Chapter 315 Arrival

For the past few days, Lin Changning and Qi Rong had been traveling in the same carriage, only separating for a short time when they stopped at a post station to rest.

I wonder what my second brother is thinking these days. It seems that since returning from the capital, the two of them have become much closer. Even when they sleep at the post station at night, he wants to pull her to sleep in the same room.

Lin Changning politely declined, citing her uncomfortable sleeping position. Seriously, would it be appropriate for her to sleep with the commander?

Qi Rong didn't think much of it. He had known Lin Changning for a long time and knew her personality. Although he felt a little regretful when Lin Changning declined, he was used to it. After all, Xiao Liu really didn't like physical contact with people, and her living habits were quite fussy. She was very clean and even had some obsession with cleanliness.

The soldiers under his command were much more capable than those under the command of other commanders; the kind of general you are determines the kind of soldiers you produce.

Although I wanted to sleep side by side with Changning to deepen our relationship, I couldn't force her.

Unlike the harrowing escape Lin Changning and his group had made, the past five or six days had been eerily quiet, with no killers, assassins, or bodyguards.

Lin Changning and Qi Rong took turns looking after Yue'er and chatting and joking with Li Mingshu, making the past few days pass exceptionally quickly.

When Lin Changning woke up again, they had already arrived outside the city gate of Taiyuan.

I lifted the curtain of the carriage and peeked out. I could already see the outline of the city gate in the distance. We would arrive in Taiyuan by the morning at the latest.

Whether someone had gone back to deliver the message or not, before Chang Ning and his group even reached the city gate, they saw two carriages speeding towards them. When they saw Lin Chang Ning's convoy, they suddenly stopped.

A maidservant got off the carriage and said something to Wenzhi. Wenzhi rode her horse to the carriage where Lin Changning and the others were: "Princess, please help the young lady out of the carriage. The Princess and the Prince have arrived."

Li Mingshu was stunned for a moment, and her somewhat dazed gaze suddenly became lively. She bent down and climbed out of the carriage, and Qi Rong followed her out of the carriage with Yue'er in his arms.

As he got off the bus, he turned around and looked at Lin Changning, saying, "I'm going to see my aunt. I'll give you half a month off, Xiao Liu. You can go home first later."

Lin Changning cupped his hands in greeting, nodded, and watched Qi Rong and the others walk away.

The main force stopped halfway. Lin Changning lifted the carriage curtain and peeked at the carriage over there. He saw Li Mingshu and Yue'er just getting into the carriage.

Then she heard a slightly mournful cry, and Lin Changning felt a lump in her throat and sighed.

Their family is reunited; she should hurry home too.

Thinking of this, Lin Changning patted the coachman in front of him: "No need to wait any longer, let's go back to the city first and take me home."

The coachman was Qi Rong's personal guard. Hearing Lin Changning's words, he nodded and drove the carriage along the main road toward Taiyuan.

He had heard what the commander had just said, so he immediately prepared to send Lin Changning home.

Lin Changning sat in the carriage, watching the main force get further and further away from him, and felt a longing to return home.

Originally, it was said that it would take at least a month or three months, but now the journey has delayed us considerably, and I'm sure our families are getting anxious.

Halfway there, Lin Changning realized he had forgotten something. He was in such a hurry to get home that he had forgotten that Shilang was walking with the main group.

Lin Changning slapped his forehead, just about to order someone to turn back, when he saw a carriage quickly catching up from behind.

This is the carriage that Juro rode in.

Lin Changning lifted the curtain, about to call Shilang, when she saw Shilang peeking out, his face full of reproach, looking at her with a hint of resentment in his eyes.

Lin Changning rubbed his nose, feeling a little guilty: "Tenth Brother, are you coming home with me, or going straight back to the Prince's Mansion?"

Shiro sneered, "Good Sixth Brother, what do you say?"

Lin Changning chuckled and said, "Let's go back to my place and rest first. We can go back to work tomorrow."

Shiro continued to sneer: "When I came out to find Sixth Brother, Master granted me a half-month leave, so I don't have to work recently."

Lin Changning choked for a moment and then chuckled awkwardly, "Then go home and rest well. I'll ask my mother to cook more food for me these days."

Shiro snorted coldly: "Don't eat too much meat and fish lately, try to eat a lighter diet."

Lin Changning sighed, and after watching Shilang lower the curtain first, she sighed again.

Kids are so temperamental; they've even learned to give her attitude now. After lowering the curtain, I quietly waited to get home.

In less than half an hour, Lin Changning and his group arrived at the city gate of Taiyuan.

The coachman took out Qi Rong's token and showed it to the soldiers guarding the city. Seeing that the soldiers insisted on checking the person in the carriage, he shook his head helplessly and sighed. He lifted the curtain, apologized to Lin Changning, and let the soldiers lift the curtain of the carriage.

Upon seeing Lin Changning's face, the city guards hurriedly clasped their hands in salute.

"I have met the commander of a thousand households."

Lin Changning waved his hand, then looked at the city wall, which seemed to have just been renovated, and asked directly, "Was the city wall renovated again? It looks different from when I left."

The soldier guarding the city nodded: "It was renovated a few months ago. Commander, hurry up and enter the city. You haven't been back for months, have you? Your family must be getting impatient."

Lin Changning nodded and lowered the carriage curtain.

After traveling for a while, the carriage finally stopped in front of the Lin residence.

The main gate of the mansion was tightly closed. Lin Changning stared at the gate in a daze, as he hadn't been back for several months.

I do miss home a little.

He got off the carriage, stood at the door for a while, and saw that Juro's carriage had stopped behind him. He walked straight to Juro's carriage and waited to go home with Juro.

Shiro got off the carriage and skillfully directed the driver to lead it from the side courtyard into the stable.

He then led Lin Changning toward the main gate.

Lin Changning stroked his chin: "You seem to know this place well. You must come to my house quite often, right?"

Shilang glanced at Lin Changning: "I come here once a week to check my aunt's pulse for peace of mind. Whenever anyone in the family has a headache or fever, they go to the Prince's Mansion to find me."

Lin Changning raised an eyebrow. No wonder he was so familiar with their family. It seemed that Shilang had just gained a foothold in the Prince's mansion and then came out to visit once a week, checking his pulse and treating his illness. He was quite thoughtful.

As the two were talking, the main gate opened a crack. The gatekeeper opened the gate, paused for a moment when he saw Lin Changning's face, and then opened the gate completely.

"Master! Master, you're back! I'll go inform the Old Madam and the others right away!!!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she took off running, shouting as she ran towards the inner courtyard: "Madam, Old Madam, Master is back! Our Master is back!"

Lin Changning was about to stop the person, thinking that there was no need to make a fuss about going home, and was about to say that there was no need to announce it, when the person had already run far away towards the inner courtyard.

Lin Changning shook his head and glanced at Shilang with a hint of helplessness. Shilang clenched his fist and chuckled softly.

"Just wait here. Your aunt and the others will probably come out to greet you soon."