Jiang Xue Ning and her men stood far away on the shore, watching the huge flower boat slowly sail out from the shore.

Her mood suddenly became unstable, so she wrote a letter and asked Nangong Mo to give it to Gu Xingchen.

I wonder if he can recognize her handwriting at a glance after such a long time.

On the ship, because they would not officially get married until they reached Fusang, Shangguan Mingzhu was alone in the room, with only her maidservant accompanying her.

She impatiently reached out and directly took off the red veil, pacing around restlessly.

"Cherry, do you think my dad would forgive me if I ran away?"

When the time came, she began to get scared. The spoiled young lady, who had never suffered hardship or lived alone outside, now had to embark on a journey of escape.

The girl named Cherry bit her lip and said fearfully, "Miss, why don't we not run away? I always feel that something is wrong."

Shangguan Mingzhu was shaken for a moment, but when she thought of Prince Fuso's appearance, she still found it unacceptable.

"I don't want to marry an old, burly man, nor do I want to be someone else's stepmother."

I heard that he has several beauties in his backyard and three or four children. She doesn't want to waste her best years on such a marriage.

Cherry said softly, "But if you disobey the imperial order and run away from marriage, you will be sentenced to death if you are discovered."

Shangguan Mingzhu's eyes showed cruelty, "At worst, I will never return to Beijing and marry a man of my dreams in Jinling."

She has read too many storybooks recently, and has developed many fantasies about love, the martial arts world, talented men and beautiful women, and the outside world.

"It's okay. I have banknotes. Even if we run away, we won't have a hard time."

Yingtao felt that this was unreliable from the beginning and didn't want to go with her at all. Unfortunately, Shangguan Mingzhu was a domineering person, and if she dared to show any of it, she would probably end up miserably.

As she paced anxiously, the bride's boat sailed out of Shengjing. The sky gradually darkened, and finally the boat docked at Luoshui.

Nangong Mo booked the best and largest inn on Luoshui River. Shangguan Mingzhu was naturally respectfully invited to disembark and stay in the upper room of the inn.

At the middle of the night, with the help of Nangong Mo, Sheng Qingtang disguised herself as an innkeeper and successfully sneaked into the room at the agreed time.

Shangguan Mingzhu saw her coming and breathed a sigh of relief, "You are finally here."

Sheng Qingtang raised his eyes and looked at her calmly, "You really don't regret doing this?"

"What's there to regret? Letting you marry and become a princess is actually a blessing." Shangguan Mingzhu said irritably. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Sheng Qingtang had done nothing wrong. "Let's change clothes."

"it is good."

The two quickly exchanged clothes, Sheng Qingtang put on a beautiful wedding dress, and Shangguan Mingzhu put on a tattered linen dress.

Looking at Sheng Qingtang, who looked even more beautiful in her wedding dress, she suddenly hesitated...

Sheng Qingtang didn't give her a chance to regret, "The rented boat is already waiting at the ferry, cousin, please go quickly."

Shangguan Mingzhu sneered, and suddenly a surge of anger surged in her heart. She said sarcastically, "You really can't wait. You're right. If it wasn't for the substitutionary marriage, how would you have the chance to marry and become a princess?"

"Since you think so, you should just get married." Sheng Qingtang said coldly while taking off his clothes, "The man I originally arranged to marry, although he is not from a wealthy family, is from a scholarly family and is a man of great talent and elegance."

Of course, she made this up. In fact, the Sheng family wanted to marry her to a fool, but they kept the matter secret and few people knew about it.

Sometimes people are just mean. Seeing her say that, Shangguan Mingzhu got anxious again and immediately admitted her mistake. "I was wrong. I didn't mean that. I was just too panicked and said nonsense."

Sheng Qingtang said calmly, "You asked me to marry you to Fusang, I didn't insist on marrying you."

Shangguan Mingzhu was afraid that she would make a scene if she refused, so she immediately stuffed another 20,000 silver notes into her hand, "I was wrong, cousin, please forgive me."

After saying this, fearing that she would go back on her word, he pulled Cherry and ran away impatiently.

Sheng Qingtang looked at her flustered back, complex emotions slowly welling up in his eyes.

She had done her best by not taking her life directly. As for the future, it was up to her.

Fortunately, she was so ignorant and fearless in her viciousness until the end, so she wouldn't have any guilt at all.

The master and servant successfully slipped out of the back door of the inn and ran all the way towards the ferry in the night.

There was a woman in her thirties waiting at the ferry. She saw them coming and asked, "Are you the Miss Huang who wants to take the boat?"

This was an agreement between her and Sheng Qingtang, to call her Miss Huang to the outside world.

She nodded, "It's me."

The woman kindly held up a lamp to lead the way for them, "Follow me, girl."

She followed the woman onto a small and exquisite boat. After the woman led them to the room, she tactfully left.

"Girl, if you need anything, you can always call me."

After calming down, Shangguan Mingzhu breathed a sigh of relief and broke out in cold sweat.

"We escaped, we really escaped..."

There was no way back, and she felt more anxious than happy.

She changed into the clothes prepared in the room and felt so uncomfortable that she couldn't sleep at all.

The incense burner in the corner is filled with soothing smoke.

Its daybreak.

Shangguan Mingzhu and Yingtao also fell asleep on the table, and the boat randomly found a place to dock.

The woman from last night and the man with a scar pushed the door open. The woman took out a bottle, opened it, and shook it under Cherry's nose. She soon woke up.

The woman had already found the banknotes Shangguan Mingzhu had hidden, and took out a 1,000-tael note and gave it to Yingtao, "Someone asked me to spare your life. If you are smart, take this 1,000-tael silver and find a place to live in hiding under a false name."

Cherry's eyes turned red, "What about the lady?"

"Of course she has a good place to go." The woman chuckled and looked at her. "At this point, you are not still thinking of saving her, are you?"

In the end, Cherry said nothing. She took the 1,000-tael silver note and obediently got off the boat. She stood on the weed-covered shore, kowtowed three times to the departing ship, and thus fulfilled the grace between the master and servant.

Since she couldn't go back to Shengjing, Yingtao decided to go back to her hometown. She also vaguely guessed that everything was Sheng Qingtang's plan.

Because I didn't want to implicate an innocent maid, I let her go.

She was a little confused. Was this cousin kind or cruel?

The boat was drifting downstream and was not heading towards Jinling at all.

The ship will stop at the river at the border, and the two will take Shangguan Mingzhu away from Xiling and go to other places...

As for Shangguan Mingzhu's future fate, no one knows.

In the end, Sheng Qingtang did not kill her, but left her a glimmer of hope.

However, from now on, there will be no Shangguan Mingzhu in Xiling Shengjing.


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