Wei Dongling ignored him and shouted fiercely at the group of black-clothed men, "None of you are allowed to come any closer! Otherwise, I'll show you what it means to stab in with a clean blade and pull it out dripping with blood!"
Her words scared the black-clothed secret guards so much that they stood still on the spot, not daring to move.
Wei Dongling sat beside the Crown Prince and tightened her left hand that was gripping his hair. The Crown Prince grimaced in pain.
She shouted at the Crown Prince fiercely, "Drive the carriage quickly! If you dare to play any tricks, I'll make sure you won't live to see the sun later!" Then she roared at the secret guards surrounding the carriage, "Get out of here! Whoever dares to follow, I'll kill him right now!"
None of the black-clothed men dared to act rashly. The chief of the secret guards, Lord Xu, looked uglier than if he had eaten shit.
Although the Crown Prince was so angry that his face turned ashen, he had no choice but to pick up the reins and drive the carriage.
At dawn, two fine horses pulled the Crown Prince's luxurious carriage galloping on the official road.
Inside the carriage, He Yao was so frightened that her face turned deathly pale. She hugged Yu Zixi in her arms, on the verge of tears. She had somehow become an accomplice in hijacking the Crown Prince. This was a capital crime that could implicate the whole family!
The Crown Prince was quite conflicted. He was afraid that the secret guards hadn't caught up to protect him, and at the same time, he was afraid that they would catch up and be discovered by Wei Dongling, who might really kill him! His lower body, which had been kicked by her just now, still ached faintly. This woman didn't even blink an eye when killing someone. She was really a crazy woman who didn't care about her own life!
The Crown Prince trembled his lips and pleaded, "How about you let me go? Pretend we've never met..."
The carriage swayed and bumped. Wei Dongling's injured shoulder ached unbearably. She didn't dare to relax her right hand holding the knife at all. She asked the Crown Prince in a deep voice, "You, the heir apparent of a country, embezzled money and sold medicine to the refugees during the epidemic, ignoring the lives of thousands of common people. Isn't your conscience pricked?"
The Crown Prince's pupils shrank. He cried out in panic, "I didn't! I've set up many places to distribute food and relieve the disaster. Which of these deeds isn't a good deed? It's just that there are too many unruly common people. They would rush up and snatch things at any time! And some of the people were already terminally ill and couldn't be saved by any medicine. It's already a great mercy for me to distribute medicine to save the people!"
Wei Dongling scolded angrily, "You're heartless!"
The carriage took a sharp turn on the mountain road and bumped violently. Wei Dongling's right hand, which was in great pain, trembled. The dagger in her hand slipped out and fell to the ground, then was crushed by the wheels.
Seeing this, the Crown Prince's eyes lit up. He threw away the reins and quickly raised his elbow to strike at Wei Dongling's abdomen.
Wei Dongling dodged to the side. She yanked back the Crown Prince's hair with her left hand and quickly grabbed his throat with her right hand. Ignoring the pain in her right shoulder, she strangled him with all her might until the Crown Prince's face turned red and his eyes rolled up.
He Yao was even more frightened and trembled continuously when she saw this change. She also saw that there was a sharp turn ahead on the road, and the two fine horses were running forward on their own without guidance. He Yao couldn't help but scream.
Wei Dongling glanced at the bend ahead and was so scared that cold sweat broke out on her forehead. She grabbed the Crown Prince and threw him down the slope. Then she quickly jumped up and sat on the back of one of the fine horses. She fumbled to pick up the reins and guide the direction.
"Ah—" The thrown Crown Prince fell into the grass on the slope and rolled several times. Finally, he hit a tree stump with his head.
The secret guards following from afar were so shocked when they saw this scene that their eyes almost popped out. They quickly rushed over. Lord Xu fired a signal arrow, which exploded into a flower in the gray sky at dawn.
The rear wheel of the carriage almost slipped into the slope. Fortunately, Wei Dongling corrected it in time. At this moment, she didn't dare to look back at all. She just took out an iron hairpin and stabbed it hard into the butt of the fine horse under her.
The horse let out a pained neigh and ran forward crazily, jolting Wei Dongling's wound on her shoulder and causing a sharp pain. She gritted her teeth and endured it, clamping the horse's belly tightly.
Inside the carriage, He Yao hugged Yu Zixi with one hand and grabbed the window tightly with the other, afraid that they would be jolted out of the carriage.
Suddenly, a cold arrow shot over and directly hit the thigh of the fine horse under Wei Dongling. The horse let out a neigh of pain and fell to the ground.
Wei Dongling couldn't dodge in time and was thrown far away. Looking up, she saw a large group of the Crown Prince's personal guards in front. She got up awkwardly and quietly inserted the iron hairpin in her hand into her hair bun.
The carriage hit the rock beside the road and finally stopped. He Yao got off the carriage tremblingly. When she saw a group of personal guards holding silver spears coming over, she was so scared that she shivered and burst into tears instantly.
About the time it takes to burn an incense stick, the badly injured Crown Prince came over with a group of secret guards. His eyes were burning with anger. He sneered when he saw the two detained women.
He Yao cried like a pear blossom in the rain. She pointed at Wei Dongling and pleaded with the Crown Prince, "Your Highness, I was forced by this unruly commoner. I'm definitely not her accomplice. Please investigate clearly, Your Highness!"
Hearing this, Wei Dongling couldn't help rolling her eyes.
The Crown Prince came up and kicked Wei Dongling hard. He roared, "You unruly commoners, how dare you openly try to harm me! I'll execute your whole family!"
Then he thought it seemed wrong. He himself was also within the scope of her nine generations of relatives.
The angrier he got, the Crown Prince kicked Wei Dongling in the abdomen again, making cold sweat break out on her forehead.
The Crown Prince still wasn't satisfied after kicking several times. He waved his hand at the personal guards and said, "Drag these unruly commoners away and behead them all!"
The personal guards immediately stepped forward to arrest them.
A sarcastic smile curled up on Wei Dongling's lips.
Hearing this, He Yao wailed loudly. While crying, she shouted, "Your Highness, I'm really innocent!"
Just as the two were about to be dragged away for beheading, Lord Xu beside the Crown Prince suddenly whispered something in his ear.
The Crown Prince frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded. He waved his hand at the personal guards again and said, "Wait. Take them back first and then make a decision."
The personal guards quickly obeyed the order. They found ropes and tied the hands and feet of the two women tightly. Then they carried the two women onto the carriage and headed straight for Xingshan County.
He Yao kept shedding tears and kept blaming Wei Dongling, "It's all your fault! You've done such a daring thing! What should we do if we're convicted of the capital crime that implicates the whole family! Even if I die, I'll have no face to meet the ancestors of the He family... Wuwuwu..."
Wei Dongling ached all over. She originally planned to take a nap, but this woman cried all the way, making it impossible for her to sleep at all. She couldn't help sighing in her heart.
The carriage bumped all the way. Finally, He Yao cried herself to exhaustion and fell asleep leaning on Wei Dongling.
Wei Dongling looked at the black-clothed secret guards in the carriage who were staring at them menacingly. She didn't dare to act rashly either. She had no choice but to close her eyes and fall into a hazy sleep.
After a long, long time, the two of them were woken up by someone and dragged into a damp and dark room.
The unconscious Yu Zixi was also thrown in with them.
He Yao looked at Yu Zixi lying on the ground and asked in surprise, "Why is Brother Zixi's face so pale? Is he running a fever? Hey! Hurry up and find a doctor for him!"
No one paid any attention to her. Several black-clothed secret guards locked the door, and their footsteps gradually faded away.