Within the Mirage Dragon Pearl Temporal Space, Princess Changle was gazing worriedly at the space outside. Though she could see nothing at all, her eyes were still full of concern.
With a flash of light, Ye Zhen returned to the Mirage Dragon Pearl Temporal Space. Before Ye Zhen could say anything, Changle let out a soft sigh. "I escaped, but I'm afraid the guards, maidservants, and officials from the Grand Minister's Office who were protecting me will all suffer because of it.
"At best, they'll be beheaded. At worst, their families will be confiscated. Many of them are innocent."
Changle was kind, one of the finest qualities in this world, and Ye Zhen would never object to that. Yet he still said, "Changle, in this world, there are many times when we simply cannot look after everyone."
Changle walked to Ye Zhen's side and stood shoulder to shoulder with him. She looked at the beautiful scenery conjured by the illusion beyond the window, but her gaze was incomparably resolute.
"I understand. I know. I can't control what happens to others, but I don't want them to have their homes confiscated or even their clans exterminated because of me.
"There are more than a thousand of them. If their families are confiscated, I'm afraid over ten thousand people will die!"
This time, Ye Zhen sighed softly. Skipping over the subject, he directly asked a question whose answer he already knew.
"Changle, now that you've successfully escaped, you have two choices.
"The first is to take this chance to escape and vanish into hiding, as though you have disappeared from the world. So long as His Majesty cannot find you, he can do nothing.
"After a few years, you can find an excuse to reenter the world. By then, I'll furnish you