In the end, Xu Huairui listened to Yang Ruxin and kept the child. The child really was innocent. Afterwards, Qi Jingyun sent people to escort her to Beijing, and after she'd seen her parents and grandmother, she was sent on to Shiyan Village.
From then on, there was no longer a Princess of Pingning sent off in marriage in this world, nor a Crown Princess Consort of Jin Country. There was only Old Bai's distant cousin, whose husband had died so she'd come to rely on her older cousin.
Later, in May of the following year, she gave birth to a boy and named him Xu Guo.
Of course, that's a story for another time.
As for Yang Ruxin and Gu Qingheng, they entered Beijing at the end of September, secretly reported everything to the Emperor, and handed over that Jade Seal, then set off on the return journey.
On the road back, during dinner one evening, Gu Qiao really couldn't hold it in anymore and asked, "General, madam, it seems Yang Xiong and his wife haven't returned."
