Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Chapter 151 Investigating Life Experience

Bai Lingyi leaned on his mother's shoulder and cried bitterly.

"Mother, from now on, only you and I will be together!"

Fang was helpless, she could only pat Bai Lingyi on the head to comfort him.

"Soon, my sister and the others will come to pick us up."

"If it's unsafe for them to come, it's better for them not to come."

Although Bai Lingyi missed Sister Luo Hong and Brother Bingrui, he still hoped that they could escape as far away as possible with Baihu.

Mrs. Fang was very pleased that her Yi'er had finally grown up. One day, he would be invincible with his own strength, just like Miss Qin and Miss Luo Yu.

After the white tiger completely disappeared from people's sight, everyone quietly followed the team back to Jiangzhou City. No one dared to speak along the way.

Return to Prince Ning's Mansion.

Zhu Jinyou got off the carriage and directly rebuked the young princess: "This is the white tiger that I tamed with great difficulty. I was going to take it to the capital to present to my brother the emperor in a few days. Now, you, the young princess, have let it go. When the time comes, you will go to the capital to explain to your uncle the emperor!"

The little princess's face was puffed up and red with grievance. She never thought that Baihu would also ride in a carriage!

It was all the fault of the brat driving the carriage. She was determined to kill him.

Prince Ning had someone arrange for Fang and her son to live in a nice courtyard in the mansion. The little princess had originally liked the courtyard and had specially had it cleaned very cleanly, but it was taken over by Bai Lingyi.

She followed Prince Ning in a depressed mood. After a while, she couldn't help but pull Song Si over and ask, "Who are this mother and son? Why is Brother Jinyou so kind to them?"

Song Si didn't know how to explain it. After thinking for a long time, he said, "They are Miss Bai's family."

"Who is Miss Bai? Is she pretty?"

"I don't know about this either."

Song Si had seen too many beautiful women. Miss Bai was not particularly beautiful, but she had an indescribable aura that was very confusing.

As for Miss Qin, Song Si no longer classified her as a woman.

"Humph, you've seen her but you say you don't know her. That must mean she's too ugly for you to tell."

The young princess didn't listen to Song Si's explanation and rushed straight into the main hall of the mansion. She wanted to ask Zhu Jinyou in person who that white girl was.

The mansion was in the same state as when Prince Ning left. Bai Lingyi and his mother were led by a maid to the "Yinyue Courtyard." The entire Prince Ning Mansion was several times larger than their own house. As they walked, Bai Lingyi felt a sense of loss. The courtyard was too large, and without Baihu, Gouzi, sister Luo Yu, and brother Bingrui, his heart felt empty.

Fang had two special maids to serve her, and Bai Lingyi was paired with a servant who was two years older than him. King Ning was very kind and righteous to them.

After everything was settled, King Ning sent his secret guard Feiying and others to track down Baihu.

The place Baihu is going to may be the same place where Miss Qin and the others are going.

After a while, the little princess rushed into the main hall and when she faced Zhu Jinyou, her arrogant and domineering temperament immediately became soft and charming.

"Brother Jinyou, can you take me to visit Jiangzhou City? I want to be with you every moment."

"I want to take a good shower and change clothes first. Do you want to join me?"

Zhu Jinyou stood up. Facing such a little girl, it was best to be shameless.

If it was Miss Qin, she would definitely go there.

When the little princess heard this, her face immediately turned red and she stamped her feet, unable to utter a word.

When Zhu Jinyou was about to leave, she suddenly asked, "Who is Miss Bai? Why is Brother Jinyou so kind to a girl's mother and brother?"

Zhu Jinyou walked up to the little girl, stood two feet away from her, leaned forward slightly, looked down at her, and smiled at her with a very evil smile.

"Little girls, you should have some etiquette and manners. Let the maid in the mansion discipline you tomorrow. We in the Ning Palace don't like people asking too many questions, and we don't like little girls who don't know the rules even more."

This was the first time the little princess had seen Prince Ning's face so closely. She was completely stunned, her heart pounding wildly...

What was going on? She couldn't control her heartbeat.

She wanted to know more and more who that white girl was and why His Royal Highness Prince Ning was so protective of her.

When Prince Ning returned to the main house, spies were already waiting for him outside the door, ready to report the situation to him.

"Your Highness, the true identity of that noble lady Ying has been discovered."

"explain."

"Jiang Qiuning is from Nanshui County, Wangzhou. His father was the magistrate of Nanshui County at the time. After serving in that position for three years, he was transferred to Muhua County, Tanzhou. Due to his contributions in disaster relief, he was transferred back to Wangzhou to serve as a magistrate. Last year, Wangzhou was hit by a drought, and the court allocated disaster relief funds and grain worth over one million taels of silver. As a result, an official corruption case broke out."

Prince Ning frowned. "I have heard about the corruption in Wangzhou. Could it be related to Jiang Qiuning's father?"

"I heard that all the corrupt officials were executed by slow slicing, including Jiang Qiuning's father, Jiang Kunxuan."

"So, the clue to Jiang Qiuning is gone?"

"I've heard that Jiang Qiuning has an older sister named Jiang Qiuzhi, who's three years older than her. She married into a merchant family in Wangzhou City, but their lives aren't very good. The family was implicated in Mr. Jiang's corruption, and their business couldn't continue. I heard her sister was driven out to live alone in a dilapidated house in the suburbs."

"She has no other relatives?"

"Mrs. Jiang's family wasn't in good health to begin with. Not long after Master Jiang passed away, she also died of illness. She had a half-brother, only seven or eight years old, who followed his aunt. The rest of her close relatives almost stayed away from the Jiang family, and the family was completely ruined."

"I also learned that Jiang Qiuning didn't live in the Jiang Mansion until she was ten years old. She was later taken back to the mansion by Master Jiang to live with his family. At the age of thirteen, she was sent to the palace. However, there is almost no reliable information about her life before she was ten."

It sounds like Jiang Qiuning's life experience is really pitiful.

"Send someone to inform Feiying and the others to head towards Wangzhou City. The White Tiger will definitely pass by here."

Wangzhou is only two hundred kilometers away from Jiangzhou, on a tributary of Wanjiang River, and it would take no more than three days if you are fast.

Xia Liang didn't plan to go to Wangzhou, but the fastest way from Jiangzhou to Qianzhou would indeed pass through Wangzhou.

Xia Liang, Qin Bingrui and Luo Yu had analyzed that if they were to meet up on both sides, the first stop after crossing Wanjiang would definitely be the most suitable. The first stop was a county town - Pingshan County, which was located at the most marginal location of Yanzhou, but was relatively close to Wangzhou City, only about a hundred miles away.

Yanzhou is in the upper reaches of Wanjiang River. It would take more time to go upstream by boat, so we can only go downstream to Pingshan County first.

Qin Bingrui and Luo Yu stayed in the town until the fifth day. They spent over a hundred taels just to treat dozens of guards from the Imperial City Bureau to a meal. The two meals a day were all innovative delicacies with no repetition. Everyone was beaming with joy after eating and was in a good mood.

On the day of leaving, Doctor Liu was very reluctant to leave. If he was not the only doctor in the town, he would have wanted to leave with Luo Yu and the others.

Yan Xuan asked Qin Bingrui: "You left like this, and the White Tiger hasn't been found yet?"

He had clearly promised to help them find the white tiger, so why did he just leave like that?

Qin Bingrui was being a complete scoundrel: "Miss Bai and I are planning to go to Zhule County and take a boat south. The white tiger should be near Zhule County. If you want to find it, go find it on your own. The white tiger isn't mine. Even if Miss Bai can speak animal language, how can she communicate with it if she can't find you?"

"You, you shouldn't have said this before, right?" Yan Xuan heard the guards around Ye Yucheng talk about the situation at that time.

Qin Bingrui raised his eyebrows and said, "You guys can't just take Miss Bai to the mountains and yell at her every day, right?"

Then he laughed playfully, "If she's happy with it, that's fine with me."

Luo Yu said with a stern face: "I don't agree. Let's go."

Yan Xuan and He Yuan looked at each other, then looked at Ye Yucheng at the same time. What could they do?

Ye Yucheng waved his hand, and everyone had almost recovered, except for the seriously ill one, and everyone else followed.

Instead of going to find the White Tiger, it’s better to follow the two girls closely.