As dawn broke and the sky began to lighten, the morning light streamed through the windows into the house.
Bai Zhiyi sat at the table, her face pale, listening to the maid's reply.
After a long pause, she asked with trembling lips, "Is what you're saying true? Su Wan married a sickly country bumpkin surnamed Wei?"
The maid was puzzled as to why she was so distraught. Su Wan was just an orphan with no parents, and her aunt had arranged a marriage for her. She really had nothing to do with them.
The only thing that might make people look at her differently is that she is the daughter of Prefect Su.
She replied, "Yes, why is Miss concerned about that Miss Su?"
Bai Zhiyi is extremely agitated right now.
She just wanted to know if Su Wan was someone who had lived a whole life like her.
Unexpectedly, Su Wan actually married that person!
She clutched the silk handkerchief tightly in her hand, feeling unwilling to give up!
That person surnamed Wei must be His Highness the Crown Prince.
Looking across the Great Jin Dynasty, who would dare to share the same surname as the royal family?
They shared the same surname, Wei, and were both from the Northwest; she didn't believe it was all a coincidence.
In her previous life, she knew that the Crown Prince had been demoted to the Northwest, but she never expected it to be here.
How could such a place exist in the vast and expansive Northwest?
And by such a coincidence, Su Wan ran into him? And she even married His Highness?
She felt extremely uneasy. The person who hadn't appeared in her previous life had appeared in this life and had even married the Crown Prince.
His Highness the Crown Prince was never married in his previous life. Even in the years after he ascended the throne, there was no news of him taking a wife or concubines, simply because his health had suffered in his early years and he had no interest in matters of the harem.
Unexpectedly, Su Wan was added to the list this time, and by such a coincidence, she married the Crown Prince.
She didn't want anyone to get close to His Highness the Crown Prince, and even if the Crown Prince didn't develop any feelings for Su Wan, she still didn't want to see it.
How could someone as refined and elegant as Su Wan possibly be someone like that?
Su Wan must never marry the Crown Prince!
She stood up and called to her maid, "Come with me to Shigang Village. I need to see Su Wan."
The maid called out to her, "Miss, I have something else to say."
Bai Zhiyi was preoccupied with the Crown Prince's affairs and didn't hear what the maid was saying at all.
Seeing this, the maid had no choice but to shout loudly, "Miss, Su Wan's husband's family suffered a disaster last night. I heard they were robbed by bandits in the mountains, and it seems that the couple were tied up and killed by the bandits."
Bai Zhiyi suddenly stopped in her tracks upon hearing this. "What did you say?"
The maid looked at Bai Zhiyi in surprise. Ever since her mistress woke up from the water, she had been clamoring to marry the Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince had just been deposed and demoted to a commoner by the Emperor. How could the master and mistress possibly allow her to marry the deposed Crown Prince?
"According to the neighbors there, they heard fighting last night, but when our people went to check in the middle of the night, there was no one there anymore."
"Some say the newlyweds were killed by bandits, while others say they killed the bandits and ran away. In my opinion, they probably ran away. If they had been killed, how could their bodies not be found?"
Bai Zhiyi certainly didn't believe they were killed by bandits. In his previous life, that man had led the Northwest Army to resist the invasion of the Western Rong. How could such a heroic figure be stopped by such a villain?
Now she only cared about Su Wan, "How is Su Wan?"
The maid replied, "Miss Su didn't see her either. Perhaps she ran away with her husband?"
These words only made Bai Zhiyi's face turn even uglier.
No, she needs to find a way to find His Highness.
She asked, "Do you know where they went?"
"This servant does not know," the maid said, seeing her anxious expression. "Why don't I leave some people behind to search, and Miss can return to the capital to await news?"
Their trip was also because the young lady had come to Suiyang on the pretext of visiting her aunt.
If the master finds out that the young ladies came here on their own, he will surely punish them.
Bai Zhiyi had no choice but to leave some people here before setting off back to the capital with her maids.
Before leaving, she instructed her subordinates: "When you see Su Wan, notify me immediately. If the situation is urgent, you should act first."
The servants understood perfectly what she meant.
If I had the chance, I would kill that person named Su Wan.
The servant nodded, accepted the order, and left.
Bai Zhiyi didn't want any mistakes to happen in her life.
Su Wan shouldn't blame her; she had no choice. In this life, she must marry the Crown Prince.
After a long and arduous journey, Su Wan and her companions finally arrived at an even more desolate place as dawn broke.
When she lifted the carriage curtain, she saw a desolate scene. The leaves on the trees were already somewhat withered and yellow, and a few leaves drifted down with the wind and landed on her carriage.
She jumped off the carriage first, then stretched and yawned, saying, "It's really desolate here."
We're getting further and further away from Suiyang, and I wonder how Su Yuze is doing.
She turned to Wei Jingzhuo and asked, "Where is this?"
Lin Qingfeng had just tied up the horse, leaving only Granny Cui and her. Seeing that Wei Jingzhuo hadn't gotten out of the carriage yet, she looked into the carriage.
Wei Jingzhuo was seen leaning against the carriage reading a book, the sunlight bathing him, making him appear as gentle and refined as a well-mannered young nobleman.
Su Wan glanced at herself and suddenly felt like a nobody.
She walked over and offered her an arm. "Come on, let me help you out of the car. You've been sitting in the car all night, you should stretch your legs and take a quick pee."
Wei Jingzhuo put down his hand. He had been thinking of helping her out of the car, but upon hearing this, he picked up his book again and started reading.
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