At this mont, Qin Yi’s party on the carriage had two secret guards, while four more were hidden by their side.
In total, six people were facing the onslaught of a force ten tis their number! Each person felt an unbearable weight in their heart.
But there was no room for retreat now. They quickly gathered together, forming a protective circle around the carriage. Soone suddenly launched a loud firework into the sky, making a huge bang.
Different rockets served different purposes. The ones they sent skyward were specifically for signaling distress. These rockets were usually very effective, but today was different!
Recently, as New Year festivities comnced, His Majesty had ordered that the people should share in the joy. The Imperial City celebrated fifteen days without curfew, reveling throughout the night.
The constant crackle of firecrackers and fireworks filled the air, with flashes of fireworks and loud reports of crackers going off everywhere.
This bunch of rockets launched into the sky was just too common, too ordinary. Whether the people in the palace could detect the signal or not, not just Su Pan’er, even Qin Yi had no confidence.
Qin Yi’s brows were deeply furrowed, and at his command, they charged forward on horseback.
"Charge!"
Close quarter combat ensued.
The clanging and clashing sounds were incessant!
The chilling screams rose and fell continuously.
Embracing her two children, Su Pan’er’s mood grew heavier and heavier.
If only she had brought Thunderbolt Bombs with her!
Unfortunately, they had left the palace to have fun today; nobody expected to encounter such a situation, thinking that being accompanied by attendants and secret guards ant utmost safety. Unexpectedly, they had ended up in the current predicant.
Her eyes were firmly fixed on the lee between the two forces before her, desperately calculating the enemy’s numbers and the distance to the palace gates.
The stretch of Imperial Street to the palace gates was a full two miles. On usual days, this distance could be covered in a carriage within a few minutes. But today was different; forgetting the massive crowds filling the streets, the stream of people still flooding in from both sides indicated that the forces already ambushed on Imperial Street were far more than the ones presently in sight.
The news from here couldn’t reach the palace, and even for the Imperial Guard to receive the ssage and rush over, it would take at least two hours.
Two hours, enough ti for the hundred or so elite cavalry to kill these six people many tis over?
This was a completely one-sided battle. What could she do?
Just as Su Pan’er was montarily stunned, Qin Yi was already fighting in front of them, shielding the three of them from the enemy forces.
The sounds of combat kept coming!
Dangerous situations arose one after another.
Suddenly, the carriage lurched sharply to the side and almost flipped over. Thankfully, after rocking back and forth, it steadied for the mont. It turned out that an outlaw had hooked onto the carriage and was raising his broadsword with a fierce expression. Witnessing such peril, Su Pan’er trembled with fear.
Instinctively, she stood up, pushing the two children behind her, and ignoring her own situation, she dodged the incoming slash with a swift sidestep.
The strike missed its target and severed the carriage, which gave way with a crack. Su Pan’er didn’t have ti to assess the damage. She imdiately grabbed the blade of the sword as the outlaw tried to raise it, and with a shake, her Inner Strength surged along the blade into the palm of his hand. He couldn’t hold the sword steady and involuntarily let go, allowing Su Pan’er to take it from him.
The carriage careened wildly through the crowd, fraught with danger.
The horses kept neighing, showing signs of extre agitation.
Having seized the sword, Su Pan’er felt slightly more composed. She quickly turned back to check on the two children and, distracted, she shouted, "Yan Yan, get down quickly, hold onto the carriage tight!"
While speaking, she slashed towards another outlaw attempting to attack the carriage again.
The battle rapidly intensified.
But before Su Pan’er could feel happy, a scream ca from the front of the carriage. It turned out that an arm of the secret guard leading the way had been chopped off. The secret guard, ignoring the bleeding wound, fought fiercely with his remaining arm, blood splattering everywhere.
The short distance of rely two miles seed like a vast chasm to them at this mont!
Qin Yi also fought fiercely, wielding a large sword he had snatched from an enemy, his body covered in blood. Especially his face, stained with the blood that splashed upon it, looked almost demonic!
Could it be that his whole family would perish here today?
Su Pan’er’s heart sank further and further, the more she fought, the heavier her belly felt. The child inside seed to be falling down, and a faint pain began to arise.
Could it be that she had disturbed the "Fetal Gas" again?
Su Pan’er beca ruthless, ensuring every move she made was lethal!
Either she didn’t make a move, but once she did, soone would surely fall. She couldn’t afford to waste any energy tussling with the enemy!
But just then, the bandits in front suddenly beca chaotic.
Following that, they heard a burst of joyful cries from the secret guard: "It’s Prince Wei! Prince Wei’s forces have co!"
It was indeed Prince Wei’s herd!
Many bright torches suddenly appeared in front, and a flag fluttered in the air. In the torchlight, they could clearly see the character "Wei" on the banner.
"Kill!"
"Charge!"
"Capture them alive, don’t let a single one escape!"
A raucous voice ca from the crowd, among which one voice was particularly clear, making one feel lighter upon hearing it.
Su Pan’er also breathed a sigh of relief!
Truly, Heaven had not forsaken us!
With Prince Wei’s reinforcents, the outlaws started to flee, but how could Prince Wei let these people go? Soon, those who needed to be killed were killed, and those who were to be captured were captured. Once Prince Wei’s n had full control of the situation, Su Pan’er finally collapsed in the carriage, clutching her belly and laughing.
That was really dangerous!
All night, the lights in the Imperial Palace were brightly lit; by the ti the disturbance on Imperial Street had cald down, two hours had passed.
By then, it was already deep into the night.
After the ordeal they had been through, the two children were reluctant to sleep. Only after the nannies coaxed them for a long ti did they reluctantly fall asleep. Exhausted, Su Pan’er, still concerned about the child in her womb, summoned the Imperial Physician to enter the palace for diagnosis.
"Although the Empress has disturbed the Fetal Gas, fortunately, the child is in a mature month, and there is no serious harm. She just needs to rest peacefully for a few days and take so fetus-stabilizing dicine."
Hearing the Imperial Physician say this, Su Pan’er finally completely relaxed.
But no one in the grand hall felt like sleeping, not even Qin Yi, who remained up all night to interrogate the outlaws.
The main judge of the case was none other than Prince Wei, who had co to their rescue earlier. Prince Wei was about the sa age as Qin Yi, and his handso face bore an eight or nine-point resemblance to Qin Yi’s. However, his normally smiling face was solemn as he sternly reprimanded the leader of the outlaws.
When Lord Zhang hurried back to the palace, what he saw was Prince Wei personally whipping the outlaws rcilessly with a leather whip.
"Your Majesty, your servant has co too late to the rescue. Please punish ," Lord Zhang said.
When Lord Zhang spoke these words this ti, he did so with great sha. His Majesty had almost failed to return to the palace, and all this was the result of his own overconfidence!
If sothing had really happened to His Majesty, not only would his own life be over, but he feared the entire Zhang Family would be obliterated as well!
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