would have been an unregistered resident.
Being an unregistered resident means more than just going hungry.
Moreover, if she really felt that being adopted was not good, she could have left again. Her adoptive parents were able to adopt four children, and no abuse was found during the investigation, so they must not be unreasonable people.
Furthermore, Yunyi has a name and surname. In this era, ordinary people don't even have the most basic name. So perhaps the person who adopted Yunyi was not the extremely poor family she described.
Her three older sisters were able to shield her and her brother from the soldiers' view with their bodies, which shows that they were kind-hearted people. If her adoptive parents were bad, how could they have raised three good sisters?
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com