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In the evening, the palace maid brought food and soup.

Chang'an asked them to retreat, but he did not eat, nor did he give any medicine to his children and two maids.

She poured all the soup and food into the jar she brought, and then she and her maid only ate a few snacks to satisfy their hunger.

It was night, and Changan didn't dare to turn off the lights or go to bed. Instead, he sat next to his children and dozed off until dawn.

Early the next morning, Changan ordered his servants to pack their things and prepare to return to Anding Mansion.

She brought a total of more than forty guards and a dozen carriages, but they were all outside the palace.

At this moment, they gathered outside the palace, waiting for Chang An to come out.

As soon as Ming Jin heard that Chang'an was leaving, he quickly came over and asked, "Mrs. Lu, why are you in such a hurry to go back?"

Chang'an said with a sad look on his face: "The two maids have a fever. I want to take them back to see a doctor."

Ming Jin frowned: "Since you have a fever, why not wait until the fever subsides before going back? The road is bumpy, wouldn't it be bad if you can't survive it?"

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. Anding is not far from here. If we walk quickly, we will be home in one day." Chang An said as he pulled his children out.

The two little maids were half-supported and half-carried by the servant women and followed.

Ming Jin's eyes flickered a few times, but he finally let him go.

Chang'an took his children into the carriage and looked at the people in the palace standing outside the palace gate through the gap in the curtain.

The young boy was tall and handsome, and he looked even more extraordinary standing among several government officials.

But he was such a young man, so vicious in his thoughts, and he never gave himself an explanation from the beginning to the end.

Even if he mentioned it, Chang'an would not suspect that he was the instigator, but he just pretended that nothing happened. He didn't ask about Xiangxiang and Nao Nao's physical condition, let alone a word of concern.

Chang'an would not promise his daughter to such a cold-blooded person.

After the convoy left the city, Chang'an breathed a sigh of relief. When passing by a village, he asked someone to buy some chickens.

Chang'an gave last night's meal and soup to the chickens. After a while, the chickens squatted on the ground motionless, as if sleeping.

Xiangxiang was surprised: "The food and soup are poisonous? Prince Ansai wants to kill us?"

Chang An said solemnly: "Maybe he just wants to kill you."

These meals and soups contained drowsy medicine. If she and the children had eaten them yesterday, Xiang Xiang would probably never wake up again this morning.

"What?" Xiangxiang was horrified: "Why would he do this? I didn't offend him."

Chang'an sneered: "Maybe he thinks you are hindering his future."

It's a good thing to be crowned king early, but being moved to a fiefdom when you are only twelve years old means that you will have nothing to do with that high position in the future.

Xiangxiang suddenly realized.

No wonder Ming Jin never talked to her, or even looked at her. It turned out that she hated herself for hindering his future.

"Hmph! I don't want to marry such a person!" Xiangxiang let out a low voice and leaned her head against Chang'an: "Auntie, Xiangxiang will never marry, she just wants to be with her parents."

"Mom knows." Chang'an touched his daughter's head: "The days are long and we have plenty of time to prepare."

After returning to Anding, before Changan could speak, Xiangxiang had already told her father what happened to Ansai.

Lu Jingzhou's face turned ugly after hearing this.

Because he knew that the prince had three legitimate sons, one of whom was Ming Jin.

Moreover, the eldest son of the prince was weak and the second son was lame. Only these three sons, Ming Jin, were in good health.

Maybe Ming Jin thought that as long as his eldest brother died and his second brother had nothing to fear, he could hope to ascend to a high position, right?

But even if Na Mingjin hopes to become the next prince, there is no need for him to get rid of his Xiangxiang.

It can be seen that this guy is a narrow-minded fool who will seek revenge! His daughter cannot fall into his hands!

In the days that followed, Lu Jingzhou and Chang'an began to make arrangements.

Anyway, I have plenty of money, and I can do a lot of things with money.

For example, he placed people in the Ansai County Prince's Mansion to secretly observe Ming Jin's every move.

A year later, the emperor suddenly died and the prince ascended the throne.

Later, the vassal kings from all over the country went to Beijing to attend the funeral and met with the new king.

Unexpectedly, one month later, before the emperor was buried, Ming Jin's eldest brother also passed away.

When Lu Jingzhou heard the news, he said coldly: "That boy is really vicious, he even dares to harm his own brother!"

Chang'an: "It seems like he will take action against us next."

If Ming Jin wants to become the prince, he must be supported by someone in the court.

Although there are officials in my family, they are weak and cannot be compared with those high-ranking families.

But it happened that Xiangxiang occupied the position of his legitimate wife.

"He really wants to be good, he must be destined to become the prince." Lu Jingzhou sneered.

Not long after, on the day of the late emperor's funeral, Ming Jin suddenly went crazy, talking crazy words, and chased his lame second brother with a sword. As a result, he was stabbed through the abdomen by the second brother's guard and died on the spot.

Someone told the new emperor about Ming Jin's crazy words, and the new emperor was furious.

He never expected that his eldest son would be harmed by this seemingly docile third son.

In grief, the new emperor ordered Ming Jin to be buried in an unknown deserted mountain, deprived of his title of county king and demoted to a commoner.

All the people in his palace died, including the officials of the royal palace.

Lu Jingzhou's family was also implicated. The new emperor believed that Lu Jingzhou and Chang'an had failed to fulfill their responsibilities as guardians, so he was fined three years' salary and forced to stay in Anding to open up wasteland and cultivate land. He was never allowed to return to the capital unless he managed the northwest desert into an oasis.

This move suited Chang'an's wishes.

She didn't want to go back to the capital, so it was best to stay here.

The only bad thing was that his daughter Xiangxiang's marriage would be delayed, and no one might dare to marry her.

Xiangxiang didn't care at all. She followed her parents every day to urge the villagers to open up wasteland and dig canals.

It's not enough to have water to control the desert. You also have to plant trees and grass to retain surface moisture.

The first thing is to press wheat straw and rice straw into the sand to prevent the yellow sand from flowing, and then plant drought-resistant trees and thorns next to it.

With daily watering, all these trees are alive.

A few years later, this place has become green, with fruit trees and green grass.

When the fruits are ripe, the villagers pick them and make them into dried fruits, which can not only fill their stomachs, but also sell them to merchants.

As a result, the villagers around Anding Prefecture gradually became wealthy and the population grew rapidly.

In just ten years, it increased from tens of thousands to more than 100,000.

Chang'an also set up schools in the counties and towns of Anding Prefecture to let all children learn to read and learn livelihood skills.

Even Lu Yuanjin became a teacher in the academy in the prefecture. With the encouragement of his father Lu Huainian, he gradually became interested in his profession.

Perhaps it was because Jin gave birth to a son and a daughter for him, or because he was getting older, Lu Yuanjin gradually became stable and no longer as profligate as before.

As a result, he and his brother Lu Jingzhou's family gradually became harmonious. Every New Year and festival, Lu Yuanjin would take his children to his brother's house for a banquet.

Chang'an was still the same as before, and his mother-in-law Yang seemed to be in her thirties and didn't look old at all.

Even the Jiang couple were younger than others.

But some things had changed after all. Chang'an hadn't seen her uncle and aunt for many years, and the sisters who used to be sisters were thousands of miles away and couldn't get together often.

However, this year, the old loyal and diligent marquis came to Anding with his old wife, wanting to settle here.

Chang'an certainly knew the reason.

As the two grew older, their old friends in the capital passed away one after another. The old couple were very afraid of death, so they decided to come to Anding Prefecture and live with Chang'an.

Their great-grandson also came with them. He was about the same age as Xiangxiang and had not married yet, so the old couple deliberately let the two children interact more.

When the Zhang family's great-grandson saw Xiangxiang for the first time, his eyes sparkled and his handsome face flushed with shyness.

He bowed deeply to Xiangxiang, "I am Zhang Junrui, and I meet Sister Xiangxiang."

[End of the play]