Halfway there, a palace eunuch rushed over to report to An Chenghuan: "Your Majesty, the Emperor Emeritus is in a bad mood. He said the food is not to his liking and will not allow it to be changed. He even wants to burn down the Imperial Kitchen. He has already caused a scene. I am of low rank and have no power to stop him."
An Chenghuan, who had been relaxed and cheerful just moments before, suddenly became gloomy and stopped halfway to ponder.
Yue Jiang, sensing the situation, said, “Your Majesty, the matter of the Emperor Emeritus is important. I have been in the palace for almost half a year without seeing any strangers. I don’t know what I can do if I go out. There’s no rush. Brother, you should leave the palace first!”
Yue Lang departed dejectedly: "Brother shouldn't have suddenly become so interested in saying that His Majesty is too busy and we should do it next time."
Just as Yue Lang turned to leave, An Chenghuan called out to him.
"Wait, Princess Yuejiang is unusually happy today. It would be wrong of me to spoil her mood. Please take Princess Yuejiang for a walk, Your Highness. I'd like to go see the Emperor Emeritus."
After he finished speaking, he gave his personal eunuch a look, and the eunuch arranged for Yue Jiang and Yue Lang to leave the palace, and also assigned three hundred guards to protect them.
Yue Jiang and Yue Lang boarded the carriage. Yue Jiang secretly peeked outside, anxiously wondering, "What if they follow us and see Jing Yan?"
“You think Jingyan is money? Everyone knows what he looks like. Just come with me.” Yue Lang felt increasingly annoyed as he saw Yue Jiang’s anxiety about Jingyan.
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He first took Yue Jiang to stroll through three streets, then circled back to the inn he had rented. By then, Yue Lang had already bought many things with Yue Jiang.
The three hundred guards each carried some things, and soon Yue Lang said he would take Yue Jiang to rest, so they arrived at the inn where he was staying.
The guards couldn't possibly swarm into the inn, and An Chenghuan didn't instruct them to keep a close eye on Yue Jiang.
They could only stand guard around the inn, so Yue Lang had his Yue Kingdom attendants pour some wine for them to rest.
At this moment, Yue Lang led Yue Jiang into the inn in a very generous manner.
Yue Jiang frantically searched everywhere: "Where's Jing Yan?"
Yue Lang said irritably, "Do you think I'd let him show his face in public? Come with me."
Yuelang walked ahead in a huff, with Yuejiang following hurriedly behind.
It was a large inn after all, and after walking for a long time, Yue Jiang finally arrived at a side room. She could faintly hear the clattering of abacus beads.
At the same moment Yue Jiang stepped inside, the sound of the abacus beads stopped abruptly, and a small shadow slowly appeared in front of Jing Yan.
Yue Jiang lowered her head and choked back tears, saying, "With so many account books, did you calculate them correctly, my lord?"
Jing Yan's fingers trembled slightly as he slowly tilted his head back, finding joy amidst his suffering.
"Your brother has spent a total of 28,452 taels of gold and silver in less than a day since entering the city. He is too wasteful."
“I have wasted a full 148 days without seeing my wife.”
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