Su Wan and Chu Mingyao locked themselves in their room, racking their brains until one in the morning.
The Western Rong army is advancing towards Youzhou, and Youzhou is about to be engulfed in war. Su Wan can't sleep at all. She not only needs to escape from here as soon as possible, but also needs to take Chu Mingyao with her.
The Western Rong army will halt its advance if either Chu Mingyao or Danma personally appears before them. Only then can the crisis be considered resolved.
The escape methods she initially thought of all failed. For example, she could get a saw from the apartment, but whether she sawed at the door or the window, the sound would be exceptionally clear in the quiet of the night, and she wouldn't be able to make more than a couple of cuts before the constables came to check.
Another method is to blow the whistle given by Chu Yi; the yamen runners will hear it as well.
In short, any action that makes noise will not work.
She and Chu Mingyao sat facing each other in the darkness, both silent.
"Will the Western Rong army really attack Youzhou?" she asked Chu Mingyao. "Perhaps if my husband explains it to them, they will listen?"
Chu Mingyao said, "No. Your Highness is Father's only son and the next king of Xirong... They will never stop their advance unless they see me and Your Highness."
Su Wan had a slight headache.
The Western Rong and the Great Jin have been at war for years, and there is no goodwill between them. It was only because she healed the Western Rong King Danmoji that a truce was reached. Now that the Western Rong crown prince has disappeared within Youzhou, everyone will think that the Great Jin did it on purpose.
It's like two families, A and B, who were originally enemies but just reconciled. Then A's son disappeared in B's territory. Anyone would want to hold a grudge.
This disaster must be stopped.
She tapped her head with her knuckles, then suddenly her eyes lit up, and she said to Chu Mingyao, "Sister, I have an idea that should work."
Chu Mingyao asked, "What idea?"
"May I borrow your hairpin for a moment, sister?" Su Wan said, and without waiting, she reached out and pulled the hairpin off Chu Mingyao's head.
Chu Mingyao asked, puzzled, "Sister, what do you need this for?"
Su Wan ran her fingertip across the sharp tip of the hairpin and laughed, "It's sharp enough. I might have to make a sacrifice next."
Chu Mingyao asked, "Sacrifice?"
Su Wan whispered a few words in her ear.
Chu Mingyao blushed instantly, but thankfully Su Wan didn't see it in the darkness. She said, "Sister, I...I can't do it."
Su Wan said, "Sister, I can do it. But people will definitely be wary as soon as they see me. They don't know I'm in this room too."
Chu Mingyao shook her head again: "No, I really can't do it."
Su Wan advised, "Sister, don't hesitate any longer. If we wait until dawn, we won't have another chance."
After hesitating for a long time, Chu Mingyao gritted her teeth and stood up, saying, "Okay, I'll do it."
Su Wan also stood up, hugged Chu Mingyao, and patted her on the back: "Sister, keep going! Whether we can escape depends on whether this trick works."
The two arrived at the door together. Su Wan took off the hairpin that held her hair in place, held the two hairpins, hid behind the door, and whispered, "Sister, don't be shy. Make sure to attract him in."
Chu Mingyao blushed and said, "I'll do my best."
She placed her hand on her chest, took two deep breaths to calm herself down, and then cried out in what sounded like great pain.
Her voice was controlled skillfully, neither too high nor too low, just enough for the two guards at the courtyard gate to hear, but not too far.
The two constables heard this. The taller one, who was dozing off, opened his eyes and said to the shorter one, "I was the one last time. You go this time."
The short constable didn't want to go either, saying, "What are you looking at? As long as she can't get out, that's fine."
As they were talking, the groans from inside the room became more rapid, as if the pain was getting worse.
"Hurry up, hurry up," the tall constable waved to shoo the short constable away, "She is, after all, the third princess of Southern Chu. In truth, you are still her subordinate, sir."
Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, the short constable reluctantly carried his torch and grumbled as he entered the courtyard. Reaching the door, he asked through the door, "Your Highness, what's wrong now?"
Inside the room, Chu Mingyao said, "My stomach hurts terribly."
The short constable, holding a torch, peered through the crack in the door. The room was dark, with no lights on. He said, "Since the Crown Princess has a stomachache, I'll go inform the master and have him find a doctor to examine you."
Just as he was about to turn around, Chu Mingyao said from inside the room, "Wait, there's no need to find a doctor, just have someone rub it for me."
The short constable turned around and asked, puzzled, "Can't you rub it yourself?"
Chu Mingyao said coquettishly, "I'm a woman, so my hands aren't strong enough. My husband usually rubs my stomach when I have a stomachache. But you won't let my husband be with me..."
The short constable's eyes lit up, he swallowed hard, and whispered, "Then...can I do it?"
Chu Mingyao said, "That's great, come in. But don't let your companion hear."
The short constable was aroused by Chu Mingyao's words and immediately took out his key and unlocked the door.
He was just a low-ranking yamen runner who suddenly had the opportunity to get close to the Crown Princess. He never expected that Chu Mingyao was deliberately seducing him. In addition, he thought that Chu Mingyao was the only vulnerable woman in the room, so he wasn't worried about any danger.
He pushed open the door and first held the torch inside to illuminate the room. He saw Chu Mingyao sitting in the center of the room, her hands covering her stomach.
When Chu Mingyao saw him open the door, she raised her hand to beckon and said in a sweet voice, "I'm in so much pain I can't stand up, come in."
The short constable grinned lewdly and whispered, "Your Highness, I'll come and massage you right away..."
He had only taken two steps inside when Su Wan, who had been hiding behind the door, suddenly appeared, raised her hairpin, and thrust it with all her might into the Fengchi acupoint on the back of his neck.
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