Seeing Yu Jian coming, Dou Shuwan bowed slightly, said goodbye and left.

Jiang Si retracted his gaze and asked Yu Jin, "Why did your father summon you to the palace?"

Yu Jin held Jiang Si's hand and walked forward with her.

Several albizzia flowers floated down with the wind and landed on the bluestone road in front of the two men. The man's black boots stepped on them, leaving red marks on the road surface.

Yu Jin said, "My father asked me to go to Qianhe County with the crown prince to provide disaster relief."

Jiang Si stopped and frowned: "Qianhe County?"

In the 20th year of Jingming in her previous life, she and Yu Jin were still in the south and were not affected by the earthquake at all.

But she had some impression of this earthquake.

The Great Zhou has a vast territory, and has experienced many natural disasters such as droughts and earthquakes. The reason why she had an impression of it was not because the earthquake occurred in Qianhe County, which was the closest earthquake to the capital and caused the most casualties, nor was it because of the epidemic that followed the earthquake, but because it was a secondary earthquake.

Yes, in May of the 20th year of Jingming, the emperor sent the newly restored prince to Qianhe County to provide relief to the disaster victims. The prince was timid and did not dare to enter the city, so he rested in a big town not far from Qianhe County.

One night, a second earthquake occurred in this town. Because people were asleep, the casualties were extremely heavy, and the whole town was almost reduced to ruins.

Incredibly, the prince managed to survive the disaster, but except for a few lucky ones, the disaster relief officials who stayed in the town with the prince were almost all killed or injured.

His ginger-like face gradually turned pale and bloodless.

In her previous life, A-Jian was not among the people on this trip. How can we ensure that A-Jian is one of the lucky few?

Don't take this risk!

Seeing Jiang Si's ugly face, Yu Jin stroked her pale cheek with heartache: "Don't worry, there is a lot of miasma in southern Xinjiang, and various epidemics are not uncommon. I have some experience in how to prevent and control epidemics, and I won't put myself in danger. But you are about to give birth, which makes me worried..."

As Yu Jin spoke, he became more and more helpless about his bad luck.

How come he got the peony lottery?

In the study, Emperor Jingming also brought up the topic: "I didn't expect that the peony lot was drawn by the seventh brother. Pan Hai, I'll tell you the truth, among all of them, I feel most relieved that the seventh brother drew the peony lot. They all grew up in the capital, with fine clothes and delicious food, and have never experienced the ups and downs of life. Unlike the seventh brother, who learned some skills in southern Xinjiang, he can stay calm in a chaotic place like Qianhe County."

This way I can help the prince.

Pan Hai smiled and complimented, "It can be seen that your wish is God's will."

Emperor Jingming was startled for a moment, then he laughed, a rare moment of joy in recent days.

Pan Hai sighed secretly, thinking that his efforts were worth it. He just hoped that the King of Yan would never know about it.

In Pan Hai's opinion, although it was a tough job for Yu Jin to accompany the prince to Qianhe County, it would make a better impression on the emperor and allow him to make friends with ministers, so it would not be too deceptive if he looked into it in depth.

Well, he was actually doing it for the King of Yan's own good.

Pan Hai comforted himself, and the guilt he felt disappeared.

Jiang Si stood still under the Albizia Julibrissin tree in Yuhe Garden, raised his head slightly and asked, "Ah Jin, there is something I haven't asked you yet."

"You say." Yu Jin reached out to catch the petals that were about to fall on Jiang Si's shoulder, and gently flicked them to the ground.

The ground beneath the tree was lightly covered with a layer of pink albizzia flowers, like a sparsely woven, gorgeous floral carpet.

"You came back from southern Xinjiang the year I came of age. Why did you stay? Didn't you ever think of going back to the south?"

The trajectory of her previous life was clearly not like this. A-Jian attended her wedding with Ji Chongyi and left Beijing shortly afterwards. It was not until she drifted to Wumiao that the two met for the first time.

Yu Jin smiled: "I was originally going to go back, but before I left you broke off the engagement, so I stayed."

Jiang Si pursed her lips lightly.

It turned out that I stayed because of her.

But because of this change, although she was reborn, she was completely in the dark about Ah Jian's fate.

Jiang seemed to be worried and slept uneasily at night.

Yu Jin put his hand on her waist and said, "Ashi, please don't worry about me. You are making me worry... Or I will find a reason to tell my father tomorrow that I can't go and ask him to send someone else."

Jiang Si glared at him and said, "It's already been decided, how can you just not go? Do you think your father is an ordinary father? Besides, you got it by the lottery, there's nothing to say."

Yu Jin was almost choked to death and said awkwardly, "My luck is a little bad."

Jiang Si leaned over, snuggled into the man's broad chest, and said softly, "Okay, go to sleep. You have to go out early tomorrow morning."

"Well, go to sleep. Don't think too much, or I won't be able to sleep."

"knew."

The sounds in the tent gradually died down.

The next day, at dawn, Jiang Si suddenly sat up, gasping for breath.

Yu Jin quickly stood up and put his arm around her shoulders: "Asi, what's wrong?"

Jiang Si rolled his eyes and slowly came back to his senses.

The pale face was as white as jade in the dim gauze curtain, with a look of fear that had not yet faded.

"Asi?"

Jiang Si grabbed Yu Jin's sleeve tightly and whispered, "Ah Jin, I had a nightmare."

"What did you dream about?" If it were someone else, Yu Jin would definitely roll his eyes and say a few words of contempt.

It's just a dream, why be so fussy?

But it was Jiang Si who spoke up, so of course it was different. It was such a good thing to have the opportunity to comfort his daughter-in-law.

Yu Jin pulled Jiang Si into his arms and patted her back gently: "Don't be afraid. If it's a nightmare, it's not right to speak it out."

Jiang Si lay in Yu Jin's arms, fluttering his eyelashes.

She didn't actually have a nightmare, she just wanted to use this as an excuse to prevent Yu Jin from falling into danger.

"I dreamed that you arrived in Qianhe County and lived in a nearby town. Then one night, an earthquake suddenly occurred in that town and everyone died in the earthquake..."

She did not mention the prince's survival.

It doesn’t matter… ahem, I can’t say that. The main reason is that if I describe it in too much detail, it can’t be explained clearly as a dream.

"Earthquake? Ah Si, you must be worrying too much, that's why you're dreaming about it all day long—"

Jiang Si pushed Yu Jin out, looking serious: "Ah Jin, don't take it lightly just because I was dreaming. Have you forgotten that I know Wu Miao language? I haven't been to southern Xinjiang, how do you explain this?"

Seeing Jiang Si was so serious, Yu Jin couldn't bear to see her worry, so he said hurriedly, "I believe you. When we get to Qianhe County, we will definitely not go to that town. Now you won't worry anymore, right?"

Jiang Si then smiled and warned again: "Don't tease me. You may promise me now, but once you leave the house, just forget about what I said."

If she wasn't pregnant, she would definitely go with him to feel at ease.

"I promise not to. Ah Si, which town had the earthquake in your dream?"

Jiang Si was stunned.