Liu Meie watched the children leave, her eyes brimming with tears as she saw them off.
"Be careful on your trip to Kyoto. Don't stand out from the crowd, speak less, and avoid trouble. Do you have enough money on you? If not, I have more here for you to use on the road."
"Mother, you're overthinking it. The Prince is taking care of Yulu's food and lodging this time, so don't worry about it."
Han Chunying tugged at her sleeve, telling her to say less.
"There's one more thing I need to tell you. Yu'an's return to the capital to reunite with his family is a wonderful thing. You've finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel. However, don't let this cause you to neglect your studies. Your grandmother is hoping for your success in the imperial examinations from the afterlife."
Also, we're planning to move out. We've already found a place, the third house at the east end of Wanyuan Street. It's a top-notch brick house with eight rooms, ensuring everyone has a place to stay. We've already paid, and we'll move in tomorrow. Once you come back, we can have a proper New Year here.
Liu Meie was overjoyed. Finally, she had a home here, a place to stay. She believed that with hard work, she could have a better life.
"Auntie, you're amazing! We must celebrate this properly when we get back. This is such a wonderful thing!"
"Yes, we've been waiting for you to come back. Hurry up and go, don't waste time. Also, Chunying, take good care of Yulu on the way and don't cause any trouble."
After saying goodbye to Liu Meie and the others, Cui Yulu secretly slipped a small package into her sister-in-law's hand. Inside were two hundred taels of silver notes. After paying the rent, they would definitely not have much money left and would be struggling to make ends meet. These two hundred taels of silver notes could help them buy some furniture and make their lives a little easier.
They went to Kyoto this time and don't know when they will be able to return. They have a feeling that things are not so simple.
They had a vague feeling that a conspiracy was waiting for them ahead.
Han Yu'an was taken aback when he saw the coral hairpin in Cui Yulu's hair, but he didn't say anything.
Now that the two of them are no longer in a relationship, he feels embarrassed to overstep his bounds.
When getting into the carriage, he simply reached out and offered a perfunctory hand to help her up.
However, Cui Yulu lost her footing and almost fell.
"careful."
However, Fu Xiaoyu quickly took it from him.
Han Yu'an's hand froze in mid-air, his expression changing repeatedly before he finally had no choice but to lower it.
"Good nephew, get in the car quickly. We need to hurry to Kyoto and can't delay any longer."
The carriage sped along and finally found an inn to rest before nightfall.
Lin Yun fed the horse the best feed she had brought, while Cui Yulu secretly gave the horse some spiritual spring water to drink, so that it would be able to relieve its fatigue from the journey and wouldn't be tired when traveling again tomorrow.
There weren't many rooms at the inn, so everyone had to make do for one night.
Several men were divided into two rooms, while Cui Yulu, Han Chunying, and Fu Yunying shared a room.
"My God, is this place even fit for human habitation? It's so filthy."
It was a small inn after all, and the bedding was somewhat dirty and old. Cui Yulu and Han Chunying could make do with it, but Fu Yunying, who had been used to a life of luxury since childhood, could not stand the bedding that was filled with the smell of sweat. She refused to accept it.
"Alright, Miss, this is already very good. Why don't you stop sleeping and sit down to keep watch for us?"
Cui Yulu deliberately teased her.
"Hmph, why should I be the night watchman while you're sleeping? I don't want to!"
As she spoke, she lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed). Fortunately, the kang was very warm, so she didn't need a quilt; she only needed to cover herself with her fox fur coat.
It wasn't too difficult to get through.
In the middle of the night, Fu Yunying felt a hand touching her face. She thought it was Han Chunying touching her in her dream.
He slapped the hand away and said, "You can't even sleep properly."
She opened her eyes groggily and suddenly saw a small figure sneaking around their house.
Fu Yunying suddenly snapped out of her daze: "Yulu, there's a thief here."
She let out a scream, startling the small figure who froze for a moment before scattering a handful of white powder at her and quickly disappearing from the house.
Because Cui Yulu hadn't slept well last night and had been up all day, she slept soundly tonight. When she opened her eyes, all she saw was white ash swirling all over the room.
There was also Fu Yunying, whose face was covered in white ash.
"Rain and Dew, there's a thief! The thief attacked me, and now I can't see! What should I do?"
Cui Yulu quickly shook Han Chunying awake, only to find that she couldn't wake up. She then realized that part of the reason she could sleep so soundly was that the room had been drugged, and that she was able to wake up because of the koi fish power within her. As for why the drug didn't work on Fu Yunying, that was probably due to her constitution.
"Oh dear, take a look at my eyes first. Am I going blind?"
She was making a fuss while gesturing wildly with her hands.
"What happened to you? Is anyone injured?"
Fu Xiaoyu and Lin Yun quickly appeared outside the door, knocked lightly on their door and asked. Lin Yun was holding a short man in her hand, whose beady eyes were looking at them.
"We're fine. I'll go light the lamps in a bit."
Cui Yulu put on a fox fur coat, lit an oil lamp, and the pitch-black room was finally illuminated.
They opened the door and welcomed them in.
"Brother, please take a look at my eyes first, they hurt so much right now."
As Fu Yunying spoke, tears streamed down her face, and two deep lines formed on her face, which was covered in white powder.
It looked rather comical.
Cui Yulu wasn't in a hurry because she had already smelled that the white powder was just lime powder.
It's not poisonous; it just makes her eyes water temporarily.
So she put on her shoes and prepared to go out and fetch a basin of water for her to wash up.
"I'll go instead."
Seeing that she was dressed in thin clothes, Fu Xiaoyu took the basin and went out to fetch water.
Lin Yun saw Han Chunying still lying asleep and felt a pang of heartache.
"What's going on? The antidote?"
Lin Yun kicked the short man, who quickly took out a small yellow gourd from his pocket and handed it to Lin Yun.
"This, this, inside here, is, is the antidote."
He still has a stutter.
"If I find out you're up to no good, I won't let you off easily."
"I guarantee it, it's true, it's really true."
Lin Yunliang dared not lie, so he gave the antidote to Han Chunying.
When Fu Xiaoyu returned with the basin of water, she noticed that Cui Yulu's coral hairpin was gone.
"Hand over the hairpin, and I'll spare your life."
"Wh-what, hairpin, hairpin, I, I didn't, see."
I find fighting exhausting and don't want to waste any more time, so I just pin him to the ground and do it myself.
They quickly found a lot of stolen goods in the deerskin bag they were carrying.
Fu Xiaoyu spotted the coral hairpin at a glance: "You said you've never seen it before, then what is this and where did you get it?"
The man remained silent; he admitted defeat after being caught.
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