Song Qingshu held his breath, but he did not deny it. He smiled awkwardly, "Seems like nothing can hide from your eyes."
Zhao Min snorted, "The wife of the former Golden Snake King and Hu Yidao's widow. Your taste is comparable to Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period."
Song Qingshu was not angry at all, "Princess, you really think highly of me to be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Weiwu."
"What's there to think highly of about a mere Weiwu?" Zhao Min replied calmly, "He'll only unify the north in his life. He won't be able to rule the world."
Song Qingshu was stunned and could not help but smile bitterly, "Princess, you're quite broad-minded."
Zhao Min tilted her head and looked at him with a faint smile, "Are you satisfied with being Weiwu?"
Song Qingshu did not answer and said, "Now that the Mongolians are so powerful in the north, I'm afraid I can't be Weiwu even if I want to."
Zhao Min's expression darkened. She knew that the two of them were destined to be enemies in the future. It was just that she would subconsciously ignore this problem every time she thought about it.
The two of them had their own thoughts and did not speak along the way. Before they knew it, they arrived at the Laundry Yard's base. Xia Qingqing and Icy Snow came out to greet him. When they saw Zhao Min, they subconsciously stopped in their tracks.
Song Qingshu introduced, "This is Xia Qingqing. You've met her before. This is Icy Snow. This is Princess Shao Min of the Ruyang Residence …"
The three women stared at each other, not knowing how to deal with this situation. Instead, Zhao Min broke the silence first, "This time, I'm here to ask you to save Yuan Chengzhi together."
Hearing her talk about business, the awkwardness between the three women eased up a lot. Upon hearing her words, Xia Qingqing looked at Song Qingshu in confusion.
Song Qingshu coughed and explained, "Didn't I tell you before that there's a way to save Yuan Chengzhi? Now that we've come up with a plan, we'll take action tonight."
"In such a hurry?" Icy Snow asked in surprise.
"As the saying goes, speed is the most important in war." Zhao Min gave a brief explanation of what had happened. Song QingShu, who was listening, was secretly impressed. He knew that he did not have the ability to explain the whole story in such a short amount of time.
After hearing Zhao Min's explanation, Xia Qingqing and Icy Snow roughly understood. At the same time, they also felt a lot less alienated.
"Change your clothes and let's go," Song Qingshu instructed. After all, it was too conspicuous for them to wear white dresses in the middle of the night.
Xia Qingqing and Icy Snow didn't have any problems and quickly returned to their rooms to change into their night clothes. On the other hand, Zhao Min stood still. Song Qingshu couldn't help but smile. "I'll ask them to lend you a set of clothes."
Zhao Min snorted. "No need. This set of clothes is enough for me to change my appearance."
Song Qingshu scrutinized her. Now that she was disguised as a man, she was indeed a lot less of a target. "But you'll be recognized in the crowd at a glance with this white dress with silver embroidery."
"So what? I've always been such a dazzling existence." Zhao Min raised her chin and couldn't hide her smugness.
"Stop being so smug." Song Qingshu rolled his eyes at her. "Today's operation is extremely dangerous. If you go like this, won't you be a live target at night?"
Zhao Min was a little indifferent. "Don't I have you to protect me? The world-renowned Great Master Song can't even protect a weak girl like me, right?"
As she spoke, her upper body leaned forward slightly. Coupled with the elegant fragrance on her body, Song Qingshu couldn't help but sigh. "You're really good at seducing people, Princess."
"Bah, who seduced you!" Zhao Min was a young girl after all. Being teased like this, she couldn't help but blush.
"Okay, okay, I still have a lot of clothes in my room. You can go change yourself." Song QingShu was wearing dark clothes today, so he didn't need to change into a nocturnal outfit.
Zhao Min was just flustered by his words. When she entered the room, she realized something. She turned around and said warily, "You won't peek, will you?"
"Then do you want me to peek?" Song Qingshu looked at her playfully.
"Go away!" What responded to him was a slam of the door.
Although Yili Bi Courtyard's prison was heavily guarded, Song QingShu had brought along all the experts that Yelu Qi had carefully selected. With Song QingShu leading the way, it could be said that they were like a hot knife cutting through butter.
After all, no one expected that anyone in the capital would dare to openly attack the prison of Yili Bi Courtyard! In addition, Yelu Qi made full use of his identity as the commander of various palaces to frequently mobilize several troops. This caused the city guards and imperial guards of the palace to be on high alert. Even if they received a request for help from Yili Bi Courtyard, they dared not come out to help.
Therefore, Song Qingshu quickly rushed into the prison. Yuan Chengzhi and the others in the prison were shocked to see them. Xiao Banhe had seen Song Qingshu at the Golden Snake Gathering. In addition, he attacked Xia Qingqing and Icy Snow not long ago, so he thought that Song Qingshu was here to avenge his woman.
It was not until Song Qingshu sent people to untie their shackles and explain the ins and outs of the matter to them that he gradually came to his senses.
When he heard that Song Qingshu wanted to escape with them, Xiao Banhe's eyes flickered. However, he was more shrewd after all. Xiao Zhonghui couldn't help but stand up to express her opposition. After all, she sacrificed herself to enter the palace for her family. Now she was even more worried that she would implicate her family if she left.
"Do you think that if you don't escape, your family will be fine?" Zhao Min rudely interrupted her fantasy. Then she told her about the Yi Li Courtyard's newly fabricated story about her and Yuan Chengzhi's adultery, and how they secretly gave birth to Prince Jin. At the same time, she also mentioned that Xiao Banhe colluded with Yelu Qi in an attempt to usurp the throne and make Prince Jin the Emperor.
Hearing this sinister plan, not only Xiao Zhonghui, even Xiao Banhe, who had always been sitting on the fishing platform, turned pale with fright. After all, this matter was far beyond his control. In addition, this black pot was too big and too heavy, and the chain of evidence was also closely linked, causing him to be unable to explain himself.
Xiao Banhe bitterly looked at Yuan Chengzhi and his daughter Xiao Zhonghui. He knew that something would happen to them, but he didn't expect it to happen at this critical moment. Although he knew that his daughter was innocent, what would other people think of this matter? If they didn't know about Yuan Chengzhi's existence, it would be fine. But if they knew, everyone's gossip mentality was enough to fill up countless detailed details in their mind.
"But if we leave, won't our people …" Unlike Xiao Zhonghui's hesitation, Xiao Banhe was worthy of being a person who had experienced many big scenes. He quickly analyzed the pros and cons. He knew that staying here was only a dead end. The only thing that worried him was the people in his family.
"Don't worry, Yelu Chucai has already contacted your people." Song QingShu replied. This was also the reason why Yelu Qi and the others were willing to take the unnecessary step of breaking into the prison. After all, the Xiao Banhe Clan was also a force that could not be underestimated. When the time came for them to escape, they would have a reliable fighting force by their side.
Originally, Xiao Banhe was slightly worried that all of this was a show put up by Song QingShu. However, when he saw a core member of the Xiao Clan in the crowd, he finally dispelled his doubts and agreed to join Song QingShu's side.
But Xiao Zhonghui suddenly shouted, "I won't leave, Little Ao is still in the palace. If I leave, he won't be alive!"
Just when the two sides were in a deadlock, Zhao Min opened her mouth and said, "Don't worry, I promise that one day, your son will be safely delivered to you."
"What makes you promise me?" Xiao Zhonghui angrily said.
"Because I am the Mongolian Princess Shao Min!" Zhao Min raised her head and said proudly.
Xiao Zhonghui was shocked. She had also heard of Zhao Min's name and knew that she had great power. But this matter concerned her son's life, how could she easily believe it? Just as she was about to say something, Xiao Banhe rushed to stop her, "Since the princess has spoken, we can naturally trust you."
"Father ~" Xiao Zhonghui immediately became anxious.
Xiao Banhe quickly whispered in her ear, "Right now, Yelu Hongji needs to rely on the Mongolians to survive. How can he offend the powerful Ruyang Household?"
Hearing his explanation, Xiao Zhonghui reluctantly agreed. Then, the group rushed out of Shangjing through the east gate that Yelu Qi had bribed. Yelu Qi had already brought his clan members to wait in the suburbs. After the two sides met up, they did not dare to delay and rushed all the way to the east.
On the way, Zhao Min was somewhat disapproving, "If it were me, it would be better to use these thousands of people to attack the palace. As long as it is done properly, it may even change the dynasty, which is much safer than escaping like this."
Yelu Qi smiled bitterly and said, "Princess, you may not know, but the reason we have been able to successfully leave so far is because I used my identity as the commander of the Imperial Palace to mobilize a few troops from the Palace Division to delay the Shangjing City Guards and the Imperial Guards of the palace. However, this was achieved when the information was not smooth at night. After the two sides figure out what is going on in the morning, I am afraid that they will come after us together. The Palace Division is, after all, loyal to the Emperor. If I had ordered them to attack the palace from the beginning, I am afraid that we would not even be able to leave the city. "
After listening to his explanation, Zhao Min could not help but poke Song QingShu, who was beside her. "Congratulations on obtaining a rare general talent." She grew up in Mongolia, so it was normal for her to do such actions while riding a horse.
Song Qingshu smiled but did not say anything. He looked meaningfully at Yelu Chucai who was not far away. Although Zhao Min was smart, she did not have the ability to predict the future like he did. She did not understand who he really valued.
Meanwhile, in the palace, Yelu Hongji's face was dark. No one would be happy to be woken up in the middle of the night from his concubine's bed. Moreover, he knew that there was a mutiny in the capital. He was even more distraught. On one hand, he arranged for the Palace Division to strictly guard the palace gates and on the other, he sent people out to find out what was going on!
Unfortunately, it was late at night. Not long after the scouts left the palace, they were assassinated by Zhao Min's spies. Yelu Hongji had been on tenterhooks in the palace until daybreak, but he still did not know what had happened.
It was not until daybreak when Xiao Feng, Yelu Yixin, and the others each brought their own troops to rescue the Emperor. Both sides exchanged statements and finally understood what had happened last night. Yelu Hongji was extremely angry. He immediately ordered Xiao Feng to bring five thousand of the most elite cavalry to chase after the group of traitors.
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These two days, my family is sick and hospitalized. I can only find some free time to write. Please forgive me! I will fill in the missing chapters later.
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