With the cold rain hitting his face, Mu Jingrui raised his head and looked at the night sky, unable to help but have a myriad of thoughts.
He began to worry about the situation in the capital.
The sound of fighting brought him back from his thoughts. He raised his head and looked forward, only to see the guarding imperial army fighting with his men.
He was shocked.
"stop."
With a scolding, the fighting in the field stopped.
"The prince has a distinguished status. He has not yet been convicted, so you just let him suffer. If the emperor blames you, can you bear the responsibility?"
"We don't care who the prince is or not. In short, everything should be done in accordance with the laws of the court. If you make trouble here again, don't blame us for being ruthless."
Seeing that a fight was about to begin, Mu Jingrui scolded: "Everyone, go back. No one is allowed to do anything without my permission."
"Your Majesty!"
"go back."
Mu Jingrui's attitude was resolute, and his men had no choice but to watch him sitting in the prison car being soaked by the rain, and retreated angrily.
"Your Majesty, that's right. It's true that those who have experienced great storms and understand current affairs are heroes."
A sharp voice came, and Mu Jingrui looked in the direction of the source of the voice. The eunuch who delivered the order stood under the eaves, watching everything coldly.
With the rain running down his face, Mu Jingrui began to understand why they trampled on his dignity and wore down his patience in this way.
The eunuch who conveyed the order turned and left.
The rain became heavier and heavier, and Mu Jingrui was already soaked to the skin. After midnight, the rain gradually became lighter.
Suddenly, there were subtle footsteps on the roof.
Immediately afterwards, a black shadow jumped down and attacked the guarding imperial army.
They struck so quickly and ruthlessly that the guarding imperial army fell into a pool of blood without any reaction at all.
Mu Jingrui was shocked.
One of the men in black came towards Mu Jingrui with a big knife and cut off the chains of the prison car in a few strokes.
"Who are you?" Mu Jingrui stood in the prison car and did not move.
"Your Majesty, my subordinates and others will come to rescue you and leave."
Mu Jingrui carefully looked at the masked men in black in front of him. Before he had time to think, he saw a group of forbidden troops surrounding them.
"Hmph, you are so brave, how dare you openly rob a prisoner?" The eunuch who delivered the order waved his arm, and a large number of archers surrounded Mu Jingrui and others. "Fire arrows."
Countless sharp arrows were shot towards them.
Although the chains of the prison car were cut off at this time, Mu Jingrui's bracelets still cuffed his hands.
He couldn't use it at all.
But at this moment, the masked men in black who had just tried to kidnap him jumped on the roof to escape.
You don't need to study it carefully to know that this is a strategy tailor-made for him.
"If Mu Jingrui tries to escape, he will be shot to death."
After the eunuch who delivered the order gave the order, the archers became even more unscrupulous.
Mu Jingrui knew that if he didn't take action at this time, he would be dead.
In desperation, he could only use his internal strength to break the chains, jump out of the prison car and into the air, catch a few sharp arrows with his bare hands, and throw them back towards the archers.
He used his superb skills to carve out a bloody path.
The fight lasted for so long, and none of his men came over.
Mu Jingrui expected that his confidants would be in trouble.
He rushed in front of the eunuch who was delivering the order. Upon seeing this, the eunuch who was delivering the order turned pale with fright and turned around to flee.
Mu Jingrui didn't give him such a chance at all. He stepped forward and grabbed his collar, turned around and put him in front of his chest, and pinched his neck with his hard fingers.
"You...what are you going to do? If you kill me, you will be punished by death."
"It's just you?" Mu Jingrui smiled coldly, "It's easy to kill you. But if you answer my question, I can consider it.
Let me give you a way to live."
"What do you want to know?" the eunuch who delivered the order asked tremblingly.
"Who is the person behind your scenes?"
"It's the Emperor...ah!"
Mu Jingrui increased the strength of his fingers, and the eunuch who delivered the order was so painful that he almost suffocated.
Mu Jingrui's mind was spinning rapidly, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he jumped onto the wall while holding the eunuch who was delivering the order, then pushed him down and fled quickly.
The eunuch who delivered the order fell from a high place, wailing in pain.
However, looking at Mu Jingrui's figure disappearing into the darkness, he couldn't help but smile.
The news that Mu Jingrui had fled out of fear of crime spread back to the capital, and the whole court suddenly exploded. Some were happy and some were sad.
Blatantly defying an order and absconding is a grave crime of deceiving the emperor.
The officials wrote letters one after another, demanding that Mu Jingrui be deprived of his title as the Southern King of Zhennan, and that he be arrested by sea.
Xiao Yujue was also furious, and under pressure from many parties, he had no choice but to issue an imperial edict to arrest Mu Jingrui.
Seeing the situation getting worse, most of Mu Jingrui's confidants chose to stay safe and remain silent.
Mu Jingyan was confined to the palace, and she counted the days until Mu Jingrui would return to Beijing on her fingers every day.
During this period, Xiao Yujue did not come to visit once, which made her feel a little chilled.
"How's it going? Is there any news about my brother?"
When Mu Jingyan saw that the nanny he had sent out to inquire about the news had returned, he quickly put down the scissors for pruning the bonsai.
"This..." Mother looked embarrassed and lowered her head to avoid Mu Jingyan's questioning eyes.
"What is this? You should tell me quickly."
When Mu Jingyan saw his grandma, he had an ominous premonition.
"Empress, after I tell you this, please don't be anxious..."...
"I'm worried if you don't tell me."
"My slave has just received news from the Zhennan Palace. The prince escaped for some unknown reason on his way back to the capital. Now the emperor is very angry and has issued a sea arrest document to arrest the prince."
"What?"
Mu Jingyan was so frightened that he staggered back a few steps, and his thoughts were all confused in an instant.
"how so?"
She never thought that Mu Jingrui would send someone to assassinate Xiao Yujue just to vent her anger; but if there was no such thing, why would he escape halfway?
"Empress, the steward of the Zhennan Palace has sent a letter in, asking you to think of a way to intercede for the prince in front of the emperor. At any rate, stabilize the emperor's mood first. Once the sea arrest documents are issued, it is inevitable
There will not be some people with ulterior motives who will take the opportunity to deal with the prince."
Mammy's words reminded Mu Jingyan again.
Mu Jingrui was able to become a marquis and prime minister at a young age, and he was jealous of countless people in the court.
During these years of marching and fighting, he expanded territory for Xiao Yujue and offended many people.
Mu Jingyan wiped away his tears, took a deep breath and rushed out the door, but was blocked by the imperial guards.
"I want to see the emperor, please get out of my way."
"Queen, please go back. You cannot leave the palace even half a step without the Emperor's permission."