Chapter 504 Wan Chun's good fortune saved him from disaster
Early in the morning, Du Wanchun led the children into the city in a carriage with Zhou Ruiyuan.
As the Minister of Justice, Zhou Ruiyuan had a mansion prepared for him by the Emperor long ago.
However, they went to Zhou Feng and Han Yan'er's house first.
Zhou Feng was waiting at the city gate early in the morning.
As soon as the carriage stopped, Han Yan'er hurriedly got on and took Xiao Feifei from the carriage.
Little Feifei was still sleeping, his little hands clenched into fists, his eyes closed, completely unaware that someone was holding him.
"Wow, little Feifei is so pretty," Han Yan'er said with a smile, holding her arms.
Du Wanchun, holding Xiao Mianmian's hand and leading Yi'er and Yu'er, prepared to get off the carriage. Holding onto the carriage door, she smiled and said, "Second sister-in-law, thank you both for coming to pick us up."
Zhou Ruiyuan quickly came over and helped her down from the carriage.
Han Yan'er followed behind her, looking at the child in her arms with great affection. "What's the hardship? A-Feng said he would definitely bring you home to stay for a few days this time."
Du Wanchun didn't refuse and smiled, "Alright, it's a good opportunity for us to get together with you and your second brother."
Han Yan'er was overjoyed. Holding the child, she strode forward and led the way for them, saying, "Sister-in-law, come, let's get in our carriage and go back to the mansion."
To avoid attracting attention, Zhou Ruiyuan had already discussed with Zhou Feng that when they arrived at the city gate, they would switch to Zhou Feng's carriage before entering the city.
Hai Qingyang and Mr. Yuan then boarded the carriage together.
Zhou Ruiyuan was left alone to drive the carriage to the new residence prepared for him by the emperor.
Before that, he went to the Ministry of Justice with the imperial edict and appointment document.
After leaving the Ministry of Justice, he returned to his new residence and had people clean and tidy up the entire house, inside and out.
Two days later, Zhou Ruiyuan immediately sent someone to Zhou Feng's house to bring Du Wanchun and the children back.
When Du Wanchun arrived at the entrance of the Zhou residence, she paused slightly, looked up at the plaque, and frowned slightly.
This house is an old mansion, formerly the residence of the eldest son of the Lu family. After the Lu family was wiped out, the mansion was confiscated by the emperor, and this was the first time it had been bestowed upon an official.
Zhou Ruiyuan had lived in this mansion when he was young, so he was quite familiar with it. Although he would feel a little sad when he looked at it occasionally, he would also feel a strange sense of familiarity.
Du Wanchun and Zhou Ruiyuan shared a room with Xiao Feifei, Xiao Mianmian slept alone in another room, and Yi'er and Yu'er shared a room.
Hai Qingyang and Mr. Yuan requested a courtyard in the backyard to use as a school, and also settled down there.
There were more than twenty servants and more than ten maids in the mansion, as well as three cooks, all of whom were sent by the emperor.
Consort Li was involved, and she arranged for her trusted confidants to protect the family.
Zhou Ruiyuan did not drive the servants away, but pretended not to know anything and assigned them to other servants.
Two maids were assigned to Du Wanchun's room, one named Nan'er and the other named Dong'er.
Xiao Mianmian also had a maid named Xiao Bei assigned to her side.
The girl in Yi'er and Yu'er's room is called Xiao Xi.
In other words, it includes all four cardinal directions.
After Zhou Ruiyuan made the arrangements, Du Wanchun rewarded everyone in the mansion with silver.
They were overjoyed to receive the money and worked even harder.
Although Zhou Ruiyuan had sent people to clean the mansion early in the morning, Du Wanchun was still busy until late at night before going to sleep.
Little Feifei has a new wet nurse taking care of her.
Du Wanchun then brought up Xiao Qing'er with Zhou Ruiyuan, asking, "Do you think Xiao Qing'er might have gone to Cheng'an County?"
Zhou Ruiyuan shook his head. "I told my father and mother about this before I left. If Xiao Qing'er has arrived in Cheng'an County now, they will send me a message immediately."
“A child of only half a year old, coming all the way from the Northern Di alone, I’m afraid he’s in grave danger.” Du Wanchun’s brows showed a hint of worry.
After a long silence, Zhou Ruiyuan said, "Xiao Qing'er is a smart child, she will definitely be fine."
Du Wanchun could only think this way, and secretly prayed that Xiao Qing'er would return safely.
Meanwhile, in a small inn outside the border of the Northern Barbarians.
Xiao Qing'er was grabbed by four or five strong men and locked in a cage.
They were desperate bandits on the road who liked to kidnap these little children and take them to the market to perform acrobatics.
Under the tutelage of the martial arts performer invited by Madam Wu, Xiao Qing'er learned some light-body skills.
These bandits wanted to tame him for acrobatic performances, so to prevent him from escaping, they not only locked him in a cage but also tied his hands and feet.
Xiao Qing'er struggled desperately, but to no avail.
He was locked up for a full ten days, and by tonight, Xiao Qing'er had gradually given up.
He can't keep going against him like this; he needs to find a way to survive.
Just as he was about to give in to the bandits, the inn where they were staying suddenly caught fire.
There were at least thirty guests staying at the inn.
The sudden flooding startled everyone in the house.
"Boss, shall we take this kid out of here first?" the bandit asked their leader.
The bandit leader frowned as he looked at Xiao Qing'er and said, "If we carry her out like this, they'll definitely arrest her and hand her over to the authorities."
As the fire grew larger, thick black smoke gradually filled the house.
The bandits couldn't wait any longer, so they opened Xiao Qing'er's cage, hoisted him onto their shoulders, and rushed out of the inn.
When they arrived outside the inn.
Xiao Qing'er regained consciousness slightly. He looked up at the bandit carrying him and quickly bit his shoulder.
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