This was still outside the city, and the carriage was driving on a mountain road with gently undulating hills on both sides. However, this place should be a place with no village in front and no shop behind.
Ren Yaoqi thought that he hadn't asked them where they were going yet. Just as he was about to ask, Xiao Jinglin said calmly, "The carriage behind us didn't follow?"
Dongsheng's voice rang out through the curtains: "My Lady, I've gotten rid of it."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but be surprised: "Someone is following us?"
Xiao Jinglin was speechless. Ren Yaoqi suddenly seemed to have thought of something: "Is it someone from the Ren family?"
Just now when they were going out, they met Old Master Ren. Old Master Ren must have rushed back on purpose because he heard that the princess had arrived. However, Xiao Jinglin refused his idea of asking someone from the Ren family to be a guide. So Old Master Ren still sent Ren to follow?
Xiao Jinglin nodded. "Yes, they followed us since we left the house, but they didn't follow us quietly. They must be worried about your safety, so they sent people to follow us from a distance."
Ren Yaoqi disagreed. The entire Ren family must be preoccupied with how to help Xiao Jinglin climb the Yanbei Palace, so they had no time to worry about her safety. But she naturally wouldn't say such words to Xiao Jinglin.
Instead, Xiao Jinglin explained with a hint of apology, "I don't like people following me, so I told my men early in the morning to find a way to get rid of anyone who follows me."
Ren Yaoqi nodded and said with a smile: "I forgot to ask, where are we going?"
Xiao Jinglin looked even more confused than Ren Yaoqi: "Isn't it? Let's go for a walk on the street."
At this time, the carriage started moving again, and Ren Yaoqi found that the carriage began to turn around.
Did they run so far out of town just to get away from the blatant pursuit of the Ren family's men? Wouldn't it be faster to send someone down to tell those people not to follow? Ren Yaoqi still felt a little lost in Xiao Jinglin's train of thought.
So the carriage started back to the city. Ren Yaoqi took a closer look at the scenery outside the carriage and found that it was not the same road as when they left the city. It was obvious that Dongsheng was also very familiar with the terrain of Baihe Town.
It was almost noon, and many merchants passing through Baihe Town on the official road began to pour into the town. Although Baihe Town was called a town, it was significantly larger than ordinary towns, and the main streets were lined with shops, making it very prosperous. Of course, the majority of the shops were occupied by various restaurants and inns.
Xiao Jinglin's carriage was passing by the "Fengxianlou" that Old Master Ren had mentioned before. Xiao Jinglin took a look and then looked away, obviously not interested in this place.
"It's getting late, let's find a place to eat." Xiao Jinglin said to Ren Yaoqi.
Ren Yaoqi nodded. In her previous life, after leaving the Ren family, she had also come into contact with the market. However, when she was in the Ren family, except for eating vegetarian food in the temple when she went to burn incense, she had never eaten outside.
There are many restaurants in Baihe Town, but they generally cater to business travelers, and very few are of high quality. "Fengxianlou" is considered to be a relatively good restaurant in Baihe Town.
The carriage slowly moved down an alley, leaving the town's main street. Ren Yaoqi found the surrounding scenery familiar, as she had been here several times. This was an alley near the Guan Gong Temple.
Xiao Jinglin said to Ren Yaoqi, "The path further in is quite narrow. Take one or two maids with you, and have the rest of you wait in the teahouse."
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