C190 They Gave Her Poison Wine

After Hsing Zheng left, Jiegeng fell into an awkward situation. She couldn't leave, nor could she stay. However, Jiegeng needed to know if she could successfully obtain the pass. She could only walk back and forth on the spot, waiting for Hsing Zheng to return.

Jiegeng waited for a long time. Finally, when she saw Hsing Zheng's figure, she immediately rushed in front of Hsing Zheng.

"How is it?" Jiegeng looked at Hsing Zheng with anticipation.

Hsing Zheng nodded, "Tomorrow morning, we can arrange to leave the city."

Jiegeng let out a sigh of relief for the time being, "Then I will go back first." Now that her relationship with Hsing Zheng had become really awkward, Jiegeng immediately left.

Hsing Zheng did not say anything and stopped Jiegeng.

"Hsing Zheng, I know that you will take a huge risk in this matter. Don't worry. I, Jiegeng, will definitely repay this kindness in the future!" Jiegeng did not dare to look into Hsing Zheng's eyes anymore.

"There is no need!" Hsing Zheng frowned. "I am willing to do this for you."

"Hsing Zheng, if you insist, I am afraid we will lose the friendship between us." Jiegeng expressed her stance in time.

Hsing Zheng slowly withdrew his body and made a path for Jiegeng.

Jiegeng lowered her head and immediately left the place.

The next day, when Jiegeng and Hsing Zheng met at the city gate, both of them acted as if nothing had happened at all, as if yesterday's dispute had never happened.

"How is it? Is the person hidden well?" Hsing Zheng asked Jiegeng.

Jiegeng nodded. "The person is at the bottom of a box in the middle of the carriage."

Hsing Zheng looked at the long line of carriages and walked to the front of the line.

"Wait!" When the line reached the city gate, the guards immediately stopped them.

"What's inside? Open it up and check!" a soldier shouted.

The leader of the convoy was the first to step forward.

"Sir, these are the medicinal herbs that were transported to Qi Country. They are specially approved by the Imperial Court!" The leader immediately handed over the pass.

After the soldier took the pass, he observed it and said in a vicious voice, "During a time of emergency, even if there is a warrant, it must be investigated! If there is a criminal hiding within, we will all be guilty of dereliction of duty! Men, investigate!"

The soldiers guarding the city gates rushed over and simultaneously pulled out their sabers.

Following that, these soldiers began to take turns inserting the sharp sabers into the medicinal herb bags of carriages and carriages.

"Stop!" Hsing Zheng roared angrily.

"Could it be that all of you are certain that I will hide your fugitives?" Hsing Zheng sneered.

"Prince Hsing, this is my duty, I hope you can bear it." The leader of the soldiers was one of Sima Ling's men. His goal was to catch the fleeing Anzhao. With Sima Ling's current position in the court, this man naturally did not care about anyone else.

"I don't care what happened in Great Yan. You will be inspected by the vehicles. I don't care about what happened in the ___. If I get inspected by all of you, won't I be unable to leave the city? However, this pass was personally approved by your Emperor. Could it be that you are questioning your Emperor's decision?"

"I dare not!" All the soldiers immediately knelt down. When Hsing Zheng said this, it was a huge crime to disregard the law!

"I am now holding the order given by the Emperor of Great Yan, and I will let you go. If this matter between Great Yan and Qi Country is delayed, even if all of you have ten heads, you won't be able to afford it!"

The people guarding the city were in fear and trepidation. However, Sima Ling had given them a death order, and they were determined not to give out the order of one man and one chariot.

Jiegeng also stood up when she saw this.

"This carriage is the medicinal herb that came from our Bai family. Don't tell me that you don't believe in the Bai family? "Jiegeng's domineering aura was fully displayed.

"If there's nothing else, you can go to the Bai family and look for me, Renxi!"

"Princess, please calm down!" If Hsing Zheng was only a crown prince of a foreign country, Jiegeng had a rank two official title. If this matter continued to escalate, it would only be the small fries like them who would suffer.

"Since we have the guarantee of the princess, we will naturally not make things difficult for her." The leader of the soldiers weighed the pros and cons. Now that there was a guarantor, why should he continue to pester them?

"Let her through!" With a command from the leader of the soldiers, the city gates opened.

Jiegeng watched the convoy leave the capital and finally relaxed her tensed nerves.

Watching the city gates gradually close, Jiegeng prayed in her heart that Anzhao must bring people back to save Duan Shuang.

"Jiegeng, shall I send you back to the prefecture?" Hsing Zheng noticed that there was something wrong with Jiegeng's expression and immediately asked with concern.

"No need." Jiegeng immediately refused, "Hsing Zheng, from the perspective of friends, you have done enough."

Without a doubt, Jiegeng deliberately emphasizing the word "friend" provoked Hsing Zheng again.

After Jiegeng hastily gave instructions, she immediately rushed back to Bai Mansion alone.

"Miss, what are you looking for when you came back and turned the cabinet upside down?" Shao noticed that Jiegeng was exceptionally abnormal and went forward to take a look.

"Miss! What is the use of finding such a banknote?" Shao did not even know when Jiegeng put away so much cash.

Jiegeng roughly counted the banknotes and said, "This money is not enough."

After that, Jiegeng searched for some gold, silver, jewelry and jade paintings.

"Miss, what are you going to do?"

"Shao, take these things out and pawn them all." Jiegeng packed the things that she had gathered and pushed them in front of Shao.

"All of them? !" Shao was very surprised, "Miss, what do you need so much silver for?"

"Don't ask anymore, go quickly!" Jiegeng said seriously.

"Yes!" Shao immediately picked up the things and left the house in a panic.

Jiegeng held the money that she had and fell into deep thought in the room.

After Anzhao found someone to rescue Duan Shuang from the prison, he would definitely stay away from the capital for a period of time. It would definitely cost a lot of money to recruit soldiers and horses and investigate the entire matter. Currently, all the assets of Zhen'an King's Mansion have been confiscated. The only thing that can be used is the money in my hands. I don't know how much those things can be exchanged for, and whether it is enough or not.

When Shao returned, the amount of silver that was returned plus Jiegeng's was a total of three hundred thousand taels.

At first, Jiegeng was also shocked by this number. She did not expect those things to be so valuable. Many of them were given to her by Hsing Zheng. Thinking of this, Jiegeng felt both gratitude and guilt towards Hsing Zheng.

However, just as Jiegeng was ready and waiting for Anzhao to return to the city, she heard bad news - Anzhao was arrested by Sima Ling outside the city.

In the Imperial Palace.

"Emperor, when this lowly subject arrested Anzhao, he was contacting Zhen'an King's former subordinates. What exactly are their plans? Isn't it obvious?" Sima Ling generously said, "The matter of Zhen'an King wanting to rebel is already set in stone!"

" Pass on my decree to abolish the position of Prince Duan Shuang and bestow poison wine at noon three days later! "When the Emperor declares this decree, he is exceptionally calm.

"The Emperor is wise!" Sima Ling knelt on the ground and lowered his head with a wicked smile.