Qin Wan clasped her fists and said, "Master Du, thank you for your guidance since this is our first meeting."
Prince Du was stunned for a moment, then immediately returned the greeting and laughed heartily: "Master Qin! I've long heard of your great name."
After seeing the gift, Prince Du remembered that they were at his doorstep. He hurriedly said, "Hurry up, hurry up. If you leave too late, my father will catch you and make me marry you again!"
"Miss Ding has entered the house, and your father still hasn't given up?"
When talking about her marriage, Qin Wan was not shy at all, she was just curious about Duke Du's thoughts.
Prince Du sighed, "It was just a temporary solution, but my father saw through it. Sigh..."
Qin Wan laughed heartily without any hesitation. Master Du was startled by her and quickly grabbed her arm and stuffed her into the car, then fled in a panic.
When the crown prince leaves the capital, there will inevitably be a huge fanfare. There will be hundreds of officials accompanying him to provide disaster relief, officials from the crown prince's Eastern Palace and their retainers, and guards from the Capital Guard Command.
Qin Wan's carriage merged into the crowd and was inconspicuous at all.
Yijia looked at the large number of people and regretted not bringing enough. "We should have brought another carriage so that we could have brought more cooking utensils."
Qin Wan was at a loss for words. "You've already brought a stove, a wok, a casserole, and even a bag of charcoal in your suitcase. What else do you want to bring?"
Yijia counted on his fingers: "One less small hanging pot. It's unlikely that we'll have to use the stove all the way. The stove will still be hot when we leave, so there's no way to bring it with us. The small hanging pot can be hung under the carriage. Oh, my brain..."
Even before counting the rest, Yijia was already regretting it: "There's room for storage underneath and in the back of the carriage! I could still bring a lot more stuff!"
Qin Wan patted her head, coaxing her like a child: "Okay, I guess we'll stop in town or the county soon. Just buy whatever you want when the time comes."
Yijia's eyes lit up instantly: "Miss, you are so kind."
Qin Wan laughed out loud: "You brought the things for my own good, how could I not agree?"
When they arrived in town to rest, Qin Wan took Yi Jia to find Xie Qing: "How long will it take? I need to go buy some things."
Xie Qing originally planned to rest for only a quarter of an hour before leaving. He glanced at her and said, "Two quarters of an hour, not too long, or we won't be able to reach the next place for lunch."
"Okay." Qin Wan nodded and was about to turn around and leave when she met Lu Yan walking towards her.
She frowned slightly and stepped aside to stand behind Xie Qing.
Lu Yan didn't see her either. He just stepped forward to greet her and reported on the situation along the way. After he finished speaking, he realized that the person behind Xie Qing looked familiar.
After taking a closer look, Lu Yan frowned and asked, "It's you?"
Qin Wan lowered her eyes and ignored him completely.
Xie Qing also took a step to the side, blocking Lu Yan's sight, and said, "If you're fine, you can leave."
Lu Yan took a suspicious step to the side, determined to see who was behind him. Xie Qing stopped him again: "Lord Lu, you are overstepping your bounds."
No matter how curious Lu Yan was, he could only turn around and leave under Xie Qing's gaze.
Qin Wan peeked out from behind Xie Qing, and when she saw Lu Yan walking away, she said, "He's gone."
Xie Qing nodded, turned around, lowered his eyes to look at her, and smiled: "I thought you were fearless."
"I just don't want to bother with him." Qin Wan rolled her eyes and asked Yi Jia to go shopping.
After seeing Lu Yan leave, Xie Qing kept looking over here and frowned.
Seeing this, Prince Du smiled and said, "If you don't want him to harass Miss Qin, why don't we go first?"
Xie Qingyi raised his eyebrows slightly. "That's right. If the main force leaves, it will take a month to reach Shenyang if it drags on. We are going to provide disaster relief, not just sightseeing. In a month, who knows how many people will suffer. If we travel light, ten days or so should be enough, right?"
Prince Du calculated for a moment and said, "If it's faster, seven or eight days."
Xie Qing immediately streamlined his team and waited for Qin Wan to return, then discussed with her, "Would you like to travel with us on a lighter trip?"
Qin Wan was stunned for a moment: "Leaving the main force behind?"
Xie Qing wanted to laugh when he saw her stunned look: "Let Pingyang Hou lead the main force and march slowly behind."
Qin Wan's eyes lit up immediately. "Sure! I've brought two maids, two experienced farmers, twenty guards, and three carts of grain. So, I'll follow with the maids and six guards, and the rest will follow the main group to protect my grain."
Xie Qing nodded: "I'll have someone help you look after the crops."
Food is always important, especially grain seeds.
Even Xie Qing knew the importance of this, so he personally went out to Lu Yan, saying that he would leave first and told him to keep an eye on the three carts of things.
After saying this, Xie Qing reminded Lu Yan again, feeling uneasy: "Those are very important things. People can be lost, but things cannot be lost."
Lu Yan was puzzled and objected: "What important thing can be more important than the safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
At this moment, Xie Qing wanted to leave early, which confirmed Lu Yan's guess that the woman was Qin Wan!
The things in these three carts are probably Qin Wan’s clothes and jewelry. It’s troublesome for women to travel!
Now the prince has to abandon his troops and leave first for this woman. If anything happens, it will be his responsibility!
Really evil intentions!
Thinking of this, Lu Yan argued: "Your Highness is the crown prince. Your comfort concerns the fate of the country. Please think twice."
"I have thought about it over and over again. I am just informing you." Xie Qing didn't care whether Lu Yan agreed or not. He was the prince himself, so why did he need others' consent?
"What's more, Marquis Lu, as the judge, is leading the team to Shenyang this time. It is not your responsibility to protect my safety."
The three words "judge" hit Lu Yan's sore spot. As a person who didn't need to go to the battlefield at all and only settled disputes within the army, his leading the team to Shenyang caused many people to be dissatisfied.
His main task this time was to make decisions on trivial matters in the military in Shenyang and other places. After all, there was no need to take people to the military for interrogation in some matters. When there was a backlog of cases, he, as the judge, was required to go to the local area for review.
Lu Yan was able to accompany him to Shenyang this time because he took advantage of the situation.
Seeing that Lu Yan said no more, Xie Qing chuckled, turned around and rode away.
He abandoned the prince's carriage, and Qin Wan and Master Du did not ride in the carriage either. The three of them, along with two maids, rode on horseback at full speed.
The group was followed by Qin Wan's carriage. There was no one in the carriage, but the two horses were running very fast.
They marched at a rapid pace, sleeping in the open air, and after three days, they had already covered half the distance. Seeing Qin Wan's tired face, Xie Qing suggested, "Our next stop is Huzhou Prefecture. We'll rest here for a day and set off tomorrow afternoon. It's half a day's journey from Huzhou Prefecture to the next county, so we can rest for another night before continuing on our journey."
Qin Wan was indeed tired, and she didn't object when she heard this. She just said, "After that, we don't need to rest. We can rush to Shenyang in one go. The sooner we go, the sooner the disaster will be resolved."
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