C119 They Picked up a Child!

The remaining women seemed to see that Gu Jun’an hadn’t scolded them, so they also started to sob and plead for mercy.

“Your Royal Highness, I was trafficked from Canglan and sent to the palace to be a singer. I didn’t do anything bad. When this man was here, we didn’t have a good life. He ran away and we had to die. Please pity us, Your Royal Highness.”

Lan Qingqian looked at her and said, “You are from Canglan, and I am from the same place. Where is your family from?”

“I am from Canglan Yue and the other people. It is a little far away.”

Lan Qingqian held her chin and said, “I am from Canglan Imperial City. I heard that two years ago, there was a flood and many people died.”

Gu Jun’an looked up and said, “Come here.” He called out to Lan Qingqian.

The woman grabbed Lan Qingqian’s sleeve as if she was grabbing onto her life-saving straw. “Young Master, can you beg for mercy and let us go?”

Seeing Gu Jun’an’s gaze, the woman immediately let go. She was afraid that she would anger Gu Jun’an.

Su Changsheng, who was at the door, came in and bowed. “Your Royal Highness, the people from Canglan and West Province have taken over the palace. They are counting the people. The Emperor of Yunluo has sent people to chase after them. I don’t know if they can catch up. He ran away quickly and seemed to have already planned his escape route. However, the captured women and the servants in the palace…”

Then, he glanced at the women in the crowd.

The Yunluo Emperor was heartless. He had spent all his wealth on himself.

He had brought in many concubines, but now he was the one who had run away. He had left his concubines to suffer. He could ignore his concubines, but his four or five daughters hadn’t done anything. The oldest was only twelve or thirteen years old, and the youngest was still wet behind the ears.

The fate of the women who had lost their homes was often worse than that of the men!

Gu Jun’an was about to speak, but Lan Qingqian couldn’t help but hold his sleeve tightly, afraid that he would kill them in the next moment.

His words were still cold, but they made everyone present cry with joy.

“All the palace maids are gone. As for the Yunluo Emperor’s concubines, you can register their names and identities. Ask them to go home. Remember to find some people to take them out. Tell those with dirty minds not to have any evil thoughts. Otherwise, they will only die.”

The word ‘die’ was especially gloomy…

Gu Jun’an went out. Lan Qingqian turned her head and said, “Don’t worry. You will be fine.” She immediately smiled and followed Gu Jun’an.

Su Changsheng heaved a sigh of relief. He couldn’t bear to see these weak women die in vain.

He said to the crowd, “Don’t run around. There are people from the Canglan West Province outside. If you get into trouble and lose your lives, no one will care about you. Not everyone can spare your lives like him. Someone will send you some food later. After you register, find someone to escort you out of the palace.”

The blue-clothed princess in the crowd sobbed, “Then what should we do? My father doesn’t want us anymore. Where can we go?”

Su Changsheng spread out his hands, “I can’t do anything about it. Look at our mother’s family. She has no relatives to rely on. She just told us to forget our identities after we leave this place. Otherwise, we won’t be able to live a peaceful life.”

The Seventh Prince might be able to let them live for a while, but the people of the Canglan and West Province Imperial Court might not be able to tolerate them. That was Yun Luo’s bloodline. Who knew if they would turn against them one day?

According to the rules of the dynasties, the imperial families who broke the country would always get rid of them. They wouldn’t leave any trouble behind. Those who were lucky would be branded and sold as slaves or toys.

Lan Qingqian had never been to the imperial palace of the Yunluo Nation. Although the Yunluo Nation was located at the border, the cultural difference was huge with the West Province and the Canglan.

They worshiped fire. The tiles, pillars, and roof tiles were all painted with fire elements.

The Yunluo Nation was good in gold. The gold represented nobility, so many places of the Yunluo Nation were painted with gold foil and gold paint, making it look luxurious.

The two of them turned around the garden and heard the sounds of children crying.

“What should we do with this child?”

“Why don’t we just throw him into the abandoned well and let him live on his own? He’s a captive anyway.”

Lan Qingqian let go of Gu Jun’an’s hand and ran forward, “What are you doing?” Lan Qingqian recognized the red-clothed man under the armor.

The soldier looked at Gu Jun’an and recognized him as someone from the West Province. “General, how should we deal with this child?”

“I heard that you want to throw her into the abandoned well.” Lan Qingqian tried her best to hold the child in her arms.

“Your parents gave birth to you, but you didn’t throw her into the well. She’s so young and hasn’t done anything bad. You want to throw her away.” She shouted angrily.

Perhaps because she was a little rough, the child started to cry. Lan Qingqian was shocked and quickly held Gu Jun’an in her arms. “You should hold her.”

Gu Jun’an’s body was stiff. He glanced at her disdainfully. She was so ugly! It wasn’t good to throw her out, so he could only hold her stiffly!

“I don’t know which family she is from. Old Prince, let’s take her back and raise her,” Lan Qingqian said.

“This is the princess of Yun Luo. She should be the youngest one that Su Changsheng talked about. She’s only a few months old. The people of Yun Luo like gold. The princess of the imperial family likes to have a fire-shaped gold foil on her forehead. We can’t take her back, but later, I can ask the army if any family wants to adopt her. Consider it as saving her life.”

“Can I give her a name?” Lan Qingqian was happy, like when she was a little orange cat.

“Yes!”

Lan Qingqian was thinking about the name of the child. “What should I name her?”

Under the tree, a young man in green clothes was holding a child with one hand and a little girl in red clothes with the other. The wind blew and the flowers fell. They floated on the young man’s shoulder. The red and green flowers were like ink, and they had a unique elegance.

The flowers fell on the little child’s face. It was probably itchy, so the child couldn’t help but laugh.

Lan Qingqian saw it and picked up the flowers on the ground. “What kind of flower is this? I’ve never seen it before. It’s red, so pretty!”

“This is the Harmony Flower, which is rare in both West Province and Canglan.”

“Then we’ll call this little child the Harmony Flower?”

Gu Jun’an frowned. He suddenly remembered a poison that had the same name and said coldly, “Not good.”

“But we can call her Qingtang.”

“What is Qingtang? Can we eat it?” Lan Qingqian was curious.

“The Harmony Flower is called the other names, Qingshang, the Fur Flower Tree, the Horse Flower, the Night Harmony Flower, the Night Harmony Locust, and the Night Harmony Locust.”

Lan Qingqian muttered, “Mounted Flower? Fur Flower? Dirt? Yiyiyiyaya, it sounds so smelly. Just call it Qingtang. The green color is nice, and so is the flower.” After she finished, she felt satisfied. She smiled and clapped her hands, as if she had decided something important.

She went to find a few generals to ask, but they didn’t know that it was from the Yunluo Country. They only said that it was a child with a palace maid, and they hoped to find someone to raise her.

Han Chang Gong was the only one who came to find the Seventh Prince.