After staying in the villa in Tanggu Town for two days, Yu Xiaocao and her husband traveled back to the capital with the escort of a thousand soldiers from the Firearms Barracks. The journey was uneventful and took only a short three days complete. Naturally, this was the stretch of the journey that was most vulnerable to attack.

If the enemy didn’t bring a large number along, then it wouldn’t be an issue. After all, with the two great experts, Imperial Prince Xu and Chief Steward Su, along it’d be difficult for anyone to gain the upper hand. However, if the traitors from the previous dynasty decided to use the tactic of flooding them with people who were willing to use suicidal tactics, they’d be hard pressed to protect the now already four-month pregnant Xiaocao. 

Thus, when the emperor got notice that the party had reached shore, he had sent out the Firearms Barracks to escort these two important officials back. The thousand or so soldiers from the Firearms Barracks were led by the second-in-command and they arrived in a grand manner to the Tanggu Harbor. If people didn’t know better, they would have thought that a large-scale battle had broken out at the docks! 

With the fierce and well-equipped soldiers escorting them, the enemy naturally wouldn’t try to attack them in vain and end up dying for no reason. Thus, they had a relatively quiet journey back to the capital. The...