Chapter 551 - 530 Second Update
Zheng Haoyuan continuously charged forward, thinking back on his own cowardice just moments ago. No, he had to win back this battle at all costs. The Wen Family Army was winning, wasn’t it?
Yet before Zheng Haoyuan could reach the very front, he heard General Wen Qun’s agonized screams. Startled by the screaming, he froze and then saw General Wen Qun reduced to a pile of ashes, leaving him stunned on the spot.
Old Master Wen Kang turned around and immediately saw the shocked Zheng Haoyuan.
"Take the Fourth Prince and go—" Old Master Wen Kang bellowed, and a few soldiers who had just rushed up immediately grabbed Zheng Haoyuan and started retreating.
"I won’t leave, I won’t leave—" Zheng Haoyuan chanted, but it clearly lacked any convincing power.
"For the love of our ancestors, get moving!" Several soldiers carried Zheng Haoyuan and hurriedly slipped away into the distance.
"Put me down, put me down." Zheng Haoyuan regained some of his senses. No, he couldn’t leave.
"Fourth Prince, Fourth Prince, weren’t you looking for the Commandery Princess? We have news of her; our men have found her," one of the soldiers hastily announced, speaking out of utter desperation, having held little hope originally since the matter at hand seemed far more pressing, but in the next moment, Zheng Haoyuan paused slightly.
"Why didn’t you say so earlier, lead the way—"
Zheng Haoyuan immediately shifted his attention, not waiting for the soldiers to pull him; he hurriedly ran ahead on his own.
The soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, but before they had gone a few steps, the retreating Wen Family Army moved even faster, urgently making their way out of the palace. However, as they passed by Zheng Haoyuan and the others, just about to step out of the range of Chenyuan Hall toward the palace gates, suddenly, columns of black smoke rose before their eyes, accompanied by screams, just like what had previously happened to the soldiers near the Marquis of Zhenbei and General Wen Qun.