"In these seven days, I will personally watch you take the antidote."
Jiang Xianhao nodded, a hopeful smile on her face.
"Very well, Your Majesty, but you must keep your word."
The next day.
Jizhou.
Because Gu Jingchun and his group needed to change carriages and prepare food for the journey, they entered the city.
This was originally a very ordinary thing.
However, to their surprise, they were surrounded by a dense crowd after entering the city.
After they bought the carriage, someone said something.
"That's His Highness the Crown Prince. He's the one who solved the disaster victims' problem and saved us."
One sentence made all the people look up and immediately rush towards them.
After Gu Jingchun and his men realized something was wrong, they immediately tried to turn their horses around, but it was too late.
A large number of people surrounded them, making it impossible for them to move forward.
"Your Highness, Your Highness..."
"Thank you, Your Highness. Long live the Crown Prince."
“Your Highness, if it weren’t for you, my mother and my child would have starved to death. You are our savior.”
"Your Highness, please take a look. These are just some small tokens of my appreciation. Please accept them."
...
Shen Hechuan sat high on his horse, looking at the crowd of people that had packed the entire street, and frowned slightly.
He couldn't stand seeing Gu Jingchun and Ye Wenxi walking side by side today, so despite being stopped, he mounted his horse and ended up being surrounded.
Looking at the people, Shen Hechuan couldn't help but speak up, trying to guide them to leave.
No matter what he said, the other party kept surrounding them and had no intention of leaving.
Shen Hechuan tightened his grip on the reins, a hint of anger rising within him.
These people were clearly being manipulated and exploited by those with ulterior motives, and there was no way to force them; they were put on the defensive for a time.
Gu Jingchun, inside the carriage, quietly lifted the curtain and looked at the crowd of people outside, her eyebrows slightly furrowed.
Seeing this, Gu Jinxi couldn't help but speak up.
"Mother, why can't Father be stricter with the people? Why not just drive them away?"
"They are all cowards. As long as Father has a sword, they will definitely be scared away."
Gu Jingchun patiently explained to him, "It's different. Father is the Crown Prince. If he were to draw his sword against innocent people who love him, it would break their hearts."
"If the people are disheartened, how can they possibly accept him as the future emperor of Dacheng?"
Gu Jinxi nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
"If that's the case, why don't we just have someone else scare them?"
Gu Jinxi's casual remark caught Gu Jingchun's eye immediately. Upon hearing this, she lifted the carriage curtain and looked at Ye Wenxi.
When the crowd gathered around, Ye Wenxi led his men to surround the carriage to prevent anyone with ulterior motives from infiltrating and harming Gu Jingchun.
Gu Jingchun whispered a few words in Ye Wenxi's ear.
Upon hearing this, Ye Wenxi immediately nodded and then looked at Shen Hechuan.
Shen Hechuan's eyes darkened slightly, his gaze lingering on the two of them, a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes.
However, he also knew that now was not the time to throw a tantrum, so he looked at Gu Jingchun.
Gu Jingchun gestured with his mouth and eyes.
He immediately understood and secretly took off his waist token and handed it to Tianji.
Tianji immediately handed the token from his waist to Ye Wenxi.
Ye Wenxi took it in her hand, looked around, and glanced at several men in the crowd who were shouting particularly enthusiastically before nodding to the people beside her.
Mao Li, who was next to Ye Wenxi, immediately nodded, lightly touched the horse's back, and flew to the rooftop.
He shouted, "The Crown Prince urgently needs to leave. Everyone, please move aside so as not to obstruct his movements."
Everyone immediately looked up and saw Mao Li standing on the high place, and immediately felt some dissatisfaction.
Taking advantage of the gap, Ye Wenxi blended into the crowd and quietly left.
After he left, he wanted to go to the prefectural governor's office immediately to dispatch manpower, but he was afraid that the prefectural governor's office was also infiltrated by treacherous people.
So, just to be on the safe side, he went to one of the shops, showed his token, and immediately mobilized some of his men.
Only then did he go to the prefectural governor's office.
The prefect of the prefectural governor's office was personally promoted by Shen Hechuan.
When Ye Wenxi came to his door, he had already received the news and initially did not want to pay any attention to him, but seeing Ye Wenxi's demeanor, he took another look at him.
When Ye Wenxi produced the Crown Prince's token, he was even more surprised. He didn't care about anything else and immediately obeyed the order, leading his men towards the crowd.
At this point, the people were beginning to lose control.
Perhaps it was because of what was just said that the people began to stir.
They all began to explain.
“Your Highness, we did not mean to stop you. We simply wished to pay our respects upon first seeing your countenance.”
"Your Highness, please don't be angry. We'll leave now."
Several people tried to back away, but there were too many people. The people behind, unaware of the situation, kept pushing forward. Those in front, wanting to retreat, not only couldn't go back, but were instead pushed forward by the crowd.
As they moved backward, the crowd became restless.
People started pushing and shoving, and the pushing and shoving was accompanied by cursing and swearing, and they started arguing.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Shen Hechuan immediately spoke up to stop it.
"Everyone, don't move, don't rush, slowly retreat."
However, his words had no effect at this point, and everyone was caught in a scuffle.
Gu Jingchun also sensed something was wrong. She got out of the carriage, stood on it, and faced the crowd that was constantly pushing and shoving. She immediately drew her long sword and shouted angrily.
"Everyone stop."
After he finished speaking, everyone paused for a moment, but soon became restless again.
After all, a woman's words don't inspire fear.
But at that moment, Gu Jingchun raised his sword and slashed at the carriage.
In an instant, a piece of the carriage arm was sheared off.
"Anyone who moves again will be just like this carriage, and they shouldn't blame me for being impolite."
Finally, the crowd quieted down.
Gu Jingchun then continued speaking.
"You keep saying you want to see His Highness the Crown Prince, but do you realize that your actions and behaviors have already completely influenced him?"
"If this were anyone else, they would have already captured you all for your actions."
"His Highness the Crown Prince is benevolent and loves you, so naturally he would not want to harm you."
However, you must also consider His Highness the Crown Prince's feelings. If you continue pushing and shoving, it will only cause panic, and innocent civilians could be harmed if you're not careful.
Seeing that the people had been persuaded, Gu Jingchun began to evacuate them.
The crowd of people, who had been huddled together, began to slowly back away.
Some people mixed in with the crowd could no longer contain themselves and immediately shouted:
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