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"Are you serious?" Yunniang drank the medicine slowly and looked at her daughter who looked more and more like her.

If it's true, it would be a pleasant surprise.

Mu Jingyue raised her eyebrows slightly, and was very confident in her judgment: "Aunt, do you still not believe what your daughter said?"

Seeing Yunniang bow her head without making any comment and drinking a few more sips of the bitter medicine, Mu Jingyue couldn't help but ask, "Auntie, why did you insist on letting your daughter leave the house today?"

It's impossible for my aunt to be so omniscient as to know in advance that Xiaomu An Ning would meet other men.

"Yue'er," Yunniang put down the medicine bowl, covered her lips and coughed, and said meaningfully, "What did you see on the street today?"

Recalling the scene before returning home, Mu Jingyue's eyes turned slightly: "We Daliang are going to go to war with Liang State."

Moreover, the person leading the troops was actually Prince Gu.

Yunniang nodded, stared at her daughter, but smiled without saying anything.

"Aunt, please just tell me directly. I can't guess." Mu Jingyue frowned slightly and walked to the chair next to her aunt and sat down.

The smile on Yunniang's lips gradually disappeared: "Your father told me yesterday that everyone in the Marquis' Mansion will move to a farm in the countryside in a few days."

Yunniang paused, then whispered, "With the Su family."

Mu Jingyue, who originally shared the same thoughts as the rest of the people, was surprised for a moment, and guessed softly: "Auntie, is there going to be chaos in the capital..."

"These are not things we women should be involved in." Yunniang's eyes changed slightly, and she interrupted her daughter: "Auntie only knows that even if the two countries are at war, whether in the countryside or in the capital, life must go on."

Mu Jingyue nodded in agreement, and Yunniang smiled and said, "Yue'er, I hope you can marry into a good family and let me enjoy a peaceful life."

Mu Jingyue's eyes twinkled: "Don't worry, Auntie, I have a plan in mind."

"Planning?" Yunniang scooped a spoonful of medicine and blew slowly: "But are you still thinking about Prince Gu?"

Mu Jingyue's cheeks flushed slightly, and he pursed his lips and nodded.

"Yue'er, I know you are an ambitious child." Yunniang gave her daughter an approving look before saying, "But now, I think you should turn your attention to other boys."

The world is changing now, and in her opinion, this Prince Gu will have a short life.

Mu Jingyue came back to her senses from her embarrassment and frowned in confusion: "What does Auntie mean?"

Yunniang narrowed her narrow eyes, dipped her slender hands in some tea, and slowly wrote a word with quite a few strokes on the table.

Mu Jingyue's eyes followed the movement of his aunt's fingers, and after a moment he looked up in surprise: "Tan?"

*

"Put it here." After just a moment's glance, Mu An Ning lowered his eyes and picked up the medical book, even though he couldn't read a single word.

Baoqin's eyes were filled with surprise for a moment, but it only lasted for a moment. Then he placed the box in front of the girl as the girl instructed.

Baoqin looked at her young lady's calm expression, breathed a sigh of relief, and said softly, "Young lady, Baoqin will leave first."

She originally thought that the young lady would be angry when she saw the gift from Prince Gu.

Mu An Ning nodded slightly, until he heard the door close, his eyes, which had been glued to the medical book, unconsciously moved to the box.

It was exactly the same box she had rejected that day.

Gu Huaizhi probably gave the same gift again.

She hasn't opened the letter she left that day.

The girl's heart was moved slightly, and she couldn't suppress her curiosity. She reached out and opened the box, but at that moment, the corners of her lips trembled.

The first thing that caught her eye was another package of osmanthus cake.

Mu An Ning slowly opened the paper package and his eyes fell on the exquisite pastries inside. He was neither angry nor annoyed at the moment.

He still didn't understand her.

He knew that she liked peach blossoms, but he didn't know that she didn't like osmanthus cake and couldn't eat it.

The girl picked up a piece of pastry and looked at it again and again.

She had noticed before that Gu Huaizhi had a special liking for Wufangzhai's pastries, so she went to Wufangzhai's chef to learn from him.

At that time, she gave gifts and made arrangements for several months before the master was willing to teach her.

The pieces that Gu Huaizhi sent looked a bit like the ones bought from Wufangzhai, but they were much bigger than the cakes in Wufangzhai, even bigger than the osmanthus cakes she had seen before.

It looked sweet and delicious, but after smelling it for too long, she still felt a little dizzy.

Mu An Ning sighed softly, and her beautiful features looked complicated at this moment.

She skillfully wrapped the pastries back and immediately closed the box.

She really didn't want to look at the rest.

Now there are only ten days left until she gets married to Tan Wenhuai. Even though the world is not at peace and the wedding date may not be able to be held on time, it is time to end her evil fate with Gu Huaizhi once and for all.

*

In Yu's study, the flickering candlelight illuminated the emperor's solemn expression.

Suddenly, the emperor threw the memorial in his hand onto the table. The sound startled all the palace servants present and asked, "Where is the prince?"

Eunuch Wang, who was good at observing people's expressions, tensed up and said with bated breath, "Your Majesty, His Highness should have just left the palace by now."

Among the palace ladies in the East Palace, there are the emperor's spies, so it is not difficult to find out the whereabouts of the prince.

The emperor pondered for a long time, his eyes as sharp as a sword: "Order him to come to me immediately."

Eunuch Wang bowed and accepted the order. Before leaving, he gave the palace servants a look, asking them to leave with him.

Judging from the emperor's appearance, something big must have happened.

*

Mu An Ning stayed in the mansion these two days.

Her adoptive father ordered that no one was allowed to leave the house, so she could no longer go to Jeshidhang.

Sister Su also wrote to ask her not to go there again. If Doctor Lu had not refused, Sister Su would have wanted to close the Jishitang for a few days to prevent any problems.

Sister Su also said that in a few days their two families would move to a farm in the countryside to avoid the limelight.

Although Mr. Su is a civil servant, the guards in his mansion are much better than those in the Chongde Marquis Mansion. If something really happens by then, the Mu family can be protected.

Now, even the most playful Mu Wan'er stayed in the mansion obediently, but she stayed in the courtyard of Xiangningxuan every day to bask in the sun.

Everything seemed to have returned to calm, yet it seemed as if nothing had happened. No one knew what had happened outside. But after breakfast, Lord Chongde ordered the two sisters to follow him to his study.

"I summoned you two sisters here today because of an important matter." Lord Chongde looked at his two daughters one by one with sharp eyes.

Seeing the two sisters looking at each other in bewilderment, Lord Chongde stroked his long beard and turned his gaze to Mu Wan'er: "Wan'er, have you communicated with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince recently?"

Hearing that her adopted father suddenly cared about her emotional problems, Mu Wan'er shook her head in confusion: "Father, no."

[The male protagonist is a mysterious figure who has been busy these past two days. I am happy to have some free time. ]

Lord Chongde looked at his biological daughter for a long time before turning his gaze to his adopted daughter: "Tomorrow, the crown prince will send someone to pick you two up."

Mu An Ning looked at her sister who was also frowning in confusion, and was the first to speak: "What do you mean by this, father?"

They have not been able to leave the house these days. Why did their foster father suddenly want them to go out with the prince?

Lord Chongde was silent for a long time, his eyes showing deep meaning: "You two sisters will go with him to the border of Chu and Liang."

Border?

Mu An Ning's fingertips moved unconsciously. As far as she knew, at this moment, the Liang and Chu countries were fighting on the border.

"What?" Mu Wan'er on the side widened her eyes and exclaimed in surprise.

[What's the matter with the male protagonist? I remember that this didn't happen the last two times he traveled through the book.]

[The dog's system failed again at a critical moment. Now, it seems that it fails every time I meet my daughter...]

"Hmm?" Lord Chongde narrowed his eyes, obviously somewhat dissatisfied with Mu Wan'er's reaction to her yelling.

"Ahem." Mu Wan'er blinked, closed her wide mouth, and put on a smile: "Father, what I mean is, why did the prince want me and my sister, two weak women... to go to the battlefield?"

She felt a little uncomfortable with the words "going to the battlefield", but the prince asked them to go to the border, which meant sending them to the battlefield.

[Is it because I almost let slip the story of the King of Beiping some time ago? ]

[That's not right, then why would I ask my daughter to follow you? ]

Listening to Mu Wan'er's thoughts, Mu An Ning couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Why did Mu Wan'er suddenly bring up the King of Beiping?

The King of Beiping has been guarding the border for many years, and he is the one who will meet Gu Huaizhi and General Lu this time.

There was no way the adoptive father would tell a joke, and the fact that he could tell them that meant that the matter was already settled.

But she really couldn't understand what the prince meant by this. Even if the Chu army had few elite soldiers, it would not ask for help from two women who didn't know martial arts.

Chongde Hou stared at his biological daughter and adopted daughter quietly, pondered for a while, and then said in a cold voice: "This is the order of the prince, and your father cannot disobey."

Having said that, Lord Chongde turned his back without questioning and said, "You will set off tomorrow, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will send someone to meet you."

"Wait a minute." A loud voice suddenly came from outside the door, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became quiet.

Mu An Ning and Mu Wan Er turned around together, but they were only halfway through the ceremony when they heard Madam Mu say -

"Wan'er can go." Madam Mu's sharp eyes swept over the father and daughter, "But An Ning can't."

Mu An Ning was slightly distracted. She didn't expect that her grandmother, who had been staying indoors for the past few days, would suddenly appear and speak for her.

Although Chongde Hou felt unhappy, he still bowed his head slightly when facing his mother: "Mother, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for Wan'er to go alone."

Madam Mu narrowed her eyes and understood what her son was thinking: "Have you ever thought about what would happen to the marriage with the Tan family if something happened to An Ning?"

The reason why the Marquis' Mansion was able to go to the heavily guarded Su family manor together this time was because of this marriage.

The prince will definitely protect Mu Wan'er, but if anything goes wrong with Mu An Ning, it will probably bring considerable losses to the Marquis' Mansion.

Lord Chongde was silent for a moment. The prince only specifically asked Mu Wan'er to go and asked Mu An Ning to go. In fact, it was his own idea. He wanted Mu Wan'er to have someone to take care of her.

"Father, I think grandma is right." Seeing that Lord Chongde remained silent, Mu Wan'er took advantage of the situation and said, "As the Crown Prince's, ahem, fiancée, I should be by his side, but it's different for my sister."

[In fact, although the hero changes his mind every day, as the heroine in the book, it is not time for me to die yet.]

[But my daughter is different. She died around this time the last two times. Let’s not have another tragedy...]

Mu An Ning's eyebrows twitched slightly. Mu Wan'er meant that her death was approaching?

"You know what order the prince has issued." Seeing her son's hesitation, Madam Mu sighed, knowing that her son was eager to protect her daughter: "The overall situation is the most important thing."

Mu Wan'er glanced at Mu An Ning, who had a thoughtful look in his eyes, and shrugged slightly.

[What kind of riddle is this old lady telling? Is there something hidden that I don't know? ]

Chongde Hou looked a little depressed. He weighed the options in his mind for a while, and finally agreed to his mother's words: "In this case, let Wan'er go alone."

As soon as Chongde Hou finished speaking, Mu Anning frowned and raised his head, and the guesses in his mind gradually became clear.

As the protagonist of this book, Mu Wan'er naturally has a lot of connections with the prince, but everything has nothing to do with her.

If the Crown Prince ordered her to go with him, her adoptive father would never agree. Therefore, it must have been her adoptive father's idea to let her go to the dangerous border.

The reason her grandmother obstructed her was not because she was worried about her safety, but because she was worried about her marriage to Tan Wenhuai.

As the girl was restless, a voice that had not appeared for a long time rang out again, with a hint of irony -

"Mu An Ning, you are so ridiculous. The Marquis' Mansion never cares about your life or death!"

"However, if we take the prince away from Mu Wan'er, everything will be different."

Mu An Ning's indifferent brows darkened, and a red light flashed across them that no one noticed: "Father, grandmother, An Ning is willing to go."