"Oh, what have we brothers done to deserve the fact that we can still hear the princess call us "big brother" in this life."

Princess Rui continued to plead, "This is the prince's only daughter. The prince loves her very much. If anything happens to her, the prince will never give you what you want.

"I don't think the two elder brothers are bad people. They probably just want to get something from my prince and have no intention of harming us, mother and daughter.

"And I just want some water. It's really because the child isn't feeling well. Look, I didn't even ask you for food."

As soon as Princess Rui finished speaking, her stomach began to growl.

Her face flushed instantly.

She was a princess and had never made such a fool of herself in front of a strange man.

After hearing what she said, the two men actually believed it a little.

They really had no intention of taking the two's lives. After all, Prince Rui was a man who doted on his wife, and this was something everyone in the court and the public knew.

If anything happened to Princess Rui and the child, Prince Rui would definitely pursue them relentlessly and would never let them go.

They didn't prepare food for them because they were afraid that they would have the energy to make a fuss after eating too much.

So after hearing Princess Rui speak so earnestly, the two men discussed it and one of them opened the door and went in to check on Qingtian's situation.

The child's lips were indeed dry and chapped, and he also had a fever.

"Okay, got it, just wait a moment!"

The man locked the door again and went to the well in the backyard to draw water.

Princess Rui took advantage of the time when they opened the door to carefully observe the outside, but the range of her vision was very limited.

But after talking for so long, there were still only these two people, and no third person came out. It seemed that the security here was not very strict.

These people probably didn't take a woman with a child seriously.

While the other party was fetching water, Princess Rui quickly took off the ring on her hand.

When the two men reopened the door and handed her a pot of water, she immediately nodded and bowed to thank them profusely, and quietly dropped the ring in her hand between the door and the threshold.

The two people outside were so pleased to see the princess being so humble to them that they didn't even notice the little movement of her hands. They closed the door, locked it again, and left.

Princess Rui didn't care about anything else and hurried over to feed Qingtian some water.

Qingtian greedily drank the water that was brought to his mouth in big gulps.

The cool well water entered her body, greatly relieving her thirst and also to a certain extent relieving the heat in her body.

After Qingtian finished drinking, he realized that he had drunk more than half of the pot of water.

She quickly pushed the kettle away from Princess Rui's hand and said, "Your Majesty, drink it quickly too!"

Princess Rui made a swallowing motion, but her mouth was dry, without even a drop of saliva.

She forced herself to look away from the kettle and said, "I'm not thirsty. Leave it here for now. You can drink it when you're thirsty."

After Princess Rui had finished speaking, she quickly put the kettle aside, as if she was afraid that she would lose control and drink it.

After putting the kettle away, she went to the door, pulled out the hairpin on her head, and pulled out the ring that she had just thrown between the door panel and the threshold.

This creates some space between the door and the door frame.

Princess Rui struggled to push the hairpin through the gap, inserted it into the keyhole of the door lock and fiddled with it.

When she was a child, she learned how to pick locks from General Wen's adjutant.

However, the gap was too narrow, making it difficult to adjust the angle. As a result, she tried for a long time, but was always off by a little bit.

She didn't dare to move too much, for fear that the noise would attract the people in the main house, and she was so anxious that she broke out in a sweat.

But despite repeated failures, Princess Rui remained very patient and tried again and again.

Qingtian was watching at the beginning, but later he didn't know when he fell asleep.

I don’t know how long it was before Qingtian was gently awakened by Princess Rui.

"Sunny, wake up."

"Mom?" Qingtian was sleeping soundly and mistakenly thought that it was Mrs. Ye calling him to get up.

Princess Rui's heart softened when she called her mother.

"Good boy, wake up quickly, I unlocked the door, let's run quickly."

After hearing this, Qingtian suddenly came to his senses and remembered his current situation.

Princess Rui fed the remaining half pot of water to Qingtian.

This time, Qingtian only drank two sips and refused to drink any more.

Seeing this, Princess Rui didn't waste any time and drank the rest of the water.

She pulled Qingtian and quietly slipped out of the room.

Fortunately, this farmhouse was very dilapidated and the walls were incomplete, so the two people escaped very smoothly.

After leaving the yard, Princess Rui took Qingtian to hide in the woods nearby, and looked up at the stars to determine the direction.

Qingtian pointed in a direction and said, "That's the direction of the capital."

"How do you know?" asked Princess Rui.

"I was looking outside when I came here, and I remember the tallest tree over there."

Although Princess Rui felt that the child's words might not be credible, she decided to believe her once when she thought about how Madam Qin and Qin Hexuan had both inadvertently revealed that Qingtian was very smart.

The most important thing at this time is to get away from the two criminals as quickly as possible. It would be best if you can find a way back to Beijing, but if that doesn't work, you can also seek help from other villages or residents.

So Princess Rui decisively squatted down and motioned Qingtian to lie on her back.

She carried Qingtian on her back and ran quickly towards the tree.

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