"Your child? What are you thinking! " A Jingji guard grabbed Qin Yining's hair and turned her face towards him. There was an almost twisted smile on his dark face.
These men were born in the military and were loyal to Li Qitian. Although they weren't ordinary people, they weren't people of high status either. They were ambitious and weren't willing to be under others. Normally, when they saw people like Pang Xiao, they had to bow. Even if she was a woman, as long as she married into a noble family, they had to be courteous.
Today, he was able to hold a noble and beautiful woman like Qin Yining in the palm of his hand and make her kneel on the ground and beg for mercy without any dignity. He felt unprecedentedly refreshed!
"Let me tell you, the Son of Heaven has ordered us to capture you rebels alive. When we return to the capital, we will naturally punish you as rebels. If you know what's good for you, then don't talk too much. Otherwise, we will directly gag your mouths! "
Qin Yining's hair was grabbed by the man. Her hair was already messed up, and her long hair was stuck to her cheeks by her tears. Through her hair and tears, she looked at the people holding two swaddling clothes. Finally, she forced herself to soften her tone.
"Fine, fine. You came with the wind, so you have to bring This King's Consort and the heir back to report, right?"
Sensing the other party's grip on her loosening, Qin Yining gritted her teeth and said, "Even if we want to convict, with my family's Wang Ye's status, we still have to wait for Your Majesty to personally decide. Wang Ye doesn't have any other children. Right now, he only has one son and one daughter. In the future, the heir will definitely be this child. If something really happens, even if Your Majesty wants to arrest Prince Zhongshun and the heir, he won't be able to find them. You all know Your Majesty's temper! "
The Jingji guards and Li Qitian's spies looked at each other in dismay. They were all a bit shaken.
"Forget it, we still have to keep them alive." The person who grabbed Qin Yining finally let go. But he still wasn't in a good mood. He turned and stroked Qin Yining's soft cheeks. "But if you want us to treat your child better, you have to give something in return, right?"
His eyes greedily looked at Qin Yining's tear-stained face. Even though she was pressed to the ground in a sorry state, with her hair messed up and tears on her face, this woman was still an existence that they couldn't touch with....
The Jingji guards on the side roared with laughter....
"That's right, that's right. This is Prince Zhong Shun's woman. We've never seen such a beauty in our family!"
Qin Yining clenched her teeth and slapped her hard when that person wasn't paying attention. She didn't hold back her strength, and her physical strength was much greater than that of an ordinary woman due to her years of outside training. The person squatting in front of her immediately had a buzzing sound in her head. She sat down on the floor before she could even react to what had happened.
........................... ....... You're not worthy! If you have the ability, kill me now. Let's see how Your Majesty will punish you if you can't hand over the Prince Zhongshun's consort when you return to the capital! "
"You!" The man who was hit had a palm print on his face. His eyes widened in anger as he raised his hand and slapped Qin Yining.
................................. She couldn't hear anything.
"B * tch! I didn't let you die, but I didn't say I'd let you live! You're still so arrogant. Just wait for your head to be chopped off! "
The man wanted to hit Qin Yining again. Ji Yun and Bing Tang had already struggled to squeeze in. Even though their hands were tied, they couldn't stop their movements.
Xie Yue, Jing Zhe, Liao Zhibing, and the others were even more furious. They used all their strength to struggle, but they couldn't do anything.
The secret agent who had been watching from the side came forward with a sullen face. "Alright, that's enough."
The Jingji Guards and the secret agent were two different departments. Moreover, the secret agent was the Emperor's trusted aide. Although the Jingji Guards had a higher position, they still didn't dare to underestimate him. With the secret agent's words, the Jingji Guards didn't dare to continue acting rashly.
The secret agent who often followed Li Qitian said, "Your Majesty's decree is to capture all of the Prince Zhongshun's family members alive. Therefore, we must bring everyone here back. If they're dead, Your Majesty might decide to use them, but he can't. At that time, whoever killed their subordinates will be punished."
"Yes." Everyone responded in unison.
A trace of blood dripped from the corner of Qin Yining's mouth. When the slap came down, his teeth had cut his tongue, and the blood hadn't stopped flowing.
However, at least he could temporarily relax. At the very least, their lives could be saved for the time being.
Qin Yining's heart ached for the two babies in swaddling clothes. The weather was cold and the ground was frozen. If they wanted to enter the capital, they would have to hurry. She could endure and make do with anything, but her children couldn't.
"You can leave the children to me. I can't escape. Isn't it troublesome for you to take care of the children yourselves? "Blood dripped from the corner of Qin Yining's mouth and dripped onto her lapel and the ground, dyeing it red.
The Jingji Guards and the secret agent shook their heads at the same time.
"Prince Zhongshun's consort has a noble status. How can she do such rough work? Don't you have a wet nurse in your group? If you don't have one, then don't feed them. We'll just make do with it. "
"You're despicable!" Qin Yining knew that they wouldn't dare to kill her children. At least, before Li Qitian gave the order, they couldn't leave a single one of them behind.
However, if these people wanted to make them suffer, it would be very easy for them to torture them without torturing the children to death.
Qin Yining's curses didn't anger these people. Instead, it made them laugh.
This time, the mission went too smoothly. Everyone shouted and tied Qin Yining's group with ropes, making them look like dumplings.
The Jingji Guards left behind 20 people to assist the secret agent. The rest of them rode their horses and returned to the capital ahead of time.
The Emperor's secret agent and the Jingji Guards all had horses. They also arranged for the two wet nurses that Qin Yining had brought along to board their carriages and handed Brother Xuan and Sister Yun to them.
"You guys, take good care of these two children. They're not allowed to starve or freeze to death. Otherwise, we'll kill your entire family as an apology!"
"Yes, yes, yes. Sir, don't worry. We'll definitely take good care of them." The two wet nurses had long been scared out of their wits. They were locals of Jingang and had received the grace of Qin Yining and Pang Xiao to survive. Now that they had the opportunity to protect their benefactor's children, they were very happy. However, they didn't dare to show it on their faces.
When Qin Yining saw this scene, she was slightly relieved. Usually, when she needed to rest, she would let the wet nurses take care of the children. When she didn't have enough milk, she would let them feed her children. At least until they met Li Qitian, they could ensure the children's safety.
However, Qin Yining's group was very difficult to deal with.
Once Qin Yining was captured, Jing Zhe, Jinghu Wei, and the others could only wait to be captured. They didn't dare to resist at all, for fear of harming their master's life. As for the people arranged by Lu Heng, because they were unarmed, more than half of them had already died. The remaining people saw that the situation was not good and quickly fled. There were already Beijing Border Guards chasing after them. At this time, it seemed that things were not looking good for them.
Right now, they were all tied to a rope. The long line of people meandered along the snowy road. On both sides of the line were Beijing Border Guards and secret spies. Some of them were scouting the way, while others were guarding the back. The defense was tight. Qin Yining couldn't find a chance to escape.
Qin Yining, who grew up in the south, couldn't adapt to this kind of weather. Sitting in the carriage, she had to wrap herself in a quilt and hug a hot water bottle. At this time, her feet were frozen to the point that they couldn't feel anything, but she still had to stagger forward in the snow.
Qin Yining looked around. She was better off, but Jing Zhe and the others had taken off their cotton cloaks to make it easier for them to fight. At this time, they were wearing thin clothes. With the biting cold wind, she was really worried that something would happen to everyone.
Fortunately, in this group, even Xie Yue was old but vigorous. Although Qin Yining was a woman, she received a lot of care from Bing Tang. Although she was weak for a while after giving birth, she was much better now. Ji Yun and Bing Tang didn't need to be mentioned.
They gritted their teeth and persevered. They ate in the wind and slept in the open, braving the snow to move forward. In any case, no one was left behind.
When they returned to the gate of the capital, it was the last day of the ninth year.
The city stood majestically. The wasteland outside the city was covered in a thick layer of white.
Qin Yining's feet and hands were frostbitten. Every step she took hurt and itched. Seeing that they were in front of the city gate, but still unable to escape, the haze in her heart increased. She felt even colder.
In Li Qitian's hands, they became Pang Xiao's weakness. Qin Yining didn't want to become a bargaining chip to threaten Pang Xiao, but so many of her subordinates had been captured.
Her child was also captured. At this time, she couldn't do whatever she wanted. Even if she wanted to end it all, she didn't have the right to do so.
She still had to stand at the forefront of everyone and be the person who could resist.
"Come in."
When they arrived at the city gate, the capital guards still didn't push open the gate. The left and right sides pulled the string of children and everyone was pulled into the city in a line.
They ate in the wind and slept in the open. In the cold weather, their hair was messy and their clothes were dirty.
When the commoners saw this scene, they couldn't help but whisper to each other.
When someone saw Qin Yining in the crowd, they whispered, "Aiyo, which family is this criminal woman from? She's so beautiful. If she was sold as an official prostitute, it would be everyone's good fortune. "
"That's right! That's right! Such a beautiful woman, we usually don't see her! "
"Bah! Watch your words! "Someone who recognized Qin Yining immediately scolded." That's Prince Zhongshun's consort! Prince Zhongshun was fighting on the frontlines, but Prince Zhongshun's family was captured. What is the meaning of this?! Have you forgotten who defeated the Tatars and didn't let the Tatars take half a step into the capital? If it wasn't for Prince Zhongshun that day, Da Zhou would have been destroyed! Now that you see his family here, you still dare to insult them. Are you still human? "
These words made everyone speechless.
Someone mumbled, "We also don't recognize her …"
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