Since Yongping was placed under house arrest, Xu family's dozens of guards were all replaced with Xu Yin's own men.
This morning, before entering the palace, he had naturally made the necessary arrangements ahead of time. Besides the dozen or so people visible, the rest were hidden nearby.
Now, part of them went with Lian Rong, leaving about forty people, but moving such a large group was too conspicuous. So, along the way, he divided them into three batches, two went to scout the city gates' situation, and the remaining batch followed by his side, reducing the presence to just over ten people, significantly lowering their visibility.
The incident under the city gates made him anxious.
According to their original plan, He Qunying should have been waiting twenty miles away by now! They intended to escort him to Cangzhou, then take the water route south.
When he reached the south, Zhou Yi would come to meet him, then he would assume a new identity and head north.
