When Qi Xu heard this, his brows furrowed.
Even Ying Wu and others beside him couldn't help but frown.
Even a young girl who has not yet reached the age of marriage might not believe such nonsense, so could Princess Daning really believe it?
Princess Daning really believed it. Not only did she believe it, but she was also worried. "Husband, will you be in danger if you go down the mountain alone?"
"Why don't we just wait here? If father knew we were captured, he would definitely send someone to rescue us, and my brother wouldn't sit idly by."
This is the confidence of Princess Daning. Her father is a prince who is in charge of the clan house and is also the most trusted elder among the clan members by Emperor Xiaoming.
Not to mention comparing with other princesses and county ladies, which real princess can compare with her dignity?
Even the legitimate princess born to the late queen did not have as much face as she did in front of Emperor Xiaoming.
Listening to Princess Daning's innocent words, Song Changke lowered his eyes, with a hint of determination in his eyes.
If he had not caught a glimpse of the scimitars that were clearly different from the weapons of Dayong in the courtyard just now, and had not caught a glimpse of the totem that was lifted by the wind and hidden under the black robe, he would have followed Daning's advice and stayed to wait for his father-in-law to rescue him.
But he saw it all!
He was not someone who only knew how to listen to music and watch plays all day, and only knew how to compare jewelry and denim clothes. He knew that outside the capital, the border of Dayong was already fraught with danger.
Especially the borders adjacent to Xiliang and Beiman, where wars were frequent and they were threatened by foreign races...
Aren’t this scimitar and wolf totem exactly what the northern barbarians usually have?
The people who captured them were not from Dayong, but from the Northern Barbarians!
The northern barbarians were notorious for their viciousness and would kill people at any time. If he fell into the hands of the people of Dayong, Song Changke would not be so scared, but he was really panicked when he fell into the hands of the northern barbarians.
Just as he told Princess Denning, he felt that his weight in the eyes of the northern barbarians was far less than that of Denning, who was of royal blood.
If something really happened, those barbarians would not kill Danning, but they might not care about the life of a pretty boy like him...
He didn't want to wait until that time and become the target of the barbarians' anger, and lose his life for Danning.
Hiding the gleam in his eyes, he comforted her, "Madam, don't worry, I will be very careful."
"Give me the token that commands the guards of Prince Duan's mansion. Once I find them, I will order them to follow me back here to rescue you."
"I can hear the clacking of the beads on the abacus from two miles away." Retreating to the side, Ying Wu couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Song Changke was not afraid of danger if they ran away together. He obviously wanted to keep Princess Daning here and make her a living target to attract attention so that he could take this opportunity to escape.
In other words, Princess Daning did not understand what he meant, and actually handed over the jade token on her body that could command the guards of Prince Duan's Mansion.
"Master, what do you think about this?"
Qi Xu thought for a moment and decided, "Let him leave."
"If he really wants to escape tonight, we will give him the chance to leave Princess Daning. We will send someone to keep an eye on him. As long as he doesn't leave our control and doesn't have the chance to come into contact with others, that will be enough."
"Ying Wu, you will be the one keeping an eye on Song Changke."
"Okay!" Ying Wu accepted the task and promised, "Master, just do it. I will keep an eye on this pretty boy and won't let him interfere with your plan."
Qi Xu was still confident in Ying Wu's work.
To be honest, Song Changke's little thought might not be a bad thing.
This will be a good opportunity for his deeply in love aunt to take a good look at what kind of person her partner is when disaster strikes!
It can be considered that he did some good deeds for the Duan Wang family, who were also members of the royal family.
The moon is high in the sky and everything is quiet.
The mountain was quiet, with only the occasional rustling sound of leaves in the night wind.
Under the moonlight, Princess Dan Ning pushed the door open and walked out holding an oil lamp. She sat at the stone table in the yard with a sad face and sighed.
On the other side, Song Changke quietly pushed open the back window, tiptoed out of the house, and crawled out of the yard along the dog hole he had just stepped on.
"Master, Ying Wu has already brought people to follow." The person who came to report had an indescribable look on his face.
"What's wrong?" Qi Xu asked softly.
I only heard the subordinate report back, "Song Changke took the wrong way down the mountain and is now heading to the back mountain."
“…”
This person really lived up to the saying that a scholar is useless. Even though he can't do anything else, at least he should be able to look up at the moon and stars and identify the direction. Yet he actually went wrong.
"Then he can only wish for the best." There are wild beasts in the back mountain.
The people from Tianshu Pavilion can save his life temporarily, but they cannot guarantee that he will not be frightened.
Sure enough, in the second half of the night, a few wolf howls were faintly heard from the mountain.
Princess Daning sat up in shock, half asleep and half awake. Listening to the howling of wolves outside, she could no longer fall asleep. She just sat by the bed and recited scriptures all night to pray for her husband.
At this time, Song Changke had already stumbled down the mountain. His arms and knees were all scraped, and his originally decent robe was stained with blood. The only thing that was visible on his body was his face, which was still handsome even though it was stained.
Just as Qi Xu said, the people like Ying Wu who followed him secretly would only protect him from death temporarily, but would not care if he was injured or frightened.
That night, he suffered more torture than in the past few decades. When he saw a hint of paleness rising in the sky, he felt a faint sense of regret in his heart.
If he had known that the mountain was so dangerous, why would he have to suffer this?
But compared to staying and possibly being killed by the barbarians and risking losing my life, this punishment doesn't seem unbearable...
At least the barbarians who kidnapped them didn’t catch up with them, right?
As luck would have it, he ended up taking the right path!
"Okay, let him get lost in the woods and don't let him take the official road." Ying Wu, who had been following Song Changke, just finished speaking.
Then two figures, a man and a woman, appeared in the woods. The man looked older and had a scar on his face, while the woman was pretty and looked particularly lively.
Both of them were holding bows and arrows, and were accompanied by a khaki hunting dog. They looked like hunters living nearby.
Song Changke, who was still enduring the pain and rushing out of the woods, brightened up when he saw the two men. He immediately found the most perfect angle of his face, closed his eyes and fell down in front of them.
"Brother, there's a gentleman over there who has fainted!"
"It's a remote place here, let's take the people back first..."
On the tree, several people from Tianshu Pavilion who were preparing to take action stopped at the same time.
Staring at the ground, Song Changke slightly raised the corner of his mouth and cursed in his heart.
This pretty boy is so shameless as always!
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