Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 400

Chapter 400: 397

"Young Master Lu, don’t worry. I will definitely deliver it!" The guard clasped his hands toward Lu Yuanpeng before leaping onto his horse and quickly returning to Bai Qingyan’s carriage. He bent his waist and spoke to Bai Qingyan inside the carriage.

Although Lu Yuanpeng knew he couldn’t see the Bai family sister today, he didn’t hurry to leave. He just stood there, watching the Duke of Zhen’s princess’s convoy slowly depart. An inexplicable sense of emptiness settled in his heart.

"I have a... strange feeling," Lu Yuanpeng said to Sima Ping.

Sima Ping stood with his hands behind his back. After a moment of silence, he spoke, "Perhaps it’s the decline of a once-thriving dynasty becoming apparent."

"Huh?" Lu Yuanpeng was somewhat confused.

"Let’s go back!" Sima Ping smiled and leaped onto his horse.

The grand convoy of the Bai family moved silently along the official road, heading slowly but steadily toward Shuoyang.

Inside the slightly bumpy carriage, Bai Jinzhi propped her head with one hand, gazing listlessly at the gilded auspicious beast incense burner on the carriage table. She said to Mrs. Li, the third wife, "If you’re not letting me out to ride, can I go to Eldest Young Lady’s carriage instead?"

"Sit properly! Let your eldest sister rest well. You chatter all day long, not a bit ladylike! Look at you... Returning from the southern frontier with that sallow face still not recovered, even darker now after two trips to Shuoyang, darker than our guards!" Mrs. Li opened the incense burner lid, poked at it with a silver needle, and added some incense.

Bai Jinzhi impatiently watched Mrs. Li fussing with the burner, then lifted the curtain to look outside.

The official road was relatively smooth, lush greenery on both sides. Bai Jinzhi, who always rode horses on trips between Shuoyang, was very familiar with this road.

Right now, she was really eager to ride a horse.

"Mother!"

"Sit down quietly and read a book. Isn’t your eldest sister also sitting inside her carriage? Why don’t you learn from her!" Mrs. Li decided to temper Bai Jinzhi’s nature, insisting she stay in the carriage.

Bai Jinzhi, angry with puffed cheeks, simply leaned on a luck and prosperity double-flower pillow, imitating her elder sister’s pose and picked up a book.

Mrs. Li secretly covered her mouth with a handkerchief and chuckled, reluctantly praising her child, "Hmm, now that’s more like it."

Even Aunt Hu, who served by Mrs. Li’s side, couldn’t help but laugh behind her handkerchief.

Bai Jinzhi, firmly kept inside the carriage by Mrs. Li for three solid days, was finally let out when they saw the gates of Shuoyang City on May third.