Chapter 110 Kidnapping
The incident happened suddenly, not only the eldest princess was panicked, but Erdong's mind was also blank.
"Your Majesty, how could Your Majesty die suddenly?" he murmured.
"Yes, when I left the capital, my father was still fine..." The eldest princess suddenly rushed towards the messenger, pointed at him and shouted, "Tell me quickly, who killed my father? Was it the crown prince... Ugh!"
Erdong reacted quickly, rushing forward to cover her mouth. "The Princess is in shock and anger, and grief is so overwhelming that she's acting inappropriately. What I said here today must not be spread to anyone!"
The eldest princess wanted to pull his hand away and continue questioning the messenger.
But Erdong's iron arms held her tightly in his arms. She bit Erdong's hand hard and tears flowed down her face.
In fact, what the eldest princess said was also the voice of everyone present.
Is there any hidden story behind His Majesty's sudden death?
The eldest princess seemed to vent all her anger and sadness on Erdong, who frowned but did not push her away.
After struggling in Erdong's arms for a while, she panted and wiped away her tears silently.
When she reached the messenger, she had cast aside all her weak emotions and was once again the proud and beautiful eldest princess: "Who are you? I have never seen you before in my father's presence."
"I am your Majesty's secret guard. I have come here specially to bring the princess back to the capital. The shadow guards around you should know me." The man said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
Yingyi stepped forward to testify.
"What you just said, is it true?" The princess couldn't help but ask again, "Why did the emperor pass away so suddenly?"
"The imperial physician diagnosed that he died of a sudden acute illness!" the man said.
"Then who is in charge in the capital now? Has there been any rebellion?" Since ancient times, whenever an emperor dies suddenly, there is a great possibility of a rebellion.
"Before His Majesty died, he ordered the Crown Prince to be Regent. Now he is in charge of the overall situation." The man thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry, Princess. It is His Majesty who is worried that you are in danger outside. He hopes that you will return to the Crown Prince's protection as soon as possible."
Hearing this, the eldest princess' tense body finally relaxed completely and she fell straight back.
"Princess!" Erdong hurried forward to catch her.
"Since the emperor has given the order, I will return to the capital with the princess!" He looked at Mu Qing and Hu Xin'er, "But if you two continue to stay here, it might be dangerous. Why don't you come with us to the capital?"
"Okay!" Hu Xin'er said without hesitation.
She was thinking about Mu Qing. Since the prince could be trusted and the capital was in turmoil, it would be better for the amnesiac Lu Yunjue to return to the Lu family as soon as possible.
"This..." Mu Qing hesitated. He was also thinking about Hu Xiner. Now that Hu Xiner returned to the Lu family, she might be bullied.
Hu Xin'er held his hand and interlocked their fingers: "It's okay, I'm willing to go back with you and face it."
Mu Qing was a little moved: "But I'm worried that after you leave, no one will take care of the business here."
He knew that Hu Xin'er always attached the most importance to these.
Hu Xiner was indeed a little hesitant after hearing this.
"Don't worry about those other things for now. Time is so urgent, and our eldest princess is still waiting to see the imperial physician!" Xiaolan has led Erdong and sent the unconscious eldest princess into the carriage.
She stuck her head out and said, "The longer you stay here, the more dangerous it is. Ten shops are not as valuable as a life!"
Hu Xin'er thought for a moment and said, "Time is running out. Why not lend me a good horse? Erdong and the princess can leave first. I'll go back and take care of the business, and then rush back as fast as I can."
"This method is feasible." Xiaolan and Erdong looked at each other.
The last wave of assassins arrived just last night. Even if the person behind the scenes sends someone else to assassinate again, it won’t be that fast.
Erdong said worriedly, "Then you better hurry over. I'll leave some marks along the way."
The eldest princess and her entourage came in a grand procession, but left in a hurry. They left all the large items and unimportant valuables at Hu Xiner's house.
Yingyi led a good horse over and handed it to Mu Qing.
"Let's go to Sun Cai's house!" Hu Xin'er and Mu Qing did not delay and went back home to get the key to the shop.
The two of them rode together and headed straight for the Sun family.
If you think about it carefully, in this town, the only family you can entrust your business to is the Sun family.
When Sun's mother heard Hu Xin'er hurriedly arrived on horseback, she welcomed him in with some surprise: "What happened?"
"Aunt, my husband and I have something important to do and need to go to the capital. We need Sun Cai to help us take care of our business." Hu Xiner took out the key chain from her arms.
"This..." Mother Sun hesitated. "Can he do it? If there are reliable relatives, it's better to leave this matter to them."
Hu Xin'er said with certainty, "Ever since Sun Cai came to his senses, he's made the shop more prosperous. And if my wife and I need to go to the capital for business, we just need Sun Cai to send a few reliable employees over. Regardless of profit or loss, we won't bother him!"
Mother Sun put the key on the table and said earnestly, "You are still young, and you may not think things through thoroughly..."
"Aunt!" Hu Xin'er pleaded, "You don't know, my relatives are all wolves and tigers. There's really no one I can trust. And I definitely won't cheat you. Please help me."
"It's not that I won't help you, but what exactly happened?" Sun's mother sighed. "I'm a woman in seclusion and don't know anything. How about letting Sun Cai discuss it with you? I've already asked someone to call him."
She remembered the oath she had made to Hu Xin'er and put the key in her arms. "You two young people, have a cup of tea first. No matter how urgent or difficult the problem is, there is always a solution."
Seeing her accept the key, Hu Xiner hurriedly thanked her and was about to leave with Mu Qing, but was grabbed by Sun's mother's sleeve.
She said worriedly, "My family has some connections in Beijing. You must not go astray just because the situation is urgent!"
Hu Xiner thanked her again, she knew that Sun's mother was really thinking about them.
But the troubles they are facing now, whether it is the death of His Majesty, the eldest princess, the prince, the Lu family... are definitely not something that Sun's mother can solve.
Even revealing too much might bring her fatal disaster.
Hu Xiner briefly explained her difficulties, then she and Mu Qing walked out of the Sun Mansion and set off again.
Soon they were out of the town.
But unexpectedly, while they were walking on the official road between the mountains and forests, a group of bandits suddenly rushed out.
"Guys, come on!" The bandits surrounded the two men and the horse.
Mu Qing steered his horse to try to break through, but unexpectedly a dart thrown by a bandit hit the horse's butt. He fell off the horse while holding Hu Xin'er and was knocked unconscious.
And Hu Xin'er was also kidnapped.
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