Kublai Khan immediately said, "I wonder which lady in the city Sister-in-law is traveling with today?"
Princess Consort Yalun frowned. "I'm alone."
Song Qingshu secretly cried out in alarm. She had clearly answered that way to avoid trouble, yet who would have thought it would invite trouble instead?
"I see. Then I won't disturb you, Sister-in-law." Kublai Khan's voice came from outside, leaving Song Qingshu stunned. Was that really the end of it?
Just then, a fierce gust swept in, and a figure abruptly charged into the carriage.
Song Qingshu instinctively struck back. The two exchanged more than a dozen moves in an instant before Princess Consort Yalun's guards finally reacted, drawing their weapons and shouting, "What is the Fourth Prince doing?"
"It seems Sister-in-law has been abducted. Please forgive any offense," Kublai Khan's voice came from outside.
By then, Princess Consort Yalun had recovered from her shock and snapped, "National Preceptor, stop!"
The man who had burst into the carriage wore a yellow robe. He was exceptionally tall and thin, like a bamboo pole, with a sunken forehead shaped like a shallow dish. Song Qingshu was taken aback. It was an old acquaintance—the Golden Wheel Monk.
The Golden Wheel Monk froze. The scene inside hardly looked like an abduction. Could the two have been having an affair? But seeing Water Moon Great Sect Master's appearance, along with Princess Consort Yalun's longstanding reputation for propriety, he immediately discarded the thought. "Please forgive me, Princess Consort. Hearing what you said just now, this old monk thought you had been seized by villains. In my haste, I offended you."
Princess Consort Yalun did not even glance at him. She directly lifted the curtain and glared furiously at the man outside. "Kublai Khan, you are becoming more and more outrageous. You actually dared