When Princess Jianning heard that a general had escaped, she lost her temper and scolded: "Ruidong, you waste, why did you let people run away?" Xiang Yan hurriedly said: "Princess, now is not the time to hold you accountable, let's run quickly!" Princess Jianning said: "Ruidong, notify me, leave immediately, and go back as soon as possible." ”

Ruidong said: "Princess, the king of Pingxi knows our marching route, and we are afraid that it will be a little risky for us to go north to Guizhou according to the original plan." Just in case, we might as well divert to the east and return to the capital from Guangxi via Huguang. In addition, Yunnan is the territory of the king of Pingxi, and it is best for us not to alarm the government on the road, and only camp and rest in the wilderness. Princess Jianning said: "I am a little girl, and I don't know the world. It's good for you to discuss this kind of thing. ”

Ruidong ordered the team to be rerouted to the east. When the guards heard that Wu Yingxiong was seriously injured and was dying, Ruidong sent people to snipe Wu Yingxiong's men, and one of them fled, and everyone was panicked. At the moment, he hurried up, and he didn't dare to disturb the government, so he only camped and rested in the wilderness every night. The team arrived in Guangxi, and then the princess banner was raised to accept the government's supply.

Seeing that it was getting farther and farther away from Kunming, Xiang Yan gradually became relieved, and the officers and soldiers of the guards were also shocked and relapsed, and began to blackmail the prefecture and county and harass the locality. On this day, when he came to Si'en Mansion, the local prefect heard that the princess had arrived, and tried his best to provide for it, and the guards were also like fish in water, eating and playing in the city.

Ruidong found Xiang Yan and said: "Father-in-law Xiang, the emperor sent us to arrest Chen Yuanyuan into the palace, but we failed to catch anyone, the mission failed, and later because of Wu Yingxiong's indecent princess, we escorted the princess out of Yunnan." So the princess has arrived in Guangxi and is safe. We might as well take this opportunity to return to Yunnan and continue the mission of arresting Chen Yuanyuan. ”

Xiang Yan hesitated: "The princess's safety is important. Si'en Mansion is adjacent to Yunnan, it is still not safe enough, it is not too late for the princess to be farther away from Yunnan and completely safe, and then we will arrest Chen Yuanyuan. Ruidong smiled: "I'm worried about my father-in-law." Pingxi Wangjiu Town Yunnan, there are many henchmen, and the princess may be a little unsafe in Yunnan. But this is Guangxi, not the place where the king of Pingxi is guarded, if the king of Pingxi leads his troops to cross the border, it will be a blatant rebellion. ”

Xiang Yan was a little unimpressed, and thought, "Why do you conclude that Wu Sangui doesn't dare to rebel?" Ruidong said again: "If Xiang's father-in-law is not at ease, it is better to take someone to escort the princess back to Beijing, and I will go back to Kunming alone to arrest Chen Yuanyuan." Seeing that Ruidong had made up his mind, Xiang Yan had to say, "Okay! ”

Xiang Yan had no hope of capturing Chen Yuanyuan and getting the antidote to Shenlong Island. According to Ruidong's account and Wu Sangui's reaction, as well as the fact that Lu Gaoxuan and Fat Toutuo disappeared out of thin air, Xiang Yan has always suspected that Chen Yuanyuan was taken away by Lu Gaoxuan and Fat Toutuo, what is the use of going to Kunming again at this time?

But Lu Gaoxuan and Fat Toutuo took Chen Yuanyuan to Shenlong Island without informing themselves, it was obvious that the two of them knew their details and didn't want to have contact with themselves so as not to be affected by themselves. After the two of them returned to the island, they would definitely not tell the Hong Sect Master about their merits, but they didn't know the way to Shenlong Island, so they couldn't go back to the island to tell their merits, so the antidote naturally couldn't be counted on. Pessimistic, Xiang Yan decided to fight with Princess Jianning for a few months and wait for the poison to occur before committing suicide!

At night, when Xiang Yan was sleeping, he suddenly heard someone shouting: "There are assassins!" There are assassins! Someone else shouted, "Protect the princess." Xiang Yan was shocked: "If we live in the yamen, we will also meet assassins?" Xiang Yan got dressed and looked by the window, only to see many disheveled guards and servants running towards Princess Jianning's residence. Behind the guards and officials, there were many black-clad gangsters who were killing people and setting fires.

Xiang Yan hurriedly ran to Princess Jianning's residence. After all, "one day husband and wife for one hundred days", Xiang Yan and Princess Jianning have also been husband and wife for many days, and they still have some feelings. Now that the gangsters are menacing, I don't know what the situation of the princess is, Xiang Yan is still a little worried in his heart.

When Xiang Yan rushed to the door of Princess Jianning, the door opened, and Xiang Yan was pulled into the room by the palace maid beside Princess Jianning, and the rest of the guards and servants stood outside the door to fight the black-clothed gangsters. Princess Jianning and Xiang Yan stood at the window and watched the guards and servants fighting with the gangsters, looking at the bloody scene, Xiang Yan's face was pale and his legs were weak, but Princess Jianning became more and more excited the more she watched.

Princess Jianning said: "Xiao Xiangzi, who do you think will win on both sides?" Xiang Yan smiled bitterly: "It's best if the guards can win, if the gangsters win, we will be miserable." Princess Jianning snorted and said dissatisfiedly: "These guards are really useless, obviously there are many of them, but they were beaten to the ground by those gangsters." When we return to Beijing, I have to ask my emperor's brother to drive them all away, and then change a group of guards who can fight. Xiang Yan didn't dare to answer.

The guards and officials were in a precarious position, and they rushed to the window when they saw the gangsters. At a critical time, the prefect of Si'en Mansion brought people to reinforcements, which repelled the gangsters. There was a mess in the yamen, and everyone was silent.