Chapter 399: Having achieved success, retire

Ning Hanmo, brush, ink, paper, inkstone.

Jiang Yunchu drew a rough sketch on the white paper, then marked the problematic spots, and on the wall she drew circles with a brush.

Ning Hanmo looked at his own brush with heartache; this was the gift he got for rushing to the top of the Ding list, Mother……

Jiang Yunchu had just finished drawing when she immediately saw Ning Hanmo's bitter melon face and said, "I'll make it up to you later."

"Is it settled?" Ning Hanmo instantly beamed.

"When has your mother ever gone back on her word?" She gave a soft cold snort—how dare you not believe her?

For a moment, the recently tense atmosphere gradually dissipated somewhat in the conversation between mother and son.

"Withdraw!"

At that moment, Jiang Yunchu issued the withdrawal order.

"Yes!" Everyone responded without the slightest hesitation; even the Wang Fu army, which was cooperating for the first time, followed orders to the letter.

Although they had doubts in their hearts, once they received the order, the order outweighed heaven.

Bai Zhi lowered her head, thinking deeply.

The group quickly left the stone passage, nodding to those outside: "Follow me."

"Yes!"

In a moment, a troop swiftly retreated.

"They're out, they're out." Jia Chuan pointed at the cave entrance; when he saw the Dean and Ning Hanmo's figures, the boy who usually thought before acting unusually embraced Ning Qiancheng beside him.

Ning Qiancheng also quietly let out a breath of relief, having come out……

"Princess Consort!"

"Princess Consort!"

"Dean!"

Everyone worriedly gathered around; the previous huge stone ball had shocked everyone.

"No casualties." Jiang Yunchu looked up and shouted at Ha Jiang, who was standing on the tree and facing off against the black-clad person.

"Good! Hahaha——" Ha Jiang's hearty laugh seemed to possess a kind of magic that could carry far away.

"Report, a large number of unidentified persons are ascending the mountain from below." At that moment, the Wang Fu troops guarding the foot of the mountain ran up to report.

Jiang Yunchu glanced at the sun, never expecting time to have passed so quickly.

"Do the incoming people have red cloth bands on their heads?" Jiang Yunchu asked.

"Replying to the Princess Consort, yes!"

That person nodded; everyone going up the mountain headed in the same direction and uniformly wore red cloth bands.

"Let them go up the mountain."

They have arrived!

"Yes!" The Wang Fu troops now stationed in Jingdu have fully acknowledged Jiang Yunchu; the Princess Consort's orders are the general's orders.

Greetings, Princess Consort!

"No need." Jiang Yunchu waved her hand.

At that moment, the black-clad person could see that this place could not be defended; he had clearly sent people down the mountain to deliver a message, yet his master's people had not arrived, perhaps they had been intercepted?

"Want to run?" At that moment, Jiang Yunchu looked up, smiling at the black-clad person, "Aren't you after my life?"

"You haven't achieved your wish, yet you run away like this—aren't you afraid to die with unresolved grudges?"

……

The black-clad person said nothing, but with his toes touching a branch, he had already leapt into the air.

At that moment, a red whip lashed out: "You come but never go—you've whipped me for so long, yet you've never seen my whip!"

"Is it alright to leave like this?"

That sweet voice, however, was like a demonic sound ringing in the ears; Fang Zilun also sprang into action, daring to aim for the Princess Consort's life? What audacity!

"Where do you think you're going?"

And Ha Jiang gripped his weapon tightly, rushing after him; the originally one-on-one situation instantly changed.

At this very moment, the black-clad person couldn't leave even if he wanted to, and though he didn't want to stay, he had no choice but to remain.

With Fang Zilun's addition, Jiang Yunchu instead sat on a stone slab to the side, watching the three fight above; she now had hardly any strength left.

At that moment, the sound of a heavy object hitting the ground rang out; just as the black-clad person wanted to run again, Fang Zilun stepped on his back with one foot, the sword tip pointing at his head.

"Princess Consort, how should we deal with this person?" Fang Zilun looked toward the seated Princess Consort.

Jiang Yunchu's current appearance was quite disheveled; her hair was messy, her clothes stained with dirt in many places, from constantly feeling along the wall, the wounds on her face were gray, she had sweated, and her face looked as if it had been drawn.

"Hold him for now, ask Your Majesty." As for how to handle him, she had no interest.

"Come here, little ones, report the situation." Jiang Yunchu looked at her three little ones.

"Report, this stone cave is a weapons workshop; there are many ironsmiths inside. When we entered, while they were forging weapons, they couldn't hear the sound and had their tongues cut off."

"When we entered, they showed no panic, yet also no expression; we weren't sure how to handle them, and we left people to guard inside." Ning Qiancheng's expression was grave; if those were all Da Ning's commoners, he dared not imagine.

In Da Ning's capital Jingdu, right under the emperor's feet, there exists such a corrupt place; Da Ning is already riddled with holes.

"Report, this mountain cave is filled with food, stockpiled in large amounts; according to estimates, this food is meant to feed the people here."

This place is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with no arable land for growing grain; moreover, he had just deliberately inspected the surroundings and found no crops, so it can basically be inferred that the food in the cave is for these people.

"As for the third cave, I think you should go see it yourself." When Ning Hanmo was about to speak, Jiang Yunchu glanced at Fang Zilun.

Every time he saw the Princess Consort's gaze, his heart twitched; how could he have such a bad premonition?

"Alright, I'm handing over this matter to you; whatever happens after, I won't interfere, nor do I know." Jiang Yunchu shrugged her shoulders.

"Wait a moment."

She had just lifted her foot when she heard Fang Zilun's voice.

"His Majesty said, the Princess Consort needs to give an explanation." Thinking of Your Majesty seeing the memorial that Mr. Kang delivered to the palace, he was still seeing it for the first time, His Majesty's expression was so dark that even he could feel Your Majesty's suppressed anger.

"Explanation?"

Jiang Yunchu turned around, looking doubtful, "I, the Princess Consort, just wanted to go to the manor for a stroll; it's not that the kids are on holiday, I, the Princess Consort, have nothing going on."

"Who would have thought this bunch of nasty people would actually drag the Princess Consort up the mountain; I, the Princess Consort, am really pitiful—just after leaving Ning Jing, I was kidnapped. If it weren't for the many people with me, who knows if Your Majesty would still be able to see me?"

In that moment, listeners felt heartbroken, and those who heard shed tears.

Nobody believed a word of it, including Fang Zilun.

"Princess Consort..." Fang Zilun couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

Jiang Yunchu glanced at him, "Just say it like that, that's enough."

"Don't worry, your life won't be lost."

"Regent Prince's Manor!" Jiang Yunchu had already turned around, she shouted.

"Present!" The three little rascals, the Wang Fu army, and the Wang Fu guards all bowed in unison.

"We have accomplished our mission, let's withdraw!"

"Yes!" Everyone replied.