Chapter 198 The Taste of Freedom

Ye Wanqing's eyes also turned red: "My daughter has made a note of this."

At the side, Ye Chenxi leaned her head on her brother's arm, her shoulders shaking, and she looked very sad.

Ye Chenting patted him silently.

Ye Hongwei's expression was moved: "Okay, it's getting late. We have to leave the city before dawn tomorrow. Go back and rest early."

Ye Wanqing was helped into the carriage.

Chu Anlan stood beside the carriage and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, father and mother, I will protect Qing'er at any time."

After saying that, he got into the carriage.

It was not until the carriage went far away on the long street that Ye Hongwei spoke: "Okay, everyone has left, let's go back home."

Ye Chenxi couldn't help it any longer: "Woo..."

When he cried, Chu Yanrong's eyes turned red again.

Ye Chenting retracted his gaze and comforted his mother and elder brother in a gentle voice: "Qing'er has the opportunity to leave Beijing, we should be happy for her. As a woman, she spends most of her life staying in the back house, taking care of her husband and children, and rarely goes out, let alone travel far away.

I hope Qing'er and Anlan will gain lifelong benefits from this trip."

Chu Yanrong sighed softly: "Chen Ting is right, I know that too. It's just that as a mother, I can't bear to part with my daughter."

"Qing'er is not marrying far away and won't come back." Ye Hongwei said, "When she has had enough fun, she will naturally return to Beijing. You are tired after a day, go back to your room and rest first."

Chu Yanrong nodded: "Yes."

Ye Chenxi raised her head with red eyes: "Is the place outside the capital fun? Is it rich? Is the scenery good? Are the people nice?"

Ye Chenting glanced at the night sky and said slowly: "There are good and bad things... In short, everyone sees things differently."

Ye Chenxi was confused by what he heard.

……

After returning home, Prince Dun and Princess called Chu Anlan over to give him some instructions. At the end, Princess Dun said, "Although you and Qing'er will bring a lot of people, your father and I are still worried. Your father has hired a few people to protect you in secret.

If you encounter danger, protect your children first, then protect yourself, and wait until they come out to rescue you. Don't try to be brave. "

Chu Anlan raised his eyebrows: "Will you help me pay for the betrothal gift, or should I pay for it myself? Let me make it clear first, I don't have any money. If I have to pay for it myself, I can only be a gigolo and let Qing'er pay for me."

Prince Dun clenched his cane tightly and said, "You are so young and already know how to live off others. You are worthy of being my son. We are of the same bloodline. Haha..."

The princess glared at him before looking at her son: "When you are out, listen to Qing'er in everything. Don't make her angry or disobey her. She is smarter and calmer than you. You should learn from her."

"Um...anything else?" Chu Anlan asked.

"Also, you must not have a child." Prince Dun tapped his cane to remind him, "The journey is long and the mountains are far away. If you let your child suffer, be careful that your father-in-law will break his legs when you return. By then, I will not be able to save you."

"Tsk..." Chu Anlan was shocked: "Are you still my biological father?"

"No." Prince Dun said mercilessly, "You were opened by your mother and I from a wild gourd near the courtyard wall."

Chu Anlan: “…”

Tsk.

He turned and walked out, saying as he walked, "You don't have to get up early tomorrow morning to see me off, just sleep a little longer.

In the capital, protect Chu Shaozhen and Chu Shengxi for me, and don't let anyone take the opportunity to send them to the imperial prison. I know you have the ability to do so. Also, I'm going out to travel, so don't cry secretly..."

June twenty-six.

Before daybreak, many carriages and horses were parked in front of Prince Dun's palace.

Chu Anlan held Little Pomegranate in one hand and held Ye Wanqing's hand in the other, and walked out of the palace gate yawning.

Although it was a low-key trip, there were about thirty or forty people in total, including maids, guards, cooks, doctors and a veterinarian.

The several accompanying carriages, in addition to carrying spare clothes, food for the journey, medicinal materials, etc., also contained half a carriage full of books.

The books were carefully selected by Ye Wanqing, but Chu Anlan didn't know it.

In the hazy fog, after Mo Yan counted the carriages and the accompanying personnel, he said loudly: "Let's set off."

The carriage drove along the long street and passed through the city gate. The group of people and the carriage were a huge procession.

The sound of horse hooves is getting farther and farther away.

On the tower, Ye Chenxi looked at the team going away. The morning breeze hurt his eyes. He tried to hold back but couldn't help it: "Woo..."

Thinking that he wouldn't be able to see his girl for a long time, he was so sad that he couldn't sleep all night.

He rode to the city gate early in the morning to see them off, but he was still a step too late and didn't even have time to say a word.

The more he thought about it, the sadder he became.

Suddenly, a handkerchief was handed over: "Wipe it."

Ye Chenxi was startled, his hair stood on end, and he suddenly looked up at the person in front of him: "Why is it you?"

Lu Jilian's expression was gentle: "Young Master, are you surprised to see me?"

Ye Chenxi raised his sleeve to wipe his face, then stood up and said, "I don't want your handkerchief, and I don't want to talk to you.

Please make way, I want to go home."

Lu Jilian's expression remained unchanged. He turned sideways and said, "It's already daybreak, and there are already quite a few people in the city. Is the young master going to ride back home like this?"

"It's none of your business." Ye Chenxi said.

Lu Jilian suddenly curved his lips and said, "Young Master is so hostile to me, is it because of Chu Anlan?"

Ye Chenxi sniffed: "Lord Lu, you are overthinking. I have no hostility towards you, I just simply don't want to talk to anyone. I'm going home, you can do whatever you want."

After saying that, he went down the city wall.

Looking at the young man's back disappearing in the morning light, Lu Jilian raised his hand, waved the handkerchief in his hand, and whispered: "Why don't you even ask me why I'm here?"

……

After the carriage left the capital, the sky began to brighten.

I don’t know if it’s because we left Beijing, but the sounds of horse hooves and wheels on the official road became lighter.

Chu Anlan lifted the car curtain again and again, looked out, and took deep gulps of the morning breeze with a cheerful expression.

Ye Wanqing asked: "What did the prince smell?"

Chu Anlan smiled as brightly as the spring sun: "It's the taste of freedom."

The taste of freedom?
Ye Wanqing curved her eyebrows and said, "Really? Let me smell it too."

Chu Anlan switched seats with her, lifted the car window curtain for her, took the opportunity to hold her in his arms, and was delighted with his little thought: "Do you smell it?"

On both sides of the official road are endless farmlands.

At this time of year, the rice in the farmlands is in ear formation. Looking around, the lush green is dotted with a layer of green and gold.

The summer breeze blows and the rice waves roll.

The wind is filled with the fragrance of rice flowers.

On the ridges beside the paddy fields, the tall pear trees are full of pears. From a distance, the branches are bent with the weight of the fruits.

At the edge of the field, there are persimmon trees full of green persimmons.

Ye Wanqing closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and smiled: "Yeah, I smell it. There is the fragrance of soil, rice flowers and grass, and also the smoke from cooking... It's the smell of fireworks in the world."

"Not only that, it also smells like green pear." Chu Anlan lifted the curtain of the carriage and said to the servant driving the carriage, "Stop."

The whole team stopped.

Everyone looked over in confusion.

"Qing'er, wait for me in the carriage, I'll be back soon!" Chu Anlan grabbed a handful of silver from a wooden box and jumped off the carriage.

The attendant was surprised and asked, "Where are you going, my lord?"

Chu Anlan grabbed the change and ran happily across the ridge of the field towards the green pear tree full of fruits.

The attendant had no choice but to follow.