She Became A Downfall Noble Lady

Madam Yin’s traveling entourage naturally differed from Ye Xinyan’s. Half of her usual personal maidservants and old woman servants followed her, along with her daily clothes, utensils, and goods, which filled two carriages.

In addition to the guards sent by Duke An’s Mansion, a few people from Anshun’s Household accompanied Ye Xinyan. They were the same ones who had returned with her. The guards Duke An had arranged to escort them would not return to the capital but instead remain in Clear Water Village, later to be assigned to Ye Xinyan as her direct bodyguards.

For the first time in her life, Madam Yin set out on a long journey. Marquis Zhongyong and his wife, along with Yin Xiaocheng, naturally worried for her safety and assigned additional guards led by Zhao Gang. He commanded twenty seasoned warriors from the military to escort Madam Yin and Ye Xinyan’s party northward.

On the second day of February, during the early hours of the Mao Hour, while it was still dark, Madam Yin, Ye Xinyan, and the others were ready and briskly bid farewell to Duke An and his wife. Their procession, along with the attending maidservants and old woman servants, headed to the Second Gate, boarded the carriages, and set out.

That very morning, Jinrong had also left the city early and was waiting on the official road outside the city, anticipating Duke An’s Mansion’s convoy.

Since he and Ye Xinyan had started their journey from Qingyuan County at the end of last year, nearly two and a half months had passed. Though not a long period, they had traveled together, and after arriving in the capital, Ye Xinyan often went out for business, during which Jinrong met and discussed affairs with her numerous times, seemingly more than the total encounters over two years in Yuyuan Prefecture.

Now facing separation, Ye Xinyan was about to travel a thousand miles away while he could only stay in the capital. The earliest they could meet again would be after a year.

Jinrong sat atop a tall black horse, watching the official road extending from the direction of the capital, filled with unspeakable thoughts.

Behind Jinrong, Hongzhi and Hong Wu, along with two personal bodyguards holding horses, looked at the desolate figure of the Sixth Master with sighs stirring within them. Two years ago, when the Sixth Master pleaded with His Majesty to visit his fief, he simply wished to leave the capital, and it coincided with Lord Jiang’s assignment to Qingyuan County, leading the Sixth Master to choose his fief as the destination.

Yet, this journey to Yuyuan Prefecture turned out to be unexpectedly remarkable, and all these remarkable events were accompanied by Miss Ye. Now, Miss Ye was returning to Yuyuan Prefecture, while the Sixth Master had no choice but to stay in the capital... It really wasn’t easy for the Sixth Master.

In the dim dawn, sounds of horses’ hooves tapping and carriage wheels rolling approached. Jinrong subconsciously loosened the reins, letting the black horse advance a few steps before stopping again.