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Chapter 1147 - 1059: Turning Around All Disadvantages

Chapter 1147: Chapter 1059: Turning Around All Disadvantages

Winter nights turn dark early.

However, Shengjing was bathed in bright lights, engulfed in the jovial festive atmosphere of the New Year.

From New Year’s Eve to the Lantern Festival, the city gates were flung open, allowing free passage for pedestrians, granting the commoners a boon, and giving those small business owners an extra push to hawk their wares zealously, hoping to make a tidy profit and have a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

For the commoners, the open city gates of the Imperial City were naturally a good thing. But for the Commanding Officer of the Imperial Guard, it spelt trouble!

They had early on deployed countless personnel to strengthen the management of the gates to prevent any traitorous officials with ulterior motives from slipping into and out of the Imperial City. They also assigned numerous squads to patrol the streets, with teams led by a squad leader rotating shifts, all with eyes wide open, ready to rush forward at the first sign of trouble, striving to keep these half a month days of festivities safe and secure.

In such circumstances, a shop at an intersection suddenly had both its front and back doors swing open, and from inside, eight groups of identically dressed individuals swiftly departed towards several nearby streets.

These eight squads were all led by a man wearing a straw hat and coarse clothes, carrying a small boy who also wore a straw hat, accompanied by a pregnant woman in a veil hat holding an infant. With identical get-ups, clothes, and physical builds, those who were originally supposed to tail them were caught off-guard by their tracks.

But the next moment, upon realizing that, unexpectedly, eight squads had departed from that shop simultaneously, they were stupefied!

He didn’t dare neglect, and quickly relayed the message outward.

Princess Anping thought she was hallucinating when she received the news!

After making sure again and again, she almost cracked a silver tooth in frustration!

"Xue’er, are you really sure that the woman before was Su Pan’er? Are you sure you didn’t make a mistake?"

"I should... probably not be wrong... maybe?"

Jun Ruoxue wasn’t very certain, "At that time, she only said ’It’s you’, then spoke with a completely different intonation afterward. I’m not entirely sure. But what if it was her? If that woman was truly Su Pan’er, it means that the man beside her must be that bastard Qin Yi! If it’s really them... if we want to stay alive, we have no choice but to strike first. We must ensure at any cost that we keep their lives here, and we absolutely can’t let them return to the palace!"

As long as the two of them hadn’t returned to the palace, they would still have a chance to turn the tide!

There must be a chance, there must be!

In such a critical moment, Princess Anping couldn’t afford to oppose Jun Ruoxue, and hastily went forward, grasping Jun Ruoxue’s hand, "Xue’er, at times like these, you can’t just stand by and do nothing! You’ve seen what that man with a wolf’s heart is really like. He’s the sort who can turn on you in an instant. In past years, you and your Brother Chen helped him so much, but in the blink of an eye, he not only had someone set fire to Liu Family’s Mansion, but also burned down most of the Jun Family’s Mansion. They’ve stepped right over your heads, and you still don’t take measures to save yourself. Do you really need a blade at your neck before you’ll act?"

Jun Ruoxue tried to withdraw her hand, but couldn’t manage it after several attempts.

Pulling her hand free forcefully, she scoffed, "Princess Anping needn’t remind me, I know how to save myself! Speaking of which, although His Majesty acted against the Jun Family, he didn’t damage our core. Compared to your situation as the former Crown Princess and that of the former Crown Prince, the difference is quite significant!"

The Princess’s lips twitched at these words!

Grinding her teeth in private fury, yet she had to continue in a lowered voice, "Xue’er, even if there’s a difference between us, with things as they are now, is it still meaningful for us to argue right and wrong here? Don’t you think?"

Jun Ruoxue naturally understood what she meant.

After some thought, she finally spoke, "So what do you mean? What exactly do you want me to do?"

"It’s simple, send out your own people as well!"

Princess Anping made up her mind with a ferocious look, "We’ve come to a life-and-death moment where it’s either her death or my demise!"

The festival market at night shone brightly.

Qin Yi and Su Pan’er had switched clothes and had not blended into the eight groups of men as they left the shop.

They had changed their outfits. Qin Yi disguised himself as an elderly servant, hunched over with a weathered face protecting a young master behind him. Su Pan’er had seemingly gained double her weight, turning into a corpulent maid, trembling with fat, panting after walking a few steps, and carefully following beside with a little girl in her arms. Little Yanyan had transformed into a modestly dressed little boy, with the air of a country person coming into the city, looking left and right.

"Grandfather, shall we keep moving forward?"

Although there to enjoy the festival market, the mood of the group had significantly dampened.

Little Yanyan’s eyes glistened as she scanned the crowd constantly, clearly more interested in the ongoing cat-and-mouse game.

Suddenly, a commotion broke out ahead, and the crowd exploded, filled with cries and wails.

Su Pan’er focused her gaze and then burst into laughter!

Not far ahead, one of the secret guards disguised as their group of four had been encircled, leading to a brawl in the street. The intense conflict caused panic among the surrounding commoners, who fled outwards.

But Little Yanyan, with the boldness of a calf unconcerned by tigers, struggled to push forward, only to be pulled back by the collar by Qin Yi. The family retreated to the edge near the festive lantern shop, watching the commotion ahead.

The secret guards posing as their group were no pushovers; after a few exchanges, some of the opposition went down, never to rise again. The blood that suddenly spurted out set off a wave of panic among the people, with screams arising as they scrambled away in all directions.

Before they could dispose of a couple more, the Imperial Guard arrived quickly and moved in to make arrests.

However, the impersonators managed to slip into the crowd and quickly disappear. Those who had come to stir up trouble tried to flee but couldn’t escape at all, being caught red-handed by the Imperial Guard’s forces. They were all tied up in the Five Flowers style and soon carted away. Once the Imperial Guard left, the commoners gradually came back together, continuing their shopping and boasting as before.

Qin Yi gently touched Su Pan’er’s hand and subtly pointed into the crowd.

Su Pan’er nodded imperceptibly. She too had noticed the surreptitious figure—that person was likely one of Princess Anping’s people, purposefully hiding in the crowd, seemingly searching for someone.

Qin Yi quietly led the group past the spies in the crowd and left.

"Do you think, Jun Ruoxue recognized me?"

Su Pan’er spoke softly.

She had spent such a long time with Jun Ruoxue, and they knew each other very well. Although she had deliberately led her thoughts astray, Jun Ruoxue’s familiarity with her could only delay the recognition, nothing more!

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