The caravan moved forward, and the crowds on both sides cheered rapturously.
Especially the villagers from Luoyan Village felt a sense of pride. Su Pan’er was one of their own who had left the village! What could be more exciting than that?
Before the caravan set off, despite Su Pan’er’s efforts to avoid contact with irrelevant people, a surprisingly large number of people had gathered.
Old Qin wouldn’t go to the Imperial City, but Qin Bin, Qin Gui, and others ca together, insisting on accompanying her to the city.
Su Pan’er gave it a mont’s thought before agreeing.
After all, they were Qin Yi’s family mbers!
The entourage also included the caravan headed by Lui Muyi and a special envoy sent by Prince Wei to accompany them to the Imperial City.
Perhaps because there were not a few people accompanying them, the commoners along the way cheered, and local officials ca to see them off and welco them.
Once they had left the territory of Yongzhou City, the group boarded a governnt ship and headed north along the waterway to Shengjing.
Su Pan’er also breathed a sigh of relief!
The journey had been noisy and inconvenient due to the crowd, the small size of the children, the travel difficulties with the carriages, and the people who got carsick along the way--truly a harrowing experience!
Fortunately, once on the governnt ship, she directly got a first-class cabin. The first-class cabin was quite far from the regular ones and could at least shield Su Pan’er from so of the troubles.
At the sa ti, she sent ssage to Qin Yi about their arrival in the city.
She wondered how Qin Yi was currently faring in Shengjing?
While Su Pan’er worried about Qin Yi, at that very mont in Shengjing, Qin Yi was concerned about her and the others.
He not only dispatched a special envoy to receive them but was also actively preparing the palace for their temporary stay.
Qin Yi’s troops had successfully entered the city last month, where they encountered stubborn resistance from the remains of Prince Xuan’s n. Fortunately, Qin Yi’s brave generals were not to be trifled with. After several days of fierce fighting, they finally breached the defenses of Shengjing and took over the Imperial Palace.
Qin Yi had succeeded in sitting on the throne that all the world aspired to occupy!
And the Heavenly Officials found an auspicious ti for his enthronent, which would be on the glorious day of June 10th of this year.
Following that, naturally, ca a tempestuous purge. The remnants of Prince Xuan’s forces resisted fiercely, and apart from the troops that were imdiately killed, so retreated out of Shengjing, and others withdrew to Huangjue Temple to evade capture.
Speaking of Huangjue Temple, a glint of coldness flashed in Qin Yi’s eyes. With a deep and penetrating gaze, he decisively gave the order.
"Send the order down, dispatch Deputy General Li to lead 30,000 troops to besiege Huangjue Temple, and do not let any fish slip through the net. Should anyone attempt to flee, kill them without rcy."
Liao Jue, oh Liao Jue, I want to see how long you can hide!
Deputy General Li imdiately obeyed the command and rushed to Huangjue Temple.
All around Shengjing, as reconstruction was pending, a great storm of blood and violence arose.
Since ancient tis, the victors are kings, and the vanquished are the defeated. Those who comply will prosper, and those who oppose shall perish!
In just a few days, those loyal to the previous Prince Xuan, the forr His Majesty, had been entirely eliminated, replaced with Qin Yi’s trusted aides.
And the person most valued by Qin Yi was, of course, none other than Ye Han!
Nowadays, Ye Han’s deanor had beco even more composed and wise. He also had beco increasingly reticent.
Qin Yi’s enthronent had been put on the agenda, and Ye Han was also conferred as a lord of a different surna, being granted all the fiefdoms that once belonged to Prince Xuan, hereditary and unchangeable. Additionally, he was rewarded with innurable gold, silver, and jade artifacts.
Another person who was generously rewarded by Qin Yi was soone he greatly respected—Old Cheng!
For years, Old Cheng had stood by Qin Yi’s side to help him, not only teaching him martial arts skills but also how to lead troops into battle. He actively provided manpower, material resources, and financial support to back Qin Yi’s uprising. Now that Qin Yi’s formal coronation was imminent, the rewards for Old Cheng were naturally exceptionally generous!
Unfortunately, Old Cheng declined Qin Yi’s offerings, insisting that he wanted nothing in return; instead, he made a request, hoping to restore honor to the Ghost Valley Sect!
Old Cheng had no children; his only kin were Su Pan’er and Qin Yi. Now that Qin Yi was about to ascend to that supre position, fulfilling his greatest lifelong wish, there was nothing more he desired!
After much consideration, Qin Yi agreed to Old Cheng’s request, consenting to restore the Sect’s honor after his enthronent. Furthermore, he had Old Cheng brought into the Palace City, bestowing upon him an exclusive palace and a host of palace maids for his retirent.
The rest was the reward for each of the ritious officials!
These rewards would be presented to the courtiers on the day of Qin Yi’s enthronent and the universal celebration.
As the auspicious day for the enthronent drew nearer, Qin Yi beca busier, while also worrying about the whereabouts of Su Pan’er and the others. Counting the days, Pan’er should be able to make it to the enthronent, so why was there still no news? Wasn’t it said that they had already boarded the governnt ship?
With this thought, he could no longer sit still and ordered Ye Han to go and et them.
Ye Han had been very busy lately, too busy to set foot at ho. For over half a month, he had not had a full night’s sleep, temporarily residing in a side palace hall to assist Qin Yi with court affairs.
Upon receiving the order, he didn’t even think before accepting, leading a group of troops out of the Imperial City by night, heading straight for the Canal.
When Ye Han arrived at the Canal with his troops, he did not find the governnt ship that Su Pan’er was aboard. Instead, he received news of a mishap with the vessel.
He was imdiately alard!
He promptly sent the news back to the Imperial City at speed and personally led his troops towards the site of the incident.
Su Pan’er and the others were smoothly sailing downstream on the governnt ship until they reached Huainan Prefecture, where an unexpected turn of events befell the ship.
For so unknown reason, there appeared many unfamiliar faces on the ship, these strangers mingling among the crew and passengers, at first not catching Su Pan’er’s attention.
It was a fortunate coincidence that one day, Xiren hesitated to speak several tis. Eventually, Su Pan’er could no longer ignore it, and she withdrew her gaze that had been fixated on Little Sugar Bean.
"Do you have sothing to say?"
"No, your servant, your servant..."
Xiren initially wanted to deny it, but seeing Su Pan’er’s eyes that seed to see through the affairs of the world, she quickly lowered her head, "Yes, it’s about Old Mrs. Qin, sothing has happened..."
Su Pan’er had not planned to let Mrs. Qin-Li enter the capital, but to their surprise, they discovered Mrs. Qin-Li hiding in the carriage of so juniors of the Qin Family on the way.
Mrs. Qin-Li’s cheek was utterly shaless!
After so many incidents, she still acted as if nothing had happened, even having the audacity to hide and attempt to enter the capital to enjoy wealth and honor!
Who knows where she found the confidence, to actually believe that Su Pan’er would not leave her behind on the road? However, Su Pan’er did not really kick her off the carriage!
Regarding Mrs. Qin-Li’s presumptuousness, Su Pan’er smiled casually, "Since she wants to go, let her go! I only hope one day she will not regret her actions today."
Mrs. Qin-Li was left behind, but was she ever soone who could live in peace?
Once the party changed from land to water and boarded the governnt ship, she revealed her true colors. She complained about her grandchildren not caring sincerely, about the servants not being attentive enough, making a fuss one mont to the next. And before she finished her complaints, she began to suffer from seasickness. Not only did she vomit to the point of total misery, but she also relentlessly harassed those serving her.
Until those serving her could take no more, they secretly inford Xiren of the situation.
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