“My lord, it’s not good!”
The steward ran into the main courtyard, his voice breaking out of anxiety.
Hearing his voice like that, everyone in the house gave a united thump in their hearts.
The butler didn’t even care about etiquette and ran straight into the house, “Sun, Miss Sun has been abducted, that, that man said he wanted to see Queen Consort Xian.”
Xiao Zheng rose to his feet, “Where is he?”
“Almost to the South City.”
Xiao Zheng walked quickly outside, “Prepare the horses!”
Duke Ding wanted to follow, thinking of what the butler had just said, he sank his voice, “What is going on?”
The steward came up for air and spoke.
After listening, the Duke frowned, intuiting that there was something strange about this.
The wife of the Duke of Ding could not sit still either, her tone was anxious, “Your Lordship ……”
The state duke waved his hand, “Don’t be impatient, wait for the news to come back from Zheng’er.”
Xiao Zheng galloped fast and arrived at the place where Xiao Yao had been abducted, without waiting for the horse to stop, he leapt down and took three or two steps to get closer, seeing that although Xiao Yao’s body was shaking, she still had one hand tugging tightly on the cover.
“I am Xiao Zheng, tell me what you have to say, let go of my daughter!”
“Stand still, don’t come over.”
The man pushed the dagger hard in his hand and there was red running out along it.
Xiao Zheng stopped, the hand hanging at his side tightened, and tried to moderate his voice, “Consort Xian is not convenient to come over, give me anything you have to say, I will go and convey it to her.”
“No, I must see Consort Xian, if she doesn’t come, I will have the bride’s life!”
After saying this, the dagger swung violently, sliding against the back of Xiao Yao’s hand, cutting off a section of the cover, and half of Xiao Yao’s face appeared in front of the crowd.
There was blood flowing out along the back of Xiao Yao’s white hand, staining Song Si’s eyes red; he had never hated himself for not learning martial arts as much as he did at this moment.
The dagger returned to Xiao Yao’s neck, “You have a quarter of an hour, if you still can’t see Concubine Xian, I will cut her neck!”
……
In the southern city, at the entrance of the Song family, all the things for the sedan chair were ready, the servants carried two baskets of firecrackers out in a joyful manner, the Song girl said, wait for the bride to arrive in a while and then set them off as loudly as possible, the louder the better.
Song Shen and Er Ya stood by the door and looked curiously at the firecrackers.
Song Wan Yue leaned lazily against the door frame, watching the two curiously discussing, the corners of her mouth held a smile.
A man came running from afar, shouting as he ran, “It’s not good, something’s happened!”
Recognising him as a servant who had gone to welcome the bride, Song Wan Yue stood up straight at once as the servant panted, “The bride has been hijacked, that, that man ……”
Without waiting for him to finish, Song Wangyue was already running towards that side.
Song Shen then followed, and Er Ya also wanted to follow, but thinking of her family’s instructions not to let her run around, she turned around and ran towards the courtyard.
……
Xiao Zheng’s scarlet eyes looked at the people in front of him, he had a hundred ways to let people die, but he didn’t have one way to safely save his daughter.
“A quarter of an hour!”
The man warned.
Xiao Zheng closed his eyes, quickly turned around and got on his horse, galloping back to his house.
Hearing this, Consort Xiao Xian stood up, “I’ll go.”
“No.”
Duke Ding stopped, not to mention that his daughter was the imperial concubine, if something happened to her, the emperor would certainly ask for the guilt of the Duke Ding’s house, even for the sake of the future grand plan, she could not go.
“Mother Consort, I will go back to the palace and ask for the transfer of archers.”
The fourth prince followed suit and rose.
“It’s too late, we only have a quarter of an hour.”
Xiao Zheng clenched his hands into fists.
“Yao’er is in his hands, if I don’t go, Yao’er will definitely be in danger. Father, whether today is an accident or someone is doing it on purpose, I have to go. Don’t worry, with the imperial guard following, I will be fine.”
The Duke of Ding wanted to stop him, but his mouth opened a few times, but no words came out. His daughter was important, but so was his granddaughter.
He got up, “I will go with you.”
……
Xiao Qian slowly walked closer.
He went back to change his clothes and chased the bridal party in a carriage, not expecting to hear about Xiao Yao’s hijacking when he was halfway there.
Because he had been sick for years, his face was abnormally white, his breath was slightly panting, and his words were not very shocking, “Let go of my sister, I’ll give you as a hostage.”
The man looked at him with disdain, “Get lost!”
Xiao Qian didn’t retreat, instead he walked closer again, “A man is a man, taking a woman hostage is not considered a skill.”
The man seemed to be impatient and the dagger in his hand moved, “Don’t you dare nag, you nag one word and I’ll give her one.”
Xiao Qian lowered his head, the cold light in his eyes flashed, raised his head, and returned to his weak appearance. He really didn’t dare to speak when he did, and leaned towards Song Si’s side.
What Song Wan Yue saw when she ran to was this sight, Xiao Yao was being held hostage and her cover had been cut in half, a bloodstain on her snow-white neck was stinging.
She was about to step forward when a shrill voice rang out, “Her Highness Consort Xian has arrived!”
Everyone knelt down, except the man and Xiao Yao, Song Si and Xiao Qian who were standing.
Song Wangyue followed suit and crouched her body, moving quietly towards them when the man wasn’t looking.
The palanquin slowly approached, and when it came to a halt, the eunuch opened the curtain of the palanquin, revealing Consort Xiao Xian’s face.
When she saw Xiao Yao’s condition, she felt pain in her heart but did not show it on her face, “My palace is here, let go of Yao’er first.”
The man did not let go, but forced Xiao Yao to take a few steps forward, closer to the sedan chair, “Your Majesty promise me one thing, and I will let her go,”
“Say!”
“I have several brothers in the main prison now, please also ask Your Highness Consort Xian to order their release.”
“This ……”
Xiao Xian Fei wanted to say that she didn’t have this power, but just as she spoke, the man’s hand exerted force and another line of blood flowed down the dagger, “Your Majesty don’t say you don’t have this power, or I’ll drag her to death with me.”
“In which prison?”
The man smiled smugly, “The capital’s.”
“Shunde.”
The little head of the forbidden guards stepped forward, “Your Majesty.”
“Go and bring the man here.”
“Yes.”
Shunde left at a fast pace, and had not gone far from the sedan carriage when he saw the men from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division coming, and he exchanged a glance with the man on the horse at the front and left at a fast pace.
The man on the horse also dismounted quickly and ran to the sedan carriage and knelt down, “My humble servant is late, please forgive me, Your Majesty.”
The man on the horse was also on his knees before the sedan carriage, “I’m sorry for being late, but I didn’t know that the people of the Five Cities Military Department were so useless.
The leader of the group broke out in a cold sweat, “I deserve to die, Your Majesty forgive me, Your Majesty don’t worry, I will save Miss Xiao.”
After saying this, he waved his hand and the men from the Five Cities Military Division quickly dispersed, surrounding everyone in the middle, holding bows and crossbows, pointing them at them.