Peach Blossom.

There was Qiongju's panting outside, and he banged on Wang Yi's door fiercely: "Master, open the door quickly!"

Wang Yi opened the door quickly.

Wang Jing and Tao Ye were both very surprised when they heard this. They pricked up their ears and heard Qiong Ju say, "Someone just told me that Princess Si Yao betrothed her daughter to the king's son and that she has been sent to Yongchang Palace!"

Si Yao has no daughter, so this daughter of course refers to Wang Jing’s daughter Yu’er!

Wang Jing hurriedly threw away the peach leaves and ran to open the door. Seeing Wang Yi, Qiong Ju and Chong Qiu standing outside, he asked hurriedly, "What did you say? Speak more clearly!"

Qiongju replied, "He said that Princess Si Yao asked the Empress Dowager for an imperial decree to marry her daughter to the son of Prince Yongchang. When the decree arrived in Yongchang, the bride's carriage also arrived in Yongchang. The king had no choice but to go out of the city to welcome her and bring her back to Yongchang Palace along with the imperial decree."

"I'll go to Yongchang Palace now!" Wang Jing said as he prepared to lead the horse, completely forgetting that he was still wearing a groom's suit.

"Jing'er!" Wang Yi hurriedly grabbed Wang Jing and said, "Why are you here in the middle of the night without being summoned to the palace? What's going on?"

Tao Ye had already felt that something was wrong, so she changed out of her bridal attire and put on her normal clothes. She also walked out of the room, only to see Wang Yi asking Qiong Ju, "Who told you this news?"

"I... I don't know him. He's a kid who just turned 18." After answering this, Qiongju seemed to feel something was wrong.

"A child who has just grown up?" Wang Jing also noticed something was wrong. "In such a remote place with no one around, whose child would go out after dark? And he recognized you and knew about our relationship with the bride?"

Qiong Ju scratched his head and thought: "But... I don't think the kid lied to me. He even told me that the king was unwilling to get married, but he didn't dare to disobey the king's order, so the bride was not safe in the palace, so he asked us to go there as soon as possible!"

Wang Jing was even more puzzled: "How does he know that the king is unwilling? Who is he?"

Tao Ye was also confused: "Why is the king unwilling? Externally, Yu'er is the princess's daughter. Marrying her to the king's son is a close match and a good match! Internally, Yu'er is my second brother's daughter. My second brother is working for the king now. What's wrong with the marriage?"

After hearing Wang Jing and Tao Ye's questions, Qiong Ju was even more confused: "Could it be that the kid was just bluffing me? He just said it casually? But he looked very anxious, and he left in a hurry after he finished speaking!"

Tao Ye hurriedly explained: "You misunderstood me. I just don't understand why the king is reluctant about this marriage. I believe what the child said is true!"

She held Wang Jing's arm and recalled the past: "Remember? The day we left Jiankang, the princess chased us outside the city and threatened you with Yu'er. She said that if you dared to leave, she would marry Yu'er to a bitter and cold place! I was very worried that she would really do that!"

"But my daughter is only nine years old, how can she get married?" Wang Jing frowned, falling into great anxiety.

Qiongju asked hurriedly: "Then how did you get rid of the princess? Were you followed by spies sent by the princess?"

"Impossible!" Tao Ye answered quickly and confidently, because she and Wang Jing flew all the way from Jiankang to Yongchang, and no one could catch up with them.

But Tao Ye did not dare to explain in detail the reason why this was "impossible".

Qiongju was very confused: "Since no one was following, how did the princess know that the second young master came to Yongchang?"

Wang Yi lowered his head and thought for a while, and he already had the answer: "I think it was Chen Ji who leaked the news to the princess."

Wang Jing, Tao Ye, Qiong Ju, and Chong Qiu all looked at Wang Yi.

Wang Yi said: "You all should know that on the last night I stayed at Chen's house, Chen Ji asked me at the dinner table if there was anyone secretly guarding the border of Yongchang. I suspected at the time that he must have sent someone to do something outside Yongchang, but I didn't guess what he did!"

"Since you all believe this is true, why are you still hesitating? If we delay for a minute longer, Yu'er will be in more danger." Wang Jing said, and hurried to get the horse.

Wang Yi was about to speak when he saw Wang Jing turn around again.

Wang Jing walked quickly to Tao Ye's side and pleaded, "Riding a horse is too slow. Take me over by flying! It's dark and no one will see us on the road!"

Tao Ye was shocked, and when she looked back, she saw Wang Yi, Qiong Ju and Chong Qiu were also stunned.

She knew that Wang Jing was so worried about his daughter that he could not care about many things. She had to agree. She just pointed at the wedding dress on Wang Jing and reminded him weakly: "But... you can't enter the palace dressed like this, right?"

Wang Jing hurried into the house and quickly changed his clothes.

In the pitch-dark night, Tao Ye used magic to make her staff carry the five of them to Yongchang Palace, just like when she and Wang Jing went to Yongchang.

There are lights hanging around the Yongchang Palace, which light up day and night, and the outline of the palace walls can be seen from afar.

Tao Ye and others landed not far away and walked quickly to the palace gate, which was closed.

Wang Jing knocked on the door with both hands and shouted, "Is anyone there? I want to see the king!"

After a while, the door opened a little.

Wang Jing was so anxious that he didn't even look at who opened the door. He just kept asking: "I heard that my Yu'er was sent to Yongchang Palace by the princess. Is she here?"

As he asked the question, he stepped into the door and saw that in addition to the two guards standing guard inside the door, there was also a Chen Ji behind them.

After Chen Ji was ordered to train the troops, he often stayed in the palace with General Shang Yun to ensure safety, and occasionally he would stand guard at night.

"Brother Wang, you are really well-informed! The king hasn't let anyone tell anyone, how did you know?" Chen Ji trembled his eyebrows, laughing and surprised.

"Is this true? Where is she?" Wang Jingcai didn't care about Chen Ji's surprise. He just wanted to see his daughter as soon as possible.

Chen Ji looked nonchalant and answered slowly, "How can we gatekeepers know where the palace ladies live?"

Tao Ye was very angry when she saw Chen Ji's attitude. She pushed the palace door open completely and said, "Since you don't know, let's go in and find it!"

Qiongju and Chongqiu were both ready to embrace Wang Jing and walk inside.

"Wait..." Chen Ji stopped them with a faint smile on his face: "Everyone, although this place is shabby, it is still the king's palace! Not to mention that there is a curfew in the palace, even in the daytime, not everyone can enter, right?"

Wang Yi stood at the back, gently tugged at Wang Jing's clothes, and advised: "Jing'er, don't embarrass General Chen. Let's meet the king and visit Yu'er tomorrow!"

Chen Ji smiled and nodded, bowing to Wang Yi: "Thank you for your understanding, uncle! I guess no matter how much you miss your daughter, you can afford to spend one night here, right?"

Wang Yi also smiled and nodded in response to Chen Ji, then grabbed Wang Jing's arm and pulled him out forcibly.

Qiongju and Chongqiu followed, so Taoye had to come out as well.

Chen Ji ordered the guards to close the palace gates again.

After walking a few steps outside, Wang Jing broke free from Wang Yi's hand. He was so anxious and uneasy: "Yu'er will be in trouble! Chen Ji is deliberately trying to stop us..."

"Hush..." Wang Yi signaled Wang Jing to keep his voice down, and then whispered, "The palace wall is so low, we can easily climb over it. Why bother wasting time here dealing with Chen Ji?"

Tao Ye suggested: "We can still use 'flying'! Isn't it easier than climbing over the wall?"

Wang Yi shook his head: "No! We would rather get caught climbing over the wall than let the king think you are different from ordinary people!"

"Is that so..." Tao Ye curled her lips and didn't dare to express any more opinions.

They walked to the outside of the palace wall a little further away from the palace gate and began to climb up, helping each other.

Wang Jing was the first to climb up, and was held up by Chongqiu. As soon as he raised his head, he unexpectedly saw a fire in a house in the palace.

The house was neither far nor close to them, and the fire was just a few dots, which was not very clear.

Wang Jing felt uneasy and urged others to hurry up!

Chongqiu lifted Taoye up again, and Wang Jing pulled her from above, and Taoye also came up quickly.

The third person to come up was Wang Yi. When he climbed to the top of the wall, the fire was clearly visible and he was shocked.

Wang Jing whispered, "The fire just started! It burned very quickly, someone must have been setting it!"

Wang Yi nodded. Although the father and son did not discuss it, they basically believed in their hearts that the house that caught fire must be Yu'er's residence.

Qiongju and Chongqiu were both masters who had fought on the battlefield, so they climbed up easily, and the five of them jumped inside together.

Sure enough, they were discovered just a few steps forward. Several night patrol guards stopped them and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Didn't you see there's a fire ahead? We have to go put it out!" Wang Jing pushed the guards away, grabbed Tao Ye's hand and ran forward.

The guards were confused and asked each other: "That looks like the prince consort?"

Qiongju and Chongqiu also followed closely behind Wang Jing.

Wang Yi remained where he was, and asked the guards, "Everyone, why didn't you go put out the fire? Didn't you see the fire?"

The guards looked at each other and did not answer.

Wang Jing, Tao Ye, Qiong Ju and Chong Qiu ran to the burning house and found that things were different from what they had imagined: no one had lit the fire, but some palace servants were putting out the fire.

The palace servants, each carrying a bucket, ran out, poured the water on the surface, then quickly left to fetch more water.

However, the fire burned more and more fiercely, and faintly the sound of a woman crying and shouting could be heard from inside the house.

Tao Ye looked at the fire and suddenly remembered the night when she set fire to Chen Xi's house. Although the fire was difficult to control later, it was not ignited quickly at the beginning.

In contrast, she couldn't help but feel surprised: "How can a fire that has just started burn so vigorously after water is poured on it?"

Wang Jing alertly grabbed a palace servant who was putting out the fire, and when he reached out to touch the bucket, he found that it was not water but oil!

"Asshole!" Wang Jing smashed the bucket on the palace servant's head. He walked a few steps to the door and windows of the burning house, intending to save people in the fire.

Tao Ye and Qiong Ju also followed and discovered that the doors and windows had been locked!

Tao Ye was hesitating whether to use magic to put out the fire, when she suddenly saw Chongqiu lifting a large stone nearby.

Tao Ye stared with eyes wide open. The stone was almost as tall as a person, but Chongqiu actually carried it and rushed to the door, knocking the burning door open!

In the middle of the room, the maid Xiuping was holding Yu'er and lying on the ground crying.

Although Yu'er's eyes were open, she lay motionless in Xiuping's arms, as if she had lost consciousness, and a veil was still covering her face.

"Second Young Master...you are finally here..." Xiuping looked at Wang Jing in tears.

Wang Jing stepped on the flames, went into the house, picked up Yu'er, and ran out again stepping on the flames.

Chongqiu also hurried into the house and carried Xiuping out, followed by Taoye and Qiongju.

Under the watchful eyes of the people in the Oil-Ganning Palace, they walked to an open space far away from the flames and saw Prince Yongchang Si Yuan and Madam Han coming towards them.