Li Jing was going to stay in Qiao’s house today, waiting for the Second Young Master Fang to come and pick up the bride.

Lu Mingyu sent someone to deliver a message to Li Jing, then left Qiao’s house and got on the carriage.

It was almost 9:00 AM, and the sun was at its hottest. Pregnant women were most susceptible to heat. Lu Mingyu was more afraid of heat than most women. She felt stuffy as soon as she got on the carriage, so she told Qiyun to open the bamboo curtain.

The car window was neither too big nor too small. After the bamboo curtain was opened, a breeze blew in slowly, blowing away some of the dryness of early summer.

Lu Mingyu was still a little dissatisfied and muttered in a low voice: “It’s still more comfortable to ride a horse.”

Galloping on horseback, with the wind whistling in the wind, was both elegant and free. In contrast, sitting in a carriage, unable to move, was really depressing.

Qiyun smiled and comforted her master: “You are pregnant, how can you ride a horse? Just bear with it for a few more months. If you feel hot, I will ask someone to put an ice basin in the carriage when we go back.”

Lu Mingyu sighed softly: “This is the only way.”

After you get pregnant, you have to be careful about everything. You have to be very careful when eating imported food and be more cautious when going out. Only you know the inconveniences.

Lu Mingyu was usually quite patient, but occasionally she would get upset. Fortunately, the calm and considerate Qiyun was always by her side to comfort and console her.

The carriage traveled for a while and came to a slightly narrow street.

This street was not too narrow, as it was wide enough for two carriages to run side by side.

Coincidentally, just after turning the corner, a few fast horses came from the front.

Lu Mingyu had sharp hearing and frowned immediately when she heard the sound of galloping horses.

Vendors and people were walking on both sides of the street. In a place where people gathered, the horseman was riding his horse at full speed. Wasn’t he afraid of bumping into the people?

Before she could finish her thought, there was a sudden movement in front of her, and a child’s cry suddenly rang out.

The coachman was startled and quickly tightened the reins. The accompanying guards had already surrounded the carriage vigilantly.

These were the elite guards of the Lu Mansion, a total of more than 20 people. They could withstand the charge of a hundred people. No matter how skilled the assassin was, it would be impossible for him to break through the defense line and rush to the carriage in a short time.

The carriage that Lu Mingyu was riding in was also specially made. There was a layer of hard steel plate between the two layers of wood. Even if there were a sharpshooter shooting arrows in the dark, they would not be able to penetrate the carriage.

As long as Lu Mingyu stayed in the carriage, she would be safe.

Qiyun was quick to pull down the bamboo curtain and the guards closed the window. All the noise was blocked outside the carriage. Only the sharp and almost piercing cry of the child was still lingering in his ears.
Lu Mingyu was a little impatient and asked loudly, “What happened outside?”

Lu Yi’s voice came into his ears: “Please be patient, Huangzifei. I have sent someone over.”

On normal days, Lu Mingyu would have rushed over to see what was going on. But now that she was pregnant, she felt like she had lost her limbs and could only sit in the carriage in frustration.

Lu Mingyu sat in the carriage with a stern face, waiting.

After a while, Lu Yi reported: “It was a few hooligans from the capital. They rode their horses too fast and kicked over a vendor’s stall. They also injured a five- or six-year-old girl. The girl’s leg was injured by the horse’s hoof, and she was crying loudly. I asked someone to call a doctor and also asked someone to arrest those hooligans and send them to the government office for punishment.”

Lu Yi was a very experienced person, and there was nothing wrong with his handling of the matter.

Lu Mingyu hummed and held back the words “I’ll go out and take a look” that was on the tip of her tongue.

..…

There was no clinic on this street, and the nearest one was two blocks away.

The girl with a broken leg was bleeding and crying heartbreakingly. A middle-aged man with a simple and honest face held the girl in his arms and begged the people on the roadside, crying, “Who has a flatbed cart? Please be kind and take my daughter to the hospital! If we delay any longer, the child’s leg will be broken.”

The man was not an eloquent person, and he just kept shouting these two sentences over and over again.

The vendors doing small business on the street did have flatbed carts, but they were full of things, and it could take some time to unload them.

The girl’s crying became more and more miserable.

Lu Mingyu finally couldn’t bear it anymore and called Lu Yi over: “Tell someone to ride a horse to take the injured girl to the clinic.”

Lu Yi was not a heartless person, but he was a little hesitant at this moment: “The girl’s leg is injured, it is not suitable to move her casually, and it is inconvenient to ride a horse to send her to the clinic.”

There was a carriage at the moment, but he would never let his master give up the carriage.

Lu Mingyu also knew that it was safest for her to stay in the carriage. But after hearing the father and daughter crying outside, she could not sit still and said, “How about I get off the carriage and wait for a while, and you can take them to the clinic in the carriage.”

Lu Yi refused without a second thought: “Absolutely not!”

I wasn’t afraid of one in ten thousand, just afraid of that one in ten thousand. ^[1]a proverb in the line of It only takes one mistake or Better safe than sorry

The father and daughter were indeed pitiful. But they must also be on guard against this conspiracy against the Second Huangzifei. Nothing was more important than the safety of the master.

Lu Mingyu was feeling impatient, so she asked Lu Yi to open the car window and leaned out to take a look.

The man holding the girl caught sight of Lu Mingyu and kowtowed in her direction, crying: “Madam, please be kind and use the carriage to save my child’s life!”

The man kowtowed three times, leaving a red mark on his forehead.

The people and vendors on the street also looked over.

The guards were all strong and brave. The carriage was large and luxurious, and the four horses pulling it were sleek and majestic. It was obvious that a noble was traveling.

Half of the girl’s body was covered in blood, her cries were getting weaker and weaker, and she was about to die.

My noble lord, you have already ordered the arrest of those thugs who caused the trouble. Now would you be willing to be a good person and lend your carriage to save the girl’s life?

Lu Mingyu took a deep breath and gave an order: “Lu Yi, open the door. Bring the father and daughter to the carriage.”

Lu Yi was shocked and blurted out: “No!”

Lu Mingyu looked through the car window and landed on Lu Yi’s face: “Do as I say.”

Lu Yi: “…”

As a guard, the first rule was to follow the master’s orders.

Lu Yi had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Fortunately, Lu Mingyu was not a pushover. While saving the people, she did not give up the carriage. She just let the father and daughter get on the carriage. Even if there was any accident, the master’s skills were enough to deal with it.

Lu Yi made up his mind, walked forward quickly, and personally carried the girl over.

The middle-aged man was so grateful that he wanted to kowtow. Lu Yi said calmly, “Hurry up and get on the carriage.”

The middle-aged man wiped his tears with his sleeves and responded with a sob.

He just looks like a poor father who loved his daughter. There was really nothing wrong with him.

Lu Yi was still secretly on guard. While holding the little girl, he watched the middle-aged man out of the corner of his eye.

The moment the car door was opened, the middle-aged man suddenly raised his head with a fierce look in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)