The Junzhu Mansion bestowed by the Emperor to Lin Qingwan was located in the innermost part of the inner city, adjacent to the Imperial City. The mansions of the Cui and Lu families were all nearby, and the Long Princess's mansion was two streets away from here.

  The location is very good, it was the national duke's mansion given by the emperor to Lin Yi in those years, but Lin Zhi always refused to live there. After he resigned and followed his son back to Yangzhou, he even directly handed over the mansion to the court.

  The emperor seemed very satisfied with this mansion and stayed there. When he first conferred the title of Princess on Lin Qingwan, he gave her this mansion as her princess's residence.

  But Lin Qingwan had never come even once, and just to avoid embarrassing the emperor, she sent a few people over to manage things.

  The servants who originally stayed in the house were mostly sent by the palace, and they did not receive news of Lin Qingwen's trip to Beijing until the troops entered the city, when Lin An sent someone to inform them in advance.

  They bustled about in a circle and then gathered everyone at the door to welcome them.

  The house has been without a master for a long time. Although the monthly rent is not small, life is really hard to get by. Now that the master has come, maybe there's an opportunity?

  Unfortunately, the room and yard were not cleaned up, otherwise it would have left a better impression. Everyone felt a little regretful that they should have swept the room yesterday as usual.

  Because it was a sudden trip to Beijing, Lin Qingwan didn't make any demands of them. She nodded slightly and then had someone start packing up their living quarters.

  Shang Mingjie was driven away by Lin Qingyu to the Shang's house as soon as he entered the city, and Shang Ping was in the capital, she didn't want to see Shang Ping the next day.

  As for Zhou Tong, although she didn't like him, his father had sent so many people to protect her. Even if it was just to repay Zhou Cishi, she couldn't just abandon them at an inn or hostel. What if those assassins were still after them?

  So Lin Qingwan had someone arrange a guest house for Zhou Tong, and also arranged for the Zhou family's guards to go in with him.

  The county governor's mansion suddenly accommodated so many people, and it was naturally quite a commotion. Even if the neighbors on both sides were far apart, the master of the house soon found out.

  The elderly ladies of the Cui and Lu families smiled upon hearing this, "This Lin Guizhu has a great reputation, but we've never met her before. This time, we finally have the chance."

  "Is it to congratulate Your Majesty's birthday? I heard that she also brought her niece, Lin County Master."

  The Empress Dowager, who was two streets away, did not hear the news until dusk. She smiled slightly after a moment of stunned silence: "Last year when Rongyu returned, she still mentioned this younger sister to me. I regretted that I didn't know when I could meet her. I didn't expect it would be so soon."

  She bowed her head and thought for a moment: "Send someone to prepare some daily necessities and send them over. They suddenly went to the capital, and they may not be able to prepare everything. As their sister, I naturally have to take care of one or two things."

  The subordinate obeyed and left.

  They were able to receive the news so quickly because they were close and had a good communication network, while Mrs. Xie knew about it because Lin Qingwen sent someone to inform her as soon as she entered the capital.

  Mrs. Xie was stunned, she had just received Lin Yuhong's letter not long ago and was still hesitant about whether to return to Jiangnan to see Qingwen, how did she come?

  Isn't it said that he's seriously ill?

  Yang's nurse was also stunned, just about to persuade Mrs. Xie to return to Jiangnan, how did the young lady come to Beijing? Last year when she mentioned the emperor's birthday, she said she wouldn't enter the capital to celebrate.

  At this time, Yang's nanny hastily said in a low voice: "Madam, could it be that something has happened to the Lin family? Even if the young lady wanted to enter the capital, she wouldn't have been so urgent and only notified us after entering the capital."

  Mrs. Xie's expression changed slightly, and she said calmly: "Have someone prepare some daily necessities for her. She suddenly arrived in the capital, and the things prepared by the Junzhu Fu are certainly not enough. We'll send them over to her."

  Yes, Qingwen has always been very particular about safety and health-related matters. In the past, when taking Lin Yubin out, she would prepare early and send people ahead of time to make preparations along the way.

  The room to be booked, the things to be bought, let alone notify the destination in advance so that they can make early preparations.

  This time was also a bit too hasty.

  Mrs. Xie hastily brought a batch of things over just as Lin Qingwen had sat down in the newly tidied room.

  She knew it would be like this, a helpless smile, and went forward to meet him.

  Mrs. Xie saw her and anxiously asked: "What's wrong?"

  Although her face was pale and tired, it still looked rosy, and she suddenly realized: "Wasn't it said that the illness was severe? How can you still rush to Beijing?"

  Originally, there was nothing wrong with talking about the Hongzhou matter, but now she didn't want to mention it to Mrs. Xie, so she said: "Nothing, I just think this opportunity is rare, so I came to Beijing to celebrate my birthday. Moreover, I also miss my mother."

  Lin Qingwan changed the subject and asked, "Didn't you say that you had a child with you? Why didn't you bring him to let me take a look?"

  Mrs. Xie looked at Lin Qingyu and didn't say a word, obviously she was somewhat angry.

  Lin Qingwan smiled slightly and thought for a moment before explaining, "Mother, just consider me as coming to celebrate your birthday and visit you."

  It means she doesn't want Mrs. Xie to get involved in what she's doing.

  Madam Xie's heart sank, and she thought to herself that she hadn't kept anything from her about the assassination of the Liao people or Zhao's revenge. What could be more secretive and urgent than these two matters?

  She glanced at Lin Qingwan, although her heart was increasingly heavy, her face was slightly warm, and she said: "It's just boredom, so I raised a child to relieve the boredom, it's not worth your special visit."

  This tone was as simple as raising a small cat or dog, and even though she had mentally prepared herself, she couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart.

  Mrs. Xie saw the unbearable look in Qing's eyes and smiled slightly: "Alright, today is tiring enough, you hurry up and rest, I'll stay here tonight."

  Lin Qingwan nodded and didn't persuade her to leave, but instead had someone arrange a room for her.

  Mrs. Xie was delighted and took the initiative to help her manage the household.

  Lin Qingwan didn't care about anything and handed over all household chores to Lin Yuhong as soon as she arrived, sitting in the courtyard in a daze.

  If it weren't for Mrs. Xie's arrival, she would have been able to stay until dinner.

  Even with Lin An's assistance, Lin Yuhong was still a bit flustered. It had been too long since the county princess's estate had a master in residence, and everything was lacking.

  And then they all came at once, and there were a lot of things that needed to be added.

  Fortunately, Mrs. Xie sent over quite a few things, and after buying some more, they barely managed to settle in before nightfall with the addition of what was sent from Princess Chang's estate.

  Mrs. Xie followed Lin Yuhong and was busy for a while, and her depressed mood improved a bit.

  The kitchen hastily made a decent dinner, and Mrs. Xie saw that Lin Qingwen was still in the back room and hadn't come out, so she couldn't help but ask Lin Yubin, "Yubin, does your aunt have something on her mind?"

  Lin Yuhu also took a look at the backyard and shook his head: "Auntie has been acting strange these past two days, she won't say anything when you ask her something."

  "Why are you all in such a hurry to go to Beijing this time?"

  Lin Yuheng hesitated for a moment before saying: "Yu Tangge went out to study and encountered danger, and disappeared together with the three Lu brothers."

  Mrs. Xie was slightly surprised, Lin You knew that she was one of the children selected by Lin Qingyuan from the Lin family for key cultivation.

  She has also seen him several times and thinks he is a good kid.

  "How could he go missing?"

  Lin Yuhong shook her head and didn't mention what happened in Hongzhou. Since Auntie didn't bring it up, she must have had her reasons, so it was better not to stir up trouble.

  Mrs. Xie was even more bewildered, but somehow she had a number in mind, it seemed to be Lin's business after all, only to know that Lin You's child was involved in something, and even the usually fearless Lin Qingwen was tight-lipped about it.

  After dinner, Lin Qingwen smiled and served Mrs. Xie to rest, but when she returned to her own room, the smile slowly faded away.

  Bai Mei and Bai Feng's movements became lighter, their expressions becoming more cautious.

  Lin Qingwan rubbed her forehead and waved her hand: "You all go down."

  Bai Mei and Bai Feng exchanged a glance, nodded softly, made Lin Qingwan's bed and carefully left.

  The old lady has been in a bad mood lately and they can feel it.

  Lin Qingwan sat under the lamp, took out the letter she received three days ago from her pocket and read it again and again, finally putting it on the lamp and igniting it.

  Watching the letter burn in the fire bit by bit, the flames in Lin Qingyan's eyes also went out bit by bit.

  She closed her eyes and when she opened them again, there was a lot more determination in them.

  She pushed open the window and gazed at the starry sky.

  Lin Jiang in the sky also quietly bowed his head to look at her, and Bai Weng sighed beside him, "Did Lin Niang choose Zhong Ruying?"

  Lin Jiang fell silent for a moment before saying, "If successful, I can guarantee that Yubin will be safe for thirty years."

  Besides, there is also Zhong Ruying's friendship in this, if it were him, he would also take the risk to try.

  Lin Qingwan got up early on the second day and had Lin Yuhong prepare to enter the palace.

  Lin Qingyan's first visit to Beijing was just to show respect for the descendants of Gongchen, even if it was just a formality. The card that was submitted yesterday should have been seen today.

  As expected, they had just finished breakfast when someone came to the palace.

  Leading the way was a eunuch from Kun Ning Palace, who was very polite to Lin Qingyan. He bowed and said: "Your Highness has long wanted to meet the princess, yesterday received the princess's token, hated not to be summoned immediately, but thinking that the princess had just arrived in the capital, must be tired, so delayed until today."

  Lin Qingwan also smiled politely: "I have long wanted to enter the capital to pay respects to Your Majesty and the Empress, but unfortunately had no opportunity. This time, taking advantage of Your Majesty's birthday, I just happened to enter the capital to pay my respects."

  Both sides were very polite, and soon they were ready to enter the palace. Taking advantage of the gap when Lin Qingwen and Lin Yubin got on the carriage, Lin An handed a small pouch to that official and smiled: "Official Liu, it's my master's first time entering the palace, please take care of him."

  Liu Gege pinched the purse and smiled slightly, "Don't worry, young master, the princess is the adopted daughter of His Majesty and Her Majesty, both masters have been thinking about her for a long time, no one dares to neglect her when she enters the palace."

  Lin An let out a sigh of relief and smiled as she saw him off on the bus.

  It's not far from the imperial palace. Lin Qingyu and her entourage walked for a little over an hour before entering the imperial city, and after another two hours they arrived at the entrance of the inner palace.

  Liu Gonggong got off the carriage first and waited below, seeing the sedan chair stopped at the palace gate, the smile on his face deepened, he bowed his back and said: "Lin Junzhu, Lin Xianzhu, let's change carriages."

  Lin Qingwan nodded slightly and got off the carriage with Lin Yuhong's help.

  Lin Yuhu followed closely behind Lin Qingyu, her head slightly lowered. After getting into the sedan chair, she couldn't help but peek through the gap in the curtains to look outside, full of curiosity.

  Lin Qingwan's mind was all on the upcoming meeting, and she didn't notice the scenery in the palace at all. Anyway, it was all like that, and she had seen no less of it in her past life.