Chapter 88: Miss Qin Wu

  Ever since Xuan Yuan Jing Lin deceived Xu Ming Jin to go outside the city to meet with Xuan Yuan Ze in the Osmanthus fragrans forest, Xu Ming Jin wrote a letter severely scolding Xuan Yuan Jing Lin for her behavior. Now that several days have passed, Xu Ming Jin found himself starting to miss her. Slowly opening the letter, Xu Ming Jin saw that Xuan Yuan Jing Lin had written nine big characters: "Hurry and leave the mansion, there is an important discovery."

  Xu Mingjin hesitated, holding the letter for half a day, and was entangled for half a day. Finally, he followed his curiosity, changed his clothes, brought Yu Zhu with him, reported to Mrs. Xu, and left the house.

  As soon as Xu Mingjin came out of the Shangshu Mansion, she saw a little servant who was often by Xuan Yuan Jinglin's side walking towards her and bowing to her respectfully. "Miss Xu, please follow me." Xu Mingjin nodded slightly and followed him to a horse carriage. The servant said, "Miss Xu, please get on the carriage. I will take you to see my princess."

  This time, Xuan Yuan Ze shouldn't suddenly pop out, right? When he left, he said it would be three months before he returned, and that's still a bit early! Xu Ming Jin thought for a moment, nodded, and got on the carriage with Yu Zhu. The young servant saw that Xu Ming Jin and her maid were settled in, then quickly jumped onto the carriage, cracked the whip, shouted "Drive!", and the carriage shot off like an arrow leaving a bowstring. In just a short while, the carriage stopped in front of a jewelry store. The young servant jumped down from the carriage, turned around to face it respectfully, and said: "Miss Xu, we've arrived, you can get out now."

  Xu Mingjin was about to get off the carriage when Yuzhu shook her head and jumped down first. Xu Mingjin shook her head, thinking that Yuzhu was being too cautious. Then she got up and lifted the curtain, only to see Yuzhu waiting below with outstretched hands to help her down. Xu Mingjin took Yuzhu's hand and slowly descended from the carriage. Turning around, she found herself standing in front of a jewelry store and couldn't help but wonder why Xuan Yuanjing had brought her here.

  Just then, Xuan Yuan Jinglin walked out of the jewelry store, and Xu Mingjin saw her, hurriedly welcoming her. Xuan Yuan Jinglin took Xu Mingjin's hand and walked back into the jewelry store, saying: "Come on, help me pick some accessories." Xu Mingjin smiled: "You're a princess, with countless precious jewels in the palace, why did you think of running here to buy?"

  "Of course it's not for myself," Xuan Yuan Jinglin smiled and said, "I bought it as a gift for someone."

  Xu Mingjin became curious: "Send someone? Jinglin, who are you going to send it to?"

  "You wouldn't know even if I told you, my cousin Qin Wu's birthday is today." Xuan Yuan Jing Lin suddenly looked at Xu Ming Jin with a hint of embarrassment and said: "Qin Wu is the one who was previously chosen by my mother as the second prince's consort..."

  Xu Mingjin suddenly realized: "It was her after all! Then you must choose carefully."

  Xuan Yuan Jinglin said: "I didn't bring you all here? With you around, what do I have to worry about? Besides, it's still early, no rush."

  As they spoke, they had already arrived in front of the counter. The old shopkeeper greeted them warmly: "Are you two ladies visiting our store for the first time? Would you like me to introduce you to our famous and valuable jewelry?" He looked at Xuan Yuan Jing Lin and Xu Ming Jin's attire, thinking that they must be the young misses from a wealthy family who had come to buy jewelry. Such customers were rich and might spend a lot of money. Therefore, he greeted them warmly. At this time, it was not the peak period for customer traffic in the store, and there were only Xu Ming Jin and Xuan Yuan Jing Lin inside the entire store.

  "It's okay, we'll take a look ourselves." Xuan Yuan Jing Lin said. She hated it when someone followed her while she was talking to Xu Ming Jin.

  The old shopkeeper's face showed disappointment, but he could only stand there and watch as Xu Mingjin and Xuan Yuan Jinglin slowly examined the jewelry on the counter. Just then, someone else walked in from outside, and Xu Mingjin heard the footsteps but didn't turn around, still bending down to look at the jewelry with Xuan Yuan Jinglin. Suddenly, a soft voice like a oriole's call came from beside her ear: "Sister? What are you doing here?"

  As soon as she heard the voice, Xuan Yuan Jing Lin immediately knew who it was. She couldn't help but tense up. There was one thing she hadn't told Xu Ming Jin - that this Miss Qin Wu had been secretly in love with her second brother since childhood and had long ago made a vow to marry him. As the eldest daughter of the imperial family's maternal relatives, the Qin family, her status was also suitable for Xuan Yuan Ze. The empress dowager had originally been very fond of this match, but unfortunately couldn't persuade her own son, and ultimately chose Xu Ming Jin as the second prince's consort. It was said that Miss Qin Wu had suffered in secret for several days after hearing the news. If something were to happen when Xu Ming Jin met Miss Qin Wu, it would be difficult to handle no matter who was wronged - whether it was Xu Ming Jin or Miss Qin Wu. When her brother returned, if he knew that she had brought his future wife out and caused this disaster, wouldn't he scold himself to death? Xuan Yuan Jing Lin thought of this and couldn't help but regret calling Xu Ming Jin out today. She whispered to Xu Ming Jin, "It's Miss Qin Wu." After finishing speaking, she turned her head around, pretending that she had just heard the news, and exclaimed in surprise, "Ah, cousin, you're here too?"

  Miss Qin Wu's eyes were fixed on the slender figure standing next to Xuan Yuan Jing Lin as soon as she entered, although she couldn't see her face. But seeing how intimate they were, with their heads leaning against each other, Miss Qin Wu was certain that the woman was Xu Liu, who had stolen her beloved. In an instant, a sharp glint appeared in her eyes.

  Xu Mingjin also knew at this time that the person who came was Qin Wumi. Although Xuan Yuan Jinglin had told her about Miss Qin Wu being considered as a daughter-in-law by her future mother-in-law, she felt that she had nothing to be guilty of, so Xu Mingjin turned around calmly and smiled at Miss Qin Wu, slightly nodding her head in greeting.

  Miss Qin Wu also happened to look at Xu Mingjin, and in the instant when their eyes met, both of them couldn't help but admire each other: she was actually so beautiful!

  After hearing Xuan Yuan Jinglin's words, Qin Wu smiled and said: "I was bored at home, so I went out for a stroll. I didn't expect to end up here and run into my cousin and this young lady. What a coincidence."

  Xuan Yuan Jinglin had no choice but to introduce Xu Mingjin to Qin Wu: "Cousin, this is Miss Xu Liu." Then she turned her head to Xu Mingjin and said: "Mingjin, this is Miss Qin Wu."

  Xu Mingjin and Miss Qin Wu exchanged greetings.

  Miss Qin said: "I've long heard of Miss Xu's great reputation, today I finally get to see the real person, what a fortunate encounter."

  Xu Mingjin hated such polite words, but had to politely say: "Where, Qin Wu's great name is also like thunder in my ears." Perhaps because Xu Mingjin's impatience was revealed, or Xuan Yuan Jinglin really understood Xu Mingjin's temper too well, she said to Qin Wu: "Cousin, you go ahead and take a stroll, I have something to discuss with Xu Liu, let's take our leave first." And then, she pulled Xu Mingjin away.

  Miss Qin hurriedly said, "Don't go! You've just arrived and you're leaving already?" She turned her eyes and said, "It's just lunchtime, let's take advantage of the coincidence. Today I'll be the host, would you like to invite Sister Biao and Miss Xu Liu to come with me to Wen Xiang Lai for a meal?" She expectedly said, "Sister Biao and Miss Xu Liu won't refuse my invitation, will they?"

  Xu Mingjin furrowed his brow upon hearing this. Xuan Yuan Jinglin's expression also changed slightly. She had tried her best to prevent Qin Wumiss from having too much contact with Xu Mingjin, but she hadn't expected that this Qin Wumiss would actually be eager to get close to Xu Mingjin and herself. It was as if she didn't know the meaning of death! Just because she called her "cousin", she thought she was a somebody, when in fact she was just an arrogant and foolish little miss who looked down on everyone. My second brother would like you? Don't be ridiculous!

  Xuan Yuan Jing Lin raised an eyebrow and said calmly, "Unfortunately, I've already had dinner with Miss Xu Liu. If you haven't eaten yet, cousin, then hurry up and eat! We won't disturb you." With that, she pulled Xu Ming Jin and walked past Qin Wu Miss's face with dignity, exiting the store door, and the two of them got into the horse carriage at the entrance and drove away.

  Miss Qin was so angry that she almost gnashed her teeth in frustration.

  The shopkeeper watched as the last customer, Qin Wu's young lady, walked out with her maid. Her eyes didn't even glance at the jewelry on his counter. The old shopkeeper glared at Miss Qin Wu as she left, it was all because of this jinxed girl that he lost his big client, humph! He cursed her to have sons without anuses in the future!

  Miss Qin Fifth rushed out of the jewelry store and got into her own carriage, then ordered the coachman: "Go a little faster, catch up with Princess Jinglin's carriage." The coachman obeyed and drove the carriage to chase after the one where Xuan Yuan Jinglin and Xu Mingjin were sitting. In the carriage, Miss Qin Fifth scolded angrily: "Actually helping an outsider bully her own cousin, who is really on whose side?"

  The maid beside her wanted to say that Miss Xu Liu was the future sister-in-law, of course, closer than this cousin. But even if she were beaten to death, she wouldn't dare say it in front of this miss. This miss didn't seem like what people thought from her appearance - delicate and weak, beautiful and elegant. Her methods made one's heart tremble with fear, but she also buried these words deep within her heart, never speaking them to anyone...

  In the carriage, Xu Mingjin was asking Xuan Yuan Jinglin: "Is this what you called a major discovery?"

  Xuan Yuan Jinglin was about to respond when Yu Zhu suddenly said: "Miss, Qin Wu's carriage is catching up."

  Xu Mingjin was shocked and said: "She's still not giving up? She's really persistent!" He thought to himself: It seems that this Miss Qin Wu is not here with good intentions!

  Xuan Yuan Jing Lin was furious, saying: "Yu Zhu, go out and drive the carriage, Ada, you get down and think of a way to make her carriage unable to move." Ada nodded and slowed down the speed of the carriage. When Yu Zhu got out of the carriage, he jumped off the carriage and disappeared into the streets in an instant. Xuan Yuan Jing Lin heard Yu Zhu report that Ada had gotten off the carriage and felt at ease. Xu Ming Jin saw this and knew that Qin Wu Miss wouldn't be able to catch up with them today. Xu Ming Jin turned her head to look at Xuan Yuan Jing Lin, finding her expression not looking good, thinking that previously Xuan Yuan Jing Lin was enthusiastically selecting gifts for Qin Wu Miss, their relationship should have been very good? Why was Xuan Yuan Jing Lin so angry now?

  But this has nothing to do with Xu Mingjin, she was curious about what Xuan Yuan Jinglin was thinking, but didn't ask. After a while, the coachman Ada returned, Yu Zhu slowed down and let him get on the carriage, handing over the reins to him, and then came in to sit beside Xu Mingjin: "Princess, miss, Ada said that Qin Wu's carriage is already broken, we don't have to worry about being followed."

  Xu Mingjin finally let out a sigh of relief, Xuan Yuan Jinglin looked at her relaxed appearance and sneered: "I didn't expect you to be so afraid of her. With me here, what are you afraid of?"

  Xu Mingjin gave her a white eye and said: "I'm not afraid of her, I just don't want to cause any more trouble. If your mother finds out that I had a conflict with my future sister-in-law, she will definitely be unhappy with me. This hasn't even passed the door yet, and it's already made my future mother-in-law unhappy. If we get married, won't I have to face her displeasure? Am I looking for trouble?"

  Xuan Yuan Jing Lin burst out laughing and said, "So you're not afraid of my cousin, but rather my mother. Don't worry, I'm still here for you. If Mother gets angry with you, I'll speak up for you in front of her."

  Xu Mingjin couldn't help but smile: "Alright then, thank you Princess first."

  At this moment, both of them burst out laughing. Yuzhu suddenly said: "Princess, Miss, our carriage has arrived at Daxing Street." Xu Mingjin and Xuan Yuanjing were talking when she opened a corner of the carriage curtain to see where they had arrived. There was no way around it; these two masters just wanted to avoid Qin Wu's mistress and hadn't said where they were going.

  Xu Mingjin was about to answer when Yuzhu suddenly said: "Miss, come and take a look!"

  Xu Mingjin curiously walked over to take a look, and saw that on the bustling street, Yang Lian was walking arm in arm with Xuan Yuan Qi Shi, chatting and laughing.

  "Huh, when did Yang Lian become so capable? He's made Xuan Yuan Qi Yi that little rascal change his mind so quickly?" Xuan Yuan Jing Lin leaned over and said.

  Xu Mingjin also smiled and said: "I didn't expect Yang Lian to take him down so quickly, good job, good job!"

  The carriage moved at a moderate pace, and when it passed by Xuan Yuan's and Yang Lian's side, the three people inside quickly lowered the curtain and returned to their seats. Gradually, they left the two on the street behind.

  What they didn't hear was that on the main street, Xuan Yuan Xi Wei faintly said to Yang Lian: "Alright, I've accompanied you shopping now, can you agree to go with me to see Jin Er at the Shangshu Fu?"

  Yang Lian's eyes sparkled as she said, "Husband, I haven't had enough fun yet! Hey, look at that! What is it? Come on, let's go take a closer look." With that, she pulled Xuan Yuan Qi towards the direction of her gaze.

  Xuanyuan Qishan's face was filled with impatience, but he had no choice but to comply...

  In the carriage, Xu Mingjin looked at Xuan Yuan Jinglin's relaxed and pleased face, and couldn't help but ask: "What is this major discovery you want to tell me?"

  Xuan Yuan Jing Lin glanced at her sideways and said lazily, "Didn't you see everything?"

  "What did you see? We just saw... " Xu Mingjin suddenly realized: "The major discovery you mentioned is that Prince Pingxi and Princess Pingxi have a good relationship, like glue and paint? Didn't we just accidentally discover this thing? Did you know about it all along? So you specifically called me out to see? Are you bored?"

  "How can you say it's boring? I thought you'd be very happy." Xuan Yuan Jinglin looked at Xu Mingjin and said: "I thought you would hate Xuan Yuan Qiyue's entanglement with you, and seeing him finally fall in love with someone else, you would be very happy..." Xu Mingjin interrupted: "Knowing this matter, I am indeed very happy, but what I mean by boring is that you brought me out just to see this scene! You already knew it, couldn't you have just told me directly? I would have been just as happy. Was it necessary to go through so much trouble? Or are you afraid I wouldn't believe you? So you had to bring me here? Well, let me tell you, I believe you, what you said is true, I believe it all."

  Xuanyuan Jinglin chuckled and said, "Aren't I too bored? I wanted to find you to have some fun."

  Xu Mingjin was speechless and looked up at the car roof for a long time before saying: "Where are we going now?"

  Xuan Yuan Jinglin smiled and said: "Take you out to eat, then send you back home. You're a busy person now, I shouldn't disturb you easily."

  Xu Mingjin said, "How am I a busy person?" She's not that busy, is she? Every day is just eating and sleeping, it's quite leisurely. Yuzhu saw Xu Mingjin's expression on the side and smiled.

  Miss probably forgot that Master had spread the news outside that Miss Liu was busy preparing her dowry at home during this period. Yu Zhu thought.

  Xuan Yuan Jinglin smiled and said, "You're now a bride-to-be, busy with embroidery for your wedding dress, preparing for the wedding, of course you're very busy." Isn't this the news your old man released to the outside world? Why are you still asking me?

  Xu Mingjin said with a smile, "I can't be so busy that I don't even have time to see friends, right? With our relationship, even if I'm so busy that I don't have time to eat or drink, I'll still make time to see you. If I'm so busy that I don't even have time to see you, then I must be too busy to live!"

  Xuan Yuan Jinglin hastily said: "Say a few less words! Always talking about death all day, how unlucky!"

  At this moment, the carriage stopped in front of a restaurant, Xuan Yuan Jinglin pulled Xu Mingjin down from the carriage and said: "The roast duck in this roast duck shop is the best in Beijing, you haven't had it before, have you? Today...” Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by an excited voice: “Sister, Miss Xu Liu, what a coincidence to meet you again!”

  Xu Mingjin heard the words and turned her head towards the direction of the sound, and indeed saw Miss Qin Wu standing there, smiling sweetly. It was truly a case of "people meeting in unexpected places". For some reason, this phrase suddenly appeared in Xu Mingjin's mind. She smiled wryly to herself - she and Xuan Yuan Jinglin had been trying so hard to avoid Miss Qin Wu just now, afraid that something would happen. But fate seemed to be playing a trick on them, bringing the two of them together.

  Since there's no way to escape, let's face it bravely! Thinking of this, Xu Mingjin suddenly felt his whole body filled with fighting spirit.

  "Table sister, haven't you eaten yet? How..." Qin Wu Miss looked suspiciously at Xuan Yuan Jing Lin and Xu Ming Jin.

  Xu Mingjin was embarrassed, and the excuse Xuan Yuan Jinglin had just used to decline Qin Wu's invitation to dinner was exactly this. She looked at Miss Qin Wu and saw a look of sudden realization on her face, Xu Mingjin's face turned red as she knew that she had already figured out that she and Xuan Yuan Jinglin had just deceived her. But it wasn't intentional! It's just that they didn't want to see her.

  “……Uh, I heard that the roast duck in this store is the best in Beijing. We just happened to be passing by, and Miss Xu said she wanted to buy two back for her younger brother to try.” Xuan Yuan Jinglin replied calmly, without changing his expression. But he was suspicious, didn't Ada say that she had already tampered with Qin Wu's carriage? How did she still manage to catch up? But immediately after, Xuan Yuan Jinglin denied this idea, it shouldn't be that she followed them here, so then, is it just a coincidence? But this is also too coincidental! Xuan Yuan Jinglin couldn't help but want to curse.

  Xu Mingjin couldn't help but secretly laugh to herself, thinking that Xuan Yuan Jinglin's face was even thicker than hers. At least she had blushed a little. However, Xu Mingjin only sighed in her heart for a moment before focusing her attention back on Qin Wu. In her opinion, Qin Wu must be harboring hatred towards her deep down and was probably thinking of ways to deal with her at this very moment. So she had to concentrate her mind.

  "Really?" Miss Qin smiled slightly. Xu Mingjin looked at her expression and knew that she didn't believe Xuan Yuan Jinglin's words at all. But this was just an excuse, whether she believed it or not didn't matter.

  "Cousin, what are you doing here?" Xuan Yuan Jing Lin asked. She replied calmly: "It's not that you haven't eaten yet, is it?"

  "Hmm, no! I also heard that this store's roast duck is good. That's why I came over, didn't expect to run into my cousin and Miss Xu Liu again, we really have a fate." said Qin Wu.

  "Let's have a good taste then! The roasted duck in this store is quite delicious!" Xuan Yuan Jing Lin smiled and said: "Miss Xu Liu still has to hurry back home! Our roasted duck has been bought, let's take a step first." As if to prove this sentence. Following Xuan Yuan Jing Lin's words, Ada came out of the store with two oil-paper packages containing roasted ducks in her hands. Xu Ming Jin looked at it and was very surprised, when did Xuan Yuan Jing Lin instruct Ada to buy roasted ducks?

  Xuan Yuan Jinglin saw Xu Mingjin's eyes and smiled complacently, as if to say: Ah, you're still not as clever as your sister.

  Miss Qin looked at them and knew that Xuan Yuan Jing Lin and Xu Ming Jin didn't want to have much contact with her. She made a vow in her heart, today she must scratch the face of this Miss Xu, see if she still dares to seduce her second brother! In Miss Qin's eyes, the reason why Xuan Yuan Ze personally asked the Emperor to issue an edict to welcome this Miss Xu was completely because he was seduced by this cheap woman Xu Ming Jin. Her beloved second brother was about to get married, but the bride wasn't her, this kind of pain tortured her day and night, making her feel like she couldn't live with it. Today, she actually met the culprit who caused her so much pain, how could she let her off?

  Miss Qin said pitifully: "Elder cousin, do you dislike me that much? Or is it that Miss Xu dislikes me? Why do you want to leave as soon as you see me?"

  Xuan Yuan Jing Lin rolled her eyes and said, "You're thinking too much. It's just that everyone has been busy lately, but once Miss Xu Liu and my second brother get married, we'll all be relatives and can see each other more often."

  Miss Qin thought to herself: If I wait until they're all married, what's the point of seeing her then? Wouldn't that be asking for humiliation? Watching them live happily ever after, newlyweds and all that? Wouldn't that just make me look even more pitiful? She spoke in a weak tone: "We're all family now! Miss Xu, won't you give me some face?" Seeing Xuan Yuan Jinglin was unmoved, she thought of opening up a breakthrough from Xu Mingjin first.

  She didn't expect that Xu Mingjin would say after hearing her words: "Miss Qin Wu, my little brother is still at home waiting to eat roasted duck! If it gets cold, he'll scold me. You shouldn't delay any longer, or else I'll be scolded when I get back!"

  Miss Qin smiled reluctantly and was about to say, "Can't it just be warmed up?" But Xu Mingjin seemed to know what she was thinking and added, "He never eats leftovers."

  Miss Qin's words were stuck in her throat and couldn't be spoken. She could only watch as Xu Mingjin and Xuan Yuanjing got into the carriage and drove away.

  Her maid whispered in her ear, "Miss, I've already had someone tamper with their horses. Don't worry, Miss Xu Liu has no martial arts skills and will definitely not escape today." Qin Wu nodded, a ruthless glint appearing in her eyes as she muttered, "Sister-in-law, who told you to not help me, but instead side with that cheap woman? So don't blame me, you can only blame yourself!"

  In Qin Wu's eyes, Xuan Yuan Jinglin was just a show-off who knew some martial arts moves, but didn't have any real skills. A horse-drawn carriage with only three weak women and a frail coachman inside - she didn't believe they could escape! Unless they had divine assistance!

  Miss Qin stood still and smiled coldly for a few minutes, then walked into that roast duck restaurant.

  Sitting in the slowly moving carriage, Xu Mingjin and Xuan Yuan Jinglin opened the oil paper package, and together with Yu Zhu, the three of them finished a roasted duck. Fortunately, the roasted duck was still warm. Xuan Yuan Jinglin took a sip of the wine stored in the carriage and smiled: "Mingjin, I didn't expect that you also have a talent for telling lies!"

  Xu Mingjin took a bite of the chicken wing and said slowly, "Lying is a talent that everyone possesses, not just me. Didn't you just lie with a straight face and without batting an eye?"

  Xuan Yuan Jinglin smiled and said, "Yes, but if we don't do this, won't we be entangled to death by that Qin guy? This is unavoidable. It can't be considered a lie."

  Three people shared a roasted duck and were full. There was still one left, Xuan Yuan Jing Lin threw it out to Ada. Ada laughed foolishly outside the carriage: "Thank you, Princess! Thank you, Miss Xu Liu!" But as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly stumbled and almost dropped the reins in his hand. He was so frightened that he quickly threw away the roasted duck and used both hands to tightly hold onto the reins, trying to control the horse carriage. But it was too late. The horse was like a madman, galloping forward with all its might, unable to stop...

  The carriage's abnormality was immediately noticed by Xuan Yuan Jing Lin, who loudly ordered Yu Zhu: "Take care of your young lady!" Yu Zhu also changed her expression and nodded desperately, holding Xu Ming Jin tightly in her arms. Xuan Yuan Jing Lin gritted her teeth, lifted the curtain and rushed out with Ada, tightly grasping the reins to try and stop the carriage. At this time, the carriage had already turned a corner and was driving on a bustling street, people coming and going saw the carriage rushing towards them like crazy, hastily dodging to the side, the horse's hooves kicked up thick dust, as it passed by everyone's side, each person couldn't help but feel relieved: "What a close call!" Then their eyes were all fixed on the out-of-control carriage.

  Xuan Yuan Jinglin was extremely anxious, she couldn't think of a way to stop the out-of-control carriage. The carriage's speed had become faster and faster, if pedestrians didn't dodge in time, they might be knocked down or trampled to death. At this moment, she was extremely anxious but had no solution. Xu Mingjin sat in the carriage, her whole body aching from the jolts, she saw Xuan Yuan Jinglin go out for so long and still couldn't control the horse, it seemed that the horse had been tampered with. In Xu Mingjin's mind, the two coincidental encounters with Qin Wu's young lady today immediately surfaced.

  Xu Mingjin didn't expect that Hou Zhao was waiting for her here. However, Xuan Yuan Jinglin was also on the carriage, did Qin Wu's miss not even consider her? If something happened to Xuan Yuan Jinglin, what good would she get? But there was no time to think about it, the carriage shook violently, Xu Mingjin's head hit the wall of the carriage, and she gritted her teeth in pain. At the same time, Xu Mingjin knew that this horse was at its last gasp, and she had to think of a way to stop it, or else the consequences would be unimaginable! Xu Mingjin thought rapidly in her mind, suddenly a bright idea flashed, and she shouted loudly at Xuan Yuan Jinglin: "Jinglin! If you can't control the horse, use your dagger! Dagger! Stab it!"

  Xuan Yuan Jinglin was already anxious and helpless, but after hearing Xu Mingjin's words, she suddenly understood, like a sudden enlightenment. She drew out the dagger from her waist and stabbed it into Ma Bo's neck. Fresh blood gushed out.

  The horse was in so much pain that it slowed down. But before long, it galloped even more wildly. Just as Xuan Yuan Jing Lin was about to stab the horse again, her hand was caught by someone. Then, the entire carriage came to a stop.

  Xuan Yuan Jing Lin turned her head and saw Xuan Yuan Qi Yi. At this time, Xuan Yuan Qi Yi had already let go of her.

  She had just stabbed the horse, causing the carriage to slow down. This scene was coincidentally seen by Xuan Yuan Qi and Yang Lian who were passing by. Yang Lian urged him to go and rescue her. Xuan Yuan Qi took a deep look at her before jumping into action, arriving beside Xuan Yuan Jing Lin's carriage. However, at this moment the horse suddenly started galloping wildly. Seeing that things were not going well, Xuan Yuan Qi struck the horse's head with one palm, using all his strength in this strike.

  The horse fell down softly. The people around were like a tide rushing over, surrounding the place and making it impossible to get through.

  "Xu Mingjin, how are you? Are you injured?" Xuan Yuan Jinglin and Ada hastily jumped off the horse carriage. She didn't even have time to thank Xuan Yuan Qiyue before she quickly lifted the curtain of the carriage to check on Xu Mingjin.

  Xuanyuan Qiji heard the two words "Ming Jin" and his heart was greatly shocked. He hastily turned his head to look at the horse carriage, and indeed saw Xu Mingjin with disheveled hair and a terrified expression, slowly getting off the carriage while holding onto Yuzhu's hand.

  "Let's get out of here quickly." Xuan Yuan Jinglin said to Xu Mingjin. Xu Mingjin nodded, the feeling of being surrounded by onlookers was not good, and several people slowly squeezed out of the crowd, walking to a quiet place not far away to sit down.

  Xu Mingjin also saw Xuan Yuan Qiyue at this time, and she couldn't help but smile. She sincerely said to him: "Today, thanks to you, otherwise, I would have died!" Her gaze shifted, and suddenly she saw that Xuan Yuan Qiyue's right palm was covered in blood. She exclaimed in surprise: "You're injured? Yuzhu, quickly! Help the young master bandage his wound."

  Xuan Yuan Qi looked at Xu Ming Jin's smile and was stunned. When had it happened that every time Jin'er saw him, she would reveal an annoyed expression? He hadn't expected that one day, she could also smile so sincerely at him! Her worried expression made Xuan Yuan Qi suddenly feel like he had drunk ten kilograms of strong wine, his whole body felt dizzy and floating. Even when Yu Zhu walked up to lift his right hand to help clean the blood from his tiger's mouth, he didn't feel it. At this moment, not only Yang Lian who was hiding aside without coming forward, but even Xun Yuan Jin in his eyes became transparent.

  Xu Mingjin looked at Xuan Yuan Qiyue's eyes, which were filled with unbelievable joy, and her heart felt sour. At first, she and Xuan Yuan Jinglin sat in the carriage, seeing him and Yang Lian's intimate behavior, she was very happy. She knew about Xuan Yuan Qiyue's feelings for her, but she couldn't respond to him. Therefore, she hoped that Xuan Yuan Qiyue could forget her and see the goodness of the people around him, so everyone would be happy.

  It seems now that Xuan Yuan Xi Wei never forgot her after all.

  "Thank you so much today." Xuan Yuan Jinglin suddenly blocked Xu Mingjin's path, sincerely saying to Xuan Yuan Qiyue. If he hadn't appeared just now, she really didn't know what to do with that crazy horse.

  Xuanyuan Qiyue woke up from his daze and looked at Xuanyuan Jinglin with a calm expression, saying: "You don't need to thank me, I only helped you because you're a good friend of Jiner's. If you want to thank someone, thank Jiner instead." He thought for a moment before continuing: "However, I'm also grateful to you. If I hadn't seen you, I wouldn't have mistakenly saved Jiner under the wrong circumstances."

  Xuan Yuan Jinglin knew he was telling a big truth, so she didn't think much of it either.

  At this time, Yuzhu had already cleaned up Xuan Yuan's right palm, revealing the skin-opened and flesh-exposed back of his hand. Yuzhu exclaimed in surprise, attracting the attention of Xu Mingjin and Xuan Yuan Jinglin.

  Xuanyuan Qiyue's palm, which had struck the horse's head with great force, was now cracked and bleeding. Xuanyuan Jinglin, who had witnessed the scene, couldn't help but click her tongue in surprise. Xuming Jin also looked moved. None of them had expected Xuanyuan Qiyue to use so much force. But thinking about it, if he hadn't used that much strength, would he have been able to kill the horse with just one palm? In the corner, Yang Lian also let out a low cry of surprise.

  "Why is this horse running so wildly?" Xuan Yuan Qi asked in puzzlement. He looked at Xu Ming Jin's unsightly face, then at Xuan Yuan Jing Lin who was also the same, and couldn't help but speculate: "Could it be that someone has tampered with this horse?" Xu Ming Jin and Xuan Yuan Jing Lin lowered their heads silently.

  Xuanyuan Qiyue took one look and knew that his guess was not far off. His face turned iron-green as he said, "Who is this person who dares to be so bold? They actually dared to move the carriage of a noble princess? Are they tired of living?"

  Xu Mingjin shook his head and said, "Young Master, this has nothing to do with you, it's better if you don't ask again."

  Xuanyuan Qiji heard the words, stared at Xu Mingjin for a moment, and suddenly said: "Is it Yang Lian's doing? I knew she wouldn't give up! She really is incorrigible!" As he spoke, he was about to rush out to find Yang Lian to settle accounts. Xu Mingjin hastily said: "You stand still! It's not what you think! Don't get involved in her affairs! This matter actually involves someone else!"

  In the corner, Yang Lian heard Xuan Yuan's evaluation of herself and couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart. She thought to herself: People really can't do bad things, once you've done it, even if you're not doing it anymore, people will still think of you as a bad person. Now she truly regrets it. If only she hadn't colluded with Xu Mingxia to harm Xu Mingjin back then. But there's no medicine for regret. No matter how much she regrets it now, it won't change anything.

  "Who is that?"

  Xu Mingjin fell silent. Actually, she didn't want to tell Xuan Yuan Qiyue about this matter, but if she didn't tell him, he would misunderstand his wife Yang Lian. But this matter had nothing to do with Yang Lian. She couldn't let him misunderstand Yang Lian like that. Since Miss Qin Wu treated her like this, why not just tell Xuan Yuan Qiyue about it?

  Xu Mingjin was about to speak when Xuan Yuan Jinglin suddenly said, "It was done by my cousin Qin Wu."

  Xuanyuan Qiyue was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Xuanyuan Jinglin to mention this person. Who is Miss Qin Wu? Forgive him for being ignorant and not knowing.

  Yang Lian knew. Miss Qin Wu was the eldest daughter of the imperial family's Qin family, a stunning beauty. She had once been considered by Empress Dowager as the potential wife for Second Prince. Thinking about it, Yang Lian realized that this must be the doing of Miss Qin Wu. Xu Mingjin being chosen as Second Prince's consort, snatching away her chance at becoming queen and getting the golden turtle son-in-law, she wouldn't let Xu Mingjin off easily. For some reason, Yang Lian suddenly thought of Xu Mingxia, women who dared to scheme against Xu Mingjin never had a good ending. Xu Mingxia was given to Li Min by Xuan Yuan Qi... And this Miss Qin Wu...

  Yang Lian didn't dare imagine further.

  "Why did she have to go so far? Not even sparing you, a genuine princess?" Xuan Yuan asked.

  "She was originally chosen by Mother for Second Brother, but unfortunately, Second Brother didn't want her." Xuan Yuan Jing Lin explained.

  Xuanyuan Qiyue suddenly enlightened and said, "So that's how it is." Then he looked at Xu Mingjin and said, "I originally thought you would be safer following him, with fewer calculations, but now I see that wherever you go, there are crises everywhere!"

  At this time, Yu Zhu had already helped Xuan Yuan Qi take medicine on his wound and bandaged it. She returned to Xu Ming Jin's side and stood up straight.

  Xu Mingjin heard Xuan Yuan's oath, saying that she went wherever the crisis was heavy, and couldn't help but feel deeply emotional. What he said was extremely right. Isn't she indeed in a state of constant crisis?

  Xuanyuan Qiji looked down at his own bandaged wound and asked Xu Mingjin, "Do you want me to escort you back?"

  Xu Mingjin shook his head and said, "With Jinglin here, I won't be in trouble. You should hurry back too!"

  Xuanyuan Qiyue nodded, watching as Ada brought over a horse-drawn carriage. Xuanyuan Jinglin helped Xuming Jin into the carriage, and Yuzhu followed suit. The carriage then slowly headed in the direction of the Shangshu Mansion.

  How great it would be if I could also sit in that car. Xuan Yuan Qi thought to himself. Then, the moment he turned around, he saw Yang Lian walking over slowly.

  Xuan Yuan Qi's eyes narrowed slightly, fortunately, Jin'er had just said that the person who was tampering with the horse was Miss Qin Wu, otherwise, he would have beaten Yang Lian to the ground. His gaze was dangerous and icy cold, but Yang Lian seemed oblivious, she walked up to Xuan Yuan Qi's side, took his injured hand, examined it carefully, saw that it was bandaged well, and smiled: "The Yu Zhu girl beside Miss Xu Liu is really meticulous, your wound is bandaged very well, it seems that she is grateful for you saving their miss. Congratulations, Young Master, you've finally made Miss Xu Liu owe you a favor."

  Xuanyuan Qiyue said coldly: "You've seen it all?"

  Yang Lian smiled and said: "Actually, I've been hiding in that corner all along. I was afraid that if Miss Xu Liu saw me, she would feel uneasy and wouldn't talk to the young master much."

  Xuan Yuan Qi Yu looked at her for a moment, and found that Yang Lian's face only had a faint smile, without any jealousy, just like when he was deeply gazing at Xu Ming Jin, she didn't seem to care at all. "You're not bothered?" After a long time, Xuan Yuan Qi Yu asked, suddenly feeling a bit puzzled by Yang Lian. The previous Yang Lian was like the women he had been with before, her thoughts were written all over her face, but now this woman's face didn't reveal anything. This faint smile looked familiar, who did it remind him of? Xuan Yuan Qi Yu thought for a long time, and finally remembered, Xu Ming Jin.

  This woman is getting more and more like Xu Mingjin.

  "Mind? Why should I mind?" Yang Lian smiled and said: "You two are open and honest, upright and straightforward, nothing has been done, just a few words have been spoken. If I were to mind even this, wouldn't I be living very tiredly? Miss Xu Liu told me that life is full of unexpected events, if one always holds grudges over small things, then one would spend their whole life being unhappy. One must learn to be more open-minded, only then can they live a happier and more carefree life. Happiness sometimes comes from oneself, not necessarily from others."

  Xuanyuan Xike gazed at Yang Lian for a long time.

  Yang Lian's smile and expression remained unchanged. In the past, whenever she saw Xuan Yuan Qi's face, her heart would beat faster and her face would flush with excitement. Now, she had learned to look at Xuan Yuan Qi calmly.

  Xuanyuan Qixi's expression slowly calmed down, and he said, "Let's go! Let's go back." As he spoke, he turned around and left. He didn't notice that Yang Lian behind him was already in tears.

  He said, let's go back. Us. Yang Lian was overjoyed, muttering these two words, wiping away tears, and quickly catching up with Xuan Yuan Qi Yi.

  Xu Mingjin returned home and hastily took off her outer shirt to examine herself, discovering that she had three bruises on her body and five swellings. Seeing this made her feel depressed, as all these injuries were caused by the collision in the carriage. Autumn Cloud came in with a bottle of bruise medicine and saw the bruises and large swellings on Xu Mingjin's arms, legs, and waist, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Miss, how did you get hurt like this? How are there so many injuries?"

  "Never mind, where's Yuzhu? If it weren't for her protecting me, I'd have even more bruises." Xu Mingjin said while watching Qiu Yun wipe the bruised areas on his body with medicinal water. "Yuzhu must be hurt even worse than me, call her in and we'll put some medicine on her wounds later."

  Qiu Yun quickly applied medicine to each of Xu Ming Jin's bruises and swellings, then called in Yu Zhu. Yu Zhu undid her outer garment, and both Xu Ming Jin and Qiu Yun couldn't help but gasp - the bruises and swelling on Yu Zhu's body were at least three times worse than Xu Ming Jin's! The area of bruising was also much larger. Yet Yu Zhu remained expressionless as Qiu Yun applied medicine to her wounds, even smiling and saying to Xu Ming Jin: "Miss, these minor injuries are nothing, let me tell you, in the past I've had to lick blood off my knife..."

  The day when Chun Xing comes out of the boudoir is approaching soon.

  This day, Xu Mingjin slipped out of the mansion early and ran to Linglong Pavilion.

  Chun Xing was married out of the Linglong Pavilion as a foster daughter of Fan Yicheng. This was originally what Xu Mingjin and Fan Yicheng had agreed upon. After all, Chun Xing is now considered dead on the official records. No one in the Xu family knows about this matter. Xu Mingjin thought that from now on, it's best not to use the name Chun Xing anymore. If someone from the Xu family were to suddenly see her someday, it wouldn't be good.

  Xu Mingjin thought about it and felt that he really didn't have the talent for naming people. One time, while chatting with Xuan Yuan Jinglin, he mentioned this matter. Xuan Yuan Jinglin said: "This is easy to handle, I'll give that maid a name, let's call her Yu Zhi! If you're afraid of her identity being exposed, then just register her at the government office. Whether she wants to be a good citizen or continue to be your maid, it's all up to her."

  Xu Mingjin listened and blinked his eyes, saying: "Yu Zhi? Similar to Yu Zhu, okay, let's call her Yu Zhi!" She thought for a moment and said: "Of course, I'll be a good citizen! However, this matter may require your assistance again, Elder!" As she spoke, her eyes looked at Xuan Yuan Jinglin with hopeful expectation.

  Xuan Yuan Jinglin was amused by Xu Mingjin's expression and laughed: "You can also ask my brother! He will definitely be overjoyed!"

  "This isn't 'distant water can't save nearby fire'!"

  Xuan Yuan Jinglin smiled enough, then ordered the people below to handle this matter. The speed at which it was done left Xu Mingjin speechless, and she felt that her own entanglement for half a day was not even an issue here?

  Xu Mingjin took Autumn Cloud and Jade Bamboo with him this time. As for Chun Xing, it's now Yu Zhi, Yu Zhi's wedding, the two of them had to come. Xu Mingjin also hoped that everyone would attend, even Madam Xu was quietly taken out from the Xu household by Xu Mingjin, because none of Chun Xing's family members could be found, so Madam Xu acted as Yu Zhi's mother. Madam Xu had watched Yu Zhi grow up, and upon hearing this, she was overjoyed.