Episode 22
Minglan helped Old Mrs. Sheng drink medicine, but Old Mrs. Sheng was worried that she was still depressed about the marriage proposal, so she told her to go down and step on the ground while the ship docked to get her some medicine, so that she could feel more at ease.Aunt Fang took the famous invitations to visit the surrounding ships and learned that they were all rich and brought many guards and servants with them, and they all expressed that they could take care of each other.Finally, she carefully mentioned that on the boat next to her was Qi Heng from the Duke of Qi's mansion. Minglan became nervous after hearing this. Fang's mother went on to say that Qi Heng hoped to make amends to Minglan and Mrs. Sheng, and asked Minglan to say a word, otherwise he wouldI will follow Youyang to Sheng Mansion to meet him.Minglan didn't want to see him at first, but Mrs. Sheng asked her to face it bravely. The road to life is so long, and there are still many things she will encounter in the future, all of which she needs to face and deal with.
After the ship docked at the dock, Qi Heng found an opportunity to meet Minglan. He said that he would definitely ask the princess for permission to let her go to Youyang with confidence. When she comes back, he would ask a mediator to go to Sheng Mansion to propose marriage.Minglan quickly interrupted him and reminded him that they were brother and sister now and did not dare to think about it.Minglan turned to leave, but Qi Heng hurriedly turned back and took a ceramic female doll from the carriage, telling her that he had just bought it, and that he had asked Buwei to put away the male doll.Minglan hesitated and didn't dare to go. Finally, the nanny on the side took her over. Minglan turned away again. Qi Heng couldn't leave her and left like this. He hoped that she would call him Yuanruo. Minglan smiled slightly, but she didn't.Talk again.
At night, Minglan looked at the doll that Qi Heng gave her, and recalled the past scenes with Qi Heng. Thinking of their current situation, Minglan choked up.Seeing Minglan stop crying, Xiaotao didn't know how to comfort her, so she sang a ditty to Minglan.Suddenly there was a cry of murder, and Minglan stood up to check. It turned out that the ship next door had encountered water thieves. They killed people and set fire to steal gold and silver.Minglan told Xiaotao to tell everyone to blow out the candles and close the door, and then find her grandmother, but it was difficult to wake her up after drinking a tranquilizer before going to bed. Aunt Fang thought these might just be thieves, and maybe calling someone to block the hatch would be fine.However, Minglan said that she could not place her hope of survival on luck.Minglan woke up Mrs. Sheng and sent her and Granny Fang to the sampan, while she stayed on the boat.
Minglan asked others to go back and block the hatch and not to go outside the cabin.Unexpectedly, the water thief boarded the boat soon, so Minglan had no choice but to take Xiao Tao and hide around. The water thief killed many nannies and maids, and was about to find the two of them. Minglan asked Xiao Tao to jump into the water, and she picked up a stick and fought with them.The water thief struggled for a while, but in the end he was unable to resist and had to jump into the water.Under the water, Minglan tried hard to hold her breath and tightly held the doll Qi Heng gave her, as if she was holding onto the hope of life. In the hazy moment, it seemed as if someone had rescued her ashore.
When Minglan woke up, she found that she had changed into a pair of coarse clothes. A little girl brought her ginger soup and told her that her aunt had changed the clothes for her and that her father had saved her.Then the person who saved her came in. Minglan hurriedly lowered her head and reported the name of the Sheng family, saying that she would be grateful in the future. However, the person made a joke with her. Only then did Minglan realize that the person who saved her was Gu Tingye..Minglan was overjoyed. She felt relieved when she learned that Mrs. Sheng and Xiao Tao had been rescued, and that the Sheng family's boat was intact.Gu Tingye told Minglan why she came here and introduced her to Shitou's brother and sister-in-law.
Minglan called Gu Tingye aside to talk. She brought up the future of Sheng Changbai and Sister Rong to persuade Gu Tingye to return to Beijing.Gu Tingye knew Minglan's good intentions, but he didn't want to go back for the time being. Instead, he advised Minglan to think more about his marriage.A few days later, Gu Tingye sent Minglan back to the Sheng family's ship. He watched Minglan gradually walk away and made up his mind to join the army.When the boat arrived at Youyang, Mrs. Sheng got off the boat and went straight to the Sheng Mansion. When she saw the eldest lady, they were both very excited. Minglan also felt the passionate family affection.
