“Who said I will let anyone know I left?" Princess Xiao Ai said moving closer to Bai Xi and A'fen.She grabbed them with both her hands and made them stand upright.

"Don't worry, I won't be caught this time." Princess Xiao Ai gave them a warm and assuring smile.

The last time Princess Xiao Ai left the palace in disguise of a man, she was flogged thirty times behind her legs by the Empress and also put under house arrest for a month.

"How will you leave this room without anyone noticing you? Bai Xi asked.

"Any news from the King's pavilion?" Empress Li asked her maid,Shoiming anxiously.

"No, Your Royal Majesty" The maid slowly nodded her head in disappointment.

Empress Li gave a deep sigh and stared at the flickering candle in front of her.

"In the world of mortals,there are parasites and preys.Whichever one you may be my dear, I'll see you again reincarnated in a hundred years.The path ahead may be difficult,but following the direction of light.A new world will arise." Empress Li recited the poem still staring at the flickering candle light with tears in her eyes.

She brought out a paper,ink and brush.Laid it on the table and started writing.Her maid knew better than anyone.A huge storm was coming for the Empress to recite such a poem. Everything is finished.

"Take this to Xiao Ai and do not stop at any cost.Make sure she reads this letter Shoiming." Empress Li handed the letter over to her.

" Your Royal Majesty" Shoiming said as she slowly took the letter and put it in her chest pocket underneath her garment.

Shoiming bowed three times and gave her last respect to Empress Li.

"You will be remembered in history, Your Royal Majesty."

"Go now," Empress Li said and smiled." I would rather kill myself than die in the hands of those traitors."

Empress Li climbed the stood and looked at the rope she had already prepared to kill herself.

"Your Royal Majesty" Shoiming said and burst into tears as she witness Empress Li killing herself.

She leaves the room in a hurry to pass the letter to Princess Xiao Ai.

"Come here" Princess Xiao Ai brings Bai Xi and A'fen closer and whispers into their ears.

"What!" A'fen's eyes widened in shock. "Your Royal Highness, The Empress is going to behead me and hang my head outside the palace gates if I am caught". A'fen protested.

" A'fen,be rest assured.I am sure Princess Xiao Ai won't let that happen to you." Bai Xi said in a bid to comfort A'fen but the truth is that even she is scared.

"How can you be my maid if you are this fearful? You really disappoint me A'fen." Princess Xiao Ai snorted and turned away.

" I am sorry Your Royal Highness,I am just scared." A'fen said with a pale face.

"Don't worry, everything will be fine.I will be back before mother notices anything strange." Princess Xiao Ai assured her with a smile.

"The Princess is feeling hungry.We are going to the kitchen to bring her food" Bai Xi said to the guards in front of Princess Xiao Ai's room.

The guards glanced at her and then to the second maid but she lowered her head.The guards looked into the room and saw Princess Xiao Ai sleeping on the bed.

"Okay,be quick then" The guards said and closed the door of the room.

Bai Xi looked at the maid beside her and it turns out that it is Princess Xiao Ai dressed up in A'fen's maid outfit.

"I can't believe those guards were fooled so easily" Princess Xiao Ai said and laughed

" Your Royal Highness,let's be fast and return to the room." Bai Xi suggested.

" Okay,okay.Let's go to the archery field first." Princess Xiao Ai said and ran.

" Your Royal Highness! Your Royal Highness!" Shoiming came running to Princess Xiao Ai's room." Your Royal Highness,Empress Li has sent a letter for you"

A'fen hurriedly jumped out of the blanket and bowed her head on the floor.

" Please forgive me,it was Her Royal Highness plan.Please don't kill me." A'fen said, trembling in fear.The guards were shocked.

"What!"

"Where is the princess now?" Shoiming asked

"She has gone to the archery field."

" The Princess life is in danger.We have to save her.Follow me now!" Shoiming said and they all quickly went to the archery field.

"Your Royal Majesty,it would be better for you to stamp the imperial edict now" The Falcon said to the Emperor in a cold voice.

" How dare you talk to me that way?" The Emperor angrily stands up.

The Falcon's soldiers enter the room and point their swords at the Emperor.The Emperor is shocked and looks at his ministers.He realises it was a planned rebellion all along.

"General Song,you are here?" Princess Xiao Ai said while taking a bow and an arrow.She aimed at the bull's eye and fortunately hit the target.

"Your Royal Highness is indeed skilled in martial arts" General Song complimented.

" You flatter me a lot" Princess Xiao Ai said and laughed.

" I have clearly tried my best to reason with you but you have refused to listen,now you will stamp the edict as a dead man" The Falcon said and gave a wicked smile.

" Kill him!"

The Falcon's soldiers attack the Emperor but the Emperor dodges the attack and picks his sword by his left.He fights against the Song dynasty soldiers.

"Your Royal Highness" Shoiming runs to Princess Xiao Ai." Your Royal Highness,the Empress....

" I know mother is angry at me but she really won't kill me right? Princess Xiao Ai asked jokingly.

"The Empress sent this letter to you" Shoiming brings out the letter and gives it to Princess Xiao Ai.

"Is this another way of punishment?" Princess Xiao Ai frowned and opened the letter.

" I knew it won't be easy to kill you, '' The Falcon said and joined his soldiers in attacking the Emperor.

The Falcon Pierce's the Emperor in the heart with his sword."If only you had listened to me, I would have considered making you a slave in Song dynasty.The Falcon said and laughed.

He went to the table,took the imperial edict and the Emperor's seal, then used the seal to stamp the imperial edict.Everyone in the room laughed out loud.

"Rebellion?" Princess Xiao Ai's eyes widened immediately.

"What?" General Song is shocked to the bones.


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