Chapter 2560: Get Out of the Way
Xuexue brought Xiao Jiu with her and, relying on memories from her previous life, smoothly arrived at the main gate of the Imperial Palace.
"Stop right there, who goes there?" The Imperial Guard Army at the gate drew his weapon with a clang, pointing it at Xuexue.
Xuexue couldn’t help rolling her eyes. Were these people all blind? They’d watched her enter the palace, and now they were acting like they didn’t know her.
"I’m the Princess Consort of War Prince, hurry up and move."
"Do you have an Imperial Edict from The Emperor?"
"No!"
"If you don’t have one, I’m afraid we can’t let you out!"
"I have a verbal decree from The Emperor."
"Oh!"
The group of Imperial Guards looked at each other, never expecting The Emperor to treat the Princess Consort of War Prince so well—she didn’t even need a Token to leave the palace, he just gave a verbal decree.
"Princess Consort of War Prince, is that really true?"
"What? Are you doubting me, or are you looking down on The Emperor?"
"No no no, this lowly one didn’t mean that!"
"Then what did you mean?"
"This...!"
"Still not getting out of the way?" Xuexue barked in a harsh tone, full of momentum.
"Chirp chirp chirp...! Move, move, hurry up and move, your young master has The Emperor’s verbal decree." Birdy flew in front of Xuexue, chattering at the Guard.
Birdy suddenly speaking startled them all.
A bird can talk, and so fluently at that.
"What are you still staring at? Hurry up and move! Don’t block the way for me and my master."
In the end, Xiao Jiu kept shouting, "Let me tell you, The Emperor personally promised your young master that I can go out and stroll around. Today your young master is going out on orders with my master. If you don’t believe it, you can go ask The Emperor and see how he has you all executed. Having no eye for the situation is useless."
Just as the leader of the Imperial Guards was hesitating, another Imperial Guard quietly stepped up beside him and whispered in his ear.
The leader of the Imperial Guards’ expression shifted, and he immediately smiled at Xuexue, saying, "Princess Consort of War Prince, forgive us, this lowly one was only carrying out his duty impartially. I hope you’ll be magnanimous and not hold it against us."
Xiao Jiu: "What are you blabbering so much for? Hurry up and open the gate!"
It could easily just fly out in an instant, but its master couldn’t, so it had to call for the gate on her behalf.
"Open the gate, open the gate, hurry up and open the gate." The leader of the Imperial Guards ordered his men to open the palace gate.
"Rumble, rumble."
As soon as the palace gate opened, Xuexue saw Long Rui standing at the gate, stubble all over his face, arm raised, looking like he was just about to knock.
When he saw Xuexue come out, he was stunned for a moment, then, overjoyed, rushed forward and pulled her into a tight embrace, rubbing his chin against the top of her head and asking hoarsely, "Wife, in the Imperial Palace, did they mistreat you?"
"No, The Emperor treated me really well!" Xuexue felt both moved and happy inside.
Every time she was in danger, this man would show up in front of her.
Even though he was a few days late, as long as he appeared, it proved that he’d been extremely worried about her.
"Prince, are you sick? Why do you look so haggard, you’ve even lost weight?" Xuexue reached out to touch his ugly face, speaking with heartache.
This man had deliberately hidden his true appearance so as not to reveal his sharp edges, living every day behind a mask—he really had it hard.
Today, Long Rui wasn’t wearing his mask, revealing a hideous face. The Imperial Guards were all stunned when they saw it. They knew the War Prince’s Mansion had suffered disfigurement, but they hadn’t expected it to be this ugly. No wonder folk rumors called him the Ghost King; sure enough, War Prince now looked almost no different from a ghost.
Long Yi stood to the side and said, "Princess Consort, the Prince has gone three days and nights without closing his eyes in order to rush back and save you."