Qi Ye escorted her to the boundary monument and stopped moving forward.
The curtain was raised, revealing Ji Shu's reluctant face. Qi Ye sat on the horse and looked at her, but his voice was hoarse when he opened his mouth: "Have a safe journey."
Cheng'an raised his whip and the carriage drove away. Qi Ye and the soldiers who came to see him off stood by the boundary monument to watch.
Ji Shu curled up his fingertips, pinched the curtain tightly, and suddenly said:
"Cheng'an! Stop!"
"Uu——"
Ji Shu quickly lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage.
"Miss--"
The sun gradually rose from the sky, and Ji Shu ran towards Qi Ye facing the rising sun. The calmness when she threw herself into his arms made her fully understand that she had found the destination she wanted.
Ji Shu stood on tiptoes and gave Qi Ye a deep kiss.
Lu Wen, who was not far away, took a deep breath and waved his arms to signal all the watching soldiers to turn around.
Qi Ye was surprised for a moment and then immediately turned against the guest.
Ji Shu originally wanted to make up for Qi Ye's regrets on the day she was staying up late, but she got aroused and got out of hand. Qi Ye repeatedly grinded and sucked her, mercilessly robbing her of her breath and conquering the city. Ji Shu's legs were extremely weak, his vision was blurry, and he didn't even know when he was let go.
Ji Shu gasped for breath, opened his eyelids with difficulty, looked over Qi Ye's shoulder, and saw the dense crowd of soldiers seeing him off, and his face instantly became hotter.
She was so angry that she grabbed the flesh of Qi Ye's waist and twisted it hard.
"How could the general be so impudent in front of so many people!!"
To Qi Ye, Ji Shu's strength was no more than scratching an itch on a kitten. At this moment, he was extremely satisfied, and his eyes were as lazy and content as a big cat's.
He grabbed Ji Shu's hand and squeezed him, then kissed him.
"Don't worry, they don't dare to talk nonsense."
Ji Shu slightly opened the distance between the two, unbuttoned his neck and took off the jade he was wearing close to his body.
The quality of the jade is transparent and of the highest quality. The important thing is that she has brought this piece of jade to her since she was a child and has never given it to anyone else even in her previous life.
Ji Shu took Qi Ye's hand and placed the jade in his palm.
"I'm in the capital, waiting for the general's triumphant return."
She will definitely see Qi Ye innocently by then, hoping that Qi Ye... won't blame her for hiding it.
Ji Shu made a sneak attack, kissed the corner of Qi Ye's mouth, and quickly slipped away from his arms before he could react.
Cheng'an drove the carriage back, Ji Shu got into the car, leaned out of the window, and waved goodbye to Qi Ye.
"General! I'll wait for you in the capital—"
The carriage rolled up a cloud of loess and moved further and further away. Ji Shu's eyesight was blurred with tears. It was not until the figures behind him turned into ant-like dots that he could no longer see clearly, and then the curtains were lowered.
Qi Ye rubbed the jade pendant in his hand, cherishing it with peace of mind and holding it close to his heart.
He mounted his horse and reined in the rope, shouting: "Go back to camp."
After he completely resolves the war in Weihaiguan, he returns to Beijing and marries her.
…
The return to the capital was much faster. Before Ji Shu recovered from the sadness of separation, they had already arrived at the boundary monument of the capital. A little further ahead was the city gate.
Qingtan packed her things, looked at Ji Shu, raised her hand and pointed silently outside the carriage.
This was a signal to the shadow riders sent by Qi Ye to protect her. If they continued to follow her into the capital, Ji Shu's identity would be exposed when they went back to report to Qi Ye.
Ji Shu understood. She lifted the car curtain and signaled Chengan to stop.
"Brother Frostfall?"
She shouted tentatively, and a figure appeared in front of her.
Shuang Jiang bowed his hands respectfully and said in a calm voice, "Miss, just call me Shuang Jiang."
Ji Shu smiled sweetly and said, "I'd like to thank you for escorting me all the way. I've reached the boundary monument and the city gate is in front of me. There's no danger anymore. The general still needs you at Weihaiguan, so you can turn back here."
"The general ordered us to send the girl home before we can turn back."
"But I don't want others to come to my door before the general. Can Brother Shuangsheng understand me?"
Ji Shu seemed to be smiling, but his attitude was very strong. Shuang Jiang thought for a moment and took a step back.
"Why don't you ask us to watch the girl enter the city gate before leaving? Otherwise, it will be difficult for the general and his subordinates to explain."
"Well."
Ji Shu lowered the curtains and signaled the convoy to continue moving forward.
After handing over the road guide in front of the city gate to verify his identity, the gatekeeper let him through.
Qingtan kept paying attention to the back and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Shuangjiang and his group of shadow riders turned back.
The capital city is still so lively. The vendors on both sides of the street are selling their products enthusiastically, and the people from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division are patrolling with knives. The people's livelihood is no different from that of Yan'an Prefecture.
After entering the city, they separated from the Qin family, and Chengan drove a carriage to the Wuding Hou Mansion.
The porter looked at the man dismounting, rubbed his eyes, and exclaimed:
"Young Madam! The Second Young Madam is back!"
Ji Shu was tired from the journey and now just wanted to have a good rest.
She took Qingtan straight to Changleyuan, and bumped into Xitao who came out to greet her in the hallway of the Chuihua Gate.
"Miss is finally back! You must be tired! My servant has made arrangements early in the morning. Miss, go back and have a rest."
Xitao was extremely virtuous. He took the bundle from Qingtan and put it on his back, saying to her:
"Qingtan, you should go and rest too, I've packed everything!"
Qingtan gave her a warm hug, and before the three of them had time to reminisce, two of them fell down and fell asleep.
When Ji Shu opened his eyes, it was already bright outside the house. Xitao heard the noise and came in to tie the bed curtains for her.
"What time is it?"
"At the quarter of the hour, the young lady has slept all night. The servant has asked the kitchen to warm up the food for the morning, and now it is served to the table."
Ji Shu stretched his waist and slept comfortably that night, sweeping away the tiredness from his body.
While changing her clothes, she asked, "I slept all night and no one came to look for me in the front yard?"
"The eldest lady and the old lady have come to invite you. Ask your servants to block them and go back."
"I'll go see the old lady after the morning meal."
Ji Shu was eating bird's nest porridge when he suddenly remembered something and curiously asked Xitao:
"What happened to the house in the past few months since I left? Why was the concierge so warm to me when I came back yesterday?"
"Miss, I don't know, it's not Jiang Fu's fault."
Xitao said: "The old lady gave her the power to run the family. I don't know what she thought. She gave money to the old lady, the eldest lady, and the second master lavishly. At the beginning, she also gave money to the people below. Apart from us, Changleyuan, I don’t know where she got her windfall during the New Year’s Day, and she received a lot of silver rewards.”
"But just a while ago, the monthly salary of all the servants in the house has been reduced. I heard that some maids who are rough servants have not received their monthly salary for two months, and they are still living contract maids. I guess she is spending too much money. Now that we have no money, the eldest lady still has to make a fool of herself by pretending to be fat, but in fact, she can no longer make any money."
Fortunately, Xitao was in charge of the servants in Ji Shu Courtyard, so there was no chaos for the time being, but in other courtyards, the servants were already complaining.
At first I thought Miss Fu was a good housekeeper, but now I hope the young lady will come back as soon as possible.
Ji Shu chuckled, "What an idiot. Did she break off the supply and marketing cooperation with Chang Miao? Did she lose money?"
