The little girl, so delicate and beautiful, looked pitiful, yet she forced a big smile: "Auntie, Fusu isn't in pain. Auntie, please take me with you. Fusu can't live without you. Fusu will protect you. Fusu will be good from now on. Auntie, please take Fusu with you."

By the end, her voice was trembling with emotion, almost breaking down in tears.

Yingji took out a handkerchief, wiped the little kitten, and applied the remaining scar-reducing cream to its forehead.

Feeling cool and refreshing, Fusu was surprised to find that he was no longer in pain.

Yuan Ge, who had followed closely behind, also knelt down with a thud: "If the princess is leaving, Yuan Ge must go too."

Ying Ji felt a throbbing headache. They were all usually so well-behaved, but now that something was wrong, they all became so disobedient.

Looking at the bleeding arm, she finally softened.

He handed the scar-reducing cream to Yuan Ge, saying, "Here, I'll put some on you. Keep an eye on Fu Su and follow behind him."

Yuan Ge's eyes were frighteningly bright. Although her life or death was unknown, her smiling face made it seem as if she was being taken on a picnic.

Ying Ji's momentum was interrupted, and she calmed down and thought for a moment: "Yuan Ge, take the jade pendant that A Zheng gave you and go to Meng Ao, no, Meng Tian. Tell him to send a thousand of the city's imperial guards to the clan, and the rest of you come with me to the city tower."

Yuan Ge immediately agreed and hurriedly went to find someone.

Yuan Tiangang has forcibly dragged Bai Changchuan out.

The man collapsed weakly to the ground, saying, "Your Highness, what do you mean by this? I did nothing wrong."

Ying Ji was too lazy to pretend with him: "West of the city, blacksmith shop, 163 people."

Bai Changchuan stared intently at the elegant woman before him, his mind in turmoil, unsure where he had slipped up.

Even so, he was unwilling to admit it easily: "What is Your Highness saying? I don't understand."

Ying Ji rolled her eyes at him: "If you don't understand, then forget it. Yuan Tiangang, take him and Fusu to the city tower."

"promise"

Fusu was carefully lifted up, and Bai Changchuan carried him directly on his shoulder, using his light-footed skills to transport the two of them to the city tower.

The city gate guards saw the man in black and assumed he was an assassin.

"Assassin... There's an assassin... Guards, defend against the enemy!"

The soldiers on duty immediately surrounded the three of them.

With his adorable little face, Fusu loudly rebuked, "I am Fusu, the eldest son of the Great Qin. I have important business on the city wall. All of you, step back."

Wang Ben, who was in charge of guarding the city gates, immediately ordered his soldiers to lay down their weapons upon seeing Prince Fusu.

“General Wang Ben pays his respects to Prince Fusu. I wonder what brings you to the city wall. Without the King of Qin’s written order, I dare not allow you to pass.”

A clear, melodious female voice appeared at just the right moment.

"General Wang Ben, this is an imperial edict from the King of Qin: Move aside!"

Yuan Ge then presented the jade pendant that Ying Zheng had given him earlier, which Wang Ben had naturally seen before, and called out to the soldiers.

"Release"

Seeing a large number of imperial guards gathered behind him, Wang Ben was puzzled but dared not speak, and could only follow to check the situation.

Meng Tian was dressed in full armor, followed closely by more than 10,000 men who were stationed at various points around the city gate.

When Wang Ben saw Meng Tian, ​​he nodded repeatedly: "General Meng Ao has a good grandson. Do you know what happened to Meng Tian today? Why did the Princess and Prince Fusu come to the city gate?"

Meng Tian cupped his hands and said, "Your subject dares not say, but General, you need not worry. Just protect the Princess and His Highness Fusu. I have other important matters to attend to, so I will take my leave now."

Wang Ben was even more puzzled. [What's going on? Is there something I don't know? No, I'll have to ask Father what happened when I get back tomorrow.]

Once on the city wall, Ying Ji felt a different atmosphere. Her home was in Shaanxi, where she would climb the city wall to enjoy the scenery in the cool night breeze. Now, standing on the city wall, she felt that things had changed.

She held Fusu tightly: "Fusu, pull your aunt's hand in and don't let go, okay?"

Fusu nodded heavily.

Bai Changchuan, dressed in a thin gauze, looked somewhat disheveled from his journey. Wang Ben couldn't stand it: "What kind of man is he? He looks so effeminate."

He casually tossed him his old clothes, and Bai Changchuan didn't refuse, unsure of how to feel about putting on his long-unused battle uniform.

The armor accentuated his heroic bearing, making him appear like a drawn sword radiating a light that didn't belong to him.

Ying Ji had no interest in the man; she stared intently into the distance. The sun had already disappeared below the horizon, and the night was so dark that she couldn't see anything around her.

She turned on the flashlight, and a strong beam of light emanated from Ying Ji's hand.

The surrounding soldiers were so frightened that they immediately knelt down: "A miracle! A miracle!"

"May God bless the Great Qin! May God bless the Great Qin!"

Wang Ben saw two words etched into the eye of the flashlight: "I want it."

He rubbed his palm together and said, "Your Highness, what...what is this? It looks quite powerful."

Ying Ji seemed to sense something. "Quiet, what did you hear?"

Wang Ben was puzzled and listened carefully: "No, there's no sound."

Ying Ji pointed to the flock of birds in the sky.

Sweat beaded on Wang Ben's forehead. Even if he was stupid, he should have realized that there were outsiders intruding. He hurriedly summoned his deputy: "Go quickly and invite the old man over to keep watch."

The lieutenant hurriedly accepted the order and left.

Ying Ji remained in one position for a long time, her whole body stiff, but her palms were slightly sweaty and her heart was pounding.

One mile from Xianyang City, Miao Ai led his army to surround the city.

From afar, they could see a beam of light emanating from the main city gate. The general beside him was astonished: "Xianyang has such a divine object that can illuminate the night as if it were daytime."

Miao Ai scoffed: "What divine object? It's just a larger torch. A hundred thousand soldiers would be enough to take down the poorly defended city of Xianyang."

The deputy general sensed something was wrong and had various suspicions. He wanted to pull the commander aside for a discussion, but Miao Ai was keeping a close eye on people.

The deputy general hadn't found an opportunity yet, a bitter smile playing on his lips, always feeling like he was part of a political party.

With an army of 100,000 pressing down on the city, Ying Ji felt her legs were weak and her whole body was drained. She handed the flashlight to Wang Ben and used all her strength to lean against the city wall.

This way, they wouldn't fall down easily. Ying Ji smiled bitterly to herself, "I've never seen 100,000 people standing together in such neat rows in my entire life. What is this? I guess I'm just unlucky."

Tuanzi leaned against the woman, comforting her: "Host, don't be afraid. We still have gold coins. I will definitely protect you. I won't delay the mission again next time. If it's important, we'll remove Chancellor Lü Buwei as soon as possible, and then this won't happen."

Ying Ji felt a bitter taste in her mouth. Was this something she could decide? The prime minister of a country, with power over the court, could bring people down with just words. Even Ying Zheng didn't dare to punish Lü Buwei before he came of age. She... she was already doing very well to be standing here.

Wang Ben gripped the flashlight, not daring to move an inch, not even exerting too much force. Feeling the flashlight clearly illuminating the soldiers below the city wall, he wanted it even more.

Bai Changchuan looked at Ying Ji and felt that the woman in front of him was very unfamiliar. A complicated expression appeared in his eyes. He didn't know why Ying Ji had called him over.

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