After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife always wanted to leave her father behind and keep her

"Is it next to our farm?" Cheng Songan asked in disbelief.

Taxue nodded: "Yes, the Gengdu Garden is directly opposite the north gate."

"Gengdu Garden?" Cheng Songan asked in surprise.

Taxue replied, "Yes, it's the place where the adults often go when they study. Isn't it a coincidence that we call it Yuqiao Mountain Villa and that place is called Gengdu Garden? It's probably intentional by the adults."

Cheng Songan didn't say anything. When Cui Yuanqing was studying in the academy, she was only in her teens and didn't know him at all. Why would he deliberately choose a name that corresponds to this villa? The mountains and rivers here are suitable for fishing, woodcutting, farming and reading. There is nothing wrong with such a coincidence.

She ignored all this and just asked Taxue to go find Si Tui. As expected, Taxue went for a while but came back empty-handed. He said to her, "Manager Wang in the garden said that Si Tui's only relative in his hometown in the south has passed away. He went back to attend the funeral and he doesn't know when he will be back. If Madam wants to ask about the garden, he will come and answer your questions."

Cheng Songan understood, so he waved his hand and said, "No need to come over, come over when he comes back."

Seeing that she was a little absent-minded, Taxue asked in confusion: "Miss, what do you want from Si Tui? He is ugly, don't scare you."

Ugly? Cheng Songan was confused, but then he realized that if he hadn't pretended to be ugly, and people saw that he looked very similar to Cui Yuanqing, he would have been exposed as Cui Yuanqing's stand-in.

What kind of life had he led these years? He wasted his time in a mountain villa with an ugly face, waiting for Cui Yuanqing to let him out only when he was useful. And the face he wore was not his original appearance, but was deliberately transformed into Cui Yuanqing's appearance. How could such a proud and willful young man become like this today?

Cheng Songan felt a sour and swollen pain in her heart, and felt that the depressed energy in her chest was suffocating her. She wanted to rush to Cui Yuanqing and ask him why he made such a young man like this.

But when she thought of Cui Yuanqing, she could only recall the fact that they were about to divorce, and she did not feel as relieved and happy as she had imagined.

He sat there in a daze for a long time, then lay back on the bed with his clothes on.

Taxue followed and said, "Amitabha, my ancestor, why do you want to sleep after sleeping for so long? At least walk around and be careful about your food accumulation."

Cheng Songan just felt that he had no strength. It seemed that he couldn't pretend to be sick for no reason. The retribution came true. He felt sleepy recently and always felt like he was really sick.

Taxue couldn't persuade her, so he had to follow her.

The days that followed were spent in the garden. At first, I thought the guards sent by Prince Xiang and Prince Jin were surveillance, but because of this, fewer people wanted to visit the garden, which was a pleasant surprise.

At first, Zhang was worried and came to see her, but she was frightened when she saw those cold-faced guards holding knives and swords. After coming twice, she assigned a maid to visit her regularly and never came again. Old Lady Yu knew about Cheng Songan and Cui Yuanqing's concerns, so she didn't come to her to embarrass her, and Cheng Songan was free.

Every day she ate and slept at Yuqiao Villa. Occasionally, when she felt better, she would go fishing in the garden. However, she could not concentrate and could not catch any fish. She would get angry and cry at any time. It was as if she had become a different person, which made Haitang and the others feel confused and at a loss as to what to do.

After more than a month, half of the guards from Prince Jin and Prince Xiang's palaces had withdrawn. No one from the Cui family came, but someone from the Cheng family did.

Cheng Yanping rode his horse straight into Yuqiao Villa. When he saw Cheng Songan, he was so panicked that he almost fell off his horse. He couldn't hold back his tears and cried, "Big sister, go back quickly, mother, mother...she's dying..."

Cheng Songan's eyes went dark and she almost fainted. Fortunately, someone supported her from behind. She asked in a hoarse voice, "Mother, how could she?"

These days, she had sent messages to the Cheng family and asked about her mother's condition, but the news sent back from the mansion was always good. Feng was fine, but she was weak and afraid of contracting the disease, so she never came to visit. Cheng Songan didn't care much about it.

In her previous life, my mother got sick three years later and passed away after being bedridden for a year. In this life, she was also prepared for this and gave Aunt Lin many instructions, asking her to be careful in every aspect of life and not to let anyone harm her. Why is she dying now?

Cheng Yanping sobbed, "It's too late to tell you. Sister, please come back with me and see her for the last time."

Cheng Songan felt dizzy, and Haitang held him tightly. Holding back tears, he ordered his men, "Hurry up and prepare the carriage."

"The carriage is slow, I'll go back on horseback." Cheng Songan was calm. Her mother was still waiting for her to come back. She couldn't bear it now. She calmly ordered, "Let Li Wenbin take Doctor Sun and go to our house immediately."

After saying this, without waiting for a response, he mounted the horse that Cheng Yanping was holding and galloped back like the wind.

Cheng Yanping followed Qiangwei to the stable in the garden and chose another horse. Several maids went their separate ways and rushed to the Cheng Mansion.

Cheng Songan mainly focused on comfort in Yuqiao Villa, so she rarely dressed up, so today she was only wearing the most ordinary homely short jacket and skirt. A woman with ordinary clothes but beautiful looks riding a horse on the most prosperous street in the capital attracted everyone's attention.

When she was almost at the street in front of the main gate of Cheng Mansion, a team of armored patrol guards stopped her.

Cheng Songan was running very fast when he was suddenly stopped. He quickly pulled the reins, and the horse roared and stood up. The man on the horse remained calm and did not fall off. The soldiers who saw it were also stunned.

"How dare a woman ride a horse in the street? Get off your horse quickly!" The leading soldier shouted.

Cheng Songan calmed the horse and did not dismount. She just bowed and said, "I am the eldest daughter of Cheng Daxueshi. My mother is seriously ill, so I am in a hurry to return home. I hope Shangguan will forgive me."

The soldier looked her up and down and said with a chuckle, "The eldest daughter of Grand Secretary Cheng, isn't that the wife of Minister Cui? I heard that Madam Cui is very dignified and is recuperating in the villa. Prince Jin and Prince Xiang have sent palace soldiers to protect her. How could they let her gallop in the street alone? Get off your horse quickly and follow me to the patrol station."

Cheng Songan saw that although he spoke in a high-sounding manner, his face was smiling with ill intentions, so he didn't care about it at the moment, and just said angrily: "If Shangguan doesn't believe it, follow me to the gate of Cheng Mansion and you will know. My mother is seriously ill and can't be delayed. Please make way."

When the soldier saw that she turned hostile, he laughed even more unscrupulously and stretched out one hand to the horse, trying to pull her off.

Cheng Songan whipped him in the face with a whip and shouted angrily, "You bastard, you even dared to pull me, you are asking for death! Get out of here!"

Once you squeeze the horse's belly, you have to keep moving forward.

The soldier was a small commander of the Patrol Department. He was used to being arrogant. He immediately became angry and ordered his men to block Cheng Songan's way.

Before they could pull the person over, they heard a scream and the man was kicked and fell to the ground.