"Oh." Xiao An said sullenly, and turned her back to Pang Yi without saying anything. She was very sleepy at first, but now lying on the kang, she was no longer sleepy. She opened her eyes wide, trying hard not to let the tears flow out.
"I just asked Auntie." They stopped talking after they agreed. But not long after, Xiao An spoke again in a low voice, "Auntie said that it only takes two or three days to walk from here to Chenjiatun."
Pang Yi, who also couldn't sleep, stared at the slightly whitened window paper with his clear eyes. No one knew what he was thinking about. After a long while, he said "hmm" softly.
"After sending me to the place, you...you left?" After a while, Xiao An asked softly. "Are you going back to the capital? Or somewhere else?"
Pang Yi's Adam's apple slid up and down a few times. But he didn't say anything. Suddenly, he bit his lips tightly.
"Will you come to Ningguta again in the future?" Xiao An asked again. As if she didn't expect Pang Yi's answer, she continued to mutter. "Probably not again? Who would want to come to such a desolate place without a hardship? I've caused you trouble along the way. But I won't trouble you for long..."
The next second, Pang Yi suddenly lifted the quilt and got off the kang, grabbed the cotton robe on the head of the kang and put it on himself, then walked out without looking back.
With the sound of a door closing with a bang, Xiao An's tears burst out and flowed slowly from the corners of her eyes. She grabbed the quilt and covered herself in it.
…
The fifth day of the first lunar month in the thirty-third year of Jiasheng
That night.
The capital.
Anfu.
"The people we sent out haven't come back yet. Did something happen?" Madam An frowned and looked at An Zishang, asking anxiously, "Master, have you heard any rumors?"
An Zishang shook his head and sighed, "Probably something went wrong."
"What should we do?" Mrs. An stamped her feet in anxiety, and said suspiciously, "That's not right. If something happened, we would have heard about it. But how come there is no news at all now?"
"There are only two reasons," An Zishang said in a deep voice, "One is that our people were secretly killed by the Queen Mother's people. The Queen Mother's people did not expect that this matter was related to the capital, and they just thought they encountered unexpected robbers, so they ignored it and the matter was left unresolved. The second reason is that someone deliberately suppressed this matter."
"If it's the first case, then there's nothing to worry about. If it's the second case..." Madam An pursed her dry lips and said anxiously, "Master, who do you think quietly suppressed this matter for us? Could it be the Third Prince?"
"If it was the Third Prince who did it, why would he hide it from us?" An Zishang shook his head and said slowly, "I'm afraid he's an enemy, not a friend."
"Since they are enemies, why would they hide this from us?" Mrs. An was even more confused. "If this matter were to be made public, our An family would certainly suffer. How could they let go of such a great opportunity?"
"What if they are planning something else?" An Zishang asked solemnly, "Or maybe they don't have enough evidence and dare not report it to the emperor without authorization?"
"So..." Madam An was stunned. "So we can't do it again. If we do it again, we will be caught by others. Then, our An family will be devastated."
"Yes, we absolutely cannot do it again," An Zishang sighed, "but according to the date, we should reach Ningguta soon. Even if we send out more assassins, it will be too late."
"Yes, we failed at the last moment. If we had known earlier, we should have started the fight in the capital and shouldn't have let that little bitch leave the capital!" Madam An gnashed her teeth and looked at An Zishang coldly, "It's all your fault. You said no one was allowed to start the fight in the capital. If you hadn't stopped us, there wouldn't have been such trouble. Now that that little bitch has gone to Ningguta, our An family and the deposed crown prince are entangled again. The Third Prince and Concubine Zhao are probably going to hate us again!"
An Zishang was so annoyed when she called him "little bitch" that he slammed the table and glared at Madam An: "You make it sound easy. It's easy to do it in the capital, but how many eyes are watching us in the capital? Just look at how many people we have in our house. Do you know who is reliable? And who is harboring evil intentions? If anyone finds out, the emperor will be furious. Not to mention that Concubine Zhao and the Third Prince will still hate us, I'm afraid you and I will both die!"
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