Chapter 302: Show Me Some Pink
"Everyone calm down first!"
Yun Chen's voice immediately silenced the entire audience.
She pinched Lan Qian's hand, who was also in a panic, to comfort her, and then ordered the servant:
"I'd like to ask you to send out thirty people from the mansion. Half of them will lead the carriages of each mansion and have them line up at the gate. The other half will lead the ladies and daughters of each mansion into the carriages. Don't run around, but follow them one by one. After leaving the mansion, go south, not north!"
She looked towards the northern sky. The beacon fires were lit, which only meant that the Beijing army had been defeated and could not be stopped. The enemy was heading towards the city. The Beijing army could only use the beacon fires as a signal to warn the city.
I don’t know where the enemies came from or how many of them there were, but they were able to sneak past the border guards and directly reach the foot of Kyoto.
After estimating the distance to the beacon tower, the enemy would be able to break into the city in an hour at most.
The situation was extremely critical, but Yun Chen showed no sign of panic as he comforted the ladies:
"Don't be afraid, this might be a signal fire from a military exercise in Beijing. Ladies and young ladies, quickly return to your residences and have your guards and servants lock all doors tightly. Use whatever you can to barricade them. Turn off all lights in the residence. Don't make any noise, don't shout, just wait and see what happens!"
Yun Chen's tone was very calm and he spoke very tactfully, and his voice had a reassuring power.
Everyone unconsciously followed her instructions and began to walk out with the maid.
Even Miss Cao and her companions obeyed orders and lined up honestly in the queue to leave the house.
However, once they left the inner courtyard, the ladies discovered that the entire Earl Song Lu's Mansion was in chaos. The men in the front hall and the few guards in the mansion had already taken to the streets with weapons.
The streets were filled with people running for their lives, and there were also many hooligans taking the opportunity to smash, loot and rob.
Seeing this, all the ladies were so frightened that they could not move, and their legs were shaking as they got into the carriage.
Huo Gannian, Ye Yan and Buyan were already ready at the gate.
Because of years of war, the Huo family's carriages were usually equipped with armor.
Huo Gannian quickly put on his armor, his hands moving without stopping, while listening to the urgent report from the spy.
Seeing Yun Chen was the last one to come out of the group of ladies, Huo Gannian didn't ask any more questions. He handed the armor to her skillfully and said:
"This isn't another test from Your Highness. These are the Luojiang guerrillas. A month ago, Luojiang conquered the neighboring tribes and the capital, unifying the north and forming a million-man force. The vanguard of 100,000 troops, using the snow-capped mountains to conceal their tracks, reached the outskirts of Kyoto, and have now broken through the defenses of the Jing army and are marching towards Kyoto. The East Palace has issued an urgent order, ordering us to lead the troops to meet them."
"Yeah." Yun Chen nodded, and looked at Lan Qian, who was looking at him worriedly while staying with Song Qiaoqiao for refuge.
She quickly took off all the cumbersome accessories on her body, put on her armor quickly, turned over and mounted the water dragon, and caught the Blood-Drinking Sword thrown by Ye Yan in mid-air.
A large group of Huo Gang guards came rushing over on horseback. Yun Chen stood in front of the sea of men and armor, his face serious and his demeanor calm, revealing fearlessness and majesty.
On the other side, the ladies who had already boarded the carriage and were preparing to leave watched Yun Chen wearing armor, riding a horse, and holding a sword, performing a series of smooth movements, as if they had done it thousands of times, and suddenly felt some strange emotions in their hearts.
Soon, the carriage set off.
The weeping cherry bell in front of the car, a symbol of a wealthy and noble lady, drew a graceful arc in the air and headed towards the still safe south of the city.
At the same time, Yun Chen rode his horse and headed north amid the shouts of the Huo Gang guards.
She was heading in the opposite direction of all the ladies and young ladies. They were heading towards life, but she was fearlessly facing the battle.
In the carriage of Duke Cao's mansion, Miss Cao stared at Yun Chen for a moment, her eyes slightly moist. She felt her heart was filled with excitement, and the feeling of admiration suddenly overwhelmed all worldly etiquette and rules, occupying her entire heart.
She said to the servant driving the car:
"Wait, let's go to General Yun for a moment."
The carriage slowly turned around and headed towards Yun Chen.
Immediately afterwards, all the carriages that were preparing to head south changed direction.
Countless weeping cherry bells turned magnificently in the air and walked towards Yun Chen.
Yun Chen looked at the carriage team in surprise, not understanding why the ladies suddenly changed direction, but she saw Miss Cao, who was at the front, getting off the carriage. She walked quickly but not hurriedly, and came to her in a dignified manner.
Miss Cao looked at Yun Chen intently for a while:
Yun Chen's complicated and beautiful hairstyle had been completely undone, and her earrings had been removed, leaving only her hair tied up in a way that was most suitable for combat and would not disrupt her vision.
Because the incident happened so suddenly, Yun Chen didn't have time to change his inner clothes. He was still wearing an indigo and pink skirt, with a cold and hard armor on top. The armor had been polished to a shine and had many knife marks on it.
As if she had something to say but was too embarrassed to speak it out loud, Miss Cao tilted her head slightly and raised her hand to take off her exquisite and expensive earrings.
She broke off the jade bead and placed it in Yun Chen's hand. Without saying anything, she turned around and got into the car and left.
Immediately afterwards, all the ladies walked up to Yun Chen one by one, took off the beads from their earrings, and placed them in Yun Chen's palms.
Yun Chen didn't understand what was going on. Song Qiaoqiao, who had been standing by and watching everything, had tears in her eyes as she smiled.
She took off the red string from her braided hair and strung together all the beads of varying sizes, made of gold, silver or jade, while whispering:
"Sister Yun, you might not know this, but there's a folk custom where, when a child is born, parents ask for a penny from each of the hundreds of families, wishing the child a hundred blessings. This custom has spread to Kyoto, but the young ladies, feeling proud and inexpensive, have replaced it with earrings and jade beads. Giving one to someone is a wish for their longevity and safety."
Song Qiaoqiao put the beads on Yun Chen's wrist, wrapped them into two circles of strange but beautiful bracelets, and tied them tightly with a flower knot.
She smiled at Yun Chen and said:
"Sister Yun, you are the eagle that protects our country. Go ahead and give the enemy some pink."
Yun Chen looked at the pink skirt exposed under his armor, nodded, and smiled brightly:
"good."
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