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

"All right?"

When Gu Mingheng saw Ming Jin come in, he handed him the warm water that he had poured earlier.

He didn't ask her a single question about why she came in so late, just as if she had something to do, and she just did it.

Whenever she came back, he would always have a bowl of warm water and a cup of hot tea waiting for her.

"Ah."

Mingjin smiled and agreed.

She was actually a little surprised to see that he was already eating sweet potatoes.

Although she did hand him the food, she originally thought he would not eat it.

After all, he is the King of Chang'an.

"Why do you look at me like that?"

Gu Mingheng noticed her gaze and felt a little puzzled.

"No."

Mingjin smiled.

She sat next to Gu Mingheng.

After taking a sip of the warm water he poured, he looked at Gu Mingheng and said, "I thought you wouldn't eat it."

Gu Mingheng raised his eyebrows: "Why do you think so?"

Mingjin was about to explain.

On the other side, Wu Ji, who was also eating sweet potatoes, smiled and said, "You guessed wrong, let's..."

I almost called out the title of Prince.

Thinking that there were outsiders here, he quickly changed the address to master.

"Our master doesn't care about these things."

"When we were fighting, what didn't we eat? We ate from a big pot together, and that was good. When we were really hungry, we ate everything, anything flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water... We ate whatever we caught."

Wu Ji spoke with great interest and was quite excited.

"You don't know, our master's cooking skills are quite good, especially the roasted chicken and roasted fish, which are simply amazing!"

Mingjin naturally wouldn't know.

But Wu Ji's words also piqued my interest.

"Really?"

She looked at Gu Mingheng and asked curiously.

Gu Mingheng hummed, but did not deny it: "I don't know if it tastes good, but it's still edible."

"If you want to eat it, I'll bake it for you next time."

Mingjin thought about it and didn't refuse.

She smiled and agreed.

There was no conversation afterwards. Mingjin and Gu Mingheng sat down to eat roasted sweet potatoes. Wu Ji finished it in just a few bites and played with Abao who was already full. Yingge still stood aside in silence.

After a while, Hua Sui changed his clothes and came out.

"Master, I'm fine."

"Ah."

Mingjin ate half of a roasted sweet potato and couldn't eat any more.

Seeing that Gu Mingheng had finished eating, she said, "Let's go, it's time to go back."

Gu Mingheng naturally would not have any objection.

He followed Mingjin and stood up.

"Boss, thank you so much for today." Ming Jin thanked the female shopkeeper before leaving.

The female shopkeeper smiled and waved her hand: "Sir, I can't thank you enough for taking care of my business. I don't deserve your thanks. If you need anything next time, please come anytime."

The voice just fell.

She caught a glimpse of the taciturn man, whom the nobleman called "little uncle", who suddenly looked up at her.

The female shopkeeper was suddenly startled by this look and dared not say anything more for a while.

Ming Jin also coughed lightly and said nothing more: "Let's go."

A group of people went out.

The female shopkeeper stroked her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

Her husband is back.

He happened to run into Mingjin and the others face to face. After he came in, he saw the female shopkeeper gently stroking her chest. The man in the long gown's face changed slightly. He quickly put down the book in his hand, strode over, supported the woman and asked nervously, "What's wrong? Do you feel uncomfortable in your chest?"

"No."

The female shopkeeper was embarrassed to say it.

But she couldn't help asking her husband, "What do you think the couple who just left look like?"

"Just now?"

The man thought about it and said, "Couple."

"You think so too, don't you?" The female shopkeeper said with a look of "I just feel that I didn't make a mistake." She has been running this business for so many years, when has she ever made a mistake?

But there was no need for that noble man to lie to her.

"What's wrong?" the man asked.

"That couple is not a couple, they are uncle and nephew, but I always feel it's weird."

The way the two were talking just now didn't look like uncle and nephew at all, but they didn't look like husband and wife either.

Unable to figure it out, she shook her head, somewhat helplessly: "This is the first time I made a mistake. I almost made a fool of myself."

"You..."

The man looked at her with amusement: "It's late at night, close the door."

"There are still accounts to be settled." The woman pouted.

The man said, "I'll do it. You go and rest first."

……

"Brother Naying and Abao will be left to the prince for the time being." Mingjin said to Gu Mingheng before they parted.

Gu Mingheng told her not to worry, then frowned and asked, "Do I really not need to send you back?"

"Need not."

Ming Jin smiled and said, "It's too much trouble to go back and forth. Your Majesty, please go back and rest early."

Seeing her insistence, Gu Mingheng didn't say much.

Mingjin nodded to him again.

Then he looked at Brother Ying and his sister and said, "You should stay in the palace and recuperate for the next few days. I will come to pick you up after some time."

Brother Ying glanced at her and nodded in agreement.

"Hua Sui."

Mingjin shouted again.

"Eh."

Hua Sui trotted forward.

Ming Jin said simply: "Money."

Hua Sui handed over the purse, Ming Jin opened it and took a look. It was full of odds and ends, so he handed them all to Ying Ge: "Take it first, and buy anything you want."

Brother Ying opened it and frowned, "Too many."

"This is a reward for your vigilance today. I will need you a lot more in the future." Ming Jin said only one sentence, then turned around and said goodbye to Gu Mingheng.

Then he took Hua Sui and left.

After they left.

Wu Ji also came with a carriage.

Gu Mingheng and Wu Ji naturally had their own horses, and the carriage was for Yingge and his sister.

Gu Mingheng didn't say much and just jumped on the horse.

"Go up."

Wu Ji said to Brother Ying.

Brother Ying looked at him, then at Gu Mingheng, without saying anything more, and obediently took Abao to the carriage.

On the way back.

Wu Ji lowered his voice and said to Gu Mingheng: "I think her martial arts skills are not low. I think she can fight Qing Xin to a draw."

I feel uneasy when I think about it.

"Do you want to check her background?" he asked in a low voice.

Gu Mingheng said: "No need."

He already knew her details.

He had come into contact with the Gaotai people before and knew that the Gaotai tribe leader had a masked female guard with high fighting power.

After seeing Brother Ying's moves just now, he simply gave it a try.

I didn't expect it to be true.

Seeing that he didn't need it, Wu Ji didn't insist, but he was still surprised and couldn't help muttering: "What does the princess want to have such a person around her?"

"To protect myself."

Gu Mingheng's voice rang out in the darkness, but was soon blown away by the evening breeze.

"Protect yourself?" Wu Ji was puzzled. "There are so many guards in the Marquis' Mansion, aren't they enough to protect the princess?"

This time Gu Mingheng didn't say anything else.

He looked in the distance in the direction where the carriage was leaving, and remained silent.

He could sense that she had many secrets.

You can also feel her distrust of many things and many people.

Was it because of the experiences of the past ten years, or was it because of the people around him? Gu Mingheng didn't know, and he didn't dare to ask. He just felt distressed.

After a long time, Gu Mingheng said, "Remember to ask Lu Shulan to come home tomorrow."

Of course Wu Ji should be.

……

arrive home.

The night is already very deep.

To Mingjin's surprise, Mingrong also came back very late tonight.

at that time.

Mingjin just got out of the carriage.

Then I saw that there was a carriage parked next to it that had not been put away.

But Mingrong had already left at that time.

Mingjin also learned about it from his subordinates.

"Who comes back so late?" Ming Jin took a look at the style and specifications of the carriage, and actually already had the answer in his mind.

really--

The gatekeeper replied respectfully, "It's the fourth young lady. She came back a little earlier than you."

Ming Jin raised his eyebrows but didn't say much.

She is not familiar with Mingrong.

For her, it was enough for Mingrong to not cause trouble, disrupt the family, or make her grandmother angry.

On the contrary, it was the servant at the gate who rarely had the chance to talk to Mingjin and wished he could say more.

Everyone in the family knows that the work around the princess is the easiest and pays the most.

Many people in the mansion have been selected to go to the Princess's Mansion recently.

Not to mention Miss Huasui and Miss Chunyu who are by the princess's side, even ordinary errand runners earn much more than others every month.

"It seems that the fourth girl is very happy today. She was very happy when she went out, and even happier when she came back, as if she had found money."

When Mingjin heard this, he was indeed curious.

Although she didn't know much about Mingrong, she knew Mingrong and she wouldn't be happy about picking up money.

To make her happy...

Mingjin pondered in his heart.

She nodded to the doorman and left with Hua Sui. She told Hua Sui, "Go back and ask Ming Rong about what's going on. Is there anything she's happy about?"

Hua Sui quickly agreed.

But Mingjin still couldn't find out anything in the end.

After that day, Mingrong suddenly stayed indoors and started embroidering in the house. She seemed much more obedient than usual.

A few more days passed.

Something happened in the city. The Yuan family and the Xu family got engaged.

Should have known so.

I also know that for Sister Xu, getting married is the only way forward.

Since she thought Mrs. Yuan was a good person, she wished her a smooth and successful career.

Two more days passed.

Mingjin received a letter sent by her wet nurse.

A while ago, she had corresponded with her nanny, in which she suggested that she bring her family along.

This time, the nurse wrote a reply.

In the letter, the nanny did not respond to her proposal, but only said that the household affairs had been settled and she would be able to come over at the end of the month.

Mingjin was naturally very happy.

Wait until the end of the month.

Mingjin packed up early in the morning and took Huasui out on time.

She had originally planned to go pick up the wet nurse herself, but the wet nurse was afraid of the hardship of the mountain road and refused to let her travel all the way, so she only told her the time of arrival... Ming Jin simply took Hua Sui with her to the city gate to pick her up.

Just as the carriage was heading towards the city gate.

Zhou Que also went out early in the morning. He was resting in his study that day, and he did not stay indoors like he used to, but went to Yangguan Street early in the morning.

Some time ago, Ming Jin secretly sent someone to deliver several chess manuals, among which were several chess games and solutions drawn by Ming Jin himself.

He has been studying this subject on his own a lot recently.

And today, he went to Yangguan Street to find Mr. Meng.