The city was bustling with people, with red walls and golden tiles, as the people of the capital gathered by the moat to trade, bargain, and create a bustling scene.

When Rong Chengxuan passed by this place, for some reason he suddenly reined in his horse and stood stiffly by the river with Yun Wanwan, waiting for the person who would follow him.

Yun Wanwan saw Rong Chengxuan suddenly stop his horse about a few hundred meters from the city gate. She was confused and turned her head to look at Rong Chengxuan. She asked, "Did you forget to get something?"

Rong Chengxuan was worried that Yun Wanwan's neck would ache from twisting too much, so he patted her shoulder and told her to sit properly on the horse. "Sit tight and wait for someone."

Yun Wanwan ignored Rong Chengxuan's words and turned her body even more aggressively. Only then did she realize that the servants who had been following Rong Chengxuan were now nowhere to be seen. The "waiting for people" Rong Chengxuan was referring to were them.

It was not until Rong Chengxuan grabbed her and held her whole body in front of him that Yun Wanwan finally calmed down a little.

But it wasn't long before Rong Chengxuan felt someone tugging at his sleeve. Without even thinking, he knew it was Yun Wanwan. Yun Wanwan said, "Rong Chengxuan, look to your left. It's not cold enough to cover up completely, is it? Could that person be going to do something bad?"

Yun Wanwan lowered her head and thought, wondering who would do such a bad thing and cover themselves up like this? If she walked out onto the street like this, wouldn't it be a direct announcement to the world that she had something to hide? It would be a wonder she wasn't caught.

After a long moment, Yun Wanwan murmured, "That man is truly a weirdo..."

Rong Chengxuan looked in the direction Yun Wanwan mentioned. The man who Yun Wanwan called a weirdo also happened to raise his head, and his gaze met Rong Chengxuan's.

Rong Chengxuan was stunned. He saw the strange man grinning at him, then turned around and mixed with the crowd walking along the moat into the city. In a short while, he disappeared from Rong Chengxuan's sight.

Rong Chengxuan was just about to take Yun Wanwan on horseback to chase after him, but the sound of horse hooves was heard behind him, not far away. Rong Chengxuan knew that it was his attendants catching up, so he had to turn his horse around.

When Rong Chengxuan turned his horse around, the attendants accompanying him had already caught up and were waiting behind him.

Rong Chengxuan lowered his eyelashes to hide the emotions in his eyes, urged his horse, and headed southeast. Dozens of attendants from Prince An's mansion followed behind him, galloping through the middle of the street.

At the moment of turning towards the city gate, Rong Chengxuan subconsciously reined in his horse and looked back. He saw that the man in black who had just disappeared from his sight had appeared out of nowhere and was standing next to a fish vendor, seemingly bargaining with the vendor.

Rong Chengxuan frowned. His sixth sense told him that the man in black could not be an ordinary person.

As Rong Chengxuan was thinking about this, he suddenly had a bad premonition. Zhou Hangyan, who was accompanying him and collecting intelligence from Prince An's Mansion, heard him call out softly, "Hangyan..."

Zhou Hangyan immediately rode forward and approached him, waiting for instructions.

He stared at the man in black who appeared and disappeared in the crowd. He paused for a moment, raised his whip, and said, "I want to know everything about that man in black."

Yun Wanwan also looked in the direction where Rong Chengxuan's whip was pointing, and found that the person Rong Chengxuan wanted to investigate was actually the strange man she had just pointed out to him.

Zhou Hangyan turned in surprise, looking at the person Rong Chengxuan was pointing at. He then glanced at Yun Wanwan, still sitting on Rong Chengxuan's horse, and his mind raced. Although the person was completely shrouded in black, just by looking at her figure, he could tell she was a woman.

Zhou Hangyan glanced at Yun Wanwan again. Could it be that his prince had taken a fancy to the woman in black and wanted to marry her back to the palace? Regardless, the future princess was sitting on his prince's horse, and their relationship was just as good as Ye Lan had said.

Moreover, when Rong Chengxuan asked him to investigate the person, he did not hide the fact that Yun Wanwan was sitting in front of him. Why did he suddenly ask him to investigate that woman?

But then, Zhou Hangyan suppressed his surprise and replied in a low voice, "Yes."

Without a moment's delay, Rong Chengxuan led a group of people straight out of the city gate. Zhou Hangyan reined in his horse alone and got off the horse only after seeing Rong Chengxuan's back disappear at the city gate. He summoned the secret guards who had been following Rong Chengxuan along the way and asked them to investigate the identity of the woman Rong Chengxuan had just mentioned without leaving any trace.

That woman... looks ordinary, but also very strange...

Everyone who received Rong Chengxuan's order would carry it out loyally, but they would unconsciously wonder in their hearts, why would His Royal Highness Prince An ask them to investigate a woman for no reason?

As Rong Chengxuan was leaving the city gate, Yun Wanwan raised the suspicion she had harbored since Rong Chengxuan asked Zhou Hangyan to investigate the man in black she had told Rong Chengxuan about: "Do you also think there's something fishy about that man in black?"

Yun Wanwan's "also" was very insightful. Rong Chengxuan raised his eyebrows frivolously, "You also think there's something wrong with him?"

"Well, who would wrap themselves up so tightly before going out? Isn't it obvious that they have something to hide?" Yun Wanwan clicked her tongue and didn't mention to Rong Chengxuan that she had just doubted the man in black for a while but now felt that there was nothing wrong with him.

Outside the city gate, Ye Lan, who had left the city earlier, was leading the generals and officers standing under the palace wall, waiting solemnly, waiting for Rong Chengxuan to lead the people from Prince An's Mansion out of the city.

In the distance, a horseman came leisurely. Ye Lan, holding a piece of grass in his mouth, leaned against the city wall, motionless as a mountain. The people behind him could not help but look over, whispering to Ye Lan, who was still standing there without any intention of moving, "Guard Ye, is the prince here?"

Ye Lan just smiled and said nothing. He knew Rong Chengxuan would have to ride a horse when leaving the city, and Yun Wanwan couldn't ride a horse. If he was taking Yun Wanwan out of the city with him, he would definitely be the one leading Yun Wanwan out on horseback.

The man who arrived was riding alone. His demeanor and manners couldn't even compare to Rong Chengxuan's. He looked like a vagrant with nothing to do on the street. Only a blind person would mistake him for Rong Chengxuan.

"According to the time, he should be here, but looking at this, it doesn't seem like it..." After all, Rong Chengxuan is a son of a noble family and a top-notch nobleman in the capital. It is impossible for his manners to be so bad.

Also, given that gentleman's decisive and self-disciplined character, it is impossible for him to allow his attendants to be so lazy.