Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 962 - 960_1

Chapter 962: Chapter 960_1

Shangguan Wanru quickly helped the two of them to change their disguise in the carriage, and she also changed each of her faces again. Every face of the three of them transformed by makeup was so ordinary that it lacked any distinguishing features, easily forgotten at the blink of an eye.

Shangguan Wanru dressed up as Shangguan Ruixi’s wife and Shangguan Xuanyi disguised himself as their elder brother.

After they finished disguising themselves, Shangguan Xuanyi asked Zhao Yong to park the carriage in a restaurant. He needed to find a place to throw away the clothes of the servants from the Wang Mansion. If those clothes were discovered by the soldiers guarding the city during their departure, it would be troublesome.

After they arrived at a restaurant, Shangguan Xuanyi went inside carrying a bundle, and asked the manager to use the hut. There were many people who came to use the restroom every day. After listening, the manager didn’t even give him a glance and just pointed in a direction.

Shangguan Xuanyi entered the hut and put the bundle directly into the space ring.

When he came out, he did not have the bundle on him, but his appearance was now too ordinary. With so many people coming in and out of the restaurant every day, not one of them noticed that he was without his bundle.

The three of them then arrived at the city gate, only to find that it was crowded with people. Everyone was shouting loudly.

"Why aren’t we allowed to leave the city? My wife is waiting for me to go home for dinner!"

"Why aren’t we allowed to leave the city, I have goods to deliver to my customers! If I’m late, they won’t want it anymore. What about this loss?!"

"Why aren’t we allowed to leave the city? My home is outside the city. I just came to the city to buy some things. If we’re not allowed to leave the city, how do I get home?"

"I need to leave the city, my wife is about to give birth. I came into the city to find a midwife to deliver the baby. If people are not allowed to leave the city, who will assist with my son’s birth?!"

"I need to leave the city, too..."

.....

The people outside the city gate were shouting loudly, but the soldiers guarding the city gate just would not open it.

One person stood on the city wall and explained loudly to everyone, "An assassin has kidnapped Princess Xuan and the heir, and now he has escaped. So, we need to lock the city gate until we catch the person. Then we can let everyone leave!"

After hearing this, the people became even more agitated. "Whoever did this kind of thing that harms both others and himself, I’m still waiting to go home! If I see that person, I’ll slap him a few times!"

"I am not an assassin, I do not have the ability to be an assassin, let me out first! I really have urgent business outside the city!"

"I’m not an assassin either, let me out quickly. If it gets dark and I don’t return home, my wife will worry!"

...

The guard at the city gate tried to reassure them a few times, but he still did not open the city gate.

"That was too quick! I didn’t think they would shut the city gates so quickly!" Shangguan Ruixi couldn’t help but frown.

Shangguan Xuanyi and the others might have thought of disguising themselves as someone else to leave the city, but Gong Qinghua had thought of the same thing, and directly shut down the city, not allowing anyone to leave.

"Let’s find an inn to stay in first! We’ll worry about the city gate once it opens. Riding around the streets with our carriage will definitely attract the soldiers’ attention."

"We don’t even know where Xiao’er has taken the child now! She left the Wang mansion later than we did, so she probably hasn’t left the city yet!" Shangguan Wanru was worried that if Xiao’er were to be caught, the child might get hurt in the process.

Now that the city gate was locked and no one was allowed to leave, once the city gate was opened again, the bearer of a baby, Bai Sheng, would definitely be the primary target for inspection. If Xiao’er were to be caught and brought back, what would they do then?

"Don’t worry, she must have left the city by now." Shangguan Xuanyi was also worried in his heart, but he could only explain it this way, Xiao’er definitely had put the child in a safe place, so going out of the city alone should be relatively safe. Shangguan Xuanyi said that Xiao’er had left the city by now and did not need to further explain how she managed to get around the soldiers’ search with the child.

After hearing this, Shangguan Wanru felt relieved.

The three of them arrived at the best inn in the city.

In order to avoid attention, they rented three lower rooms. Since Shangguan Wanru and Shangguan Ruixi were pretending to be a couple, the two of them shared a room, Shangguan Xuanyi had his own, and Zhao Yong had his.

They each returned to their rooms to wait.

There were many soldiers searching the streets.

As time passed and night slowly fell, the inn quickly filled up with people.

After all the inns in the city were full, the smart innkeeper rented out the dining tables in the main hall. A table for 200 coins could seat ten people. Those who had nowhere to stay could only team up to rent a table from the innkeeper, which was better than sleeping on the streets.

After Xiao’er successfully got rid of the soldiers, she found a secluded place to take off her clothes, changed the makeup on her face, and then ran straight to the city gate. But by the time she arrived at the city gate, it was already crowded!

She guessed that Gong Qinghua would not let the city gate open until he figured out what was going on, so she directly went to a nearby inn to stay, waiting for the city gate to open so she could leave.

Many soldiers had begun to search every house on the streets.

All those carrying children were taken away!

Hearing this news, Shangguan Wanru couldn’t help but worry.

Seeing this, Shangguan Ruixi said, "You don’t need to worry so much. If Prince Rui says that your sister-in-law has left the city and Yang Liu and Yang Mei are assisting her outside, that means they are safe."

Having heard this, Shangguan Wanru nodded. She knew this, but Zhuan’er was her only hope for living, how could she not be worried?

Soldiers quickly arrived to search their room.

Shangguan Wanru quickly hid the worry on her face and acted as if she were the timid wife, hiding behind Shangguan Ruixi.

"Who are you two? What are you doing in the city?"

"We are from Chaliao Village. We came to the city this time to purchase medicine for our mother and buy some oil and salt." Shangguan Ruixi showed an appropriately timid and ingratiating expression to the officer. He was also very cautious in his speech.

Shangguan Wanru glanced timidly at the three soldiers, acting like a country woman who was both fearful and curious.

The three officers took a closer look at Shangguan Wanru, confirming that she did not resemble the princess in the portrait and then shifted their gaze.

"We need to search inside!" The three officers walked in and saw that there were indeed several packages of herbs, a jar of oil, and a bag of salt on the table, so they believed them.

"Please come in, but sir, what’s really going on? Why is the city gate closed? My mother is still waiting for me to bring her medicine." Shangguan Ruixi, holding Shangguan Wanru’s hand, stood aside to let them search.

"Don’t meddle in affairs that are none of your business! Is it your place to pry into what happened?"

After the three of them carefully searched every corner of the room and confirmed that there was no baby hidden in the room or in any bundle, they left, believing in the couple’s words.

Shangguan Xuanyi and Zhao Yong were also questioned for some time, then a thorough search was conducted in their place too, confirming that no person was hiding, and then the soldiers left.

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