The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 851: waves
Chapter 851 Waves
Seeing the prince holding the imperial edict in his arms with an expression that didn’t know whether to cry or laugh, Ren Shijie didn’t know whether to cry or laugh.
However, at least the prince was finally cheered up. If he wanted to bring chaos to the State of Jin… he had to keep the prince alive and keep him alive with fighting spirit.
Bai Jinxiu has already calculated the time. From Dadu City to Yuanping… it takes two days by fast horse. It would take three days to lead the troops from Yuanping to Dadu City if the time is more relaxed. And it would take one day for the soldiers to rest after rushing from Yuanping to Dadu City. It would take a total of six days.
So Bai Jinxiu planned to escort the prince out of the city on the night of April 27th. After making the plan, Bai Jinxiu sent someone to inform Ren Shijie. She told Ren Shijie… they must be on guard against Hongmei who was beside the prince. They should hide it from the prince and tell him that they were going out from the south gate. They should also tell him that Bai Jinxiu had arranged to go out from the north gate, so as to try whether Hongmei was the secret spy planted by Prince Liang or Fan Yuhuai beside the prince.
After hearing the news, Ren Shijie told the prince truthfully that Bai Jinxiu was going to take them out through the south gate.
As soon as the prince received the news, he ordered Ren Shijie to send guards to quietly return to the prince’s residence to inform Hongmei and Quanyu of the news, and ordered the guards to stay there… At nightfall on the 27th, he took Hongmei and Quanyu to the south gate and left the city together.
In everyone’s eyes, Ren Shijie is the most loyal counselor to the prince, but in fact, Ren Shijie is a Yan person… He is concerned about Yan State, and he will not let go of any opportunity to cause chaos in Jin State.
What he was thinking was that if Prince Liang and others got the news, they could set an ambush at the South Gate to capture the crown prince alive, or even kill him, and kill the crown princess and the little grandson to eliminate future troubles. If the emperor’s edict got out, would that give those in Jin who were ready to rebel a pretext to rebel? Then Jin would be in real chaos.
Ren Shijie put his hands in his sleeves, looked up at the sunny sky, and thought about finding an opportunity to send the message out.
April 27th, hour of Hai.
Bai Jinxiu and his group, dressed in black, walked quickly towards the South City Gate.
The Crown Princess was also dressed in black, holding the sleeping little grandson in her arms. Even the wet nurse followed her. This was in case the little grandson woke up at an critical moment, so she wanted to let him drink some milk to prevent him from crying and causing unnecessary trouble.
The Crown Princess has always been a lady from a noble family and has never done such a thing. But now that she is on the verge of life and death, she can’t care about so much. She just holds her child tightly in her hands, praying in her heart that she can leave the city smoothly today and there will be no more troubles.
Thirty highly skilled guards, led by Bai Jinxiu, protected the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess, the little grandson and Ren Shijie. The rest of the guards from the Crown Prince’s Mansion had been sent by Bai Jinxiu to hide around the South Gate half an hour ago, just in case.
As soon as they arrived at the South Gate, Bai Jinxiu raised her hand and signaled the thirty guards to stop. The Crown Prince put his arm around the Crown Princess’s shoulders, squatted down to protect his wife and children, and waited.
“Your Highness, I will go and negotiate with the guards at the city gate first. Your Highness will wait a moment.” Bai Jinxiu lowered her voice and spoke to the prince.
“Wait!” The prince looked at Ren Shijie anxiously, “Are Hongmei and Quanyu here?”
When the Crown Princess, who was in the Crown Prince’s arms, heard the word “Hongmei”, her face turned very ugly. It was ok that Quan Yu had served the Crown Prince since she was a child, but she didn’t expect that at such a critical moment, the Crown Prince still remembered that prostitute and wanted to take her with him!
Bai Jinxiu glanced at Ren Shijie and spoke to help: “Your Highness, the safety of you, the Crown Princess, and the little grandson should be the most important thing at the moment. The King of Liang did not arrest Eunuch Quanyu and Hongmei before, so he will not make things difficult for the eunuchs and concubines serving the Crown Prince! They haven’t arrived yet, so they don’t care about the safety of you, the Crown Princess, and the little grandson… It makes no sense to wait for a concubine here. You should try to get out of the city first!”
The prince was concerned about Quan Yu and Hong Mei, but he also knew that what Bai Jinxiu said was right. He nodded and said, “I will listen to Madam Qin’s arrangements!”
Bai Jinxiu nodded, told the guards to protect the prince, turned around, jumped onto the roof, stepped on the roof tiles and ran all the way to the south gate.
Soon, the commander of the imperial guards came down from the city wall in a hurry, saluted Bai Jinxiu, and shouted, “Open the city gate!”
Hearing this, Ren Shijie grabbed the prince’s arm and said, “Your Highness, let’s go…”
The prince nodded, put his hands on the princess’ shoulders, and walked forward under the protection of the guards.
Bai Jinxiu looked up at the soldiers on the city wall, then looked around and saw that there was no light except the lanterns hanging at the doorways of the shops. She vaguely sensed that something was wrong.
But before Bai Jinxiu could turn around and ask the prince to get out of the way, she saw the prince and Ren Shijie and his entourage already beside her.
Suddenly, flames broke out on all sides. Bai Jinxiu and others drew their swords to protect the prince. The general of the imperial guards standing opposite Bai Jinxiu also drew his sword and led his troops to protect the prince.
Suddenly, heavy soldiers holding torches poured out from all directions of the alley and surrounded them. Even many soldiers under Fan Yuhuai rushed in from outside the city gate.
Fan Yuhuai and King Liang rode on tall horses and slowly came out.
Prince Liang looked at the Crown Prince with cold eyes, and then his gaze fell on Bai Jinxiu and the general guarding the city. The corners of his lips curled up and he said to Fan Yuhuai, “Master Fan, you are not doing a good job in supervising your subordinates. How could a traitor appear at such an important city gate?”
Prince Liang spoke in a nonchalant tone, no longer looking as submissive as usual.
All the suspicions the prince once had about Prince Liang became clear to him. Prince Liang was acting, pretending to be cowardly and weak.
“General Wang, I, Fan, have treated you well. I have promoted you all the way to your current position and even entrusted you with the important city gate. Why do you want to betray me?” Fan Yuhuai, who had only one eye left, gritted his teeth and looked at the general guarding the city.
General Wang, who was guarding the city, sneered: “You and King Liang are traitors! Everyone has the right to kill you!”
“Traitors?” King Liang sneered, looking at General Wang who was guarding the city, “There have never been any traitors, there are only winners and losers! Whoever has the ability… will ascend the throne! Brother Crown Prince… do you think what my brother said is right?”
The prince clenched his teeth and said nothing.
The Crown Princess was shaking like a sieve… She hugged her young son tightly in her arms, tears streaming down her face. She originally thought she could escape from the city, but she didn’t expect that someone would be lying in wait for her. It didn’t matter if she died, but the little grandson of the emperor must not be in any harm!
Fan Yuhuai looked at General Wang with a sullen face and shouted, “Archers, get ready!”
Archer! The prince opened his eyes wide…
Archers rushed out from behind Prince Liang and Fan Yuhuai, put arrows on their bows and aimed at Bai Jinxiu, the prince and their group.
“No need to shoot, just capture the prince alive!” Prince Liang felt that he had won the victory. He wanted to capture the prince alive and let the emperor order the killing of the prince. Only in this way could he prove that he was not a traitor, and in the future when historians recorded it, he would not be labeled as a usurper.
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