Zhu Cilang's voice trembled: "Zhang... Zhang Rong, why are you here?"
Zhang Rong knelt on the ground and replied softly: "I am here to save you."
Zhu Cilang's voice trembled even more: "Save...save me?"
"yes."
"Who asked you to rescue me?"
Zhang Rong raised her head, paused for a moment and answered seriously: "It was His Majesty who asked me to rescue you!"
The order given to him by Chongzhen was to rescue the prince's entire family.
However, Zhu Guobi's sudden replacement of the imperial city guards disrupted his plan.
For this reason, he had to compromise and changed his previous plan of rescuing the prince's entire family to rescuing only the prince.
Zhu Cilang's tears suddenly flowed from his eyes.
He left the capital in the 17th year of Chongzhen.
In the 27th year of Chongzhen, he was forced to raise an army to "serve the king."
He has experienced a lot in these ten years.
There was the fear and trepidation on the road to the south, and the confusion and hesitation when I first arrived in Nanjing.
The embarrassment of being short of money, the joy of being a father for the first time, the hardship of implementing national policies...
All these experiences transformed him from an ignorant boy into a cautious young man.
He thought he was going to die.
He didn't expect that his father would send Zhang Rong to rescue him.
All the grievances suffered this year turned into tears and flowed out at this moment.
Seeing Zhu Cilang crying, Zhang Rong gently reminded him, "Your Highness, please stop crying. The most urgent thing is to avoid those people outside the door and take the opportunity to leave Nanjing."
"Yes, yes, yes," Zhu Cilang wiped his tears, stood up and was about to leave with Zhang Rong.
Ni Yuanlu, who was standing next to him, stretched out his hand to stop him: "Your Highness, wait a minute."
Zhu Cilang and Zhang Rong asked at the same time: "What's wrong?"
Ni Yuanlu looked at Zhang Rong and said, "The people you prepared in the Imperial City have all been replaced by Zhu Guobi's men. Without their help, how can you take the prince out of the Imperial City?"
Zhang Rong pointed at his face and said, "Disguise yourself and get out of the city."
Ni Yuanlu continued, "Even if this method works, there are still the Crown Princess and the Emperor's grandson. Would His Royal Highness be willing to abandon them and leave alone?"
Zhang Rong looked at Zhu Cilang and saw hesitation on his face.
While he was hesitating, the guards outside shouted, "It's bad, it's terrible, Funing Marquis Zhu Guobi has led his troops into the imperial city, less than a hundred steps away from Chunhe Hall!"
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