May this scumbag husband, who favored his concubine over his wife, rest in peace.

Wen Yuanshu couldn't help but look at him: "When did you start believing in these things?"

Burning incense? That's not something Lu Chengyuan would say.

Lu Chengyuan pursed his thin lips slightly: "Today."

-

As the sun set in the west, the sound of rapid hoofbeats approached from afar.

They are the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

They were already ordered to search downstream, and they rushed over as soon as they saw the fireworks.

The leader immediately dismounted upon seeing Lu Chengyuan: "Commander."

The people behind him dismounted and bowed, saying, "Commander."

The woman of the house had never seen such a grand spectacle before and was completely stunned.

Lu Chengyuan coughed and asked, "Did you bring any money?"

The leader was taken aback, then pulled off the silver pouch at his waist.

Lu Chengyuan took it and weighed it in his hand, feeling it wasn't enough, and then shifted his gaze to the Embroidered-Clad Guards behind him.

The crowd understood and took off their silver pouches, handing them to Lu Chengyuan.

Lu Chengyuan handed the silver to the mistress, saying, "Thank you for saving me. Please take this silver and I will repay you in the future."

"No, no, no, no!" The woman quickly waved her hands, refusing to accept it. "This, this is just a small favor! Besides, I wasn't the only one who saved them, I can't accept it!"

No matter what Lu Chengyuan said, even when he and Wen Yuanshu took turns trying, the mistress still refused to accept it.

Having run out of options, the two changed their story again, saying they would buy the clothes.

The lady of the house accepted it.

After receiving a few coins' worth of silver, he refused to take any more.

Lu Chengyuan then asked her for help in sending the silver to the other people who had saved Wen Yuanshu, and the female lead finally nodded.

Wen Yuanshu also left her a jade pendant that she always carried with her: "If you need anything in the future, just go to the capital and say you are looking for General Wen. Someone will bring you to see me."

After saying that, Wen Yuanshu rode away with Lu Chengyuan.

The woman clutched the jade pendant in her palm and watched them walk away before hurriedly running into the house and carefully putting it away.

Those people are clearly not to be trifled with. Keep this jade pendant; it might come in very handy someday.

Lu Chengyuan didn't rush back. Instead, he took a detour to the town, pawned his jade pendant to buy a carriage, and then bought a lot of soft things to line the carriage, as well as some food, which he also put inside.

Traveling down the river, even he felt sore all over, let alone Wen Yuanshu.

Even if Wen Yuanshu didn't say it, he knew that Wen Yuanshu was not feeling well.

Since she's with him, there's no reason for Wen Yuanshu to grit her teeth and bear it.

"Alright, lie down for a bit," Lu Chengyuan said. "We'll probably get back late at night, so get some sleep if you can."

Wen Yuanshu was a little embarrassed.

After all, there are so many people here, and she's the only one riding in the carriage...

"What, you want me to come with you?" Lu Chengyuan raised an eyebrow. "It's not impossible."

As he spoke, Lu Chengyuan actually made a move to go in together.

Wen Yuanshu quickly grabbed him.

There are Lu Chengyuan's men all around here. If Lu Chengyuan really sleeps with her all the way back, what will his men think of him?

Lu Chengyuan hadn't really intended to lie down with her in the room, so seeing this, he smiled and stepped back, saying, "Don't think too much about it, just get some rest."

Wen Yuanshu nodded, took his hand and got into the carriage, then obediently lay down.

Lu Chengyuan closed the car door, blocking out the biting cold wind from her.

It must be said that Lu Chengyuan had arranged the carriage to be very comfortable.

It's soft and warm.

Despite the unavoidable bumps along the way, Wen Yuanshu fell into a deep sleep.

Just as Lu Chengyuan said, they did not return to the capital until late at night.

The lights in every household in the capital had long been extinguished, but the Wen family members were all sitting in the front hall, only sending the younger generation back to rest.

Knowing that Wen Yuanshu was in trouble, they originally wanted to go find her themselves, but Qi Rong said that Lu Chengyuan had jumped down after her, and almost all of the Embroidered Uniform Guards had been mobilized. Under such circumstances, their participation would not be of much use, and would only attract the emperor's attention due to their large-scale actions, which would be a loss.