Nodding obediently, Xia Nian sobbed." Grandfather, my parents are dead. Ling 'er is the only one left. She sprained her ankle while escaping.”
"How pitiful. The Qi Kingdom is attacking, Marquis Xia Mu…Sigh, where is this little girl going?”
"Ling 'er is going to Fu City to seek refuge with Uncle.”
Actually, Xia Nian's excuse was full of flaws. She only wanted to go to Fu City, but she didn't want to look for her uncle who lived in Fu City because Xia Nian knew that she would not be able to find him even if she did.
Fortunately, the old man didn't think too much about it. He said," I happen to be passing by Fu City. Come on up. Grandpa will give you a ride."”
"Thank you." Wiping away her tears, Xia Nian knew that the old man's kindness saved her the trouble of thinking of other ways to escape from the palace.
On the way, the old man asked," Looking at the little girl's clothes, she should be a rich kid.”
Shocked, Xia Nian lied," No, I'm just a little girl. Miss, you have to treat me well so that I can dress more elegantly."”
"Little girl, you can't dress like this. We're going into the city, so you have to change your clothes.”As he spoke, the old man drove the carriage into a small village and knocked on the door of a house. He spoke a bunch of words in a dialect that Xia Nian could not understand. Then, he saw the villager take out a set of coarse clothes from the house.
The old man came back with the clothes and said to Xia Nian," Although it's not as good as silk, it's at least comfortable to wear. When we enter the city later, I'll say that you're my granddaughter."”
"Yes." Xia Nian took off her coat without hesitation and changed into the coarse cloth clothes. She sat obediently in the carriage and waited for the old man to bid farewell to the villagers.
The old man didn't say anything, and Xia Nian didn't ask either. However, she knew that the old man had an extraordinary relationship with the villagers.
Xia Nian didn't know if her Third Uncle and King Qi had realized that it was Dong Xiang 'er who had jumped into the river. She didn't know if she could escape.
After following the old man for another two days, Xia Nian's spirit relaxed a little. Along the way, she listened to the old man talk about the local customs of Xia country. Xia Nian was puzzled. The old man in front of her was definitely not an ordinary farmer. A farmer would not know so much. Although she was puzzled, Xia Nian still did not ask.
After entering the city at night, the old man said," Tomorrow morning, we will arrive at Fu City after half a day's walk.”
At night, Xia Nian quietly got up from her bed and placed a silver ingot in the old man's bag. She quietly left through the back door of the inn. He hadn't walked much in the past two days, and now that he had walked for a long time, he realized that his feet were hurting badly.
Xia Nian picked up some tree branches in the forest and started a bonfire. She fixed her sprained ankle and moved around. She felt much better before continuing on her journey.
Xia Nian only arrived at Fu City at dusk the next day. When the soldiers guarding the city saw that she was a little girl, they did not stop her and interrogate her in detail. Instead, they let her go directly.
With the only memory she had, Xia Nian found the Imperial Uncle's Mansion. The vermilion painted wooden door of the Imperial Uncle's Mansion was sealed with a seal. It was likely that her uncle had either been killed or had fled.
"I should have thought of it long ago, right?”
He had lost a single family member. His father, mother, and brother were all gone. What was the difference between this and his previous life? Xia Nian was filled with hatred. God, if that was the case, why did you let me live another life to taste the pain of death?
Xia Nian stood in front of the Imperial Brother-in-law's residence, tears streaming down her cheeks.
The pain in his ankle was unbearable, and cold sweat dripped down his forehead, soaking his inner shirt in an instant. Leaning against the wall, Xia Nian sat down and tried her best to calm her anxious heart.
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