They ran around for a while, but still couldn't get out of the woods.
"Aunt Xiang, you must hide! They're after me!"
Yun Duoduo wiped the sweat from her forehead, panting heavily, and grasped A Xiang's hands.
"No, Princess, I cannot leave you alone!"
Ah Xiang shook her head, rejecting Yun Duoduo's suggestion. She bent over and placed her hands on her knees.
We will definitely find a way out!
Ah Xiang looked around, her heart filled with anxiety yet determination; she was determined to take the princess away from here.
Unlike Yun Duoduo, who practices martial arts every day, A Xiang's exercise in the palace is limited to walking from her bedroom in Fu Shuang Palace to the imperial kitchen next door.
She ran several laps today, which is already a week's worth of exercise.
Her lungs felt like they were about to explode, her mouth was dry, her calves were tense and sore, and her knees were slightly painful.
"Aunt Xiang, my life is in your hands. You should hide first, and after the smoke clears, hurry back to the palace and ask Father to send someone to rescue me."
"You heard it too, that man is the Crown Prince of Western Chu. They must have a use for capturing me, they won't kill me."
Yun Duoduo quickly analyzed the current situation and explained it to A Xiang.
Ah Xiang looked at Yun Duoduo hesitantly, knowing that neither of them could escape in the current situation.
"Listen to me."
"Instead of both of us being arrested, you should run out and get reinforcements."
"Send the message to the palace as soon as possible so that they can send someone to rescue me. Also, whatever you do, absolutely do not let the Zheng family escape."
That bastard!
Yun Duoduo patted A Xiang's hand. The people of Xi Chu knew she would be here, which must have been because Zheng Duohai had notified them.
They're truly a den of snakes and rats, conspiring together in evil.
Ah Xiang nodded. She knew that the princess had always been resourceful, and listening to the princess was always the right thing to do.
"Yes, this servant will risk her life to run out and tell His Majesty to send someone to rescue the princess."
Yun Duoduo nodded: "Go quickly!"
Ah Xiang gritted her teeth, forcefully wiped the sweat from her forehead, hugged Yun Duoduo tightly, and then turned around and searched for a way out without looking back.
To give Ah Xiang more time to escape, Yun Duoduo, after Ah Xiang had gone far away, slowly followed the scent of the poison powder back to Xi Jing's ambush location to attract their attention. She shouted loudly, "This princess is here!"
Xi Jing turned her head in surprise, looking at Yun Duoduo with her proud and stubborn expression, and asked with a hint of astonishment, "Oh, why are you back?"
"What, is it because you can't bear to leave my handsome face?"
"Do you know how many people in Western Chu are lining up to marry me?"
Xi Jing looked at Yun Duoduo with amusement. In Xi Chu, no one could resist being captivated by his handsome appearance.
Yun Duoduo looked at Xi Jing as if he were a mental patient.
Are people lining up to marry you, each holding a number for their love?
With such a mad prince, the future of Western Chu is truly worrisome!
My father, my brother Jinzhi, are much more handsome than you!
She didn't like this kind of effeminate, seductive man.
"I just don't know the way. You can take me out first."
"Also, this princess is hungry, get this princess something to eat."
"Perfect timing, I haven't tried the food from Western Chu yet."
Xi Jing sneered: "Hmph, I knew you wouldn't be able to escape this ghost forest."
"Huh? Where's that palace maid who was with you?"
Xi Jing suddenly noticed that the pretty palace maid who used to be beside Yun Duoduo was gone.
"You cowardly coward, you abandoned me and ran away!"
Yun Duoduo spat on the ground and said angrily.
"Sigh, that's how servants are. Take him away!"
Xi Jing no longer paid attention to the palace maid and ordered his men to take her away.
"This little thing is very cunning. Tie her hands and feet!"
[Little one, I think your whole family are little ones!]
Yun Duoduo glared at him with a cute but fierce expression.
At Xi Jing's command, several of his men dragged their wounded and broken bodies to Yun Duoduo's side, their eyes filled with grievance and resentment, and roughly tied her hands and feet.
The guards' injuries were all inflicted by Yun Duoduo, so they were all both angry and afraid of her.
...
Ah Xiang picked up a pebble from the ground and marked each tree she passed.
She was unfamiliar with this grove of trees and didn't see the path clearly. She lost her footing and her other leg slammed hard against a rock in front of her.
Ah Xiang endured the excruciating pain, covered her mouth to keep quiet, picked up a thick tree branch, and limped along, leaning on it for support.
It took about an hour to finally emerge from this haunted forest.
After leaving the ghostly forest and reaching the streets of the capital, she used all her strength to head towards the palace.
In the capital, the tallest building is the Buddhist hall inside the imperial palace; as long as you follow this direction, you can't go wrong.
Princess, you must take good care of yourself!
[This servant is almost at the palace!]
...
Inside the Zichen Palace, Xia Xiazi rushed in to report.
"Your Majesty, A Xiang, a maidservant of Princess You Rong, has come to report something urgent."
"Ah Xiang?"
"Has something happened to Duoduo? Bring her in quickly!"
Yun Beiye threw the memorial in his hand onto the table, strode down the steps, and headed for the door.
Ah Xiang was brought in by Xia Xiazi. As soon as she saw Yun Beiye, her legs went weak and she knelt down on the ground with a thud.
"Your Majesty, the princess! The princess has been captured!"
Ah Xiang cried bitterly, "I've been captured by the Crown Prince of Western Chu!"
"What?!"
The veins on Yun Beiye's forehead bulged, his head spun, and he swayed. Zhao Zhongquan quickly steadied him.
"He was kidnapped in Ghost Forest, or near Ghost Forest!"
Ah Xiang sobbed as she picked out the important things to say.
"Zhao Zhongquan, have Xiao Jinyu lead the Imperial Guards to search Ghost Forest!"
Yun Beiye roared.
"Send a message to Jin Jinzhi, telling him to drop everything and return to the city immediately to find Duoduo's whereabouts!"
Zhao Zhongquan gave a signal to a young eunuch inside the Zichen Palace, who quickly ran out of the palace to report the news.
"Your Majesty, the princess said that this matter is inextricably linked to the Zheng family..."
Yun Beiye nodded: "I understand. Have Xue Deyi lead his men and arrest everyone in the Zheng family!"
"Not a single one is allowed to escape!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Several eunuchs ran out of the Zichen Palace one after another, each going to different places to report the news.
Before the time it takes to drink a cup of tea is up, three teams rushed out of the palace, each heading to a different place, with only one goal: to find and rescue Princess Yourong.
...
"Tell me, what does that person look like?"
Yun Beiye sat on the soft couch, took a sip of tea to calm himself, his hand tightly gripping the wine cup, his lips pale.
"The man was dressed in red, with thick, dark eyebrows, a high nose, and thin lips."
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