The magpie's cry startled everyone, and they all looked around in surprise.

"The Ninth Prince has arrived?"

Where is he/she?

Has anyone seen the Ninth Prince's men?

Among them, the siblings Ji Fengyao and Ji Fengming were the most enthusiastic and loudest, shouting, "Where is that bastard Ninth Prince?" and "What kind of hero is one who hides his head and shows his tail?" Their fierce and arrogant demeanor was simply too outrageous.

Shang Xiye: "..."

People on and below the cliff stared in disbelief: Whose people are these, acting so arrogantly?

Even Chen Xiaoyi couldn't help but point to the sky and ask in a low voice, "Brother Long, you wouldn't happen to be sent by the higher-ups, would you?"

Ji Fengming, with a mysterious air, replied quietly, "Brother Chen, that's not a very appropriate question."

Chen Xiaoyi held her rumbling stomach, her expression indescribable.

On the cliff, Zhuo Cong and the others heard the magpie's cries and gathered around.

"Miss Xique, has the Ninth Prince really arrived?" Zhuo Cong craned his neck to look into the hundreds of people below, but the people below were all dressed in black and veiled, or in green and blue and veiled, all of them were veiled, and it was impossible to tell who was who: "Where is he?"

Xi Que tilted her head and whispered to Zhuo Cong, "I don't know if the Ninth Prince has come or not, but I recognize my young lady; Brother Zhuo, look, the one holding her belly is her."

Upon hearing this, Zhuo Cong and the others looked closely into the crowd and indeed saw someone clutching their stomach.

The distance was too far, so I couldn't see the person's expression clearly.

But looking down from above, the person was clutching his stomach and looked very anxious, clearly "having something to hide and feeling guilty."

Jiao Da, who was next to Chen Xiaoyi, noticed his unusual behavior and carefully leaned over to whisper in his ear, "Young Master Chen, you seem a bit off. What's wrong?"

Do you think I'd want to have diarrhea?!

Chen Xiaoyi clutched her churning stomach tightly, gritting her teeth and enduring the pain: "It's alright! You guys hurry up and find that grandson of the Ninth Prince, I... I'll be right back!"

On the cliff, Zhuo Cong and the others saw Jiao Da possessing Chen Xiaoyi and talking to her. The two seemed very "intimate." After they finished "talking," Chen Xiaoyi held her stomach and carefully squeezed to the back of the crowd.

This is a classic case of trying to cover something up.

This almost immediately convinced Zhuo Cong and the others that Jiao Da was indeed the Ninth Prince!

Moreover, as instructed by the Ninth Prince, the Ninth Princess Consort was to flee for refuge first!

How could Zhuo Cong let such an important figure as the "Ninth Princess Consort" escape? He immediately took out his hidden arrow, lit it, and fired it, notifying his own men lying in ambush below to take action.

Then, he waved the dark blue flag a few times to indicate that the Ninth Prince was wearing dark blue clothes.

When Zhuo Cong inquired about the magpie.

Ji Fengyao also tugged at Ji Chenhai, saying with a surprised tone as if she had discovered a new continent, "Father, look, those people seem to know that bandit girl very well. Could we have been tricked and fallen into the Ninth Prince's trap?"

Everyone around looked up and saw that Xique was whispering to Zhuo Cong.

Zhuo Cong quickly lit the hidden arrow in his sleeve and waved a flag to give a secret signal;

Immediately afterwards, a large number of masked soldiers dressed in black suddenly emerged from the foot of the mountain, each carrying a knife and charging menacingly into the crowd.

This is definitely a trap!

Given the Ninth Prince's modus operandi, it was quite possible that he knew someone wanted to kill him and would instead set a trap to kill the enemy, causing chaos in the crowd.

Ji Fengyao, never one to shy away from stirring up trouble, loudly proclaimed and fanned the flames.