Chapter 76 Could it be that Xiao Zhinian sent people to catch up so quickly?

"There's no way out" was like a hammer flying across the sky, hitting Xiao Zhinian's head hard, making his ears buzz.

"How is it possible..." Xiao Zhinian staggered a step, obviously unwilling to believe Doctor Zhao. He suddenly became furious and grabbed Doctor Zhao's collar, angrily saying, "Nonsense! I want you to save him! Save him!!"

Doctor Zhao stammered, unable to form a complete sentence for a long time: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Xiao Zhinian didn't have the patience to listen to him any further. He threw Doctor Zhao to the ground with a cold look in his eyes.

"cough......"

Before Xiao Zhinian gave the order, a weak cough was heard from behind the gauze curtain.

Chen Zhejiang seemed to have known that he would die soon, and he did not have too many emotional ups and downs.

Xiao Zhinian growled, "Get out! Get out of here!"

Liu Bao and Doctor Zhao retreated tremblingly, but Aunt Lan remained standing and said with her head down, "Your Majesty, the Grand Empress Dowager fainted accidentally just now. I hope Your Majesty will go there."

"What?" Xiao Zhinian was already extremely worried because of Shen Zhejiang's matter. Now with the Empress Dowager Liang, he was in complete chaos. He suddenly shouted, "Liu Bao!"

"The servant is here!"

Liubao's legs went limp and he fell to the ground with his knees.

Xiao Zhinian looked back at the person in the curtain. Shen Zhejiang had fainted. He took a deep breath to calm himself down and ordered, "You stay here to take care of the master. If there is anything, report it at any time. Otherwise, I will ask you. Doctor Zhao, please follow me."

Liu Bao responded, "I obey your command."

As soon as he finished speaking, a person hurriedly passed by, and Xiao Zhinian led a group of people out.

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As dusk fell, palace lanterns were lit one by one. The light that filtered through seemed particularly hazy and distant in the snowy sky, filling the air with endless cold.

Shen Zhejiang woke up and found himself back in Yanqing Palace, lying on the bed he had slept on many times, with a look of confusion in his eyes.

Perhaps Empress Dowager Liang was seriously ill, and Xiao Zhinian has not returned yet.

Just right.

Shen Zhejiang endured the pain left by Xiao Zhinian's torture, coughed suppressedly, sat up, got off the bed, took the cold-resistant cloak from Mu Shi and put it on.

Liu Bao came in with a basin of hot water and saw Shen Zhejiang with a pale face, as if he was going out. He felt something was wrong and immediately stopped him, "Where are you going, Mr. Shen?"

"Leave the palace."

Shen Zhejiang said these two words in a cold tone, without even glancing at Liu Bao, and brushed past him.

Liu Bao secretly said that it was over, and quickly put down the hot water basin to stop Chen Zhejiang, and said in a panic: "His Majesty is still with the Empress Dowager, and he can't get away for a while. If you want to leave the palace, why not wait until His Majesty comes back."

Shen Zhejiang naturally wouldn't listen.

He had to go to Qingfeng Tower. Han Zitang was transferring him to Handancheng and Qingzhou. There were many dangers of avalanches in Qingzhou. He couldn't stop Xiao Zhinian's decision, so he had to at least see him off.

Besides, the last time he met Han Zitang outside the palace, he seemed to have something to say to him, but perhaps because Xiao Zhinian was present, he couldn't say it directly.

He had a hunch that what Han Zitang said to him concerned him and Xiao Zhinian, and he had to know what it was. If he missed this opportunity, he would never know it again in the future.

Shen Zhejiang ignored Liu Bao's dissuasion and didn't even hold up an oil-paper umbrella, and walked quickly towards the palace gate in the snow.

The cold wind was like a pair of sharp knives stabbing into his face. Behind him was Liu Bao's anxious voice as he chased after him, but unfortunately it was swept away by the night snow and disappeared.

Because he was worried that Xiao Zhinian would catch up with him, Shen Zhejiang walked very quickly, leaving a series of footprints on the snow on the palace road, and his cloak billowed like waves in the wind.

Gradually, he finally saw the magnificent palace gate, standing like a mountain, at the end of his sight.

“Who is it?!”

There were four guards guarding the gate. The leading guard noticed the approaching white figure and vigilantly stopped it with his spear. With a loud shout, he shook off several layers of snow curtains.

The snow was so heavy that they did not recognize the man as Shen Zhejiang.

Hearing this, Shen Zhejiang paused.

He knew the rules of the palace very well. The palace gates were locked at night and no one was allowed to go out without the emperor's order. Anyone who forced his way in would be killed without mercy.

Shen Zhejiang had no intention of forcing his way out. He held a dragon-patterned ring between his stiff fingers and showed it to everyone. His tone was as cold as his face: "I have been ordered to leave the palace and open the city gates."

The four guards exchanged glances with each other. How could such an important item on His Majesty appear in this person's hands?

The leading general narrowed his eyes and stared at the ring in Shen Zhejiang's hand, suspecting that this person either forged it or stole it, or maybe it was real, but it was so late, why did His Majesty send someone out? He was full of doubts and did not dare to act rashly for a while.

Xiao Zhinian was never on guard against Shen Zhejiang, and when he did those things, he was afraid of hurting Shen Zhejiang, so no matter how irrational he was, he would always take off these sharp objects first. That time at noon was no exception, and Shen Zhejiang took advantage of that time to secretly leave them behind.

After a while, the leading general asked, "Who are you?"

Shen Zhejiang didn't want to delay any longer, so he said bluntly: "If the people from Yanqing Palace don't let them go, and delay His Majesty's important affairs, you will be held responsible?"

Such a heavy weight was weighing on the general's head. If what this person said was true, he would not be able to escape death. But if this person was lying to him...

Judging from his clothes, he doesn't look like a palace servant, nor like a guard. Should we let him go?

“What is this doing?”

A solid voice sounded behind Shen Zhejiang, like a stone falling into the lake, which startled Shen Zhejiang's heart and made him tremble.

Could it be that Xiao Zhinian sent people to catch up so quickly?