Gu Yanyue lifted the heavy curtains on the carriage window and saw that it was bright outside and surrounded by tall poplar forests. Just as the guard said, the carriage was about to reach the border of Qianzhou.

It was snowing heavily and cold outside. Yu Wenran took back Gu Yanyue's hand that was lifting the curtain. After just a while, Gu Yanyue's hand was already cold.

Yu Wenran placed Gu Yanyue's hand inside his clothes to warm it carefully, then said, "This should all be done by Miss Qin and Master He. Miss Qin must have put a drug in that bowl of porridge with a strange smell last night, so you and I passed out after drinking that bowl of porridge. Then they must have teamed up with the guards in the other courtyard and sent us out of the other courtyard overnight."

Last night, because the bowl of porridge had a strange taste, Gu Yanyue poured all of it to Yu Wenran after drinking half of it.

Therefore, the effect of the drug on Gu Yanyue was not as strong as that on Yu Wenran, which is why she woke up a little earlier than him.

"Wouldn't Ruoruo and Master He be in danger?" Gu Yanyue was shocked after hearing Yu Wenran's words. "We must rush back to the villa immediately, otherwise if something happens to them..."

As Gu Yanyue was about to lift the curtain to give orders to the attendants outside the carriage, Yuwen Ran stopped her from doing so and said, "No, Miss Qin and Master He went through so much trouble to get us out. If we go back now, wouldn't their efforts be wasted? Besides, who knows, those people might not have noticed that you and I were escorted out of the villa. If we go back now, we might alert them."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty. Miss Qin has something for you to tell me."

After giving Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue some time to react, the attendant lifted the carriage curtain again and said to them, "Your Majesty and the Empress can go to Qianzhou to provide disaster relief without worry. In a few days, she will immediately rush to Qianzhou with Master He and the remaining people to reunite with His Majesty and the Empress."

Gu Yanyue was still a little worried and asked, "How many guards are still staying in the courtyard?"

The guard replied, "To answer your Majesty, Miss Qin was afraid that too many people would attract the attention of the surveillance last night, so she asked me and another brother to dress up as coachmen and escort Your Majesty and your Majesty out. The rest of the brothers were left in the other courtyard. Today, Chief Li will also bring the brothers who went out to investigate back to the other courtyard. So please rest assured, your Majesty, Miss Qin and Master He will definitely not be in any danger."

After saying this, the guard lowered the curtain again.

"Ah Ran, are we really going to leave Ruoruo and Master He alone in the other courtyard?" Even though Gu Yanyue knew the guards in the other courtyard were countless times more numerous than those surrounding her and Yuwen Ran, she still felt a tinge of worry. Her eyelids had been twitching since she woke up. As the saying goes, a twitching left eye brings good fortune, a twitching right eye brings disaster. And this time, it was her right eyelid that kept twitching. How could she not be worried?

The last time this happened, she had a very real dream in the middle of the night, and was so scared that she woke up directly from the dream. After waking up, she was still worried, so she went to the alley she had dreamed of, and found that it was exactly the same as she had dreamed. Qin Ruoruo was really in danger.

Gu Yanyue expressed her concerns to Yuwen Ran. Yuwen Ran raised his hand and rubbed the corner of Gu Yanyue's eyes, smiling and saying, "Those are all lies. Didn't you always say that we shouldn't be feudal and superstitious? Why have you become so feudal and superstitious now? Since Miss Qin and Mr. He sent us out, we can't let them down. We must hurry to Qianzhou to help the people in the disaster area."

Since Yuwen Ran had said so, if Gu Yanyue continued to worry, she might really become a feudal and superstitious person. She had no choice but to lie in Yuwen Ran's arms and continue to rest. After all, they would be busy when they arrived in Qianzhou.

The carriage suddenly stopped halfway through its journey. Gu Yanyue thought they had arrived in Qianzhou and was about to lift the curtain when she heard the guards outside shouting, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Do not get off the carriage! There are assassins!"

As he was speaking, the sound of swords clashing came from outside the carriage. Yuwen Ran knew that if a fight broke out, there would be no room to move inside the carriage. He took two of his swords from the secret compartment inside the carriage, and jumped out of the window with Gu Yanyue.

Yu Wenran first looked around and found that there were quite a few people in this group of men in black, about forty or fifty people.

There are only four of them now, and Gu Yanyue’s martial arts skills are not that good.

Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue stood back to back. Yuwen Ran handed Gu Yanyue a sword that was more convenient for her to use and instructed: "Ayue, just follow behind me and be careful!" As he said that, Yuwen Ran took his sword and entangled with the group of men in black.

But their numbers were still far greater than the enemy's. Yuwen Ran kicked away the black-clad man he was entangled with, turned around and shouted to the two guards, "Prepare to retreat! Let's run separately and see you in Qianzhou!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yuwen Ran took Gu Yanyue in his arms and used his lightness skills to go to the poplar forest nearby. Yuwen Ran wanted to use the poplar forest to shake off the men in black who were following him and Gu Yanyue.

When the group of men in black saw that Gu Yanyue and Yuwen Ran had separated from the two guards, they sent most of them to follow Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue. As for the direction in which the two guards retreated, only a few men in black followed them.

Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue moved quickly in the poplar forest. Gu Yanyue kept glancing back, watching the person following behind them like a dog-skin plaster.

Yu Wenran's lightness skills were already top-notch, but perhaps because he was accompanied by Gu Yanyue, he was unable to completely shake off the man in black behind him.

Gu Yanyue suddenly spotted a cave beneath the forest. Pointing in that direction, she turned and said to Yuwen Ran, "Ah Ran! There's a cave down there! Let's get away from them and hide there first!"

Yu Wen Ran looked in the direction Gu Yanyue pointed and found that there was indeed a cave. He nodded at Gu Yanyue to indicate that he understood, and then took Gu Yanyue towards the cave.

Although Gu Yanyue didn't know how to perform Qinggong, she could feel that Yuwen Ran was leading her faster than before. Soon, the men in black were left behind by Yuwen Ran and gradually disappeared from their sight.

When Gu Yanyue looked back, there was no one following her. She exclaimed in surprise, "Ah Ran, you've shaken off those men in black!"