After becoming a concubine, she lived a miserable life every day.

So when the group had rested for a while, Xiao Quan signaled Han Zhou to prepare to set off.

Qiao Rongjin took a reluctant look at the scenery outside. After returning to Prince Rui's Mansion, it would be difficult to see these scenery again.

Upon hearing this, Han Zhou thought that it was indeed time to leave.

After all, along the way, once they arrived at the time and place, the master would let people rest, and the rest time was quite long. This way of traveling was indeed not tiring, and it even gave them a sense of sightseeing. In the past, they would have arrived long ago with just this short distance.

Of course Han Zhou knew why his master did this. It was because he wanted Madam Qiao to be more comfortable and feel less bumpy on the road.

Prince Rui also started his journey and was only seven or eight days away from Yingtian Prefecture.

Their speed was already extremely fast, and the rest time was not long. They would just keep going as long as the horses and people recovered. If they had not encountered so many killers on the road, they might have already arrived ahead of Qiao Rongjin and his group.

Looking at the group of more than a dozen men in black outside, Prince Rui felt a bit complicated.

He was really surprised that his father actually sent someone to pick him up! He knew that his father wanted to test him this time, so he would definitely not interfere in his assassination. At most, he would punish those who attacked him after he returned. But he didn't expect that his father actually sent someone.

Thinking about the group of killers disguised as villagers last night, King Rui's eyes became more and more fierce.

All the people in the village were killed by those killers!

No matter who did it this time, even if it was the prince, he would not let him go. The villagers were killed as if they were grass. He was truly unworthy of being a son!

At this moment, Wang Fuyang was in the same carriage with Prince Rui, because he had to change the medicine for Prince Rui at any time. Prince Rui had a shoulder injury, and the injury was serious.

Seeing his prince's gloomy face, Wang Fuyang guessed that he was probably thinking about the group of killers who massacred the villagers last night.

Wang Fuyang was still frightened when thinking about the scene he saw last night. It was truly a tragic death!

After all, they were too late. Too late!

Those killers are really not human!

He still remembered the fierce and painful look in his prince's eyes last night. Originally, the killers had been killed and only two or three were left alive to extract information. However, after Prince Rui saw the bodies of the villagers, he ordered his men to whip the dead bodies for a long time. The living people were not dead, but were skinned and their tendons were pulled out. They were tortured by the guards to the point that they were neither human nor ghost.

When Emperor Jingyuan's men arrived, they saw Prince Rui and others whipping corpses and torturing people. They immediately felt a chill from the soles of their feet, and they looked at Prince Rui with imperceptible surprise.

For the sake of his own image as a prince, Wang Fuyang quickly stepped forward and explained the whole story, explaining why the guards treated the killers in that way.

After learning the whole story, the people sent by Emperor Jingyuan breathed a sigh of relief. However, when they saw the large bloodstain on Prince Rui's shoulder, their sigh of relief was lifted again.

They thought it was all over, they were still a step too late, Prince Rui was already injured, how should they explain to His Majesty?

They came, but the battle was already over, and there was no place for them to use their skills. King Rui was also injured, but the group was lucky that it was not a fatal injury, otherwise how would they go back to report.

Wang Fuyang looked at the prince who had not closed his eyes for two nights in a row. His face was untidy and he looked very rough. He was in poor spirits and his face was pale. He leaned against the carriage without saying a word and looked extremely haggard.

Just as he was about to speak, he heard someone knocking on the carriage.

Wang Fuyang lifted the car curtain and saw Jiang Liu handing him a wrapped note.

"Give it to the master from Lord Xiao's place."

"Ah."

Prince Rui's eyes, which had been dozing off, suddenly opened.

"Master, there is a letter from Lord Xiao sent by carrier pigeon. Please take a look." Wang Fuyang respectfully handed the note in his hand to King Rui.

King Rui took it and took a look.

His originally frowned brows suddenly relaxed, and the hidden worry in his heart disappeared. As long as she was safe, it would be fine. Now they were about to arrive in Yingtian Prefecture, and there would be no danger anymore.

When Wang Fuyang saw that his master's expression had softened, he immediately realized that nothing must be wrong with Lord Xiao.

……

Two days later, Qiao Rongjin arrived at the gate of Prince Rui's mansion.

It was Han Zhou who brought the master and servant here, while Xiao Quan had already gone back.

"Mrs. Qiao, I'm leaving now."

"Thank you, Guard Han, for your hard work in bringing us here." Qiao Rongjin thanked with a polite smile.

"This is what subordinates should do."

After that, Qiao Rongjin didn't say anything more, and Han Zhou just left.

Qiao Rongjin looked at the gate of Prince Rui's Mansion and was in a trance for a moment. When the gatekeeper saw Qiao Rongjin at the door, his eyes suddenly lit up. He hurriedly asked someone to notify the princess, and he went out to greet her.

"Master Qiao is well!"

Qiao Rongjin nodded, then ordered Zhu Yun and others to take down all the things and prepare to return to Haitang Courtyard.

There weren't many things in the first place, so they traveled light all the way. Zhuyun and Fuqiu each carried a bag and took everything.

"Please put my carriage away." Xiao Quan bought this carriage in a county town he passed by. She said she didn't want it anymore. Since she didn't want it anymore, it was hers. After all, this carriage didn't look cheap, and it was very comfortable. It was obvious that it was bought at a high price, so she would rather miss it.

"Yes, sir." The doorman replied respectfully.

However, his doubts grew deeper and deeper, and he couldn't help but ask, "Uh, Master Qiao, didn't you come back with the prince?"

Hearing this, Qiao Rongjin glanced at the concierge and said, "Isn't this obvious?"

Without paying any more attention to the doorman, Qiao Rongjin walked straight into the door.

As a result, after walking a few steps, I saw a group of beautiful women, some plump and some thin, hurrying towards me.

Seeing that there were only Qiao Rongjin and her maid, the people who were moving forward were a little stunned.

The princess took a deep breath, straightened her clothes, and walked forward gracefully, but she still showed her urgency when asking questions, "Sister Qiao, you came back alone? Where is the prince? When will the prince arrive?"

The princess also asked these questions, and so all the concubines surrounded Qiao Rongjin tightly.

Even Fuqiu was squeezed out, but Zhuyun was still holding the bag, standing expressionlessly beside Qiao Rongjin. No matter how much people around her squeezed her, she remained motionless.

It was the first time that Qiao Rongjin was stared at by so many eyes. She was not panicked at all. She bowed in the direction of the princess and said slowly, "In reply to your question, the princess, I was arranged by the prince to travel with Lord Xiao. I did not go with the prince, so I am not sure when the prince will arrive."