"Aren't you going to escape?"
What's wrong with these people?
They won't leave even if we give them a chance.
“We won’t run away. If we do, how will you explain it to the General and the Elders, Yu Nianji? We’re doing this for your own good,” Su Ruojin said calmly.
Matsushima Kaoru was visibly anxious. "But if you don't escape, the general will kill you."
"Then let's see if Deyi Kangren has the ability." Xiao Yanchu also noticed that Matsushima Kaoru was acting strangely, so he sat down to the side to cooperate.
Matsushima Kaoru looked even more anxious and turned to Izumi Masako, "Midai-sho, what about you? Aren't you going to run away either?"
Izumi Masako was unsure of the person's identity, and considering that she was a favorite of the elder, she wondered if Tokuyoshi Yasuhito was testing her.
She glanced at Su Ruojin, as if she had thought of something, and finally made up her mind and said, "I won't run away. If I marry into the shogunate, I will be a member of the shogunate. Where can I run to?"
Matsushima Kaoru looked at him in disbelief. "Midai-sho, how can you be so old-fashioned? If we don't leave now, it will really be too late."
Su Ruojin then spoke up, "Yu Nianji, if you reveal your true identity, we will consider going with you, how about it?"
Matsushima Kaoru paused, looking at Su Ruojin with a strange expression.
These days, how come there are still people who are trapped and then turn around and make demands?
Shouldn't it be the trapped people begging to be let go?
But her identity...
Seeing Matsushima Kaoru's hesitant expression, Su Ruojin wasn't in a hurry. "If Yu Nianji doesn't want to talk, that's fine. Please leave now."
Matsushima Kaoru glanced at Su Ruojin, then at Odaido; neither of them seemed inclined to take any action.
Time is running out; if we don't leave now, it will be too late.
Thinking of her mission, Matsushima Kaoru gritted her teeth and said, "Fine, I'll tell you. It was the Emperor who sent me to rescue you."
Emperor?
you?
Su Ruojin could understand why the emperor intervened to save Yutai.
The Imperial Palace officials came from noble families, who openly and secretly sided with the Emperor, essentially acting as a powerful force behind him.
He saved the government personnel, and the government will surely remember his kindness.
But Matsushima Kaoru was referring to "you all," so does that mean the emperor actually came to their rescue?
Judging from Matsushima Kaoru's appearance, she must have been an undercover agent in the shogunate for many years, and it was only to expose her identity in order to save them.
Oh, no, that's not right either. She was forced to reveal her identity.
Su Ruojin's guess was correct.
Matsushima Kaoru was a close associate of Emperor Takamori Hideaki, and he had been working undercover in the shogunate for twenty years without ever revealing his true identity.
When Takamori Hideaki learned that the Imperial Palace, the Prince of Da Chu, and the Princess were imprisoned by Tokugi Yasuhito, he immediately sent word to Matsushima Kaoru to find a way to rescue them.
Given Matsushima Kaoru's status, it wasn't difficult for her to come to this secluded courtyard, and it was normal for her to offer some drinks and food to the hardworking servants.
Everything that followed fell into place.
When Su Ruojin first met Matsushima Kaoru, she felt that she was very arrogant, so she had someone check her background.
Born into a samurai family, he had practiced martial arts since childhood and also knew some medical skills, which is why he was recruited into the shogunate.
After entering the shogunate, Matsushima Kaoru was always a low-ranking maid.
Until one time when he went out with Shingo Tokuyoshi, Shingo Tokuyoshi was accidentally bitten by a snake. It was Kaoru Matsushima who saved him and from then on became Shingo Tokuyoshi's confidant.
Now that Su Ruojin knows she is the Emperor's person, and considering that Deyi Xinwu was bitten by a snake, how could she not understand?
What a coincidence that this snake appeared!
However, it was no easy feat for her to remain hidden in the shogunate for so many years without being discovered.
Upon hearing Matsushima Kaoru say that she was sent by the Emperor to rescue them, Izumi Masako's eyes instantly reddened, filled with disbelief.
Ueno Chinatsu was also stunned. If Matsushima Kaoru was the Emperor's man, why did she treat Odaido like that?
She couldn't help but ask, "Since you are the Emperor's man, why have you not only failed to help him all these years, but have also made things difficult for the Imperial Household Department at every turn?"
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