My elder sister forced me to become a concubine; I was reborn and remarried into the emperor's

After discussing the departure arrangements, the two sisters began packing their clothes.

The month of hiding had made them accustomed to sewing valuables inside their inner garments, and even if they were only leaving for three days, they would carry important items with them.

After packing his bags, Wei Nanxun saw the jade pendant hidden in the compartment of the box. After thinking it over, he put it into the pouch at his waist.

This was what she brought with her when she left the Wei family, along with those bank notes and land deeds.

She and her benefactor were now worlds apart, and it would be difficult for them to meet again in this life. This was her only memento, and it was extremely important to her.

The next day at dawn, Zhixia prepared water and food for Xiaohu before locking the carriage.

The grandfather was driving, and the women sat with the grandmother in the car.

Since they were going up the mountain to worship Buddha, they all wore plain-colored cloth clothes, wrapped their hair in headscarves, and did not wear any makeup or jewelry. They really looked a bit like tea-picking girls or washerwomen from the countryside.

The White Horse Temple does not accept guests from outside the area. They had already discussed it yesterday and said that they were the elderly couple's grandnieces who came to worship Buddha together, so they thought they wouldn't be made to suffer any difficulties.

The journey was smooth, but a long queue formed when leaving the city.

Zhixia lifted a corner of the curtain and looked around curiously: "What day is it today? Why are there so many people leaving the city?"

The old man, gripping the reins, said from outside, "It's not that there are too many people leaving the city, it's that the officials are checking things very carefully. They're searching every carriage, which is why it's slow. I don't know what happened; I haven't seen anything like this in years."

Upon hearing this, the two people in the carriage changed their expressions slightly. They were fine yesterday, but the guards were suddenly so tight just as they left the city. What a coincidence!

The old woman had no idea what the two were thinking, and laughed indifferently, "These high-ranking officials are always looking for trouble when they have nothing better to do. Anyway, it has nothing to do with us ordinary folks."

Wei Nanxun forced an awkward smile, fearing it might be related to her!

After waiting a while, it was finally their turn. The official patiently repeated, "How many people are in the carriage? What are you doing out of the city?"

"Your Honor, my name is Lin and I live on West Street. I used to run a teahouse across from the yamen. My wife and two grandnieces are in the carriage. The fifteenth is in two days, and we are going to Baiyun Temple to worship Buddha."

The officer lifted the curtain and glanced at the woman, seeing that it was indeed an old woman and two young girls, and was about to let them pass.

Just then, a troop of men came from outside the city, whipping their horses and raising dust wherever they went.

Even the guards got a mouthful of sand, but dared not utter a single complaint. They quickly stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Lord Ge, why have you come in person?"

The group of people were all dressed in brocade robes and tight-fitting clothes, with black hats on their heads and long swords at their waists, clearly from the capital. In the middle of them was a horse with a reddish-brown body and snow-white hooves. The person sitting on the horse was dressed no differently from the others, but had a refined face and an indescribable air of nobility.

The leader, surnamed Ge, nodded hastily and asked, "How's the investigation going?"

"Rest assured, sir, we have thoroughly investigated everything. There were absolutely no two young women, a mistress and a servant, who left the city today."

The man surnamed Ge glanced at the man in the center, and after receiving a signal, he nodded and continued towards the city. Just as he was about to pass by their carriage...

A short voice rang out: "Wait, have you checked this carriage?"

Wei Nanxun instantly gripped Zhi Xia's hand tightly. It was Pei Yuyan! How could it be Pei Yuyan!

Even though she sat inside the carriage the whole time and didn't look outside, she would never have misheard his voice; she would never have been wrong—he had actually followed her here.

She had a bad feeling when this group of people came, but she never expected it to be him.

His wedding day is the day after tomorrow; he's really gone mad.

Wei Nanxun's heart was pounding in her throat, and the hand holding Zhixia was ice-cold. She never imagined that she held such weight in Pei Yuyan's heart. If he truly valued her, why didn't he believe her in her past life, and why did he personally feed her poison?

As the sound of horses' hooves drew ever closer, she felt as if she were being deep-fried in oil, experiencing unbearable torment and pain.

Grandpa Lin was an honest man. When asked, he repeated himself. One of the guards, who had been to Grandpa Lin's teahouse before, remembered him and said, "Sir, this old man is indeed from our town, not from out of town. The people in the carriage are all his female relatives."

But Pei Yuyan clearly didn't believe it; he only trusted his own judgment.

He gripped the reins with one hand, spurred his horse forward, and raised his hand to lift the curtain without looking to the side.

Just as Wei Nanxun was about to jump out of the carriage in fright, the leader surnamed Ge received the news from his subordinates and hurriedly stepped forward to whisper, "Your Highness, a mistress and her servant girl just left the city of Xixian. They said they went west."

Her fingertips twirled along the curtain, tracing a shallow arc.

Before anyone could react, Pei Yuyan squeezed the horse's belly tightly with his legs, and the reddish-brown horse galloped off like lightning.

He's gone, so the rest of us naturally hurry up and catch up.

Another gust of sand and stones flew by, but they came and went quickly, and everything seemed to return to its previous calm.

"Sir, what about us here..."

The guards hadn't suspected them anyway, so they simply raised their hands and said, "Go, go, go, don't get in the way."

Wei Nanxun's heart finally settled down after the carriage left the city gate; it was truly a close call.

It seems that the people she had arranged before had finally worked. This time, they had been confused and could buy her some time, but she still dared not let her guard down and quickly told her grandfather to drive away from there.

When the carriage had driven far away and was almost out of sight, one of the guards suddenly said, "Wait a minute, I remember that Old Man Lin's family all died in a severe drought a few years ago. He only had one son, who had just gotten married and didn't have any children yet. Where did these two big-nieces come from?"

The atmosphere froze for a moment, then someone said, "Oh no! Quickly go and call Lord Ge back!"