Chapter 378 The City Gate is Closed

Pei Chuyan tied up his horse, walked to a slightly higher place, and looked at the people gathered in front of him.

From time to time, shouts could be heard from the crowd: "Let us out of the city! Let us out of the city!"

Pei Chuyan was also surprised. Dingze City was just a nice name. Actually, it should be Dingze County. It was wrong for a county to suddenly close its gates in broad daylight.

Thinking of this, Pei Chuyan didn't bother to find out any more information. He turned around and left quickly, returning to the inn he had just stayed in.

Song Qingyan has woken up and is in much better spirits.

After knocking on the door and entering, Pei Chuyan looked at Song Qingyan who had already sat up to eat, and was a little surprised: "Is Madam okay?"

"Okay." Song Qingyan seemed to want to reassure everyone, and this sentence was full of energy, "I said it was just due to fatigue."

[Mother, you are too deliberate. ]

[Listen to your deliberately raised voice. This makes people more suspicious of you, okay?]

Pei Chuyan was naturally worried about Song Qingyan, so he turned to look at Qiong Hua who was standing beside him.

Qiong Hua naturally nodded and responded, "Madam is right. She is indeed in good health now."

Pei Chuyan was relieved and continued to look at Song Qingyan: "Madam, we can't live here anymore."

"I wonder if Master has prepared a house in Dingze City in advance?"

Seeing Pei Chuyan being so serious, Song Qingyan's face became serious, and she asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"My subordinate just said that the driver didn't come back. I went to the city gate and found that it was closed."

[The city gates are closed so early? Is there something wrong? ]

[Could it be to capture some fugitive or something like that?]

"It's only the beginning of the afternoon now, the city gates shouldn't be closed." Song Qingyan has always been sharp-sighted, so she naturally noticed the problem.

Pei Chuyan nodded: "I thought so too, and there were quite a few people gathered at the city gate, all clamoring to go out. I thought there might be something unusual, so I didn't go to ask, thinking to inform Madam first."

Jinyu, who was stunned by what she heard, suddenly came to her senses, strode forward, took out the prepared key and title deed, and looked at Song Qingyan: "Madam, why don't we go check in first."

I had originally planned to wait for His Majesty to arrive and then go together.

It seems that now, we can’t wait any longer.

Fortunately, Wei Cheng handed me the title deed and the key before I set out today. Otherwise, it would be too late to buy a house on the spur of the moment.

Song Qingyan nodded to show her agreement with this matter.

The few of them didn't bother to say anything more and started to prepare.

Fortunately, because Song Qingyan was not feeling well, Jinyu and Qionghua were only busy taking care of the mother and daughter, and did not have time to pack up all the things. Now they have saved a lot of effort.

But now with Lu Xingwan included, there are only five of them, and they are a little overwhelmed.

As the group was leaving the lobby of the restaurant, they were stopped by the restaurant owner who said, "Dear guests, it's not that I want to take your money, it's just..."

"Now that the city gates are closed, our county magistrate always keeps his word."

The shopkeeper paused, looked at the clothes of the people, and continued: "It seems that you are of prominent status, but even if the emperor came today, the county magistrate would not open the door to let you in."

"Why don't you just stay here peacefully and wait for news?"

Knowing that the shopkeeper was kind-hearted, Pei Chuyan began to thank him: "Thank you, shopkeeper. We are here to visit relatives. Now that we have found a place, we naturally want to settle down as soon as possible."

The shopkeeper was indeed a kindhearted person. He smiled when he heard Pei Chuyan say this and said, "You guys should go quickly. If it gets dark later, who knows what will happen!"

The shopkeeper has seen a lot of traveling, so he can naturally see the difference today.

Now that such a large number of people are surrounding the city gate, I am afraid that there will be riots after nightfall.

Knowing the shopkeeper's kindness, Pei Chuyan gave him an extra five taels of silver when he settled the bill as a token of gratitude.

Without wasting any time, they got on the carriage and quickly drove to the prepared yard.

But the horse that Pei Chuyan had ridden earlier had nowhere to go.

Thinking about the chaos outside, Song Qingyan simply jumped on her horse and rode forward.

[Mother, I also...]

[Forget it. There are so many things going on now. I'd better not cause trouble for my mother. When we return to Beijing, I will let my mother take me for a ride.]

[Wow, I have to say, my mother looks really cool when she rides a horse.]

[So this is what the female general that everyone praises looks like! ]

Pei Chuyan also saw the queen like this, and without saying much, he searched for the courtyard in the city according to the location on the land deed that Jinyu had taken.

The house that Wei Cheng prepared this time was naturally in the town, so he found the house quickly and the surroundings were quiet.

After finally settling down again, Pei Chuyan was about to say goodbye and go to find out what was happening outside again.

But Song Qingyan stopped him: "Wait, Chu Yan, go and have a rest. I will take care of this matter."

Pei Chuyan was about to refuse, but then he realized that there must be a secret guard around the queen, maybe...

As Pei Chuyan expected, Song Qingyan called Lan Ying and Ju Ying out: "Now that His Majesty is still outside, you will have to work hard."

"Lan Ying wants to find a way to get out of the city and see where His Majesty is, but she must ensure her own safety and not show up in front of His Majesty easily."

"Don't worry, Miss. Lan Ying knows." Because His Majesty's guards and the Dragon Shadow Guards were with them along the way, Lan Ying and Ju Ying kept their mistress' instructions in mind and would never show up without her instructions.

I guess the young lady must have had no choice but to call the two of us out.

Lan Ying left first, and Song Qingyan turned to look at Ju Ying: "Ju Ying, go to the city gate and the government office to investigate why the city gate was suddenly closed. Hurry."

Juying also cupped her hands and said, "Don't worry, Miss. I'll be right there."

After saying that, he turned and left.

When she saw Pei Chuyan again, Song Qingyan was frank and honest: "I had two secret guards following me, and they never showed up along the way."

"Now that we are at this point, I won't hide it from you."

Pei Chuyan turned to look at Qiong Hua and Jin Yu standing beside him, but judging from their expressions, they should all be aware of the existence of these two secret guards, while he was the only one left.

He smiled awkwardly: "Madam, you don't need to tell me."

Song Qingyan shook her head: "I'm not hiding it from you, it's just that there's no need to tell you, but His Majesty..."

Song Qingyan naturally didn't want the Emperor of Great Chu to know the existence of Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum, so she wanted to give Pei Chuyan a few words of advice.

But he also felt that Pei Chuyan was such an upright person and would not join him in lying.

Pei Chuyan's reaction was beyond her expectations.