Soon, they arrived at the entrance of the government office, but the gates were now tightly closed.
Lin Yuxin got off the carriage, looked at the gate, and sneered, "This is really good!"
"Have someone surround this place so that not even a fly can get out."
Lin Yuxin spoke in a cold voice.
"yes!"
Zhao Yi responded and led his men to block the door.
"Zhao Er, go knock on the door!"
Zhao Er responded and stepped forward to knock on the door. It took quite a while before someone came to open it.
"Who is it? How dare they cause trouble in front of the government office! Do they have a death wish?"
A yamen runner opened the door a crack, poked his head out, and roared impatiently.
Without wasting words, Zhao Er stepped forward and kicked open the door.
Ouch!
The constable was sent flying by the force of the impact, crashing heavily to the ground and wailing in pain.
"How dare you! Princess Pingning has arrived, and you're not even going to the city gates to greet her? Instead, you've closed the gates. Are you planning a rebellion?"
Zhao Er roared into the room with a fierce expression, his voice carrying a great distance, so that even the prefect Zhong Zu'an, who was surrounded by women on either side of him, heard it.
He panicked. Princess? What princess?
"Someone come here! What's going on outside? What princess? Why hasn't anyone come to report?"
Zhong Zu'an shoved the two women beside him aside and shouted at the outside.
"It's terrible! My lord, a group of people have arrived at the gate. They claim to be Princess Pingning and have broken down the gate and barged in."
Just then, a servant ran in and said in a frightened tone.
"A princess? Could she be an imperial envoy? Oh no! Someone, quickly hide the things in the backyard!"
Zhong Zu'an remembered something and hurriedly called out to the servants.
"yes!"
The servants hurriedly withdrew to attend to their business.
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