It wasn't really her fault. She had been packing things up every day for the past ten days. On average, she didn't even have two hours of rest a day.
Tonight was probably the first good night's sleep she had since she and Ling Jiheng confessed their identities.
"You are indeed a fire-burning girl. You can even sleep in such a disgusting place as a prison cell!" Chen Yinxiu, the eldest daughter of the Chen family, couldn't stand seeing Chi Xingyue and Ling Jiheng being so close, so she said something in a sarcastic tone.
Without waiting for Ling Jiheng to speak, Shu Muyun stood up with his hands on his hips and started fighting: "Miss Chen, if you are capable, why don't you leave here and go back to your Chen Mansion to sleep!"
"Why is Madam Ling so aggressive? It's understandable that my daughter can't accept the current situation and loses her temper." Madam Chen glared at Chi Xingyue, looking quite disapproving.
Shu Muyun, however, couldn't stand the other party's behavior, and clearly supported Chi Xingyue: "If you want to lose your temper, go find trouble with your Chen family, why belittle my daughter-in-law.
I think Xingyue is a good person, willing to share the joys and sorrows with our Ji Heng, unlike some people who, when faced with disaster, run away faster than anyone else."
When Chen Yinxiu's sister Chen Jintao heard this, her face turned red with shame.
Who could have imagined that she would be thrown into prison the moment she broke off the engagement? Not only had she lost her wealth, but she had also lost her reputation. She didn't know what she could say to anyone in the future.
Chi Xingyue was woken up and vaguely heard what was going on. Just as she was about to say something about Versailles, Ling Jiheng grabbed her shoulders and said, "Be good, go to sleep, ignore them!"
Chi Xingyue was feeling very sleepy, so he said "hmm" softly and continued to sleep.
Ling Jiheng stood up and made his position clear: "No matter what Xingyue's previous status was, at this moment, she is my, Ling Jiheng's, legally married wife. From now on, no matter who bullies her, I will not forgive them."
After saying that, he looked at Chen Yinxiu coldly: "Miss Chen, your current status is not much nobler than my wife. Please control your mouth, otherwise, I don't mind pulling out your tongue!"
"How could you do this? I clearly..." Chen Yinxiu stamped her feet anxiously, only to find that Ling Jiheng had already averted his gaze. Even the Chen family looked at her with either contempt or dissatisfaction.
"It seems that Miss Chen is interested, but Young Master Ling is ruthless."
"Shh, don't talk nonsense, didn't you see that Master Chen's face has turned black!"
***
Chi Xingyue slept soundly, but when she woke up, her hands and feet were stiff. She sat on the ground, unable to get up, and felt like her waist was no longer her own.
Ling Jiheng massaged her through the railings for about five minutes before Chi Xingyue recovered.
The interaction between the two made Chen Yinxiu glare at Chi Xingyue with jealousy, but Chi Xingyue ignored it and whispered to Ling Jiheng intimately: "Is that girl next door interested in you?"
Seeing her gloating, Ling Jiheng suddenly felt a little upset. He raised his hand and pinched her cheek, but did not respond.
"Get up, get up, and get going!" The jailer came in with a whip, driving away everyone's sleepiness.
They walked listlessly through the cells, and were exposed to the morning sunlight again, but their mentality was completely different.
Gao Hongbin led a group of guards to escort the prisoner. In addition, there were a dozen or so local Jiangning jailers.
After walking a few hundred meters, they saw dozens of carts loaded with boxes. Gao Hongbin shouted to the crowd, "Come over here, four people per cart, push the carts!"
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what Mr. Gao was up to.
"Sir, shouldn't we be heading north?"
"Yes, by the way, send these things to Shangjing!"
"Sir, this is against the rules!"
"Don't I know whether it's in compliance or not?" Gao Hongbin drew the long whip from his waist and hit Old Master Han. "You dare to be so unreasonable, even a prisoner? Let me tell you, here, I am the rule!"
Chi Xingyue didn't expect Gao Hongbin to be so cruel, and was frightened to death.
The scene before her gave her a vivid lesson.
Don’t think that you can be the heroine if you travel through time. With the means of modern people, you may not be able to defeat the ancients.
They have centralized power, and how can you, a commoner, possibly fight against a vast army? If you want to survive, the easiest way is to blend in.
Seeing the old man covered in blood, the Han family members knelt down and begged for mercy: "Sir, please stop hitting us. Let us push us, let us push us!"
Satisfied, Gao Hongbin divided the vehicle among the group. Groups of four or five were required to ensure the cargo remained intact. If any were lost, they would pay with their lives.
Logically, there were horses to pull the carriage, but who knew that all the horses were ridden by the guards?
Although the gold and silver stolen from the rich families could be used to support one horse for each cart, the horse's power was limited and could not pull the heavy gold and silver.
Most importantly, they found many refugees along the way.
If we were traveling light, we could ignore them, but now, with such a huge convoy, we would become targets if we were not careful.
Gao Hongbin didn't want to cause any trouble, so he could only exploit the labor of the exiles. After all, they had to serve in Youzhou.
Seeing this, Ling Jiheng bowed and said, "Master Gao, this journey to the capital will take at most a month, at most two or three months. I wonder if you could ask the emperor for mercy and allow us some time to rush to Youzhou."
Gao Hongbin snorted coldly, "The imperial decree has been issued, and there's absolutely no possibility of modification! At worst, you can just run faster. We'll definitely be there within four months!"
Ling Jiheng's eyes turned cold, but he said nothing.
Chi Xingyue thought about it and felt that this time was very tense.
The History of Ming Dynasty records: "In the fourth month of summer, due to repeated earthquakes in Nanjing, he was ordered to stay there to guard the city. On the Gengchen day of the fifth month, Emperor Renzong fell ill, and he was summoned back by imperial decree. On the Xincho day of the sixth month, he returned to Liangxiang, received the imperial edict, and entered the palace to announce the funeral."
In other words, according to the road conditions in the Ming Dynasty, it would only take half a month to travel from Nanjing to Beijing.
But this is time for riding.
A thousand-mile horse can travel a thousand miles a day. Including its rest time, if we calculate it at 500 miles, that's 7,500 miles. A human walks about ten miles in an hour. So, if we walk five hours a day, we'll only travel a hundred miles.
Thus, it would take about seventy-five days to walk from Jiangning Prefecture to Youzhou, assuming there were no accidents along the way.
Taking a detour to Beijing now is really a difficult challenge.
Chi Xingyue stood beside the cart, the malice in his heart growing wildly.
May the unfortunate Great Yong Dynasty collapse soon. As long as the world is in chaos, whether they can rush to Youzhou within four months is not so important.
But he only thought about it and didn't dare to speak out. Not to mention that walls have ears, with his limited ability, it's hard to say whether he can bring any changes to this crumbling dynasty.
Chi Xingyue restrained her expression and followed Ling Jiheng like a quail.
The Ling family was small, so they hired four cars in total: two for the eldest wife, one for the second wife, and one for the third wife and the Shu family.
The old man and the old lady are old, and it is good enough that they can take care of themselves. No one will make things difficult for them to push the cart.
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