Surprise! I emptied the emperor's private treasury before exile

The disease came like a mountain falling and went away like a thread being pulled out. Three days passed only enough for the Fifth Prince to get out of bed, but he still felt weak all over.

Under such circumstances, even if Qian Chuanzi and others had great courage, they would not dare to continue on their journey.

However, the trip was repeatedly delayed. How could such insignificant yamen runners take on this responsibility? They were so anxious that they couldn't sleep all night.

It was already the fourth night, and at midnight, Qian Chuanzi lay in bed with his eyes wide open, not wanting to fall asleep. His heart felt like it was on fire, and he was anxious and restless, and he couldn't fall asleep.

At this moment, a "creak" sound was heard, familiar yet strange. But if Qian Chuanzi remembered correctly, it was the sound of the post station's door opening.

Qian Chuanzi was startled and sat up immediately. Although Lao Liu on the opposite side did not have as sharp hearing as Qian Chuanzi, he also realized that the situation was not good when he saw Qian Chuanzi so nervous. "You go and notify the others, leave this to me."

Qian Chuanzi nodded and gently pushed open the door. As soon as he stuck his head out, a long sword was placed across his neck.

"Go back." The voice was cold and fierce, but without any murderous intent.

But Qian Chuanzi didn't dare to gamble. With the determination to die, he shouted with all his might: "There is an assassin——"

In a flash, the entire station was illuminated by lights.

If Chu Ci saw it correctly, the secret guards in the yard dressed in black were dressed exactly the same as An Qi's. Look at the purple-robed envoy kneeling in the yard.

This misunderstanding has become a big deal.

Indeed, even the dumbest person would understand that this was not an assassination, but a noble person secretly visiting. For a moment, everyone was in a dilemma.

Especially Qian Chuanzi, who ruined the noble man's plan with his loud voice, wanted to die.

But, with a sword on his neck, he dared not even move.

Chu Ci held his forehead with his hand, Qian Chuanzi was really unlucky.

But under the current circumstances, no fool would dare to stand up and plead for Qian Chuanzi.

Chu Ci was not stupid either, but she didn't want to see Qian Chuanzi get into trouble. "My husband, who do you think the nobleman coming down here will be? Will he get us into trouble?"

Just as Fan Jingrui was about to shake his head, he saw Mr. Fan and Mrs. Fan walking towards him, neatly dressed. An Qi, who had been hiding in the dark, now followed the two elders openly.

When passing by Fan Jingrui and Chu Ci, the old man said in a deep voice: "Follow me to pay respects to the Queen."

At this point, what else did Chu Ci not understand? She just hoped that the Queen was as reasonable as the rumors said, otherwise it would be difficult to pass Qian Chuanzi's test.

Although his mind was full of thoughts, he didn't show it on his face. Chu Ci and Fan Jingrui answered in unison, "Yes," and then followed the old man.

As expected of the Empress, she showed no anger despite such a blunder. She even said generously, "The brave man who just spoke must be Qian Lai, who saved my son together with the boy from the Fan family. He is a smart man, and I should thank him."

With the Queen's order, the long sword on Qian Chuanzi's neck was finally moved.

After being freed, Qian Chuanzi knelt down without saying a word and said, "I pay my respects to the Empress, and wish the Empress good health and happiness."

His look was as pious as could be, and his voice was so loud that he even drowned out the voices of Mr. Fan, Mrs. Fan, Fan Jingrui and Chu Ci who were paying their respects.

Even though the queen was always calm, she couldn't hold it in. In order to cover up her abnormality, the queen waved her hand and said, "Reward."

As soon as the queen finished speaking, a secret guard came over with a thin gold note. "The queen sympathizes with your hard journey and has exchanged the fifty gold for gold notes. In my Great Zhou, any bank can exchange it."

Qian Chuanzi was really grateful now. With these fifty taels of gold, even if he couldn't return this time, his wife and children would have someone to rely on for the rest of their lives: "Thank you, Queen. Qian Lai will do his best to serve our Great Zhou in the future."

As expected of the Empress of the Central Palace, her means of controlling people's hearts are really first-rate. Chu Ci sighed inwardly. I just don't know how the Empress plans to deal with the Fan family.

Isn't it time for the Fifth Prince, this hot potato, to leave?

In fact, Chu Ci's thinking was too simple. Not only did the queen not plan to take the fifth prince away, she even kept the two imperial doctors Zhang and Wang on the pretext of recuperating the fifth prince's body.

Not only that, in order to ensure the safety of the fifth prince, the queen even ordered the purple-robed envoy to lead a team of embroidered-robed law enforcement officers to escort them all the way to Yazhou as quickly as possible.

When such a request was made, not only Chu Ci, but even Old Master Fan was a little stunned. These days, because of the Fifth Prince, they had to sleep with one eye open.

Just when Mr. Fan was in a dilemma, the Purple Envoy answered bluntly: "Your Majesty, the Embroidered Envoy is only loyal to the Emperor."

The Queen seemed to have expected this to happen. She winked and a secret guard handed a handwritten letter to the purple-robed messenger: "This is the Emperor's letter, ordering you to fully cooperate with the Queen and ensure the safety of the Fifth Prince."

The emperor's order means that the fifth prince can't get rid of this dog-skin plaster.

Similarly, Mr. Fan also had this realization, "I... accept your order and thank you."

Mr. Fan almost gritted his teeth as he uttered the words "I accept the order and thank you."

The queen secretly thought that something was wrong and her face suddenly darkened. But in just a moment, she changed into a helpless expression: "Taifu, Xian'er has been assassinated and the murderer has not been found yet. Now we are in the open and the enemy is in the dark. I have no choice but to do this. Besides, the emperor has always trusted the Fan family."

Having said that, if Chu Ci had not seen the Queen's gloomy face just now, she might have believed it.

Chu Ci was dissatisfied, but Mr. Fan agreed because "the emperor also trusts the Fan family", and he almost shouted that he would devote himself to the country until his death.

Chu Ci was quite speechless about this.

The Queen was quite satisfied with Mr. Fan's tact. "Time is short. I still have some private words to talk to my son. Master, please leave first."

"Yes, I will take my leave."

It was already dawn when I saw the Queen again. Although I didn't know what the Queen and the Fifth Prince talked about, the Fifth Prince looked much more excited.

Chu Ci always felt that something was wrong, but with the help of the embroidered clothes law enforcement, the Fifth Prince was respected. Along the way, both accommodation and food were arranged very well.

In just half a month, they passed through Yuzhang and Minyue and arrived at the coastal area. They also quickly got a merchant ship, crossed the sea and landed on Qiongzhou Island. Within three days, they would be able to reach Yazhou.