Eight hundred miles of Dongting, the clouds are endless. There has been a mountain in the lake since ancient times, known as Junshan. When it is rainy, clouds and mist are shrouded in the sunny days, and when it is sunny, it will be shining with rays of light.

The local people believe that there are gods on Junshan.

After the ancestor of the Mu family was enfeoffed in Changsha, he built a spiritual temple in Junshan and worshipped the emperor. He also built a city in Dongting east opposite Junshan, known as Yuecheng and Dingwang Capital.

Over the past two hundred years, after several generations of Changsha Kings, today's Yuecheng has a wall of thousands of feet east, west, south and north. The city has a population of more than 100,000. Although it is far from the prosperous place in the Central Plains and cannot be compared with the Emperor's Capital, the city walls are also strong and indestructible. Especially, compared with those outside who have been poisoned by the endless rebellion of the vassal kings for many years, the people of Changsha, located in the remote south, can be said to be peaceful and worry-free and live and work in peace.

The early morning of this day was just an ordinary day for the people of Changsha who lived in the city. Late autumn has arrived, and the maple leaves outside the city are like fire. After the city gates are opened, as the sun rises, the city gradually becomes bustling and crowds are coming and going.

When pedestrians approached the Mu royal palace located in the north of the city, which they called the "king palace" by them, they all slowed down and looked pious.

They didn't know that in the past two days, the palace, which was still solemn and calm on the outside, had already been overwhelmed by people inside.

Several important officials from Changsha were gathered in the royal palace at this moment, and they were all extremely anxious.

The day before yesterday, Changsha King Mu Xuanqing took a team of guards out to hunt. The young king galloped across the mountain field. On a whim, he actually rode his horse away from his followers and walked alone. After dark, his mount returned by himself, but Mu Xuanqing was nowhere to be seen.

When the news reached the royal palace, the Queen Lu was extremely worried and immediately found Yuan Handing, the adopted son of the late prime minister, and told him the news of Wang Shou's disappearance, and asked him to take his men to search.

The search has never stopped. It has lasted for a day and two nights since the previous eve until this morning.

But there was no whereabouts of Mu Xuanqing.

The area where he was hunting was high, the forests were dense, and the terrain was complex. Everyone speculated that it was very likely that he had an accident on the way and didn't know where he was at this moment.

So long has passed.

Everyone looked bleak, as if they had lost their parents.

This news is definitely a bolt from the blue for them, and it is even more terrible.

The young King of Changsha has not yet left a prince who can inherit the throne. Once something really happens, Changsha may face the fate of extinction.

If the imperial court was Yan'en, in the future, the Mu family would be able to continue to live here and retain rewards in addition to losing their title.

But the future of their Changsha officials is probably confused.

A burst of rapid footsteps suddenly came in from outside the hall.

Everyone hurriedly turned around.

A guard rushed in.

"How is it? But General Yuan has news about the king?"

Prime Minister Lu Lin is the uncle of the Queen Lu family. When he heard the news, he immediately sent someone to temporarily block it so that people would not be disturbed. He also stayed here for two nights, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Before the guards entered, he strode to the door of the lobby and asked anxiously.

The guard shook his head, knelt down, raised his hands, presented a message tube, and whispered: "A messenger arrived! It was said that it was sent by the Lord of the Manchu, and there was an urgent letter to the queen!"

When Lu Lin heard that the letter from the princess who married to Kuizhou at the beginning of the year arrived, she was disappointed and asked someone to pass it in and sent someone to inquire about the news from Yuan Handing.

Lu and Mu Xuanqing were childhood sweethearts. The couple went on a blind date and had a daughter. Suddenly, they heard that something happened to her husband and they were anxious day and night. It started raining again last night. When they learned that Yuan Handing was still searching for nothing, they were afraid that there would be little luck. They couldn't hold on for a while and fainted. At this moment, they were red and swollen eyes, and were trying to get up and go out. Suddenly, they saw the maid hurried in and submitted a letter, saying that it was sent by the man-lord.

Lu and her sister-in-law have always been friendly. I don’t know what she would say when she suddenly wrote a letter, so she barely suppressed her grief and despair in her heart and opened the letter to browse.

My sister-in-law's letter is very short, just talking about several words.

As soon as Lu's eyes fell on the letter, his eyes were fixed.

Suddenly, her eyes shone brightly and she stood up suddenly. Under the surprised gaze of the maids around her, she ran out quickly, ran to the front hall in one breath, and shouted at Lu Lin who was pacing anxiously: "Uncle! Call someone to notify General Yuan! Go to the bottom of Xiyuan Yingzui Stream to find him immediately! Xuan Qing might be there!"

Lu Lin and several officials were stunned and looked at each other, but could not react for a moment.

"The bottom of the Eagle-billed Stream! Why don't you go quickly!"

The Lu family, who is always gentle, is now as if they have changed their own person and shouted at Lu Lin.

Lu Lin came to her senses, turned around and ran out with the officials.

Lu's hands trembled slightly, he held his sister-in-law's letter tightly, and read it again. Although he felt unbelievable, the fire of hope that had gradually faded in his heart finally ignited again.

"Mom, hasn't he come home yet?"

A crying voice came from behind.

Lu turned his head and saw his four-year-old daughter Aru and ran towards him crying.

Behind her, several maids who didn't watch Aru hurriedly chased after him and knelt down one after another: "Queen forgive me!"

Mrs. Lu hugged her daughter's body, wiped her tears, and comforted her in a low voice: "Don't cry. Your father will come back soon!"

She coaxed her daughter and asked the maid to take her back to the room, how could she sit there? She asked someone to prepare a car, hurried out of the palace, and rushed to Xiyuan.

Fulan arrived in Yuecheng a few days later.

In her previous life, her brother, the young Changsha King Mu Xuanqing, died in an accident at this time, at the age of 22.

When he was found, he had been lying at the bottom of the stream covered by dense grass for seven or eight days. It was speculated that he died of falling and excessive blood loss at that time.

The Changsha Kingdom lost the last generation of Changsha King. Her sister-in-law and her four-year-old niece Aru also lost their husbands and fathers forever.

Although the Mu family was later blessed by the court, they were able to continue to live in Yuecheng and retain taxes from the royal palace and Yuecheng, Changsha was then eliminated. My sister-in-law was too sad, and a few years later, she followed her brother and left in depression.

Fulan didn't know if things would be the same as what he knew in this world, and she didn't know if the messenger arrived in time and whether her brother could escape the disaster.

She was extremely anxious and traveled day and night all the way. She finally entered Changsha on this day, only a hundred miles away from Yuecheng.

The pedestrians on the road looked exactly like usual, and they were not sad on their faces. There was no sign of mourning for the king.

Fulan then felt a little relieved and ordered her followers to continue rushing to enter the city as soon as possible.

At noon, when there were still dozens of miles away from the city, a group of people suddenly came on the opposite road, gradually approaching, and finally met Fulan's carriage and horse.

"General Yuan!"

Fulan was sitting in the carriage and suddenly heard the loud call from the peers in charge coming from the front. She lifted the curtain and leaned out and saw a group of people riding horses on the opposite side. The first one was a young man with a tall figure, dark skin, a good appearance, and clear eyes. It was Yuan Handing, the adopted son of the late Yuan Xiang. She hurriedly ordered the coachman to stop the car and called out loudly: "Brother!"

Yuan Handing was usually taciturn. When he saw Fulan leaning out of the carriage and greeting him, he showed a surprise smile on his face. He quickly turned over and got off the horse, walked quickly to her car, stopped, and then called her "Master Master" respectfully.

"The queen said you are coming back. I have nothing to do these days, so I came out to see you everywhere. I didn't expect to meet you here. How are you on the way?"

Fulan nodded and then couldn't wait to ask: "Where is my brother, can he be fine recently?"

She looked at Yuan Handing nervously and waited for his answer.

On that day, Yuan Handing led his people to the bottom of the stream and found Mu Xuanqing. He was already unconscious for a long time and was dying. He only had one last breath. He was afraid that he would scare her by saying it. He hesitated and said carefully: "Your brother Wang had a little accident in his hunting a few days ago. But he found it in time and it was fine. He was recovering from his injuries these days."

The most worrying thing I finally avoided was lucky enough to avoid it.

Things are heading in a good direction.

Fulan's heart, which had been hanging for many days, fell to the ground, and her whole body relaxed and could no longer help it. Her eyes turned red and she almost burst into tears.

Yuan Handing grew up with her and was very conscious of her emotions. Seeing that she seemed to cry, he panicked and said quickly: "Don't be afraid. Brother Wang's injury is really not a serious problem. He just lost too much blood before. He would be cured after taking care of him for a few days."

Fulan turned her face inward, and when she felt calmer, she turned around and nodded to him and said, "I understand, it's fine if there's nothing big. Thank you brother, for picking me up, let's go into the city."

Her face is already beautiful, and the tears in the corners of her eyes have not yet disappeared, and her smile is even more moving.

Yuan Handing didn't dare to look at it anymore, nodded and said, "Okay." He turned around quickly, got on the horse and led the convoy behind him towards the city.

A group of people entered through the city gate.

Most passers-by recognized Yuan Handing. When they saw him leading a carriage and horse towards the direction of the royal palace, they looked like female members sitting in the carriage. They were a little curious and stopped to watch.

Yuan Handing had already sent someone to inform the Lu family. Lu took Aru to the gate to greet him. When his sister-in-law met, he was extremely happy. Aru was even more excited. He raised his little face and kept calling him aunt at Fulan.

This time when Yu Fulan returned home, she was a different life. Not to mention seeing Yuan Handing, her sister-in-law and her little niece, even when she saw the two silent and majestic stone lions on the left and right in front of the palace, she couldn't control her feelings and was in a state of great emotion.

She calmed down and held the little niece's hand. In a trance, she seemed to see herself and her aunt when she was a child.

She held Aru's little hand tighter, followed Ah's sister-in-law and walked inward.

Mrs. Lu asked someone to clean up her residence a few days ago, and it was the boudoir house she had before her marriage.

Lu accompanied her into the house. Fulan asked the king's brother, and Lu said that he had taken medicine and fell asleep at this moment. Then he said, "Lan'er, fortunately I received your letter that day, so I found your brother in time, otherwise..."

She remembered the scene at that time. Although it had passed, she was still scared. She sent the maid to take her daughter out first and grabbed her sister-in-law's hand tightly.

"My sister-in-law doesn't know how to thank you. Lan'er, no matter what happens in the future, just talk. As long as you can help, your brother and I will definitely help you."

She was excited and even more grateful. As she said, tears flashed in her eyes.

Fulan smiled and said, "As long as Brother Wang is safe, it is my greatest blessing. I will go see Brother Wang later."

She knew that my sister-in-law would ask herself how she knew about this. Without waiting for her to speak, she took the initiative to say: "I was lucky enough to help, and God was also protecting my brother. I dreamed that day that time I dreamed that Emperor Junshan had told me and remembered clearly when I woke up. In case of precautions, I sent someone to send a letter back. If my sister-in-law wanted to thank him, she would be the one who thanked Emperor Junshan."

Lu was extremely surprised and nodded immediately: "Okay! OK! I will prepare all the sacrifices tomorrow and go to Junshan to thank the gods!"

Fulan said, "I'll go too."

Lu answered, and said a few more words to her sister-in-law, then asked her how her mother-in-law was in the Xie family and how she was doing.

Fulan responded a few vaguely.

Seeing that she seemed reluctant to mention the Xie family, Lu advised her: "My brother-in-law left you to the rebellion of King Pingjiangdu at the wedding night, and she really felt wronged. But over the years, the vassal kings in the country have been in chaos, wars have continued, and the borders are also unstable. This is also the urgent call of the court. Even if he is unwilling, he cannot help himself. Don't blame him. A few days ago, I heard that King Jiangdu retreated step by step. I believe he will be able to calm the situation soon, and you will be able to meet at that time."

When Lu persuaded him carefully, the maid came to report that the king had woken up and learned that Wang had returned, he was very happy and wanted to see her.

Fulan hurriedly got up and went to see Brother Wang with Lu.

The Mu family's appearance is extremely outstanding. Mu Xuanqing has the noble temperament unique to the royal children. He accidentally fell into danger in order to catch up with his prey that day. After being rescued, he was well-behaved for several days, but his legs and feet were still a little inconvenient. At this moment, the brother and sister met and were very happy. He was scolded by Ah Mei for being reckless, and he was a little scared and secretly regretted. When he heard her say that he was going back this trip, he planned to stay first. Without thinking, he nodded immediately.

"Ah Mei, stay as long as you want! My Changsha Country will always be Ah Mei's home!"
To be continued...