After a brief silence, there was an uproar in front of the hall. The ministers formed small groups and talked among themselves, trying to get some information from others.

Everyone wants to know why Yuwen Ran suddenly took Gu Yanyue to Qianzhou?

It is said that King Xiang was in Qianzhou, sharing the hardships with the people of Qianzhou. It is impossible for the people of Qianzhou to riot again.

What's more, even if Yuwen Ran was worried about whether Prince Xiang could handle the disaster relief in Qianzhou, wasn't the Minister of Revenue also sent there by Yuwen Ran?

The court officials gathered together, trying to figure out the emperor's intentions and lay the foundation for their next step. Some of them even began to wonder whether they should first clarify their relationship with King Xiang and his faction.

It is a bit against the rules to get too close to Prince Xiang, after all, the one sitting on the throne is still Yuwen Ran.

Instead of trying to curry favor with the emperor Yuwen Ran, he tried to curry favor with the prince Xiang Wang.

There have been examples in the past of people whose families declined because they flattered the wrong people.

For example, in the recent case of Duke Qin, except for his daughter Qin Ruoruo who escaped the disaster because of her good relationship with the Queen, the rest of the family members, including Duke Qin himself, were demoted to the frontier by Yuwen Ran and were not allowed to return to Beijing.

An example has been given before. If someone still rushed to curry favor with King Xiang, the court officials would think that it might be something only a sick person would do.

He even sent his confidants to investigate why Yuwen Ran went to Qianzhou and whether it was really related to Prince Xiang...

The carriage of Yuwen Ran's carriage might have been fumigated with dozens of kilograms of calming incense when it was parked near the Imperial Hospital.

Gu Yanyue fell into a deep sleep as soon as she got on the carriage. Perhaps it was because she had been busy competing with Yu Wenran in the past few days, and it took a lot of effort just to get him to agree to take her to Qianzhou.

When I handed the wontons to Qin Ruoruo yesterday, I always felt that something was missing.

So after she returned to the palace, she kept thinking about that matter and didn't sleep well that night.

She finally fell asleep when it was almost dawn. Yu Wenran naturally didn't want to disturb her, and he even thoughtfully asked Zheng Hai to light calming incense in the carriage so that Gu Yanyue could sleep more comfortably.

This time, Gu Yanyue didn't need Yu Wen Ran to coax her to ride in the carriage. After getting in the carriage, she buried her face in the fabric on Yu Wen Ran's shoulder, covered with Yu Wen Ran's sleeve, and slept peacefully the whole way.

When Gu Yanyue woke up from Yuwen Ran's arms, the carriage had already stopped in front of the first post station. She was still a little sleepy, so she pulled Yuwen Ran and asked dazedly, "Ah Ran, am I still dreaming? Otherwise, why are we not in the palace now, but here in front of the post station?"

"Ayue, you might have fallen asleep. We have indeed left the palace and arrived at the post station." Yuwen Ran took the wet towel that the palace maid had prepared and wiped Gu Yanyue's face to clear her mind. "After we have rested, we can continue our journey. If we are quick, we can reach Qianzhou in six days."

Gu Yanyue finally regained consciousness after Yuwen Ran wiped her face with a towel. She asked, "How's the food supply at Lord Yao's place?"

Yuwen Ran put down the towel and told the maids to empty the basins of water. Then he said, "Jinle has already prepared supplies and sent me a message saying he'll be arriving in Qianzhou the day after tomorrow. I told him to find a restaurant outside the city to stay in first. When we arrive, we'll meet up with Jinle and figure out how to enter Qianzhou without revealing our identities."

After the convoy had rested, they headed towards Qianzhou. After leaving the border of the capital, they were faced with endless mountain roads, which were bumpy and tiring. Yuwen Ran was concerned about the people of Qianzhou, so he kept urging them to hurry up, making everyone on and off the team look exhausted. However, due to Yuwen Ran's identity, they couldn't speak up.

On this journey, apart from Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue, and the maids and eunuchs who came to serve them, all had carriages. The rest of the people Yuwen Ran planned to take to Qianzhou for disaster relief all rode horses day and night. After three days, they were already exhausted.

Although Yuwen Ran was anxious, the current situation was not suitable for continuing the journey. He had no choice but to rest for a day in a small town a thousand miles away from Qianzhou. The closer he got to Qianzhou, the more difficult the mountain road became. After passing this town, the road to Qianzhou was all mountainous.

The fine BMWs that the team rode from Beijing were obviously not suitable for continuing down those mountain roads. Moreover, they had been running for three or four days in a row, and it might not be appropriate for them to continue running. If one of them suddenly fell down on the way, it would take a lot of time, so these horses had to be disposed of before setting off again.

Yuwen Ran went to Qianzhou in disguise this time and did not want to reveal his whereabouts, so the royal horse markings had long been erased from the horses.

It is not convenient to sell it directly to the local authorities here, for fear that they will mistake it for a horse thief and arrest it.

He had no choice but to sell them to local horse dealers at a low price, and then used the money to buy a new batch of mules and horses that were good at walking on mountain roads from those horse dealers.

By the time we brought the horses back from the horse dealer, it was getting dark. It was never safe to travel in the mountains at night.

Yuwen Ran booked a restaurant in the town.

Because Gu Yanyue was bored waiting in the carriage, she fell asleep again without realizing it and could not be woken up no matter how hard she tried.

Yu Wenran had no choice but to use the same method as when he carried Gu Yanyue out of the main hall of Fengqi Palace. He wrapped Gu Yanyue tightly and carried her down from the carriage.

The waiter didn't understand why. Seeing Gu Yanyue wrapped tightly in clothes and quilts, with not even her head and face exposed, and letting someone hold her, she looked sick. He wondered, "Sir, is this lady feeling unwell? Should I go get a doctor to see her?"

Yu Wenran looked at Gu Yanyue who was sleeping soundly in his arms, then looked at the waiter in front of him, and knew what had happened.

The waiter had obviously misunderstood that Gu Yanyue in his arms was a sickly person. He could only smile awkwardly and explain to him, "No, you misunderstood. My wife was so tired from traveling that she fell asleep and couldn't be woken up, so she let me carry her upstairs. If she were still awake, she would definitely not let me do something that would damage her image."

Upon hearing this, the waiter apologized to Yu Wenran with a smile, "I'm sorry, sir. I was mistaken. Please don't take it personally. Your wife is a beauty so stunning that she could make fish sink to the bottom of their waters, geese fall to the ground, and the moon and flowers blush. We understand that you didn't want her to show her face, but we can show her to us."