"May Your Highness the Princess be well."
Walking down the stairs to the princess, Ning Shu's orchid grass drooped slightly as she curtsied in greeting.
Xiao Changyue was sitting in front of the stone table, resting her chin on her hand as she sipped tea. Seeing her, she half-opened her eyes and said lazily, "It's you. Why have you come to see this princess?" Her jade finger pointed lightly, casually pointing at Pan Gui who was gagged in the corner by the guards. "Is it for your servant girl? Or is it to kowtow to ben gong and ask for forgiveness? "
Ning Shu looked at Pan Gui and said in a tone that was neither servile nor overbearing, "Your Highness the Princess is talented and intelligent, and outsmarts Ban Shu Wenji. This girl will not beat around the bush with Princess. This girl has something to ask Princess: Does Your Highness know this girl? "
Xiao Changyue seemed to have heard something funny and laughed coldly, "Are you showing off? Are you trying to show off how famous you are, and how famous you are? In our Jing City, there may be many people who have not seen ben gong, but there are only a few who have not heard of your great name. You are very daring! Don't think that ben gong will always tolerate you! "
Catching the deep hostility in the princess' tone, Ning Shu frowned and continued to ask for advice, "So, Princess really does know this girl. To tell you the truth, my daughter suffered some injuries earlier and has forgotten many things of the past. I can't even remember my own name. Princess, please don't be stingy and enlighten me. Who exactly is my daughter? "
"Forgot?" Xiao Changyue raised an eyebrow and raised her voice, "You really forgot?"
When she saw the pure and sincere expression on Ning Shu's face, Xiao Zhangyue laughed heartily. She was both angry and happy. "You caused this consort to be in such a miserable state, but I didn't think that you would actually forget all about it! Hua Yue, you are good, you are great! "
Ning Shu's brows furrowed even tighter as she listened to her continue.
"If it weren't for you, this consort would've already married her sweetheart and grown old together. However, just because he accidentally saw you perform at Admiring Moon Pavilion once, he threw all his heart on you as if he was possessed and completely abandoned this consort! I am a dignified princess, but I have been reduced to the laughingstock of the streets and alleys. I have no choice but to take the initiative to accept the fate of a political marriage. Do you think I should recognize you?! "
"But at least the heavens have eyes. They can't bear to see you continue to bring disaster to the world, so they ruthlessly punished you. How satisfying! " Xiao Changyue got up and walked step by step towards Ning Shu. "If ben gong had known in advance that the young daughter of an old friend that had been left behind by the Deputy Envoy was you, ben gong definitely wouldn't have allowed you to travel with the group. Now that we've already exposed each other, this consort can't allow you to wander around in front of my eyes! Giving face to the Deputy Envoy, come, give her a semi-cursive letter. You can leave on your own. If you dare to appear in front of this consort again, this consort will definitely take revenge for that day! "
A cold-faced guard threw the semi-cursive letter in front of Ning Shu and then threw Pan Gui at her feet. Pan Gui's face was covered in tears as he explained to Ning Shu, "Young miss, I followed your orders and specially went to get our Southern Yan's rare specialties to give to Her Highness the Princess. I didn't expect that when I opened the door, I would be caught by the Princess's guards … … Young miss, we should hurry and leave. Her Highness the Princess has a noble status. Even if she is vicious and merciless to kill us, we won't be able to resist."
Several guards surrounded them and forcefully pushed them to the front of the carriage. Even the unconscious mute girl upstairs was pulled down and stuffed into the carriage.
Ning Shu had nowhere to go. She could only leave with Pan Gui, the mute girl and an old uncle who was in charge of driving the carriage under the Princess's banishment.
Pan Gui shed tears and blamed himself, "Young miss, there is something that Pan Gui wants to confess to you. Actually, your face doesn't have any injuries. I purposely wrapped those strips of cloth around you because I know the grudges between you and Her Highness the Princess. If she recognizes you, there will be no place for us. So I acted on my own and was afraid that you would be frightened after knowing the truth. So I lied to you. I thought she wouldn't be able to recognize you after wrapping your face with the strips of cloth. I didn't expect that she still recognized you. It's all Pan Gui's fault … … "
Ning Shu helped her up, "I was too suspicious and didn't trust you all. So I had many conjectures and blamed you all wrongly. I hope you all don't take it to heart. "
"Protecting young miss is our responsibility. Don't worry, as long as we servants still have a breath, we will send you safely out of Great Yue!"
Looking at the mute girl who was still unconscious, Ning Shu couldn't help but feel guilty. But at the same time, an even bigger and more vague suspicion rose in her heart. It was as if she was wrapped in a ball of gray cotton. She clearly felt suspicions all around, but when she reached out to touch it, it was soft and she couldn't exert strength. This feeling of helplessness made her very tired.
Maybe, the truth was as they said, she had been too suspicious? But how to explain the scenes in the dream? Who was the "Shu-er" they kept calling out to?
Who was it?
When she closed her eyes in deep thought, she didn't notice that Pan Gui beside her silently lifted a corner of the carriage curtain. He looked towards Xiao Changyue who was standing under the lights on the second floor of the relay station in the distance and gave a solemn and grateful gaze.
What she didn't know was that in the time it took for an incense stick to burn after she left the relay station in the carriage, Xiahou Qing's horse danced with its four hooves, stepping on the axle prints left behind by the carriage and stopping in front of the relay station.
Xiao Hou Qing's black hair fluttered in the night wind. He didn't have time to stop for a breath and hurriedly walked into the relay station.
When she closed her eyes in deep thought, she didn't notice that Pan Gui beside her silently lifted a corner of the carriage curtain and gave a solemn and grateful gaze towards Xiao Changyue who was standing under the lights on the second floor of the relay station in the distance.
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