Something happened in the palace.
Upon hearing these words, Wei Changtian's eyes flashed. He glanced at Ning Yuke, who looked confused, with his peripheral vision, and then slowly stood up from the bluestone.
"Princess, I have some urgent matters that need to be arranged. Please wait for a moment."
"Well, you don't need to worry about me, sir." Ning Yuke nodded lightly.
"Sorry."
Wei Changtian smiled and cupped his hands, and after walking some distance away from Zhang San, the expression on his face gradually turned gloomy:
"What happened? Did they find that Ning Yuke was missing?"
"no......"
Zhang San lowered his voice and replied: "Sir, the brothers who were monitoring the palace just came to report that they saw dozens of men in black sneaking into the palace. As soon as they noticed this, they immediately sent people to Yanyun Mountain. Now It’s been half an hour.”
"The man in black? Entered the palace?"
Wei Changtian's tone paused and his pupils suddenly shrank: "What else? Bring the spies here!"
"yes!"
Zhang San waved his hand, and the thin man waiting aside immediately came forward and quickly described the affairs of the palace in detail.
The man in black, armed with a knife, has extraordinary skills. After entering the palace, there was no movement again...
As Wei Changtian listened, his brain was running rapidly.
Judging from the spies' description, there are only two possibilities for the origins of this group of people.
One is from Ning Qingyu, and the other is from Ning Yongnian.
Wei Changtian felt that the former was more likely.
After all, the "Joint Investigation Team" is still in Shuzhou City, and the assassination of the prince is still in the investigation stage. Ning Yongnian should not take action again at this juncture...
But it’s impossible to tell.
What if it's really an assassin...
Wei Changtian was too lazy to meddle in other people's business. If those people were really killers sent by Ning Yongnian, he would never go and score twice to save Ning Qingyu again.
But...what should Ning Yuke do?
Send her back and send the sheep into the tiger's mouth?
Keep her and protect her?
Or just ignore her and let her fend for herself?
"Take Ning Yuke with you and prepare the car to go back to the city."
After a while, Wei Changtian made a decision in his heart.
"yes."
Zhang San nodded, and then confirmed: "Master, should we go back home, or..."
"Go to Prince Shun's Mansion first."
...
"Sir, what happened?"
After burning a stick of incense, the black carriage drove away from the foot of Yanyun Mountain, speeding along the official road towards Shuzhou City.
Ning Yuke looked at Wei Changtian who was silent and said softly with some worry: "I see that the young master's face doesn't look very good."
"Thank you for your concern, princess."
Wei Changtian shook his head: "It's nothing serious, I was just thinking about something."
"oh......"
When Ning Yuke saw that Wei Changtian was unwilling to say anything, he stopped asking and just turned his head slightly to look at the night outside the car window.
She didn't know why, but there was always an inexplicable panic and uneasiness in her heart from the beginning.
Dark clouds cover the moon, and the heartbeat becomes faster and faster.
"who?!"
At the south gate of Shuzhou City, several city guards waved their hands and stopped Wei Changtian's carriage, preparing to conduct a routine inspection into the city.
Zhang San got out of the car and put his hand into his chest while walking towards the soldiers.
He always carries the tokens of the Xuanjing Division and the Qingpao Army, and he can basically travel through the entire Shuzhou City unimpeded by showing any one of them.
But this time what he took out was not a token, but a few silver coins.
"Fellow military lords, my master fell asleep in the car. Can you please be accommodating and not wake him up?"
"Um?"
Several soldiers glanced left and right, then took the silver with a smile and quietly put it into their sleeves.
"It's late at night and there are few people, so it's excusable."
"You don't look like a bad person, so we won't investigate. You can go in quickly."
"Thank you, Master Jun, for your accommodation!"
Zhang San cupped his hands and thanked him, and the black carriage entered the city smoothly and drove towards the palace at an unhurried pace.
It was already Yin hour, and it would be dawn in almost two hours.
Although there is no curfew in Daning, few people would wander around on the streets at three or four in the middle of the night.
The streets were empty, the doors and windows were closed, and occasionally there were a few beggars and drunkards lying on the roadside, sleeping soundly.
Everything means that tonight seems to be no different from usual.
Am I overthinking it?
Wei Changtian looked at the night scene through the car curtain and breathed a sigh of relief.
It has been more than an hour since the group of men in black entered the palace. If they were really assassins, the whole city must have been in chaos by now, so how could it be so quiet.
"call......"
So the best.
"Princess, I will park the carriage near the palace later and ask Zhang San to take you in."
Looking back, Wei Changtian said softly to Ning Yuke, who was frowning and not knowing what he was thinking: "Please don't tell others what happened tonight."
"ah......"
Ning Yuke came back to her senses after hearing this, and nodded quickly to reassure: "Don't worry, young master, I will definitely not tell others."
"That's good."
Wei Changtian hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took out something from his sleeve pocket.
"Princess, and this... please take it back too."
"This is......"
Ning Yuke looked intently through the candlelight in the sedan, and then trembled all over the next moment.
A sachet with gold patterns on a white background, with the word "peace" embroidered on it.
"Master Wei..."
There was a smile on his face, but there was a hint of pleading in his tone.
"You, don't you like the style of this sachet?"
"W-how about I embroider another one for you..."
"No need."
Wei Changtian shook his head gently and placed the sachet next to Ning Yuke's hand.
He originally wanted to say something more, but in the end it was just one sentence.
"Princess, take care."
"..."
The sound of horse hooves became slower and slower, and then stopped.
Ning Yuke bit her lip tightly, holding tightly the sachet she had sewn with stitches, her eyes full of painful struggle.
"Sir, we have arrived at the palace."
Zhang San's voice came from outside the sedan. Wei Changtian glanced at Ning Yuke and asked through the curtain:
"Is there anything strange?"
"Business as usual."
"Well......"
Wei Changtian turned around and said in a calm tone: "Princess, it's time for you to go."
"..."
A gust of night wind blew into the sedan, and with the whining sound brought by the wind, the black hair on the side of Ning Yuke's ear swayed slightly.
Ning Yuke did not refuse, but took a deep look at Wei Changtian at the end.
Maybe she also knew that she would never be able to see Wei Changtian again after tonight, so she wanted to keep this man's appearance in her heart.
"Sir...you also need to take care."
A few gusts of west wind come in the night, hurriedly changing the world.
Ning Yuke suddenly turned her head away, holding back the tears that were about to fall from the corners of her eyes, and bent down to get out of the car.
But at this moment.
"Snapped!"
A big hand suddenly grabbed her arm from behind without warning, and with a strong force, she was dragged directly back to the car.
"ah!"
Ning Yuke subconsciously screamed and wanted to look back at Wei Changtian.
But before she could turn her head, a low roar burst into her ears.
"Zhang San, let's go!!"
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