Chapter 197 Going to Xizhou

Chunzhi summoned the household servants and selected hundreds of guards to gather in the front hall.

She handed over all matters of the Chang'an Palace to the housekeeper Cheng, and let Yuzhu take charge of the inner courtyard. After everything was arranged, Mu Kaiji and Song Anlan rushed over after hearing the news.

The fact that Prince Chang'an died in battle in Xizhou was shocking. Chunzhi was going to Xizhou at this time, so his two brothers immediately rushed to Prince Chang'an's Palace.

Mu Kaiji also tried to persuade Chunzhi not to go to Xizhou.

Song Anlan knew Chunzhi's personality well, and knew that once she made a decision, she would not change it. He said directly, "I will go to Xizhou with you."

"An Lan!" Mu Kaiji couldn't help but say to him, "It would be fine if you didn't try to persuade her, but why did you go to Xizhou with her?"

Song Anlan looked at Chunzhi and said, "No matter what Chunzhi wants to do, I, as her brother, will accompany her."

Mu Kaiji thought to himself: I am her biological brother.

He immediately said, "If you refuse to listen and insist on going, then as your brother, I will have no choice but to accompany you to Xizhou."

With two brothers around at this time, Chunzhi felt a little more comforted.

Song Wan'er also said: "I will also accompany my sister to Xizhou!"

"You should stay in the capital." Chunzhi said, "Brother still has a lot of business to take care of. How can I just go to Xizhou? I have the royal family and guards accompanying me, so I will be fine."

Song Anlan wanted to say something else, but Mu Kaiji on the side said first: "Anlan can't go. I have no official position at the moment, so I can go."

"elder brother……"

Chunzhi didn't know how to refuse him for a moment.

Seeing this, Mu Kaiji immediately added, "Father and Mother were extremely worried when they found out you were going to Xizhou. They immediately sent me to the Chang'an Palace to persuade you to stay. Now I can't persuade you anymore, so I have no choice but to go to Xizhou with you. If you don't want me to go, then come home with me and tell Father and Mother."

Chunzhi knew that if she returned to the Mu Mansion at this time, her father and mother would definitely persuade her not to go to Xizhou, and the round trip would waste a lot of time. Right now, she just wanted to set off for Xizhou immediately.

After thinking for a moment, Chunzhi said, "Then I'll trouble you, brother, to go to Xizhou with me."

Mu Kaiji said: "It's not hard, as long as you are willing to let me go with you."

Song Anlan knew Chunzhi had made up her mind, so he took off the white jade token from his waist and handed it to Chunzhi. "This is the token of the head of my Song family. The holder of this token can mobilize all the assets, manpower and material resources of the Song family. Take it, for emergency use."

The richest man in Dongzhou has businesses all over the world, and he can mobilize countless financial and material resources.

Chunzhi declined, "Brother... the owner of this house told me not to take it."

"Take it." Song Anlan directly stuffed the Patriarch's Order into Chunzhi's hand. He was afraid that Chunzhi would refuse again, so he immediately said, "Now I am also working for the Prince of Chang'an. I can't go to Xizhou in person, but I still want to do my best for the prince."

After hearing what he said, Chunzhi accepted the order of the head of the family and said, "Thank you very much, brother."

Song Anlan said, "You and I are brother and sister, no need to thank me."

As they were talking, Butler Cheng came over and said, "Your Highness, everything is ready. We can set off now."

Four family generals and more than a hundred guards are ready to go.

Snowflakes were flying in the yard and a cold wind was blowing in my face.

Yuzhu came through the corridor holding a fox fur cloak, ran to Chunzhi and put it on her, and said with concern in her eyes: "The road to Xizhou is long, sister, please take care of yourself."

"I will take good care of myself, don't worry."

Chunzhi let Yuzhu tie her cloak, and then told Yuzhu to stay in the palace, take good care of the backyard affairs, and take good care of Nian'er.

Yuzhu agreed to all the requests. She wanted to ask about Gu Yuanjia's news, but she was a little afraid to ask.

Something has happened to Prince Chang'an, and Gu Yuanjia, who is following the prince, is likely to be unsuccessful.

The news about Prince Chang'an will appear in the Xizhou Express at the first time, but the news about Gu Yuanjia will not. At the moment, I am afraid no one in the capital knows whether he is alive or dead.

"Gu Yuanjia is so smart, he'll be fine." Chunzhi guessed what Yuzhu was thinking and said to her, "When I see him in Xizhou, I'll ask him to write to you to let you know he's safe."

Yuzhu said, "No, no need. I just want to know that he is still alive."

Chunzhi nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll write you a letter."

She firmly believed that Huo Zheng was not dead, and that Gu Yuanjia, who was following Huo Zheng, would naturally be safe.

Mu Kaiji ordered someone to go back to the Mu Mansion to tell his parents that not only did he fail to persuade his sister, he also went to Xizhou with her.

After everything was arranged, Mu Kaiji turned to Chunzhi and said, "It's getting late, let's set off now."

Chunzhi replied "Okay" and turned to walk forward.

Butler Cheng, Yuzhu, Huo Yanran, Song Anlan and their siblings saw Chunzhi and the others out.

The lights flickered in the night, the branches were covered with fallen snow, and the cold was deep.

All the generals and guards gathered in front of the door, and the carriage was ready.

When Chunzhi got on the carriage, Huo Yanran suddenly caught up with her and said in a tearful voice, "Sister-in-law, you must be safe."

The little princess had been smiling all these days while living in the Chang'an Palace, but now her eyes were red from crying.

Huo Yanran was really worried because her seventh brother, who was raised with her by the Queen, suddenly got into trouble and her sister-in-law was going to Xizhou.

Chunzhi turned around and raised her hand to wipe away the tears on the little princess's face. "Don't cry, I'll go to Xizhou to find Huo Zheng and bring him back with me. You should go back to the palace early to accompany mother and help me take good care of Xiaoxing."

Huo Yanran nodded with tears in her eyes and said, "I will stay with mother and take good care of Xiaoxing. Don't worry, sister-in-law."

"It's snowing heavily and windy outside, you should all go back early."

Chunzhi said this as she lifted the curtain and got into the carriage.

Mu Kaiji jumped on his horse and shouted, "Let's go!"

"yes!"

All the generals and guards responded in unison and rode their horses to follow.

The carriage and the accompanying guards passed through the night, walked on the snow, and soon disappeared in front of the palace gate.

Huo Yanran wiped her tears and said to Song Wan'er and the others, "I'm going back to the palace too."

Song Anlan said, "Wan'er, let's go back too."

Song Wan'er could no longer see the shadow of the carriage, so she withdrew her gaze and responded, "Okay."

Yuzhu saw Huo Yanran and Song Wan'er off to their respective carriages and watched them leave. Soon, only the wind and snow were left in front of the door.

It seemed as if the laughter and joy in the palace a few days ago were just a mirage.

After they left, Yuzhu stood in front of the door for a long time, worried that Gu Yuanjia and Prince Chang'an had met with misfortune, and even more worried that Chunzhi was in danger.

Butler Cheng spoke at the right time: "Miss Yuzhu, it's snowing hard outside. They've all left. Let's go in too."

Yuzhu finally came to her senses, said "OK", and turned to go into the mansion with a group of maids and attendants.

But when Chunzhi left, the danger came much earlier than expected.

The group from Chang'an Palace left the city overnight, and in the middle of the night they were blocked and hijacked by hundreds of men in black.

On a snowy night, the horse startled the driver, who was thrown from the carriage amidst the constant jolting. The frightened horse dragged the carriage forward, hurling Chunzhi, who was sitting in the carriage, tossing it around. It looked as if the entire carriage was about to roll down the hillside...