"Why hasn't the eldest young lady returned yet? What if something has happened."
Seeing that Huangfu Yue had been gone for some time, someone in the manor began to worry, and Ying'er showed a trace of anxiety.
"The eldest young lady is so capable, she definitely won't be in trouble, don't worry about it." The嬷嬷 who served Yang Wanqian, sitting in the same carriage, said to comfort her.
"Yes, Ying'er, don't worry... the eldest young lady hasn't returned yet, I guess she hasn't found that orangutan yet." The chief maid serving Yang Wanqian guessed.
"I hope Yue'er can find that orangutan quickly and snatch back the woman's son, and come back quickly. If we stay here too long and encounter patrolling soldiers, it will be bad."
Yang Wanqian reached out to stroke her pregnant belly, her limpid autumn eyes looking worriedly outside, afraid of the sudden appearance of patrolling soldiers, her heart hanging high.
Those in the other carriages, seeing Huangfu Yue not return, were also worried like Yang Wanqian about the possible sudden appearance of patrolling soldiers, and were on tenterhooks.
Xu Yu Jing was not only worried but also impatient and very unhappy.
"What's going on with this Huangfu Yue, why hasn't she returned yet? She's so nonchalant about leaving so many of us here for so long, isn't she afraid of patrolling soldiers suddenly appearing, finding us problematic, and arresting us all?" Xu Yu Jing grumbled.
"Eldest young lady, please don't say such ominous things. It won't be so coincidental that patrolling soldiers suddenly appear when the eldest young lady is away, discover we are problematic, and arrest us." Song Momo said busily.
"Eldest young lady, please don't worry. With me here, I will protect you and Miss Ying and ensure nothing happens to you." Jiang Shangyun quickly pledged his loyalty.
Hearing his words, Xu Yu Jing's heart stirred slightly, and her beautiful eyes glanced at him, then narrowed: "When you see soldiers, do you dare to protect us and fight them for us?"
"That is natural." Jiang Shangyun nodded vigorously. "No matter who the other party is, I will protect you and Miss Ying with my life and draw my sword for you."
Hearing this, Xu Yu Jing was very pleased, and her lips curled up. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Ying'er's voice from ahead...
"Eldest young lady, you're back."
Huangfu Yue was back! Xu Yu Jing quickly stood up and walked towards the outside of the carriage. As soon as she stepped out, she saw Huangfu Yue's elegant figure.
"Yue'er, you haven't returned all this time, everyone has been quite worried." Yang Wanqian saw her sister-in-law finally return, got up with the help of her maid, and walked out of the carriage to say to Huangfu Yue, with a look of relief.
"Did you find that orangutan and snatch back the woman's son?" Zhu Jiayi got off the carriage and walked towards Huangfu Yue.
"No." Huangfu Yue shook her head gently.
"No? Didn't you find the orangutan?" Zheng Taifei, hearing that her granddaughter had returned, also quickly got off the carriage to find her granddaughter. Seeing her granddaughter shake her head, she frowned slightly.
"Yes. This matter is a long story, that woman..." Huangfu Yue explained concisely what had happened.
After listening, everyone knitted their brows, showing looks of dejection.
"I didn't expect that woman to be crazy, and there was no such thing as her son being snatched by an orangutan. It was all her fantasy." Zhu Jiayi sighed, shaking her head.
"That woman really deserves a scolding! She talked nonsense, making Yue'er run a trip in vain, and making us wait here for so long for nothing." Xu Yu Jing scolded with dissatisfaction.
She really wanted to curse that madwoman and Huangfu Yue, especially Huangfu Yue.
Making this damned girl meddle in other people's business, only to be tricked by a madwoman. More importantly, it made them wait here for nothing, which was truly hateful.
"It's good that you're back, hurry up and get in the carriage and leave here. It's not safe to stay here all the time, patrolling soldiers might come by at any moment." Zheng Taifei didn't say much, just urged them to leave quickly.
Huangfu Yue nodded, ordered everyone to return to their carriages, and immediately set off towards the back of the great mountain.
After everyone returned to their respective carriages, Huangfu Yue also jumped into her carriage, driving it and running at the front, leading the manor's carriage convoy towards the front of the great mountain.
"Master, which way did you come back from? Why didn't I see you?" Xiao Hei, who had been following the convoy to provide guard, followed the convoy forward, flying and communicating telepathically with Huangfu Yue about the things it couldn't understand.
It had been guarding the people in the manor, with its eyes all around, afraid that patrolling soldiers would suddenly appear for inspection, so it should have seen its master returning, but it hadn't.
Seeing no sign of its master from all directions, its master suddenly appeared as if he had popped out of the ground.
Hearing Xiao Hei's thoughts, Huangfu Yue chuckled twice in her heart. She had indeed popped out of the ground.
She came out from the ground when she reached the manor's carriages, didn't she pop out of the ground then!
"Don't I know magic? I used the Earth Escape technique earlier and returned from the ground. Walking in the ground is much faster than walking on the ground." Huangfu Yue replied to Xiao Hei.
There was no need to hide her ability to escape into the earth from Xiao Hei.
"Master, you are so amazing, you even know the Earth Escape technique." Xiao Hei became more and more worshipful of Huangfu Yue.
"Not bad!" Huangfu Yue smiled modestly.
Huangfu Yue drove the carriage and led the manor's convoy. Before long, they arrived at the foot of the mountain. She led the convoy forward until they reached the back of the great mountain before stopping.
Huangfu Yue said to Feng Maoyuan, "Go and invite my grandmother and the others to get off the carriage. Tell them that I said it's still early, and I want to take them up the mountain to stroll, pick some wild fruits, and catch some fish.
I had Xiao Hei look at the mountain earlier. The scenery on the mountain is beautiful, and there are wild fruits, as well as a stream, and fish in the stream. We can go up the mountain to pick wild fruits and catch fish to have a picnic on the mountaintop. We'll have dinner on the mountain."
Having a picnic on the mountaintop, enjoying delicious food while overlooking the beautiful scenery below, is definitely a great pleasure in life.
"Yes." Feng Maoyuan immediately accepted the order to notify Zheng Taifei and the others.
"Yue'er, you want to take everyone to climb the mountain? My belly... I won't go."
Yang Wanqian and her servants in the carriage all frowned. Yang Wanqian said, her eyes flickering with dissatisfaction.
Her sister-in-law, knowing that she was pregnant, still wanted to take everyone to climb the mountain. Had she considered her at all?
And yet, she couldn't blame her sister-in-law, she didn't even dare to say a word of dissatisfaction. Her sister-in-law was too terrifying.
Let alone express her dissatisfaction to her sister-in-law, angering her sister-in-law would mean suffering.
"Eldest young lady, we will all stay behind to take care of the Fourth Young Madam." The servants serving Yang Wanqian said in unison, their eyes hiding the same dissatisfaction as their mistress.
"Fourth Sister-in-law, the scenery on the mountain is beautiful, and the air is also good. You should also come with us to play on the mountain. It will be good for your health and the child in your belly. As for your belly, you don't need to worry.
I've long thought that you couldn't climb mountains while pregnant. You can just sit in the carriage then, you don't need to get off and climb. I will bring the carriage up the mountain. I guarantee that you won't feel any discomfort during the process...
When we reach the mountaintop and rest, you can then get out of the carriage." Huangfu Yue said.
How could she not consider Yang Wanqian at all and think of taking the manor's people to climb the mountain? She had already thought of everything!
"I don't need to get off the carriage, and you can bring the carriage up the mountain?!" Yang Wanqian and her servants were all stunned, extremely surprised. Yang Wanqian exclaimed incredulously, "What are you going to do? Carry the carriage up the mountain?"
This is too absurd, it's impossible no matter how you think about it.
Although her sister-in-law was very powerful and had immense strength, she couldn't carry a carriage up a mountain, could she? How heavy was a carriage, and she was sitting in it too.