Five days passed, and even when they arrived at the capital, Xing Qing still didn't find an opportunity. It was because the people who wanted to capture her were too cautious. Whether she was eating or going to the bathroom, there was always a maid named Cheng watching her, and she couldn't do anything.
At this moment, carriages were queuing up to enter the city, and Xing Qing felt a little desperate.
When entering and leaving each city along the way, soldiers would conduct strict checks on the portraits.
She also saw that the portrait the soldiers were holding was of herself.
But she had been covered with a human skin mask by Cheng Pozi, and had changed her clothes. She had completely turned into another person! Even she couldn't recognize herself, let alone the soldiers.
Although she tried her best to signal with her eyes, she was acupunctured and couldn't even move her eyeballs. The human skin mask made her look smiling. After several searches by soldiers, no one could see that her eyes were hinting wildly.
It was soon their turn to get on the carriage. Mrs. Cheng glanced at Xing Qing's expression and saw that she was still smiling, so she picked up a face towel and hung it on her to cover her face.
It was over. Cheng Pozi showed the dagger in her hand, pressed it against Xing Qing's back, and threatened: "Don't even think about staring for help, or you won't survive!"
The pointed dagger pressed against Xingqing's back, and the force was controlled very well, causing her to feel a little pain but not really hurting her.
Mother Cheng naturally knew how painful the stab she had made would be. She glanced at Xing Qing, and only felt relieved when she saw that there was no fluctuation in her eyes.
She has helped the young master kidnap many women over the years, and she has always been so cautious, so she has never been caught.
At the city gate of the capital, after Chu Yuehou received the news of Xing Qing's disappearance from Chu Tiankuo two days ago, he personally came to the city gate to stand guard for the past two days.
He watched expressionlessly as the soldiers checked people entering the city. After standing there for two days, he still found nothing.
When the carriage Xing Qing was in was stopped by the soldiers guarding the city, the soldiers asked the driver: "Lift the curtain of the carriage, hand over your household registration and travel permit, where are you from?" The driver smiled and took out the household registration and travel permit, and said respectfully: "We are from Tianning County, and we are in the city to meet my daughter. The people in the carriage are my wife and my daughter."
The soldiers took the household registration and travel permits for inspection, while other soldiers checked the bottom of the carriages to see if there were any Tibetans.
At this time, Mrs. Cheng also lifted the curtain of the carriage and said, "Sir, please check. This is my daughter."
As she spoke, she pulled off the veil covering Xingqing's face, and the soldier guarding the city only saw Xingqing "smile" at him.
He took a look at the portrait and found that the woman in it did not look like Princess Xingqing in the portrait. It was clear at a glance that there was no possibility of hiding someone, so he waved his hand and signaled to let her go.
Mrs. Cheng and the driver smiled and thanked him: "Thank you, sir."
Both of them were very calm and did not feel guilty at all. Mrs. Cheng immediately lowered the curtain of the carriage.
In the carriage, Xing Qing saw Chu Yuehou's eyes wide open, trying desperately to move, and shouting in his heart: Grandpa! Grandpa! It's me!
But no matter how she struggled internally, her body remained motionless and her expression did not change at all.
As their eyes met, the curtain of the carriage was lowered.
Xing Qing closed her eyes in despair, but her expression did not change at all.
At this time, the driver outside said considerately, "Old lady, my daughter, please sit down. The carriage is about to move!"
Then he cracked the whip, and the horse and carriage started moving.
Chen Zhongshan watched all this expressionlessly. When the curtain of the carriage was lifted, he glanced at Xing Qing without any change in expression and continued to watch the next carriage being inspected.
It was not until the carriage had gone a long way and was about to disappear at the end of the road that he turned his head and glanced at the carriage indifferently, then he withdrew his gaze and continued to watch the soldiers guarding the city carefully inspect it.
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Xingnong and Chu Tiankuo arrived in the capital city the next evening.
Because Xingqing was missing and there was no news along the way, Xingnong was worried, so the two of them left the wedding procession and rushed to the capital as quickly as possible.
Several princes of Jin State also traveled with them.
Xingnong and Chu Tiankuo returned to the capital secretly. When they entered the city, the city gate had been closed.
The general guarding the city has received news that Chu Tiankuo will enter the city tonight, so he replaced all the soldiers on guard that night with his trusted men.
As Chu Tiankuo and his group approached the city gate, he made a gesture.
The soldiers guarding the city saw this and immediately ordered: "Open the city gate!"
So the group entered the city quietly.
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Xing Nong said to Shen Hanyu behind him: “Third brother, you and the eldest brother go back to the mansion to rest first. I’m going to see my grandfather. I’ll contact you tomorrow.”
Jinyingwei sent news that Xingqing's whereabouts were known, and she would go tonight to make sure Xingqing was safe.
Although Shen Hancheng and the others wanted to follow and see if they could help, they knew it was inappropriate, so they nodded one after another: "Little sister, you go ahead and do your work. If you need any help, just let me know!"
"Don't worry about us, little sister. We can take care of ourselves."
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Xingnong nodded, and then she and Chu Tiankuo rode their horses into the night.
Xingnong and Chu Tiankuo came to the No. 1 room in the reception building. Chu Yuehou had been waiting here for a whole night.
Seeing the two people coming in, he stood up and saluted respectfully: "Your humble servant greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess!"
Xing Nong stopped him immediately: "Grand Admiral, no need to be polite! Have you found Xing Qing?"
Chu Yuehou and Gu Shi haven't recognized each other properly yet, so she naturally wouldn't call him grandpa in front of him.
Chu Yuehou nodded and said, "I found her. I have asked someone to protect her secretly, but the person behind her has not shown up yet. I want to wait until the person behind her shows up before I catch them all in one fell swoop."
When Xingqing entered the city that day, before she pulled down her veil, he recognized those eyes!
Of course, he could tell at a glance that Xing Qing was not pressing the acupoints. The reason why he remained calm was because he found that there were other people watching at the city gate.
And he also wants to find out the mastermind behind the scenes!
That day, when he found something wrong, he used secret signals to signal the Jinying Guards to secretly follow the carriage. He continued to guard the city gate as if nothing had happened. Even today, he is still guarding the city gate.
Of course, what was more important was that the rescue of Xing Qing should not be made public.
Xing Nong naturally knew that only by finding out the person behind the scenes could he prevent such a thing from happening again next time.
"Where is Xingqing being held? I want to see her." Xingnong felt uneasy if he didn't go to see Xingqing.
Chu Yuehou did not refuse, "Xing Qing was taken to a pleasure boat. I will take His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Princess Xing Nong there right away!"
Xingnong's face changed: Painting boat!