Just like that, Lin Jinghan escaped. After leaving Baili Zhe's sphere of influence, she found a secluded place, knocked down Doctor Zhang, put two antidotes on him, and returned to the bustling streets alone.
She now has two choices:
First, she would go back to the Jingnan Palace and find a chance to transfer Lin Lixuan and Lin Dayong away, and then she would find a way to leave Sikong Zhan;
Secondly, she could use this incident to escape, away from the capital, away from Sikong Zhan, and live a free and unrestrained life from now on. Even if Sikong Zhan couldn't find her, he would only go to Baili Zhe to demand her. If Baili Zhe couldn't hand her over, he wouldn't think she had escaped on her own, but would only think that Baili Zhe had hidden her. He wouldn't vent his anger on Lin Lixuan and Lin Dayong because of her departure. When the time was right, she would find a way to rescue Lin Lixuan and Lin Dayong.
This is risky! However, once this thought came to her mind, she chose the latter without hesitation—she wanted to leave!
Without hesitation, he hired a carriage and a driver and soon drove to the city gate of the capital.
The city gates are heavily guarded, and pedestrians and vehicles passing through, especially those leaving the city, are strictly checked.
She had been missing for a long time, although she didn't know how long exactly. However, Sikong Zhan must have woken up. Given his personality, he would be looking for her frantically. She was not sure if there were any of Sikong Zhan's men at the city gate, so she could not use Sikong Zhan's token to leave the city.
When changing into Princess Aoqing's clothes, I did get Princess Aoqing's badge. However, this is Donglin, and Princess Aoqing is the princess of Xiqi, so this badge is of no use.
Sure enough, the soldiers guarding the city stopped Lin Jinghan's carriage and asked, "Who's in the carriage?"
The driver accepted a hundred taels of silver from Lin Jinghan and performed very hard, "General, the person in the car is my daughter. She is unfortunately sick and has sores all over her body. The doctor said it is contagious and she needs to be sent outside the city for isolation."
The soldier was half-believing and half-doubting, and pulled open the curtain. In the carriage, Lin Jinghan had already taken off her veil, revealing her face covered with blisters.
The soldiers were horrified and stepped back, covering their noses. "He must be infected! Let him go!"
Finally out of the city gate, Lin Jinghan breathed a sigh of relief.
Not long after they went, the carriage was stopped by someone. The person who came directly controlled the coachman. A woman lifted the curtain and looked at Lin Jinghan. She was not afraid of being infected at all. She looked at her carefully for a long time and touched her face with gloves.
"What are you doing? It's contagious..." Lin Jinghan tried to shrink into the corner.
The woman sighed and left the carriage, removing her gloves and throwing them away, shaking her head at her companion, "Not the princess."
The carriage started moving again, heading towards the unknown future.
On the other side, Ma Long hurriedly found Baili Zhe. Seeing that King Jingnan was present, he turned his back to Sikong Zhan and gestured to Baili Zhe - she was gone.
Baili Zhe was horrified and couldn't control his expression for a moment. Fortunately, Ma Long blocked his way and Sikong Zhan and the others didn't see his loss of composure. He quickly resumed his previous leisurely attitude and sent Ma Long away, not daring to let Sikong Zhan see any flaws.
"Prince Jingnan, if you still want to see your princess, leave immediately and do not interfere with any of my actions within three days. If your people have not left within one stick of incense, don't blame me for being ruthless."
After saying this, he sent someone to light a stick of incense.
Sikong Zhan stared at the incense. What was burning there was not incense, but Lin Jinghan's life! He didn't dare to gamble and had to compromise.
"I agree to your conditions, but before I leave, I want to see the princess to make sure she is safe and sound."
Getting Prince Jingnan to compromise was already a very difficult task. Baili Zhe knew this was his biggest concession and said to Ma Long, "Go and ask Princess Jingnan to come and tell her that Prince Jingnan wants to see her."
But where did they get the Princess of Jingnan? Ma Long lowered his head, bowed, and retreated. Only after he was out of everyone's sight did he dare to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
He had followed the Sixth Prince for many years and knew that he must not reveal the truth at this time. He put on a full show and really went to Lin Jinghan's room. Then he returned to the door, turned his back to Sikong Zhan as usual, and gestured to Baili Zhe.
Baili Zhe looked at Sikong Zhan, sighed, and threw him a medicine bottle—the one he took out from Lin Jinghan's bag.
"Prince Jingnan, it's not that I don't allow you to see your princess, but your princess doesn't want to see you..."
When his men found Lin Jinghan, she was drunk and was almost molested. No one from Prince Jingnan came out to rescue her. Therefore, he was able to easily kidnap Princess Jingnan.
So, he was gambling, gambling that Princess Jingnan and Prince Jingnan would not get along.
Holding the medicine bottle, Sikong Zhan felt bitterness in his heart - she didn't want to see him...
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and opened them again. He was still the ruthless King Jingnan. "If I don't see the princess in three days, you, don't even think about leaving alive! Retreat!"
After Sikong Zhan withdrew, Baili Zhe immediately gathered his men and went after Lin Jinghan.
Sikong Zhan did not go far. After leaving Baili Zhe's surveillance range, he immediately asked the secret guards to sneak back to the inn and closely monitor Baili Zhe's every move. Then he bowed to Xiang Yuanqing.
"Master Xiang, please help me find where Jinghan is now."
He knew his princess well. She was such a smart woman. In such a critical moment, she would never refuse to see him just because of a conflict with him. Therefore, Baili Zhe's action could only mean one thing: Lin Jinghan, perhaps, was not in his hands!
Xiang Yuanqing also believed that Lin Jinghan should not be such an emotional person, but if Lin Jinghan had indeed been caught by Baili Zhe and was not in Baili Zhe's hands at the moment, it meant that she had escaped on her own.
She ran away, but didn't come back to the Jingnan Palace. Perhaps, she didn't want to come back at all? Therefore, he didn't want to go with Sikong Zhan to look for her.
He shook his head, "My Qianxun Cicada can only be deployed once within twelve hours."
Sikong Zhan naturally couldn't just sit there and wait for twelve hours, so he personally led people to search the whole city for the person.
Xiang Yuanqing avoided Sikong Zhan's men, released Qianxun Chan, and followed Qianxun Chan out of the city.
As soon as he left, Sikong Zhan followed him - everyone has selfish desires, and Sikong Zhan didn't really believe his words. Now it seems that Xiang Yuanqing really lied to him.
After leaving the city gate, Lin Jinghan's carriage sped along. As night fell, the driver asked, "Miss, it's getting dark. I'm afraid we won't be able to reach the next town before the city gate closes."
"Let's find a safe place and camp out tonight." Lin Jinghan lifted the car curtain. By this time, she had recovered from the poison, and the blisters on her face had healed somewhat, looking less terrifying than before.
The coachman had been driving the carriage for so long, but this was the first time a young lady asked to sleep outdoors. He touched the one hundred taels of silver in his arms, and worked hard to drive the carriage to a place suitable for sleeping outdoors. After settling her down, he let Lin Jinghan sit in the carriage to rest, and then took the initiative to collect firewood.
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