They walked to that pile of straw!

Xu Qing and his followers felt nervous and panicked.

They thought they must be killed this time. Since there were so many killers with strong martial skills, they couldn't escape by their weak martial skills. They must be killed.

Those killers drew their swords in their hands and walked in front of that pile of straw, so they couldn't help closing their eyes.

Just then, a big mouse suddenly rushed out to the door gate from piles of straw.

Seeing this, they saw each other and took back their swords.

The head outside the room asked, "Have you found anything suspicious?"

"Sir, a big mouse." One of them turned back and replied to him.

The head heard this and said, "Go to find somewhere else!"

The other men in the woodshed nodded, turned back to kick the piles of straw and then turned to leave there.

Until it was silent outside, they breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, they felt nervous as if their hearts had been in their throats and their backs had been wet with sweat.

One of them whispered to Xu Qing, "Mr. Xu, it is silent outside."

"Sh—— Wait for a moment in case they didn't leave." Xu Qing heard this and said to them.

They nodded in agreement.

The men in black didn't find them, so they wouldn't leave here. Perhaps they would turn back again.

At this time, they heard that the rooster crowed again and it was near daybreak. They thought it would be safer to go out until the daybreak!

The people sent by Imperial Concubine Xiao searched for Xu Qing until daybreak but found nothing. It was getting brighter and brighter outside, so the head of them had to say, "Leave!"

"Sir, if we give up searching, how should we report to our master..." Hearing this, one of them walked forward and asked.

The head of them had coldness in his eyes, "We'll discuss it until we go back to Jing City!"

The head of them knew that they failed this time because they didn't find Xu Qing.

Today Xu Qing would reach Jiandu, but Jiandu was surrounded by towns. They had no choice but to return to Jing City first.

The people sent by Prime Minister Lan sighed with relief and they could have a rest.

They saw the people sent by Imperial Concubine Xiao mount the horse and head for Jing City.

"Sir, how about us?" One of them asked.

The head of them smiled and said, "Follow them and go back to Jing City!"

"Yes!" They replied and walked to the place where they placed the horses. Then they followed the people sent by Imperial Concubine Xiao and rode to Jing City.

Xu Qing and his followers waited until daybreak.

One of them asked, "Mr. Xu, can we go out now?"

"Yes." Xu Qing looked out through the gap and nodded.

Having heard this, they tried their best to clear up the branches, straw on them, and first walk out of piles of straw.

Then they hurried to take away the branches on Xu Qing.

After they took away the branches, Xu Qing pushed away the straw on him and stood up to clear away the straw on his clothes and his hair.

"Mr. Xu, are you OK?" One of them asked Xu Qing.

Xu Qing tidied up his clothes and shook his head, "I'm OK. I think the men in black must have left. Let's go quickly."

"Yes, Mr. Xu." They agreed. They took out their backpacks hidden in the straw, wore them, and walked forward to open the door.

After they went out, the manager of the inn was looking at the things broken by the men in black yesterday and felt sad.

The men who lived in the inn yesterday looked outside and found it was silent, so they hurried to pack up and went out of the room.

They all bypassed the scattered things on the floor and ran out of the inn as if they tried to escape something!

They dared not to live there again because they were frightened by the sound of the fierce fight yesterday.

The manager saw this, hurried to stand up, and ran to the door gate to stop them, "Please wait for a moment. It was an accident yesterday. I promise it will not happen again."

"How can you guarantee that, manager? We are all frightened by the fight yesterday. Considering the destruction of the inn, the attackers yesterday must have strong martial skills. Perhaps you have offended someone. We dare not to live here again!" One middle-aged man said.

People surrounding him all nodded, "Yes, we were frightened yesterday."

The manager saw this and said, "Calm down, please. Since you were frightened by the fight yesterday, I will give you a 50% discount as my apology."

The manager clenched his teeth and said.

"Even if I can live here for free, I dare not to live here. Perhaps they will come back again tonight and we will be killed by them." Another man said.

Meanwhile, he pushed the manager to one side and walked out.

The manager heard this and felt anxious, "Please calm down. It was a coincidence yesterday. Don't leave. Don't leave."

These people overlooked him and walked out directly.

After a while, all left except Xu Qing and other followers.

The manager saw them, tried his best to smile, and walked in front of Xu Qing, "Be quick. Arrange the best room for our guests."

Xu Qing felt sorry for the manager. Without them, the manager wouldn't have faced such a large loss. He continued to say to the manager, "We don't want to stay here, manager. We just want to take back the deposit for the rooms and hurry to leave."

"OK. Go to settle accounts and give the guest the rest of the money." The manager heard this with his smiling face frozen and glanced at his assistant.

The manager said with sadness, slumped to the ground, and continued, "Everything is over, over."

He was so unfortunate to face such kind of things. If it was spread, he would have difficulty in running his inn!

Thinking of this, the manager hit the floor with his fists angrily.

Xu Qing took back the rest of the money and felt guilty when he saw this. Without him, the manager would not have acted like this now. It was caused by him!

Xu Qing walked in front of him, "Don't be too sad, manager. If you can restore the inn, similar things will not happen again. People will forget it after a few days and your inn will be better."

"Thank you. Wish you have a good journey." The manager looked at Xu Qing and said to Xu Qing with his eyes in desperation.

Xu Qing cupped his hands to the manager and walked out of the inn.

Then his followers pulled the carriage and the horse out of the yard of the inn.

Plus the horse bought in another town, Xu Qing got into the carriage to Jiandu, followed by his followers.

With rapid speed, possibly they could reach Jiandu at lunchtime.

At the daybreak, the King of Liao City and his followers also continued their way to Jing City.

In the palace of Imperial Concubine Xiao

Imperial Concubine Xiao asked someone to invite the Third Prince and his wife.

Chushi Weiming with Liu Yiyi was walking to the palace of Imperial Concubine Xiao.

Imperial Concubine Xiao asked someone to prepare some desserts in case Liu Yiyi felt hungry.

She remembered that she was easy to feel hungry when she was conceived. The imperial doctor said that the baby would absorb more nutrients as the baby grew up, so the pregnant woman felt hungry.

Thinking of this, Imperial Concubine Xiao smiled and asked someone to prepare more in case her grandson felt hungry.

When it was ready, Chushi Weiming helped Liu Yiyi to walk in.

It was a few days before childbirth, so Liu Yiyi's belly was large.

"Mother." Chushi Weiming smiled and said.

Liu Yiyi bent slightly and said, "Good morning, mother."

"Don't be too polite, Yiyi. Let Yiyi sit down, Weiming." Imperial Concubine Xiao saw this and immediately said to Chushi Weiming.

Chushi Weiming held Liu Yiyi in front of the table on one side, "Take care."

After Liu Yiyi sat down, Chushi Weiming stood up.

When she sat down, Liu Yiyi looked at Imperial Concubine Xiao with a smile and said, "Thank you, mother."

"You are too polite, Yiyi. Are you feeling OK?" Imperial Concubine Xiao sat beside Liu Yiyi and held Liu Yiyi's hand.

Liu Yiyi felt a little bit nervous and said with a smile, "I'm OK. Thank you, mother."

"Never mind. You have had our imperial grandson and it will be the first grandson of His Majesty." Imperial Concubine Xiao smiled and said to her.

Liu Yiyi heard this and showed a wry smile.

Although Imperial Concubine Xiao seemed to be nice to her, she knew the reason because Imperial Concubine Xiao constantly mentioned the child since she came.

What her mother said was right. Since she married into the imperial family, she had to live for her child. Thinking of this, Liu Yiyi stroked her belly softly. Since she had been married, she had no choice but to live for her child!

Imperial Concubine Xiao handed the desserts she had prepared to Liu Yiyi, "Considering you are slim, you need to eat more and thus your child could be stronger. This is what I specially prepare for you, Yiyi."

"Thank you, mother." Liu Yiyi nodded and received the desserts given by Imperial Concubine Xiao.

When she received the dessert, Imperial Concubine Xiao nodded with satisfaction, "Eat it."

Liu Yiyi nodded and ate it.

"How about the dessert?" Imperial Concubine Xiao asked Liu Yiyi.

Liu Yiyi put the rest of the dessert back to the plate, "Yummy."

"Since you like it, I will ask the cook to make more and send them to your mansion." Hearing this, Imperial Concubine Xiao said to her.