Chapter 184 Escape

When Princess Cangli heard this, she looked at Jin Yucheng and said:

"Walk."

"It's almost curfew, where are we going?" Jin Yucheng asked.

"Let's go back to the rouge shop."

The owner of the rouge shop had just sent away Xie Jia Erlang, but saw two people coming back in a hurry.

"What are you two doing?" asked the shopkeeper.

"Xie's Erlang told us to wait here for news. If there is no news by noon tomorrow, he will let us leave.

The two of us just went out to buy some things."

The shopkeeper looked in the direction where Xie Jia Erlang left, opened his mouth, and thought about it for a while.

Finally, he said, "You two, please."

At night, Princess Cangli kept her eyes open and waited, but Lei Jing did not come to look for her until dawn.

She knew that something had happened in Liuye Lane and Lei Jing might have been involved as well.

When it was dawn and the morning drum sounded, Princess Cangli took Jin Yucheng out of the South Market.

"Where are we going now?" Jin Yucheng asked.

"Go to West Market."

The two came to the West Market, and Princess Cangli entered an inconspicuous courtyard as if she was familiar with the place.

After coming in, he urged Jin Yucheng to change clothes for the two of them.

Then, a young Hu girl wearing a veil and a big Hu man came out of the courtyard.

Walking all the way to the East Market and entering a small courtyard, Princess Cangli transformed herself into a simple vegetable delivery lady.

He stood at the intersection of Shangdongmen Street, waiting for the palace's vegetable inspection team, and then successfully sneaked in and entered the palace together.

After Princess Cangli helped unload the vegetables, she looked at the little round-faced eunuch next to her and said.

"There are toilets here and there, my father-in-law. I can't hold it anymore."

The eunuch scolded: "Don't you see where you are? How can you be so ignorant of the rules?"

Princess Cangli stepped forward and placed a purse in the eunuch's hand.

The eunuch weighed it and said, "It's over there, go ahead."

"Thank you, eunuch, thank you..." Princess Cangli nodded and bowed.

The round-faced eunuch looked at the young eunuch next to him, and the eunuch followed him.

The two walked to a deserted place, and Princess Cangli quickly handed a note to the eunuch.

After Princess Cangli left the palace, she took Jin Yucheng back to the small courtyard in West Market.

The Jinwu Guards searched the entire city and turned it upside down, but still found no news of Princess Cangli.

This made Huai Xiucheng very frustrated.

At night, the two of them came to the Jinyang Grand Princess's Mansion again, this time after washing up.

Moreover, the two of them came early today, just as it was getting dark.

We went too late yesterday, which disturbed Li Yueyao and she didn’t get a good rest last night. She has no energy all day today.

Li Yueyao felt sleepy just after dinner. She forced herself to stay awake and sit in the hall when she saw the two of them coming.

As soon as Li Huaiyu came in, he saw Li Yueyao sitting there, yawning continuously, so he quickly cut to the chase.

“Aunt, everyone else has spoken, but they were just talking about small matters like carrying out orders.

Everyone said Lei Jing knew the most, but he was a stubborn person and refused to speak no matter how much he was questioned.

Feng Shenyu heard this and said, "Don't you have that Soul-Calming Guidance in your palace? Didn't you use it on your concubine before?

Use it on Lei Jing as well."

"Do you think I haven't thought of it? I used it up last time, otherwise I would have used it long ago."

Li Huaiyu said unhappily.

Li Yueyao listened to the conversation between the two and suddenly said:

"Um... Soul-Calming Induction? I think I have it in my house."

When everyone heard this, their eyes turned to look over.

Li Yueyao said, "Cuiwei, go find Cuiyu and tell her that I need to use the Soul Calming Guide and ask her to get some."

Not long after, Cui Yu arrived and said, "Your Highness, the Soul Calming Induction in our mansion has long been used up."

"How come they're all gone? I remember there were quite a few."

"Your Highness, you forgot that you originally wanted to research the formula for the Soul-Calming Incantation..."

After being reminded, Li Yueyao suddenly remembered that she had wasted a lot of money when she wanted to research the formula.

"Didn't I figure out the formula later?"

"Your Highness, the recipe contains an ingredient called Xiling snake gallbladder, which is extremely difficult to find, not even in the palace.

So even though I got the recipe, since you said it's useless, there's no need to waste time and money looking for it.

So...so...we have never had this soul-calming charm."

Seeing everyone looking at her, Li Yueyao coughed awkwardly.

"Hey, General Huai, how was your investigation today?"

When Huai Xiucheng heard Dao asking him questions, he answered, "Your Highness, please forgive me, I am incompetent.

There is still no clue about Princess Cangli today."

As they were talking, a voice from Qian Lou suddenly arrived, saying, "Your Highness, General Min, the commander of the Upper East Gate, has arrived. He has something important to report."

"The commander of the East Gate?" Li Yueyao was surprised.

Feng Shenyu said, "Spread it."

After a while, a burly man came in from outside and bowed his head to Li Yueyao and Feng Shen Yuliang.

"I, Min Liangyi, the East Gate Guardian, pay my respects to His Highness, the Right Prime Minister."

"No need for formalities." Li Yueyao said.

After Min Liangyi obeyed, he looked up and saw that Prince Shou'an and Huai Xiucheng were still in the flower hall.

"Tell me, what are you doing here?"

"Someone just left the city with your Majesty's handwritten order. I sense something is amiss. I cannot enter the palace at this late hour, so I have no choice but to come here to report."

When the four people present heard this, they all turned to look at Min Liangyi.

"Report the details." Li Yueyao frowned.

"Half an hour ago, when it was getting dark, two men, one tall and one short, came riding towards us.

What he held in his hand was a handwritten letter, which stated that there was urgent military business to be carried out outside the city, and the letter was printed with His Majesty's seal.

Since there was indeed no problem with the written order, we had no choice but to release it.

But after the two of them left, the more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong.

If it was an urgent military matter, why were the horses they were riding and the clothes they were wearing not used by the military?

Secondly, although the two men looked impressive, the shorter one looked like a woman from his figure."

The four of them were shocked when they heard this, and Li Huaiyu immediately asked, "Are you sure it's a woman?"

"Yes, I'm sure.

Because the city gates had been closed for two days, no one had ever left with a warrant.

So suddenly someone went out, and all our brothers who were on guard looked at the two of them carefully.

At least half of the people could tell that the short one had a female figure.

It is precisely because of this that I feel something is amiss."

Huai Xiucheng immediately stood up and said, "Your Highness, I will leave the city and chase him."

Feng Shenyu waved his hand and continued:

"They carry His Majesty's imperial edict, and all the post stations and checkpoints along the way will open the way for them to pass.

And there must be someone outside the city to support them.

There were two ways for them to return to Nanli. One was to go south by land, and the other was to go east first and then go south by water.

Therefore, we should send carrier pigeons to all the checkpoints along the way from Beijing to Dengzhou and Qingzhou, and have them intercept them."

Min Liangyi nodded after hearing this and said, "Your Highness is absolutely right."

Feng Shenyu looked at Huai Xiucheng again and said, "The Jinwu Guard's duty is to guard the capital. You need His Majesty's order to leave the capital.

I suspect His Majesty will send someone from the Hundred Cavalry Division."

Li Yueyao stood up and said, "Qianlou, prepare the carriage and go into the palace."

"Yes."

Li Huaiyu said, "Aunt, the palace gates should be locked by now."

"Oh, then take the Canglong Order with you." Li Yueyao said lightly.

It seemed as if knocking on the palace gate at night was a trivial matter.

Cuiwei brought a cloak, and Li Yueyao said, "It's so hot outside, why do you need a cloak?"

Cuiwei was about to put the cloak back when Fengshenyu said:

"Take it with you. You might get cold when you come back."

Cuiwei nodded.