Chapter 38 Entering the City
When Liu Mingwu heard this, she realized that this was the truth, so she nodded in agreement and said, "We should go see a doctor."

Liu Pianran was overjoyed. "Then it's settled. Mom, just follow me. My little cousin has already confirmed the route with me."

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Twenty miles outside Qionglin County, a group of people were cooking in full swing.

Originally, everyone in the village only had two meals a day, breakfast and dinner. But after they started fleeing, Yu Chaosheng and Pan Yingying suggested that everyone add a lunch. Because traveling required physical strength, everyone developed the habit of eating lunch.

Liang Ye sent someone to buy a bucket of water, and the remaining prisoners also bought some in twos and threes, but they did not eat lunch, so they drank the water directly.

Yu Chaosheng looked towards the county town and muttered to Pan Yingying, "I feel worse and worse."

Pan Yingying thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go into the city quickly."

Yu Chaosheng nodded, then turned around and said loudly, "Don't cook! Just eat some dry food to fill your stomach. Pack up quickly and go into the city immediately!"

Without asking why, everyone stuffed the biscuits into their mouths and moved the belongings back to the car in an orderly manner.

Liu Pianran saw it from afar, and without caring about the officials, she ran towards this side, holding up her skirt.

"Cousin! Little cousin!" She didn't care about etiquette and shouted at the top of her voice, worried that if she was a step too slow, the person would be gone.

Pan Yingying stopped and waited for her to come closer, "What's wrong, Miss Liu?"

Liu Pianran panted, with an ominous premonition in her heart, "What are you doing..."

"We are going into the city." Pan Yingying answered directly and smiled at her.

Liu Pianran seemed to have heard a bolt from the blue, but she was still able to remain calm and grabbed Pan Yingying's hand, "No, you can't enter the city now!"

Yu Chaosheng stuck his head out of the carriage and asked, "Why can't we enter the city now?"

He wanted to see what this crazy woman could say.

Liu Pianran swallowed her saliva, pretended to be calm and said the reason she had prepared long ago, "My uncle is sick... I thought you have medicine, can you stay and go with us..."

Yu Chaosheng stared at her eyes that were rolling around because of her lying, and sneered, "Miss Liu, we are not doctors. We only have the medicine bags we bought at the clinic. If we keep them, they will not be effective for your uncle's illness."

Liu Pianran's expression froze for a moment, and contempt appeared in her eyes as she looked at Yu Chaosheng.

If the Liu family had not been framed and exiled, such a country bumpkin wouldn't even have the chance to talk to her.

She ignored Yu Chaosheng and turned to look at Pan Yingying. She didn't believe that this cousin with such a gentle personality would abandon her sick uncle.

However, she didn't even wait for Pan Yingying's answer.

Because Zhao came over.

Zhao's aura was fully unleashed. How could she, as the aunt in charge of the Eastern Palace, be compared to the aura of a merchant girl who hadn't even gotten the position of a concubine?

"Miss Liu, your uncle is sick. This is something that your Liu family should worry about. It has nothing to do with our Pan family." Zhao glanced at her coldly, making Liu Pianran's heart tremble.

The Zhao Fangyi she met in her previous life was haggard and sick, and looked like she would die at any moment. She was definitely not like this now. Her eyes and brows were as cold as a knife, as if they were going to cut her neck.

Liu Pianran opened her mouth and said, "Why doesn't it matter? She is my..."

At this point, she suddenly couldn't continue. The Pan and Liu families had never shown any relationship, so even if she shouted it out, she couldn't threaten them at all. Moreover, her uncle and mother would never admit that Pan Yingying was the daughter of the late crown prince.

Oh, by the way, the former prince!

Liu Pianran shuddered.

Despite the hot weather, her clothes on the back were soaked with cold sweat.

How could she forget that the prince is still a thorn in the side of the person above her. Anyone who dares to get involved with him will be exiled at best, and executed along with his entire family at worst.

She was confused and couldn't tell the time and her current environment.

After what happened, Zhao and the others would definitely be on high alert, and it would be impossible for them to get closer to Pan Yingying. Today was her only chance to seize the jade token.

What on earth is she going to do?
Pan Yingying watched Liu Pianran's expression change several times with a smile on her face. She thought that she already knew her plan.

She used some skill to break free from Liu Pianran's grip. In the other's shocked eyes, she looked at Yu Chaosheng, "Husband, go ask Captain Liang if he wants to go into the city with you now."

Liu Pianran's eyes widened and the word "no" was in her mouth.

If the exile team leaves now, will they encounter those refugees?

The answer is that they did not meet at all. She clearly remembered that the refugees arrived at the county seat of Zhanglin County at around 3:30 pm, while they arrived at 5:00 pm.

If we hurry now, it will probably take less than two hours.

Should she just watch the opportunity slip away?

Yu Chaosheng was too lazy to pay attention to him. He jumped off the carriage and went to the fugitives to find Liang Ye.

I don't know what he said, but Liang Ye actually agreed and immediately asked people to prepare to set off.

Liu Pianran was stunned on the spot, her legs so weak that she could hardly stand.

Zhao snorted coldly and took Pan Yingying's arm. The mother and daughter didn't even look at her, they walked straight past her and got into the carriage.

Yu Chaosheng came back, folded his arms and looked her up and down, "Miss Liu, you are not the only smart person in the world. Your calculations are too low-level to us." After a pause, he threw out another sentence, "I have informed the head of the Liu family of everything you have done. Take care of yourself."

This sentence made Liu Pianran feel more frightened than when Pan Yingying said that they were about to set off for Zhanglin County.

She turned her head tremblingly, and met Liu Mingxuan's gaze from afar, and was shocked.

In the limited memory, my uncle had never looked at her like this before, as if he was looking at a dead person.

Although she had never actually witnessed the methods used by Liu Mingxuan as the head of the Liu family, she had heard her mother say more than once that her uncle was a man of his word and hated people who did things that harmed the family the most.

Liu Pianran knew that she had touched Liu Mingxuan's reverse scale. Without time to think, she instinctively looked at Liu Mingwu.

Liu Mingwu had a complicated expression. She didn't understand why her daughter seemed like a different person after her serious illness and dared to do those things behind her back.

Does she know what Yingying means to the Liu family? How dare she set her sights on Yingying? Does she think Zhao Fangyi and her elder brother are vegetarians?
Liu Mingwu is just a concubine's daughter. She doesn't have any big pursuits and only wants to live an ordinary, peaceful and stable life.

When she was in the Liu family, she never competed with Liu Mingxuan and Liu Mingzhu, who were the legitimate sons and daughters, for anything. She knew herself well. Her father and the mistress had a close relationship, and she was just the product of a maid who climbed into bed with her father when he was drunk. You can tell from her name "Wu".

She has always lived a low-key life, never sticking to the fore, which is why she has been able to live peacefully until now.

(End of this chapter)