"Zitan, thanks to you this time." Su Qingci said.
"Madam, you are too kind. This is what I should do." Zitan said.
There was no charcoal fire in the carriage, and Su Qingci was very cold, but he never complained.
In order to save her, Zitan and others had to ride on horseback. In such cold weather, she had no right to complain.
During the days of escape, she slept in a carriage, but it was not as comfortable as when Yan Xuanye brought her here. However, Su Qingci didn't care at all.
She did not ask Zitan about Lu Huan. Since Zitan did not take the initiative to tell her that Lu Huan was still alive, it proved that the situation was probably as the outside world said, that Lu Huan was really dead.
But she still didn't believe it, or perhaps she still had a glimmer of hope.
Going to Yizhou in person and asking about Lu Huan in person is her motivation to live now.
So she didn't ask, and she didn't dare to ask. She just wanted to move forward, walk out of Yan Xuanye's territory, and escape from this devilish man.
The carriage did not stop all the way, and after more than ten days of travel, it finally arrived at a safe place.
Zitan took her to an inn. Because it was cold and there were not many people there, there were many rooms, so each of them stayed in the inn.
"Madam, please rest here first. I will go and arrange the rest of the things." Zi Tan said and left.
They rested here for a night, took a hot bath, changed their clothes, and had a hot meal, and then set off the next day.
They were delayed on the road for a long time, and it was about ten days later that they finally arrived in Puzhou.
Lu Guang did not receive her letter, and it was Zitan who sent someone to tell him the news that Su Qingci was in Fengyuan Kingdom.
After he found out, he left a group of people in Puzhou to pick them up.
After Su Qingci and others arrived safely in Puzhou, they finally asked the question that had been on their minds.
Zitan was also stunned for a long time, "Actually, we don't believe it either."
As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes. "Among us subordinates who have been with the master for a long time, not a single one believes it."
"He's so powerful, how could he die?"
Su Qingci's heart sank to the bottom of the lake. She did not comfort Zitan because her own heart was numb with pain.
"what is going on?"
Zi Tan sobbed for a while before speaking, "After the madam disappeared, we have been looking for you privately, but we didn't tell the general because we were afraid that he would worry.
After the general arrived in Yizhou, he sent his wife several letters to let her know he was safe. We even found a lawyer who could imitate your handwriting and sent him a few letters in reply. We also sent him some clothes from the mansion, so the general never became suspicious.
"When the general first arrived in Yizhou, King Ning stopped the fighting and peace lasted for more than ten days. The general wanted to negotiate peace with King Ning, but King Ning did not agree.
Not only that, Prince Ning almost humiliated the general, and even talked about the general's mother, saying that she deserved to die.
"For the daughter of a mere county magistrate to marry a First-Rank General was a blessing she had accumulated over three lifetimes. Unfortunately... marrying General Lu used up all her blessings, which is why she died in childbirth."
"The general has always been filial, but because of this incident, he became angry and secretly led a group of soldiers to attack Youzhou at night to assassinate King Ning. Who knew that he fell into the trap set by King Ning.
The general is well-known for being filial to the old lady, and Prince Ning took advantage of this to induce the general to act impulsively..."
Su Qingci was a little skeptical, because Lu Huan had never been a reckless person, he had always been calm.
She expressed her doubts, and Zitan told her a cruel reality.
"Madam has been married to the general for only three months, so she doesn't quite understand how important the old lady is to the general."
"Once, some old women in the ancestral hall were gossiping and talking about the old lady. The general ordered their tongues to be cut off as a warning to others!"
"Even the maids and servants working in the ancestral hall were mute women who were selected after several rounds of replacement."
"Whenever it comes to matters concerning the old lady, the general is always extremely impatient and will not allow anyone to disrespect her."
Su Qingci still held onto a glimmer of hope: "Didn't they say...the body wasn't found?"
Zitan: "So General Lu's trip this time is not only to support Yizhou, but also to negotiate with King Ning and retrieve his master's body."
"We may have to go to Yizhou and reunite with the old general to find out the specific situation."
Su Qingci nodded, and the group planned to stay in Puzhou to rest for two days before setting off for Yizhou.
After all, everyone has not eaten well or slept well for some time, and they are all tired.
No matter how anxious Su Qingci was, he couldn't bear to rush them at this time.
Fortunately, Zitan received the news that Xiaohe and the others had been picked up.
Before Yan Xuanye returned to the Fengyuan Kingdom court, Xiaohe and the others had already faked their death and escaped. This was great news for Su Qingci.
They rested for two days, then took a carriage and went to Yizhou together.
When I saw Lu Guang again, he had an unshaven beard and dark circles under his eyes. He looked much more haggard, as if he was forcing himself to stay together, and his eyes were fragile and confused.
He knew that Su Qingci had been kidnapped and missing for several months, but at the moment, he was not in the mood to find out about her situation during this period.
Su Qingci bowed and greeted him, and he just nodded faintly.
Before she could ask him about Lu Huan, Lu Guang turned around and was about to leave, but before leaving, he inadvertently glanced at her belly.
She's already showing her pregnancy.
"Your belly?" As soon as he opened his mouth, the hoarseness in his throat could not be hidden.
Su Qingci gently stroked her belly, "It's been more than five months, it's Ziyi's."
From the time she disappeared until now, it has been no more than four months.
Lu Guang's expression changed from sadness to joy. "Great, great! At least I left a seed for my son. The Lu family's incense is not cut off!"
The string that was stretched particularly tight in Su Qingci's mind broke.
Her hopes were completely shattered.
Suddenly, everything in front of her eyes became dim and light, and she felt herself falling down weakly, with people around her calling her name.
…
It hurt so much, as if she had never felt such pain before.
This time, she was awakened by a burning pain in her lower abdomen. Her lower body felt cool and wet, but there was a burning pain running through her lower abdomen.
Soon someone brought water to wipe her body. She saw a blood-red mark on the wet towel in a daze.
"Alas, it's not easy for her to hold on until now. This child should have been stopped a long time ago. The more she tries to hold on, the more harm it will do to her body."
"Look, isn't he bleeding profusely now?"
She heard what seemed to be Lu Guang's voice. He was silent for a long time before he sighed, "It seems that we are not destined to be together, so we can't keep this child."
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