Jiaochu

Chapter 372 Crisis

Fengguan Xiapei, ten miles of red makeup.

The mighty procession set off from the palace, with gongs and drums beating loudly along the way, and people lined the streets to see them off.

Ye Yuyao was sitting in the Hongluan sedan, holding a red apple in her hand, and her red eye circles were redder than a rabbit.

Danlu and Mo'er followed the sedan on both sides and said comforting words all the way. When they were approaching the city gate, Mo'er quickly warned that they were leaving the city, but Danlu waved her hands to no avail.

Ye Yuyao opened the curtain and took a look outside, and burst into tears.

At this time, the maid Tong'er beside Meng Jingxiu came over, holding a box of snacks in her hand.

Seeing someone coming, Ye Yuyao immediately put down the curtain and wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

"Don't be sad, princess. The princess has said that if anyone dares to bully the princess in the future, the princess will be the first to spare him, and neither will the prince. Is the princess hungry? Do you want something to eat?"

"Don't be afraid, princess. Mo'er and I will always stay with the princess. When the Chinese New Year comes, we will come back and see the empress again."

"Yes, princess, don't cry. If you ruin your makeup by crying, you will turn into a tabby cat."

With the comfort of the three people, Ye Yuyao gradually held back her tears.

On the other side, with the Queen's comfort, Concubine Liu also stopped crying.

Concubine Xiao added, "When the eldest princess got married, the emperor rewarded her with countless rare treasures. He even gave the eldest princess his favorite painting. I still remember the grand ceremony."

Concubine Rong said: "At that time, the Imperial Concubine was still the Pure Concubine. Time flies so fast."

Concubine Xiao's face darkened, she held her forehead and said her head hurt, so she left first.

Ye Lingxi stood on the city tower and saw through the telescope that the red luan sedan passed through the city gate and gradually disappeared from sight. His eyes were sore and he immediately raised his head and blinked, smiling at the blue sky.

It will be fine, everything will be fine...

On the street, some people were a little lost.

This person is none other than Zhao Ce.

Seeing that the second princess Ye Yuyao was marrying away from home, a sense of crisis arose in his heart. The more he thought about it, the more he felt a sense of crisis, and he immediately ran home.

"Dad, Mom, I want to get married!"

Marquis Ningyang paused as he picked up the teacup. Cui almost choked on the sip of tea she just drank.

"Whose girl is this?" Marquis Ningyang scratched his tea cup, his expression unchanged, and he took it calmly.

Zhao Ce was embarrassed to say it and asked his mother for help with his eyes. Cui signaled him to go down first, and Zhao Ce slowly moved out.

After waiting outside for about half a quarter of an hour, Zhao Ce immediately rushed over when his mother came out, with a look of nervous anticipation on his face.

"Your father said that this is not the right time to propose marriage. Please wait. Also, please don't be reckless, be an official in a down-to-earth manner, leave a good impression on the emperor, and don't do those opportunistic and clique-based things."

Zhao Ce replied that he knew it and muttered, "How long will it take to wait?"

Mrs. Cui said: "You are not young anymore. It's time to arrange a marriage for you. The eldest girl from the Wang family is good."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Ce hurriedly left, his steps so fast that he could run faster than a rabbit.

In the evening, there was a sudden gust of wind, which was chilly and the sky became a little low, like a precursor to the arrival of a thunderstorm.

Ye Lingxi looked at the swirling leaves, as if they were caught in the turbulent whirlpool of fate, flying wildly towards the oncoming sand and gravel.

The whirlwind gradually dissipated, the sand and stones gathered, and the leaves swayed and fell under the trees.

She looked up at the sky and saw that it was going to rain.

When it was getting dark, a streak of purple lightning pierced the low sky, and the cool raindrops floated down, gradually turning into raindrops the size of mung beans. They hit the eaves and tiles, and by the time it got dark, they had become the size of soybeans. , the sound of ticking has turned into a crackling sound, and the mountains, rocks, vegetation are shrouded in the faint rain curtain, and the blurred outlines appear and disappear.

After Yanjiang assigned patrol tasks to Long Yingwei, he sat in the lobby. Yanfei stayed upstairs.

Meng Jingxiu and Ye Yuyao shared a room, Princess Pingnan and Prince Pingnan shared a room, and Meng Tianlan had a separate room.

When the night got darker, the rain gradually became lighter, and it became pitch black outside. Within a few miles, only the lights inside the inn were still on. Looking from a distance, it looked like a tiny star in the distant starry sky.

After the rain stopped, the surroundings became extremely quiet.

There are still figures moving around outside the inn, they are patrolling guards.

The candlelight flickered slightly, illuminating Yanjiang's face with his eyes closed, making the face look more serious than usual, and the outline also appeared deeper.

Yanfei glanced downstairs, his ears twitched slightly, and he heard slight movement. He looked towards one of the rooms, and heard footsteps moving, and then the door was opened.

Meng Tianlan walked out.

When the two pairs of eyes met, they seemed a little embarrassed, so Yan Fei looked away first.

Meng Tianlan stood at the door for a moment, then closed the door and walked over, saying, "Go and rest for a while, I will just watch." Yan Fei replied "No," and after a few seconds of awkward silence, Yanfei said congratulations, Meng Tianlan replied with thanks, and then the atmosphere fell into silence again.

Suddenly there was a cry of a night bird outside, as if it had been frightened by something.

Their expressions instantly became wary.

Soon there was the sound of fighting outside.

Then there was an exclamation in the room, and Meng Tianlan was the first to rush in.

Meng Jingxiu and Ye Yuyao hugged each other, and Danlu, Mo'er and Tong'er also huddled together, their faces turning pale with fear.

There was a trace of blood on the window, which had just been splashed on.

Another black figure tried to break through the window and fight with another figure.

Meng Tianlan protected the people in the room and went out first. King Pingnan also protected Princess Pingnan and came out of the room.

After Yanfei Hall, a group of people moved from upstairs to downstairs.

King Pingnan cursed and wanted to rush out, but Princess Pingnan held him back.

"The injuries haven't healed, so what can I do?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have laid a dragnet outside. Not even a fly can get in."

Yanjiang's confident tone reassured everyone.

However, the next second, he seemed to be slapped in the face.

There was a bang, the window was split open with a sword, and the candlelight in the lobby was blown by the sudden cold wind, flickering brightly and dimly.

Before the person who broke the window showed up, he was forced back by a dart.

As soon as the dart was fired, a figure jumped out of the window, as fast as lightning, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Seeing the mask on the other person's face, Yan Jiang said in a relaxed tone, "It turns out that an old friend is here."

This person was the killer who had attacked him in Sanlipo before, and he was also a fish that slipped through the net.

The opponent's sword moves are full of murderous intent and extremely sharp, hitting the vital point directly. If you fail to dodge even a little, you may die.

Yanjiang responded with a dagger, but managed to avoid several fatal blows.

The two of them hit each other from the ground to the roof, then from the roof to mid-air, and then back to the ground.

(End of this chapter)