"What are you standing there for? Take her away!"
Empress Li coldly glanced at the several old nurses beside her. The nurses immediately rushed forward and subdued Dongfang Mengling. "Princess Five, please forgive our rudeness."
"What are you doing?!" Dongfang Mengling tried to break free from these people, but these old nurses were surprisingly strong. She simply couldn't shake them off.
"I am the most beloved Princess Five of the Dan Kingdom. You're really bold. Let go of this princess quickly! When Father wakes up, this princess will surely have Father chop off your heads!"
However, no matter what Dongfang Mengling said, the nurses didn't show any sign of letting go. Under the Empress's cold gaze, Dongfang Mengling was dragged away.
After that, the Empress really sent several sword - wielding guards to stand guard outside the Changping Palace where she was staying. Not to mention a living person, even a fly would probably find it difficult to get in or out.
Someone came to deliver meals to Dongfang Mengling every day. She had no chance to contact the outside world at all. She didn't even know that the national teacher had sent someone to look for her because this matter was directly blocked by the old nurses outside.
As time was approaching bit by bit, Dongfang Mengling was helpless and desperate. Thinking of her father and the national teacher, she lay on the table and cried several times. Her big eyes were swollen like two walnuts.
At night, Dongfang Mengling tossed and turned in bed. No one could rescue her. She couldn't leave this suffocating cage. If this continued, she would surely be forced to put on the wedding dress and be sent to the Wuz Kingdom.
What should she do...
Dongfang Mengling's expression was already a bit dazed. She was really about to be driven crazy.
Kong Ze used his spiritual power to turn invisible and sneak into the palace. The original owner of his body seemed to be very familiar with the Changping Palace where the Fifth Princess was. Anyway, Kong Ze directly came to the Changping Palace by intuition.
From afar, he saw two guards holding long knives standing in front of the Changping Palace. These two guards were like two door gods, strictly guarding the palace gate without any sign of leaving.
Seeing this, Kong Ze's heart skipped a beat. He realized that the problem was not simple. To avoid alarming these people, he chose to remain invisible. He walked to the side door of the palace and directly used the wall - piercing technique to enter the inner palace.
As soon as he walked in, he heard a woman's sobbing not far away. "Father... Why is this happening? When will you get better? Mengling doesn't want to go to Wuz for a political marriage..."
This voice made Kong Ze's heart tremble for no reason. It was as if something had tightened his heart. This feeling was a bit strange and even more uncomfortable for him.
He frowned and strode forward.
When he got closer, he saw Dongfang Mengling lying on the bed with her eyes half - closed in a daze. But tears kept flowing down from the corners of her eyes, wetting a large area of the bedding.
She seemed to be having a nightmare. Her eyebrows were tightly knitted, her hands tightly grasped the quilt on her body, and her body was extremely uneasy as she curled up into a ball. "No, I don't want to go!"
Every time he had seen her before, she had been a domineering and arrogant princess, extremely overbearing. This was the first time he had seen her looking so pitiful.
Kong Ze frowned even tighter. He stood there for a while and then decided to walk over.
"Kong Ze!"
The woman suddenly spoke. Kong Ze's heart skipped a beat. He couldn't help but stop in his tracks, thinking that she had woken up.
But unexpectedly, she was still in the nightmare. "Kong Ze, you're going to abandon me too! You don't care about me either... None of you want to care about me anymore, right? Then just let me fend for myself... Anyway, no one will feel sorry for me if I die!"
Kong Ze suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable. The atmosphere here made him feel extremely depressed, and his breathing even became a bit stagnant.
"Princess Five, wake up."
Knowing that she was having a nightmare, he walked forward and gently patted her on the back to wake her up.
Dongfang Mengling shivered all over when she heard his voice. She suddenly opened her eyes. When she saw the person in front of her, she still couldn't quite believe it. "Kong Ze, you..."
"This must be a dream, hehe."
The surprise on her face quickly faded, and instead, she frowned with undisguised disappointment. "Kong Ze, you don't even want to talk to me. How could you possibly come to find me..."
Looking at her being so insecure, Kong Ze's feeling of sourness became even stronger. He finally understood that he was feeling sorry for this poor little girl at this moment.
"Princess Five, it's my fault. I'm late." Kong Ze sighed and said guiltily.
"You would actually apologize to me? This must be a dream... This princess doesn't even want to wake up..." Dongfang Mengling was still a bit dazed.
Seeing her face full of tears, Kong Ze's expression darkened slightly. He couldn't help but walk forward and gently wipe the tears on her face with the cuff of his robe. "Princess, don't cry anymore... Crying like this makes it seem like you've suffered a great injustice."
Kong Ze's finger accidentally touched the Princess Five's cheek. When Dongfang Mengling felt the slight coolness of his fingertips, she was shocked and only then realized. "Kong Ze, you - it's really you?!"
She opened her eyes in disbelief, tightly grasped the cuff of Kong Ze's robe and pulled him closer. "Kong Ze, is it really you who's come? You've come to rescue me?!"
As she spoke, Dongfang Mengling was on the verge of crying. She excitedly reached out and hugged Kong Ze's neck tightly, giving him a big hug.
The moment Kong Ze was hugged by her, he originally wanted to step back and avoid it. However, for some reason, perhaps afraid that she would fall, he didn't step back in the end. He just stood there and let her hug him.
"Princess Five, calm down. Don't be so excited... It's the middle of the night, and there should be propriety between men and women..."
Kong Ze's ears were a bit hot. Fortunately, there were no candles in the room at this moment. Only a thin layer of moonlight shone on his ears, showing a blush.
Finally, a smile appeared on Dongfang Mengling's face. Her originally dull eyes instantly became bright.
"I knew you couldn't bear to part with me. Why did you come so late... Do you know how excessive the Empress is? She said a lot of unpleasant things to me and even falsely passed Father's imperial edict to send me to the Wuz Kingdom for a political marriage. I don't want to go to that hellhole!"
Dongfang Mengling's chatterbox was opened. Facing Kong Ze, she had endless things to say.
"Kong Ze, take me away from here, okay? Elope with me. Let's flee far away and find a place where no one knows us to live a good life."
Kong Ze finally regained some sense. He pulled Dongfang Mengling away from his embrace. "Princess, the land under heaven all belongs to the king. Do you really think we won't be found if we just run away like this?"
Dongfang Mengling pouted. She naturally knew that running away was not a solution.
"But you know, I only like you. I liked you in the past, I like you now, and I will only like you in the future. I don't want to marry the king of the Wuz Kingdom!"
"Don't worry, Princess Five. Since I know about this, I will definitely not sit idly by. I will surely find a way to solve this problem. At present, the palace is in a mess, and there are evil spirits causing trouble. Your father may be in great danger."
"What? You mean my father is haunted by evil spirits? Didn't they say that my father had caught the epidemic? What on earth is going on..."
At this moment, Kong Ze's attention was completely focused on Dongfang Mengling. Because of this, he didn't notice that at this time, Concubine Mu had arranged for several people to place several black - looking stones in various positions around the Changping Palace.
These stones were not ordinary objects. There was a mass of black mist coiling around the stones. It was very difficult to distinguish them with the naked eye under the cover of the night.