Gu Jinxi was being held back by the Prefect of Jingzhao, and she was trying her best not to shake him off.
However, as time ticked by, he couldn't wait any longer, so he controlled his strength and "gently" flung the person away.
The Prefect of Jingzhao was thrown directly to the ground.
Gu Jinxi took the opportunity to run away.
It was then that he saw Xiaoman, who had been waiting at the door.
Xiaoman finally found Gu Jinxi, rushed forward to hug him, and breathed a huge sigh of relief.
"My little master, I've finally found you! You scared me to death!"
Xiaoman almost burst into tears, but Gu Jinxi explained, "They want to harm Mother, I have to go save Mother."
Xiaoman understood why Gu Jinxi wanted to go out after hearing this, and quickly told him about Gu Jingchun's plans, making repeated assurances.
"Don't you understand your mother?"
"With her intelligence, who could possibly bully her?"
Gu Jinxi thought about it and agreed with Xiaoman, which put her mind at ease.
Just then, the sound of horses' hooves rang out, and then Shen Hechuan tightened the reins and dismounted.
Xiaoman couldn't help but look at Shen Hechuan, and was immediately stunned by his face.
"My goodness! Such a handsome man, Miss would surely like him if she saw him."
Xiaoman murmured to herself.
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the handsome man slowly walking towards them. Xiaoman quickly lowered her eyes and stood respectfully behind Gu Jinxi.
Gu Jinxi looked up with some surprise when she saw Shen Hechuan walking over.
"Uncle, it's you again."
When Shen Hechuan saw Gu Jinxi, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and squatted down to ask him.
"Where did you go? I was so worried about you."
Gu Jinxi apologized immediately.
"I'm sorry to have worried you, Uncle. I'm going to find my mother now."
"Have you found your mother yet?"
Gu Jinxi shook her head.
"No, but my mother is safe now."
As Gu Jinxi spoke, she took the jade pendant out of her bosom and handed it to Shen Hechuan.
"Thank you for helping me, Uncle. Here, take this back from you."
Shen Hechuan pushed the jade pendant back into Gu Jinxi's hand.
"Since it's been given to you, it's yours now."
"Keep this jade pendant. If you encounter any problems you can't solve in the future, just take it and come to me."
"Um."
Gu Jinxi nodded and then put the jade pendant away.
He also hoped that if his mother encountered danger again in the palace in the future, he could use this jade pendant to enter the palace and save her.
After exchanging a few more words with Shen Hechuan, Gu Jinxi bid him farewell.
Xiaoman stood behind Gu Jinxi, listening to their conversation.
After the two turned around, she heard the Prefect of Jingzhao respectfully greet Shen Hechuan, "Your Highness the Crown Prince."
She was immediately alarmed and quickly led Gu Jinxi into the carriage.
Little did they know, the trail of their carriage had also fallen into Shen Hechuan's sight.
Meanwhile, on the other side...
Shortly after leaving the city, Gu Jingchun and Chu Qianlan saw the Yong'an Marquis's carriage lying on the side of the road.
But there was no one inside.
Chu Qianlan panicked upon seeing this.
"I...I really did order someone to send him to the estate. Even if I wanted to kill him, I wouldn't do it here!"
Gu Jingchun looked at her coldly.
"You'd better pray he's alright."
At that moment, fireworks exploded in the sky again.
Gu Jingchun looked up and saw red fireworks, and instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
Lanxin jumped up and down with joy, whispering.
"Miss, it's red, it's red. The young master is alright now."
Gu Jingchun nodded and immediately turned around and got into the carriage.
Although Chu Qianlan didn't know what had happened, judging from Gu Jingchun's expression, she guessed that it must be related to the child.
She had intended to ask for clarification while in the carriage.
However, she did not expect that Gu Jingchun would not let her get on the carriage at all.
Helpless, Chu Qianlan could only grumble and curse as she went to Gu Yunjin's carriage.
The carriage sped along and entered the city once more.
Walking down the bustling street, Gu Jingchun couldn't help but lift the car curtain and look outside.
Have all our people been settled?
Lan Xin nodded immediately upon hearing this.
"Everything is settled, and the shops are all open. Including our previous branch in Tiandu, this month's income should reach about 50,000 taels."
"However, the situation in Tiandu is complicated. Our people are not yet familiar with it and dare not show their faces. I instructed them to keep a low profile, which is probably why things went wrong. I hope you will forgive me, Miss."
Gu Jingchun said, "The situation is still unclear, so it's not the time to apologize. Let's go back and discuss everything."
As she spoke, she looked at the candy shop with a long queue on the side of the road.
Seeing this, Lanxin added, "Our newly opened candy shop is very popular, especially the candies of various shapes that you designed. They are in short supply every day."
This shop was originally opened because Gu Jinxi liked candy, but it never expected to become so popular.
Speaking of this candy, it reminded Gu Jingchun of Shen Muqian.
Shen Muqian was the same; he loved eating sweets so much.
She only discovered Shen Muqian's love for sweets by accident.
Therefore, she specially made him a purse and made the candy into small sugar pills so that he could just take one and put it in his mouth whenever he wanted to eat it.
Shen Muqian was deeply moved after receiving it, so he "tortured" her for an entire night, leaving her almost unable to get out of bed the next day.
However, because Gu Jinxi was young, Gu Jingchun didn't let him eat too much in order to protect his teeth.
Thinking that he might have been frightened today, Gu Jingchun had the carriage stopped and got out himself to buy some candy for Gu Jinxi to calm him down.
Although Gu Jingchun wore a veiled hat, her beautiful figure and elegant demeanor still attracted a lot of attention after she got off the carriage.
Gu Jingchun ignored the scrutinizing gazes and quietly joined the queue at the back of the crowd.
The carriage stopped in a nearby alley.
Soon, Gu Jingchun returned home laden with a bag full of all kinds of candies, but just as he turned around, he saw two groups of horses galloping past.
The horse was moving so fast that it created a gust of wind, which lifted Gu Jingchun's veil, revealing her stunningly beautiful face.
Gu Jingchun reflexively closed her eyes, and when she opened them, she saw the backs of two men.
"Miss, are you alright?"
Lanxin said this while angrily looking at the two men.
"Riding so fast, doesn't he know how to watch his step? Is this all the security is supposed to be in Tiandu?"
As he spoke, he helped Gu Jingchun into the carriage.
At this moment, the two men on horseback suddenly stopped.
One of the men quickly dismounted from his horse and rushed into the crowd, anxiously searching for something.
Seeing this, Tianji followed.
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