Bai Ye slipped into the carriage and placed Hai Ling inside.
Hai Ling's eyes darted around, a hint of pleading in them. She hoped Bai Ye would stop causing trouble, as his actions would really kill her mother. Right now, Liu Shi was looking for dirt on them, and if she found out Hai Ling was missing by tomorrow morning, she would definitely target her mother, Du Caiyue.
The carriage sped off like the wind, heading straight for the city gate.
As soon as the people left, someone moved from the shadows. It was Shi Zhu, a subordinate of the Left Prime Minister Xi Lingfeng, and several of his men.
Because the people from the Cold Demon Palace were trying to assassinate Hai Ling, Xi Lingfeng was afraid that they wouldn't give up, so he instructed Shi Zhu to hide in the shadows and keep an eye on the General's Mansion. Unexpectedly, he saw this scene in the middle of the night. However, Shi Zhu was not sure who the people General Bai was with were.
The Left Prime Minister's Residence.
Xi Lingfeng had just fallen asleep when he heard someone reporting outside the door. He then got out of bed, put on his clothes, and ordered someone to come in.
Shi Zhu quickly reported the situation.
"Sir, General Bai entered Qinfang Courtyard tonight. He brought someone out of Qinfang Courtyard and it seems they have left the city."
"What?"
Xi Lingfeng's expression changed drastically. He moved quickly, his robes already on, and as he tied his belt, he walked towards the door. His bloodthirsty and cold voice said, "Go! We must stop him from taking her away. If he takes the Crown Princess away at a time like this, I'm afraid there will be a conflict between the royal family and the Jiang family."
This matter will definitely involve many people, and many people will die. Now is not the time for the Jiang family to make a move, because if they do, the world will be in chaos. Although Crown Prince Feng Zixiao does not agree with him, he knows what kind of status the Jiang family holds in the hearts of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If the royal family and the Jiang family fall out, the royal family will not gain much advantage. When internal strife breaks out, the Southern Dynasty will definitely take over the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Northern Dynasty will probably also swallow a piece of the bone. The world will be in chaos.
The group quickly rode away from the Left Prime Minister's residence and hurried towards the city gate.
At the city gate, the guards were awakened, and several men walked over, cursing and swearing.
Being woken up in the middle of the night would make anyone angry, let alone these lowly soldiers guarding the city gates. They work hard and are poorly paid, and they can't even get a peaceful night's sleep, so naturally they don't have a good mood.
Who is it?
Two men rode forward from behind the carriage, brandishing their tokens.
"Our general is in the carriage and we need to leave the city tonight. There is an emergency in the northwest."
"Ah!" The soldier who had been cursing earlier broke out in a cold sweat and quickly rubbed his eyes. Sure enough, it was the token of the Bai family army. He dared not stop them, but leaving the city late at night required a routine check. Otherwise, if something happened, they would be detained.
"We greet General Bai."
A gentle night breeze lifted the carriage curtain, revealing a man seated inside. It was none other than General Bai. The carriage was completely empty; there was no one else there. Bai Ye's face was grim, his eyes icy, and a suppressed aura emanated from him. He said in a deep voice, "Why haven't you opened the city gates yet? If something happens in the Northwest, can you bear the blame?"
What a huge charge! Those soldiers had never seen anything like this before, and they were terrified. The leader waved his hand and ordered his companions, "Quickly, open the city gate! Open the city gate! General Bai has something to do and needs to leave the city."
The group headed straight for the city gate and yanked it open with a loud bang.
Bai Ye lowered the carriage curtain and breathed a sigh of relief. Actually, he wasn't worried about being discovered because he had modified the carriage. There was a cabinet that could hide people inside, and it looked like a soft couch. Hai Ling hid in that cabinet and heard the soldiers open the door.
She desperately wanted to scream, but Bai Ye had sealed her speech acupoint, preventing her from making a sound. She was extremely anxious. If she left the city tonight, her mother, Du Caiyue, and Yanzhi would be dead without a burial place tomorrow. Bai Ye, do you know that doing this will only make me hate you and never forgive you?
Unfortunately, the carriage had already started moving slowly, clearly about to leave the city. Hailing thought hard, was there really no other way? Was there absolutely no other way?
She lacked internal martial arts skills, so she couldn't break through the restricted acupoints at all, and could only helplessly listen as the carriage left the city.
At the city gate, several soldiers bowed respectfully as they saw Bai Ye's carriage off the city.
Just as they were about to leave the city gate, suddenly the sound of rapid hoofbeats rang out in the darkness, sweeping over like lightning.
Several people leaped off their horses and flashed past like the wind, blocking the carriage's path. A steady voice rang out: "Stop."
The voice was extremely sinister, carrying a chilling aura, as if it had sprung from hell.
Gone was her usual magnetic and alluring demeanor; upon hearing this voice, Hailin breathed a sigh of relief.
Why is Prime Minister Xi Lingfeng appearing at this time? Could it be that he discovered she was taken away by Bai Ye and came to stop him?
At this moment, Hai Ling was too lazy to think about why Xi Lingfeng knew that Bai Ye had taken her away. She just felt relieved and inexplicably believed that this man's appearance in the middle of the night must be to stop Bai Ye from taking her away.
However, a stalemate is currently taking place on both sides.
Bai Ye had already lifted the carriage curtain and was looking out. His dark eyes were like torches, blazing with anger, and he stared straight at the Left Prime Minister Xi Lingfeng. He spoke in a cold and gloomy tone: "Why did the Left Prime Minister stop my carriage?"
Under the moonlight, Xi Lingfeng's face was indifferent, only his eyes emitted a captivating, eerie light, shining like shimmering glass in the darkness.
"Why did General Bai leave so late at night?"
Shiro pursed his lips, not in a hurry to reply.
The soldiers opening the city gate on one side had no idea what was going on. The two people in front of them were important figures in the Great Zhou Dynasty: General Bai Ye and Prime Minister Xi Lingfeng. What had happened to them?
One of the men who opened the city gate replied, "Your Excellency, there is fighting in the Northwest. General Bai must rush to the Northwest tonight."
"Yeah?"
Xi Lingfeng smiled, but it was a mocking and sarcastic smile.
How could he not know whether there was war in the Northwest? Could such words only fool the soldiers guarding the gate? Because they were far from the center of the Great Zhou Dynasty, they naturally couldn't know the inside story, but he knew everything perfectly well.
"I didn't know when the war broke out in the Northwest, which caused General Bai to leave the city overnight."
"Xi Lingfeng, you'd better stay out of my business."
Bai Ye's resolute features were extremely gloomy. It was already late at night, and if they delayed any longer, they might not be able to leave, because Rouge was about to wake up in the General's Mansion. Once she woke up, they would not be able to leave.
Thinking this, she felt a surge of anxiety and glared coldly at Xi Lingfeng. Although she knew this man was deep and cunning, she didn't know that he had secretly sent people to monitor the General's Mansion, otherwise he wouldn't have caught up with them so quickly.
"I am simply curious as to why General Bai left the city overnight. If General Bai cannot explain it clearly, then it is probably unnecessary for him to leave the city."
"Xi Lingfeng, do you think I'm afraid of you?"