Tearing the Prince's Clothes after Withdrawing Marriage
Chapter 549 - 548: That Figure, Familiar Yet Strange

Chapter 549: Chapter 548: That Figure, Familiar Yet Strange

This small town is the essential route to the Imperial City.

Ye Qingying had calculated the time before.

After the Xuanwu Army under the Prince defeated the Youyi Clan, the Prince would return to the court, but it shouldn’t be so soon.

Perhaps, in two days’ time.

He never expected that Feng Yexuan would return ahead of schedule.

And by the looks of it, they were moving quite fast; when the army arrived, it was thousands of troops marching in perfect order, their speed as swift as a gust of wind.

"Xiaoyao, let’s walk down the alley," he whispered.

"Oh," Xiaoyao, who was eating snacks, tugged at the reins, planning to turn into the alley.

Unexpectedly, the army in front of her suddenly came to a halt.

"Wow, they stop just like that, so impressive!" Xiaoyao’s eyes were wide with amazement.

Like the other commoners, she was just watching the dense army for entertainment.

The army stopped!

Ye Qingying said in a deep voice, "Xiaoyao, go!"

Xiaoyao was somewhat reluctant to leave; she didn’t know why, but just watching them sprint past like a whirlwind inexplicably made her blood boil.

It was as if she had once lived among them in the army.

However, if the Master said to go, then she had no choice but to go.

She tugged at the reins, driving the horse cart leisurely towards the alley.

As for the army on the main street...

"Prince, why..." Leng Ji rode up beside Feng Yexuan.

Why had the Prince suddenly stopped?

Feng Yexuan himself didn’t know why, his gaze traveled down the road, the crowd bustling and busy but nothing seemed amiss.

What caused that fleeting, sharp pain in his heart just now?

"Prince, is something wrong?" Leng Ji tensed up immediately.

Could it be that amidst the crowd of commoners, enemy soldiers or assassins were mixed in?

But why couldn’t he feel the slightest hint of murderous intent?

Had his alertness regressed to such a degree? Even when the Prince said there was a problem, he still perceived nothing?

"Prince..."

Feng Yexuan’s gaze still searched the crowd.

All ordinary commoners, with only one or two among them skilled in Martial Arts, but nothing particularly noteworthy.

It wasn’t unusual for rivers and lakes martial artists to come and go.

Why then did his heart suddenly feel such a sharp pain a moment ago?

"Prince, Mr. Governor has arrived!" Leng Ji suddenly said.

There, Mr. Governor was approaching with a troop, stumbling along.

Earlier he’d been unaware that the Prince’s procession would arrive so soon, and by the time he found out today, the Prince’s procession had already gone far.

Mr. Governor had exhausted himself chasing them, and only by taking a shortcut did he manage to catch up; he hadn’t expected that the Prince’s army would have already passed by in a whoosh.

Like a gust of wind.

If the Prince had not suddenly stopped, Mr. Governor would have had no chance to catch up.

"Prince, Your Highness! Greetings, Your Highness!"

Panting, Mr. Governor hurriedly leapt down from his horse.

"Your Highness, I have an urgent report, Your Highness, I have an urgent report!"

Only then did Feng Yexuan withdraw his gaze, looking down at the kneeling Magistrate: "What is it?"

Overjoyed, Mr. Governor had not expected the Prince to be willing to pay attention to him, he quickly explained: "Your Highness, Qingxi Town is suffering severely from the plague of Lijia Worms, the people cannot go on living."

"The Imperial Court once sent an imperial envoy to deal with it, but the issue was not resolved at all, and afterward... afterward they paid us no more mind."

"How dare you!" Leng Ji’s face darkened.

Was the Magistrate implying that after the imperial envoy came, he only went through the motions, but reported back to the Emperor that everything was resolved, betraying his trust?

The Magistrate knew that stopping the Prince was a sin punishable by death.

All the more because he was but an insignificant ninth-rank sesame official, accusing an imperial envoy was akin to committing insubordination.

But the common people were truly suffering now; even at the cost of his own life, the Magistrate had to speak out:

"Your Highness, the people of Qingxi Town are unable to live, Your Highness must have seen the poverty of the town with your own eyes, Your Highness, please stand up for the people of Qingxi Town, my life is of no concern, but the common people truly are pitiable!"

"Your Highness, please stay and see the true state of Qingxi Town!"