AWB Chapter 368: Empress Zhao, why are you here!
Chapter 368: Empress Zhao, why are you here!
"Miss Zheng Si, why are you running? The city is in chaos right now. I'll take you back to the palace, or back to the Zheng family! I'm from the Marquis of Jinxiang's mansion, I'm not a bad person. My aunt is also a queen in the palace, so don't be afraid!"
Xie Weizhou pursued Miss Zheng Si with great enthusiasm.
He was injured and walked unsteadily, so his eagerness to help was particularly touching.
But what Zheng Zhuyi needed least now was help from acquaintances, so she hurriedly urged everyone to leave quickly.
After turning one alley and then another, the group went through many twists and turns, trying to get rid of Xie Weizhou. After all, he looked like he was about to fall after taking two steps, so it seemed easy to get rid of him.
The same is true.
After turning another corner, Xie Weizhou finally disappeared.
"What bad luck! How could I meet him?"
Zheng Zhuyi patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
Sitting on the ground.
Her legs were run over by a car and were swollen. She had been trying to hold on for half a day. After she hurried over, she could no longer stand.
"If he hadn't recognized you, there wouldn't be this trouble." Tohka complained.
"Mammy, I respect you as an elder who serves the Queen Mother, and I won't argue with you. But we're in this together, so it's best if you don't start a quarrel with me." Zheng Zhuyi refused to be insulted and countered, "Or are you blaming me because you're actually unhappy about following the Queen Mother to escape?"
Tohka spat at her, "Who do you think you are? You've only been with the Queen Mother for a few days, and you dare to question me?"
"stop fighting!"
The empress dowager felt dizzy, and the feeling of tightness and nausea in her chest came over her again, and she just wanted to vomit.
After stopping the two people who were arguing, the Queen Mother asked a guard to look for a house nearby to see if there was an empty room where they could stay for the night.
Several people were waiting quietly in the dark alley.
But the guard didn't come back for a quarter of an hour.
"We shouldn't stay here for long, lest that Xie guy finds us." Zheng Zhuyi tugged at Yu Sujin, who had been following behind silently, "Go find him!"
Yu Sujin asked timidly, "What are you looking for?"
"Looking for a place to stay!"
"Where can I find..."
"waste!"
Zheng Zhuyi was about to curse again when the Queen Mother suddenly vomited blood.
Zheng Zhuyi had no choice but to leave Yu Sujin behind and anxiously wiped the empress dowager's mouth.
After the Queen Mother caught her breath, she whispered, "Your Majesty, after we leave the city tomorrow, the first thing we'll do is find a doctor to treat you. But where should we stay? You said earlier that there are troops who can help, right? Where is it? Is it near the capital? Can they come and pick us up?"
The Queen Mother kept silent.
Zheng Zhuyi said anxiously, "Empress Dowager, at this point, you still don't trust me? If you continue like this, I'm afraid you'll be unconscious until tomorrow morning. Even if we get out then, we won't know where to go!"
It was rare for Tohka to agree with Zheng Zhuyi.
She held the Queen Mother's cold hand in her arms distressedly and sighed, "My Lady, if you are worried about her, just tell this servant to tell them to stay away."
Zheng Zhuyi glared at Tohka fiercely.
The Queen Mother finally sighed weakly, "I trust you. You...are willing to follow me this far. How can I not trust you?"
Her eyes went dark for a while, as if she saw the ghost of the late emperor again.
At this point, I have to reveal my cards.
"Go... go to Gu Town. There's a post station there. The postmaster can contact Xifengzhou."
The Queen Mother gave instructions piecemeal, saying that besides Gu Zhen, they could also go to Tongming Mansion in the southeast and find the prefect, who would naturally know what to do.
Zheng Zhuyi listened carefully and nodded seriously: "Anything else, Queen Mother? If those two directions are blocked tomorrow, where else can we go?"
The Queen Mother gasped weakly and said nothing more.
Silence fell again.
After a while.
"Miss Zheng Si, are you hiding here?"
The sudden shout startled the queen mother, who suddenly opened her eyes and vomited blood.
At the entrance of the alley, Xie Weizhou approached staggeringly, holding a lantern.
"I heard the Tartars have also entered the palace, right? Did you escape? Now everything is fine, I'll take you back... Huh?! Is this... the Queen Mother?!"
As they got closer, the lantern illuminated the Empress Dowager's face, causing Xie Weizhou to exclaim in exaggerated surprise.
"kill him."
At the Queen Mother's command, the remaining guards drew their swords and attacked.
Hit Xie Weizhou directly!
Xie Weizhou hurriedly fell to the ground to avoid it and lost the lantern.
"Empress Dowager, Miss Zheng Si, what are you doing here... Ah! Don't do it..."
He dodged in panic.
The guard attacked his vital points with every blow.
He was forced to crawl and stumble away.
"Kill, leave no one alive."
The Queen Mother was extremely weak, but extremely calm, and she knew that she must not reveal her whereabouts at this time.
The guards chased after Xie Weizhou.
Shixiang helped the Queen Mother lie down again and stuffed another ginseng slice into her mouth. "Queen Mother, please hold on."
Zheng Zhuyi rolled her eyes and picked up the lantern that Xie Weizhou had dropped.
Yu Sujin and Shixiang were asked to carry the rope used to drag the door panel and drag the empress dowager who was lying on the panel away.
"Let's find another place to hide, it's not safe here!"
Several people set off with difficulty.
Turn this alley and enter another one.
Tohka suddenly tilted her body and fell to the ground, crying out: "...I sprained my ankle!"
Zheng Zhuyi urged Yu Sujin: "Don't stop, drag it quickly!"
Yu Sujin pulled hard, but the board didn't move at all.
Zheng Zhuyi cursed, "You're so useless! So stupid!"
I don’t know whether he was scolding Yu Sujin or Shixiang.
Shixiang said angrily: "You only curse people, what good solutions do you have!"
"Just wait! As long as we give them enough benefits, I don't believe that we won't be able to find untouchables willing to contribute in this chaotic capital!"
She took off the gold and jade bracelet on her wrist and shook it. "Isn't it possible to hire laborers for this? Just stay in this corner and I'll be back soon."
She walked away unsteadily, leaning on a cane.
It disappeared around the corner.
Yu Sujin looked in the direction she left with concern: "She...she's alone and injured, nothing will happen to her, right? My aunt's life is still in her hands!"
Tohka sighed, "Are you really threatened by her? It's pitiful. If you're worried, just chase her and help her. It's always safer with two people looking after her than alone."
"Is it okay?" Yu Sujin asked timidly.
"Of course, I'll be looking after it here, so please go back quickly."
"Thank you, mama!"
Yu Sujin ran away.
The moment Tohka turned the corner, she immediately stood up from the ground and picked up the rope for dragging the wooden board again.
He bowed and quickly dragged the empress dowager towards the fork in the road.
It doesn't look like a sprained ankle at all.
"Go...where?"
On the board, the dizzy empress dowager, still somewhat conscious, asked in a daze.
Tohka muttered, "It's easy to be discovered here. I'll take you to a safer place to hide until they come back."
But he dragged the empress dowager all the way out of the winding and deep alleys, and soon they approached the main street of the capital.
"Tohka...where is she?"
The Queen Mother was so dizzy that she couldn't tell the direction.
Tohka answered irrelevantly: "My Lady, after all these years, in the end, we are the only two left, master and servant."
"What……"
The Queen Mother made a muffled sound in her throat.
Tohka stopped talking and just kept dragging the board.
Before stepping onto the main street, a quiet voice suddenly came from the dark alley.
"Aunt Tohka, is that you?"
Tohka was suddenly startled.
A faint red light from the fire starter suddenly lit up in front.
In the dim light, Feiwan's pale and beautiful face was vaguely visible.
Tohka was surprised and delighted.
Dropping the rope that carried the backboard, she took two quick steps and stood in front of Fei Wan.
Lowering his voice, he said, "Empress Zhao, why are you here?"