Chapter 461

Jinzhou City was less than four hours’ distance from the capital, so the large forces that returned in triumph were stationed in there waiting for Yan Shengrui to go back to the capital together. Yan Shengrui was intended to let Ling Jingxuan and the children go with him, but, after all, the armies moved not that fast. After over ten days, Jingxuan and the children were tired. Yan Shengrui and Ling Jingxuan decided to let Yan Yi and Yan Shan secretly escort them to the capital first. He had arranged people to pick them up on the wharf, the ship’s goods would be received, so, they just needed to follow the servants who went to pick them up to the mansion.

“Daddy, is this the capital?”

As Yan Shengrui and Ye Ruyun disembarked, the three ships sailed on, probably more than an hour later, they arrived at the bustling port of the capital. Compared with the passenger terminal of Qingyang County, this one was at least several times larger. Different types of orderly boats and ships moored by the wharf, and the passers-by all held a local accent, from time to time, the patrolling soldiers passed by. Several little buns all looked around curiously like Grandmother Liu went to the Grand View Garden for the first time, their reddish faces written with excitement.

“Brother Zhao, you guys go to the mansion together with me first. What about you? Go back home?”

Holding the baby, Ling Jingxuan faintly swept over at the bustling wharf, totally did not be affected by the atmosphere here, cause he had seen those modern wharfs much more times bustling than this. To be honest, this could not lift any of his interest.

“Why go back to such kind of place? Didn’t you say that I signed a five-year indenture with you? Is it possible you are afraid to offend the Duke’s Mansion after you step on the land of the capital?”

Staying by Ling Jinghan’s side and unwilling to leave, Yuan Shaoqi showed a trace of disgust in his eyes, picked his eyebrows while trying to anger him with words. Why go back? He even hadn’t gotten his wife in his hands yet!

“You know, reverse psychology doesn’t work for me.”

Throwing him a warning glance, Ling Jingxuan let the children step off the ship first, and Yuan Shaoqi mischievously stuck out his tongue, holding Ling Jinghan’s shoulder, “Big brother is so horrible.”

“You missed one word. You should say your big brother.”

A pair of smiling eyes sweeping over him teasingly, Ling Jinghan hooked his lips and took the lead to move his steps.

“He’ll be my big brother sooner or later.”

Yuan Shaoqi froze there and then grumbled while catching up.

The capital had too many rich people. So, those passengers who came and went all had their own carriage to pick them up. Yan Shengrui said he had long arranged people to pick them up. But after quite some time after Ling Jingxuan and others went ashore, still no carriage from the Prince Mansion came. So those passers-by looked at them strangely, it was just that no one dared to say something. People who were running around the wharfs were all calculative. If they accidentally said something wrong or offended someone they couldn’t afford to offend, maybe they’d lose their lives without knowing why.

Seeing that Ling Jingxuan’s face seemed to be turning gloomier, hidden in the dark, Yan Yi had to let Yan Shan find out what was going on at the fastest speed. Qin Yu had always been thoughtful. How could she make such a mistake?

“Jinghan, let me hold the baby for a while.”

No one was stupid. When the crown princess returned to the mansion for the first time, instead of arriving earlier, they made them stand here and wait like fools. Apparently they were showing their attitude, and the smile on Han Fei’s face was so awkward and stiff.

“No, they’re here already.”

Ling Jingxuan coldly refused Han Fei’s good heart, the line of sight crossed him and coldly looked at a group of people wearing in unified clothes shuttling in the crowd, running toward them, led by a woman in blue robes, blackish green color printing jacket, probably in her 30s or 40s, some kind of plump body, looking shrewd, wearing a mammy bun, should be a woman steward or what, followed by a group of young maids. All women, not a single man.

“Excuse me, is it Master Xuan?”

The mammy with a group of maids came to their front, seemingly respectful and polite attitude, but called him Master Xuan, but not Crown Princess Xuan. Outside, for the sake of safety, they called him Master Xuan and it was normal, but now he was in the capital, isn’t it kind of inappropriate to still call him Master Xuan? It seemed that not only the big families of the capital and the imperial family, but even the servants and maids of the Prince Mansion were trying to climb over his head. Did they really think he is a pushover?

“How dare you! Mammy Wang, you are an old hand in the mansion. Why not kneel down on seeing the crown princess?”

Seeing Ling Jingxuan was actually wearing a smile, Yan Yi in the dark could not help having a shudder and jumped out. Holy sh*t! Are those people looking for death? They even have the balls to offend the crown princess? Sick of living?

“Oh, it’s Guard Yi, you really gave me a jump scare.”

Instead of immediately kowtowing to Ling Jingxuan, she patted on her chest like being scared, and then slowly knelt down leading the maids, “Our greetings, Master Xuan.”

Still Master Xuan, like they didn’t know the address crown princess. As Yan Yi was about to scold them, Ling Jingxuan lifted his hand to stop him, then, holding the child, he moved forward two steps, and said commandingly, “So you also know I am your master. So incredible!”

Full of sarcasm, even if a fool could tell, let alone a shrewd old mammy in the prince mansion?

“You must be kidding, Master Xuan. You are the master, how dare I forget about that? The prince has sent a letter saying that you will arrive at the wharf today. So Lady Qin has asked me to wait here long ago.”

Kneeling on the ground, Mammy Wang slightly had a twitch of her mouth. Just a village farmer, why playing noble here? Just given birth to a few sons for His Highness, really take yourself as the crown princess?

Lady Qin? Qin Yu? The steward of the prince mansion?

Ling Jingxuan slightly frowned. When Yan Shengrui confessed to him about his properties, he had ever mentioned her once, but he didn’t put it in his heart, after all, just a steward, but…the mammy’s daughter? Really an awkward background. He just didn’t know whether this was Qin Yu’s meaning or theirs.

An amused smile climbing on the cheeks, Ling Jingxuan, who originally intended to punish them as a warning to others, changed his mind, he would like to see how many people who were sick of living were waiting there.

Seeing his meaningful smile, one should know he had already had a plan. Yuan Shaoqi quietly exchanged an eye contact with Ling Jinghan, just waiting aside to watch a drama. Those people were really interesting. The crown princess Yan Shengrui had taken great pains to finally marry back, even he himself dare not wrong him a little, now a bunch of maids trying to climb over his head? Was it possible that they already couldn’t tell who they were since Prince Sheng had been away for too long?

Although the little buns were small, they could read people’s face. Ling Wen wore a tiger’s face, that pair of big round eyes staring at those people, and Ling Wu beside looked even angrier, even the mildest Tiewa couldn’t help reddening his face.

“Oh? Then why kept me waiting for so long?”

Throwing Yan Yi a warning look to let him keep his mouth shut, Ling Jingxuan smiled while asking so, as if he didn’t notice Mammy Wang’s attitude of trespass, or her deliberately belittling about the appellation, which undoubtedly increased Mammy Wang’s boldness, and now Yan Yi also disappeared, Mammy Wang already led the maids to stand up without Ling Jingxuan’s permission, “You know, too many people and carriages coming and going. Actuals we have been waiting outside the wharf. So, please walk with us. The carriage is already waiting out there.”

So funny! Which carriage coming to pick up people wouldn’t drive directly into the wharf? A noble princess had to walk outside? Today if he really did so, the next day this thing would have spread through the whole capital. Not only him, even Yan Shengrui came back with a landslide victory would also lose face.

In order to embarrass him, did they even ignore Yan Shengrui’s face?

“Ling Yun, Shuiling, go get two carriages for me, since the carriage of the mansion is so noble, I can only hire one by myself.”

Ignoring those bodacious minions, Ling Jingxuan turned to order Ling Yun and Song Shuiling. Without any words, the two of them turned and ran away. Seeing that, Mammy Wang was frightened and quickly came forward, “Master Xuan, this is your first time coming back. If you don’t take the mansion’s carriage, wouldn’t the prince mansion become others’ laughing stock?”

In their minds, he was just a stupid farmer, so Mammy Wang did not put him in her eyes. In fact, they really had arrived at the wharf earlier and seen them too. They just hid and watched them for fun. If it hadn’t been Yan Shan’s appearance, they would have let him wait for a few more hours.

“Yan Yi, slap punishment!”

“Yes!”

“Pia, pia, pia…”

The smile on Ling Jingxuan’s face suddenly disappeared, the long and narrow phoenix eyes reflected some fierce light. Yan Yi hiding in the dark suddenly showed up, grabbed Mammy Wang and threw a few slaps in her face, while the latter completely got dumbfounded there, and the maids behind her all trembling on their knees.

“You take me back, all the others kneel on the wharf till six, and then go back to receive your punishment.”

Hand casually pointing to a maid, Ling Jingxuan’s voice was so cold that it made people shudder. Originally, he planned to let it go as long as they didn’t go too far, and went back to see how many dirty things were waiting for him there, so he could solve them once and for all. But now, they were like having eaten a leopard’s balls. They even cast Yan Shengrui’s face behind. Really a bunch of tricky maids!

This scene, of course, had attracted the attention of many people, a few who heard their dialogue were guessing if he was a princess of some mansion, but most people had no idea what was happening, so they thought he was bullying those maids. But, no one would jump out to say something. Maids are maids. No one should say a word even if they were killed, let alone getting them punished. That is reality!

“My crown princess, the carriages are here.”

The last thing the wharf lacked of was carriages. Soon, Ling Yun and Shuiling soon found two carriages. Ling Jingxuan turned back to Yan Yi, “You watch them here with Yan Shan. Anyone who dare to move a bit, directly kill her and throw her into the river.”

Speaking of which, Ling Jingxuan climbed onto the carriage and sped away with his family. Yan Yi and Yan Shan who were left there frowned, only wishing to kill all of them kneeling there. Are they blockheads? How dare they try to humiliate the crown princess? Now what? Not only them, even His Highness would be punished after he comes back!

“Are we really watching them here?”

Yan Shan came out from the dark, watching their carriages that had disappeared into the crowd. The crown princess encountered this kind of thing the first time he came to the capital, if the prince knew about it, he’d feel so sorry.

“What are you staring at? Follow them quietly. His Highness will march back to the capital later with his army. Do you want him to skin us?”

If something happened to the crown princess, none of them could live!

“Hmm.”

Like he also remembered how Yan Shengrui doted on Ling Jingxuan, Yan Shan only felt cold down the spine. With a nod, he quickly disappeared, and Yan Yi mercilessly stared at Mammy Wang who was kneeling there begging for mercy, and threw a kick at her! Damn! You can ask for your own death! Why drag us into this?