"Princess Consort, heavily armed troops are guarding the way ahead. We can't get in."
They had not yet reached the Hall of Supreme Harmony when Xun Feng stopped.
Looking at the guards, Su Qiao's eyes shifted. "Are all those people the Little Emperor's?"
"Some of them belong to our master."
Xun Feng couldn't quite figure out what she was thinking.
"But don't worry, Princess Consort. Qing Feng has already gone to mobilize the troops. They'll storm the Imperial Palace soon.
"And there are also a number of highly skilled hidden guards protecting our master. Nothing will happen to him."
Su Qiao pondered for a moment.
There were their own people inside, which made things a little troublesome.
But it wasn't a major problem.
Su Qiao took the cloth bundle from Shi and set it on the ground, opening it directly.
"Come on, light these grass bundles and throw them into the crowd. Oh, right—you should each take an antidote first."
As she spoke, Su Qiao pulled a small porcelain bottle from her embroidered pouch and tossed it to Xun Feng, letting him distribute it to everyone.
Xun Feng silently poured out the pills from the bottle, one for each person. In the end, he did not forget to have someone pass them to the hidden guards behind them.
"Princess Consort, there are our own people inside..." If they got poisoned too, wouldn't that be terribly unfair?
Su Qiao divided the grass bundles into piles. "Don't worry. It's an anesthetic hallucinogen. It won't kill anyone."
That was good.
Xun Feng breathed a sigh of relief and quickly called over the hidden guards nearby. A group of more than ten people took the grass bundles and fire starters and soon left.
Su Qiao tossed a fairly large paper packet to each of