Chapter 973: Enemy at the Gate
It was half an hour after the carriage left Zhecheng that Fu Zhaoning finally finished his work and discovered that Princess Fuyun and Chenxiang were missing.
She found Xiao Lanyuan, but Xiao Lanyuan was not surprised.
"I turned a blind eye and let them go."
Princess Fuyun thought she had really avoided his guards, but in fact they were always under his control.
"Why?"
Fu Zhaoning was a little confused.
Why are you still thinking about letting Princess Fuyun leave?
"You said earlier that she was getting better."
"It was you who asked me to give her proper medication in the last few days."
Therefore, she injected Princess Fuyun with a special medicine. Princess Fuyun's condition is indeed much better now, and she is not very contagious anymore.
She had thought that Xiao Lanyuan felt that Princess Fuyun could not really die here, so he had to try his best to heal her. But now it seemed that he had already predicted that she would leave, and wanted to let her go?
"His Majesty Dahe's secret guards are here. I don't want them to sneak into Zhecheng, so I'll try to get them out."
Xiao Lanyuan is not a very kind person. "After she gets out, whether she can escape the capture of His Majesty Dahe depends on her luck. There is one more thing——"
Xiao Lanyuan reached out and pulled her into his arms, looking down at her.
"What?" Fu Zhaoning couldn't help but ask when he saw that he stopped talking halfway.
Xiao Lanyuan's eyes were a little dark, "Yuan Yi annoyed me, it's good to give him some trouble."
Being entangled by Princess Fuyun is not a good thing.
I’m afraid Yuan Yi will suffer a lot on the next leg of the journey.
Fu Zhaoning suddenly realized and burst out laughing, "You are so bad."
Therefore, Xiao Lanyuan deliberately let Princess Fuyun leave.
"Hmm, I'm such a bad king, Ningning despises me?" Xiao Lanyuan lowered his head and sealed her lips, his voice becoming a little vague, "Even if you despise me, it's too late."
He would never let her go.
Nor will I be separated from her.
Yuan Yi wanted to pry Fu Zhaoning to Min State, but it depended on whether he agreed.
As for Dong Qing——
He needs to think about it again.
Just as Xiao Lanyuan expected, Yuan Yi suffered a lot along the way and almost died on the way, unable to return to the capital.
Not long after they left Zhecheng, they ran into Dahe's secret guards.
Chenxiang was killed on the spot, and blood splattered all over the carriage.
The moment the sword pierced her heart, Chenxiang's eyes widened and could not close for a long time. She could not believe it at all. She had survived the days of being seriously ill in Zhecheng, survived the fight between Prince Jun and Fu Zhaoning, and finally escaped from Zhecheng, but died under the sword of Dahe's secret guards!
Princess Fuyun hugged her and cried bitterly, but she couldn't save her life.
Chenxiang's mind suddenly became clear at the moment of his death.
She wanted to tell Princess Fuyun that Prince Jun must have anticipated this scene and that was why he let them leave. In fact, Prince Jun must have known that they were hiding in Yuan Yi's carriage and followed him out of the city.
Prince Jun was too lazy to kill her himself, so he sent her out of the city to die.
Although she had no evidence, she was very sure of it at the moment of her death.
King Jun is really cold and ruthless——
Chenxiang died, and Princess Fuyun narrowly escaped under the protection of three guards. Of course, this was also due to the coachman's strong and superb driving skills, and the secret guards left outside the city by Yuan Yi, who also tried their best to block the escape.
In addition, Princess Fuyun was quite lucky. They fled all the way and actually shook off the pursuers and narrowly entered the capital.
It should have taken five or six days to get there, but because we took a long detour, it took ten days to reach the capital.
During these ten days, they had been running for their lives, and several people were injured. All of Princess Fuyun's guards died, and she herself was also injured in her arm.
If His Majesty Dahe had not wanted to capture her alive, she would have died long ago.
But even so, Princess Fuyun almost lost half her life after ten days of fleeing.
She could only cling to Yuan Yi tightly.
In the end, Yuan Yi was also injured because of her. He was shot in the waist by a hidden weapon and almost died.
After returning to the capital, both of them fainted.
During these ten days, there was a major outbreak of patients in Zhecheng and a large number of people died.
At the most critical moment, Fu Zhaoning's medicine was finally developed. After a few days of taking the medicine, the disease was stopped from getting out of control.
Nearly a hundred patients died, but the disease was eventually brought under control.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
But at this moment, the emperor's secret order reached Zhecheng.
With him came five thousand elite soldiers.
That night, elite soldiers quietly surrounded the city, holding torches in their hands, and some even pulled arrows with kerosene lit, aiming at Zhecheng.
Of course, the flames outside the city were quickly discovered by the soldiers defending the city.
They immediately reported to Prefect You.
When Prefect You heard this, the string in his heart that had been tense for days almost broke.
“It’s coming, it’s really coming!”
The emperor really wants to give up Zhecheng! What is he going to do?
Want to burn the city?
"Go and invite Prince Jun!"
As Prefect You said this, he rushed to the city wall.
Looking from the top of the city wall, I saw dense clusters of flames and the smell of oil blown by the wind.
"Sir, they also pushed the artillery cart!" A general came over and spoke angrily.
Prefect You squinted his eyes and saw that the soldiers were pushing two artillery carts.
That is a cannon cart that can blast out fireballs.
"This is ridiculous, it's really ridiculous! This is Zhecheng, none of us rebelled, and no one left the city, and the princess has already controlled her illness--"
Prefect You was so angry that his whole body was shaking.
He was mentally prepared, but when he really saw this scene and faced the reality of being completely abandoned by the emperor, his heart was still chilled to ice.
Your Majesty——
emperor!
How could you do this!
Prefect You almost cried.
At least give them a chance, let them send good news and tell him that the disease is under control!
Fu Zhaoning had been busy making medicine and treating illnesses these days and hadn't slept for several nights. Only tonight did Xiao Lanyuan force her to have a good sleep.
When he heard the signal from the secret guard, he stood up gently, looked at the sleeping Fu Zhaoning, and quietly went out.
"Your Majesty, five thousand elite soldiers are surrounding the city, carrying rockets."
Xiao Lanyuan's expression turned cold.
"Your Majesty really is——"
Stupid and bad!
Who gave him this idea?
He had previously sent someone to deliver a letter to the capital, saying that the disease would be under control, but now it seemed that the 5,000 soldiers were almost at Zhecheng before the letter was delivered.
Even if the emperor saw the letter now, it would be too late for him to order a recall.
Besides, he might not believe it!
"Everyone gather and go up to the tower."
Xiao Lanyuan put on a mask, used his lightness skills, and flew towards the city wall.
An Nian was also helped out by his followers.
"The enemy is at the gate?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
