Reborn to marry the regent and seize the throne as queen

The next day, the sky was just getting light.

Yan Xiuchen brought the palace guards and secretly rushed to the East City Pier.

The cargo ship going abroad is parked at the river bank.

Yan Xiuchen was wearing a black cloak, with his hair tied up, and holding a golden bronze fan in his hand. Jiu Ye and several personal guards stood beside him.

The group watched with their own eyes as Xiao Liuzi and his companions lifted a wooden box onto the cargo ship.

"Your Highness, this is the person in charge of the ship." Xiao Liuzi called the captain to Yan Xiuchen, and the other party immediately knelt down.

Fortunately, Jiu Ye was quick-witted and grabbed the other person.

Then he handed over a few silver bills.

"30,000 taels, send him out of Dayan, take good care of him along the way, but don't let him escape."

The captain nodded and took the banknote. "Yes, don't worry, my lord. There is plenty of room in the back cabin. We will definitely get the job done."

Yan Xiuchen watched the box being carried into the cabin and waved to Jiu Ye.

Seeing this, Jiu Ye signaled to the captain, "Let's go, don't delay."

"Yes."

Yan Xiuchen and his companions stood on the shore and watched the cargo ship sail away before turning around and leaving.

The inconspicuous carriage and the low-key guards hardly attracted anyone's attention at the busy dock in the morning.

But there were more than one pair of eyes staring at this scene in the corner.

"Godfather, what should we do next?"

Yan Xiuchen, who was sitting in the carriage, heard Jiu Ye's words, lifted the curtain, and lowered his voice to Jiu Ye.

"Capture Xu Qingran and get rid of the Xu family."

"Immediately eliminate all Sang State spy bases in Beijing, issue a warrant for Gu Ming's arrest, and conduct a full-scale search."

"You go in person, and I will go to Qiduling."

Hearing this, Jiu Ye hurried over to Yan Xiuchen and said, "You're going alone? Let your son go with you."

Yan Xiuchen shook his head gently and gestured to Jiuye, "No need."

At Qiduling, Yan Xiuchen knocked on the door of the manor alone.

This time, the two children bowed and let Yan Xiuchen in without asking any questions.

The garden was filled with the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers. It was quiet and elegant. There were not too many servants and no guards.

The only quiet sounds are the flowing water and the chirping birds.

In the pavilion in the middle of the lake in the garden, when Yan Xiuchen saw the old man, he was reading a book and drinking tea, sitting in a rocking chair, looking very comfortable.

"Greetings." Yan Xiuchen bowed and saluted.

The old man gently put down the book he was holding, sat up straight and sighed heavily, "You are here, sit down."

"You came to see me so early today... because of Shen Wanrong?"

"Yes, I came here to tell you that I have sent Gu Yanbai on board the ship, and he will be able to leave the country in ten days."

"Shen Wanrong...can you give it to me?"

The old man was startled at first, then he said in surprise, "I haven't received any news yet, how can I know whether what you said is true or false?"

"Besides, even if it's true, how can I be sure that he won't escape back halfway?"

"When he really leaves Dayan, I will hand him over. It won't be too late."

Yan Xiuchen sighed secretly, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I have already destroyed all the strongholds of the Sang Kingdom in the capital."

"Gu Yanbai's people will be wiped out, and he won't come back."

Yan Xiuchen said this, but the old man pretended not to hear and just sipped his tea.

"Then... I'll go see Shen Wanrong." Yan Xiuchen changed his tone.

The old man stared at Yan Xiuchen in a daze, and chuckled, "Are you afraid that I'll be too nice to you, or are you afraid that I'll treat her harshly?"

"I just want to make sure she's with you and she's not going to run away."

"Okay, Bean, take the Regent to the dungeon to see the woman."

"Yes, sir."

Yan Xiuchen looked at the old man, then stood up and left with a helpless look on his face.

The small courtyard deep in the garden was desolate and quiet, and even the entrance to the dungeon had no guards.

The little boy who brought him here, Douzi, opened the iron door of the dungeon with ease, and then saluted Yan Xiuchen.

"Your Highness, please do as you please. I will be waiting for you here."

Seeing this, Yan Xiuchen went into the dungeon on his own.

It was more like a water dungeon than a dungeon. When Yan Xiuchen reached the bottom, his two feet stepped into the water.

There were no prisoners in the dungeon, and even in broad daylight there was only a faint light.

As if someone heard some noise, Shen Wanrong's voice came from inside.

"Who, who is it, let me out..." Shen Wanrong's voice was a little awkward and flustered, accompanied by the harsh sound of iron chains rattling.

When Yan Xiuchen saw her, Shen Wanrong was curled up on the wooden bed.

He was still wearing the clothes he had been taken away from that day, which were now soaked, his hair was disheveled, and his face was covered in stains, so his features could no longer be seen.

The cell door was full of water, just like outside, ankle-deep.

Yan Xiuchen looked around and seemed to understand something.

It rained last night and the cell is leaking.

"Yan... Yan Xiuchen... Don't, don't come over, don't come over..." After Shen Wanrong saw clearly that it was Yan Xiuchen, she picked up the golden hairpin in the corner and pointed at him.

"You... don't come over here, I... I'm not afraid of you, not afraid of you."

Yan Xiuchen looked at Shen Wanrong, his eyes as indifferent as before.

"I came here to ask you something."

"I don't know, I don't know anything, go away..."

Yan Xiuchen didn't know whether Shen Wanrong was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid, so he ignored her and said, "Let me ask you, why... Jiang Qingwu must kill you."

"I don't know, I know nothing..." Shen Wanrong shrank her body and looked at Yan Xiuchen timidly.

Yan Xiuchen was silent for a moment, and when he realized he couldn't get any information out of him, he prepared to leave.

But Shen Wanrong behind him suddenly spoke.

"She, she wanted to kill me, she wanted to kill me... She said, she said I killed her relatives, she was holding a knife, holding a knife..."

Shen Wanrong ran over like a madman, waded into the water, rushed towards Yan Xiuchen, and bumped into the iron railing.

"She took the knife and stabbed me here, right here, right here, it hurts..."

The more Yan Xiuchen looked at Shen Wanrong, the more she seemed crazy, and these words could not prove the guesses and suspicions in his heart.

Seeing Shen Wanrong talking nonsense, Yan Xiuchen turned around and left the dungeon.

Thinking of his own guess, Yan Xiuchen couldn't help but secretly deny it, thinking it was just wishful thinking.

When Yan Xiuchen left Shiwei Manor, the old man was carrying a wooden bucket and a fishing rod to go fishing at the foot of the mountain.

Seeing Yan Xiuchen, the old man smiled and said, "Well, I didn't let her die, nor did I let her have an easy life."

"Yes, you took care of it."

"Of course, even though half of my body is in the coffin, I know everything I need to know."

As he spoke, the old man slowed down his pace and waited for Yan Xiuchen behind him, "Next time, bring the girl from the Jiang family with you."

"I wonder if this girl still remembers me."

When Yan Xiuchen heard the old man's words, his face suddenly darkened. He paused and then followed him.

His voice suddenly turned cold, "If she doesn't remember, I won't bring her here."

"Oh..." The old man seemed to suddenly realize something and continued walking forward, "I remember now, she has lost her memory."

As he spoke, the old man chuckled and said, "She stabbed me, but I wasn't angry with her. She probably... won't blame me either."