Chapter 34
"How many people are guarding outside the East Palace now?" Li Yin asked.
"Ah?" Weidao was a little confused. Why did the topic suddenly change to this?
"There are probably about five or six people!" Weidao answered truthfully.
"Go and help me lead them away."
"Ah? How do we divert it?"
Li Yin looked down at his own clothes, then at the clothes on Wei Dao, revealing a malicious smile.
Wei Dao had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, when he was standing outside the prison keeping watch for Li Yin, he thought to himself, my intuition was right.
Luo Sanrong looked up and saw Li Yin in the prison wearing a guard's uniform. He was confused for a moment and cleared his throat, "Your Highness, why are you here?"
Li Yin took the key he had snatched from the jailer after knocking him unconscious and opened the prison. Luo Sanrong wanted to stand up and salute, but Li Yin said, "No need to salute." After that, he sat down next to Luo Sanrong.
"I'll just stay here for a moment." Before he finished speaking, Li Yin threw the key out of the prison.
"Your Highness, please go back soon! If His Majesty knew, he would..." Luo Sanrong remembered what Xiao Gao said this afternoon and said a little worriedly.
"It's okay. Have you forgotten? I'm the prince, and a prince is supposed to protect others."
"So, Prince, don't let this villain..."
Before Luo Sanrong could finish, Li Yin grabbed her mouth, his eyes saying, "If you don't shut up, I won't let go."
Luo Sanrong slapped Li Yin's hand away, her eyes filled with disdain, as if to say, "It's already this late, and you're still playing such childish games."
Li Yin looked at Luo Sanrong and burst out laughing.
Luo Sanrong looked at Li Yin and laughed out loud, saying, "Your Highness, you are not angry with me anymore, are you?"
Li Yin was silent for a moment, then slowly replied, "I'm not angry with you. I'm angry with myself. I'm angry that I can't control my emotions. That feeling of being out of control..."
"Make a promise with me. No matter what happens in the future, don't endure it for others. If it's for me, then don't do it. I hate the feeling of others sacrificing for me."
"Your Highness..." Luo Sanying stared at Li Yin blankly. It was not until this moment that she felt that Li Yin was a gentle person.
"Promise me you won't do that again." Li Yin's tone was serious.
"I understand, Your Highness." Luo Sanying lowered his eyes.
At this moment, there were several knocks on the wall outside the prison. Luo Sanrong knew that the time had come. Li Yin stood up and said, "It's time. I have to leave."
"Okay." At this moment, Luo Sanrong could not say anything else except agreeing.
"Don't worry, I will definitely rescue you." Li Yin promised solemnly.
The next day, because Li Yin had offended the envoy, the court sent the Minister of Revenue Sun Xing and the Prime Minister Ji Zeming to visit him and hoped that they would forgive Li Yin's mistakes, even though Li Yin was not wrong.
"What's the difference between disrespecting an envoy of a kingdom and disrespecting the emperor of a kingdom? I have suffered great humiliation when I was sent to your dynasty. According to my request, you must take away your prince and make him kneel down and apologize in front of my emperor." Benin said angrily.
"No...we can't do this, he is our prince!" Sun Xing said flatteringly.
Of course, disliking the prince is one thing, but letting outsiders take the prince away is another.
"So, I'm just saying this," Bening said casually, his tone trailing off lazily. Suddenly, he added, "But, you must take that eunuch away and punish him."
At this moment, Ji Zeming, who had been silent since entering the room, suddenly stood up and said loudly: "No, what's the matter with Guan Nei Shi?"
"Oh? What is this?" Bening looked at Sun Xing with a smile. In his opinion, Ji Zeming's opinion was not important at all, but it didn't matter if he just watched a show for nothing.
Sun Xing tugged at Ji Zeming's sleeves, and out of sight of Bening, he winked at him frantically. Seeing Ji Zeming's expression calm down, he flattered Bening, "Your Highness, don't take it seriously. If you want to take the eunuch away, take him away! We have no objection."
In the eyes of those in power, taking away a "troublemaking" eunuch in exchange for peaceful coexistence between the two countries was the perfect choice.
Benin finally nodded in satisfaction, and at the same time looked at Ji Zeming provocatively. He had disliked Ji Zeming since Ji Zeming was studying in Qiping Country. Now, he finally got the upper hand.
"Okay, okay, a man who knows the current situation is a hero. I will return to the court tomorrow and hope to hear good news from you."
"Yes, yes, yes." Sun Xing said three yeses in a row, and then forcefully pulled Ji Zeming out.
After going out, Ji Zeming did not continue to speak politely to Sun Xing. He walked to the front of the East Palace, but was stopped by Wei Dao.
"Wei Dao, I'm here to find a solution. One more person means more strength."
Weidao listened to him and did not continue to stop him.
The prison received the order and said to Luo Sanrong in the cell: "Luo Sanrong, come out."
Luo Sanrong had a bad feeling in his heart and became more and more anxious.
"Sir, what happened?" Luo Sanying asked the jailer who forced her out tentatively.
The jailer's tone was filled with pity. "You are going to Qiping State. The envoy specifically requested you."
At this moment, an unexpected person came to the cell. It was Lord Han Shouyi, the official who served His Majesty. The jailer saluted respectfully and said, "Lord Han, what brings you here?"
"Your Majesty sent me to ask this eunuch if he has any unfulfilled wishes?" From these words, we can know that he will almost never come back from Qiping Kingdom.
When the time came, Luo Sanrong's heart actually calmed down a lot. His voice was neither sad nor happy. "Your Excellency, I don't have any wishes."
"I'm sorry. I know it's shameful to sacrifice a eunuch's life for the stability of the country. However, we've already made our efforts, and this is the best possible outcome. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knelt on the cold floor all night to plead for you."
"...Your Highness...?"
Luo Sanrong knew that he said these words to her before leaving in order to make her willing. Damn it, in the end, he succeeded.
"Do you have any relatives?"
"My Lord, after I was separated from my mother, I was adopted by a master from a theatre troupe. Now the master has disappeared, so there's no need to worry."
"Getting separated?"
"yes."
"When did you get separated?"
Luo Sanrong felt a little strange, but still answered: "It was ten years ago, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, my mother... I got separated from my mother."
Lord Shang was lost in thought when someone came to urge him, "Lord Shang, the time is almost up."
Shang Gong was unable to stop him and made way.
Luo Sanrong was escorted to the envoy's carriage. The envoy looked at her with a mocking expression and whispered to her, "I thought your Highness would come to rescue you!"
Luo Sanrong looked at him with a stubborn and unwilling look.
Bening, however, showed an even more interested smile. He pinched Luo Sanrong's neck and leaned close to her ear, "I really hope you can maintain this attitude when you go to Qiping Country. This really makes me feel too excited."
"Pooh--"
Bening instinctively wanted to slap her, but in public, reason stopped him and he could only say to her viciously: "Just wait."
Benin got on the carriage. The curtains around the carriage were drawn, which made it convenient for him to enjoy the scenery along the way.
"Let's go back to Beijing..."
With a "whoosh", an arrow hit the shaft of the carriage, and the carriage that had just started was forced to stop.
Everyone was also terrified and looked at the person who shot the arrow. It was Li Yin.
Li Yin threw down his bow and arrow and walked towards the envoy's carriage. The envoy said provocatively, "Thank you, Your Highness, for coming to see me off!"
Li Yin drew his sword and pointed it at the envoy's neck. "Release my people from the East Palace."
The envoy looked at him with a smile.
The Prime Minister was the first to stop him, scolding him, "Are you crazy? What are you doing? Are you going to draw your sword against an envoy from another country?"
"Yes, no one has ever snatched anything from me. I'm very upset now, so let him go."
"Are you going to abandon the entire capital for just one person? Think about those people who are trembling in fear."
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