They turned into a dark secret passage and couldn't tell the direction, so they had to follow it. After walking for a while, they slowly climbed up the steps and exited the cave. Only then did they realize that they had escaped.
The entrance of the cave was not far from the side gate of the Villa, but there was a carriage waiting. Shen Huan was driven into the carriage. The horse neighed, which quickly alerted the "assassins" who were ambushing there. Only Shen Huan and Qingyue were in the car. One person drove the car, and the rest went to fight with the assassins.
Shen Huan silently thought about Xichen in her heart. Is he here? Qingyue held Shen Huan's hand. Although she was scared to death, she comforted her: "It's okay, we will definitely be able to escape."
Shen Huan still hasn't told her the truth. The carriage is driving very fast, and Shen Huan is getting more and more impatient. Does Chu Xichen know that she is here? Why hasn't he chased her?
Shen Huan impatiently opened the curtain and looked back, and saw several horses chasing this way. He couldn't see the figures on the horses clearly, but he could vaguely tell that they were wearing night clothes, so they were the so-called "assassins"! Shen Huan was overjoyed and wondered if the person chasing her had any regrets. She hugged the child in her arms tightly, only to find that the child was awake and looking at her. Zhao'er didn't like to cry, so when would he wake up? Shen Huan do not know either
Maybe it’s because the carriage is too fast and bumpy, maybe it’s because I’m hungry, but I have no milk and I don’t bring a wet nurse. What should I do?
Shen Huan gritted his teeth and said to Qingyue: "Let him stop the carriage!"
Qingyue said in shock: "How can this be done? There are assassins chasing behind me!"
Shen Huan said: "Zhao'er is hungry, and the wet nurse is still in the other village! Where can we go by walking like this? What should I do if Zhao'er is starving?"
Qingyue hesitated for a moment and said, "If we go back to the village now, those people will kill us."
Shen Huan said calmly: "They won't kill us."
"How do you know?" Qingyue was confused.
Shen Wen didn't know how to answer. Suddenly two horses passed by from both sides, and then she heard the sound of weapons clashing. Qingyue shivered in fear. Shen Wen patted her hand and frowned at the door curtain in front of her.
Someone seemed to have jumped onto the carriage, and something seemed to have fallen off the carriage. Then there were shouts of tightening the reins, and the carriage stopped.
Qingyue had already screamed, and while she was standing in front of Shen Huan, her body was trembling. Someone took a knife to open the curtain and shouted: "Empress!"
Qingyue stopped screaming and looked back at Shen Han in confusion.
"Huan Huan! Huan Huan!" A familiar cold voice sounded, and all the blood in Shen Huan's body boiled. She ignored Qing Yue, leaned out of the carriage, and saw Chu Xichen riding on the horse. He had never been wiser and more courageous. When he saw Shen Huan, he got off his horse and strode towards this side.
"Xichen, Xichen!" Shen Huan jumped out of the carriage with her child in her arms. Someone immediately helped her. She only took two steps before falling into Xichen's arms.
She couldn't say a word, couldn't even say "Xichen", Shen Huan just kept crying. She had held it in for too long, endured it for too long, and finally cried loudly at this moment.
Xichen hugged her tightly with one hand and looked down at the child in her arms. Zhaoer opened his curious eyes and only glanced at the strange man in front of him for a few times. He yawned, closed his eyes, and then After sleeping, Xichen curled up the corners of his lips, patted Shen Huan gently, and said softly: "Huan Huan, don't cry anymore, it's okay, everything is okay."
A masked young man wearing black clothes walked next to him. He nodded to Xichen and said without looking at Shen Huan: "My lord, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time. It is best to leave as soon as possible."
Xichen nodded, and the man pointed to the people in the carriage and asked, "The people in this carriage are from the West. Do you want to silence them?"
Shen Huan said quickly: "No, she is the one who has always taken care of me, so I can't kill her!" After that, he walked to the carriage and said to Qingyue: "Qingyue, come down and let's go together."
Qingyue walked down fearfully, looked at Shen Huan, then at the masked men with weapons in their hands, and asked tremblingly: "Princess, who are they?"
Shen Huan said: "Don't be afraid. They are here to take me back to the North. If you are willing, just go with me. If not, you can go back to the palace or go somewhere else."
Qingyue thought for a while, she couldn't go back to other villages, let alone the palace. Where else could she go? She thought that Shen Huan was her sister, but she couldn't bear to let go of the child... She then said: "Sister Ah Huan" , I will go with you.”
Shen Wen nodded with a smile and reminded: "It's just that this journey may not be smooth, Qingyue, you have to be prepared!"
Qingyue said hurriedly: "I only need to follow you, sister A-Huan, and I won't care about anything else."
Shen Huan then looked back at Xichen, and Xichen said: "Let's go, we have prepared another carriage." Shen Huan was sent into a light carriage first, and then she whispered to those people: "No one will be left alive! Don't leave." The village and the carriage they were riding in were all burned down!" After arrangements were made, some people went to clean up the village, and the remaining people escorted Xichen and others' carriages to drive quickly. Xichen saw Shen Huan frowning, and after asking, he found out Shen Huan was worried that the child was hungry and had no milk to eat, so Xichen took out a box from the car and said: "This is beef tenderloin that has been prepared in advance. It is prepared for the child to eat on the road. Don't worry, how can I bear to be hungry?" Where is my son?"
Shen Huan was heartbroken after hearing this from Xin Zong and never dared to tell him about the child's life experience. Otherwise, he would be sad and he would also be unhappy.
"Didn't the two northwest countries say they are going to fight again? Why are you here? Have you never returned to the North, or have you?" Shen Huan asked in confusion.
Xichen raised his eyebrows and said: "I just sent a message from Fei Ge to ask my twelfth brother to station a hundred thousand troops in the western border. I have no preparations for war. Ye Cangqiong is too suspicious and ill, but it has nothing to do with me! These days I naturally I have been in the West Country all this time, thinking about how to rescue you."
"Those masked people..."
"They are all elite soldiers with training elements. We have made all arrangements, which way to leave the city, which way to return to the North Country... and to avoid the chasing soldiers on the way. It is really unexpected. Originally, there was news that Princess Qi passed away. I I was also worried. If Ye Cangqiong hadn't left the palace to see you in the other village, I really thought that you had already..." Xichen looked at Shen Han, and clasped Shen Han's hands tightly with her long fingers, "Fortunately, God has treated me well. Not bad, I rescued you and the child today and wait until we return to the North safely. I will give you whatever you want."
Shen Huan was slightly startled, Xichen's eyes were too intense, she smiled tiredly and said: "I'm a little tired."
Xichen let her lean on him and handed the child to Qingyue, saying: "Then take a nap, you are just out of confinement, you will get tired easily, just get through these few days."
Shen Huan was really tired, so she leaned on him, no matter how bumpy the carriage was, and fell asleep in a daze.