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Chapter 240 The Lone Woman
"You mean that person—"

She opened her mouth, just about to turn over and confirm the realization that had just popped into her mind with Lu Qing, when Lu Qing suddenly reached out a hand from behind and gently covered her eyes.

What was previously a hazy darkness in Zhu Yu's eyes suddenly turned into a warm and dry "cannot see one's hand in front of one's face".

"Shh..." Lu Qing's voice came from beside her ear, "There will be plenty of time to sort out that person's thoughts later."

We still have a long journey ahead tomorrow, so put away your mischievous thoughts for now, or you might fall off your horse from exhaustion halfway there.

Since he had already said that, Zhu Yu naturally couldn't continue speaking, so he nodded, closed his eyes, and forced himself to suppress the chaotic thoughts in his mind.

I don't know how much time passed, but I finally fell asleep.

She was indeed very sleepy the next morning. She was woken up by Lu Qing in a daze. After washing her face with cold water, she was finally fully awake.

When the three of them left, it was still dark, and Zhu Feng got up early to see them off.

"Your Highness, Second Sister, take care!" He rode his horse and saw them off for a while before stopping. He cupped his hands to Lu Qing and Zhu Yu, and then said to Zhu Yu, "In the northwest corner of the capital, there is a courtyard of mine. I secretly prepared it because I didn't want my every move to be under the watchful eye of the Pang family. My mother is unaware of it."

"When you return this time, you'd better find a reason to move Aunt Miao there first. Otherwise, I'm afraid that if something really happens between you and the Pang family, Second Sister could easily be manipulated because of Aunt Miao, putting her in a difficult position."

Zhu Yu was taken aback. She had indeed considered hiding Miao Shi somewhere after returning home. After all, she had heard about Pang Yuzhen's methods, even if she hadn't seen them with her own eyes.

I just didn't expect that Zhu Feng would also be thinking of this for me.

Seeing her astonishment, Zhu Feng assumed she didn't believe him, so he explained, "Although Mother hasn't shown us many of her actions over the years, we can guess what she's done."

I don't agree with what my mother does, but there's nothing I can do to change it. All I can do is try my best to prevent her from making any more egregious mistakes.

Zhu Yu nodded gratefully to him and thanked him.

Lu Qing listened silently from the side, and only nodded to the rune after Zhu Feng and Zhu Yu finished speaking.

Fu Wen took out a palm-sized white porcelain gourd bottle from his pocket, dismounted, and handed it to Zhu Feng: "Second Young Master, this is what my master prepared for you, in case of emergency."

We still need to be extra careful with our daily diet and lifestyle.

Zhu Feng quickly took it, thanked him, and carefully put the porcelain bottle away.

After saying goodbye to each other, the three of them continued on their journey until they reached the end of the road and turned a corner, where even Zhu Feng's distant figure could no longer be seen. Only then did Zhu Yu spur his horse to catch up with Lu Qing ahead.

"Are you worried that the Pang family might try to poison your second brother?" she asked.

"Not necessarily. But judging from the Pang family's previous actions, it's possible that this is a method they commonly use to solve problems."

After all, their good uncle could get his hands on the Three-Flavor Longevity Ointment, so he might be able to get his hands on other things too. Lu Qing shook his head. "If he hadn't been planning ahead for your mother, I might not have considered his maternal family's methods for him."

Since your second brother is considered kind-hearted, I naturally want to repay him in kind.

Zhu Yu nodded in agreement.

An eye for an eye, that's fair, reasonable, and just like Lu Qing.

Previously, traveling from the capital, it took three or four days with people and carriages to reach Sunrise Ridge. This time, the three of them traveled light and hurried along, arriving at a small town near the capital in less than two days. They found an inn to stay overnight and continued their journey towards the capital early the next morning.

After leaving the town and walking for another half an hour, the three of them passed through a country road and saw someone riding a horse coming from afar.

The person on horseback was a woman. She spotted Zhu Yu and the others from afar and immediately veered off the narrow country road, turning into the woods on the side, seemingly trying to avoid the three of them.

Lu Qing's gaze fell on the woman, and he carefully examined her from a distance.

The woman seemed to have noticed Lu Qing's gaze and led the horse further into the woods.

“Master…” Fu Wen also noticed the other party’s abnormality.

Lu Qing nodded to him, gesturing for him to remain still.

Zhu Yu had actually been watching the woman on horseback the whole time.

There was no way around it; that person was just too strange to ignore.

The woman on horseback was very tall, and she looked particularly out of place riding such a short horse.

Her skin was a light tan, as if touched by the sun. Her long hair was loosely braided into two braids, with the ends of the braids tied up. She wore no hairpins or jewelry on her head.

The woman was dressed in a maid's uniform, which at first glance seemed unremarkable, but upon closer inspection, it was clear that the style was not from the Shuo Kingdom, but from the Jin Kingdom.

Zhu Yu also noticed something interesting: the woman's horse was not harnessed or saddled.

She simply rode on the horse's back, with a hemp rope around its neck. With just that rope, the woman was able to control the horse to travel the route she wanted.

This is something that someone of her caliber couldn't do.

"Can you ride a horse so steadily and make it so obedient, without reins or a saddle, using only a rope?" she asked Lu Qing in a low voice.

Before Lu Qing could answer her question, the figure that was slowly moving through the woods on the hillside suddenly swayed and fell to the ground with a thud.

Unfortunately, the horse fell in the wrong place, landing right on the woman riding it. And then the horse struggled to get up, its heavy body repeatedly crushing the woman.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Yu quickly pulled on the reins and stopped the horse: "Oh no! A horse weighs at least five or six hundred pounds. That girl is definitely going to get hurt!"

"Fu Wen, go and help." Lu Qing was also looking over there. As soon as Zhu Yu finished speaking, he had already given the order to Fu Wen.

Upon receiving the order, Fu Wen jumped off his horse and galloped swiftly up the hillside.

Zhu Yu looked at Lu Qing with some suspicion. He had been paying close attention to the woman on horseback since earlier, and besides, this fox was not the kind-hearted person who would always help those in need!

Before he could even speak, he had already given the order to the runes. Judging from this, even if the horse didn't fall, he probably wouldn't let the woman on horseback leave their sight.

“That outfit,” Lu Qing knew Zhu Yu was looking at her without turning around, “was worn by a maid from the Prince Yi’s mansion.”

I visited once when Lu Zhang established his residence.

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