Chapter 2195: So close, yet so far away
Jinyiwei commander Li Bushang and his men knelt in front of the collapsed palace gate.
"Your humble servants, we apologize to the Emperor!"
Zhu Feng's steps sank.
He paused, looked at Li Bushang who had been keeping his head down, and asked, "How is it?"
Li Bushang said, "We were too late to rescue Her Majesty the Concubine and Her Royal Highness the Princess, and we deserve death."
“…”
Zhu Feng frowned and asked again, "How is she now?"
Li Bushang's aura seemed to sink. After a pause, he said, "I dare not trespass."
“…”
Hearing this, Zhu Feng raised his eyebrows slightly, and then said, "Step back first."
"yes."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Feng walked in like a gust of wind, while Li Bushang was kneeling on the spot, his clothes completely soaked by the heavy rain. Everyone around him had already stood up, but they saw him still kneeling there.
Motionless.
The aura emanating from his body was like that of a solid bronze statue in the rain.
A Jinyiwei stepped forward cautiously: "Commander Li? Commander Li?"
“…”
After a while, Li Bushang seemed to wake up and looked up at him. The man said softly, "The emperor has ordered us to leave."
“…”
Li Bushan didn't say anything and remained silent for a while before slowly standing up.
He waved his hand, and everyone's figures immediately disappeared into the dark rainy night.
He was standing alone at the gate of the ruins of the Yikun Palace. His body was soaked by the heavy rain and he looked a little thin. When he slowly turned his head and looked at the Yikun Palace behind him, which was obviously very close but he could not get close to it, an indescribable emotion flashed in his eyes.
Zhu Feng traveled quickly all the way.
Having already entered the Yikun Palace, his heart sank even more.
Just seeing the gate that had been burned into ruins made him feel heavy-hearted. After entering the gate, a few steps away, he saw that the side hall had completely collapsed. The charred beams and pillars stood in the rainy night, as if they could no longer bear it and collapsed with a loud bang.
And the main hall...
Although it was not burned, the door, windows, and beams were all black.
That makes people feel even more the danger that happened here that night.
A row of young people were kneeling in the open space in the palace.
They all bowed their heads and saluted him: "Greetings, Your Majesty."
He only took a glance and recognized that these people were the young men selected from among the noble children by the Queen's request a few days ago to enter Chengqian Palace to accompany the King of Wei in practicing martial arts and studying.
These children were about the same age as Zhu Chengxuan, and he had seen them all when he first entered the palace.
Everyone's face still carries the innocence of youth.
But now, they were missing a few people, and they were all injured. Some were even seriously injured. Blood flowed to the ground with the rain, and the rain on the ground turned red.
Zhu Feng said: "You guys——"
One of the head teachers was Wei Ying, the son of Marquis Wuying. He said, "We are accompanying His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei to the Yikun Palace to protect the Imperial Concubine."
“…”
Zhu Feng's breath sank slightly.
He glanced at them again.
He just said, "You guys are very good."
After saying that, he had them taken away to treat their injuries.
When he looked up again, he saw the main hall of the Yiku Palace in front of him. The doors and windows were wide open because they had been burned. There was a candle burning, but it was swaying because of the wind and rain.
The reflected figures are also blurry and unclear.
He only heard a sound.
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