Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 644

The two imperial guards acknowledged the order and left, saying, "Your Majesty, we understand."

On the other side, Shen Lingjun, along with Red Dragonfly and Bean Sprout, prepared to leave the palace as soon as possible.

She sensed a hidden murderous intent in Huo Tingsheng's eyes and knew that he would most likely not let her leave the palace alive today, so she had already made preparations.

She entered the palace ostensibly with only two maids, but the two bodyguards given to her by Mo Chonggui also managed to infiltrate the palace. There were also many spies and informants that Mo Chonggui had gradually planted over the past two years, all of whom could provide her with support.

Mo Chonggui also secretly dug a secret passage outside the palace leading to the palace. However, because the inner city of the palace was too heavily guarded, the secret passage had not yet reached the inner city, but only the edge of the outer city. The entrance to the secret passage was near a deserted palace called Chuyutang.

Huo Tingsheng's assassination order may have already been passed down. Shen Lingjun cannot leave the palace openly through the palace gates, so she plans to leave through the secret passage.

If Huo Tingsheng wanted to kill her, he could only do so secretly; he couldn't just do anything to the Crown Princess without reason. Once she escaped the palace, she would be much safer.

Shen Lingjun and Hong Qing left Cining Palace quickly together.

Dou Niang then went to inform the two guards. Because Cixi Palace was heavily guarded, these two guards could not always stay by Shen Lingjun's side as usual, and could only guard outside Cixi Palace.

When Shen Lingjun left the inner city of the palace, he was stopped by the guards at the gate.

Shen Lingjun said calmly, "I entered the palace to serve the Empress Dowager, and now that she is much better, His Majesty has issued an edict allowing me to leave the palace. Haven't you received the news yet?"

The two guards, seemingly unaware that Huo Tingsheng intended to kill the Crown Princess, exchanged a glance and then made way for her.

As soon as Shen Lingjun left the inner city, he headed straight for Chuyutang, with Dou Niang and two guards following behind.

But at that moment, two top imperial guards sent by Huo Tingsheng caught up with them.

Upon seeing that Shen Lingjun and his group were about to flee, they immediately took action.

"They're trying to escape! Charge! Catch them first!"

The imperial guards surrounded them, and the two bodyguards immediately engaged them in battle.

"Your Highness, you should go first!"

The bodyguards that Mo Chonggui assigned to Shen Lingjun were so skilled in martial arts that they were virtually unmatched in the world. For a time, the two imperial guards were at a disadvantage.

"Go and call for reinforcements! We absolutely cannot let them escape the palace!"

A powerful imperial guard responded and left to fetch reinforcements. Shen Lingjun, Hong Qingdou Niang, and the other two continued their frantic run forward.

Shen Lingjun had visited the Western Qi Imperial Palace many times, but only for palace banquets and the like, so she wasn't really familiar with it. Although she had memorized a map, a flat map differs from the actual scene, so she didn't really know the way and just ran in general directions.

Turning a corner, a massive building came into view.

The building was heavily guarded, with a large number of imperial guards on duty. All the windows were sealed shut, and the main gate was exceptionally thick and sturdy, secured with heavy locks, clearly indicating that it was not intended for habitation.

Shen Lingjun quickly stopped and peeked out before realizing that this must be the national treasury.