Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Yinyin ran away quickly. The maid in the main courtyard saw her from afar and had already lifted the curtain, so she skipped the need to announce her arrival and went straight in.

"Mother," Yin Yin immediately spotted Zhao Mama and Liu Li standing behind Hong Fu. Her mind raced, and she stopped what she was doing, adopting a dignified and composed demeanor as she approached Yu Miao Qi and bowed. "Mother, who are these two?"

Seeing her like this, Yu Miaoqi assumed that she hadn't recognized Granny Zhao and her granddaughter after all these years, and wasn't surprised: "This is a servant who used to serve in our family."

"But what about you? Why did you suddenly run in from outside?"

Yinyin leaned on Yu Miaoqi's shoulder and whispered, "My brother said he would give me a lot of homework after he went to the capital, so I just played a little joke on him."

Yu Miaoqi smiled and said, "Since it's your own business, then I won't interfere."

Yinyin guessed her answer and pretended to look expectant, pestering her, "Mom, please talk to my older brother for me and ask him not to assign too much homework, otherwise I won't even have time to play!"

Before he finished speaking, Zhan Zheng came in from outside: "Don't worry about that. As long as you don't leave all your homework until the last minute, you'll have plenty of time to play."

“Big brother, you don’t understand,” Yin Yin cleared her throat. “When doing homework, you should naturally have fun beforehand, and then make it to the end, where you can have a miracle all by yourself, one night, one lamp, one pen, one stack of paper.”

This time, before Zhan Zheng could speak, Yu Miaoqi retorted, "That's all nonsense."

She then looked at Zhan Zheng: "Zheng'er did the right thing. There's just one thing: when the time comes, please also copy down the homework sheet you assigned to Yin Yin for me."

"Mother!" Yinyin softened her voice, "Look, I still have to learn how to manage the household from you every day, and I also need time for painting, needlework, calligraphy, and playing the piano. I'm busy too!"

Yu Miaoqi was being pulled by the hand, swaying left and right, and felt that she couldn't resist for a while, so she quickly looked at Zhan Zheng.

Zhan Zheng's gaze swept across the room and landed on the opposite side: "Is it Granny Zhao and Liuli?"

The grandmother and grandson's eyes lit up, and they came out from behind Hong Fu with a courteous attitude. They bowed to Zhan Zheng before saying, "It's kind of you that you still remember us, young master."

Zhan Zheng ignored them, but glanced at Yin Yin before asking Yu Miaoqi, "Mother, I remember they were all kicked out back then, why were they suddenly called back?"

“I invited them into the manor,” Yu Miaoqi glanced at the two women, her expression turning indifferent. “When you came to the capital this time, you didn’t know who to bring with you, did you? It just so happens that Liuli used to serve you, and Granny Zhao is familiar with the people in the capital, so I brought them along.”

Zhan Zheng directly refused, saying, "I already have people familiar with the capital, why do I have to bring them along?"

Fearing that this opportunity would be lost, Granny Zhao immediately spoke up: "Young master, a letter has been sent to me from the capital, instructing me to find a way to get you back to the capital via the narrow pass in Qingshan County."

Upon hearing this, not only Zhan Zheng but also Yin Yin understood the significance of Yu Miaoqi's summoning of the grandmother and granddaughter to the capital. However, there were some things Yin Yin shouldn't know, so she simply frowned and waited until Granny Zhao and her granddaughter were taken out to be settled before speaking.

"Mother, is this Granny Zhao a spy from one of the families in the capital?"

Yu Miaoqi and her son exchanged a glance, neither intending to elaborate, only saying, "That's pretty much it, but she was careless in her actions and showed signs of trouble early on. Now we have her whole family in our hands, and we know everything that can be found in the capital."

Yinyin nodded: "In that case, we should be extra vigilant about the Yixiantian Gorge in Qingshan County."

“Yes,” Yu Miaoqi looked at Zhan Zheng, with a hint of testing in her eyes, “Zheng’er, what do you think we should do?”

Zhan Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Since they have made the arrangements, why shouldn't I show up in Qingshan County?"

After Zhan Zheng finished speaking, he saw Yu Miaoqi and Yin Yin purse their lips at the same time.

Zhan Zheng was touched by the resemblance between the mother and daughter, and warmed by their concern for him. His expression softened unconsciously as he explained, "If I don't go to Qingshan County, once we get to the capital, the connection with Granny Zhao might not be as effective as before. But who says that if I go to Qingshan County, I have to go through Yixiantian?"

"Moreover... Mother, I can only take Liuli with me on this trip. Although Zhao Mama can be useful if she comes with me to the capital, she is far less useful than the one who stayed in Yingzhou."

Yu Miaoqi pondered for a moment: "But if you don't bring Granny Zhao with you, you will face a completely unknown situation after you enter the capital."

“The unknown isn’t necessarily a bad thing,” Zhan Zheng said with a hint of arrogance in his eyes. “Does Mother not believe in my abilities?”

Yin Yin thought of Zhan Zheng's ability to scheme and kill those families in the capital step by step in the drama, and reminded him: "Big brother, it's not that Mother doesn't trust you, it's just that a mother worries about her son when he travels far away, and she always wants to do her best to make you safer."

"Believe it or not, if you keep refusing, your mother will no longer want you to go to the capital alone. Instead, she's planning to pack up and go with you!"

“That won’t do,” Zhan Zheng subconsciously refused, then, mimicking Yin Yin’s manner, he got up and sat down again beside Yu Miaoqi. “I know what you mean, Mother, but they’ve been operating in the capital for many years. It’s better for me to suffer a little loss at first, to play dumb and outsmart them, than to be too considerate and let them go all out against us, isn’t it?”

Yu Miaoqi knew her son was right, and sighed, "Since you have a plan in mind, then you can make arrangements for what happens next and then come back to me. But if you can't convince me, I'll have to add more people."

After that, Yin Yin was not able to speak much. Even if she wanted to help, she would only add something here or there, or chat and laugh in front of Yu Miao Qi to ease her anxiety.

Time flies, and the day for Zhan Zheng's departure finally arrived.

On the day of departure, Yu Miaoqi led Yinyin to escort Zhan Zheng to the ten-mile pavilion before Zhan Zheng asked Yu Miaoqi to stop.

"Once we arrive in the capital, I will send a message back home. If Mother has some free time, please check on Yin Yin's studies. She is intelligent, but she is really lazy. If no one supervises her, she will probably have to do all the homework at once. How beneficial can homework done in such a rushed way be?"

Yu Miaoqi nodded with tears in her eyes, but her eyes never left Zhan Zheng's face.

Having no other choice, Zhan Zheng gave Yin Yin a wink: "Yin Yin, do you still remember the 'Willow Branch' song I taught you before? Go get your zither and play it for me."

Yinyin was also reluctant to leave, but she still followed instructions and got into the oxcart, took out her zither, sat on the shaft, and played this farewell song.

Listening to the music, Zhan Zheng took a step back and kowtowed to Yu Miaoqi. Then he got up, mounted his horse, and rode away from Yingzhou, heading into the distance, enjoying the spring scenery along the way.