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Liang Jinzhao hurriedly clarified, "Yixiu doesn’t act silly at all when she’s having fun. Otherwise, I certainly wouldn’t have lost so many chess games just to see her happy."
With their conversation turning in this direction, Qian Yixiu no longer felt the elegant urge to play chess and pushed the chessboard aside.
The next morning, they arrived at Dabao Jetty. Liang Gao and others, who had arrived earlier, welcomed them off the boat. After eating a vegetarian meal, they continued their journey by horse-drawn carriage.
Along the way, Little Master Hongji and Liang Jinzhao both joined Qian Yixiu in her carriage to talk, sending Zi Zhu and the others off to another carriage. As they needed to find an inn to rest at night, traveling by carriage was much slower than by boat.
The further north they went, the more unrest they felt on the roads, as if a major event was unfolding. According to Liang Jinzhao, one of these days, an army of hundreds of thousands would appear around the Capital City. By now, some troops from distant places had already begun to secretly converge towards the Capital City. Naturally, this could also include people from other princes.
Qian Yixiu exclaimed in surprise, "With such a big commotion, wouldn’t the Emperor know about it?"
Liang Jinzhao sighed, "The Emperor’s health is very poor now; many messages may not reach his ears. Perhaps even if he knows, he is powerless to do anything about it."
Fifteen days later, or the 24th day of the first lunar month in the afternoon, when they were still about ten miles from the Capital City, the Old Monk and Little Monk headed directly west to Baoguo Temple. At the time of their departure, Little Monk’s eyes reddened again.
Qian Yixiu speculated that the Old Monk insisted on keeping Little Monk away from the old Emperor, partly to completely cut off the old Emperor’s obsession and partly to protect Little Monk, preventing others from learning about the old Emperor’s thoughts. In this way, if Little Monk returned to secular life, the next ruler would not harbor any suspicion or displeasure towards him.