Madam Yin's traveling entourage naturally differed from Ye Xinyan's. Half of her usual personal maidservants and old woman servants followed her, along with her daily clothes, utensils, and goods, which filled two carriages.
In addition to the guards sent by Duke An's Mansion, a few people from Anshun's Household accompanied Ye Xinyan. They were the same ones who had returned with her. The guards Duke An had arranged to escort them would not return to the capital but instead remain in Clear Water Village, later to be assigned to Ye Xinyan as her direct bodyguards.
For the first time in her life, Madam Yin set out on a long journey. Marquis Zhongyong and his wife, along with Yin Xiaocheng, naturally worried for her safety and assigned additional guards led by Zhao Gang. He commanded twenty seasoned warriors from the military to escort Madam Yin and Ye Xinyan's party northward.
