Chapter 541 Escape in embarrassment

Looking at Jin Fengluan who was pushing him, the urgency on her face was so obvious that Jin Xuan was stunned.

Didn't His Majesty say she couldn't leave? Didn't she want to stay in the palace until the last minute? How could this...

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and leave!" Jin Fengluan glared at Jin Xuan, who seemed to be in a daze. Jin Xuan came back to his senses and immediately said, "I will obey your majesty's orders!"

"As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. Among the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best one!" Although she was panicking, Jin Fengluan thought clearly at this moment.

"Hurry and prepare the carriage and leave the palace as soon as possible!" Jin Fengluan became more and more anxious. She held the crown with one hand and lifted the hem of the imperial robe with the other. She had already passed Jin Xuan and hurried towards His Highness.

But after running two steps, she suddenly remembered that she had not taken the imperial seal yet, and hurriedly turned around and shouted, "Hurry, take the imperial seal!" After that, she continued to run to the stage.

Jin Xuan immediately turned around and picked up the jade seal on the table. At this moment, the ministers who remained in the hall and had not left began to cry one after another. Some of the older ones even lay on the ground and reached out to Jin Fengluan.

“Your Majesty….Your Majesty!”

"What should I do..."

Jin Fengluan just wanted to run outside. Seeing their distraught looks, she didn't care at all. She quickly dodged the hands that reached out to her and shouted:

"Stop shouting! The rebels haven't come to kill us yet!"

"Those who can leave, leave. Those who can't leave... find a rope and hang yourself, so as not to be humiliated by the traitors!"

what?

The old ministers with tears on their faces listened to these cold words, which really felt like a basin of cold water was poured on their heads. It was clearly a warm spring day, but at this moment it seemed as if they had fallen into the cold winter.

"Your Majesty!!!" The shrill wailing became louder and louder, but Jin Fengluan did not even turn his head, and only shouted anxiously:

"Jin Xuan! Jin Xuan! Are the carriages and horses ready? Where are they? Take me there quickly!"

Jin Xuan could never have imagined that Her Majesty, wearing that long and complicated imperial robe, could run so fast. In just a few breaths, she had even left the palace.

After hurriedly chasing out of the palace, Jin Xuan glanced at the ministers who were chasing him, and then said to Jin Fengluan, "Your Majesty, go to the west gate. There are carriages and horses there."

Jin Fengluan was struggling to lift up the hem of her skirt and tie it into a knot, but the jade-studded nail covers on her hands were really in the way. She had to take off the nail covers and barely managed to tie the long skirt into a knot. After hearing Jin Xuan's words, she didn't even turn her head back and quickly walked down the stairs, shouting:

"Okay, let's go to the west gate!"

As she spoke, Jin Fengluan took two steps at a time, holding the crown in her hand, and jumped down the long stairs. The horse that Jin Xuan was riding was right in front of her. Jin Fengluan grabbed the reins neatly, stepped on the horse's back and jumped onto it.

His movements were smooth and flowing, making him seem like a veteran who had been through many battles.

Although Jin Xuan knew that the royal family had always had the elegance of hunting and riding and shooting, His Majesty's actions were indeed too smooth.

Seeing Jin Fengluan riding his horse and about to leave, Jin Xuan followed behind and shouted, "Your Majesty! Wait for me!"

Jin Fengluan thought that she had to rely on Jin Xuan to leave the imperial city this time. She immediately stopped her horse and shouted angrily, "Why are you dawdling? Come on!"

After saying that, he loosened the reins and moved back. Jin Xuan arrived two breaths later and immediately jumped onto the horse.

At this moment, a shout came from behind:

"Your Majesty! Wait for us!"

"I will follow your majesty!" Several panicked ministers came running behind him. Jin Fengluan said in a deep voice with a cold face:

"Come on!"

Jin Xuan did not hesitate and rode his horse towards the west gate.

The ministers behind them saw the war horses carrying the two men running forward, and they cried and shouted in panic, but they could only take a step forward and gallop forward.

Jin Xuan, who was riding a horse, said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid we can't wait any longer."

Jin Fengluan behind him was panting at this time. She felt fine when she was running just now, but when she stopped, she suddenly felt dizzy. She held Jin Xuan's arm tightly, fearing that she would fall down.

Hearing this, he gasped and said, "Do you need me to tell you?"

But when Jin Fengluan thought about the many things in the palace that she had not taken with her, she became angrier and angrier. She had experienced this once before, but when she left the Jinling Imperial City last time, she still had a few days to make preparations.

When they set off, it was a grand procession, with thousands of carriages alone and tens of thousands of guards. Although there were some twists and turns, they still arrived in Nanze smoothly.

But this time it was so hasty that there wasn't even a palace maid or eunuch to serve him. Such a crude arrangement was really too infuriating.

"We should have made arrangements earlier. It's so embarrassing to leave like this now!" Jin Fengluan said angrily, feeling bitter.

Jin Xuan looked helpless and sighed, "Your Majesty, no one expected a situation like this. If we had known that we might not be able to defend the city, we would have made preparations to evacuate."

After the voice fell, Jin Fengluan didn't think twice, raised his head and said:

"The last time I left Jinling, Jiande made arrangements..."

Before she finished speaking, she stopped talking immediately, her mind suddenly becoming dazed.

The last time the rebels attacked Nanjing, Bailiyuan had Xiong Qian's heavy cavalry, and the great general Jin Jianren also led his troops to suppress the rebels together. Everyone in the court believed that they could definitely stop the rebels, and even suppress them. However, Jin Jiande insisted on making secondary preparations, at least leaving a retreat route before the war was decided.

To this end, he set about arranging the entire plan to evacuate Nanjing, and later results really proved that his arrangement was correct. If he had not left at that time, I am afraid that when the rebels entered Nanjing, Daqian would have been really overthrown by them.

But now....

Jin Fengluan felt as if there was a stone stuck in her throat, and her hands clenched even tighter.

Jin Xuan was keenly aware that his arm was being pinched, and he whispered, "Your Majesty, don't think too much."

"Leave the Imperial City first. I will do my best to protect your safety!"

Jin Fengluan remained silent for a while before she spoke: "After leaving the Imperial City, do you have any plans on where to go next?"

This stumped Jin Xuan. As the commander of the Imperial Guard, he had never thought of leaving the imperial city today, let alone leaving Nanze. If His Majesty had not insisted on leaving, he would have even been prepared to sacrifice his life for his country.

"Nan Ze is very dangerous now. We need to leave Nan Ze first... before we can consider the rest..."

"Now, almost the entire Daqian has fallen into the hands of the rebels, and I really don't know where to go..." Jin Xuan kicked the horse's belly and said helplessly.

Hearing this, Jin Fengluan was anxious and angry. If Jin Jiande were still alive, he would have definitely arranged a place to go, but now he can only face such a situation.

After biting the corners of his lips and remaining silent for a while, Jin Fengluan gritted his teeth and said:

"After leaving Nanze, go to the territory of those barbarians first!"