He Ying hesitated for a moment, but still followed Liu Qi onto the boat without looking back.

Regardless, she didn't believe Liu Qi would kill her.

They didn't believe he would kill the Empress.

The boat quickly left the shore and headed towards Bazhou along the Grand Canal.

Su Wanwan has sustained several minor injuries from the ordeal of the past two days.

A piece of skin was scraped off my hand, and blood was flowing freely.

He Ying burst into tears and took out a handkerchief to bandage Su Wanwan's wound.

Liu Qi came over, frowned as he looked at Su Wanwan's wound, took out a bottle of wound medicine and handed it to He Ying, "Apply the medicine and then bandage it."

Su Wanwan scoffed, "I should thank you for your kindness, Liu Zhuangshi!"

Liu Qi glared back without any politeness: "If your blood flows like water, I will lose one more bargaining chip to restrain the government troops."

While applying the medicine, He Ying pleaded, "Why did you have to capture the Empress? We were old acquaintances, and the Empress didn't do anything to you."

The more she talked, the more guilty she felt.

The Empress made no secret of the fact that Liu Qi must die.

"If she really didn't care about you, she wouldn't have risked coming to see you."

The air fell silent for a moment.

Liu Qi's face remained expressionless as he coldly said, "Enough with the nonsense!"

He quickly went outside and frowned when he saw the government troops still chasing the boat on horseback on the shore.

...

When Lu Xingjian led his troops out of the city, a scout reported: "The Empress's entourage was hijacked at Baliqiao, and the Empress was taken aboard the hijacked official ship!"

"Immediately issue orders to the troops along the canal to intercept the official ships!"

Today is a favorable wind day, and the sailboat is moving very fast, but it is still not as fast as a horse.