The crowd was clearly getting out of control, each person reaching out to grab Xia Wanwan.
It seemed they thought that as long as they beat her to death, the pagoda could no longer be blown up.
But how could it be that easy?
One commoner was about to grab Xia Wanwan.
At that moment, crisp, urgent hoofbeats sounded behind them. A fiery-red figure rode in, her long whip pointing skyward, her movements swift and clean. She broke through the crowd on horseback like a hero.
"Let's see who dares touch the princess!!!"
"Commandery Princess!" Jin Yu's usually calm eyes shone with a brilliant glimmer.
Zhong Youyan cracked her long whip hard against the ground, producing a sharp, crisp snap, then wheeled her horse around. Her expression was fierce as she surveyed the commoners, who had suddenly been frightened into silence.
"Turn around and look!"
As her words fell,
a great force of soldiers and horses surged behind the commoners. Hooves thundered and iron armor gleamed, the commotion so tremendous that it seemed they could trample the mountain into the air!
They swiftly followed their orders and surrounded the commoners.
Their spearpoints aimed at the crowd.
Leading them was the First Prince, Xia Qianhui.
Xia Qianhui held his command token high, walked before the commoners, and shouted,
"The Imperial Court has ordered the demolition of the Abandoned Infant Pagoda! Anyone who deliberately obstructs us or harms Princess Ximing will be killed without mercy!!!"
The commoners recoiled a step, their expressions turning utterly grim.
The Imperial Court-was the Imperial Court really going to attack them?
They were commoners!
Commoners of the Great Xia Dynasty!
No matter how muddleheaded the emperor was, he could never possibly attack his own people!
Yet the soldiers behind them were all troops stationed in Hezhou City,