Accidentally dressed as an empress

At noon, a carriage was already waiting at the entrance of the eldest princess's mansion.

Yunxiu walked out of the mansion, followed by Su Qing and several guards carrying luggage.

Yunxiu saw a young palace attendant whom she didn't recognize. The attendant bowed and said, "Greetings, Your Highness."

Yunxiu maintained a generous smile and said to the palace attendant, "Thank you, envoy. I am tired from the long journey and cannot get used to other carriages. Please lead the way and my carriage will follow."

Behind His Highness, an even larger and more luxurious carriage emerged from the side door.

The palace servants had no choice but to grumble in their hearts about the eldest princess's indulgence in pleasure and extravagance.

Yun Xiu smiled gently and said, "Please move aside, envoy. You are blocking the road."

The palace attendant had no choice but to ask the coachman to move forward a few steps, and the carriage arrived in front of the Third Princess's residence.

Yun Ji was pulling a tall chestnut horse. The horse was extremely handsome, with shiny fur and streamlined muscle curves.

Yun Ji held the reins in his hand, and the horse raised its hooves from time to time and snorted, as if it was eager to run.

The palace attendant bowed and saluted, "Greetings to His Majesty the Third Prince. Why... one man and one horse?"

Yun Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "I am enough." Then he jumped on his horse and rode away on his chestnut horse. The horse's hooves raised a cloud of dust. The palace attendant stood there, coughing constantly.

Arrogant and unbridled.

Yunxiu watched the entire scene unfold. Yun Ji was alone again, having gone on the autumn hunt. To outsiders, the Third Prince seemed to be a loner, a lone wolf. But in reality, Yun Ji had her own influence.

Yunxiu chose to ride in her own carriage instead of the palace carriage.

Yunxiu's carriage left the north city gate. Dust rose in the open space in the distance. The army was gathering in square formations, ten rows and ten columns, totaling one hundred men. Looking around, countless square formations stretched endlessly. The garrison had mobilized at least ten thousand men this time.

The standard-bearers stood on the arrow towers in the four directions, holding flags in their hands. They used the changes of flags as signals to mobilize the army. The soldiers held long spears or halberds and moved according to the flags.

His Majesty's carriage had not yet appeared, and the garrison commander Wu Han, dressed in black armor and riding a black horse, stood in front of the army.

Near the north city gate were the people from the City Patrol. Compared to the garrison troops, they were much smaller in number, their formation was not regular, and their equipment was much worse.

At the city gate, Yun Ji and her horse were easy to spot. Her chestnut horse stood next to Li Xian's white horse. Li Xian's white horse had shorter legs than the chestnut horse, and was much less imposing.

The city's garrison troops and patrol officers all went to Beiyuan, leaving Lingyun City's defenses unprotected. Zhong Yi might be in danger, so she really should have taken him with her.

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Zhong Lu stayed in the guest room of Lancuiyuan for one night. After calming down a little, he sent someone to deliver a message to the Zhong family in the morning, asking Zhong Ye's carriage to come to the eldest princess's mansion to pick him up.

The Zhong family's carriage arrived at the eldest princess's residence. Zhong Lu saw that Zhong Yi was still in the residence, so he called Zhong Yi to come along.

Zhong Lu asked, "Your Highness won't take you with him on the autumn hunt?"

Zhong Yi gathered his sleeves and said, "I can't follow His Highness without any status or position."

Zhong Lu said, "That's easy. Just take the Zhong family's carriage."

Zhong Yi hesitated, "But I have to go to the Weapons Department for duty."

Zhong Luqiang pulled Zhong Yi onto the carriage and said, "Your Majesty is going on the autumn hunt, and the whole country is celebrating. Naturally, they are on holiday these days. Even if you go to the weapons department, it will be closed."

Zhong Yi had no choice. His second and fourth brothers were quietly waiting for him in the carriage. If he refused again and again, it would seem that he was being pretentious and ungrateful.

Zhong Yi could only follow Zhong Lu into the carriage. He had not prepared anything for himself, so he had to get off the carriage and go find His Highness.

The Zhong family's carriage and the Lin family's carriage were parked together. As soon as Zhong Yi got out of the carriage, he was hit by a small cannonball and almost fell down.

"Brother Zhong Yi! Zi Qi hasn't seen you for a long time!"

Zhong Yi smiled and said, "Because I'm getting married, I'm currently at my wife's residence."

"Wife? Who is she?" Lin Ziqi asked aggressively.

Zhong Yi held his forehead and pointed to a luxurious carriage in front of him, "Over there."

The carriage stopped, Yunxiu opened the curtain and got out, and saw Zhong Yi standing in front of the carriage, holding a round-faced boy in green clothes by his hand.

The boy said rudely, "Are you the bad woman who stole Brother Zhong Yi away?"

Huh? Bad woman? She had been here for so long, but this was the first time she had heard of such a term.

Yunxiu laughed, raised her hand and touched the shorty's head, then asked patiently, "Whose child are you?"

Lin Ziqi's two chubby hands were placed on his invisible waist, and he looked very proud. "I am Lin Ziqi of the Lin family, and my mother is General Lin Yan. Who are you?"

Yunxiu laughed and glanced at Zhong Yi, who also couldn't help laughing.

It turns out that this little fat boy is the famous Lin Ziqi. It is really better to meet him in person than to hear about him.

Yunxiu leaned forward slightly, "Brother Ziqi, your uncle Lin Hong is my father, what should you call me?"

"Um...cousin?"

Yunxiu smiled, "Oh, that's good."

However, Uncle Lin Hong married into the palace and had a boy with His Majesty, so he only has one cousin.

Zhong Yi said, "Your Highness, she is the elder sister who grew up with your cousin Yun Lang."

Since we are a family, it is not considered as stealing. "Hello, cousin..." Lin Ziqi raised his face and smiled sweetly, revealing two deep dimples on his round face.

Yunxiu pinched the child's tender face.

Seeing this, Zhong Yi said softly to Lin Ziqi, "Look, your sister is waving at you. Go back."

Lin Ziqi said, "Then I'll leave. I'll come back to play with my brother later." After that, he ran away with his short legs.

Zhong Yi was so worried, "Run slower, be careful..."

Yunxiu wrapped an arm around Zhong Yi's waist and hugged him tight, "Why are you here? And you brought this little guy who's in the way."

Zhong Yi smiled and replied, "I missed Your Highness, so I followed the Zhong family's carriage here."

Yunxiu's eyes darkened when she heard that. She hooked her arm around his neck and rested her head against his forehead. "I miss you too. I'm worried about you being alone in the mansion."

Yunxiu covered her face with her large sleeves and quickly kissed the side of his face. Zhong Yi's face instantly turned red.

Zhong Yi nudged her and said, "The guards are here."

Yunxiu said, "They didn't see it."

Zhong Yi said, "Your Highness is always so dishonest. How can this be disrespectful?"

Okay, okay, she's just being serious.

Yunxiu pulled him onto the carriage and said to him, "Look at the garrison in the distance. Do you see anything?"

Zhong Yi climbed onto the shaft of the carriage and looked into the distance. After a while, his eyes became deep. "It seems that there are more troops than in previous years, and the dust is raised higher than in previous years." Yun Xiu nodded and pulled him into the carriage.

Even if something happens, with so many garrisons here, it shouldn't cause any trouble.

Yunxiu and Zhong Yi waited quietly in the carriage, while the ministers and soldiers were all waiting for the arrival of His Majesty.

In Changning Palace, Yun Se wiped the blood off her face, changed her clothes, got on the carriage and left the palace.