After they finished speaking, Lin Kangping quickly led Zi Qing around the corner to a clothing stall. Zi Qing bought a set of coarse cloth clothes from the stall, and the two found a private room in a wine house. Zi Qing changed into the new clothes, let down her hair, roughly braided it into two pigtails, and made her face look a bit darker, disguising herself as Lin Kangping's servant girl. The two exited through the back door, and Lin Kangping led Zi Qing to Lin An's carriage, turning left and right until they reached the city gate and departed.

  After leaving the city gate, Ziqing's heart finally calmed down a bit. Lin Kangping had been holding onto Ziqing and looked outside the carriage to make sure no one was following before saying: "Qinger, it's okay now. Let's head back to my grandfather's place first and let Lin An return to the city to ask Young Master about the situation."

  When Lin An sent them to the Lin's house, it was already very late. Lin An couldn't rush back either, so they all entered the Lin's house together. The people in the Lin's house were surprised to see both Lin Kangping and Zi Qing, especially Zi Qing's outfit, which easily raised suspicions.

  Yu Shi asked, "Wow, you're back so soon! I thought you'd stay in the capital for a few more days. It's only been a few days, how come it's already this late? Isn't something bad happening? Are you running away with your tails between your legs?"

  "Old lady is really good at joking, Beijing city is nothing but more houses, bigger, taller, more people, more things, after seeing it's just that one thing. We'll come back and settle the matter, let's go home early." Zi Qing said, but in her heart, she was startled by Yu Shi's sensitivity and intuition.

  "So why are you dressed like that? I didn't dare to recognize you at first, and it scared us, thinking that something bad had happened to you." Madam Yu continued to ask.

  "Oh, the other day when I was at home, my two sisters-in-law told me that people in the capital are too mixed and the clothes I wore at home were a bit too eye-catching, it's easy to attract bad people. Why bother, so I changed into another outfit when going out. It's not about being particular, but safety first, just in case you run into someone you can't afford to offend. Nowhere to cry and regret later, Mother said I was right, wasn't I?" Zi Qing asked.

  "All right. The children haven't eaten yet, hurry up and make something for them to eat, we can talk about everything tomorrow." Lin Yaizu said.

  Yu Shi wanted to ask a few more questions, but looking at Lin Ya Zu's face and then at Kang Ping and Zi Qing, they must have been rushing along the way and hadn't eaten anything. So she instructed her eldest daughter-in-law, Hu Shi, to make two bowls of wonton soup.

  Zi Qing and others ate something casually, found a place for Lin An to live, and went up to the kang. They didn't have a peaceful night.

  The next morning, Lin An returned to the capital. Lin Kangping took Zi Qing to pay respects to his parents and added some soil to their graves, patting it firm. They were busy for the whole morning, and when they returned home, Yu Shi was still pulling on Zi Qing's sleeve asking about news from the capital. Zi Qing responded with a few words and then excused herself to rest due to fatigue.

  Lin An returned late at night when everyone was almost asleep, bringing with him a silver note of 1,000 taels and a letter from Wen San. He said: "I entered the city gate at noon. I went back home first, and Young Master Wen had already sent someone to deliver this. I didn't see Young Master Wen myself. It was Wang Cai who handed it over to me, saying that Young Master Wen had instructed him not to look for him."

  Lin Kongping first tore open the letter, read it, and didn't say a word. He handed it to Zi Qing, who took a look and only then understood what was going on. She was truly shocked, ".... We were playing at the wine tower, but unexpectedly one of us fell for Zi Qing. Later, he kept following you two at the temple fair. I couldn't guess his intentions, so I ordered someone to investigate your background. Logically, this isn't his usual style, and I'm worried it won't be good for Zi Qing. Sorry, I can only help you with this much because... he's a real nobleman's son, not someone I can stop."

  Ziying looked at him in confusion, wondering when she had somehow provoked the young noble. This was truly an unexpected turn of events. Ziying thought for a long time and couldn't think of anything she had done to stand out, except for dancing with a bamboo pole at the temple fair, but that was something many girls from ethnic minorities did together, nothing special.

  "Kangping, I haven't done anything out of the ordinary, have I? Why is this happening? The beautiful women in the capital are everywhere, to be honest, I'm dazzled by them. Compared to them, what am I? I'm just a wildflower by the roadside, while they're the elegant and delicate peonies."

  "Don't talk about yourself like that, what nonsense! In my heart, you're the best, I don't care about those fancy flowers. I just like this wildflower of yours, in my eyes, it's more precious than any other flower." Lin Kangping said as he hugged Zi Qing, but in his heart, he thought, "This wildflower is too delicate and beautiful, it's bound to attract unwanted attention from passersby, let's hurry home."

  "That's also true, different people have different tastes." Zi Qing smiled slightly.

  Zi Qing used to watch other people's cross-dressing, the female lead would casually meet some emperor, prince, or royal highness, and if not, at least a marquis or something. She even ridiculed it, as if princes and princesses were everywhere on the streets. Now, she herself went to a temple fair and unexpectedly ran into so-called nobility. From then on, Zi Qing firmly believed that there's no coincidence without fate. However, what kind of person Wen San was, he didn't say clearly.

  Wen San also said in the letter that they should take advantage of the fact that Lin Kangping and Zi Qing had not yet been discovered leaving the city, and hurry back to the south. In recent years, don't come back to Beijing again. Actually, Wen San was worried that Zi Qing and others could not imagine how powerful the people they provoked were, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he just urged them to escape quickly.

  Zi Qing burned Wen San's letter. Lin An said that when they left the city, someone was secretly investigating, holding a portrait of an unknown person, specifically checking young women.

  "Qing'er, let's go back. I've finished what I needed to do. Originally, I wanted to take you on a good trip before going home and also take you to Guangzhou to see the sea. It seems that it's not possible now. In the future, when you're old and your hair is white, I'll definitely take you out for a good stroll. Qing'er, don't blame me, okay? I'm really afraid of losing you. Let's go home." Lin Kangping whispered to Zi Qing as he hugged her.

  Zi Qing's heart felt a pang, and she hastily nodded in agreement, saying: "Alright, we'll leave early tomorrow. I've had enough of traveling too. When you're away from home, you realize that nowhere is as good as your own home. From now on, we won't go out anymore."

  That night, Lin Kangping held Zi Qing tightly, as if he hadn't closed his eyes all night. Zi Qing was heartbroken. In her mind, she had thought countless times that it would be best if that mysterious and inexplicable nobleman got hit by a car on the way out and lost his memory. After all, Zi Qing was still a kind-hearted person who never wished for others to die easily.

  On the second day, as soon as it was light, the two of them got up. Zi Qing took out some small gifts she had bought at the temple fair and distributed them to everyone. Then, she bid farewell to Lin Yaozu and Yu Shi, saying that she still had to hurry back home for spring plowing. Lin Yaozu heard this reason and didn't want to detain her, but repeatedly exhorted Lin Kangping to live a good life and often come back home to visit.

  Lin Kangping took Zi Qing on a journey, Zi Qing still dressed as a village girl, and the two no longer had the relaxed enthusiasm of their original trip.

  At this time, the capital city had another scene. That afternoon, Li Er Gongzi and others saw Zi Qing and others entering the wine tower, but they didn't pay much attention to it. After all, for them, as long as they set their sights on someone, there really wasn't anyone who could escape from their palms. They went to a different wine tower across from this one, ordered a second-floor private room directly facing the entrance of this wine tower, and Luo Cheng personally guarded the window.

  But who knows, an hour has passed and there's still no sign of them. I went to the other side to look for them, but they were nowhere to be found. The waiter said he didn't see them leave at all. After all, who wouldn't remember such a beautiful woman?

  That day, Luo Daguizi searched everywhere for Zi Qing but couldn't find her. Li Er Gongzi was very annoyed and worried that Zi Qing would leave the city, so he drew a portrait of Zi Qing's appearance and clothing overnight and sent secret investigators to guard each city gate at dawn.

  Lu Da Gongzi, in order to make up for his mistake, found several major matchmakers in the capital and asked them to look at the portrait. They were asked who was the lady from a good family, but the matchmakers all said that they had never seen such clothing styles before. The ladies of the capital would not dress like this, so it must not be someone from the capital. Moreover, it should not be someone from a nearby family either, maybe from the south or west. Li Er Gongzi ordered Luo Cheng to secretly search for any clues in all the inns in the capital. Three or four days passed, but nothing was found.

  Li Er Gongzi was so angry that his teeth ached, and only then did he think that Zi Qing and the others might have already left the city? He sent two groups of people to search for them along the official roads from the south and west, but unexpectedly, Zi Qing had changed into village girl clothes and also darkened her face. Lin Kangping was dressed as a farmer, so even if they passed by their side, no one could recognize them. Moreover, when they left the city to look for them, it was already five days later, and Zi Qing and Lin Kangping had traveled day and night, and were already thousands of miles away.

  Li the Second Master spent so much energy and manpower, financial resources, and after tossing about for half a month still had nothing to show for it. In his rage he smashed several pieces of porcelain in the study. Luo the Great Master knelt trembling on the ground, enduring Li the Second Master's thunderous wrath.

  After a long time, seeing Li Er Gongzi's anger subsiding, Luo Da Gongzi said: "This matter is also somewhat suspicious. Logically, we secretly searched for them privately, they shouldn't have noticed. Could it be that someone sent them a message overnight? Only the four of us know about this matter, and we wouldn't offend you for the sake of an unfamiliar woman. The only explanation is that it's too coincidental. Perhaps that woman had something to do and left the capital, or maybe they came to the capital on business, finished their business, and after visiting the temple fair in the capital, naturally returned home. Although this reason is a bit far-fetched, no more reasonable explanation can be found."

  "What do you think we should do?"

  "Give up, after all we have more important things to do and can't easily expose our strength. One day if I'm lucky, I'll meet her again, I swear, I will definitely bring her in front of you. We can't commit a great taboo because of a woman, let alone someone else's."

  Li Er Gongzi lowered his head and didn't speak for half a day, sighed, and waved his hand.