What to do? Qiu Shen's mind raced. Yes, what to do? Should she go to the Crown Prince for help now?
By the time she finds His Highness the Crown Prince and returns, the Crown Princess's body will probably be cold.
She absolutely had to get into Kyoto tonight. Only by getting in could she get rescued; otherwise, the Crown Princess would surely die!
But how do we get in?
Qiu Shen bit her lip, closed her eyes, and rubbed her temples hard, almost breaking the veins!
Xia Lu suddenly patted her arm: "There seems to be some movement over at the city gate, should we go take a look?"
Qiu Shen grabbed her hand, shielding her and Chun Qian behind him, and said in a low voice, "Let's sneak over and see what's going on. If there's any commotion, we'll make a scene and sneak in—then whoever gets a chance to sneak in will do so. Don't try to sneak in all three of us, understand?"
Spring's light and summer's green held their breath and nodded emphatically. They knew that as long as one person could successfully sneak in, they would be saved.
It was late at night, at the city gate.
Ning Xun was ordered by his father to guard this place with his men. His father said that once the city gates were locked, no one was allowed to enter or leave, and anyone who dared to disobey would be killed without mercy.
The official explanation is that the Crown Prince is currently leading a team to excavate the Grand Canal, and fearing that some people might rebel, the security is tighter than usual.
The city gate guards, in particular, were even more alarmed when they saw the prime minister's son personally leading his guards to guard the city gate. They felt that something serious must have happened inside the city, and they became even more vigilant, making the atmosphere at the city gate increasingly tense.
Since the lockdown began, they have refused to allow anyone to enter or leave, and have even detained several innocent civilians for this purpose.
Ning Xun knew very well that guarding the city gate tonight was only to prevent Ye Qingxue from requesting rescue from inside the city and to ensure that she would die at the hands of those assassins.
Although it was already late at night, Ning Xun still went up to the city wall and, by the light of the oil lamp, looked into the distance, waiting for good news to come so he could go back to sleep.
But then he heard the commotion of his younger sister, Ning Rong, arriving.
He turned around and saw Ning Rong, dressed in a magnificent orange robe, walking up the city wall. It was windy on the city wall, and Ning Rong pulled her cloak tighter around herself.
Ning Xun ordered the guards around him to patrol further away before frowning and asking Ning Rong, "It's late and the dew is heavy. What are you doing here? You're feeling unwell; you should be resting in your room. Why did Wen Huan let you come out?"
"I couldn't sleep, so I came to check the results," Ning Rong said. "It's so late, haven't you succeeded yet?"
Ning Xun glanced around to make sure no one was there before lowering his voice and saying to her, "That person is cunning and treacherous by nature. How could she be so easily fooled? But there are many people this time, and she is pregnant. She definitely won't be able to escape. You should stay in the house and get some good news when you wake up. Why bother going through all this trouble?"
Ning Rong raised an eyebrow and smiled: "On such a good day, I couldn't sleep, so I had to come and see. Big brother, you know me, I hate her."
So you have to see for yourself how Ye Qingxue was tortured to death, how she was thrown back like a dead dog.
Just thinking about that scene excites her, keeps her awake, and compels her to come and wait, eager to witness it with her own eyes.
Just as Ning Xun was about to speak, he heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from not far away. He immediately went to the city wall to look and frowned.
A moment later, a voice came from below the city gate: "General Lan, the Emperor has ordered that no one is allowed to leave the city after the gates are locked!"
Ning Xun and Ning Rong exchanged a glance and quickly headed down from the city wall.
"Is it the Emperor's order or the Prime Minister's order? Get out of my way! The Crown Princess is in danger outside the city, and I am going to rescue her. How dare you stop me? If anything happens to the Crown Princess, can you bear the responsibility?" General Lan roared.
The city gate guards knelt in unison before General Lan's horse, pleading, "Please, General Lan, do not make things difficult for your subordinates!"
When Ning Xun arrived at the city gate, he saw that General Lan had brought at least a hundred guards with him!
If General Lan were to leave like this, what would become of us?
It takes a lot of effort for them to arrange for the people to burn incense at Shenyin Temple in advance. If they can't kill Ye Qingxue tonight, wouldn't that be like letting a tiger return to the mountain?
“General Lan, it is indeed the Emperor’s order that we guard this place. As long as the city gates are locked, no one can enter or leave, not even General Lan. If General Lan really wants to go out, please go to the palace and ask the Emperor for an imperial edict. I will personally open the city gates for you then,” Ning Xun said.
General Lan, mounted on horseback, looked down at him, his eyes slightly narrowed.
Ning Rong snorted coldly from the side: "As for General Lan saying that the Crown Princess is in trouble... we haven't received any news about it. Who knows if General Lan is lying? What if General Lan's trip wasn't because of the Crown Princess's accident, but because he has other motives? How will my brother explain this to the Emperor?"
General Lan listened to Ning Rong's words and looked at her charming smile, and the veins on his neck bulged.
Ning Rong didn't take him seriously at all. He was just an old military officer, and his real power was not even as great as her father's. What was she afraid of?
Ning Rong rolled her eyes and snorted.
General Lan leaped off his horse to capture Ning Rong. Ning Rong was caught off guard and could only watch helplessly as General Lan approached her.
Just as General Lan was about to capture her, Ning Xun suddenly rushed up and blocked General Lan's way. However, this was exactly what General Lan wanted, as his target was Ning Xun.
Ning Xun acted hastily, and was trying to protect Ning Rong. He was no match for General Lan, who had been eyeing him for a long time, and was soon captured by General Lan.
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