Don't disturb me, I won't be a concubine

After saying goodbye to Dong Jiabai early in the morning, Dong Jiafu and her party set out on the journey back to Beijing.

The Northern Di general was killed by Lu Siheng. The Northern Di army was defeated and fled with heavy losses. They did not dare to invade the border of Dayin again for a while.

Xizhou gradually regained its former bustle, with pedestrians constantly coming and going on the streets.

When they arrived at the city gate, the carriage slowed down and waited to leave the city.

At this moment, a figure suddenly jumped out from behind and climbed onto the carriage with nimble movements.

"Finally I caught up..."

Tan Hao, who was sitting outside the carriage, was startled. He reacted and rushed down to shoo people away, "Who are you? Get down quickly——"

Cui Qiyan and Ji Bai, who were waiting for questioning in front, turned back immediately after hearing the noise.

Cui Qi Yan grabbed the man's collar and pulled him off the carriage without saying a word.

"Hey, don't do it, it's me..." Du Manting, who was dressed as a man, raised her head.

"Miss Du?" Cui Qi Yan frowned and let go of his hand.

Dong Jiafu in the carriage lifted the curtain and stuck her head out, "What's wrong?"

Du Manting turned around and climbed onto the carriage again. This time, Tan Hao didn't dare to attack her again and even shrank back.

"I'm going to the capital too, give me a ride on the way."

Cui Qiyan narrowed his eyes. "Now that the war is over, doesn't Miss Du need to go back to Liangzhou? Does your father, General Du, know that you are going to the capital?"

"Of course I know."

"In that case, why didn't General Du send someone to escort you? The journey is so long, so he can let you go alone?"

"Isn't this you?"

Cui Qiyan expressed doubt about Du Manting's words, "If anything happens on the way, we can't bear the responsibility. It's better for Miss Du to go on her own."

Du Manting got anxious when she heard this and hugged the side of the carriage. "I don't want you to take the blame. I want to go with you. Even if you kick me out of the car, I will chase you closely. The arrow wound on my body hasn't healed yet. If my injury gets worse because of chasing you, you will be responsible."

Dong Jiafu stared at Du Manting in front of her in amazement. Is she going to stick with her?

Cui Qiyan thought for a moment and said, "Since Miss Du insists on going with us, then get in the carriage and sit down. If the wound splits, it can't be blamed on us."

"I'm not that delicate." Du Manting said happily as she walked into the carriage.

Dong Jiafu silently asked Cui Qiyan why he agreed to her, this was obviously a big trouble.

Cui Qi Yan nodded to her, signaling her to be at ease, and then found the guard at the city gate, took out the document proving his identity and explained a few words to him.

After leaving Xizhou City, the carriage sped up.

In the carriage, Du Manting looked at Dong Jiafu opposite her and said, "In an emergency, we should bear with each other for the whole journey. I will get off the train as soon as we enter Beijing."

Dong Jiafu couldn't help laughing, "Miss Du doesn't like me so much, why did she want to go with me?"

"After spending a few days with you in the military camp, I found that you are not that annoying." Du Manting muttered softly.

My father knew she was in Xizhou and had sent people to arrest her. If I go back now, my father will definitely not let her off easily. It would be better for me to go to my ancestral home outside the capital to avoid the limelight. I left without saying goodbye last time, so this time I went back just to apologize to them.

Thinking of this, Du Manting remembered that her grandmother and aunt wanted her to discuss marriage with Dong Jiafu's second brother, and she began to feel uneasy. She might as well not go to her grandmother's house and go to Fang Sui to avoid her grandmother forcing her to marry again.

"Well, let me ask you something. Have my grandmother and aunt ever been to your house?"

Knowing yourself and your enemy, Du Manting felt that she still needed to understand the situation before going to Beijing, and now there was someone ready to ask.

Dong Jiafu pretended to think, "Now that you mention it, I remember that I seemed to have heard my mother say that Madam Wang had been there..."

"What did she do?" Du Manting immediately became nervous.

"I really don't know what Miss Du wants to ask about?"

"Oh, did my aunt mention me..." Du Manting was anxious and closed her eyes and said simply, "Did she say anything about your second brother and me...about our marriage?"

Looking at her embarrassed expression, Dong Jiafu felt that she was really naive in some aspects.

"Oh, about this matter, Mrs. Wang really wants to bring you and my second brother together."

Du Manting's expression changed when she heard this. "It's over, it's over. It looks like they are serious. I must not let them know that I'm going back to Beijing."

Although this incident did not cause much stir, Du Manting's reaction made Dong Jiafu unhappy.

"Look at Miss Du, she seems to be avoiding me. Is my second brother so unworthy of you?"

"What does this have to do with it? We are not suitable for each other at all. He is not my type. If we force ourselves to be together, I am afraid that he will make me angry in the future, and I will beat him up. I will not even consider someone like your second brother who has no martial arts skills."

It turned out that she was saving lives. Fortunately, her second brother already had someone he liked at that time.

"Don't worry, my second brother is engaged, and he won't force himself on you."

Du Manting opened her eyes wide with joy, "Are you telling the truth?"

"My second brother and his future sister-in-law love each other and will get married next year."

"That's great!" This way she could go and meet her grandmother and others. If they ever arranged a marriage for her, she would still have time to run back to Liangzhou.

Du Manting was still happy. She looked up and met Dong Jiafu's gaze. She quickly put away her smile and explained, "I am happy for your second brother. I wish them a happy marriage and a long life of love."

Dong Jiafu smiled, "Then I will thank Miss Du for her blessing on them on behalf of my second brother."

"You are Welcome."

As the conversation started, the discomfort between the two people disappeared immediately.

Du Manting thought of the purpose of their coming to Xizhou, "You found the Snow Spirit Grass so quickly? Have you made the medicine for your mother?"

Dong Jiafu nodded, "I just made it last night."

"You are different from the women from noble families in Beijing that I have met. You actually have the courage to travel so far to collect herbs."

"For the people I care about, there is nothing I dare not do. Besides, I am not from a noble family in the capital."

Du Manting had heard Qin Fangsui talk about her life story before, and at that time she was only concerned about her friend's injustice and felt disgusted with her. Now that she thought about it, her experience was not much better than Fangsui's.

After all, there was Qin Fangsui between them, so Du Manting changed the question and asked, "Before you came to Xizhou, had you ever heard of 'Future Guest' and whether he had written a new storybook?"

She changed the topic so quickly and so irrelevantly that Dong Jiafu felt a little uncomfortable.

"When I left Beijing, her new play had just come out."

"Really?!" Du Manting asked quickly, "What's the name of the new story?"

"The Fairy Sword," Dong Jiafu saw her eyes sparkling, "Do you like the storybook she wrote?"

"Of course. I've read his novel 'Sword Pointing to the Rivers and Lakes' many times. But he later wrote a novel about love. Although it's also good, I still like the first one."

"Have you read his new storybook? From the name you mentioned, it seems like he's returned to his previous style?" Du Manting asked expectantly.

"You guessed right, it is true." Dong Jiafu didn't expect that she would be a fan of her book.

"So you've seen it? That's right, the bookstore belongs to your second brother. You can see it even if others can't. Can you tell me what the story is?"

Without waiting for Dong Jiafu to speak, Du Manting waved her hand again, "No, no, no, you'd better not tell me. I want to go to Beijing and see for myself."

"Has your second brother met him? Is he a man or a woman? He writes about the underworld one moment and love the next. It's really hard to guess." Du Manting was very curious.

Dong Jiafu didn't know what to say, so she just shook her head.

Du Manting couldn't hide her disappointment, "Even you don't know this person, he is too mysterious."