An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 301 The Journey Back (Part One)

Prince Jing heard the rumbling of carriage under him. The carriage shook all of a sudden as the road

was not steady. Prince Jing noticed it and found himself rolling in one direction. He wanted to stop, but

found that he could not move at all.

"Alas..." Yun Shang sighed, worried. Then Prince Jing was held by someone. The person put his hand

under his arm, pulled him back and rested his head on a soft spot.

"Driver, the road is bumpy. Walk slowly." The voice came from him. Prince Jing recognized that it was

Yun Shang's voice. Yun Shang, it was his... wife.

His consciousness gradually came back, and many things came to his mind. He slowly remembered

what happened before his coma. He remembered that he had hidden in the mountain with people of

the Jingyang City and his soldiers, and hid in a cave under the guidance of the local people. After

sending the common people to the village opposite, he and the soldiers hid in the cave. The army of

the state of Xia set fire to the mountains. The cave was shrouded in smoke. Fortunately, there were

some water and food in the cave, which was fine.

He was waiting for Yun Shang and her reinforcements. He didn't want to trust others at first. If it was

before, he would have thrown over 200000 people to fight against the army of the state of Xia.

Although it was outnumbered, it didn't mean that he would die. It was just because he trusted Yun

Shang once.

She did come. Although he was unwilling to admit, he was thrilled when he heard the news that she

came with troops. At that time, he thought Luo Qingyan, you were screwed.

But before she arrived, Liu Yinfeng found him. He was the target of Xia Houyan and Liu Yinfeng's visit

to the Jingyang City, but he didn't expect that Liu Yinfeng would take more than one hundred thousand

soldiers to chase and kill him. Liu Yinfeng took him seriously because of more than one hundred

thousand soldiers. At that time, he had divided the guards in the Jingyang city into three groups, and he

stayed with only fifty thousand people.

He quickly made a judgment. If he rushed down now, he would have a chance to win. It was just that

the number of people from the state of Ning was less than that of the army of the state of Xia. If he took

more than one hundred thousand people away to obstruct him, he would have a better chance to win.

With the help of local soldiers who knew the terrain well, even if Liu Yinfeng brought some people here,

they might not be able to catch up with him.

But he made a mistake in the end. He had local soldiers who were familiar with the terrain, but Liu

Yinfeng might also have some. What's more, he seemed to have spies from the state of Xia. Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

Every time he was about to be caught up by the Xia's army, he left some soldiers to resist, and then he

kept moving forward with his men. The spy seemed not to fall off the line, and he was caught up

several times on end.

Till he had more than 500 people around him, he had many wounds on his body but was trapped by Liu

Yinfeng unexpectedly. He thought that he knew who the spies were. They must be the secret guards

who followed the Xia's troops and reported to him the whereabouts of the Xia's army. The secret

guards must have hidden the location of the Xia's army, so that he could not even notice the Xia's

army. However, it was too late.

"Your highness, we are about to reach the Qingyan Town, which is not far from here. I have asked the

hidden guard to book a room in the inn in the town. Shall we stay in the town today?" Her voice was

brisk and clear. It seemed to be the little maid by Yun Shang's side, and her name seemed to be Qian

Yin.

The voice of Yun Shang rang in Luo Qingyan's ear. "Well, you can go and make preparations now. It

will take a long time to get the town after you pass through the Qingyan town. Although it's okay today,

the journey is very hard these days, and the prince is not in good health, we'd better have a rest today."

After a short while, Prince Jing noticed that the carriage seemed to stop. A cold wind blew in, and the

door of the carriage was opened. "Your Highness, let's get in and carry the prince in."

Holding Prince Jing tighter, Yun Shang refused, "no, thank you."

Hardly had her voice faded away, Prince Jing was picked up. He spat out a mouthful of blood in his

heart. As a man, he was picked up by his wife. It was really...

When he was thinking about this, an ingratiating voice rang up: "gentleman, your room is ready. The

bed sheets, quilts and mosquito net have been changed. Can I send the food you ordered to your

room?"

Prince Jing couldn't open his eyes. Gentleman? Was there a man accompanying them?

Yun Shang said in a low voice before he could guess what had happened, "send it to my room." Then

she continued, "is there any doctor in town? If there is, please find me a doctor. "

"Yes, of course." Prince Jing heard the hurried voice of the shop owner. Yun Shang answered softly

and went upstairs with Prince Jing in her arms.

After entering their bedroom, Yun Shang put Prince Jing on the bed, took off his cloak, and lifted the

quilt to cover him.

The door creaked open. Yun Shang turned around and saw Qian Yin come in. There was snow on her

clothes, and a basin of steaming water in her hand. She said, "the snow is really heavy today. I'm afraid

it will snow more if we go north. After the new year, it hasn't stopped raining. I don't know when we can

get back to the imperial city."

Yun Shang smiled and went to wash her hands. Then she said gently, "it doesn't matter. It's not easy to

go home with the snow. Just wait for the snow to stop and then go home. Father has indeed released

several secret entrances to the Imperial City, but now that Prince Jing is still in a coma and it snows

heavily. Father won't blame us if we return a little late."

On the bed, Prince Jing's heart suddenly sank. When he heard the news of the Qingyan Town, he had

guessed that the three of them were heading towards the imperial city. But now, hearing what Yun

Shang had said about the emperor, who had issued a few secret orders to order them to go back to the

Imperial City, he still felt a little nervous. He was afraid that he couldn't suppress his real identity in the

imperial city.

Yun Shang pulled down the handkerchief on the wooden rack and soaked it in hot water for a while

before she wrung it out and dried it. She went to the bedside to wipe Prince Jing's face, hands and feet,

and threw the handkerchief back into a basin. "It will take two days to move to the next town. We might

have to survive out tomorrow. You need to prepare some things for us, and make two more beds for us,

and buy more food for us."

Qian Yin curtsied to Yun Shang before withdrawing.

After a while, someone knocked on the door again. Yun Shang said "come in", and the door was

pushed open. The innkeeper stood outside the door with a middle-aged man, "Sir, this is the doctor in

our town..."