Women dressed as men: powerful officials

Chapter 108 Arriving in Shangjing

Xuyuan rides one horse and one person, and the speed is much faster than that of a carriage.

When it was getting dark, we arrived at another market.

Because I didn't know where the next market was, I didn't rush to travel and just found an inn to stay in at the market.

It’s cold in northern cities, it gets dark early, and with the snow, there aren’t many people on the streets.

Xu Yuan sat down by the window of the inn, looking at the sparse pedestrians below, and murmured, "I don't know where you are going."

The wind was cold and no one answered the question about making a wish.

Two months later, at sunset, Xu Yuan finally saw the gate of Shangjing.

Shangjing, as the imperial capital of Tianqi, has a history of hundreds of years.

If we look further back in time, it has also stood in the wind and rain for many years, witnessing the rise and fall and demise of countless dynasties.

Xu Yuan stopped his horse, looked up at the tall city gate, and his eyes were full of coldness.

Wei Chenyi, I'm back.

After two months of hardship, she finally arrived.

Thinking about finally meeting those familiar friends from the previous life, Xuyuan felt some indescribable emotions in his heart.

She straightened her clothes and was about to go into the city, but before she got close, rows of soldiers blocked her way, with their spears held at an angle and the tips of their swords shining coldly.

"Horses are not allowed into the city," said the leading soldier.

Xu Yuan looked back, touched the horse's head reluctantly, and finally said, "I understand."

Xuyuan took the horse to another place.

This horse was given to her by Beiyao and has been with her for more than two months.

But she still had to abandon the horse.

Xuyuan led the horse a little further away and tied it to a tree, then went to the city gate and asked, "Sir, can we enter the city now?"

"No one can enter the city without a written document after the twilight hour." The soldier remained calm and said, "Sir, you should enter the city early tomorrow morning."

"Document?" Xu Yuan frowned. "If I don't have the document, I can't enter the city?"

The wish was answered by the soldier's cold expression.

Seeing this, Xuyuan stepped back a little and asked again: "Then when can we enter the city tomorrow?"

The soldier was getting a little impatient and answered simply, "Chenshi."

"Thank you." Xu Yuan nodded.

She turned and left, ready to find a place to live.

In the distance, a carriage came slowly. The soldiers who were arrogant before immediately changed their expressions, put away their spears, and shouted loudly: "Open the city gate!"

The heavy city gate slowly opened, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone in inch by inch.

Xuyuan looked up.

As the sun was setting, a carriage slowly approached, surrounded by heavy troops, like the moon surrounded by stars.

Some people who had not entered the city like Xu Yuan murmured, "Didn't they say that once the hour of You arrives, we cannot enter the city without official documents?"

"Keep your voice down, don't look at the ugly carriage in front, you have to look at the one behind, the carriage of the Prime Minister's Mansion! Do you see it?"

"Prime Minister's Mansion?"

"The Qi family of the Prime Minister's Mansion, you don't understand, right? Whose carriage do you think could have the Qi family's carriage following behind?"

"Could it be the Third Prince?"

"It's either the Third Prince or the Crown Prince. No matter which one it is, do you think the officials here dare to offend him? Let's stay away from him so as not to offend the noble man."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan followed the carriage intently.

The wind picked up, but it did not blow the curtains.

She didn't even know who was in the carriage.

The carriage slowly entered the city and the city gate closed again.

The soldier who had been shouting earlier said, "Disperse, disperse, come back tomorrow!"

After hearing this, Xuyuan did not stay and turned away.

In the carriage, until the city gates were closed, Chen Shan clasped his fists and said, "Third Master, do you need to take Master Xu into the city?"

After Xu Yuan left, Bei Yao abandoned the carriage and rode a horse instead. When he arrived at the capital, he changed to a carriage again.

Only in this way could he arrive in Shangjing at the same time as Xu Yuan.

Chen Shan also received a letter from Master Qin early in the morning, saying that Xu Yuan had arrived at the city gate.

But because I brought the horse, I was delayed for some time and was unable to enter the city today.

"Need not."

Bei Yao lowered his eyes and said indifferently, "The waters of the capital are deep. If she is not prepared, she should leave early. From today on, just pretend that she has never met this person."

When Chen Shan heard Bei Yao's words, he was confused for a moment.

He found that he was increasingly unable to understand Bei Yao.

At the beginning, Bei Yao said that he was so nice to Xu Yuan in order to win him over.

He believed it.

But Xuyuan rejected Beiyao's attempts to win him over again and again.

If it were in the capital, such a person would have been killed long ago.

Later, Beiyao said that he regarded Xuyuan as a friend.

Every time he got angry at Xuyuan, he would say something cold on the spot, and then he would go to find Xuyuan carefully.

Not only did they give horses and clothes, they also arranged for people to secretly protect Xu Yuan.

Chen Shan was even a little confused as to whether Bei Yao really didn't intend to pay attention to Xu Yuan, and said that it was just a momentary angry remark.

Thinking of this, Chen Shan had an idea and said, "Should we let Qin come back? After all, Shangjing is under the feet of the emperor, so I think Mr. Xu should not encounter any trouble."

If Beiyao wanted Master Qin to come back, it should be as he said, that he had never met this person.

If Master Qin is not allowed to come back, it only means that Bei Yao is just hard on the outside but soft on the inside.

I said such harsh words just to vent my anger.

Bei Yao lowered his eyes and thought for a moment. When the words were about to come out of his mouth, he took them back and said, "The capital is dangerous after all, let Master Qin continue to follow."

Chen Shan understood, "I understand, but Tan is a woman after all, so it might be inconvenient. Why not let someone else go?"

Chen Shan felt that Beiyao’s decision was problematic from the beginning.

Why does a woman have to protect a man?

It’s just that Bei Yao was in a bad mood at that time, and Chen Shan didn’t dare to mention it. Now he can take this opportunity to bring up the old matter again.

"I have my own plans." Bei Yao said indifferently.

Chen Shan suddenly had an idea in his mind, and couldn't help asking, "Third Master, you are not thinking of letting Qin seduce Master Xu, are you?"

After saying that, he immediately knelt down and said, "Third Master, this subordinate and Young Master Qin are in love with each other, Third Master can't be so great..."

"Chen Shan, in your eyes, am I just a despicable person who only knows how to take advantage of women?"

Bei Yao asked back coldly.

Chen Shan suddenly felt his scalp tingling, and immediately said, "Third Master, calm down, that's not what I meant."

"Get up." Bei Yao closed his eyes calmly. His tone was cold: "I have my own arrangements. You don't need to worry about Master Qin's affairs."

Chen Shan wiped the sweat from his forehead, breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "What about Miss Qi?"

Bei Yao did not answer Chen Shan's question, but asked: "Where is Song Xiujing?"

"Still at the Song family."

"Then let the two of them fight it out first."

Bei Yao finished speaking, gently turning the ring on his thumb, and said in a cold tone: "The first thing I should do when I return to Beijing is to go to the palace and see my dear brother. I don't know if he has slept well every night during the past few months when I was away."