Li Hua carefully read every word, then poured himself a cup of tea that had gone lukewarm, tilted his head back and drank it down, as if it were wine, before setting the cup down.
Let's start watching from the beginning again.
During this time, Sweetie came into the house once to trim the candles for Li Hua and replace them to make the room brighter.
She actually wanted to remind Li Hua that it was time to go to sleep, as it was already past midnight, and Li Hua's face still had the grease from roasting the duck.
But Sweetie saw that her master's eyes were fixed on that letter, unable to look away. Although his eyes were still red and swollen, he had stopped crying.
He was smiling.
How long has it been since he last smiled? It seems that ever since Princess Duanrong left, Sweetheart has never seen a smile on her master's face.
Occasionally, he would reveal a chilling smirk, but it was completely different from the joy emanating from within him at this moment.
Sweet Corner tried to speak several times but swallowed her words. Her master was just reading letters and not sleeping, which was much better than when he was trying to die by staying up all night, hurting himself, and even mutilating himself with a knife.
In the end, Sweet Corner simply stirred the charcoal fire in the room carefully to make it warmer before quietly leaving.
Li Hua didn't sleep all night.
Li Hua's subordinates, who were sent to chase Ying Jiu, deliberately let him go after several encounters. They followed him from a distance and saw him enter the residence of the Grand Princess Huian.
Once they went in, they never came out again.
Those guarding outside did not see that shortly after Ying Jiu entered the courtyard, a gyrfalcon silently flew out of Princess Huian's residence, its swift wings flapping as it pierced through the darkness and headed towards Qinzhou.
Shadow Nine received medical treatment, but he knew he would never be able to return.
He's being watched, and he still can't confirm which one is the prince consort.
Ying Jiu thought that the Jin Chuan prince who appeared later was the real prince consort, but her master clearly said that the real prince consort was lame.
Even when Ying Jiu was fleeing for his life, he couldn't help but look back, and for some reason, the Prince of Jinchuan spared his life in the end.
Logically speaking, that fully drawn bow... should have pierced his chest directly. When Ying Jiu turned around that day, his heart sank, and he felt that he would not be able to return alive to report back.
However, the arrow missed its mark, and the guards who pursued him afterward, judging from their footsteps and speed, were clearly more formidable than the group that had rushed into the house to attack him earlier.
However, in their several encounters, they were repeatedly at a disadvantage, and he even managed to escape to the residence of the Grand Princess of Huian.
Ying Jiu's life consisted of nothing but serving his master and practicing martial arts, so he naturally knew that these people were deliberately holding back.
The purpose should be to track him down and find the person behind him.
Therefore, Ying Jiu will not go back. He asked Princess Huian for help and explained everything. Princess Huian made a decisive decision and released Hai Dongqing.
The two men, who happened to be in Qinzhou taking care of their youngest daughter Xiji during her postpartum confinement, and Yingba, who was in Qinzhou helping his son-in-law drive the gyrfalcons to patrol both sides of the strait, flew to Gan Qiongying's place to report the situation here, according to the address sent by the gyrfalcons.
In particular, Manyue was very worried about Gan Qiongying. Last time when she went to deliver something to the prince consort, she was almost killed by the prince consort's men. Princess Huian dared not keep her by her side any longer, so she sent someone to Qinzhou far away.
Now it seems that, according to Ying Jiu, Gan Qiongying is far enough along in her pregnancy, and if we go there for her full moon, we can take good care of her.
Princess Hui'an really wanted Gan Lin to come back. She was getting old and her energy was failing. The imperial family members in the court and the harem were of one mind in the short term, but in the long run, they might want to use their offspring to compete for the throne.
Nanzhao is currently beset by internal and external troubles, and it truly needs an emperor of pure blood and a person with real talent for governing the country to turn the tide.
Princess Hui'an had always felt that Gan Lin was a rare person suitable for governing the country. He was not without the ability to be a monarch, but he had been oppressed by the regent for many years.
Now that the Regent is nowhere to be found and the Kou family is rife with internal strife, Princess Huian believes that if Gan Lin were to return to power at this time, the entire court and the people would surely work together to assist him as the true emperor.
It's a pity that those two children... had no interest in power or politics, and only wanted to live a carefree life outside.
Princess Hui'an has no intention of forcing them to return, because what they are doing now is exactly what Princess Hui'an has always wanted in her life.
Princess Hui'an did not have the courage to give up everything and become an ordinary person.
If she had had the courage back then... to give up her identity and her family, and go to the border with that young general... she might have had a fulfilling life.
She might have someone she loves, or she might have a bunch of children with that person. Although life might be simple, at least... she wouldn't be like herself now, stuck in a dignified and virtuous shell, unable to be herself for the rest of her life.
Therefore, she greatly admired Gan Qiongying and Gan Lin, and was willing to help them cover their tracks and escape from this cannibalistic palace.
Just like Gan Lin, Princess Hui'an couldn't understand why Gan Qiongying would abandon her husband and hide her whereabouts, not even letting him know.
Princess Hui'an had been watching closely all this time, and the prince consort's devotion to Gan Qiongying was as clear as day.
He was truly gentle and kind. In order to resolve the dispute between the two countries, he advocated signing a peace treaty and opening up trade routes, which would surely benefit the people of both countries.
If such a person were to become emperor in the future, it would be a blessing not only for Jinchuan, but also for all the countries surrounding Jinchuan and the people on the borders of both countries.
However, no matter how much Princess Hui'an didn't understand Gan Qiongying's actions, she would never overstep her bounds and reveal Gan Qiongying's whereabouts on her own initiative.
Therefore, even if the people Li Hua sent camped out at the gate of Grand Princess Huian for days and nights, they would not find any trace of Ying Jiu, because Ying Jiu had no intention of returning.
Meanwhile, the gyrfalcon flew over Yindu and Qinzhou overnight. Yingba and Manyue, who received the news at noon the next day, had already carefully changed their appearances and changed their names, heading towards the northwest where Ganqiong was.
Meanwhile, Gan Qiongying, who was peacefully resting and preparing for childbirth at Jishi Temple, had no idea that delivering a letter had caused such a dramatic turn of events.
One night, Gan Qiongying suddenly sat up on the warm kang (heated brick bed) and wondered how she had gotten pregnant.
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