Chapter 181 Escape
Hou Xu was summoned by the emperor, but found that the emperor was not in the palace.
"And His Majesty?"
The young eunuch came over to serve tea. "The princess has gone to rest. Your Majesty remembered that he had forgotten to say something and went to find the princess. General, please wait a moment."
Hou Xu nodded.
Zhao Yuanrong only brought Su Gong in, and the rest of the people stayed outside the palace like the guards of the Eastern Palace.
She was not tired at first, but when she arrived at Leqing Palace, she felt a little drowsy.
"Princess, please take a rest," Su Gong said, "I will guard you."
Zhao Yuanrong's head felt heavy as if it was filled with lead. He lay down and gradually fell asleep.
"Wake up, wake up, Zhao Yuanrong..."
Someone was slapping her in the face.
She tried to open her eyes.
What I saw was Princess Kang Le's anxious face.
"Get up, Zhao Yuanrong, get up quickly!"
Zhao Yuanrong tried to stand up, and she smelled a strange smell.
She bit the tip of her tongue, "What's going on?"
Princess Kang Le used her thin body to lift her up with great effort, "Hurry up and leave! They want to hurt you."
"who?"
Zhao Yuanrong asked as he stood up.
"Father, the Queen, and the Crown Prince."
Zhao Yuanrong's head hurt so much that it felt like it was about to split open.
Princess Kangle helped her up and turned around to shake Su Gong who was still unconscious.
She tried to lift two people at the same time, but was almost dragged down. She cried anxiously, "I can't lift both of them."
Zhao Yuanrong took a deep breath and buried his face in the copper basin in the room, and the feeling of chaos disappeared a lot.
She picked up the copper basin and poured the whole basin of water on Su Gong.
He grabbed Su Gong's shoulders and shook her hard, "Su Gong, wake up."
Su Gong suddenly woke up and immediately noticed something was wrong, "Princess?"
"Go find General Hou and ask him to help me leave the palace," Zhao Yuanrong said in a hoarse voice. "If you can't find him, wait until dark and climb over the palace wall. We'll meet at the Princess's residence."
Su Gong's face turned pale, "Okay."
Kang Le rushed to the door and peeked out through the crack. His thin figure was tense. "There's no one outside. Let's go."
Zhao Yuanrong was supported by Princess Kangle and walked along the corridor towards the palace gate.
It was unusually quiet, with only their rapid breathing and footsteps echoing.
"On the day the Song family was in trouble, Imperial Physician Mu disguised himself as a young eunuch and hid in the palace," Kang Le panted heavily, speaking with great difficulty. "Just now, I heard from my father, the Crown Prince, and the Queen that the Crown Prince would marry you and abdicate the throne to the eldest princess."
My father also said that he had made all the arrangements.
Princess Kang Le continued, “The Crown Prince and the Queen disagreed, but my father said that no matter what, it would be a good thing for the Crown Prince to marry you.
"Why tell me?" Zhao Yuanrong suddenly asked, "Why are you helping me?"
Princess Kang Le's body froze, and her tears fell even harder. "I... I don't want to care about you. I hate you the most. If I help you now, the Queen will definitely beat me to death later."
"She and the prince didn't want me to live in the first place."
"But they want to ruin your reputation. How are you going to survive in the future?"
She bit her lip and said, "The prince is not a good person."
Before he could finish his words, a noisy shout suddenly came from a distance, "The princess is missing, go look for her."
"It's Eunuch Han." Princess Kangle's eyes flashed with fear.
There are many eunuchs in the palace.
Once found, neither of them could escape.
The palace gate is just around the corner ahead.
They definitely can't get out. Once caught, they will never be able to escape.
Zhao Yuanrong made a quick decision and pulled Kang Le into the gap in the rockery.
The space was small, so the two had to squeeze together.
Princess Kang Le was shaking violently, but she bit her lips tightly to prevent herself from crying out loud.
"Don't be afraid." Zhao Yuanrong reached out and hugged her, "Let's wait until dark."
She couldn't be discovered by anyone, even if the guards from the princess's mansion were outside the palace.
The emperor got involved, determined to keep her.
When it came to a conflict with the emperor, the guards of the princess's mansion were no match for the imperial guards.
If a fight breaks out, he might even be charged with treason.
It will only lead to death in vain.
"Eunuch Han, do you want us to look for him together?" asked the patrolling imperial guards.
"Don't bother, my lords. The princess is a golden girl, please don't scare her."
It only said that Princess Kangle was missing, but did not mention Zhao Yuanrong at all.
The emperor did not alarm the imperial guards to look for him.
Zhao Yuanrong thought that he was afraid that Hou Xu would notice something was wrong and help him leave.
I don’t know where my senior brother is right now.
The sky gradually darkened.
Zhao Yuanrong observed his surroundings and said, "Let's secretly climb over the wall and leave the palace."
Kang Le shook his head, his voice so soft that it was almost inaudible, "I can't get over it, go away and leave me alone."
Zhao Yuanrong stared at her in the dim light.
"If I leave, will you still be alive?"
Princess Kangle started crying again, "This is all your fault!"
His words were full of grievance and fear.
"Don't cry, don't cry, I won't abandon you." Zhao Yuanrong took her all the way to the foot of the palace wall.
She looked at the towering palace walls.
He suddenly took off his outer clothes, twisted them into a rope, and tied Princess Kangle to himself.
"Hold on tight to me, or you'll be a meat pie if you fall."
Princess Kangle was so scared that she shrank into her arms with her eyes closed.
She shouldn't care.
She really shouldn't care about Zhao Yuanrong.
"ah--"
Suddenly, she was thrown into the air and screamed out of control.
Then he quickly covered his mouth.
But it's too late.
"There's an assassin!"
The imperial guards heard the noise and came over here.
Zhao Yuanrong had already climbed onto the palace wall, and when the arrow fell, he turned around and jumped out of the palace.
"I'm sorry..." Princess Kang Le was still in shock.
"Hurry up, let's go into the city."
Zhao Yuanrong took her all the way to the capital.
Unfortunately, the horses are all at the main gate of the palace, so we can't get through at this moment.
The dusk is as dark as ink.
The surroundings were eerily quiet, with only the sound of shoes stepping on straw sandals.
"We will lie in ambush here and wait for the princess to leave the palace, then kill her."
"Brother, can we defeat them?"
"Kill as many as you can, you'll get so much silver."
Zhao Yuanrong immediately covered Princess Kangle's mouth and pulled her to hide in the bushes.
She observed the group of people carefully and counted more than twenty of them.
Someone hired someone to kill her.
It's really a double whammy.
Zhao Yuanrong sighed.
These are all tests, all tests.
Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves was heard.
Zhao Yuanrong looked up and almost cried.
The torches illuminated the scene clearly, and Qu Ling and Pei Jingming led their men galloping along the official road.
"Boss, someone is coming, shall we go?"
"Fuck, there are so many people, hide quickly."
Zhao Yuanrong jumped up from the bushes and landed directly on Qu Ling's horse.
"ah--"
Qu Ling was so scared that he almost fell off his horse.
"My dear sister, it's worth it that I love you."
Zhao Yuanrong was behind Qu Ling. He grabbed the reins with both hands and reined in the horse. "Turn around and go back to the city."
Qu Ling turned around and saw a disheveled man. "How did you become like this?"
"It's hard to put it into words."
Zhao Yuanrong pointed to the bushes and said, "Carry Kang Le up."
He pointed to a patch of grass ahead and said, "Take them out too."
Pei Jingming raised his hand, and the guards behind him moved at the sound.
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