Pampered Consort of the Fragrant Orchard

“Butler Qiu, what brings you here?” The soldiers guarding the city all recognized the visitor, because the visitor was none other than the second butler of Prince Ren’s Mansion, Qiu Jiyan.

“My father and mother are coming over– they said they would come today, but until now they still hadn’t arrived, so I took a leave of absence from the Prince to come over and take a look.” Qiu Jiyan said, “I know that those entering the city have to be inspected, how is the inspection going?”

“Since it's Qiu Official's family, surely there won't be any malicious figures. And we just inspected everyone, there is nothing strange, you can proceed.” The soldier said.

“In that case, thank you.” Qiu Jiyan said lightly, with a prideful appearance. Then he came to the carriage at the back, saluted the people in the carriage and said, “Father, Mother, we are now ready to go, let's enter the city.”

Du Xiaoli, who was posing as a maid in the carriage, saw the corner of Leng Er’s mouth twitch– he was posing as a carriage driver and earned a glare from Qiu Jiyan. Thankfully, the soldier had his back to them, so no one saw this exchange.

“Then let's go, cough cough.” The father, played by Luo Qi, coughed twice, frightening Xia Yuan who hurriedly asked Du Xiaoli to close the door.

“Hmph, I told you there was no point in inspection. Eldest Brother took care of things as soon as he arrived.” Ying Ge finished and glared fiercely at those officials and soldiers again before getting on the carriage with Mu Shui's assistance.

This Mu Shui also interpreted his role of husband perfectly, constantly nodding his head and agreeing, completely embodying a husband appeasing his wife.

Leng Er tugged on the reins in his hand: not good, not good, no matter how he looked at them, this wasn’t good– these two people were acting too poorly!

Qiu Jiyan raised an eyebrow, why was Leng Er's reaction like this?

Du Xiaoli also saw Leng Er's expression just before she closed the door and snickered in her heart– it seemed like there was room for future development!

Everyone boarded the carriages, and Qiu Jiyan also returned to his own carriage. Telling the carriage driver to go, the group entered the city.

Du Xiaoli heard the sound of the wheels clacking and let out a long sigh of relief.

Who would have expected for the butler of Prince Ren’s Mansion to come down to meet them! Looking at Leng Er's reaction to hearing the butler call for his parents just now, he was probably one of Han Mingyi’s people. But they had received news of their arrival so quickly!

After entering the city, Qiu Jiyan brought them to a private house, saying it was a courtyard that had been prepared for them. After Du Xiaoli and the others entered, they followed him to said courtyard, went out the back door, and quietly left in another carriage.

The carriage was big, so even with ten people, it wasn't crowded. Only when they reached the carriage did everyone begin to relax, removing the disguises from their faces.

“Why did you come over?” Leng Yi asked, looking over at Qiu Jiyan.

Qiu Jiyan was tall and thin, with an air of wisdom about him. Hearing Leng Yi's question, he smiled and said, “From the time we lost contact with you guys, Master told me to keep an eye on any movements at the city gates. We figured that even if you guys were to rush, you'd all only be arriving at the capital by this afternoon at the earliest. There aren't many people entering the city right now, and with the signals you deliberately revealed, I instantly recognized you. I just didn't expect that you guys would pretend to be a family– I even gained a younger generation as a parent for no reason.”

“Coming over to meet us at this time– it won't be a problem, right? Will it incriminate you?” Leng Er asked.

“How could Prince Ren have the time to care about this right now– even if this matter reaches his ears, he doesn't have time to come and verify whether it’s truly my family coming.” Qiu Jiyan said.

His words caused the atmosphere in the carriage to shift all of a sudden, and Leng Er hurriedly asked, “What's wrong?”

“Since starting the palace rebellion, Prince Ren and the others haven't been able to find the jade seal. The Emperor is still alive for the time being, but the Empress Dowager has said that today is the last day. If the Emperor doesn't bring out the jade seal, he will lose his life. Tomorrow, King Ren will also forcefully ascend to the throne. So, everything must take place tonight.” Qiu Jiyan explained the current situation.

“Looks like we came back just in time.” Du Xiaoli said, “Official Qiu, how are my father and the others doing?”

“Princess, don't worry, Prime Minister Du is fine.” Qiu Jiyan turned to Du Xiaoli and replied.

“That's good.” A huge burden was lifted from Du Xiaoli's heart. She thought to herself: that old fox of a father, she just knew he wouldn’t have been trapped so easily! “What about my brother?”

“Duke Du disappeared before the palace rebellion occurred. Master said he was hidden by Prime Minister Du.” Qiu Jiyan replied.

This reinforced the suspicion in Du Xiaoli's heart that Du Yunhan had long known this would happen, which was why he had hid Du Xiuheng in advance. But how did he manage to keep them all unaware?

Qiu Jiyan led them around in many circles before the carriage entered an inconspicuous courtyard. As soon as Du Xiaoli and the others got off the carriage, they saw Han Mingyi waiting in the courtyard.

“Master.” Leng Yi and the others saw Han Mingyi and went forward to salute him.

Han Mingyi nodded at them, “You’ve worked hard.”

The next to come down were Luo Qi's people, and when Han Mingyi saw Luo Qi, he said, “Thank you.”

Luo Qi naturally knew that the ‘thank you’ was for last time, when Du Xiaoli and the others had encountered an assassination attempt. But he didn't want to hear him say thank you, so he just nodded his head faintly in response.

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