Du Yaoyao was no less than a fool. "If you want to trust me, just keep me in Beijing."

The two argued to no avail.

In the end, the arm was no match for the thigh. On the day when Chen Jie set out, Du Yaoyao opened her eyes and found herself lying in a moving carriage in her pajamas.

The carriage room is spacious, with a couch for two people, a small table, bookshelf, and a copper stove and tea sets, which are enough for daily needs.

"I, I..." Du Yaoyao was surprised. No matter how soundly she slept, how could she not feel anything when Chen Jie held her in his arms?

"I used some aphrodisiac on you," Chen Jie explained, and brought a simple set of women's clothing, "Why did you sleep so long?"

Now that you are here, make yourself comfortable. Du Yaoyao yawned, "What time is it?"

"It's afternoon time." Chen Jie opened the warm porridge on the copper stove and urged, "Hurry up and get dressed, wash up and eat something."

The envoys' team included guards, doctors, and cooks, but there were very few young women.

Du Yaoyao was puzzled, "Why don't you give me men's clothes?" Pretending to be a servant is better than pretending to be a maid.

Generally, officials would bring maids with them when they travelled far away. In short, the maids’ roles were: to do things when there was work, and to do things when there was nothing to do.

Du Yaoyao wanted to save some face for Chen Jie so that others would not regard him as a lecher. Or he might abuse his power for personal gain, indulge in romantic affairs with his wife, and be completely distracted from his work.

"Men's clothing requires a chest wrap." Chen Jie glanced at the height of her chest and said seriously, "You are too big, I feel bad for you."

"Can you speak human language?" Du Yaoyao roared speechlessly.

Her voice is soft and her raised voice doesn't scare anyone.

Chen Jie stared at her slightly pursed pink lips, his eyes revealing deep meaning, "Your voice is so good, I don't mind letting you call for something else later?"

Du Yaoyao washed, dressed and ate slowly.

After eating and drinking, he was inevitably whipped. She was pressed down on the couch by a fallen step, surrounded by guards. She dared not scream, she bit her handkerchief and cried until half of her pillow was wet.

They traveled like this for half a month, passing Liangchuan, Youzhou, Bingcheng and other places. Du Yaoyao mostly stayed in the carriage during the day, and when the men and horses were resting, Chen Jie would take her down for a walk.

Du Yaoyao was fortunate enough to appreciate the majestic and steep mountains, the boundless desert and the beautiful scenery along the way.

The only discomfort was that, because there were so many men in the team, when she got off the car, Chen Jie always put a veil on her head. The white veil fluttered, covering her from head to toe, not revealing her face or figure at all.

Don't leave others any chance to imagine.

Yan Jin, a colleague of his, teased Chen Jie and called Du Yaoyao "Chen Baby".

He also sighed that "the land of pleasure is the burial place of heroes" and that women's beauty is misleading.

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On this day, the team arrived in Jindu. Chen Jie did not go into the post station, but arranged the team to stay in an inn in the city.

"What day is today?" Du Yaoyao asked. When she was with him on the road to Shenjie, she was always disciplined, eating and sleeping mostly at government post stations, and rarely entered the city with fanfare.

"May 5th, the Dragon Boat Festival." Chen Jie said with a smile, "We have been walking for more than half a month, and everyone is tired. Let's take a day off and continue our journey tomorrow."

Du Yaoyao opened the window of the side room and looked hopefully at the endless stream of people on the street. "So can we go out and play today?"

"Well," Shen Jie hugged her from behind, "I'll spend the holidays with you."

Even though he took good care of her, Du Yaoyao's face still looked thinner due to the long journey.

"Then should I dress up nicely before going out?" Du Yaoyao turned around and smiled.

"You're already very beautiful even without making up. If you make up, how will other girls survive?" Chen Jie scratched her nose in a distressed manner.

Du Yaoyao burst out laughing, "Chen Jie, you can write a book about flattery!"

"What is rainbow fart?" Shen Jie stood there in confusion.