Six guards escorted the prince to retreat, and Gong Zhenhong also quickly got on the carriage to isolate himself from the crowd:
"Quick! Get out of the city! Stop the people and escort the prince!"
The plague takes lives. It doesn’t matter if civilians die, as they are all lowly lives. But if anything happens to the prince, it will be a big trouble.
At a command, more than twenty guards rushed forward, set up a defense circle and isolated the people.
The carriage sped away.
The people were panicked, confused, and afraid:
"Didn't they say there was a cure? Why…"
"Your Highness, are you going to abandon us and ignore our lives?"
“Don’t go…”
"Help……"
When the prince was there, they saw hope.
The prince left, and they seemed to have lost their backbone. They were at a loss and hurried to chase the prince's carriage.
"Your Highness!"
"Save us! Help!"
The crowd was like a tide, and the twenty or so guards could not stop it at all. They were soon broken through, and the people ran after the carriage in despair:
"Don't abandon us!"
“Save us!”
"Please! Please!"
They cried and shouted, some fell to the ground, some lost children sat on the ground and cried loudly, and some elderly people broke their heads and were dying...
The whole city was in a state of misery.
However, the carriage went faster and faster, with no intention of stopping. It left this desperate city behind and sped out of the city.
The moment they were leaving the city, the sky was falling, and the people were in despair. Suddenly, a chestnut horse flew into the city.
"Whoa!"
The horse raised its hooves high. On its back, the woman's slender body was as agile as an eagle, with a heroic and calm look between her brows, attracting everyone's attention.
The woman's voice was vigorous and passionate:
"Don't be afraid, everyone. I am here with you. I will stand with you through thick and thin, and live and die with you. I will not return until the disease is cured!"
The clear and refreshing sound spread out, cheering up the people.
Qin Ye?
That ugly face?
Isn’t that the legendary Princess Chen!
"I, Ling Qianyi, am here!"
Soon after, another group of fine horses entered the city, and the young men were very heroic:
"My mother is the eldest princess, and my father is the Marquis of Dingguo. Don't worry, my family has nothing but a lot of money. I, the little marquis, will take care of all your medicines!"
The young man patted his chest and drank loudly. At this moment, his whole body exuded endless light and charm.
The prince left, and Princess Chen and the young marquis came, but the people were still in despair:
"The prince has abandoned us. We are doomed..."
"Yes, we are locked up here and there is only one way to go..."
"What are you afraid of!" Ling Qianyi jumped off the horse, "My aunt is here, why should I panic? Right, aunt?"
As he said this, he picked up a child with a red face, coughing, and infected with plague, and threw him into Qin Ye's arms.
"Look, she's infected too! If you want to die, my aunt will die with you!"
Qin Ye: “…”
Good job!
However, this trick does work.
When the people saw that two distinguished men dared to risk their lives to contact them and saw their sincerity, they gradually calmed down.
"My wife died last night. She kept coughing and suffocated. She died with her eyes open..." A middle-aged man had red eyes and wiped away tears sadly.
"My child was only five months old, and just..." The woman in her twenties choked with sobs as soon as she opened her mouth.
"And my mother..."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said he would save us, but he left us here alone, and left without a trace..."
When people mentioned this, their hearts ached and tears welled up on their collars.
Qin Ye frowned. Was the carriage that hurriedly ran out of the city just now the prince's?
The prince was ordered by the emperor to save people, but he ran faster than anyone else. Doesn't this seem contradictory?
Obviously, Ling Qianyi also thought of this, and whispered to Qin Ye:
"Qin Ye, I think there is something wrong with the prince. He clearly came here to rescue people, so why would he run away? Isn't this against the emperor's order? How about you rescue people first, and I'll go out of the city to investigate."
"Um??"
She rescued people, and he left the city.
"Are you sure you're not going to run away from the battlefield and leave me to die alone with the disease?"
Ling Qianyi glared: "Am I a coward in your eyes?"
Qin Ye: "Then you hold this sick child."
"...No, I don't like children. Goodbye." After saying that, he rode away.
Qin Ye: “…”