Yuan Yao's smile froze on her face.
She gazed at the fading wind: "You mean..."
Canfeng said, "Someone saw them leave the city, but there are too many refugees outside the city. I went ten miles outside the city but couldn't find them. I was worried about the princess, so I came back."
We've left the city...
Xie Ning took Xie Zhi out of the city...
What can these two, one big and one small, do?
Yuan Yao felt a chill run down her spine and asked, "Which direction did they go?"
Canfeng replied, "Southeast."
Southeast?
If we go that way, wouldn't that be the lower reaches of the Huai River?
Yuan Yao pursed her lips: "What kind of terrain is downstream of the Huai River?"
After pondering for a moment, Canfeng replied, "After the Huai River passes Huai River City, the terrain becomes increasingly lower downstream, so the princess need not worry about the downstream area being flooded."
In the Great Qi Kingdom, the Huai and Si rivers are the most prone to flooding.
That's alright.
Yuan Yao breathed a sigh of relief: "Then let's wait a little longer. Perhaps they've gone off on business."
The lingering wind nodded.
After finishing his business, Canfeng looked down at the ground.
Tang is kneeling.
She looked up at the tall, masked figure with an aloof and cold demeanor, and involuntarily shrank back.
Canfeng frowned: "Aren't you leaving yet? Believe me, I have a hundred ways to make you disappear from this world?"
Tang was so frightened that she scrambled to her feet and fled.
Behind her, a maidservant holding an umbrella exclaimed as she followed, "Madam, please wait for us!"
"Finally gone." Yuan Yao raised her chubby little hand and picked at her little ear: "My ears were numb from all her noise."
Her voice was soft and sweet, and even though she was complaining, it sounded like she was being affectionate.
Madam Li smiled faintly, "The princess's guards are truly resourceful."
you do not say!
A little scare works better than anything else.
Yuan Yao winked at Canfeng: "Luckily you arrived in time and saved my ears."
Every word, action, and expression of hers is incredibly adorable.
Canfeng couldn't help but say, "If the princess finds this troublesome, I will go and kill her right now."
Killed Tang?
"Wait!" Yuan Yao called out to Canfeng, glancing at Madam Li: "This Tang family member is from Madam's maternal family..."
How could you say you wanted to kill someone's aunt in front of her niece?
Seeing this, Madam Li spoke gently: "This young master is just joking. Princess, you don't need to worry. I won't take it to heart."
After speaking of the Tang family, Yuan Yao asked Can Feng, "Just now, did you encounter a caravan on your way up the mountain?"
Canfeng said, "They're transporting grain."
Transporting grain?
Does this mean that all the grain in the city will be transported up the mountain?
But that shouldn't be!
The amount of grain, vegetables, and meat transported from Tongcheng was far more than this!
As if sensing Yuan Yao's confusion, Canfeng said in a low voice, "The supplies were transported out from the three city gates. Not only the north gate, but also the west and east gates."
Yuan Yao was surprised: "I thought that the only place around Huaishui City with mountains was to the north."
“No,” Madam Li explained in a timely manner, “It’s just that we are close to the North Gate, so we went out from the North Gate and went up the mountain to the north.”
I see.
So, there are quite a lot of people living in Huai River City!
A bolt of lightning struck, and Yuan Yao looked down the mountain again.
Almost all the people in the city have already come up the mountain.
In the city, when lightning struck, everything was submerged in a vast expanse of water…
Just looking at it is agonizing.
Madam Li sighed and prayed softly, "May Heaven protect us, may the flood recede soon, and may the people be restored to peace. May my husband return safely..."
"mother……"
A soft female voice came from behind.
“Pearl.” Madam Li turned around.
Last night, Li Zhenzhu was feeling very down and developed a fever in the middle of the night.
The fever had finally subsided, but then floodwaters entered the city...
Madam Li felt sorry for her daughter and said gently, "Go and rest. I'll wake you up when I hear news of your father."
Li Zhenzhu shook her head.
She walked up to Yuan Yao and asked, "Princess, may I sit next to you? I'm hot and want to get some fresh air..."
Yuan Yao turned to look at her and smiled, "Sit down."
Li Zhenzhu coughed twice and sat down on a small stool.
By the dim light and the flashes of lightning, Yuan Yao noticed that Li Zhenzhu's expression was somewhat off.
A thought crossed her mind.
However, it only lasted for a moment.
Yuan Yao asked, "Miss Pearl, are you feeling unwell anywhere?"
Li Zhenzhu covered her mouth and coughed a few times, her voice slightly hoarse: "I have a fever, my whole body aches, I feel hot and cold, and I have a cough..."
As she spoke, she covered her mouth and nose with her sleeve and coughed a few more times.
These sounds startled Yuan Yao.
A terrible thought popped into her mind.
I almost couldn't breathe properly.
Yuan Yao spoke with difficulty: "Miss Pearl, you... let me see your sleeve."
“This…” Li Zhenzhu was a little embarrassed: “I’ve been coughing so much that there’s saliva on my sleeves.”
Yuan Yao said, "It's alright, I'll just take a look."
She pinched her small hands under her sleeve, trying her best not to reveal anything unusual.
Beside him, Danqing's face paled slightly: "Princess..."
Yuan Yao shook her head at her.
Li Zhenzhu blushed, flicked her sleeves, and raised them up.
On the light blue satin, there were faint streaks of red...
Redness or spider veins?
Blood?
How could there be blood in saliva in a common typhoid fever?
Yuan Yao's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
She forced herself to calm down, her small, childlike voice trembling slightly: "Miss Pearl, after you had a fever, did your throat feel uncomfortable?"
"Yes," Li Zhenzhu said, "I can't help but cough, and it hurts a little."
"pearl……"
Madam Li finally understood why Yuan Yao had asked so many questions.
In the dim candlelight, Madam Li's face was deathly pale: "If you were feeling so unwell, why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"Mother, what's wrong?" Li Zhenzhu asked curiously, coughing between coughs.
As if she had lost her soul, Madam Li rushed towards her son, who was quietly leaning against the awning wall: "Rui'er, wake up!"
Li Rui slightly lifted his eyelids: "Mother... I feel unwell..."
Mrs. Li nearly collapsed to the ground.
She frantically raised her hand and placed it on Li Rui's forehead.
Li Rui... has a fever!
Madam Li's voice trembled as she cried, "Why didn't you tell your mother? You're in so much pain, why did you keep it from me?"
Li Rui's voice was very soft, almost like a murmur: "Mother, I'm afraid you'll worry..."
One word of concern has implicated a whole group of people.
Yuan Yao didn't know what to say. She pursed her lips and sighed, "Let's quarantine."
After speaking, she looked at Canfeng: "Canfeng, in this shed, you have the highest level of internal strength, so the possibility of you contracting the plague is the smallest."
"Go outside and tell everyone around this awning to move back at least 500 meters away!"
Upon hearing this, Canfeng's heart sank, and he immediately knelt on the damp ground: "Princess, I will not leave!"
"I told you to leave, so leave!" Yuan Yao's childish voice was quite serious: "I'm still counting on you to bring us medicine."
Canfeng's eyes reddened with heartache: "Princess..."
Yuan Yao ignored him and instead said to the air, "Po Yue, lead the unstoppable force to retreat around me. Anyone who gets close to this canopy, block them one by one!"
Even if... the person who comes... is the Ninth Prince!
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