His figure quickly disappeared into the night. Tianning ignored him and decided to go inside to check on him.
Unfortunately, she had barely taken a step when a flickering candlelight appeared behind her, and soon a woman's voice spoke: "Who are you? Why are you trespassing on Jingguan Temple!"
Ji Tingwan turned around first and saw Shen Nianyi and her personal maid. The one speaking was Shen Nianyi's personal maid.
Ji Tingwan wore a veil, not wanting to reveal herself. Just as she was about to pull Tianning away, Chen Nian, who was beside the maid, spoke up: "Shanhu, you may leave now."
She stopped Coral, who was about to call for help, and spoke softly, just like a kind elder in the family:
"Little Princess, what brings you here?"
"It's so late, your mother will worry if she finds out."
Beneath the veil, Ji Tingwan's face paled slightly. She hadn't expected that Shen Nianyi would recognize her so easily, even though she had only met him once before.
Princess?
The Crown Prince's daughter.
Tianning finally understood why the copper coin had guided her to Ji Tingwan; she was Ji Qianqiu's daughter.
No wonder Taotie said that things in the mortal world are not simple and that there are big problems!
However, Shen Nianyi clearly meant no harm to a girl as young as Ji Tingwan; they just shouldn't have trespassed into such a dangerous place, especially with this unreliable group...
By the flickering light of the candle inside the lantern, Chen Nian looked at the people Ji Tingwan had brought.
It's really quite ridiculous.
First, there was the most eye-catching little boy, who looked only seven or eight years old. Shen Nian had never seen this child before and he shouldn't be the son of any noble family in the capital. But bringing such a young child out so late, she really wondered what these young people were thinking.
Secondly, there was the man who exuded an evil aura, and there was a black cat at his feet. Shen Nian couldn't quite put her finger on it, but the two of them gave her an extremely uncomfortable feeling!
besides……
When Shen Nianyi's gaze fell on the girl next to Ji Tingwan, her eyes trembled slightly, and Tian Ning was also looking at her.
In just a few seconds, their eyes met, and in Chen Nian's gaze, disbelief filled his eyes.
However, without needing to say more, Tianning understood.
“Envoy Shen, we have offended you tonight, we will leave immediately…” Ji Tingwan said.
As the daughter of the current Crown Princess, she had little to say to this former rival of her mother, especially since the other party was her mother's defeated opponent. If she continued to stay here, the other party might harbor resentment over what happened back then, which could be detrimental to them.
"etc……"
Just as Ji Tingwan's vigilance rose, thinking that Shen Nianyi was going to do something to them, Shen Nianyi said, "Little girl... would you like some pastries? They were bought by Shanhu from Fuyuanwu this morning. They are all the latest pastries from the capital."
What?
"OK!"
Tian Ning spoke very naturally. She looked at Shen Nianyi, who was already over forty years old. There were some white hairs in her hair bun, but the white hair did not hide her sharpness. On the contrary, it added to her spirit and energy that was different from other women.
She seemed to be more robust than the average woman, and even the loose clothes she wore could not hide her heroic figure. She reached out to Tian Ning, and under Ji Tingwan's incredulous gaze, Tian Ning approached and touched the calluses on Shen Nian's palm, which were very thick.
She thought she must have suffered a lot.
She was supposed to be the most beloved daughter of the General's Mansion; she would have become the Crown Princess, the Empress, and lived out the beautiful ending she had envisioned for herself.
However, the child's life was turned upside down by Ji Qianqiu's arrival.
She lost the protection of the general's mansion, was driven out of the capital, and was wanted and hunted down...
No mother would want to see her child, whom she has poured her heart and soul into, hurt like this.
Tianning could sense that Shen Nianyi harbored hatred, but something more important filled her heart than hatred.
Presumably, even Ji Qianqiu would not have imagined that the female protagonist, whose luck was taken away by her twenty-two years ago and who fled in a sorry state, would return twenty-two years later... and actually have luck that is no less than that of her youth!
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