"Princess, there’s been an emergency!" He Junyuan said urgently, "The Eldest Princess has suddenly made a move, and the situation is very bad. Prince Consort Min has sent a maid to ask the princess to come to the mansion right away!"
The maid stepped forward, wanting to approach Yang Mengchen, but Hai Tang and Mo Mei quickly blocked her. The maid knelt down with a thump, "Please Princess, save our Eldest Princess!" She bowed her head low, her expression unclear.
Yang Mengchen gave the maid a deep look, her eyes abyss-like and profound, "How come I have never seen you before, Princess?"
Sister Jin, among others, and He Junyuan’s faces immediately turned pale.
"Replying to the Princess, this servant is a maid from the Old Madam’s side." The maid answered nervously, "Cai Qin and several other sisters are too busy attending to the Eldest Princess, so Prince Consort Min asked this servant to come and request the princess to come quickly and save the Eldest Princess!" After speaking, she kept kowtowing.
Having been immersed in palace life for many years, Sister Jin sensed that something was amiss, "Princess, why not wait for the Prince to return and go to the Princess Mansion together?"
Hearing Sister Jin’s words, the maid couldn’t help but tremble, begging Yang Mengchen while continuing to kowtow.
"No need to worry, Butler He, prepare the carriage right away and send someone to notify the prince to go directly to the Princess Mansion." Yang Mengchen shook her head, "Sister Jin and Bai He, stay in the mansion with the other three." She looked at Sister Jin and He Junyuan with a meaningful glance.
The two understood and respectfully agreed.
After changing her clothes, Yang Mengchen, accompanied by Hai Tang and four others, along with fifty Prince Mansion guards and the maid, took a carriage and rushed to the Princess Mansion.
Yang Mengchen made sure to have the maid ride in the same carriage.
When they reached Qingyun Street, a sudden clamor arose from outside.
Glancing at the maid, who had kept her head down since entering the carriage, Yang Mengchen’s lips curled into a mocking smile and called out to Lv Luo, who was sitting outside, "Go and see what’s happened."
Hai Tang, Mo Mei, and Shan Cha were on guard in secret.
Soon, Lv Luo returned with a report. Apparently, two families were fighting over a bride right there. The bride’s mother, out of greed, promised her daughter to both families, accepting two bridal payments. When the first family came to pick up the bride, how did the second family learn about it? Of course, the second family wouldn’t sit back and do nothing. They brought their servants and relatives to make trouble at the door, shouting and arguing, demanding that the bride’s sedan chair be carried back to their own house.
Now, the bride’s sedan chair was stuck in the middle of the road, unable to move forward or back, and with both families at each other’s throats, a fight was about to break out.
Passersby, finding this scene intriguing, stopped to watch the commotion, naturally blocking the street.
Upon hearing this, Yang Mengchen raised an eyebrow, her expression calm, her dark eyes like an unfathomable ocean, with a hint of a captivating sharpness.
"Princess, this road is blocked up tight, and we won’t be able to get through for quite a while. Shall we take a different route?" Lv Luo asked.
Yang Mengchen was silent.
Hai Tang, Mo Mei, and Shan Cha maintained their silence, waiting for Yang Mengchen’s instructions.
Meanwhile, the maid sneakily glanced at Yang Mengchen; seeing her not make a sound, there was a mix of anxiety and panic in her eyes. Suddenly, when she noticed Yang Mengchen looking her way, she quickly lowered her head, feeling an inexplicable sense of dread.
"Then let’s take a different route." Noticing the maid’s odd behavior, Yang Mengchen’s brows were shrouded in a faint mist, inscrutable.
Lv Luo immediately informed the guards to take a different path, but as Hong Ling was just about to steer the carriage in another direction, another commotion arose up front. The bridal procession moved intermittently, and before anyone realized it, it had come right before the Prince’s carriage. One could only hear the two families loudly cursing each other, quickly coming to blows.
The Prince Mansion Guards, initially tightly surrounding the carriage, were gradually dispersed by the feuding families. As these were common folk, the guards dared not engage, lest they tarnish the Prince Mansion’s reputation. Seeing themselves get farther and farther from the carriage, the guards were all exceedingly anxious.
Pulling the curtain aside to take a look outside, Hai Tang warned Yang Mengchen in a low voice, "Princess, something seems amiss here."
"What shall we do now?" asked Yang Mengchen.
Hai Tang made a snap decision, "Have Hong Ling drive the carriage and leave quickly!" She briefly caught a glimpse of the maid, a fleeting intense look of murderous intent crossing her eyes.
"Princess, this servant knows a shortcut that can get us to the Princess Mansion quickly..." The maid suddenly looked up and spoke in haste.
Before she could finish speaking, a nondescript suona player suddenly lunged toward the carriage. From the red sash around his waist, he drew a soft sword, his face contorted with fierce and vicious intent, aiming it at Yang Mengchen with the speed of lightning. At this moment, Hai Tang’s hand was still lifting the curtain.
The noise and chaos outside were extremely loud, and no one expected an assassination to take place in such circumstances. No one even noticed the strange actions of the suona player.
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