The matter of the plague was settled, and Changsun Han sent a carriage to send Xia Mengning back, and when he arrived at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the soldiers guarding there saw the Royal Forest Army coming, and they had already knelt down respectfully.

Xia Mengning walked out of the carriage, Xia Chuanyuan and the people in the mansion were already waiting there, seeing that Xia Mengning came back intact, and was sent back by the carriage sent by the emperor, Xia Chuanyuan's heart was like a big stone had fallen, and he hurriedly stepped forward, with a strong concern in his eyes.

"Ning'er, how is it, what did the emperor say?"

Xia Mengning smiled and said, "Daddy, don't worry, Father-in-law Su and his daughter came back together, and they came to read the holy decree." ”

At this moment, Su Pu behind him stepped forward, coughed and said: "The emperor has decreed that the matter of the county lord of Hehe needs to be tried again, and before that, the lord of Hehe still does not have to be restrained as before, and in addition, the emperor asked the old slave to tell the prime minister, this marriage of the lord of Hehe is approaching, and the prime minister can think about it a little more." ”

Xia Chuanyuan couldn't hear the meaning of Su Pu's words, the emperor made it clear that he would not be held accountable, and he thought that the emperor also believed Ning Er in his heart.

In this way, Xia Chuanyuan happily invited Xia Mengning into the mansion, Su Pu took a step back, and arched his hand: "Our family has to go back to the palace to die, so we won't stay long." ”

Xia Chuanyuan sent Su Pu, Jiu'er and Zhulian had already surrounded him, and surrounded Xia Mengning from left to right, and before he could speak, the tears flowed out first.

Xia Mengning also felt sour in her heart, and one of them patted it and said, "What's wrong with you two, aren't you happy to see me come back?" ”

Jiu'er and Zhulian both wiped their tears anxiously, Xia Chuanyuan stepped forward and said, "It's good that this person is back, I've suffered in the past few days, so let's go back and rest early, and if you want to eat for a while, you can tell the kitchen to do it." ”

Xia Mengning turned her head, and when she saw Xia Chuanyuan's face showing rare tenderness when she spoke, she couldn't help but feel warm in her heart, and nodded, "Thank you, Daddy." ”

Xia Chuanyuan turned around, "Okay, don't stand here, go back and rest." ”

Xia Mengning couldn't see Xia Chuanyuan's concern for herself, but she was just embarrassed to show herself in front of everyone, Xia Mengning thought of this, she couldn't help but smile, and they went back to the Bamboo Branch Garden with Jiu'er Zhulian.

In just a few days, returning to Zhuzhiyuan again, Xia Mengning felt a sense of familiarity that she had not seen for a long time, she sat on the couch, looked at everything familiar in the room, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in her heart.

Zhu Lian stepped forward and said with a tray: "Miss, this is the red date bone broth stewed by Madame for you, it is said to be for the body, you should drink it quickly." ”

Xia Mengning smiled, took a sip of it, and asked, "What about Mother?" ”

Zhu Lian hurriedly said: "Madame is taking care of the little young master, the little young master is not feeling well these days, and he refuses to sleep peacefully every night." ”

Xia Mengning was stunned for a moment, put down the bowl and said, "What's the matter?" I'll take a look. ”

As he spoke, he was about to stand up, when Zhu Lian saw it, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, and said, "Miss, Mrs. didn't come out to say just to not let Miss worry, just to let Miss you cultivate your body well, Miss don't worry, the doctor has already shown it, it's no big deal, you might as well wait for tomorrow to look better, and then go see Mrs." ”

Xia Mengning heard this and nodded, in fact, her body had almost recovered, and she had martial arts, and this little bit of trouble was not enough for her to be restrained, but in order to reassure Ge, Xia Mengning still listened to Zhu Lian's words and did not go to Mei Fangyuan.

At night, everything was silent, Xia Mengning lay on the bed and fell asleep, suddenly, a strong smell of blood came, Xia Mengning was extremely alert, and jumped up from the bed for a while, reached out and took a robe from the hanger next to the bed to wrap her body, and stood up.

As soon as he stood firmly, he heard a muffled snort, Xia Mengning was startled, and hurriedly took a step back, only then did he take advantage of the moonlight outside the window to see the people on the ground clearly.

The man stood up crookedly, his face was covered with blood, and after seeing Xia Mengning, the man laughed in a low voice, "Little girl, I'm looking for you." ”

Xia Mengning was stunned for a moment, and instantly knew that this person was the one who gave her antidote in the cell, she saw that this person was covered in blood, and something was wrong, so she hurriedly walked over and reached out to help her up and sit on the bed.

Reaching out and pouring a glass of water, Xia Mengning took the opportunity to light the candle on the table, the person was leaning on the bed, Xia Mengning walked over and said, "Why did you come out?" ”

The man took the water, lowered his head and took a few sips, and said with a smile: "I expected to be chased and killed by someone, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly, and I don't know anyone else, so I can only come to you to hide first." ”

Xia Mengning was a little surprised, and saw that the man reached out and stroked his hair, and said, "Is there any water?" I want to wash my face. ”

Xia Mengning nodded, stepped aside, fetched a basin of water, brought it over, wet the face towel, and handed it to the man.

The man reached out and took it, wiped his face carefully, and in a few moments the basin of water turned black.

When she raised her head again, it was already a face that could distinguish her facial features, Xia Meng saw it, and couldn't help exclaiming, this is obviously an old woman, a fairly kind face with facial features that have been destroyed by the years, but this does not affect her beauty at all, but the scar that winds from her forehead to her lips makes her look a little hideous and terrifying.

The old woman laughed twice and said, "Don't be surprised, this scar has been with me for almost twenty years. ”

As she spoke, the old woman reached out and touched it, not caring at all.

Xia Mengning was a little surprised and asked, "Old man, the dungeon is heavily guarded, how did you escape?" ”

The dungeon is the first secret of the northern country, and the prisoners inside are all first-class prisoners, and the guards are also very strict, even if you are a martial arts master, it is delusional to break in.

When the old woman heard this, she lowered her head and laughed a few times, and was about to speak, when she heard a sound of rustling footsteps coming from the roof, and the old woman, who was still smiling, suddenly changed her face, and pulled Xia Mengning's wrist, "Go quickly!" ”

The two of them jumped out of the window with great speed, and almost instantly, an extremely fine iron cable was thrown in from the eaves, smashing the place where the two were sitting.