The Wife Is First / 妻为上 (You Own My All)

Chapter 103: Cutting Off All Avenues of Retreat

"Have the messenger bring this to elder brother." Jing Shao frowned. Could something else have happened in Rui Wang's household?

"We shouldn't." Mu Hanzhang unfolded the letter and read it carefully again. Jing Chen was cautious when writing between the lines. It seemed that this wasn't just about Rui Wang's household. "Write back to brother and say that we still have half the bottle left from that year. Don't say anything else."

Jing Shao nodded. Although he didn't know what was going on, listening to his Wang Fei had never led him astray before. He didn't remember any medicinal powder from his last life. Of course, that was also because he had still been trapped on the battlefield in the southwest at that time. He didn't pay attention to these little fires in his backyard.

When the letter was sent to the capital, it was like a clay ox entering the ocean, and they received no reply. After ten days, Jing Chen still had yet to send another letter.

"Something must have happened in the capital." Gu Huaiqing, who came on time every ten days to read the letter, couldn't sit still. "My people also haven't sent any information."

Mu Hanzhang had a bad feeling when he heard this. During this period, the empress and the fourth prince were too calm. Rui Wang's popularity had skyrocketed, which was quite dangerous. Given Jing Chen's cautious nature, he definitely wouldn't do anything too provoking, so perhaps he was deliberately laying low.

"No, I have to go back to the capital and check." Jing Shao stood up with a clatter. If something happened to his brother, everything he was doing now would be meaningless.

"Wang Ye, a team of people from outside the city have burst into Pingjiang." The guard hurried in and reported that the group looked very formidable and had an imperial token. The gatekeeper didn't dare to stop them.

"Shameful bastards, you can't even guard the gates." Jing Shao kicked away the small table at his feet and walked out with his spear. There was a large army stationed in Pingjiang City. Who would be so bold as to burst in?

"Neigh~" As soon as he walked to the gates, he heard the neat sound of horse hooves. The horses suddenly stopped in front of the gates of Ruoshui Garden, and they stomped their hooves and whinnied crisply.

The person in the lead was dressed in dark yellow clothes. His face was grave and stern but without anger. He looked around seventy percent similar to Jing Shao, but rather than a burning gaze, his eyes were very calm. Who else could it be but Jing Chen?

"Brother!" Jing Shao exclaimed.

Mu Hanzhang and Gu Huaiqing ran out when they heard the noise. They saw Jing Chen sitting on the horse, followed by more than a dozen men in black whose breaths were silent and who had a threatening presence.

When Jing Chen saw his brother, he couldn't help but relax. Suddenly, he saw black and fell off his horse.

"Brother!" Jing Shao was about to go catch him, but someone else was quicker. He saw Gu Huaiqing jump forward suddenly and catch him accurately in his arms.

"These subordinates are the Moyun Eighteen. We were ordered by the emperor to escort His Highness Rui Wang to Pingjiang." The people in black dismounted one after another and saluted Jing Shao.

Moyun Eighteen? Jing Shao couldn't help looking at them. He knew that these eighteen people were the top experts of the Imperial Guard. They only listened to his imperial father.

"He's hurt!" Gu Huaiqing exclaimed, smelling the faint scent of blood on the man in his arms.

"Quickly, go inside." Mu Hanzhang immediately had someone call for a doctor, and also had someone take the Eighteen to rest. Jing Shao quickly followed everyone inside.