Although the above is just her guess, she had clearly seen Liu Qinghe, who should have died, appear at the back door of the emperor's bedroom. Therefore, her guess may very well be the truth!
No, she couldn't go directly to the emperor; it was too risky! If she really had to report this to the emperor, she had to first rule out the possibility that the emperor hadn't ordered Ning Hongxi and Liu Qinghe to do it!
What should we do now?
The Crown Prince's guards are mostly in Wanliu Town, so even if the Prime Minister brings his men to kill her, he won't be able to kill her in a short time.
But this is only temporary. If the other side sends more men and the emperor intends to silence her, then it's only a matter of time before the guards of the Crown Prince's residence are all killed.
Even though Yun Zhuo has been secretly developing and expanding his power over the past year, he has been severely restricted in all aspects because he was poisoned and the time was too short. He is still not fully developed.
In addition, he was currently digging a tunnel in Qinglan Gorge, so he couldn't possibly bring a large number of people to rescue her in a short time!
"Your Highness, shouldn't we leave Wanliu Town immediately?" Qiu Shen asked again, her expression urgent.
The night was as dark as ink, and there was not a breath of wind. The rows of willows along the river were quiet, as if even the river had stopped flowing.
Ye Qingxue realized that they had been standing outside the door for a long time, and that they had booked the entire inn, with empty rooms available next door.
She walked toward the empty room, and Qiu Shen and the four guards immediately followed.
As Ye Qingxue reached the door, she suddenly stopped and pointed to the two guards behind her, saying, "You two go and see if the Prime Minister has brought any men to attack. Report back immediately if there is any movement."
The two guards quickly left.
Ye Qingxue, Qiu Shen, and the remaining two guards entered the room. The three of them still looked shaken and were extremely nervous, almost unable to breathe.
“They are making medicine, and the Emperor is the beneficiary. So I don’t fully trust the Emperor right now. I’m afraid that if we risk our lives to return to the capital and tell the Emperor about this, we will not only fail to save him, but we will be in even greater danger.” Ye Qingxue directly expressed her concerns.
Qiu Shen was stunned for a moment, but quickly understood, while the two guards were extremely shocked!
Ye Qingxue continued, "So, my idea is that some people will risk going to find the Emperor, but finding the Emperor is not the main purpose. The main purpose is to make them think that we are going to find the Emperor."
"The remaining group went to Minister Pan of the Ministry of Rites, some went to Prince Yu, some went to General Lan, and some went to other officials to tell them the truth about the children's disappearance and the evil deeds of the alchemists."
"In this way, even if what Ning Hongxi and Liu Qinghe did was at the Emperor's behest, countless court officials will force the Emperor to stop this matter and severely punish Ning Hongxi and Liu Qinghe!"
Of course, if this matter was truly authorized by the emperor, and Ning Hongxi and Liu Qinghe were merely acting on the emperor's orders, then that emperor truly deserves no life.
Throughout history, emperors have always sought immortality and thus were obsessed with refining elixirs. She could understand this behavior, but she could not accept that the emperor would use his own people as the ingredients for the elixir, doing such a heinous thing!
Such an emperor can no longer be called a human being.
However, she currently lacks sufficient evidence to prove that the emperor instructed this matter; nor does she possess enough power to directly challenge the emperor.
Moreover, in order to survive and to stop the cruel and inhumane acts of Ning Hongxi and Liu Qinghe, she had no choice but to take a roundabout route and go to other officials to pressure the emperor.
Qiu Shen quickly understood the key point and asked, "Should we call Zhan Shuang and the others back now? Should we temporarily reduce the number of people searching for Dong Bai and split up to look for Prince Yu, General Lan, and Lord Pan?"
Ye Qingxue felt as if her heart had been cut by a knife.
We finally got a tiny clue about Dongbai.
The result was that they had to withdraw their personnel, making it difficult to find Dongbai again next time...
However, if they don't withdraw, once Ning Hongxi leads his men to guard all the routes back to the capital, they simply won't be able to break through.
Moreover, they had to use a roundabout route, luring their people around in circles, to have a chance to rush back.
Ye Qingxue finally nodded: "Let's retreat first. As long as we're alive, we'll have another chance to search in the future."
Although Qiu Shen was heartbroken, she thought the same as Ye Qingxue: she could only try to get Zhan Shuang and the others back.
Not long after, the two guards who had gone to investigate returned in a panic: "The Prime Minister's men are coming! It's too dark yet, so we don't know how many there are! But we can tell they're a large force!"
Ye Qingxue said in a deep voice, "Summon Zhan Shuang back and have a hundred guards fight them. The rest of the men should be divided into five groups and retreat from the flanks and rear!"
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