Chapter 1303 - 1: Journey to the Capital
When the Imperial Eunuch inquired, the Magistrate nodded, "This is the eldest miss of the Wenyuan Bo Mansion."
"Ingenious plan, Eunuch, using Madam Wen Yuan as bait, how could she not take the bait?"
Flattery words, the Imperial Eunuch loved to hear.
Eager to return to the Capital City for a report, Cai Die was immediately put into the prison cart instead of the big jail and was taken along with Madam Wen Yuan to the Capital City.
By the time Yun Chu learned about this, seven days had already passed.
Cai Die had an old woman drug her, and she was unconscious for a full seven days.
Even if she wanted to throw herself into the net, there was no chance now.
Yun Chu cried for half a day, finally wiped her tears, she had to chase to the Capital, she had to uncover the truth and clear her father’s name!
In order to gain trust, when Cai Die and Yun Chu exchanged dresses, she took all the jewelry and jade bracelet from her head and wrist, leaving only a hundred taels silver note and a few taels of broken silver in the purse.
Yun Chu hired a horse carriage, heading towards the Capital City.
She was dressed as a maid, with deliberately darkened face, not conspicuous.
But no matter how inconspicuous, money moves hearts.
No one coveted broken silver, but when she exchanged a hundred taels silver note for broken silver, someone took note.
Two men tailed her, intending to rob her.
Yun Chu noticed when she was buying buns and immediately started running.
Although she was a lady of a noble house, her body was not as fragile as a typical lady, bending like a willow in the wind.
Plus, she was clever, so she did not let those two men succeed.
Hiding in the dark, she delivered a blow with a cudgel, knocking the two men to the ground.
However, Yun Chu escaped two ill-intentioned men but could not avoid the coachman.
Yun Chu, just a maid, claimed she got sick and afraid of passing the illness to her master, so stayed in the town to recover, promising to catch up later when well.
A maid shunned for being slightly ill, not only unnoticed but also eliciting some sympathy.
Yet that little compassion vanished upon discovering Yun Chu had a bundle of silver.
On the way, the coachman harbored evil intentions, trying to drug Yun Chu’s bowl, which Yun Chu discovered.
Yun Chu turned to flee, but the stall owner’s wife called her, and the coachman turned to look.
Yun Chu could only pretend nothing happened, smiled, and exchanged some words with the stall owner, then went to eat noodles.
Picking up the noodles with her chopsticks, Yun Chu almost brought them to her mouth, then put them down, slapped her forehead, and said, "Look at my poor memory."
The coachman watched her, Yun Chu said, "I saw your shoes were worn out, intended to buy you a new pair at the next town, but I forgot in my rush."
After speaking, Yun Chu called the stall owner, asking if she had shoes for sale.
The stall owner laughed, "What a coincidence, I just made a new pair for my man yesterday, hasn’t worn yet, if you want, I could sell them to you."
"Just this price is a bit higher than the shops in towns."
Yun Chu replied with a smile, "What are you talking about, stall owner? Handmade with care for your family, it’s right to be a bit more expensive."
Yun Chu touched her waist, "Where’s my purse?"
The stall owner said, "Could it have fallen somewhere?"
Yun Chu thought for a moment, "Maybe it’s in the carriage, I’ll go get it."
The coachman’s mind was all on the noodles.
As long as there’s money, worry about shoes?
This maid must have stolen her master’s money to flee, or else how can a maid have so much silver?
Ill-gotten money, which suits him well.
The coachman blocked Yun Chu, Yun Chu smiled at him, "I have a poor memory, afraid I’ll forget later."
The coachman said no more.
In her smile, he found her, blackened a bit, still quite beautiful.
Bringing her home as a concubine would be good.
Yun Chu walked towards the carriage, got on it, and flicked the whip to drive away.
The coachman was dumbfounded.
Reacting, he hurriedly chased after.
Yun Chu, a noble lady, did not know how to ride a horse, let alone drive a carriage.
However poorly driven, two legs couldn’t catch up with two wheels, failed plan failed.
Yun Chu avoided another danger, this time she truly learned the lesson about not showing wealth.
Previously, seeing Mrs. Che quite good, she paid no mind, who would expect this.
Yun Chu drove the carriage herself, asking for directions towards the Capital City.
But having a carriage doesn’t ensure reaching the Capital, as carriages can also fail.
Just when she was running well, the carriage tilted suddenly, the wheel caught in a stone crack.
No matter how hard Yun Chu tried, she couldn’t lift the wheel.
Out of options, she had to abandon the carriage and switch to horseback.
Yet without a saddle, and not even stirrups on the horse, she couldn’t get on.
After two tries, the horse threw a temper, took off running.