Therefore, in order to survive, they can only give up reluctantly.

After Qin Zhen heard what his wife said, he looked up and gave her a forced smile and said, "Well, Zhuzhu is right, I still have you."

"Dad, Mom, where are we going?" Qin Yongle was still young. She looked at the goods piled on the carriage with a puzzled look on her face.

Qin Zhen comforted his daughter and said, "Le Le, Dad will find you a new home to live in, are you willing?"

Qin Yongle said to his father in a baby voice: "Dad, Lele is willing."

Looking at their innocent daughter, Qin Zhen and his wife smiled at each other and ordered their close subordinates to set off.

In the Han Palace, Shen Ruolan was planning the dowry, when Wan Dong suddenly came to her and said, "Princess, this is a letter sent by Madam Qin."

When Shen Ruolan heard that Zhong Lingzhu had sent a letter, she put down the book in her hand and said to Wan Dong, "Bring it here and let me see it."

"Yes," Wan Dong said, and hurriedly stepped forward to hand the letter to Shen Ruolan.

Shen Ruolan took the letter and opened it to read. Seeing that it was Zhong Lingzhu who left, she quickly told Ye Bing, "Ye Bing, quickly prepare the carriage. We are going to the city gate."

"Yes, Princess." Ye Bing said, then turned and left.

Shen Ruolan said to Ji Ning again: "Ji Ning, go and get five thousand taels of silver."

"Yes, master." Although Ji Ning was puzzled by her master's sudden request for money, she still did it silently without asking any more questions.

After Shen Ruolan arranged everything, she found Jiang Dichen and asked, "Jiang Dichen, when did General Qin successfully resign?"

Although the two have become husband and wife, Shen Ruolan still likes to call him by his name as always.

Jiang Dichen, who was handling official business, saw Shen Ruolan coming. He quickly put down what he was doing, stood up and walked to her side and said, "Qin Zhen successfully resigned at 3 p.m. yesterday."

After saying this, he looked at his young wife beside him and asked, "Ruolan, is there something wrong with Qin Zhen?"

Shen Ruolan shook her head and said, "Nothing happened, but Cousin Zhu just wrote to me and said they have already left. I wanted to go and see them off, but I don't know if that's appropriate."

Because Jiang Dichen and Qin Zhen were both military generals, they had to avoid suspicion, so she didn't know whether her visit to Qin Zhen would bring trouble to him or to Qin Zhen.

When Jiang Dichen heard Shen Ruolan wanted to see Qin Zhen off, he smiled and said, "What's wrong with that? Let's go. I'll go with you."

After he finished speaking, he ordered his subordinates: "Come here, prepare the carriage."

Shen Ruolan said quickly: "I have asked Ye Bing to prepare it. Since it is ready to be delivered, let's go quickly."

Before Shen Ruolan finished her words, she pulled Jiang Dichen away.

Jiang Dichen followed behind her and said helplessly, "Ruolan, don't worry, you can catch up with them."

Shen Ruolan did not listen to Jiang Dichen's words and kept walking very fast. Because Zhong Lingzhu and the others were walking too fast, she was not prepared at all. She planned to buy some dry food and snacks for the two children on the street.

An hour later, Shen Ruolan, who had been shopping and traveling at the same time, finally caught up with Qin Zhen's family outside the city. Shen Ruolan shouted at their backs, "Cousin Zhu, wait for me."

When Zhong Lingzhu heard Shen Ruolan's voice, she happily said to her husband, "Husband, it's cousin Lan who came to see us off."

Qin Zhen smiled and nodded to his wife, and asked his subordinates to stop the car.

Shen Ruolan jumped off the carriage and said to Zhong Lingzhu and her husband, "Cousin, brother-in-law, why didn't you tell me before you left?"

Jiang Dichen came down behind and nodded to Qin Zhen and his wife as a greeting.

Zhong Lingzhu walked to Shen Ruolan, she glanced at her husband and said to Shen Ruolan: "Ruolan, my husband's matter is a bit urgent, so I didn't have time to tell you."

After Qin Zhen saluted Jiang Dichen, he said to Shen Ruolan, "Ruolan, this happened a little suddenly, so I didn't have time to tell anyone."

Shen Ruolan nodded to the couple, showing her understanding, and then she asked them, "Have you decided where to go?"

Qin Zhen and his wife looked at each other and said, "I plan to take Zhuzhu and the others back to my hometown with me."

What Qin Zhen didn't say was that people like him who resigned from their official positions could only return to their hometown and could not go anywhere else, especially Shen Ruolan's Fuzhai.

When Shen Ruolan heard that they were going back to their hometown, she continued to ask, "Brother-in-law, where is your hometown?"

"In Fuzhou, Xiaoyu County." Qin Zhen said.

"Well, I understand. After you go back, if you have any difficulties, you must come to Fuzhai to find me, understand?" Shen Ruolan said, and then she handed the bundle she brought with her to Zhong Lingzhu and said, "Cousin, this bundle contains a little gift from me, please accept it."

Zhong Lingzhu quickly refused: "No, Ruolan, you have helped us a lot, we can't take your things anymore."

After Zhong Lingzhu finished speaking, she paused and continued, "You still have a lot of what you gave me last time."

Shen Ruolan forced it into her hands and said, "Cousin, just take it. A poor family is rich on the road, so it's always good to bring more on the road."

Shen Ruolan finished speaking, fearing that she was refusing, she continued: "If it really doesn't work, you can return it to me when you have money in the future."

Seeing that she couldn't refuse, Zhong Lingzhu took the bundle with red eyes and said, "Ruolan, thank you. We will never forget your kindness to us."

Thinking about how her husband's family had devoted their lives to the court for generations, she didn't expect that in the end, they couldn't even take away money for food. It was really disheartening.

If it weren't for Sister Lan's secret help, they really wouldn't know what to do now.

"We are all family, why are you saying these things?" Shen Ruolan said, and then she instructed Ye Bing, "Ye Bing, bring all the snacks you bought for the children over here."

"Yes, ma'am." After Ye Bing finished speaking, he hurriedly went to the carriage and brought the bags to Shen Ruolan.

Shen Ruolan handed the snacks and dry food she bought to Zhong Lingzhu and said, "Cousin, these are for the children to eat on the road. Please pack them up for them."

"Well, thank you." After she finished speaking, she called to the two children in the carriage: "Zi'an, Lele, come out and thank your Aunt Lan."

The two children had wanted to run out when they heard Shen Ruolan's voice, but without their mother's permission, they could only sit in the carriage obediently. Now that they heard they could go out, they couldn't wait to jump out of the carriage, ran towards Shen Ruolan, and called out sweetly, "Auntie Lan."

Shen Ruolan responded with a "hey", squatted down and hugged the two children, and reminded them: "Zi'an, Lele, listen to your parents on the road, and don't run around."

Qin Zian and Qin Yongle nodded vigorously to Shen Ruolan and said, "Auntie Lan, we know."

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