On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

The nanny behind her frowned when she saw Xiao Xiao's actions, and wanted to remind her: "..."

Before she could speak, Xiao Xiao had already pulled Da Zhou and turned around to run back, shouting to the guards behind them: "Ah... There is a snake ahead, run..."

If Xiao Xiao had shouted that there was an assassin ahead, the guards would definitely be on high alert.

But when they heard about the snake, the guards relaxed their vigilance.

They think women are just timid. Isn't it normal to see a snake in the mountains? Why make such a fuss?
If it wasn't for Grandma Li's husband, who was their immediate superior, they might have made things difficult for her.

But when they took a few steps forward with swords in hand and saw the scene before them, they immediately turned around and ran, while blowing the bamboo whistles loudly for help.

These are not a few snakes or insects, but rather they look like they have accidentally entered a den of insects.

But when they came here, the roads here were normal. If there were no signs of human intervention, they would have dared to take off their heads.

Da Zhou trusts Xiao Xiao very much.

Especially the Li family, they are in the same camp as her. Besides, it will not be good for Xiao Xiao if anything happens to her.

So she cooperated and followed Xiao Xiao back.

After a while, she heard the guards blowing whistles. Of course she understood what they meant, so she ran faster.

But in this forest, s is good at moving around and its speed is not slow. It is getting closer and closer to these two-legged animals.

In particular, there are a few snakes that are thicker than their wrists and move even faster. Moreover, the natural patterns on their bodies indicate that they are not easy to mess with.

What’s even more terrifying is that humans have no idea where they will appear from.

The guards shouted from behind: "Boss, they are following us."

Xiao Xiao looked back as she ran, and said decisively: "You and us should run separately, and quickly find someone to help."

She suspected a traitor among them.

There is another possibility. She has heard from her eldest brother-in-law that there are not only drugs to drive away lust, but also drugs to induce lust.

But now she doesn’t know who has the powder, or if someone is playing tricks?
The best way is to separate people.

It is said that if a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. She hoped that they could lead all the snakes and insects away.

Besides, without them as a burden, they would be able to move faster and would not be in any danger.

Although they were thinking about all these messy things, Xiao Xiao and Da Zhou did not slow down their escape speed.

This is also thanks to them, as they like to exercise and are in good health.

Fortunately, Xiao Zhou was lazy and didn't want to come today, otherwise I wouldn't be able to take care of her, and it wouldn't be easy to take care of her.

After all, even if you are the king, you can't lead two weaklings.

No, Da Zhou cannot be considered a weakling.

Although Xiao Xiao's thoughts were a bit rebellious, it did not affect her running speed at all.

He also urged Da Zhou: "Empress, they don't listen to me, tell them to disperse."

She also knew that her words didn't carry enough weight.

The guards also felt that what Xiao Xiao said made sense. Of course, they were not afraid of death and wanted to escape, but they really wanted to lure away the snakes and insects.

After all, as guards, they are naturally loyal to their masters.

To put it bluntly, if something happens to the Queen, they will not have a good ending, and their families might even be implicated.

But since the Queen didn't speak, they really didn't dare to leave. Da Zhou was already a little tired from running, panting: "You all separate... leave two people to accompany you..."

Even though she was very tired from running, she did not ask for help.

Those guards were highly skilled in martial arts, so they could naturally carry them away.

But Xiao Xiao and I are both married women. If I have physical contact with other men, how will I face the emperor in the future?
Therefore, she would never ask for help unless it was absolutely necessary.

But she didn't want to die, so she left herself a way out and asked two guards to follow them.

If there is no choice left, not many people will know about it.

Fortunately, more than a hundred royal guards rushed over soon. Even though the scene before them made their scalps tingle, they still gritted their teeth, stepped forward with swords in hand, and stopped the countless snakes and insects.

Li Yan, the leader, ignored his subordinates and ran over to apologize: "Please forgive me, Queen, I am late."

When they heard the distress whistle, they rushed over immediately, but he was still worried about Xiao Xiao's safety. Now that he saw Xiao Xiao still standing in front of him, he could finally put his heart at ease.

The queen didn't dare to look back. When she thought of that scene, her hands and feet became weak. She could only hold Xiao Xiao's hand to steady herself. "Fortunately, you came in time. Lord Li has thoroughly investigated the matter. Those things will definitely not appear out of thin air."

Then he said to Xiao Xiao, "Come back with me first, and let the imperial physician check your pulse."

In fact, her legs were weak and she couldn't walk anymore, and of course it was also for Xiao Xiao's safety.

She also thought that maybe they had some powder on them that attracted snakes and insects. She would not feel at ease unless she let the imperial physician take a look.

After Xiao Xiao helped the Queen back, the Emperor, who was discussing matters with his ministers, also hurried over.

Ignoring the people who were greeting him, he first cared about Da Zhou who was leaning on the Luohan couch: "Is the queen injured?"

"Your Majesty, rest assured. Thanks to Xiao for helping me escape, I am not injured except for being tired."

Da Zhou didn't just act tough. After she finished speaking, she looked at him with red eyes: "It's just that the person behind this is so cruel. It doesn't matter if I get hurt, but what if I accidentally hurt the emperor?"

None of them dared to get up unless the emperor called them to.

Therefore, Xiao Xiao could only kneel on the ground and listen to the couple talking.

Although she didn't know how sincere the emperor was towards his new queen, Xiao Xiao was very impressed by what the queen said.

I didn't expect the Queen to be so artistic in her speech.

She said she was afraid of accidentally hurting the emperor, but in fact she was just reminding the emperor that what she encountered today might also happen to him.

"Don't worry, Queen. I will conduct a thorough investigation and will not tolerate any leniency." Seeing that she was safe and sound, the Emperor finally remembered the palace maids, the imperial physician, and Xiao Xiao who were kneeling on the ground, and said, "Everyone, get up."

The emperor first asked the imperial physician to confirm that the queen was not injured, but was just frightened and needed to be well taken care of.

Then he looked at Xiao Xiao: "Are you Li Yan's wife Xiao?"

Xiao Xiao, who had just stood up from the ground, could only kneel down quickly after hearing this: "Your Highness, I, Xiao, pay my respects to His Majesty. Long live the emperor."

She was unwilling to kneel down. The ground was made of bluestone slabs, and it was painful to kneel down in the summer when the clothes were thin.

But she was more afraid of death, so she was very polite and would never dare to cheat at this time.

"Stand up." The emperor looked at her and asked, "I heard that you were the first to discover it?"

On the way here, I reported to you the Queen about the danger she had encountered.

The emperor thought of the strange thing. It was not the guards who discovered it first, but Li Yan's wife who noticed something was wrong first.

Fortunately, she discovered it early, otherwise if she really stepped into that dangerous place, her newly married queen would probably become the first one to die. (End of this chapter)