Chapter 426 Your lives matter too
They had only traveled a hundred miles when soldiers blocked their way.
Mo Ran went forward to check.
"What is it?" Jiang Wan Ning asked.
"Your Highness, ahead lies the border between Western Xia and Southern Li. The soldiers ahead are from Southern Li, and they appear to be searching for someone."
Jiang Wan Ning frowned slightly. Some of the things Nan Li had done recently were quite puzzling.
"Your Highness, what are we supposed to do?"
“No need,” Jiang Wan Ning said. “Let them look for whoever they want. We’ll just keep moving forward.”
There is currently no animosity between Dongling and Nanli, so they are unlikely to be hindered.
Jiang Wan Ning guessed correctly. Since they had come up to her, the Naxi people simply compared her with the portrait in their hands and then let her pass.
Along the way, wherever you encounter the border between Nanli and Lijiang, you will meet people like this.
"It seems they're looking for someone," Mo Ran said in a low voice. "Your Highness, should I go and investigate?"
Jiang Wan Ning said seriously, "No need. What you need to do now is protect Haitang. I'll investigate these matters."
"But Your Highness..."
"No need to say more, my life is my life, and your lives are your lives too," Jiang Wanning said. "It doesn't matter who goes, don't worry, I will protect myself."
"Why don't you go, little one?" Ah San said.
Ah San is usually terrified of death and hides like an ostrich when faced with danger, so Jiang Wan Ning was a little surprised by what he said today.
Seemingly understanding what Jiang Wan Ning was thinking, Ah San scratched his head and laughed, "I just thought Brother Mo Ran should take care of Sister Hai Tang."
"If anything happens to Your Highness, the Prince will definitely blame me first."
Mo Ran punched Ah San with his fist, "You've finally grown up this time."
“Go. If you don’t return after an incense stick has burned, I will definitely come to rescue you,” Mo Ran said.
Ah San looked grateful. "Then thank you very much, Brother Mo Ran. But could you please burn half an incense stick? A full incense stick might take too long."
Mo Ran's initial goodwill towards Ah San vanished instantly. "You brat, you'd be lucky to even get there in half an incense stick's time, let alone gather any information."
"Go quickly." Mo Ran kicked Ah San.
The Indian man shifted his buttocks forward to avoid the danger, then jogged away.
"Hurry up!" Mo Ran shouted.
Upon hearing this, Ah San quickened his pace and ran forward.
Jiang Wan Ning's lips curled slightly, while Mo Ran, unusually, muttered behind her back, "Your Highness, I think this Ah San is quite handsome, but his personality..."
If Ah San's personality were like theirs, he would definitely be another capable assistant to the prince.
Unfortunately, this boy never followed the prince, but always followed behind the princess, because he felt that the princess was the greatest master of the entire palace.
If the princess is appeased, even the prince wouldn't dare to punish himself easily.
Also, this Indian guy is probably the type to run away first when things happen, but he has a lot of clever ideas.
Most of the time, he can come up with some ideas that are truly enlightening.
Ah San returned shortly after he left, saying, "It seems the daughter of a high-ranking official in Nanli has gone missing. They said she wasn't found at that border point."
"That's why I was looking for someone with the portrait. I also secretly glanced at the portrait. She was a beautiful woman, but I didn't recognize her."
"Since everything is alright, let's hurry up and go," Mo Ran said.
Jiang Wan Ning nodded in agreement; it was time to go back early.
The group made a smooth journey, following the path ahead and along the edge of the cliff, until they reached the border of the Eastern Tombs.
The group felt a sense of relief as they looked at the border of Dongling ahead.
The group quickened their pace and walked forward.
Suddenly, the carriage wheel broke, and Mo Ran got out to check.
Haitang said, "There's not much road left, why don't I get off and walk?"
“No,” Mo Ran said. “Wait a moment, I’ll fix it soon.”
Ah San glanced at the underside of the car and said, "There's really nothing seriously wrong with this; it'll be fixed soon."
"I'll help Brother Mo Ran."
"You little rascal, you're always so lazy, why are you being so sensible today?"
Ah San laughed and said, "Isn't it because Sister Haitang and Sister Shaoyao are always so kind to me?"
"Now that Sister Haitang is unwell, I naturally want to take better care of her. Although I, Ah San, am greedy and afraid of death, I will never forget kindness."
"I am a grateful person."
Mo Ran felt both comfortable and uncomfortable hearing these words, so she simply ignored Ah San.
Jiang Wan Ning smiled as she looked at the group. This Indian always managed to make Mo Ran and Mo Qing angry, but he never made Pei Yan Chuan angry.
Even Jiang Wan Ning herself didn't believe he didn't do it on purpose.
Jiang Wan Ning was standing to the side waiting when suddenly a rabbit darted past, catching her attention.
In this desolate wilderness, Jiang Wan Ning wondered who had left the rabbit behind, so she took a few steps forward to check.
“Your Highness, let me accompany you,” Haitang said.
She felt a little embarrassed by how well she was taken care of along the way.
"No need, I'm nearby, you can just sit there and wait."
Jiang Wan Ning followed the rabbit forward, trying to catch it. After crossing a bend, she conveniently blocked Hai Tang, Mo Ran, and the others from view.
The little white rabbit suddenly walked to someone's feet, and Jiang Wan Ning looked up and realized something was wrong.
"I didn't expect you to still like white rabbits so much."
Yan Chenyu bent down and picked up the rabbit at her feet. "It wasn't for nothing that I trained this rabbit for so long."
Jiang Wan Ning turned around and looked behind her, only then realizing that Yan Chen Yu was now the princess of Nan Li, and this whole journey must have been deliberately planned by her.
The purpose was not to find any missing female relatives of officials, but to openly observe them along the way.
Until here, they used a rabbit to lure her away alone again.
Jiang Wan Ning anticipated that Ah San and the others might be in danger, so she didn't bother to waste any more words with Yan Chen Yu and turned to leave to rescue them.
Unexpectedly, a huge boulder that had rolled down from behind blocked Jiang Wan Ning's path.
"Hmph, I've endured humiliation and hardship for so many years, waiting for this day, for this moment. Do you think I'd still be the same as before?" Yan Chenyu said calmly.
"What do you want to do?" Jiang Wanning wasn't afraid of Jiang Wanru.
Even though she has changed her name and surname now.
Yan Chenyu laughed and said, "Naturally, I'll send you away from this world to avenge the enemy you imprisoned and tried to kill me back then."
"Oh, by the way, you still don't know how I escaped back then, do you?"
Yan Chenyu laughed and said, "It doesn't matter if I tell you now, it was the people from the Langya Prince's Mansion who helped me leave."
"Have you still not found this person by now?"
"Since we've known each other for a while, I can tell you who this person is."
Yan Chenyu raised her chin slightly and pointed behind Jiang Wanning, "It's one of the three of them."
"Jiang Wanning, Jiang Wanning, should I say you're smart or stupid?"
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