Chapter 475

Chapter 475

The number of royal guards was twice that of them, and they were well prepared; thus, no matter how good they were, they could not defeat everyone. There was a large disparity in their numbers.

The captain guard also knew that their side was at a disadvantage, so he hurriedly said to Gu Xi and County Princess Duan Rou. "Third Master, County Princess, my subordinates will escort the two of you away."

"My subordinate had people scout around before, and there is a path ahead."

The captain guard raised his finger and pointed in the direction of two subordinates. He quickly escorted Gu Xi and County Princess Duan Rou towards the dark and secluded forest with his two subordinates. He did not pay attention to anything else, and quickly ran away from chaos.

The clash of blades in the rear became increasingly fierce. After the group ran for a while and saw that no royal guards were chasing them, the captain guard breathed a slight sigh of relief and knew that the royal guards were entangled with his subordinates.

Being able to hold them for a moment was enough; the most important thing now was to give his master time to escape.

"Third Master, County Princess, this way!" The captain guard led them deeper into the woods while the two guards stood behind them.

The forest was pitch-dark, with only the silver moonlight illuminating their way forward.

Afraid of being discovered by the royal guards, they did not dare to light torches and could only advance in the dark under the moonlight.

In cold winds, the trees swayed wildly as if something was lurking in the shadows staring at them.

County Princess Duan Rou swallowed hard and felt uneasy.

She ran forward with her skirt and, at no time, was already out of breath and could not help but complain. "Third brother, what on earth does the emperor want? By doing this, isn't he afraid that Father will send his troops here?"

"When I return to Yuzhou, I must ask Father to send the troops immediately!"

County Princess Duan Rou felt that the emperor was simply crazy, after all, she and Gu Xi were both the legitimate children of Wang Yu and it was absolutely impossible that their father would let the emperor treat them like this!

Gu Xi tightly held the scabbard in one hand and walked forward with agile steps, feeling that this sister was really noisy.

Just as he had thought, it was better if he did not bring Duan Rou to the capital, but his father said that bringing Duan Rou could deceive others and relax the emperor. Moreover, it was more logical for Duan Rou to bring Tang Fengchun.

However, Duan Rou has never done anything useful since coming to the capital; instead, she could only make false claims several times, but rather than succeeding, she had failed to accomplish anything!

Gu Xi did not want to listen to Duan Rou's nagging anymore, so he simply said. "The emperor already knew our intention why we came to the capital."

"The emperor just took advantage of the situation."

Gu Xi knew that the reason why the emperor had not sent his troops to Yuzhou in the past ten years was because, first, due to the late emperor's edict and second, because of the constant internal and external turmoil in Daqi. The emperor had already tried his best to fill the holes left by the late emperor, so he could only endure when his father hoarded troops in Yuzhou and could be seen as if he valued peace.

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