Chapter 232

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Protagonist:

Yan Qianqian

Seeing that the Princess Consort seemed about to agree, yet her heart remained quite conflicted, right then the An Wang, who had not spoken a word, interjected aptly: "Imperial Consort, do not worry overly; this King will specially dispatch a few more capable Anqi to secretly protect Qianqian thoroughly."

Finally, under everyone's persuasive words, the Princess Consort helplessly nodded in agreement: "Very well, very well, since you all insist so, then let it be as you wish. But Qianqian ah, once you reach Dongying Guo, you must be extra careful, absolutely must not act willfully, in all matters you must act prudently, never be careless."

After obtaining her mother's consent, Qianqian instantly became exceptionally excited, leaping up like a joyful little fawn, cheering: "Mother is truly the best!" Immediately after, she affectionately looped her arm around the Princess Consort's, rubbing her little face tightly against the Princess Consort's arm in a coquettish manner, extremely intimate.

After quite a long while, Qianqian gently reached out, slowly lifted the curtain of that exquisite carriage, a pair of bright star-like eyes curiously gazing outside. At this moment it was late April, the weather gradually warming, a gentle breeze brushing by, bringing bursts of fresh air.

The carriage was driving unhurriedly through a vast forest. Although the trees had not yet fully grown lush and dense enough to block out the sky, tender green new leaves had quietly climbed the branches, glinting with specks of gold under the sunlight, like a scroll meticulously painted by nature, full of vitality and vigor.

Qianqian stared unblinkingly at this beautiful scenery, her face brimming with irrepressible excitement. She let out soft exclamations from time to time, as if immersed in a brand new world. However, such wonderful time lasted only a morning.

Because at midday they did not pass any inn, and in order to reach the destination on time, after a discussion everyone decided not to stop, simply solving lunch on the carriage.

Fortunately, yesterday afternoon the Princess Consort had already anticipated this, specially instructing Chunxi to go to the Jishi to purchase more delicious pastries, fresh fruits, and so on. Thus everyone took out food from their baggage, ate a few bites casually, and continued onward.

Yan Si knew this road extremely well; he silently calculated the distance and time in his heart, estimating they could reach the next inn before nightfall. Moreover, this inn was one he had carefully selected.

As far as he knew, the Boss here was kind and enthusiastic, the rooms clean, tidy, and very comfortable to live in, even the meals provided were absolutely superb, perfect in color, aroma, and taste, making one praise endlessly. Precisely because of this, although the journey was somewhat long, no one complained, never once stopping, urging fast horses all the way.

For the An Wang and Yan Si, this journey aside from feeling slightly boring, was considered smooth. They either closed their eyes to rest, or whispered a few words, to pass this tedious time.

But for Qianqian and the Princess Consort, this journey was truly exhausting. Sitting in the carriage for a long time, both felt unbearable waist soreness. Not only that, because the road was rugged and uneven, the carriage kept jolting nonstop, making them suffer terribly.

Only to hear Qianqian shout loudly inside the carriage: "Mother, my butt hurts so much!" The Princess Consort frowned upon hearing this and said: "How can a young lady speak so crudely? Mind your words!"

Qianqian realized her slip of the tongue, hurriedly adjusted her wording, carefully rephrased: "Mother, my... um... butt hurts." Hearing this, the Princess Consort looked helpless, waved her hand: "Very well, very well, you might as well just say butt."

Having obtained permission, Qianqian no longer tangled over wording, turned to ask: "Mother, how much longer until we arrive? Riding in a carriage is really too boring! Father, I really want to get down and ride a horse!"

The An Wang glanced at the sky, soothed: "The sky will darken soon, we'll reach the inn ahead right away, can you endure a bit more? If you still want to ride a horse tomorrow, Father will definitely agree." Qianqian pouted her little mouth, but still obediently nodded: "Then alright."

Although she agreed verbally, once Qianqian sat down she still couldn't sit still, as if countless maggots were wriggling under her butt, constantly twisting her body. Fortunately the others didn't pay much mind to her little movements, letting her toss about.

Just like that after another good while, the carriage finally slowly stopped. Qianqian instantly became overjoyed, like an unbridled little wild horse, she bounced down from the carriage in one go, then impatiently rushed straight into the inn.

At this moment, a smiling, enthusiastic shop assistant was already standing at the inn entrance. He quickly stepped forward to greet, and attentively asked: "Guest, are you few here for a meal or staying the night?" Qianqian without turning back loudly answered: "Staying!"

The shop assistant beamed, hurriedly asked again: "Then may I ask Guest, how many rooms do you need exactly?" Qianqian slightly furrowed her delicate brows, pondered a moment, then softly replied: "This... let's wait for Elder Brother to come and decide then."

Words just fell, when steady, forceful footsteps sounded from the entrance. Everyone looked toward the sound, and it was Yan Si walking in. The sharp-eyed shop assistant spotted him at a glance, hurriedly quick-stepped forward to welcome, attentively greeting: "Yo! Young Master Yan, you've come! Quick, inside please!"

Yan Si smiled and nodded, responded: "Mm." Then turned to instruct the shop assistant: "Arrange five upper rooms for us, then prepare some food first, we've traveled a long way, everyone's front chest sticking to back back with hunger."

The shop assistant nodded repeatedly in agreement, while enthusiastically guiding everyone to sit, loudly shouted: "Got it! Young Master Yan you few please sit and rest first, we have small tables with four chairs and larger tables that can seat more people. How about this, Young Master Yan you four sit at this small table, the rest go sit at that larger table over there."

After everyone sat down, the shop assistant nimbly brought over the menu, and respectfully handed it to Yan Si. However, Yan Si did not reach to take it, but directly turned and passed it to the An Wang beside him.

The An Wang casually glanced at the menu, without even examining the dish names closely, magnanimously said: "No need to trouble, just serve a few of your shop's signature dishes, balance meat and vegetables reasonably, put a few more dishes for their table, more people."

The shop assistant heard and busily agreed: "Alright! No problem, everyone rest a bit, the food will be ready and sent over shortly."