Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

The audience that had made Yu Xi and Xun Wan nervous for a while went smoothly. All three of them behaved very well, and because the elders had something to say, they were sent away without even staying there for long.

The group returned to their previous seats, and the excitement had almost ended. After a while, it was time to disperse.

Yinyin bid farewell to her friends and boarded the carriage to go home. Once the carriage entered the manor, Yinyin tugged at Zhanzheng, who was about to get off.

"Brother, at today's banquet, Uncle Yu and several elders, including Master Xun, were watching from a pavilion in the distance. Among them was an elder I had never seen before, but when Uncle Yu introduced him to us, he told us to call him Uncle Wang."

Zhan Zheng had more information, and after hearing what Yin Yin said, he vaguely guessed the identity of Uncle Wang.

His eyelids trembled, but he put on a gentle smile and gently ruffled Yin Yin's hair: "Thank you for your trouble, little sister."

Yinyin smiled at the right moment: "So, this is useful to my brother?"

Zhan Zheng wasn't sure either, but to appease his sister, he naturally nodded and said, "Of course."

Yinyin pretended to be satisfied as she got off the carriage and went with him to the main courtyard, but she was secretly making plans in her heart.

This year, I'm exactly ten years old, and Zhan Zheng is fifteen. Judging by the time, he'll be going to the capital this year to stir up trouble among the different branches of the Zhan family, making Old Master Zhan increasingly disappointed. I'll then take the opportunity to pass the imperial examination with top honors, meet the future emperor, gain favor with Wang Qi, and rise rapidly in rank.

Yu Miaoqi, Zhan Zheng's mother, stayed in Yingzhou until Zhan Zheng got married before returning to the capital and the Zhan family. At least three or four years passed during that time.

By then, I will be thirteen or fourteen years old. If I want to go to the capital, Yu Miaoqi will definitely not leave me behind. But if I don't want to go to the capital, I'm afraid I'll have to start preparing in advance.

Yin Yin had something on her mind, but she didn't show it on her face. Even when she was in front of Yu Miaoqi, she could still smile and tell her about what she had seen and heard that day. Zhan Zheng drank tea on the side, occasionally adding a word or two, making the atmosphere particularly warm.

After the two children finished speaking, Yu Miaoqi gestured to Hongfu to fetch a letter and hand it to Zhan Zheng.

"Mother, what is this?" Zhan Zheng clearly recognized it as a letter from the capital, but he didn't even want to touch it or open it, which was a rare display of his willfulness.

Yinyin glanced at it with feigned curiosity: "Why would someone suddenly send a letter from the capital when it's neither a holiday nor a festival?"

Seeing this, Yu Miaoqi didn't want to force her son to do something he didn't want to do, so she explained, "It's your grandfather's birthday. He hasn't seen Zheng'er or Yin Yin for many years, so he wanted to invite you back to the capital to celebrate his birthday."

Yin Yin was surprised to find that she was also involved in the matter, and immediately asked, "They told me to go back to the capital with my brother to celebrate his birthday, but they didn't say that Mother could come along?"

Zhan Zheng opened the letter with a stern face, quickly glanced through it, and angrily threw it aside: "This is outrageous!"

“Zheng’er,” Yu Miaoqi said calmly, “it’s just a letter. We can’t let them lead us by the nose.”

Zhan Zheng took a deep breath, picked up the letter again, and considered tearing it up, but then remembered what Yu Miaoqi had just said. Seeing Yin Yin's curious look, he simply handed the letter to her.

After Yin Yin read the letter, she finally understood why he was so angry. The letter made no mention of Yu Miaoqi, and even mentioned himself only briefly; the rest was a demand for Zhan Zheng to return to the capital to celebrate Old Master Zhan's birthday. It even linked returning to the capital to filial piety.

Yin Yin's eyes flickered: "Is this considered a family letter? I wonder who wrote it. There's no mention of reminiscing or missing each other. All we have to do is follow his orders. It seems so strange."

Yu Miaoqi paused in her work, gave her an approving look, and then said to Zhan Zheng, "Yinyin is right. This is not a family letter; it is clearly a threat."

"Something must have happened in the capital that made them feel threatened, which is why they suddenly remembered us."

The rest, though left unsaid, were understood by all three. It was likely that some of the branches of the family in the capital had done something foolish, and Old Master Zhan had resorted to his old tricks, reminiscing about the good times the eldest branch had once enjoyed.

This must have touched a nerve, which is why this letter came out of nowhere.

"If we follow Mother's plan, wouldn't this trip to the capital be fraught with danger?" Yin Yin said worriedly. "Didn't Mother say before that we were ambushed when we left the capital? Now they are specifically demanding that Brother come to the capital. Could it be that they want to use the same trick again?"

Yu Miaoqi also frowned: "Thanks to Yinyin's reminder, I forgot that those families in the capital are all unruly and never follow the rules."

“Mother, don’t worry,” Zhan Zheng said. “If I don’t go to the capital this time, I will have to go to the capital to take the imperial examination in another year or two. Going earlier now is not a bad opportunity.”

"As for Yin Yin's concerns, it's only because they're deliberately targeting us that they can easily succeed. Once I'm on guard, how dare they openly commit murder in someone else's territory?"

"After we avoided their ambush last year, we always sent people ahead to scout ahead, and we haven't encountered the same danger since?"

"However, this trip to the capital is fraught with risks, and we will need manpower frequently. We need to carefully consider who to take with us."

In the past, Yu Miaoqi's first reaction would naturally have been to think of Pan's father. But now that Yinyin has been taken in as her goddaughter, and she is gradually moving the Pan family out of the Zhan family's business center, it would be somewhat inappropriate to arrange for Pan's father to come along now.

Finally, after careful consideration, she chose another capable family and said that she would ask the Yu family for a few guards to accompany Zhan Zheng in a few days, before she could feel somewhat at ease.

Two days later, while Yin Yin and Yu Miaoqi were learning how to manage the household, Hong Fu suddenly came in from outside and said that the person the madam wanted to see had arrived.

Upon hearing this, Yu Miaoqi stopped what she was doing: "They've come quite quickly. Tell them to wait."

Yinyin saw it all, but didn't pay much attention. She turned to a page of the ledger and continued calculating the data.

After about half an hour, Yin Yin finally finished tidying up the things in front of her and breathed a sigh of relief. Because she was worried that Yu Miao Qi had guests to see, Yin Yin did not plan to stay any longer.

Yinyin got up and went out with the Youhuang Pavilion's account book, only to see two figures awkwardly getting up.

She glanced at them briefly, not paying much attention at first, but after taking a few more steps, she suddenly looked back with some confusion. The two people looked very familiar.

They look so much like Granny Zhao and Liuli.