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With a few meat buns and the help of the jailer, she managed to muddy the waters and break the situation where this group of people were banding together to exclude them.
Members of the Mu clan were not united, to begin with, and for a meat bun, they showed their innate talents and played palace intrigues.
Mu Wan Qing didn’t care much about the clan, but her parents and brothers were all people with clan concepts and it was impossible for them to be independent so quickly.
Mu Wan Qing never got involved in their intrigues, just watched from the sidelines, and when she was happy, she would share some meat buns with those who performed well and if she was unhappy, who wouldn’t share.
Soon, the verdict came down, and all the members of the Mu family were exiled 3,000 miles away and sent to Liangcheng in the northwest as soldiers to guard the border.
The northern border was bitterly cold, covered with flying yellow sand. It was a wild land with a very poor environment.
When the war came, they had to go to the battlefield front to fight, and they would become cannon fodder for others if they were not careful.
Moreover, many people could not even make it to their destination and died of illness on the way to exile.
Hearing the verdict, several people fainted on the spot, and some even cried loudly.
Mu Wan Qing was feeling relieved instead. It’s okay, she wasn’t going to be executed!
Looking at her mother who was silently crying, Mu Wan Qing gently advised, “Mom, don’t be afraid, I am here for you.”
Hearing her daughter’s assurance, Second Madam Mu looked at her delicate and weak daughter and wanted to cry even more.
Could their family reach Liangcheng safely?! She really had no confidence at all.
Mu Wan Qing, however, was full of fighting spirit and great expectation.
Fighting against the sky is endless joy, fighting against the earth is endless joy, and fighting against people is endless joy.
Outside the city, a group of prisoners wearing iron shackles stood on the roadside, looking back at the capital city, with sad and confused expressions.
Banished to Liangcheng three thousand miles away, could they ever come back in their lifetime?!
Dying in a foreign land, unable to return home, is the final fate of any exiled criminal.
Will they be one of them??!
In contrast, the female family members and the boy under ten years old did not have to wear shackles, and it was not that hard for them to walk.
Mu Wan Qing and her daughter were the only ones in the second branch of the Mu family who did not wear iron shackles.
Mu Wan Qing wore a set of modified men’s clothes, which were made from her second brother’s old clothes. She tied a neat ponytail, and it was difficult to tell whether she was a man or a woman.
She also asked her mother to sew a bundle with the cut cloth and put a few clothes and small boxes in it. This was all the luggage for the second room. The bundle was pitifully small, but it was better than others.
The others were really penniless and they didn’t know how to survive the difficult road of exile.
Many people died on the road of exile. It can be said that this journey was a life-or-death struggle for everyone.
Even when they arrived at the place of exile, only a few people would be able to survive safely.
Mu Wan Qing looked around. In addition to the Mu family, there was also the family of Fang Yu Kun, the former head of the Ministry of War. There were more than 300 people in total.
As for the servants, they were already sold and no one knew where they were scattered.
There were thirty officials in charge of escorting. They had five carriages and several horses, scattered around the prisoners.
The leading yamen runner was named Zeng. He was tall and strong, with a sturdy aura. He rode on horseback majestically and keenly stared at the prisoners.
Mu Wan Qing kept collecting information and analyzing the information quickly.
Suddenly, the joyful voice of Sixth Aunt from the side branch came to her ears. It was her family from her mother’s side who came.
Not only did they come, but they also brought clothes and some dry food, which made the Sixth Aunt’s family very happy.
This set a good example, and all the relatives and friends of other members also came to see them off.
Only the main branch of the Mu family did not make any movement, but they were also feeling very anxious.
Seeing his father and mother staying quietly without any expectations, Mu Ziang couldn’t help asking, “Dad, will someone come to see us off?”
Second Master Mu smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly in response, “No.”