The dagger was so close that although Shen Yiran was prepared, he still felt his heart tighten and his abdomen began to feel a little uncomfortable.

"Don't be afraid, as long as you take me out, I will never hurt you!"

Shen Yiran listened, suppressed his emotion and hummed: "But what should I do?"

The old lady listened and thought for a moment: "Just say you want to go out to buy something and take me with you in a carriage. Is this something you can do?"

She just thought of Shen Yiran as a lady who had never experienced any major events, so her attitude softened a little.

Shen Yiran's words hit the nail on the head, and he agreed, "Okay, I'll arrange for the servants to prepare the carriage right away."

The carriage was arranged in front of her, and she kept her hand on Shen Yiran's abdomen all the way, with the dagger hidden in her sleeve against Shen Yiran's lower back.

Shen Yiran just wanted to follow her out and see where she was planning to go. Otherwise, how could he find their lair?

The old lady got on the carriage while no one was paying attention and told it to just go forward.

Shen Yiran said carefully: "You said you would let me go."

The old lady sneered when she heard this: "I wanted to do this originally, but I saw so many imperial guards, and there must be inspections at the city gates. Without you, how can I leave the city?"

When Shen Yiran heard that she was going to leave the city, he could only sit with his head down and dared not say anything more.

However, he was thinking in his heart that now that the situation had gotten out of hand, their people could not leave the city, and they should stay in the city ready to provide support at any time.

It's strange that the old lady is in such a hurry to leave.

Could it be that those people thought that the failure of the plan was due to her and no longer trusted her?

If that's the case, those people will definitely come after us as soon as we leave the city.

It will be perfect to catch them all at once then!

When they arrived at the city gate, there were indeed people checking. Shen Yiran lifted the curtain and said with a smile: "I am the wife of the Marquis Mansion. I need to leave the city today. Please let me pass."

After hearing this, the guard lifted the curtain and looked inside. The old lady was sitting inside, leaning against Shen Yiran.

"This is?"

Shen Yiran immediately said, "This is a friend of mine. She is ill and I am taking her to see a doctor outside the city."

The guard heard it and nodded and let him go.

After the carriage left the city, the old lady let go of Shen Yiran and sat down, looking out through the gap in the curtains.

"When are you going to let me go? I don't know anything."

Shen Yiran started to cry.

The old lady was disgusted and said, "Shut up! Tell the carriage to just go forward. Anyway, I will let you go when I leave Kyoto City and it is safe!"

But when the carriage reached a suburban area, it suddenly stopped.

The old lady immediately forced Shen Yiran to check. Shen Yiran lifted the curtain and looked out, and saw three unfamiliar people blocking the road, among whom was a woman with a big belly who was groaning.

"Madam, please be kind and send us to see a doctor!"

Shen Yiran said in embarrassment: "I really want to send you away, but my carriage won't go into the city, what should I do?"

The pregnant woman screamed even more miserably, and Shen Yiran was worried: "What should we do?"

She turned to look at the old lady in the carriage, and the old lady said coldly: "The carriage can't accommodate so many people, you should wait for the carriage behind!"

As he spoke, he reached out to pull Shen Yiran, and Shen Yiran had no choice but to bite his lips and apologize: "I'm sorry, I really want to help you."

"Stop talking nonsense and leave quickly!"

The old lady scolded angrily, and Shen Yiran was about to get on the carriage when he was suddenly pulled and thrown out by someone.

After falling to the ground, she saw the three people in front of her rushing onto the carriage, and the pregnant woman removed the padding under her belly and rushed up as well.

Shen Yiran was just running towards the woods, and soon someone grabbed his arm and pulled him in.

Bo Jinnian put his finger on his lips, signaling Shen Yiran not to panic.

Shen Yiran nodded and looked at the carriage.

The old lady was no match for the crowd and was forced off the carriage.

"The mission failed and you wanted to escape. You really are a traitor!"

The woman pretending to be pregnant said viciously, and ordered: "Throw her into the carriage and send her to Lao Yu!"

The three men were about to take action when they suddenly became limp and collapsed to the ground.

"Humph, do you think I dare to come out alone without making any preparations?"

The old lady spoke quickly, and the dagger in her hand was already on the neck of the woman pretending to be pregnant.

"If it weren't for you, how could I be suspected!"

When Shen Yiran heard that they suspected each other, he turned to look at Bo Jinnian.

Bo Jinnian nodded, waved his hand, and his men set up an ambush all around.

"What do you mean by that? Didn't you betray us because you have feelings for that old prince?"

The old lady pulled the dagger in her hand and said, "How is that possible? If I betrayed you, why would I go back with them?"

The woman pretending to be pregnant heard this and immediately said, "Antidote for the soft tendon powder."

After the old lady took it out and rescued the three men, they all met and asked, "What's going on?"

Bo Jinnian waved his hand and his men who were in ambush immediately rushed out.

"Great, you brought soldiers with you!"

"If I bring officers and soldiers here, why should I give you the antidote?"

They quarreled and were on guard, and Bo Jinnian helped Shen Yiran down from the hillside.

The old lady pointed at Shen Yiran: "Could it be you? How did you do it?"

Shen Yiran no longer had that weak and timid look on his face. He said calmly with a smile, "Because there is no way I can leave the house at this time."

The old lady looked at Shen Yiran's expression and immediately realized that she had been fooled. She regretted it deeply: "I will cover you, you guys go quickly!"

As soon as she raised the dagger, a spear was pressed against her throat. When she turned around, the others were also controlled.

"Let's talk about it when we get back."

Shen Yiran stopped Bo Jinnian and said, "Ask him here. If you can't find out anything, just kill him right here to avoid trouble when you bring him back."

After hearing this, Bo Jinnian ordered his men to push the tied-up people into the woods.

The old lady glared at Shen Yiran who was giving the orders fiercely: "Did you ruin my good thing?"

Shen Yiran admitted: "You can say that. Besides, I was the one who stabbed the woman who disguised you with a human skin mask to death."

The old lady heard this and said angrily: "Well, I was fooled by you!"

Shen Yiran said calmly: "Didn't you fall for my trick again this time? When I went to find you, I deliberately asked you to take me to find my accomplice, and you really led us to find him."

After hearing this, the old lady refused to speak again.

But her accomplice heard it clearly and said with a straight face: "It's useless even if you catch us. We won't say anything."

Shen Yiran turned to look at the old lady: "Really? How could someone who wants to escape so badly not want to live?"

When those people saw that the old lady remained silent, they immediately cursed: "You really want to be a traitor!"

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