With Yun'er and Ping'er assisting in the kitchen, tasks were completed more quickly. Before long, the congee was cooked and the steamed buns were ready.
Chef Xu, along with a large group of kitchen staff, swiftly served the congee and filled the steamed buns, delivering them to the masters like Huangfu Yue.
Huangfu Yue had always had a good appetite and could eat a lot. This remained true after she transmigrated. Even though she had already eaten a sandwich and drunk a box of milk, she was still not full and enjoyed the congee and steamed buns.
However, Consort Dowager Zheng and her four granddaughters-in-law, along with the great-grandchildren, did not have Huangfu Yue's hearty appetite. They were truly the old, weak, women, and children, and could not eat much. After eating their sandwiches and drinking their milk, they were all full and could not eat any more congee or steamed buns.
Xu Yuqing had initially wanted to eat tofu pudding, and the kitchen had prepared and brought it for her. But she was no longer able to eat it and could only have the kitchen take it away to be brought back when she wanted it.
It was Feng Maoyuan and the others, like Huangfu Yue, who had good appetites and could eat a lot. After eating sandwiches and milk, they were only half full. When the kitchen staff brought them congee and steamed buns, they ate heartily without any reservation.
As per Huangfu Yue's prior instructions, the kitchen staff also distributed breakfast to all the servants.
Initially, Huangfu Yue had instructed that each servant receive a few steamed buns. However, seeing that her grandmother, sisters-in-law, nephews, and nieces could not eat any more and had not eaten the congee or steamed buns, leaving a lot of congee left over, she asked the kitchen staff to ladle some congee for each servant to eat with their steamed buns.
After everyone had finished breakfast, Feng Maoyuan, who had just distributed the five hundred taels given by Huangfu Yue to his brothers, went to Huangfu Yue to request they set off.
"County Princess, it is getting late, and there will soon be many pedestrians. We should leave here quickly and set off," Feng Maoyuan said with great respect and an excellent attitude.
Huangfu Yue nodded. Several pedestrians had already passed by earlier, looking at them with curiosity and giving them more than a few glances.
However, because Feng Maoyuan had previously had the shackles and chains removed, and the people from the Prince Dai's manor had not been imprisoned and thus did not wear prison clothes, the pedestrians did not realize they were convicts. They stared at them out of curiosity as to which wealthy family was leisurely eating and drinking by the roadside so early in the morning.
But the Prince Dai's manor had many acquaintances in the capital. If they continued to linger, there was a risk that someone from the capital might recognize them, which would be disadvantageous.
It was likely that many people in the capital already knew that the Prince Dai's manor had been raided and exiled. News in the capital always spread very quickly.
"Everyone, prepare to set off. I need to pack up," Huangfu Yue said to the people from the Prince Dai's manor.
The masters who were still resting, such as Consort Dowager Zheng, immediately got up from their couches and chairs. The servants quickly gathered the pots, bowls, chopsticks, and other items that Huangfu Yue had taken out earlier, making it convenient for Huangfu Yue to retrieve them.
Huangfu Yue, feigning action, took out the brocade bag that the original owner used to store candy, opened it, and simultaneously instructed the space to recall all the items she had previously taken out.
Her actions led everyone to believe that she had opened the brocade bag and stored all the items, making them all sigh that it was truly a treasure that could hold so many things at once.
"County Princess, from now on, we will no longer shackle your distinguished ladies, nor will we string you along with chains. However, in special circumstances, and as we approach Lingping, we will have to offend you and string you along with chains and shackles. Please forgive us," Feng Maoyuan said again.
Huangfu Yue nodded again. She could understand this.
"Also, before reaching Lingping, to avoid any complications, you must all conceal your identities and not let anyone know you are exiled convicts. Otherwise, if someone reports us, we will all be finished," Feng Maoyuan said.
"I know. I have already thought of this and made arrangements. From now on, we will claim to be from Yuecheng and are going to Cangzhou to visit relatives," Huangfu Yue replied.
Both claiming to be from Yuecheng and going to visit relatives in Cangzhou were ways to avoid suspicion.
Based on the original owner's memories, Yuecheng was very close to the capital, and thus their accents were the same as those in the capital. By claiming to be from Yuecheng, others hearing their accents would not think they were from the capital.
Because Cangzhou was near Lingping, and the route to Cangzhou was the same as to Lingping, claiming to be going to Cangzhou would not make people suspect they were actually going to Lingping.
"This is good. County Princess is truly intelligent and has already thought of everything," Feng Maoyuan praised.
Since the County Princess had already thought of everything, he did not need to worry.
"From now on, we will change our surname to Zhou. We will externally claim to be from the Zhou residence in Yuecheng and are going to Cangcheng to visit relatives whose surname is Liu," Huangfu Yue said to the people from the Prince Dai's manor.
The people from the Prince Dai's manor immediately nodded. Huangfu Yue then looked at the people from the manor. Regardless of whether they were masters or servants, they were different from ordinary people and possessed a greater elegance.
The women were also particularly beautiful, with even the maids being mostly beauties.
Her sisters-in-law were all beautiful and stunning, attracting much attention.
Her grandmother was also very striking. Although she was over sixty, she was very well-maintained, with few wrinkles on her face, appearing to be only in her late thirties.
Furthermore, it was evident that she must have been a peerlessly beautiful woman in her youth. Even now, her facial structure and features were more beautiful than those of her sisters-in-law, and she possessed an extraordinary bearing and exceptional气质.
Thinking of this, Huangfu Yue inwardly instructed the space to retrieve dozens of veiling hats from the supermarket.
She recalled having seen a pile of veiling hats in the supermarket, which ancient women wore to conceal their faces.
The space quickly delivered a pile of hats made of black gauze, with a wide brim around the circumference and a hanging silk net or thin silk beneath the brim, reaching down to the chest.
"To prevent being seen and recognized, all the women should wear veiling hats," Huangfu Yue said, distributing the veiling hats to the women.
"Grandmother, you should wear one too," Huangfu Yue said, handing a veiling hat to Consort Dowager Zheng.
"Yue'er, you should wear one too," Consort Dowager Zheng said after receiving the veiling hat.
She knew why her granddaughter was having the women wear veiling hats, but her granddaughter was the one who most needed one, as her appearance was the most eye-catching.
Although she was still young and had not yet reached the age of marriage, and had not fully blossomed, she was already the most beautiful among all the women in the Prince Dai's manor.
Huangfu Yue nodded and immediately took a veiling hat, putting it on her head to cover her face.
"Does your Qiankun bag have any small veiling hats for children? If so, take them out for the children to wear. They are all very eye-catching," Consort Dowager Zheng glanced at the great-grandchildren and asked her granddaughter.
Huangfu Yue glanced at her nephews and nieces. Indeed, they were all very eye-catching and exceptionally beautiful, like immortal children from paintings.
"I don't remember. I have taken in so many things from before until now that I can't recall if I have them. Let me go into the bag and see if there are any for children," Huangfu Yue replied to Consort Dowager Zheng.
She remembered not seeing any children's veiling hats in the supermarket, but she could go to the supermarket to see if they had any other hats for children.
Consort Dowager Zheng and the others were still wondering what Huangfu Yue meant by going into the bag when they saw Huangfu Yue suddenly disappear.
Everyone was stunned, each of them frozen in shock, their eyes wide open like bronze bells, and their mouths agape as if they could swallow a large bird's egg.
Although they already knew Huangfu Yue could perform magic, they were still incredibly surprised and shocked to see her suddenly vanish…