Chapter 858 - 855: Hell on Earth
Bai Qingyan leaped off her horse, turning back to look at the two children and two women brought back by the cavalry. They were full of uncertainty and panic.
She spoke soothingly, "Don’t worry, with me here... no one can take a child away from Chunmu City! Go back!"
The young woman, hearing this, immediately burst into tears and hurriedly pulled the two children to kneel and kowtow to Bai Qingyan, "The compassion of the Princess of Zhen, this humble woman will definitely remember! I dare not forget! Hudaner, Niuniu, quickly... quickly kowtow to the Princess of Zhen!"
The old woman also followed suit, crying and kowtowing, "Thank you, Princess of Zhen!"
"Princess of Zhen!" Liu Hong did not agree with Bai Qingyan letting the children go. Since the Imperial Edict demanded these children, they must be sent to the Nine-Layered Terrace. He believed the Emperor would use the throne to exchange with King Liang, but he did not believe the Emperor would use the lives of a thousand children to refine that elusive Immortal Elixir.
Bai Qingyan ignored Liu Hong’s voice, helping the women and children up, "Get up! No need for this! Go back quickly!"
Seeing more government officials rushing over, each drawing their long knives intending to charge into the government office, Bai Qingyan’s eyes turned cold as she ordered, "Yang Wuce, surround the government office, do not let those officials get close to the people by even a step!"
"Yes!" Yang Wuce responded, leading half the cavalry to dismount and surround the front of the government office.