"Your Majesty, rest assured," Wang Zhang said, "Everything will be arranged for you."
"Will the tooth tokens and yellow book be arranged as well?"
"Yes." Wang Zhang nodded.
Su Wanyan frowned. Logically speaking, she should be overjoyed at such a good thing.
She no longer needed to deal with Emperor Yuanhe with trepidation, nor did she need to fear what tricks the servants sent by Emperor Yuanhe might play. With the ivory token and the yellow register, she could change her name and settle down anywhere.
She couldn't help but ask again, "What kind of characters are these? This isn't the script of the Great Jin Dynasty. Why are you so sure that Yu Nanqing wrote them?"
Hearing Su Wanyan address Prince Gong by his given name directly, a sense of surprise rose in his heart.
Thinking about it, Su Wanyan must be someone the prince values highly. Otherwise, why would the prince send him a message again after so long, just for a woman?
Those who could get the prince to reveal this stronghold are all people the prince can trust.
He truthfully replied, “Your Majesty, this is the character for snake. It is the script used by the snake clan of the Great Jin Dynasty. The snake clan is a small clan, and its members live in seclusion in the mountains and forests. Few people know about them. When Your Highness was on a military campaign in his early years, he discovered this clan and learned the character for snake to use as our secret code.”
"Since you can arrange for me to leave the capital, Yu Nanqing can certainly leave on his own. Why doesn't he leave?"
“This…” Wang Zhang couldn’t help but show a look of sorrow.
Why didn't they want the prince to leave?
However... the prince is now paralyzed in bed, his body is worn out, and he has long lost the will to live.
In the battle of Xiaoshui, when he was seriously injured, the prince did put up a fight.
They followed the prince through thick and thin, defending the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty, but the emperor discarded them after they had served their purpose, stripping the prince of his military power and even oppressing and abusing the already paralyzed prince!
How could they possibly swallow this insult?
They also wanted to take the prince away from the Prince Gong's Mansion and out of the capital, but what was the outcome in the end?
Some of their men died, some were captured, and some were tortured. They suffered endless torment, their families torn apart. In the end, before they could give up, the prince gave up first.
Just a year ago, after losing more than half of their men, the prince gave them a death order: to hide their identities and residences, change their names and surnames, and forbid them from making any more futile resistance or fighting against the imperial court.
Since then, no matter what they tried, the prince never sent them any more messages. Even though they were in the capital, and only a few streets apart, they had no way of knowing how the prince was doing in his palace.
Now... for the sake of the princess, the prince sent him another message: no matter what, they must safely send Su Wanyan out of the capital.
Wang Zhang felt a pang of sorrow in his heart and, with tears welling in his eyes, changed the subject: "Please rest here for a while, Your Majesty. My wife has already sent out the message, and we should be able to send Your Majesty away from the capital within an hour."
The prince didn't even tell the princess the contents of the letter, presumably because he didn't want her to know too much.
"..." Su Wanyan was speechless: "So fast?"
Did she think she would have to wait at least a few days and that there was no need to arrange manpower or routes?
"This matter should not be delayed. The longer it is delayed, the more detrimental it will be to our departure from the city."
They were in the capital, and the remaining people had only managed to hide safely with great difficulty. If this matter caused trouble, it would be a great loss.
Su Wanyan nodded blankly. Why did it feel so unreal?
"This humble subject dares to ask Your Majesty to change into my wife's clothes later, so that people will not recognize you when you depart."
Su Wanyan remained silent.
"It will take some time for my wife to return. Your Majesty can rest for a while now. I will go to the kitchen and get you some food." After saying this, he turned to leave.
Su Wanyan remembered something and quickly called out, "Oh, right, Master Wang, there's a little beggar who came with me outside. I asked her to wait outside when I came in. Could she... come with me?"
Wang Zhang's body trembled violently, and he immediately became alert: "What?"
Besides her, who else was there?
just in case……
He quickly opened the door and rushed out. When he saw that there really was a little beggar squatting in the alley, he finally felt relieved.
He waved to the little beggar.
Seeing this, the little beggar hesitated for a moment, but still got up and went over.
Su Wanyan followed Wang Zhang out. When Wang Zhang saw Su Wanyan, his eyes lit up: "Sister!"
Su Wanyan pulled her into the courtyard: "Do you want to leave the capital with me?"
The little beggar nodded immediately: "Yes!"
Su Wanyan was taken aback; she hadn't expected him to agree so quickly.
“Okay, you’ll be with me from now on,” Su Wanyan said.
On the other hand, Prince Gong's mansion appeared calm on the surface, but in reality, it was in complete chaos.
After getting separated from Su Wanyan, her two personal maids searched the streets for a long time but could not find her again.
The two hurriedly returned to the Prince's mansion, hoping to see Su Wanyan return first. However, there was no sign of Su Wanyan at all.
Only then did they realize that disaster was imminent, for the previous batch of maids had all been beaten to death by Emperor Yuanhe for their incompetence.
They were specifically assigned to monitor Su Wanyan, but now Su Wanyan has disappeared right under their noses...
Upon realizing this, the two maids turned deathly pale.
But such a big matter could not be kept secret, so they immediately sent the guards of the Prince's Palace to search the city.
Upon hearing that Su Wanyan had disappeared, the guards' faces turned pale at a visible speed.
They hurriedly set off to the city to search for the person, but this time they dared not search openly, but instead carried it out in secret.
After discussing it, Su Wanyan's two personal maids decided to leave one of them at the Prince's residence so that Su Wanyan wouldn't have to return midway, while the other hurriedly went to the palace.
Yu Nanqing, who was in the main room, had his eyes closed, but seemed to sense the commotion in the mansion. His beautiful long eyes slowly opened, and a sharp glint appeared in them.
It seems Su Wanyan has successfully found the craftsman's shop...
The two maids returned; there was no riot in the city. She had not betrayed him…
He glanced at the sky outside through the paper doors and windows, pursed his thin lips, and lowered his eyes.
It was later than expected.
If there are no other circumstances, that person will leave court in half an hour, and even if he enters the palace now, he will not be able to see the emperor.
Yu Nanqing's fist clenched slightly. A year had passed, and that person's vigilance should have decreased considerably. He wouldn't have immediately thought that it was him who wanted to send Su Wanyan out of the city.
Besides, in that person's eyes, he was still someone who was using Su Wanyan.
As Yu Nanqing considered all sorts of unexpected situations, a piece of her tense heart seemed to go awry, and the piercing pain was even more intense than the wounds she had suffered on the battlefield.
These past few days, Su Wanyan has been making a ruckus around him, showing no regard for his identity whatsoever. She's been carefree, rude, and uncouth, which has made him furious several times.
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