My Lord, the princess doesn't want you anymore.

Li Mo was stunned. Cui Hongjing only said that he had arranged people to support outside, but he did not say that there were other people here to help.

The man was also masked and wearing a black nightgown. He glanced at Li Mo, but did not come forward to help. Instead, he waited for an opportunity to enter the house.

Could it be that he is here for Concubine Wan as well?

Li Mo dealt with the guards in no time. When he entered the hall, he saw two figures fighting in the room. One of them was the man in black, and the other should be the person Cui Qimo arranged to "protect" Concubine Wan. He seemed to be a eunuch.

The eunuch's martial arts skills were better than those outside. Although the black-clothed man's martial arts skills were not weak, he was no match for the eunuch.

Li Mo stepped forward to help without any hesitation.

If he doesn't get rid of this eunuch, he won't be able to take Concubine Wan away.

As for who this man in black is and what he wants to do, we can only wait and see.

With the joint attack of the two, the eunuch was captured in a short while.

Li Mo pressed his acupoint and turned to look at the man in black.

Seeing the other party's alert face, he suddenly smiled and said, "Why don't we talk about it after we meet the person?"

The man was visibly relieved.

"You all go." Concubine Wan's voice suddenly came from the darkness.

At the same time, they both suddenly looked at Concubine Wan who was slowly walking out from the inner room.

She was fully dressed and it was obvious that she had not slept at all that night, and the fight outside had not had any emotional impact on her.

Although her eyes were a little red and swollen, she still looked graceful, noble and reserved.

The man in black seemed a little excited. He took a small step forward and looked at Concubine Wan with some anticipation.

Concubine Wan's eyes slid across the two people's faces, and finally landed on the man in black who came later, with a complicated expression. She was silent for a moment, and then said: "I am not worth your risk. Go away!"

“No!” The man in black let his hands fall down on both sides, gradually clenched them into fists, and said stubbornly: “I won’t leave.”

Li Mo looked at the two of them and suddenly smiled, "Then why don't you come with me, Madam?"

Concubine Wan then turned her gaze to him, "Who are you?"

Li Mo took out a jade ring from his bosom and handed it to Concubine Wan, "I came here on his behalf."

Concubine Wan smiled, "You should leave as well. Go back and tell him that I will stay here until I have finished what I want to do."

"No, didn't we agree on this before? Don't you know that the emperor has already decided to kill you? How can you take revenge if you lose your life?" Li Mo asked.

The man in black raised his eyes and looked at Li Mo. "He's right. There's nothing we can do now that we've lost our lives."

Concubine Wan smiled bitterly: "Even if I die, I will die here."

Li Mo took a deep breath. Cui Hongjing, the liar, never said that Concubine Wan would change her mind halfway.

"If the guards come later, we'll all be doomed." He pointed at the ring in her hand, "He will also be implicated."

Concubine Wan hesitated for a moment, her lips moving, as if Li Mo's words made her struggle in her heart, and a look of pain appeared on her face.

When the man in black saw these emotions, he clenched his fists tighter, bit his lips, and was about to say something.

Concubine Wan spoke again: "He has his own luck. He is a blessed man. He will definitely be able to turn danger into safety. Anyway, I will not leave. You should leave quickly."

Li Mo said nothing more. He suddenly took two steps forward and chopped Concubine Wan on the head with a knife. Concubine Wan immediately fell to the ground.

The man in black was shocked, angry, and anxious. He stepped forward and hugged her, looking at Li Mo angrily, "You——"

"Don't worry, she's fine." Li Mo grabbed Concubine Wan and carried her on his shoulder, then said to the man in black with a sidelong glance, "I don't care who you are. I just know that if you're still here talking nonsense with her, none of us will be able to leave."

The man in black was startled. "Okay, you escort her out of the palace, and I'll cover her."

"That's right." Li Mo carried Concubine Wan and swaggered out of the cold palace.

No one had ever imagined that in a side hall far away, in the darkness, two lifeless eyes were staring at them.

But the owner of these eyes did not speak, because she knew that if she spoke she would die.

Someone came to save Concubine Wan, what does it have to do with her?

She was just a concubine who had been banished to the cold palace for many years and lived a life worse than death.

Whether it was Imperial Concubine Wan or even the Queen, they were women from completely different worlds from her.

She was just jealous. Concubine Wan had only been in the cold palace for a few days when someone risked his life to rescue her.

She had been here for five years, with only leftovers and a messy courtyard to keep her company, and not even a maid. If she wanted to talk, she could only talk to herself. She had almost forgotten how to speak.

For five years, the only thing that kept her alive was her son.

Fantasy became the most important thing in her daily life. She fantasized about being able to hug her child to sleep and tell him stories every day like other mothers.

If my son bumps into something or gets hurt, I can blow on his wound and apply medicine on it.

When his son is wronged, he can pat him on the back to comfort him.

When my son is happy, I can laugh with him.

When my son is in pain, I can share some of his pain.

This is the most common emotion and relationship in the world, but she can't get it.

She was imprisoned here when her son was two years old. Cui Qimo did not take her life because she accidentally discovered a secret.

Therefore, no matter how Cui Qimo threatened, bribed, or even beat her, she always gritted her teeth and said nothing.

Because she knew that the day she opened her mouth would be the day she died.

Now that everyone was dead, her son no longer had a mother.

After all, her son was a prince, and she believed that Cui Qimo would not embarrass him too much. But over the years, she had also heard some words in the cold palace, and some talkative palace servants would inevitably gossip in private.

But she never asked questions. If someone gossiped in private, she would listen with her ears perked up. When no one came, she lived in her own fantasy.

From these people, she learned that since she was sent to the cold palace, her son no longer spoke or communicated with anyone.

Every time she heard this, her heart ached as if it were being cut by a knife.

But what can she do?

Just wait and see, maybe one day, God will open his eyes.

……

With the help of the man in black, Li Mo carried the person out of the palace without much effort, but he still encountered several groups of guards who had heard the news.

During the darkest hour before dawn, the entire palace was filled with smoke.

When Li Mo was outside the palace, handing Concubine Wan to the person arranged by Cui Hongjing to pick her up, the man in black stepped forward again to stop him, "You, can't take her away!"

Li Mo grabbed his collar and said, "Don't waste any more time. We must leave the city before dawn. Otherwise, how can we hide with a living person? She will be caught sooner or later. You should know what is waiting for her."

"I don't even know who you are, how can I be assured? How do I know you are not the emperor's man?"

Li Mo was so angry that he laughed, "I am the emperor's man? Then why would I take the risk... Never mind, I am too lazy to talk to you."

The man in black stared at him with a pair of dark eyes. "Anything is possible, unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless you are Prince Jing's man."

Prince Jing? What qualifications does he have for me to be his? Is he worthy?

Li Mo was very angry about this, but he smiled brightly, "Now that we've come to this point, let me tell you what I think. As for you, I really can't think of anyone else in the capital who would take the risk and go to the cold palace to save Concubine Wan. Right, Prince Xiao?"

The pupils of the man in black suddenly shrank, and he slowly let go of the hand that was tightly grasping Concubine Wan's sleeve. "You are Prince Jing's people, so I will let you go. That way, she may have a better and safer place to go. Concubine Wan treats him as her own son, far better than she treats her own biological son. It can be said that he still has some conscience."

Although he and Cui Hongjing did not have much interaction, Cui Hongxiao knew about the bond between Cui Hongjing and Concubine Wan, which was more than that between mother and son. He envied it and it was also what his biological son had longed for all his life but could not get. He believed that since Cui Hongjing had taken action, he would definitely properly place Concubine Wan and perhaps take better care of her than his biological son.

No matter how much Concubine Wan ignored him, she was his mother after all.

"Let us go?" Li Mo glanced at him with disdain and spread his hands. "Do you think you can stop me by yourself?"

Cui Hongxiao bit his lip tightly, his voice firm and low: "If you have ulterior motives, even if I die, I will drag you to be buried with me!"

Why is Prince Xiao so energy-wasting? He is exactly like his mother.

Li Mo looked up at the sky. If they didn't leave now, let alone leaving the city, the imperial guards would be able to intercept them here.

"Well, even if you are right. If you still want your mother to be alive, you'd better stop complaining here."

Cui Hongxiao breathed a sigh of relief, "So, where are you going to take her?"

"Go to where she should be, a place that is absolutely safe, where her family members truly protect her."

Cui Hongxiao was silent for a moment, "...but she may not be willing to return to Changguo."

"She was reluctant to leave the palace just now, but now she is leaving with us."

"...Okay, I'll trust you for now. But I'll have someone keep an eye on her. If anything happens to her, I won't let you go, nor will I let Cui Hongjing go. Also, I'll remember your eyes."

Cui Hongxiao looked at the still unconscious Concubine Wan again, his eyes revealing extremely complicated emotions, "Let's go quickly, I will help you get out of the city."