Exiled to Lingnan, the Crown Prince's wife raises children, cultivates the land, and leads the

"Princess Consort, Miss Sui'an, take care."

As Chun Tao watched the group leave, she couldn't stop crying. Suddenly, she noticed something around her waist.

Where did that thing on her waist come from?

Chun Tao touched it, and secretly lifted it up to take a look. It was a silver note!

Chun Tao's tears fell even harder. She knelt down and bowed in the direction where Cheng Qiqi and the others had left.

...

"I'm not leaving!"

After being beaten for the third time, Jin Yanzhi frantically tried to pull off the shackles on his head, but he couldn't. In the end, Jin Yanzhi simply sat down on the ground.

hiss.

It hurts so much!

Jin Yanzhi thought back to the days when he was surrounded by admirers, and then looked at himself now, tied up like a dog and even getting beaten!

Jin Yanzhi looked sadly at the marks on his arm, all because he was walking too slowly, and that's why he got hit!

"Inkstone".

Lin Huilan, still in her shackles, stuffed the hairpin she had secretly hidden into the official's hand while helping Jin Yanzhi up, whispering, "Yanzhi, don't throw a tantrum, or you'll get beaten again!"

"Mother, quickly have someone take this damn thing off! I don't want to wear this anymore!" Jin Yanzhi said angrily.

"Yanzhi, even your mother is powerless to help."

Lin Huilan lifted the shackles on her hands, which had chafed her skin. The soft cloth shoes were comfortable to wear in the Marquis's mansion, but they were very uncomfortable to walk on this official road.

"I don't care."

Jin Yanzhi stared at her and said, "You said you would agree to anything I asked."

"The inkstone..."

Lin Huilan looked troubled. Jin Yanzhi knew the answer, pushed Lin Huilan to the ground, and turned to run away!

He would rather die than live like that.

"stop!"

Seeing this, Scarface Zhang, the leader, lashed out with his long whip at Jin Yanzhi, knocking him to the ground.

"You dare to run away!"

Scarface Zhang's face turned fierce as he lashed out with his whip, tearing flesh from the wound.

Jin Yanzhi curled up, his whole body convulsing in pain. He didn't die; in fact, he seemed to be in even worse shape.

"Please have mercy, sir!"

Lin Huilan scrambled to her feet and stumbled down the road towards Jin Yanzhi, taking a whip lash for him in the process. Then, she took out a jade pendant and said, "My lord, Yanzhi promises he won't run away again."

"snort!"

Scarface Zhang took the jade pendant, winked at the constable, and said, "Watch out, if you dare to run, kill you!"

"Yes."

The constables immediately stepped forward and pulled Jin Yanzhi to his feet: "Let's go!"

Jin Yanzhi trembled all over in pain, but the whip that Scarface Zhang could swing at any moment made him dare not move at all!

Seeing this, the Jin family members felt excruciating pain in their feet, but dared not stay put!

At lunchtime, Jin Runzhi from the third branch of the family said, "Sister-in-law, let me carry Sui'an on my back."

Cheng Qiqi's lips moved slightly, and Liu Suyi, who was standing beside her, said, "Qiqi, just listen to Runzhi. They are young and strong."

"Thank you, Uncle."

Jin Sui'an opened her arms to Jin Runzhi. Her mother had been carrying her for half a day and was very tired.

"good."

Jin Runzhi carried Jin Sui'an on his back. She nestled obediently against his back, her little hands tightly gripping his shoulders: "Uncle, when An'an grows up, she will definitely repay you!"

Jin Suian's clear voice rang in his ears, and Jin Runzhi couldn't help but smile, saying, "An'an even knows how to repay her uncle?"

"My mother said that a drop of kindness deserves a spring of gratitude in return!"

Jin Sui'an turned her head and said, "Uncle, wait for me!"

"it is good."

Jin Runzhi glanced sideways at Jin Sui'an's chubby face, and his mood, which had been numb due to exile, brightened up.

Liu Suyi said, "Qiqi, you have taught An'an very well."

Cheng Qiqi looked at her daughter with pride. For the past three years, her daughter had been her only salvation!

As evening fell, the day's journey finally came to a stop. Jin Yanzhi lay on the ground, letting Lin Huilan examine his wounds. Jin Yanzhi said irritably, "Instead of crying, you should hurry up and find me some medicine."

He was in so much pain, and his mother could only cry.

Lin Huilan: "..."

Her hand, which was wiping away tears, paused. Where could she get medicine?

Jin Yanzhi glanced in Cheng Qiqi's direction, and Lin Huilan paused. Wasn't this going to mean bowing down to that country girl?

"Ha, dear mother, it's nothing special. I'd rather die of pain."

Jin Yanzhi sneered and lay down on the ground.

"I'll go, I'll go."

Lin Huilan immediately said that she had no choice but to bite the bullet and go find Cheng Qiqi.

Cheng Qiqi glanced at it from afar, pretended not to see it, and started cooking porridge with a pot. Chun Tao was very thoughtful; this pot and two earthenware jars were really practical!

Grandpa Jin took the children to collect firewood nearby. The third branch of the Jin family has five sons, plus Grandpa Jin and his two sons, making a total of eight men, all of whom are strong laborers.

They not only gathered firewood for themselves, but also for the officials escorting them.

Cheng Qiqi glanced at them secretly; the Jin family's collateral branch was quite pragmatic.

She cooked a fragrant porridge, and she even added sweet potatoes. She stayed in the prison for three days, and the Jin family found the aroma of the sweet potato porridge very appealing!

"Mother, have some porridge."

Cheng Qiqi served a bowl of sweet potato porridge to Liu Suyi. For Liu Suyi, who had been vegetarian for three days in prison, this was the first time she had ever tasted the sweet potato porridge!

"Qiqi, thank you for your hard work."

As Liu Suyi carried the steaming porridge, she thought of how, when the Marquis's mansion was in its heyday, she had sent the mother and daughter to a side courtyard and ignored them. Now that they were down on their luck, Cheng Qiqi was still willing to share food and clothing with them. She felt ashamed.

"As long as we work together, we'll be fine once we get to Lingnan." Cheng Qiqi was really looking forward to Lingnan; there were plenty of fruits and seafood, which were her favorites.

Cheng Qiqi ladled out another large earthenware pot of porridge, instantly emptying more than half of the porridge in the pot.

Liu Suyi seemed to be thinking about something. Sure enough, she watched as Cheng Qiqi carried the porridge to the Jin family members from the collateral branch.

"Uncle, Third Uncle, Fourth Uncle, thank you for bringing the firewood. This porridge is for you."

Cheng Qiqi brought a pot of porridge to the collateral branch of the Jin family.

"This is far too little! There are so many of us, how can it be enough to eat?"

As soon as Mrs. He finished speaking, Cheng Qiqi, who had only taken a few steps, turned around and said, "Aunt, if there's not enough to eat, just buy some yourself."

"We don't have any money!"

Madam He said irritably, "Speaking of which, we are all... implicated by the Crown Prince."

"daughter."

Jin Lizhi interrupted Madam He, quickly stepped forward, bowed to Cheng Qiqi, and said, "Sister-in-law, I apologize on behalf of my mother. My mother is not good with words, so please don't take it to heart."

Jin Lizhi's attitude was sincere, without the slightest perfunctoriness.

"Qiqi kindly brought you food, and you actually dare to complain about it?"

Liu Suyi stepped forward and shielded Cheng Qiqi behind her: "He Shi, if you have any backbone, then don't eat it. When the Marquis's mansion was at its peak, didn't you benefit from it enough?"

Although Liu Suyi was dressed in ordinary cotton clothes with a prison uniform over them, and her hair was held up by a wooden hairpin, she still exuded the air of a mistress of the Marquis's mansion, which she had cultivated over many years. Her eyes swept over the members of the collateral branches of the Jin family.

"Qiqi is my daughter-in-law; to mistreat her is to mistreat me."

Liu Suying's words were firm and resolute. She coldly swept her gaze over the collateral branches of the Jin family: "Mo'er is dead, and the Marquis's mansion has fallen, but how do you know that the Marquis's mansion will not rise again?"