Her guards

Chapter 283 Passing Through the City Gate

When the emperor entered the prison cell, Wang Zaitian put down the book he was holding and looked at him.

"Your Majesty, has it snowed?" he asked.

The emperor glanced at the few snowflakes on his shoulder. Although the eunuchs were holding umbrellas, the snow was still inevitably blown onto his body by the wind.

"The snow came early this winter," Wang Zaitian continued, his eyes beaming with joy. "A timely snow promises a bountiful year. Congratulations, Your Majesty."

The emperor said coldly, "What? Is the Grand Master afraid? After being imprisoned for so long, why are you so obsequious to me?"

Wang Zaitian said with a smile, "I am truly happy. It is a year of plenty for the people, and the world is at peace."

The emperor sat down and looked at him: "Tell me about your student."

After being detained for so long, everything that needed to be investigated must have been investigated thoroughly. There's really nothing to say to him now.

Wang Zaitian laughed and said, "He's just someone who likes to read."

"There are many people in the world who love reading," the emperor said coldly, "but I haven't seen you willing to take them all as your disciples."

This makes me even more indignant.

For example, Princess Heisei.

Can you say I don't like reading?

At the time, I originally thought she was Atong's daughter, and it would have been fine if she had been taken in as a disciple before the Heisei era.

I never expected it to be like that!
“Many people who like to read are just liking it.” Wang Zaitian looked at the emperor and said, “There are not many people who prolong their lives by reading. That child was able to survive because of reading. Reading is where her heart finds peace.”

The emperor sneered: "The chief priest is also her source of reassurance and support."

Wang Zaitian looked at him and said, "It was because she felt at ease first that I became her support."

"Are you saying that the child has no ulterior motives?" The emperor sneered again, continuing to speak well of her.

“Your Majesty, I still maintain the same point,” Wang Zaitian said, “He’s just a child.”

He's just a child...

When he suddenly learned that Wang Zaitian had ranked others first, he was furious and felt indignant on behalf of Princess Heisei. He brought up the matter of Yang Luo and the other two switching identities. Wang Zaitian still defended them and said this.

At the time, I thought it was talking about Yang Luo, but now it seems it was also talking about Princess Mo.

The emperor looked coldly at Wang Zaitian.

Wang Zaitian looked at him.

"At that time I said I would teach them to understand the principles and virtues."

"Let them learn to live in good places, associate with good and kind people, and never do anything reckless again."

"Your Majesty, think about it, didn't they really accomplish that?"

"Were the things they did truly evil?"

What they did... risked their lives to have him strip the Marquis of Yichun of his power, thus resolving Wei Cui's attempt to seize Longxi and establish his own independent rule...

The emperor remained silent for a moment.

"His Majesty."

A palace attendant rushed in from outside and whispered a few words to the emperor.

The emperor's expression changed instantly.

“Fine,” he said, looking at Wang Zaitian. “Your good disciple is truly reckless.”

Having said that, he stood up, flicked his sleeves, and walked out.

There were no cries of pleas or entreaties from behind.

The emperor stopped and looked back, only to see that Wang Zaitian had picked up his book again...

"Aren't you going to ask me how I'm going to deal with her?" the emperor asked irritably.

Wang Zaitian looked up at him and said, "Your Majesty is the ruler of the world. Whatever you do to her is right. I have no objection."

The emperor let out a sneer.

Wang Zaitian smiled gently and said, "Your Majesty, you have gained the empire today through wise actions."

The emperor looked at him and smiled.

“Sir, you are indeed a good man,” he said, “but I cannot keep you in the capital any longer.”

Wang Zaitian hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the National Academy has been stable in recent years. The teachers and students are all talented individuals, and it can operate in an orderly manner to receive scholars from all over the world."

The emperor nodded.

Wang Zaitian straightened his clothes and bowed to the emperor.

"This old minister bids farewell to Your Majesty and thanks Your Majesty for your great favor."

There was no sound of "dismissal from formalities" heard. The emperor walked away slowly, and Wang Zaitian looked up to see that he had already left.

"Teacher, teacher."

Ling Yu's voice rang out from outside.

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.......
"Teacher, why are you taking so long to come out?"

"Pack your luggage! There are so many books here, are you just going to leave them there? What are you standing there for? Get my luggage!"

Wang Zaitian complained, looking at the young man standing in front of him.

Ling Yu was dressed neatly, her face clean, and her hair tidy. She didn't look like she had just come out of a prison cell, but rather from her own dormitory at the National Academy.

Wang Zaitian stared into his eyes...

Lingyu's eyes darted around.

"I'm not blind," he said. "I just can't read for a year; I need to rest."

Wang Zaitian breathed a sigh of relief and happily handed over the bundle: "Then you can help me with my luggage. I don't have to worry about you stealing my treasures."

Ling Yu took the bundle and carried it: "Perfect timing, since the teacher has also been driven out of the capital, you can read to me along the way."

The two walked outside while talking, and there was a donkey cart outside.

“I’m too old to read. Your family is rich, so you should hire a page and a servant to cook, so that we won’t go hungry or thirsty on the way. In this peaceful and prosperous era, we can’t still be like the refugees we used to be.”

“I did something that almost brought disaster to my family. My grandfather wouldn’t let me into the house and wouldn’t give me any money.”

"So I'm going to take care of you from now on?!"

"Will you still accept apprentices indiscriminately in the future?"

"What do you mean I randomly took on disciples? You were the one who picked him up first. If you hadn't paid attention to him, how would I have noticed?" Despite their bickering, the master and disciple moved swiftly. Wang Zaitian climbed onto the cart, and Ling Yu sat in front of it. Amidst the falling snowflakes, they whipped the donkey, and the skinny donkey swayed forward.

Peach Blossom stood on the street, watching the donkey cart pass through the crowd.

"Is Lingyu's eye still not getting better?" she asked Zhang Shengyou, who was chopping meat inside. "I waved to him just now, but he didn't even look at me."

Zhang Shengyou said in a low voice, "The doctor from the Embroidered Uniform Guard said that although the time spent being exposed to the poison was short, there was still damage, and it will take one or two years to recover."

Peach Blossom breathed a sigh of relief, then muttered to herself, "If you can't see me, then you can't see me, so you don't get angry if you do."

Ultimately, it was they who brought him trouble.

“Neither the gentleman nor he will be angry,” Zhang Shengyou said.

Peach Blossom pouted: "You think you know everything!"

The two were arguing when Hong Lin walked in from outside, covered in snow.

"The young master has left," he said.

Peach blossoms froze, and Zhang Shengyou's cleaver stopped chopping meat.

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Hong Lin quickly added, "I mean, the young master has left for the Western Rong."

Peach Blossom glared at him, clutching her chest, while Zhang Sheng chopped the meat into even smaller pieces.

Hong Lin said with a happy expression, "I can finally rest assured."

It's good that the young master and the others managed to escape safely.

“That’s Miss Yang’s carriage,” Peach Blossom said softly.

Hong Lin hurriedly looked outside and saw the familiar, magnificent carriage.

Zhang Shengyou, who was chopping meat, couldn't help but come over to take a look.

"Miss Yang, are you alright?"

Since Miss Yang killed Zhu Yunxiao and went to the palace to see the emperor, they have been restricted from traveling, but they have not been imprisoned, nor have they seen Yang Luo again.

Later, soldiers shouted good news in the streets: the rebellion of Wei Cui and the imposter prince Mo had been quelled, and soon after, the heads of Wei Cui and the "little prince Mo" were hung outside the city gate...

Yang Luo persuaded the emperor.

However, Yang Luo was still nowhere to be seen, and everyone remained on tenterhooks.

Now I finally see... the car.

I don't know if Ms. Yang is in the car.

Peach Blossom and her two companions stood outside the braised meat shop.

The carriage was draped with thick brocade curtains. Suddenly, the curtains swayed, and Tao Hua's eyes lit up as she saw the face of the woman sitting regally inside.

Although it was just a glance, although it was from the side, although snowflakes were flying and obscuring the view, although... the face seemed a little different from before.

But... Peach Blossom knew that Yang Luo's face had been covered up with medicine powder by the young master before.

Now the powder has been washed away, revealing its true form.

Although there are some differences, the outline of the eyebrows and eyes is still there.

Very beautiful and bright eyes and eyebrows.

Peach Blossom pressed her hand to her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

The three watched the carriage head towards the city gate.

Where are we going?

Surely they're not going to send it out of the capital?
……

……

"Get out of the way."

"Move aside, move aside."

The arrival of the imperial carriage made the noise in front of the city gate even louder, and the city gate guards chased away the passersby.

The pedestrians also saw the carriage.

"It was the princess's carriage."

"I haven't seen you for a while."

"Really? We came here specifically to see the heads, but we didn't expect to see the princess."

As the discussion continued, the carriage curtain was suddenly lifted, revealing a girl with fair skin and jade-like eyes in the early winter snow. Although she wore no pearl or gemstone accessories and dressed simply, she was still dazzling.

The crowd erupted in cheers and excitement.

This is what a princess is like.

The princess is so beautiful.

The princess looked past them and to the side.

Some people couldn't help but look over and saw a pole erected there, with the heads of Wei Cui and other traitors hanging on it.

Snowflakes fell on it, making the originally ferocious head less frightening.

"Princess, you also like looking at heads?"

"You country bumpkin, don't you know that the annihilation of Wei Cui and his gang was thanks to the princess?"

"Oh, is that so?"

"Look, the princess is smiling."

"The princess looks even more beautiful when she smiles!"

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