For the rest of the journey, the girls traveled by car instead of riding camels alone.
No one asked Huo Yanyu about her relationship with Peng Silang, so Huo Yanyu kept hesitating, wanting them to ask but also afraid of them asking, wondering how she would answer.
As for Peng Silang, Huo Yanyu no longer acted alone. She either followed Gu Nian or pulled Gu Xin along. In any case, she would never be alone. When she saw Peng Silang coming over to talk, she quickly went back to the car to stay with Cai Xiaolian.
After walking for about ten more days, the team was able to see the snow-capped mountains within the territory of Dalang Prefecture.
That snow-capped mountain remains unmelted year-round, standing there eternally.
"Father, Mother, I see snow-capped mountains! Are we going to Langge Kingdom?" Gu Xin asked excitedly upon seeing the snow-capped mountains.
"There is no longer the Kingdom of Langge, now it is the Great Zhou Dynasty, Great Lang Prefecture!" Gu Shouxin corrected Gu Xin.
"Yes, yes, there's no Langer Kingdom anymore!" Gu Xin quickly corrected herself. "Dad, Mom, how much longer do we have to walk?"
"In two more days, we'll reach a town in Dalang Prefecture. Then we can have a good night's rest at the inn. After about six more days of travel in Dalang Prefecture, we'll reach Hun County in Kun Prefecture," Gu Shouxin said.
"Hun County?" Gu Xin was taken aback, then her eyes lit up, and she snapped her fingers. "I know, it's the old Hun City, right?"
“Yes, it’s Huncheng.” Cai Xiaolian patted Gu Xin’s head. “Hun County was established last year. It is a county under Kunzhou. Huncheng used to be the county seat of Hun County. Two fishing villages were also established around the Kun River, and there are several towns to the north and west.”
"Wow! I wish I had a pair of wings so I could fly up into the sky and see Dalang Prefecture and this Hun County!" Gu Xin exclaimed, clasping her hands together in longing.
"Look at the empire you've built for yourself?" Gu Nian said with a smile.
"Hahaha, sister, you're wrong. I'm not building an empire for myself. The empire I'm building for Uncle Emperor isn't Dalang Prefecture and Hun County, but the territory of the Great Zhou west of Dalang Prefecture!" Gu Xin said with great pride.
Gu Nian silently gave Gu Xin a thumbs up.
That night, while camping outdoors, Gu Xin and Gu Hui discovered that Huo Yanyu was not asleep after they had gone to bed. The girl tossed and turned for a long time. Perhaps afraid of disturbing them, she got dressed and went outside the tent.
Gu Xin and Gu Hui sat up, but to their surprise, Princess Jinghe and Gu Nian were also awake.
“It’s time for us to verify our results! They’ve been holding back for so many days, they’re going to have a long talk! Should we eavesdrop?” Gu Xin asked.
“If we go as a group, no one will be able to eavesdrop,” Gu Nian said.
"I, I'll go! I'm the shortest, so I won't be easily spotted!" Gu Si volunteered.
Finally, Gu Xin and Gu Si were arranged to eavesdrop.
Gu Si was extremely excited. It had been many years since she had eavesdropped with her third sister, and she felt like she had returned to her childhood.
The two sisters dressed and peeked out. They saw Peng Silang and Huo Yanyu heading towards the tents of the princes and princesses in the west, so they quietly followed them.
"Third sister, Hanhan must have thought that the people in the west couldn't understand their language, that's why she went there. She's really overthinking things! She's been so absent-minded these past few days, she doesn't even know that people in every place in the west have been learning the Great Zhou language all the way and can barely understand it! Hahaha..." Gu Si and Gu Xin held hands and whispered gleefully.
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