Zhang's death did not cause any commotion.

She hadn't appeared in public for a long time, and she had offended almost everyone during her lifetime.

Lin Anxiang informed the Zhang family of her death. Except for Zhang's mother who came secretly to see her, no one else in the Zhang family said a word.

Zhang, who had been strong all her life, didn't even have a grand funeral after her death.

......

The day after Zhang's death, the Sixth Prince and his entourage, who had been living in the Lin family's old house, prepared to return to the capital. They also invited Lin Anru to join them.

Lin Anru, who originally planned to set out with other students to take part in next year's imperial examination, immediately agreed.

The Sixth Prince has many followers, so it is safer for him to go there together than for these students.

Because he left in a hurry, Lin Anru still had time to say goodbye to his fellow villagers.

When the village chief heard the news, he and his whole family immediately mobilized the villagers to raise dozens of taels of silver so that he could take the exam well.

Uncle Lin's family had no money, but he shamelessly and humbly asked a fellow villager to borrow some money and sent it over overnight.

"Anru, study hard. If you don't have money, your uncle will lend it to you. Don't worry."

Lin Anru knelt down in front of him with red eyes and bowed deeply.

The second elder of the Lin family had given all their assets to Lin Anru last time. The money given this time was only the money that the sixth prince gave for rent. Old Master Lin gave it all to him without keeping a single cent.

Although it was rushed, everyone did what they were supposed to do.

Before leaving, Liu saw Lin Anru out with red eyes.

Lin Anru didn't care about the presence of everyone, she turned around and hugged Liu: "Stay at home and take care of your health. I will take you to my side when the time is right."

Liu just hummed and didn't say anything else.

After letting go of his wife, Lin Anru hugged Lin Shiyu and Lin Boyu again, and told Lin Boyu to take good care of his mother and sister at home.

The Sixth Prince's carriage was waiting not far away. Lin Anru did not dare to delay any longer. After giving his instructions, he walked forward without looking back.

He didn't look back, so he didn't see that his family, his friends, and his fellow villagers followed him all the way to the village entrance.

"They all went back."

Shortly after leaving the village, an attendant came over and kindly informed Lin Anru.

Lin Anru nodded indifferently, and only raised his hand to wipe his eyes after his followers left.

No one knew who leaked the news, but when they arrived at the official road on the other side of the county town, many students who were going to Beijing to take the imperial examinations were already waiting there.

They cautiously proposed the idea of ​​traveling together.

The Sixth Prince neither agreed nor refused, so everyone took it as his consent.

As a result, the entire team became much larger.

With so many students joining, although the Sixth Prince's majesty is still there, the team has a lot more voices and more vitality than at the beginning.

......

As soon as Lin Anru left, Liu's spirits began to decline again.

It took her two or three days to adjust herself in the house before she began to return to normal.

She had to get back to normal, as her beloved daughter kept calling her outside the door several times a day, asking her to come out and help.

Every time she wanted to cry, she was interrupted by Lin Shiyu. She tried several times but it was still the same. She couldn't suppress her depressed mood.

"Tell me, tell me, why are you calling me outside every day?"

On the third day, without waiting for Lin Shiyu to shout, Liu opened the door and asked.

"Hehehe!" Lin Shiyu smiled foolishly, and while laughing, she pulled Liu to have breakfast before starting to talk about serious matters.

"Mom, eat quickly. After you finish eating, I will do something big with your daughter."

When Liu heard this, she knew her daughter wouldn't tell anyone if she didn't finish her breakfast, so she had no choice but to sit down and concentrate on eating.

Zhang Boyu, who was not far away, gave Lin Shiyu a thumbs up in admiration.

After dinner, before Lin Shiyu started to talk about her plan, Lin Anyi and Chang Lin came over first.

"Why did Third Brother leave so soon? Didn't we agree to leave for the capital tomorrow?" This was the first sentence Chang Lin said when he came in.

After Lin Shiyu came back, Lin Anyi went back to the Chang family the next day.

She had previously been staying in Lin Shiyu's room, but after she returned, she felt embarrassed to continue living there. The Lin family's old house was rented to the Sixth Prince at the time, so it was impossible for her to move in.

After much thought, the turmoil outside was over, so she and Liu stayed together for one night, letting Lin Anru and Zhang Boyu sleep for one night, and then went back the next day.

Before going back, they specifically asked Lin Anru about the time of departure for the capital, intending to prepare some good things to send over.

Who knew that they arrived a day early and still missed it in the end.

"Originally, it was planned for tomorrow. The nobleman we were staying with is returning to the capital, and your third brother thought it would be safer to go with him since he has so many followers," Liu explained. Then she asked, "He's been gone for a few days now. Are you just finding out now?"

The Chang family is not far from Yamada Village. Whenever something happened at home in the past, the Chang family would receive the news in time and come to help. Why didn’t they receive any news for so long this time?

Chang Lin touched his head and smiled embarrassedly. It was Lin Anyi who helped Liu to solve the doubts:

"Didn't our house get robbed before? After that, we didn't live in our previous house anymore. We lived in another small courtyard. After we moved in, we kept the door closed every day, so there was no way we could hear anything going on outside."

"You must be scared. When you went home last time, didn't An Ru tell you that things outside were not chaotic at all and you could go home and live in peace." Liu laughed.

Lin Anyi stuck out her tongue and didn't explain any further.

It wasn't her who was frightened, it was her father-in-law and mother-in-law who were frightened.

Neither of them is very courageous, especially when it comes to their family, they just don't have the courage.

Chang Lin had nearly had an accident when he went out a few years earlier, but was saved by Lin Anru by chance. Many years had passed since that incident, and Chang Lin had been kept at home by the Chang family elders, and had not traveled far for many years.

This time their home was robbed and besieged, and the two elders were afraid that trouble would happen again. They thought that they had no ability to resist when something happened, and the best way was to hide.

Lin Anyi didn't dare to tell Liu about these reasons in front of Chang Lin, so she didn't answer.

"Since Third Brother has set off, let's leave these preparations to Third Sister-in-law!"

Chang Lin changed the subject.

They prepared some dry food and money for Lin Anru to use on the road.

"You'd better take it back quickly. I'm not going far away, so what use do I have for these things?" Liu refused.

"There's no reason to take back something that's been given away. Just take it, sister-in-law." Chang Lin dodged.

Liu did not push it back, but let Zhang Boyu carry it away directly.