The real daughter's life was stolen, and she was reborn and became the best in the capital

We walked all the way to the bank of Jinshui Lake, and sure enough, there were already quite a few pleasure boats parked there.

Ornately decorated pleasure boats are scattered throughout the Jinshui Lake, decorated with colorful lights, carved beams and painted walls. From afar, they are dazzling and eye-catching.

Some of those pleasure boats were already full of people.

Some people were drinking and chatting on it, while others were standing at the bow, leaning on the railing and looking at the surrounding scenery.

Some of the pleasure boats are still empty.

The sounds of various pipa, guqin, and flutes came from afar, and there were even dancers dancing on the pleasure boats.

Seeing these scenes, not to mention Ming Rong, even Ming Sheng and Ming Jinghuai who were watching by the lake couldn't help but open their eyes wide, with looks of amazement and shock in their eyes.

Ming Jin's eyes were reflecting the light over there, but he only took a glance and then looked away. Chun Yu, who was also dazzled by the dazzling scene behind him, whispered, "When we get on the pleasure boat, keep an eye on Ming Rong."

When Chunyu heard this, he immediately put his thoughts aside.

She glanced at Mingrong and quickly understood what Mingjin meant.

"I understand." Chunyu lowered her head and spoke to Mingjin in a low voice.

"coming."

Yuan Yu's clear voice came from the front.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a two-story houseboat slowly moving towards them through the other houseboats.

The pleasure boat looked very exquisite and beautiful from a distance.

The nearby pleasure boats saw it coming, and perhaps recognizing the owner of this pleasure boat, or perhaps for some other reason, they all moved aside to allow the pleasure boat to move forward.

When the pleasure boat got closer, everyone discovered that there was already someone on it.

Yuan Yu was also very surprised.

After seeing who it was, he hummed softly, slightly opened his eyes, and said in surprise: "Hey, it's my brother, why is he here today?"

Ming Jin looked in the direction of the sound and saw an equally tall and majestic young man standing by the railing, also looking in their direction.

The young man was dressed in black, with slanted sword-like eyebrows and an imposing heroic air, but his thin lips were tightly pursed, revealing his solemn side that was difficult to get along with.

At this moment, he was standing on the first floor of the pleasure boat, with his hands behind his back.

The evening breeze blew up his robe, revealing the young man's tall and straight figure.

Although Ming Jin had met the eldest son of the Yuan family several times in her previous life, she had never talked to him. The only time she had real contact with him was during the six months when she became Concubine Ming, but they only communicated through letters and had never met in person.

She knew Gu Changye's weakness.

After the death of Empress Yuan and Emperor Zhenguang, the only family that could hold him back and disturb his mind was the Yuan family.

At that time, in order to prevent Gu Changxuan from using the Yuan family to make a deal with Gu Changye and force Gu Changye to withdraw his troops, Ming Jin and Zhou Que contacted Yuan Ci, the eldest son of the Yuan family, early on, and secretly opened a secret passage leading to the outside of the city from the Yuan family.

This will make it easier for Gu Changye to be invincible without any worries, take the capital directly and defeat Gu Changxuan.

Ming Jin remembered that she had received a letter from Yuan Ci from Zhou Que. The letter said: Your Majesty, I will always remember your great kindness today and will never forget it. I will definitely repay you in the future.

Ming Jin died early in his previous life, and this is the only connection he had with Mr. Yuan.

Now, looking at Yuan Ci standing by the railing from afar, Ming Jin suddenly remembered what the girls in his previous life said about Yuan Ci.

Extraordinary majesty and outstanding status.

It’s a pity that he once married a wife. Although his original wife has passed away, he still has a daughter whom he cherishes.

If not for this, how could Ming Jingheng compare to this young master Yuan and become the man that the noble ladies in the capital most want to marry?

In terms of family background, Yuan Ci was the eldest son of the Yuan family, the nephew of Empress Yuan, the grandson of Grand Tutor Yuan, and his father was the Minister of War.

His father happened to be Ming Yuandu's immediate superior.

In terms of official position, Ming Jingheng is now twenty years old and is just an ordinary imperial guard in the Yulin Guard.

But Yuan Ci is only four years older than Ming Jingheng, yet he is already the commander of the imperial guards. His official position is several levels higher than Ming Jingheng, and it is said that he is also a top military scholar.

In the previous life, after Gu Changxuan ascended the throne.

Although Gu Changxuan did not do anything, Yuan Ci knew that the Yuan family was a thorn in Gu Changxuan's heart, and he would not be happy until it was removed.

So after Gu Changxuan ascended the throne, Yuan Ci injured his own arm, handed over the position of commander of the imperial guards, and led all the Yuan family members to withdraw from the court and the government, thus temporarily ensuring the safety of the Yuan family.

Mingjin had never had much contact with him.

But I also admire Mr. Yuan's selfless character and his courage to make decisive decisions.

At this time, the pleasure boat was approaching.

Ming Jin was about to look away when he saw a man suddenly appear next to Yuan Ci.

at once--

Ming Jin frowned, and a feeling of impatience and disgust once again arose from the bottom of his heart.

Almost at the moment when Gu Changxuan appeared, Ming Jin turned his face away and withdrew his gaze, unwilling to look ahead any longer.

But her glance was still caught by Gu Changxuan.

"what happened?"

Yuan Ci saw his friend frowning and looking ahead, and couldn't help but ask.

Gu Changxuan came back to his senses.

He actually didn't see it clearly, but just for a moment, he felt a strong sense of disgust falling on him.

But when he looked over at this moment, he could only see Yuan Yu and Xiao Wu standing in the front.

Although there were still some figures behind him, they were far away at this time and those people were standing in a hidden place. He couldn't see them clearly for a while.

Gu Changxuan just thought he had seen it wrong.

He smiled and looked away, then said to Yuan Ci beside him, "Nothing."

Yuan Ci didn't say much when he heard this, but just nodded slightly. Just as the pleasure boat approached the shore, Yuan Yu's voice came from the front: "Brother, how come you and the Fourth Prince have time to come here today?"

While Yuan Ci was waiting for the pleasure boat to approach, he looked at Yuan Yu and replied, "I just happened to run into Yue Qing, so I came over to take a look."

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Yuan Ci took his daughter out for a walk, but his daughter was young and felt tired after playing for a while. Yuan Ci wanted to take his daughter home, but he didn't expect to meet the Fourth Prince on the way.

The two haven't seen each other for a while.

We happened to meet today and had this gathering.

Yuan Ci originally wanted to find a restaurant with Gu Changxuan to have a drink and chat, but there were too many tourists today and all the restaurants on the street were full.

Yuan Ci suddenly remembered that his second brother had a pleasure boat in Jinshui Lake, so he brought Gu Changxuan over. He didn't expect that his second brother would also bring people over.

At this time, he looked at the group of people behind Yuan Yu.

Yuan Ci looked at them one by one and only recognized Ming Jingting.

"Second Master Ming."

He nodded slightly to others.

Ming Jingting also hurriedly bowed and greeted him: "Master Yuan."

Yuan Ci was about to nod to him when he suddenly saw a man standing at the back whom he had not expected.

"Your Majesty?"

Yuan Ci's expression changed slightly, and his previous calmness was completely gone.

When the pleasure boat pulled over to the side, he stepped over without waiting for it to stop and greeted Gu Mingheng.

"Your Majesty."

Without even bothering to look at the woman next to him, Yuan Ci bowed respectfully to Gu Mingheng.

Gu Changxuan also saw it.

He saw it more clearly than Yuan Ci.

He saw a woman standing next to his uncle who was not interested in women.

The woman was wearing a purple shirt and had her hair in a fairy bun. Although she lowered her eyes, from Gu Changxuan's angle, he could still see her face as white as jade and her temperament as cold as snow.

Obviously never seen it before.

But strangely, a name emerged in Gu Changxuan's mind first.

——Ming brocade.

Apart from her, Gu Changxuan couldn't imagine who else could stand by his uncle like this.

So that look of disgust just now was from her?

Gu Changxuan's eyelids twitched slightly, and before he could think deeply, he had already stepped forward quickly. Following Yuan Ci's words, he and Gu Mingheng bowed their heads and greeted respectfully, "Uncle."

Gu Mingheng has a handsome and noble face.

He nodded slightly to the two of them and said, "Everyone, get up."

When his eyes fell on Gu Changxuan, Gu Mingheng suddenly looked around.

Last time he felt that she didn't like Yue Qing.

Gu Mingheng didn't expect to meet Yue Qing here. He suddenly regretted bringing her here.

If I had known that I would meet Yue Qing here, I would have asked Qing Xin and the others to arrange for his painting boat to be taken out.

"Why did you let the prince stand at the back?"

As soon as Yuan Ci got up from talking to Gu Mingheng, he frowned and reprimanded Yuan Yu in a deep voice.

Yuan Yu was blamed for no reason, which was even more unfair than Dou E. However, he was looking at Gu Mingheng and didn't know what to say for the moment. He could only accept his brother's scolding with frustration.

It was Gu Mingheng who spoke for Yuan Yu.

"It was me who wanted to stand behind. Bo Yin doesn't have to blame Ji Qing."

Yuan Ci naturally would not disobey Gu Mingheng's words, but he still looked at his second brother with dissatisfaction. However, adhering to the principle of not airing family disgrace in public, Yuan Ci did not scold Yuan Yu at this moment.

Instead, he stepped aside and respectfully invited Gu Mingheng to board the pleasure boat first.

"Your Majesty, please go first."

Yuan Ci stood aside and asked Gu Mingheng to go first.

But Gu Mingheng did not move forward immediately. Instead, he said to Mingjin beside him: "Let's go."

It was only at this time that Yuan Ci noticed that there was someone standing next to King Chang'an.

Just now he caught a glimpse of her out of the corner of his eye and thought it was a maid. Although he was surprised that there was a maid by the prince's side, Yuan Ci did not think much about it.

It was not until he heard these words that Yuan Ci looked in surprise and saw a girl in purple standing next to the prince.

Mingjin also looked at Gu Mingheng with a little surprise.

So she raised her face again.

Yuan Ci was surprised at her beautiful appearance, but was even more shocked at the prince's attitude towards her.

"Who is this--"

Yuan Ci asked in surprise.

Gu Changye couldn't stand the loneliness and said first: "Cousin, this is Princess Changle!"

Because of Mingjin's help just now, he has a very good impression of Mingjin!

Naturally I was happy to introduce her.

"Princess Changle?"

Yuan Ci murmured, and soon realized who it was. He also bowed and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't see you, the princess, earlier. Please forgive me for my impoliteness."

Ming Jin then retracted her gaze from Gu Mingheng, turned around, nodded to Yuan Ci, and said, "Master Yuan, there is no need to be so polite."

She was facing Yuan Ci when she spoke, and next to Yuan Ci was Gu Changxuan.

Mingjin could feel Gu Changxuan looking at her.

He was still as gentle as usual. When he saw Ming Jin turned around, he smiled and said, "So this is Princess Changle. I've heard my father mention her a lot recently."

Ming Jin was silent.

But she couldn't remain silent for long.

On that day in the Chang'an Palace, she could ignore Gu Changxuan, pretend not to see him, and not give him face, but now that she was outside, it would be difficult to do it too obviously.

What’s more, Gu Changxuan spoke.

Ming Jin suppressed the disgust in his heart, lowered his eyes and bowed to Gu Changxuan.

"Fourth Prince."

"Please stand up, my lord."

Gu Changxuan's eyes are gentle and his tone is soft.

He spoke to Mingjin in a good-tempered manner and asked her to get up.

Due to the awkwardness of their identities, he did not keep his gaze on Ming Jin for a long time, but turned to look at the other group of people from the Ming family who were greeting him.

He also got them all up in a good-natured way.

Mingrong blushed at his gentle tone.

Ming Sheng's cheeks were also a little hot, and he didn't know whether it was because of shyness or nervousness.

Ming Jin felt even more disgusted when he saw Gu Changxuan acting like this.

Until she heard a familiar voice again. It was Gu Mingheng who spoke to her softly, "Do you want to go up?"

Ming Jin's heart suddenly felt warm.

The nausea he felt when seeing Gu Changxuan also disappeared.

She looked at Gu Mingheng and hummed softly.

Gu Mingheng said nothing more, just looked at her and said, "Let's go."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and told Chunyu, "Help your princess go up."

Chunyu was so scared in front of all the distinguished people that her whole body tensed up. She was so nervous that her voice was tightened.

Then she bent her body, lowered her head and walked forward, supporting Mingjin and walking forward first.

Gu Mingheng protected Mingjin behind him and followed her forward.

Ming Jin walked past the crowd and stepped onto the newly prepared deck, boarding the magnificent and colorful pleasure boat in front of him.