Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 738 - 0691: Entering the Capital (2)

Although the Wei family, the maternal family of Princess Consort Luling, was also implicated, resulting in the loss of official positions and a reduction of salary.

The Wei family is still a prominent family in the Capital with its roots well-established.

Ordinary families still dare not provoke the Wei family.

Li Yuzhu and Li Yuwen can stop by the Wei family when they head to the Capital.

Because the Wei family was demoted due to the Lu Ling Royal Mansion, Princess Consort Luling worried that the Wei family might blame her daughters instead of her, so she prepared extra gifts for the Wei family.

Consider it as an apology gift.

If it weren’t absolutely necessary to ask for their help, Princess Consort Luling wouldn’t want her two daughters to visit the Wei family.

She packed the gifts while sighing.

Chai Eying settled the three children and had the maid, Zhou Zhaizhao, watch over them. She and Li Xingmao went to the North Courtyard Main House to help Princess Consort Luling prepare gifts for Li Yuzhu’s journey to the Capital.

To ensure her two daughters wouldn’t mix them up, Princess Consort Luling marked each gift with fabric strips and wrote on them to identify who they were for.

On Niu Tou Mountain, Li Yuzhu and Mu Yuanxiu were also awake, discussing their trip for the next day.

Li Yuzhu was worried that Mu Yuanxiu, who had never been to the Capital, might get lost, so she tried hard to recall the routes in the Capital and drew city maps for Mu Yuanxiu.

Mu Yuanxiu smiled gently and held her hand, "No need to draw, couldn’t we just ask brother-in-law for a map? Let’s sleep, shall we?"

Li Yuzhu was startled; how could she have forgotten about Pei Shenyan in the Capital?

Although Pei Shenyan was not a native of the Capital and hadn’t grown up there, he had visited twice!

"How could I forget about brother-in-law?" Li Yuzhu laughed, "Alright, no more drawing then."

She put aside the brush and climbed into bed to sleep.

About to go to the Capital, Li Yuzhu was too excited to sleep; she was not worried about anyone troubling her, but instead, she kept thinking about what the Imperial Palace would be like.

In her memory, she had visited the Imperial Palace a few times, but being young, she could barely remember.

She only remembered it was a luxurious place, and very large.

So large that she could never memorize the way.

Every time she entered the palace, she would get lost, and many people would have to find her, making her a laughingstock for everyone.

Seeing her being bullied, Princess Consort Luling would punish people as a means of protecting her, leading people to say that Princess Consort Luling was someone not to be trifled with, lacking the elegance and gentleness befitting a princess consort.

So, Princess Consort Luling rarely took her out.

How old was she back then? Five or six? Seven or eight?

Ridiculing a child with no sense of direction was indeed excessive!

As a child, she was so honest and clumsy, leaving the people at Lu Ling Royal Mansion utterly helpless, wasn’t she?

Thinking about this and that, Li Yuzhu gradually fell asleep.

Mu Yuanxiu had not yet slept and was in the outer room tending to the bows and arrows.

He carefully wiped each arrow, ensuring there were no issues, before safely storing them in the quiver, and then returned to the bedroom.

Seeing Li Yuzhu asleep, he smiled softly and then lay down on his own bed to sleep.

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Li Yuzhu and Li Yuwen were going to the Capital, and the family also notified Li Xing’an to come home to send them off.

Li Xing’an gave each of the two sisters a silver note worth a thousand taels, "Take it, spend it in the Capital."

Li Yuzhu smiled sweetly, "Third brother, I don’t lack silver."

"Take it even if you don’t lack it, this is my gift." Li Xing’an waved his hand.

Li Yuwen exclaimed, "Third brother, are you rich now? How can you just give away a thousand taels like that?"

"Of course, your third brother isn’t foolish. Give me a pair of wings and I can fly." Li Xing’an raised his eyebrows proudly.

Li Yuzhu and Li Yuwen didn’t want to accept it, so they tried to return the money to Li Xing’an.

Li Xing’an got angry, "What? Are you both rich now, looking down on my thousand taels?"

"No, third brother..."

"No? Then take it. There will be plenty of places to spend money in the Capital. I’m telling you, if anyone dares to look down on you, just throw money at them. When the silver is gone, write to me, and I’ll send more." Li Xing’an said with a grand gesture.

The two sisters couldn’t help but smile.

Li Yuzhu had no choice but to accept, "Alright, I’ll exchange it for large ingots to throw."

Li Xing’an laughed, "Right, take it, take it."

Li Yuwen also accepted it.

After all, it was a brotherly gesture; refusing it would seem ungrateful.

At noon, the Li family had a reunion meal.

After lunch, Li Yuzhu and Li Yuwen’s carriage set off.

Both sisters rode in carriages, along with a separate carriage for their luggage.

Mu Yuanxiu’s mule was left behind at the Li family, as mules can’t match the speed of horses.

The horses pulling the three carriages were warhorses brought back by Mu Yuanxiu, strong, fast, and gentle.

Li Xing’an rode a horse to accompany them part of the way. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

He would escort the two sisters all the way out of Zhen An Prefecture.

Pei Ji and Pei Fusheng, who came to pick up Li Yuwen, took charge of driving the sisters’ carriage, with Zhou Zhaodi still driving the luggage cart.

Prince Luling and Princess Consort Luling, with the whole family, stood at the gate to see them off.

Guoguo, with wide eyes, watched the carriages gradually recede into the distance, and lightly sighed.

Chai Eying heard it, gently stroked her face, and said, "After some days, aunt will be back, Guoguo."

Guoguo softly responded with a "hmm."

So soft that barely anyone heard it.

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Traveling day and night, a month later, Li Yuzhu, Mu Yuanxiu, and Li Yuwen’s group arrived at the outskirts of the Capital.

Having received the letter, Pei Shenyan personally came with people to greet them at the Ten-mile Pavilion outside the city.

"Yuwen, you must be tired from the journey." Pei Shenyan rode his horse to Li Yuwen’s carriage and smiled through the window.

Earlier, the curtain was clearly raised, but when Pei Shenyan rode forward, it was suddenly pulled down.

Pei Shenyan knew Li Yuwen was upset because Pei Fusheng had relayed all of Li Yuwen’s complaints to him from her letter.

He didn’t mean to leave Li Yuwen behind; it’s just that the matters in the Capital were too complicated, so he came ahead to assess the situation.

In a gentle voice, Pei Shenyan called out again, "Yuwen?"

"Didn’t hear you, so stop calling!" Inside the carriage, Li Yuwen turned her head away angrily.

In the carriage behind, Li Yuzhu lifted the curtain and smiled, "Brother-in-law, let’s talk once we’re inside the city. My sister wants to speak with you privately, and it’s inconvenient for her to reply here with so many people."

Pei Shenyan nodded with a smile, "Alright." He paused and waited until Li Yuzhu’s carriage drew closer, then greeted Mu Yuanxiu, "Yuanxiu, was the journey peaceful?"

"The journey was peaceful, Brother-in-law." Mu Yuanxiu replied with a smile.

The road outside the Capital was very smooth, and it only took a short while to cover the ten-mile distance.

At the city gates, all entering carriages were subject to strict checks, and Li Yuzhu’s party was no exception; they queued up along with everyone else.

In front of Li Yuwen’s carriage was a very splendid large carriage.

The carriage was flanked by two guards.

Driving Li Yuwen’s carriage was Pei Fusheng.

Pei Fusheng saw that the carriage ahead moved slightly and thought it was advancing, so he urged his horse forward.

Unexpectedly, that carriage suddenly stopped.

The front hooves of Pei Fusheng’s horse accidentally kicked the board of the carriage in front.

Thud——

A loud noise.

The curtain of the carriage ahead was immediately pulled up, and a round-faced girl poked her head out, "Who’s blind? What are you kicking around for?"