Chapter 99(1/2)
The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and a thick layer of white had been laid.
In the past, Xiaoman might have liked the scenery, but she never hated the snow as much as she is today.
Jiang Ruoru fell and had an unbearable abdominal pain. Wen Po said that she was going to have premature birth and could not take her around anymore, which meant that she had to wait for Ruoru to give birth before leaving.
The villa was surrounded by the soldiers of the Xu family. Those who stayed inside could not get out, and those outside could not get in for a while.
Xiaoman rubbed his sore eyes and walked into the room to help Wenpo deliver Jiang Ruoruo. He changed blood to pot after pot, and Ruoru's voice also changed from shrill to hoarseness, as if he had tried his best.
Xiaoman's hand holding the cloth towel trembled slightly, and walked out again and asked Bai Yan who was guarding the door: "What's wrong?"
Bai Yan's face was equally solemn, and she replied: "The thief attacked the villa, but it will take only one hour."
Xiaoman's face was pale, and he could almost hear the sound of soldiers fighting not far away.
Jiang Chi took a deep breath and said angrily and helplessly: "Jiang Xiaoman, don't be confused. You are the crown princess. Everyone outside comes for you. If you don't leave now, you will have no chance.
While there are still troops in the villa to support you now, I will take you away.”
"Jiang Chi, thank you", Xiaoman shook his head.
"But I shouldn't leave. Ruoruo wants to survive, I can't leave her."
Bai Yan said: "There is a remote path leading to the back mountain in the villa. There should be no people there, so let the princess go."
Xiaoman's eyes touched the white snow, so sour that she wanted to cry. She blinked and said sadly: "I can't walk. Once I walk, that path will be discovered. What should Ruruo do?
I will go with them and let them let the villa go, and Ruruo and you can survive."
"no!"
Bai Yan and Jiang Chi spoke at the same time.
Bai Yan glanced at Jiang Chi and said to her: "The life of the Crown Princess is my life. Anyone can die, but the Crown Princess cannot."
Jiang Chi couldn't bear it anymore and shouted to the Wenpo in the room: "What's wrong?
Born?"
Wenpo also knew that the rebel was coming, and she was even more worried at this moment. She wanted to leave immediately after delivering her baby, and she had no time to pay attention to him.
The snowflakes were blowing by the wind. Bai Yan saw Xiaoman's eyes flushed, and then she remembered that she had eye disease and hurriedly pushed her into the house to find a cloth strip for her.
Jiang Chi also found out that something was wrong and asked, "What's going on?"
Bai Yan never responded to outsiders' words, so Xiaoman had to answer, "I have some eye problems and can't see the snow."
"Why don't I know when you have eye disease?"
Xiaoman heard the confusion and worry in Jiang Chi's tone, paused slightly, and said softly: "It's something that happened after leaving Jiang's mansion, so you naturally don't know."
She was actually very puzzled about how Jiang Chi had a beautiful thought to her. Perhaps it was just the teenager's conceit and possessiveness, but no matter which one it was, she couldn't figure it out.
When Jiang Chi heard this, he really stopped asking.
Xiaoman walked into the room and held Jiang Ruoruo's hand.
Jiang Ruoruo tried her best to squeeze her wrist until it turned red, and blue veins appeared on her forehead. She, who usually paid great attention to her demeanor, was so painful that she looked ferocious.
The soldiers and horses in the villa were used to resist the rebels. They knew very well that if something happened to the Crown Princess and the Princess, they would be buried with them, so no one retreated.
The snow was dyed red, and the minced flesh limbs emitted a disgusting smell.
Jiang Ruoruo was exhausted and finally gave birth to a child.
Her high bulge of abdomen was much flatter, but her waist was still not as slender as before. She was so tired that she didn't say a word, she hugged Xiaoman and almost couldn't cry.
She was so painful that she was about to go crazy during childbirth, and she was so scared that she wanted to die.
She was a drag and might kill Xiaoman, but she was afraid that Xiaoman would really leave her, so after grabbing Xiaoman's hand, she almost didn't dare to let go, for fear that she was the only one left here.
Jiang Ruoru leaned in Xiaoman's arms, and didn't even look at the child. He said aggrievedly: "Zhou Dingheng is such a bastard."
Xiaoman patted her, "Then wait until we go back and scold him."
Jiang Ruoruo's clothes were put on her body at will, and she was covered with a plush cloak. The two maids helped her and left.
At this time, the thief had entered the villa, and the sound of sword fighting was no longer an illusion. In order not to get in the way, Xiaoman took a step out without any worries about the sting of his eyes. However, the next moment, a cold touch came from the neck, and the blade was pressed against the pulsing blood vessels.
Xiaoman's breathing movements became lighter.
Bai Yan and Jiang Chi both looked at the maid Yue Niang who put the dagger on Xiaoman's neck. He was the person who Jiang Ruoru insisted on bringing the villa and kept serving him when he was in Yizhou.
"Yue Niang?"
Yue Niang was called out by Xiaoman, and couldn't help crying in her words, and replied: "Crown Princess, it's Yue Niang who is sorry for you and the princess. Today, the Crown Princess must go with me. There are ten people in my family, please beg the Crown Princess to do it.
Miss Xu said that they would not do anything to the Crown Princess.”
Bai Yan sneered: "You believe this kind of nonsense. If something happens to the Crown Princess, His Highness will definitely peel off all your nine tribes and cramp them, crush your bones and raise ashes."
Yue Niang shrank for a moment, a hint of hesitation flashed in her eyes, and soon she became firm again.
“Impossible, no.
The Crown Princess wants to leave with me. I won’t tell you if you leave. I will only leave one of the Crown Princess.”
Xiaoman was a little cold. When he spoke, the fog made his red eyes even more wet, like a forest with foggy after the rain.
Her voice was like eyes, distant and quiet.
"You said it here, right?"
Yue Niang cried and replied, "It's me, I have no choice..."
Xiaoman closed his eyes.
"Many people died, Yue Niang, you should go and take a look."
Jiang Ruoru waited for a long time but couldn't wait for Xiaoman. He was anxious to come back to find her. He saw his maid kidnapping Xiaoman at first sight. His legs were weak and he almost knelt on the ground, calling Yue Niang's name in a hoarse voice. Yue Niang resisted not to look at her, and only bit her lips and cried.
Xiaoman looked at Bai Yan and Jiang Chi and said, "I can't escape. You can go. Maybe that's how I'm destined to do it. I can't leave with you today."
Jiang Chi's eyes were red for some reason and said angrily: "You must leave today!"
"Bai Yan, if you let Ruruo and the others go, there will be no time."
She could already hear the footsteps and shouts of the thief, and she had no time to hesitate anymore.
Bai Yan responded first, and as soon as she turned around, she kicked the osmanthus tree beside her, and the accumulated snow poured like salt.
Yue Niang and Bai Yan were under the tree. When the snow fell, neither of them could react. Yue Niang was anxious and stabbed the dagger in her hand directly at Xiaoman, but Bai Yan held it in time. The dagger cut through a layer of skin, leaving a shallow blood line.
Bai Yan, who held the blade, fought with Yue Niang and kicked Yue Niang out a distance.
Bai Yan's palm was bleeding and there was no time to take care of it. At this time, the closed gate of the courtyard was knocked and found that it could not be pushed open. People outside the courtyard began to kick the door.
Jiang Chi pulled Xiaoman to the side door, trying to leave on the trail, Yue Niang struggled to follow, but Bai Yan stepped on her shoulder, pressed her sword tip against her throat, and looked at her coldly.
"You just wanted to kill the Crown Princess, then the Miss Xu you mentioned, but Xu Jing is good?"
Yue Niang trembled in fear and begged for mercy to Bai Yan.
In fact, Xu Jinghao's instructions to her were to take Xiaoman to see her. If she couldn't take her, she would kill her, so she took the opportunity to death.
Bai Yan's hands were covered in blood, and blood flowed down her palm to the hilt of the sword, winding to the tip of the sword, and finally dripped on Yue Niang's white jade-like neck.
"Please let it go...cough..."
Bai Yan's sword slashed across Yue Niang's throat, and his words of begging for mercy came to an abrupt end. The gate of the courtyard was knocked open, and about seven or eight thieves rushed in.
The Crown Princess said that there is no high or low life, but in fact, she still thinks that her life is not as good as the Crown Princess's life.
Even if she died here today, she must let her survive.
Bai Yan's hand was injured, and the pain was unbearable when she held it, but she still did not retreat.
——
"Bai Yuan, Bai Yuan is still behind."
Xiaoman was pulled by Jiang Chi and ran wildly, constantly looking back at his back.
"Bai Yan didn't follow!"
Jiang Chi scolded: "Close your eyes and stop looking!"
Xiaoman was out of breath, but he didn't dare to stop.
"What should I do with Bai Yan?"
Jiang Chi replied: "She has a very good martial arts skills, so she naturally has a way to escape, and it is even more difficult to escape with you."
The two left a long list of clear footprints in the snow, and they would be caught up when they stopped.
Jiang Ruoru and Wenpo, who was holding the child, had been pushed onto the carriage by the guards, and the entire villa was surrounded. Even in the small road, there would be someone to guard it. Ruoru did not dare to leave Xiaoman and forced herself to break through, waiting for her to come.
Jiang Chi grabbed Xiaoman and refused to let her get on the carriage.
"No, there are too many people and it's too obvious in the snow, and you'll be found."
He looked at Xiaoman: "Can you ride a horse?"
Zhou Gongyu taught her to ride a horse. Although she was not very skilled, she was still a little good at it. At this moment, she could no longer say no, so she could only nod.
To be continued...