"Oh no! His Majesty is missing!"

With Zhao Huayin's exclamation, everyone realized that Emperor Hui was missing.

Missing along with Emperor Hui were also the guards who had been with him just now.

Could it be that the people around Emperor Hui just now all obeyed King Xuan's orders?

Zhao Huayin had a terrible guess in her mind that King Xuan's target today was Emperor Hui.

He deliberately brought Emperor Hui here in order to cause today's incident and spark unrest.

Then someone assassinated him, and Emperor Hui naturally "disappeared."

By then, with Concubine Yun in the harem and the Xie family as support in the south, the entire court may fall into the control of King Xuan.

It was unknown whether Yan Qi had made any progress in his investigation of the Xie family in Ganzhou. If someone like King Xuan really took over the court, Zhao Huayin couldn't imagine what kind of chaos the entire Wei would be in.

"Qingshuang, hurry up! Go and find out where His Majesty has gone. If anything happens to His Majesty, it would be like the sky falling."

To be fair, Emperor Hui may not be considered a wise ruler.

Ke Sheng is obedient, and with the assistance of good ministers such as the Prime Minister, at least the Wei Dynasty is stable for the time being.

If it were King Xuan, who was stubborn, tyrannical and cruel, the people would have no chance of survival in his hands.

Emperor Hui cannot die, at least not now.

Zhao Huayin was anxious and wanted Qingshuang to find the whereabouts of Emperor Hui, but Qingshuang could not abandon Zhao Huayin.

"There is a fire here, it will burn over here soon, I will escort the girl away from here first."

Qingshuang flatly rejected Zhao Huayin's proposal and prepared to take Zhao Huayin and his group to escape from the other side of the garden.

Seeing the fire outside spreading, everyone ran towards the exit in panic.

Madam Xu's guards also returned to her side and protected her as she retreated.

Zhao Huayin also knew that the situation was urgent and she could not argue with Qingshuang, so she obediently followed Qingshuang to escape.

The place where the flower viewing garden party was held was originally a royal garden. It was very large, and corridors, waterside pavilions, and terraces were built for the scenery...

Normally when I was admiring the scenery I thought this was a great place to go, but now when I was running for my life I felt that this garden was too big!

After running for a long time, they still couldn't get out of the corridor. The worst thing was that the people running in front found that the corridor had been broken and could not be passed at all.

The fire behind is already spreading towards here, but the road ahead has been cut off. Isn't this a dead end?

Some people were already crying and shouting in despair, while some were so frightened that they didn't care about anything else and climbed over the fence and tried to jump out from the corridor.

You have to know that the corridor here was originally built according to the terrain. The outside of the corridor is a hundred feet high. How can you survive if you jump down?

Those who wanted to jump were pulled back by their companions, and the group was at a loss as to what to do.

Qingshuang and Madam Xu's guards jumped onto an ancient tree outside the corridor.

The two of them worked together to tie a rope to one end of a thicker branch of the ancient tree, and Qingshuang flew down and pulled the rope tightly.

Madam Xu's guards cut the branch off with a knife. Qingshuang used the force of the branch flying down to swing it hard and placed it steadily on the broken end of the corridor.

Madam Xu's guards and Qingshuang stood at one end of the branch, protecting everyone as they stepped over it.

No matter how noble a lady or young lady may be in normal times, she will not care about anything else at this moment in order to escape for her life.

Even those who were afraid of falling would use their hands and feet to climb up the branches, as the most important thing was to escape.

Zhao Huayin, her daughter and Madam Xu waited behind, and only went up after everyone had passed.

After walking through the corridor with great difficulty and running for a while, he finally arrived at the waterside pavilion.

Seeing the clear pool water, everyone finally felt relieved.

As long as there is water, there is no need to worry about the fire behind.

Most of the people who had been running all the way collapsed on the ground, leaning on each other to catch their breath, and were finally rescued.

After sitting down and resting for a while, Zhao Huayin said to Qingshuang again,

"I am safe now. There is water here, so fire cannot burn me. King Xuan has already left. You can go find His Majesty now."

Qingshuang looked around again and decided that it was indeed safe to stay here for the time being.

"Young lady, don't go anywhere until I come back. Just wait here. I will come back to pick you up as soon as possible."

After saying this, he was still worried and gave instructions to Liuyun and Dianxue.

"You two should keep an eye on the girl. Don't run around. Wait until I come back!"

"Sister Qingshuang, don't worry, we will definitely take good care of the girl, so you can go without any worries."

Qingshuang nodded and turned to go back.

Zhao Huayin helped Shen Bi up, and she and Madam Xu found a few crowded steps to sit down.

"Mother, aunt, let's sit down here and rest. Let's wait for Qingshuang to come back before leaving. We don't know what the situation is like outside right now."

Shen Bi naturally had no objection. After encountering so many unexpected events today, it was a blessing that the mother and daughter were safe and sound.

If Qingshuang hadn't protected me today, I would have been in great danger.

"My dear Huayin, your guard's skills are extraordinary, not like those of an ordinary person."

Mrs. Xu came back to her senses and finally noticed Qingshuang's skills.

There was no one else around at the time, and Zhao Huayin didn't want to deceive Mrs. Xu, so she told the truth.

"Qing Shuang is from the City Defense Battalion. His Majesty the Fourth Prince temporarily placed her with me."

"City Defense Battalion?"

Madam Xu's expression changed slightly. They were from the city defense camp. No wonder.

Everyone in the capital city knew what the City Defense Camp was. It was no wonder that a woman could stay in the City Defense Camp and had such excellent skills.

Just by looking at how much Qingshuang cares about Zhao Huayin's safety, it is clear that Yan Qi is definitely not just leaving Qingshuang "temporarily" with Zhao Huayin.

Mrs. Xu had heard many rumors about what the City Defense Camp was and who Yan Qi was.

If you want the city defense camp to send people to protect someone's safety, you may have to ask for an imperial decree.

Yan Qi actually sent such an amazing female guard to Zhao Huayin's side. The deep meaning behind this is self-evident.

Mrs. Xu looked at Zhao Huayin with a little more inquiry, probably because the cold-faced evil spirit had a special feeling towards Zhao Huayin.

"Why is Aunt looking at me like that?"

Zhao Huayin felt a little uncomfortable when Mrs. Xu looked at her.

"Why should I be afraid of letting my aunt take a look? I don't know if I will have the chance to see it again after I get married."

Zhao Huayin couldn't keep up with Madam Xu's thoughts. In such a miserable situation, how could Madam Xu talk about getting married or not?

Shen Bi, who was standing by, understood that Madam Xu probably also saw that Yan Qi had a special affection for Zhao Huayin.

I just thought about Zhao Huayin's possible future situation.

"Aunt! So you are here. It was so hard to find you!"

While several people were still talking, an anxious voice was heard.

Zhao Huayin looked up and saw, Zhao Huaqin?

"Aunt, my grandmother and I were rescued by people from the palace. Grandmother ordered me to come find you. Let's go together!"

As she spoke, Zhao Huaqin reached out to support Shen Bi.

"Where's your grandmother?"

Shen Bi asked Zhao Huaqin as he stood up.

"It's just in front. I'll take you there."

Zhao Huaqin supported Shen Bi and was about to leave, and Zhao Huayin also helped Madam Xu up.

"Yinyin, since your grandmother is ahead, let's go over there. It's not good to keep her waiting for a long time. We can send someone here to look for Qingshuang later."

Zhao Huayin nodded. Old Madam Zhao had arrived and was indeed going over there.

The group walked a short distance before they saw a pavilion in front of them with curtains on all four sides.

Zhao Huaqin asked Liuyun and Dianxue to help Shen Bi in, and waited for Madam Xu to go in as well. She herself stood at the door and smiled at Zhao Huayin.

In a voice that only the two of them could hear,

"Sister, you've made it this far, you're really lucky!"

After saying that, a figure jumped out from the corner next to him, with a cold light flashing in his hand, and a dagger stabbed straight towards Zhao Huayin's heart.

Zhao Huayin was horrified and wanted to ask for help and escape, but there was no one around.

Zhao Huayin tripped when she turned around in a hurry and almost closed her eyes in despair.

The expected pain did not come. Zhao Huayin was firmly caught by a pair of strong arms and held into the chest.

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