Chapter 122: Leaving The City

The carriage drove to the alley exit, and Gu Mingxi quickly reined in the horse. Fortunately, this alley was small, and the passersby didn’t look back.

Su Ningxin turned her head and lifted the carriage curtain, “It’s the Imperial Guards. There are many of them patrolling on the street. It’s estimated that the city gate is also blocked.”

The Empress was still in a coma in the carriage. Gu Mingxi dragged her head and placed it on her own lap to prevent her from bumping due to the carriage’s jolting, and at the same time, she also gave her two injections from time to time. Hearing Su Ningxin’s words, Gu Mingxi frowned and said, “This carriage is specially made by the Palace and is too eye-catching. We need to change a carriage.”

“Turn around and go back to Old Ban to find a carriage?” Su Ningxin asked.

Gu Mingxi rolled her eyes, “He’s about to be penniless. He has to walk everywhere himself. Do you think he has a carriage?”

Su Ningxin choked, how did she forget about this?

Now the Empress couldn’t be discovered, and the carriage couldn’t leave the courtyard. Su Ningxin turned her head and looked at the alleyway, pondering. Suddenly, a familiar carriage passed by, and Su Ningxin’s eyes lit up.

“I’ll go and snatch a carriage for you.” After Su Ningxin finished speaking, she jumped off the carriage and walked outside.

Outside was a bustling street with many passersby, so the carriage couldn’t go very fast. Su Ningxin easily caught up and jumped onto the carriage and lifted the curtain before the coachman could react.

The reason why Su Ningxin chose this carriage was because it had the Chenpingbo Manor’s sign hanging on it. The people who would go out at this time were the Marquis Chenping couple because young masters like Shen Zhao would rather gallop down the long street than take a carriage.

Whether it was Marquis Chenping or the people from the Chenpingbo Manor, Su Ningxin was confident that she could use the Empress’s waist token in her hand to commandeer their carriage.

But as soon as she lifted the curtain, Su Ningxin was stunned. She saw Shen Zhao and a woman in white, wearing a veiled hat, sitting in the carriage.

“Shen Zhao? When did you become so sissy? You’re even taking a carriage.” Su Ningxin blurted out subconsciously.

The woman wearing the veiled hat saw that it was someone Shen Zhao knew and directly shot several silver needles at Su Ningxin’s face. Su Ningxin, of course, was not someone to be trifled with. She pushed the carriage curtain forward to block the silver needles and briefly blocked herself. At the same time, she used her back foot to hook and directly kicked the coachman who was about to sneak attack her, sending him flying, and he crashed into a small stall on the roadside.

Taking advantage of the moment the carriage curtain blocked her, Su Ningxin moved forward and used a hand blade to directly strike the woman’s neck. The woman raised her arm to block, but Su Ningxin took the opportunity to grab and twist her behind. The woman didn’t compromise, using her flexible body and the other hand forming a claw to grab Su Ningxin’s throat, but it was also grabbed by the prepared Su Ningxin, who directly restrained her.

【 Her skill is not bad, whose person is she? 】 Su Ningxin thought to herself.

After confirming that she was not in danger, Su Ningxin looked at Shen Zhao on the side, “What’s going on?”

Seeing that Shen Zhao didn’t answer, but only kept rolling his eyes, Su Ningxin knew that he had been acupunctured. She looked at him with despise and, after acupuncturing the white-clad woman, Su Ningxin went over to release Shen Zhao’s acupoints.

“You were held hostage by a little girl? Did you fall into a beauty trap?” Su Ningxin unabashedly started her mockery mode.

Shen Zhao, who could control his body, didn’t answer, but immediately pounced on the woman. Seeing that he was trying to grope her, of course, he didn’t succeed, and he was directly kicked out by Su Ningxin, “Pervert, pui!”

Lying on the street, Shen Zhao covered his chest and coughed, “Elder Sister, I’m poisoned, the antidote is on her.”

“Okay, here you go.” Along with the voice, Su Ningxin directly threw the white-clad woman out of the carriage. Shen Zhao hurriedly stood up and barely caught her. When he looked up at Su Ningxin, she was driving the carriage while turning around and using her foot to pick up the hat that the coachman had dropped on the ground and put it on her head.

Noticing Shen Zhao’s gaze, she casually said, “I’ve commandeered the carriage.”

Shen Zhao wanted to say something, but Su Ningxin had already disappeared on the street.

After driving the carriage back to the alley, Su Ningxin already smelled the blood smell. She saw the Imperial Guards lying on the ground, in a coma. It seemed that these people had discovered the carriage, but Gu Mingxi had taken them down.

Looking at the silver needles on their necks, Gu Mingxi shouldn’t have killed them, but it was certain that they were injured.

Su Ningxin jumped on the green carriage and saw that the Empress’s complexion was even more ashen. She couldn’t help but feel a little anxious, and hurriedly helped her onto the Chenpingbo Manor’s carriage with Gu Mingxi.

Because they had the Chenpingbo Manor’s sign, they didn’t encounter any trouble on the way to the city gate, and as expected, they were stopped at the city gate.

And Su Ningxin, who was driving the carriage, was also not at all flustered. She directly took out the Empress’s waist token from her sleeve, “The Empress ordered my madam to go to the State Protection Temple to pray for blessings. Knowing that the Emperor had blocked the city gate because of the assassins, she specially bestowed a waist token as proof to let the gatekeepers pass.”

Just as Su Ningxin had expected, although the Emperor had ordered the city gate to be blocked, he hadn’t said why. The soldiers guarding the city gate didn’t doubt it, and after confirming that the waist token was not forged, they opened the city gate.

When he returned the waist token, Su Ningxin also heard him murmur, “So it’s assassins again, I don’t know if any imperial relatives have died.”

After smoothly leaving the city gate and walking a few miles, they saw the people who had been waiting here. Su Ningxin looked at Gu Mingxi, who had gotten out of the carriage, and handed her the jade pendant carved by the young boy, “Take this and take the Empress to Ruyang.”

“Ruyang?” Gu Mingxi asked back in doubt, “Isn’t that the Empress’s hometown? The Emperor will definitely go there first to look for her.”

Su Ningxin shook her head, “I know, but that’s the best place. You’ll understand when the Empress wakes up.”

“Okay.” Gu Mingxi took the jade pendant, “Take care, and it’s best to leave quickly before the Emperor reacts.”

“En.” Su Ningxin smiled and agreed easily.

【 I had already planned to run to Daming Prefecture. How can I wait for that bastard Emperor to settle accounts with me? He could poison her, and with our friendship, wouldn’t he want to kill me? 】

Watching Gu Mingxi and the others drive the carriage away, Su Ningxin walked back. This time, she didn’t go to have the soldiers open the city gate outside the city wall, but directly took off the fine silk thread of the cold groan, as fine as hair, that was coiled around her waist, and with a flick of her hand, she embedded the silk thread into the wall, and then, using the silk thread, she flew over the city wall that was dozens of feet high.

After landing, Su Ningxin breathed a sigh of relief. Now she just needed to quickly go back to Prince An’s Mansion and take Prince An and his wife to pack up and run away. At this time, the Emperor should have all his energy focused on finding the Empress, and he shouldn’t pay attention to herself yet. Now is the time to run.

Su Ningxin walked along the road by the city wall for not long, and she sucked in a breath of cold air as she watched the person walking towards her, 【 how could it be him? 】