Outside the gate of Prince Ning's Mansion, a man who looked like a general was riding on a tall horse. He held the whip in his right hand and pointed at the plaque at the gate of Prince Ning's Mansion and said.

The attitude is extremely arrogant and domineering.

"Sir, my prince is currently in the front hall receiving an imperial edict. Please wait a little longer."

The doorman of Prince Ning's mansion was an old man who had followed Prince Ning for many years. He had even met the old emperor. Facing the domineering general in front of him, he was calm and composed, and spoke naturally in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.

"How dare you! A mere doorman is so arrogant and disrespectful! No wonder troubles always happen in Prince Ning's mansion!"

The general on horseback was even more arrogant at this moment. "You! Hurry and get back to the palace. Bring your prince and the other two young masters out to me. Have them accompany me to Kyoto immediately."

"Master, if you insist on having my son leave the palace right now, you must first state your name, so that I can come into the palace and report."

The concierge spoke calmly and steadily, "As for how His Royal Highness will handle this, it's really beyond the capacity of a small, online concierge to answer."

"Bah! You are just a small doorman, how dare you ask the general's name? Just let your prince come out immediately!" The general raised the whip in the air, and drew a circle with a "snap!" The sound of the explosion made everyone present shudder.

"Master Jun...you!"

The doorman frowned slightly, his face solemn.

He cupped his hands and was about to continue speaking, but he saw the general on horseback waving the whip in his hand and coming straight at his face.

The incident happened suddenly, and the doorman was about to dodge, but it was too late.

"well!"

He simply closed his eyes and decided to take the oncoming whip head-on.

Strangely enough, he clearly felt the strong wind from the whip heading straight for his face, but after a moment of distraction, the force suddenly disappeared.

The doorman opened his eyes and saw a young girl in pretty clothes. She was grabbing the whip swung by the general with her right hand. With a sudden force, she dragged the general off the tall horse.

With a "bang", the general fell heavily to the ground, lying flat on his face.

"Ouch..."

Perhaps because he was caught off guard by the fall, the general lay on the ground and groaned, "You! You! You are so brave! Soldiers, quickly capture her for me!"

“Crash!”

Upon hearing this, the soldiers behind the general immediately drew their weapons and surrounded the girl again.

"Hmph, I don't want to bother with you." The girl didn't care at all when she saw this. Instead, she turned and smiled at the doorman and said, "Uncle Wu, that bastard official didn't hurt you, did he?"

The doorman finally came to his senses. He opened his eyes and looked at the girl carefully, his expression gradually changing from confusion to surprise.

"Your Highness!" He knelt on his knees. "This old servant Wu Tian greets Your Highness! Princess, you are finally back at the palace!"

After the surprise, the doorman, Old Wu, actually cried for joy.

"Uncle Wu, please get up quickly. Are my father and mother okay?"

Xia Xiaoxian asked as she reached out and helped Old Wu up. After carefully checking to make sure he was not injured, she turned to the general lying on the ground and the soldiers surrounding him and said, "I am the princess here. Who of you dares to act rashly?"

"We pay our respects to Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

Some of the sharp-eyed soldiers recognized that the person in front of them was the fairy princess who was most beloved by the people of the Great Xia Dynasty.

So they quickly put down their weapons and knelt down to pay their respects to Princess Xia Xiaoxian.

Even the arrogant general just now stood up tremblingly and said, "I pay my respects to Her Royal Highness the Princess."

"Are you Zhang Rui or Xie Gui?"

Xia Xiaoxian tilted her head, carefully sizing up the general, and then asked, "Since you're here to take our Crown Prince to the capital, why are you showing off so much at the gate of Prince Ning's mansion?"

"Your Highness, this is General... General Zhang Rui!"

"Where's Xie Gui? Didn't you two come to Prince Ning's mansion to pick him up?"

Zhang Rui was secretly groaning in his heart at this time. Originally, he and Xie Gui came to Prince Ning's Mansion together under the imperial order.

The new emperor asked the two of them to first send the Prince of Ning's Mansion and the other two sons of Prince Ning back to Kyoto, and then lead troops to search the Prince of Ning's Mansion, and escort the crazy Xia Yu and the bedridden Shen Yuyao back to Kyoto.

The reason why the new emperor wanted to bring several young masters of Prince Ning's Mansion back to Kyoto first was that he wanted to use them as hostages. In that way, he wouldn't have to worry about not being able to escort Xia Yu and Shen Yuyao out of Yanjing City!

The new emperor knew very well the status of Xia Yu and Shen Yuyao in the hearts of the people of Yanjing City.

However, when he was about to reach Yanjing, his deputy general Zhang Xin suddenly lobbied him.

He said that he would first go to Prince Ning's Mansion to inquire about the news for Zhang Rui. If nothing unexpected happened, he would send a signal to let Zhang Rui enter Prince Ning's Mansion one step ahead of Xie Gui.

After the princes were sent out of Yanjing, Zhang Rui, who entered the mansion first, could not only take the credit, but also search the Ning Wang Mansion alone first.

There are obvious benefits in searching such a huge palace on your own.

Zhang Rui was overjoyed when he heard this, and really let Zhang Xin enter Yanjing City a day earlier.

Early this morning, when he saw the signal flare sent by Zhang Xin, he rode his horse at full speed and led his troops to surround Prince Ning's mansion.

Unexpectedly, when he was about to lead his troops to break into the palace on the pretext of the gatekeeper's disrespect, he happened to run into the fairy princess of Prince Ning's palace returning to the palace.

Didn't she go away to cultivate herself as an immortal?

How come we met by chance?

What bad luck!

It was a good job, but he happened to meet her?

Although Zhang Rui was extremely unhappy, he didn't dare show it at all.

All the civil and military officials of the Great Xia Dynasty knew that the eldest princess Xia Xiaoxian of the Ning Wang Mansion in Yanjing had some magical powers since she was a child. Any official who offended her would suffer a disaster within three days.

"Your Highness, General Xie is still outside the city of Yanjing. I have been ordered to go to Prince Ning's Mansion to welcome the Crown Prince to Kyoto to pay homage to the late emperor." Zhang Rui smiled, cupped his hands, and limped over to Xia Xiaoxian to answer.

The several young masters of Prince Ning's Mansion had not yet left Yanjing, so he did not dare to search the mansion openly.

"Oh? General Zhang seems to be more diligent than General Xie."

Xia Xiaoxian first deliberately curled her lips, then turned her head and said softly to Zhang Rui, "Since General Zhang has explained his purpose, then please follow me into the palace. After reporting to my mother, I will let the Crown Prince accompany you to Kyoto."

Zhang Rui looked up and saw Xia Xiaoxian pouting. He was feeling a little nervous, but when he saw that Xia Xiaoxian looked fine, he felt relieved. "That's fine too!"

After saying this, he signaled the soldiers behind him to step back about seven or eight feet, "You all step back first. Wait for me to welcome the prince out before leaving Yanjing City."