Lin Qingwan and her entourage rushed to the capital, even Lin Yuhuan sometimes got off the carriage and rode a horse to hurry along the way.

  There were too many people this time!

  Apart from the servants brought by Lin Qingwan, there were also guards from the mansion, family guards sent by the Lu family to escort them, and a general flag drawn from the garrison by Zhou Cishi, plus the people brought by Zhou Tong and Shang Mingjie, making a total of nearly two hundred people. Unless they really encountered the entire Liao army's vanguard team, Lin Qingwan was not afraid at all.

  They had just killed a group of them last year, and during the Lantern Festival, they lost three more men. She didn't believe they would dare to intercept them on the road again.

  So Lin Qingwan took this trip with abandon, aside from rushing along the road, she didn't mind announcing to the world that she was going to the capital to celebrate a birthday.

  The title of princess is still very useful, and officials along the way dare not be slow, wherever she goes, they try their best to arrange food and accommodation.

  Shang Mingjie and Zhou Tong blended in so well that if no one introduced them, nobody would know who they were.

  In such cases, those assassins never appeared.

  It is unknown whether it was because people died in Jiangnan and the news did not spread, or because there were too many people and they could not get close.

  Zhou Tong and Shang Mingjie kept a low profile for two or three days, seeing that there was no ripple, they became arrogant again. Shang Mingjie went to find Lin Yuhong to play.

  Lin Yuhong glared at him and said, "You're not among the guards, what are you doing here? Aren't you afraid that an assassin will take advantage of the opportunity to harm you?"

  "There are so many of us, and even if the mastermind is arrogant, it's impossible to send out a group of assassins that can match two hundred people at once." Shang Mingjie looked at Lin Yubin with a smile and asked, "Have you been feeling unwell from rushing on horseback for three days, little sister?"

  Lin Yuhong remained silent.

  Shang Mingjie said with a smile: "The first time I rushed on the road like this was when I went to Yangzhou to visit my uncle, if you're tired, put two spoons of salt in the water when you take a bath at night to relieve fatigue, and it would be even better if Yingyan could give you a massage..."

  Lin Qingwan yawned and walked over, hearing him talking nonsense. She stopped in her tracks and looked at Lin Yubin, who was lowering his head and ignoring him, but didn't drive him away.

  Lin Qingwan suddenly felt a surge of anger towards Shang Mingjie and walked up to him.

  Shang Mingjie inexplicably felt a little guilty and jumped up to make a bow, "Aunt Lin, you're back."

  "You look quite spirited, just right. The food we brought is almost gone, take some people out to see if you can buy some ingredients back."

  Shang Mingjie nodded with his head down, and Lin Qingyu then pulled Lin Yubin away.

  When he raised his head, the aunt and niece had almost entered the room. Lin Yubin couldn't help but turn back to give Shang Mingjie a look, thinking "this fool has gotten on the wrong side of Auntie again?"

  Shang Ming Jie smiled foolishly and turned around to take people out to buy things.

  At this time, the sky had already darkened, and all the shops outside were closed. They could only knock on each door one by one to ask questions. Lin An hastily stopped him, saying: "Second Master, let us handle this matter."

  Isn't buying groceries his job?

  It's time for you masters to take a bath and go to bed comfortably.

  Shang Mingjie laughed and said: "I'll go with you, Auntie has instructed."

  Lin An immediately let go and laughed: "Let the little one take a different route with you, I'll give you a list later, just buy according to that, and I'll take care of the rest."

  So it was offending the auntie after all.

  Shang Ming Jie and Lin An divided up the goods on the list and happily went to buy them back.

  After washing up and lying on the bed, he finally returned from outside, dusty and exhausted. He couldn't help but let out a yawn and said, "What an idiot, can't see that Lin Qingyuan is intentionally making things difficult for him?"

  Yin Quan looked out and said in a low voice: "Young Master, how can you call the princess by her name?"

  Zhou Tong curled his lips and didn't speak, "Alright, alright, I won't say anything from now on."

  Yin Quan was worried and knew that the young master's annoying habit of ignoring others had recurred, as the old master had repeatedly instructed him to keep a close eye on the young master.

  He glanced outside and saw the usually clever servant running back and forth, staring at people carrying food into the house. His heart moved involuntarily, and he rushed to Zhou Tongdao on the bed: "Young master, I think Young Master understands in his heart, but can't a beautiful woman be won without paying a price? This Lin Guizhou is equivalent to the mother of Lin Xianzhuang, and naturally, Young Master wants to please her."

  Zhou Tong burst out laughing and asked while pinching the pouch beside his pillow: "Have you ever seen me try to win over Shang Daitai?"

  "How is this the same?" Yin Quan couldn't help but mutter: "Didn't you also buy lanterns for Shang Xiaojie before?"

  Zhou Tong kicked him and said, "How can that be the same? He's not marrying Lin Qing, so why is he being so humble?"

  "Hush," said Silver Spring anxiously: "My lord, you'd better be careful, Young Master will be back soon."

  Moreover, Lin Junzhu and Lin Xianzhu are still living in the nearby room, what if they hear about it?

  As it turned out, these words really did reach Lin Qingwan's ears. She wasn't interested in other people's whispers, but unfortunately for Zhou Tong, the person carrying the hot water for Shang Mingjie was a servant from her household, and their ears happened to be very useful.

  As soon as he reached the door, he heard the last two sentences. He hesitated for a moment before knocking on the door and entering. He put down the water at the screen and didn't go out again. Instead, he shouted directly at the outside: "Second Master, don't be busy, hurry up and come to wash your face!"

  Zhou Tong, who was originally about to fall asleep with drooping eyelids, was suddenly startled awake. He glared at the person below him, and that person only then discovered his mistake, smiled foolishly, and retreated with a bow.

  The next day, Lin Qingyan heard the report and was displeased with Zhou Tong again.

  She was picky about Shang Mingjie, actually she was also picky about his family environment, but Zhou Tong this person...

  Lin Qingwan ordered them to speed up again, and Zhou Tong, who already had some psychological shadow on horseback riding, directly fell into a miserable state.

  He wanted to switch to a horse-drawn carriage, but carriages always had accidents, so in the end he still had to ride a horse.

  In such a swift journey, it took less than five days to arrive in the capital city.

  Zhou Tong and Shang Mingjie almost shed tears when they saw the two big characters on the city gate.

  Finally arrived in Beijing.

  Lin Yuhu also let out a sigh of relief and looked at Lin Qingwan, "Auntie, where are we going?"

  Lin Qingwan didn't rush anymore, she gazed calmly at the city gate and said after a pause: "Let's go back to the county princess's mansion first."

  "Auntie?" Lin Yuhu felt that since receiving a letter three days ago, her aunt's attitude had changed. Although she was still in a hurry to rush to the capital, with an anxious look on her face, she knew that her aunt seemed to be hesitating, and this anxiety was more feigned.

  Lin Qingwan withdrew her gaze, looked at her soothingly and smiled: "It's all right, we've had a tiring journey. Let's go back to the mansion and rest for a while. I'll have someone send a message to the palace."