Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

On the way there, Yin Yin followed her family, sleeping the whole way. Her strongest memories were of the swaying carriage and her brother's occasional teasing.

Now, as the carriage travels along the mountain road, Yin Yin lifts the curtain to look outside and finally understands what the difficulty of the Shu Road truly means.

The carriage traveled among the rocks, and in some places, the path was so narrow that a slight misstep could send it tumbling down the cliff.

The eunuch in the carriage at the front had specially hired the best coachman in the area, and he didn't even dare to look out the window.

Seeing her looking outside, Zhang Mama said, "It's very foggy outside right now, Your Highness, please be careful not to inhale the wind."

"Granny, do you think it's almost lunchtime for Father and Mother?" Yinyin folded her hands and rested her chin on them. "While I'm not home, has Little Iron Beast been running around with Brother?"

Only then did Granny Zhang realize that Yinyin was homesick even before leaving Sichuan.

She couldn't help but place her hand on Yin Yin's shoulder and pat her gently to comfort her: "Your Highness is just visiting the capital for a while, and will be back soon."

“Granny, I’m not a child anymore,” Yin Yin said seriously. “If I want to come back after this trip to the capital, when will I be able to?”

Granny Zhang was taken aback, but said nothing more. She simply stayed with Yin Yin in silence, watching the clouds and mist outside the window.

Because of the distance between Sichuan and Chongqing, Yin Yin set off later than others. By the time everyone else had settled down in the capital, Yin Yin had already arrived.

The other princes had to settle temporarily in their residences or inns in the capital, waiting for the emperor to receive them. However, Yin Yin's carriage never stopped after she entered the capital, traveling from the main road all the way to the gate of the palace.

"Stop ahead," the palace guards stopped the carriage and stepped forward with stern faces to ask the routine question.

Yinyin remained seated. The eunuch in the carriage in front dismounted and took out a token: "The young prince of the Prince of Qin's residence is in the carriage. His Majesty has specially ordered that he may enter the palace directly."

Upon hearing the name "Prince Qin," the guard stood even straighter. After checking the token, he walked to Yin Yin's carriage and said, "Your Highness, I must perform a routine check. Please forgive me."

Upon hearing this, Granny Zhang gave a signal, and Guizhi and Lanzhi lifted the curtain slightly.

The man glanced inside, then stepped aside, clearing the way.

As for the rest of the luggage, perhaps out of consideration for Yin Yin being the daughter of the Prince of Zhen, they didn't reach out and scrape off a layer like they would with others, but simply opened the box and glanced at it before leaving it at that.

Yinyin, sitting in the carriage, was unaware of what was happening outside, but Guizhi and Lanzhi, who were waiting outside, saw it clearly.

When the carriage continued into the palace, and Yinyin was asked to get off the carriage and transfer to a sedan chair, the two of them mentioned the matter to Granny Zhang.

Yinyin sat on the sedan chair with her back straight. Although she was small, her presence was in no way inferior.

Some palace maids and eunuchs saw them from afar on the road. Although they avoided them, they still glanced at them a few more times after they left, secretly wondering who in the palace had such a grand display.

Yin Yin assumed the sedan chair would go directly to the inner palace, so she didn't pay much attention.

Zhang Mama, who was more familiar with the palace, discovered that this direction was not towards the inner palace, but straight towards the Zichen Palace where the emperor lived daily.

When they arrived at their destination, Yinyin looked at the large square in front of her and the plaque above the palace, and she knew what was going on. She stepped down from the sedan chair and was about to go inside when she saw someone hurriedly come out of the Zichen Palace.

The man, dressed in a black dragon robe and wearing a jade crown, examined Yin Yin carefully for a moment after seeing her, and his eyes welled up with tears: "She looks just like her, she really does."

Granny Zhang quickly led everyone to pay their respects, and also reminded Yin Yin, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

Yin Yin, who had been observing, stopped herself from bowing, just as her mother had taught her to do so.

"Please, no need for formalities," the emperor said, growing more and more fond of Yin Yin. He simply picked her up and said, "Yin Yin, you must be tired from your journey."

“Yes, a little,” Yin Yin nodded. “Uncle Emperor, Yin Yin took a boat ride and then a long carriage ride.”

Seeing that Yin Yin was not shy at all, the emperor liked her even more: "Now that we've arrived, Yin Yin doesn't need to ride in a carriage anymore. Why don't you stay in the palace and relax?"

Yinyin agreed and then asked, "What did Uncle Emperor just say it looked like?"

“You look like your elder brother, and you also look like your parents,” the emperor said with a nostalgic look in his eyes. “Our President Yinyin’s appearance is a combination of the best features of her parents, but the temperament you have is just like Shuming’s.”

"Of course," Yin Yin said, "My brother usually takes me out to play!"

“Is that so?” the emperor said. “When I was a child, it was my elder brother who played with me.”

With that, the emperor picked up Yin Yin and prepared to leave.

The chief eunuch quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Left Chancellor just said he has something to report."

The emperor paused, a hint of displeasure on his face, but he had no choice but to stop: "Oh? Did the Left Chancellor say when he would be coming?"

"This..." The head eunuch hesitated, unable to give an exact time.

The emperor snorted, ignoring him, and, holding Yinyin, sat back down on the newly brought palanquin: "Let's proceed to Fengyi Palace."

Seeing that the emperor had left, the chief eunuch glanced at the area where the government offices were gathered in the south, shrank back, and quickly followed behind.

On the way, the emperor gently inquired about the situation of Yu's father and the others in Qin County, as well as Yin Yin's daily life.

Yinyin told everyone she could.

Unexpectedly, tears welled up in the emperor's eyes after hearing this: "When we were in the palace, my brother, you never suffered like this."

Yinyin had heard that the emperor was weak, but she never expected him to be like this. She didn't know how to comfort him for a moment, so she took off her handkerchief and raised her hand to wipe his tears.

"Good child," the emperor patted her, his face full of heartache. "My brother and sister-in-law are the same. They are clearly having such a hard time, but they don't tell me. Every time they write, they always ask if I am doing well and if I am being bullied."

"I will issue an edict later to change the title of my elder brother to the King of Shu, and give him the entire Bashu region as his fief."

"Although it's still not very big, it's still better than Qinxian County."

Yin Yin didn't think much of the emperor's naive idea, but she quickly agreed on behalf of her father before looking at the emperor with concern: "Uncle Emperor, will this have any impact on you?"

She whispered, "Father said that you are the person he is most worried about in Beijing."

Upon hearing this, the emperor's previously hesitant expression immediately hardened, and he said to Yin Yin, "Yin Yin, don't worry. I am the emperor. What impact would it have on my brother if I granted him more fiefdoms?"

"The county of Qin is so small that it can't even provide for the Emperor to live a more comfortable life."

"If anyone objects, I'll send their younger relatives to serve as county magistrates in the surrounding areas. Let's see if they still dare to stop me."