Chapter 210
At this moment, the courtyard was piled with corpses, and Shen Qingnian found Jin Yi out of them with some difficulty.
Jin's face was deathly pale, and he looked like he wouldn't live much longer. His feet were twisted in a strange position.
Shen Qingnian shook Jin Yi vigorously.
Jin Yi, still unconscious, barely opened his eyes. After struggling to look around, he weakly uttered, "Why...why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet...?"
Lord Yang should have been able to send reinforcements very quickly, so why haven't they arrived yet?
Shen Qingnian's face was cold and she spoke seriously: "Yang Quanwei did not send any reinforcements. Only the Zhou brothers arrived. It is no longer safe here. I need to take His Majesty away first. Can you still hold on?"
Song Xuan is the reigning emperor, and it's hard to guarantee that Yang Quanwei won't harbor treasonous thoughts. She must leave with the man immediately.
Those who came with the man were all injured in the battle just now, and most of them had fainted. Even those who hadn't fainted were barely breathing.
She can't take these people with her...
Jin Yi took a deep breath and said with some difficulty, "Your Majesty, please don't worry about us. His Majesty is the master of Da Xuan, and he cannot be harmed. Please take His Majesty away first, and we...we will stay here to handle the aftermath..."
Song Xuan is the emperor. If anything happens to him, the world will surely be in chaos. His family has been the Embroidered Uniform Guard for three generations, and he was born to protect the emperor.
Disregarding everything, even their lives.
Shen Qingnian understood what Jin Yi meant by "cleaning up the mess," and her heart was heavy, but the current situation left her no time to think about it.
The west wing of the courtyard was still flickering with light. The fire had not been completely extinguished; the scattered flames shone brightly in the darkness.
Shen Qingnian turned around and went inside to find some food. She took a piece of rag, wrapped it up, and placed it next to Jin Yi. She then quickly found some water and put it over there.
"Lord Jin, I will first take His Majesty to a safe place. Once His Majesty wakes up, someone will be sent to him. Please hold on."
After saying this, Shen Qingnian quickly returned to the base of the wall and helped the unconscious man up.
The man was very tall and much heavier than her. She hoisted his arm onto her shoulder and slowly walked outside.
Under the cold moonlight, the woman's slender and frail figure supported the unconscious man. It seemed as if a gust of wind would cause her and the man to fall to the ground, yet she gritted her teeth and walked forward with unwavering determination.
Jin Yi, lying on the ground, watched Shen Qingnian walk further and further away.
Her journey was difficult, but she was incredibly determined.
Jin Yi felt that the Empress's ruthlessness was something that ordinary noblewomen lacked.
If those women were in this situation, they would probably be so frightened that their legs would have gone limp. How could they possibly stab the bandit in the back with their swords and save His Majesty?
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In the dark mountain forest, the cold moonlight was blocked by the shadows of the trees. Shen Qingnian carried the man through the forest. Her whole body ached, she was dizzy and weak, but everything she had just experienced made her extremely excited.
She could smell the blood on the man; she didn't know if it was the bandits' or the man's own.
The man's breathing was very weak, and she didn't know if he could survive.
Surrounded by darkness, Shen Qingnian, carrying the man, didn't know where to go—
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