Chapter 227: Palace Change 71

and and, using her strength, stood up and sat down in the chair beside her. She feigned a gasp and said, "Grandma Zhang, you must have been amused. My body is just not cooperating."Grand-aunt Zhang di...Feng Lingxi had just woken up when she heard the terrible news. She felt dizzy and almost fainted.

Xiao Li just entered the room and saw that the princess had woken up. She quickly stepped forward and helped her up.

"Your Highness, did you hear that"

Feng Lingxi grabbed Xiao Li's arm and hurriedly said, "I have to go see for myself. I don't believe he'll be in trouble. He promised he would come back."

"Your Majesty, please don't be impulsive. Let's find out the truth first."

Xiao Li saw her go out and hurriedly followed. The young general kneeling on the ground, seeing Feng Ling Xi, hurriedly bowed, “This general greets the Princess.”

Feng Lingxi hurriedly asked, “Where is the Prince”

The young general looked at her and truthfully said, "We encountered an ambush on our way back. The king's whereabouts are unknown, and we have yet to find him."

Where was Xi that night

"Night Whisper and the King are together. This subordinate has already sent people to search for the King's whereabouts in the valley. We will definitely find the King."

"Take me there."

Feng Lingxi commanded, to lie in ambush in the valley. This time, would Dugu City be doomed

“Your Highness, I cannot take you there. The Lord has ordered that under no circumstances is the Princess allowed to be in danger…”

A flash of light, and a sword appeared on the young general's neck. Feng Lingxi coldly snarled, "I told you to take me to the ambush valley in the king's domain."

"Even if the Princess kills me, I cannot take the Princess away. The Prince's orders are ones I cannot disobey."

Then I'll kill you……”

Feng Lingxi's angry rebuke, the sword held at Xia Jiangjun's neck was sharp, it cut across his throat, blood seeped out. The young general stared defiantly at Feng Lingxi, "Even if the Princess kills this general, I cannot bring the Princess with me."

Feng Ling tightened her grip on the sword in her hand. Blood flowed down from the little general's neck. Xiao Li rushed forward, grabbing the princess's hand and shaking her head to dissuade her. "Princess, you mustn't," she urged. "He is only loyal to the king. Killing him will be of no use."

Feng Lingxi showed no intention of withdrawing her hand. Seeing this, Xiaoli said to the young general, "You should tell the Princess Consort. The Princess Consort is worried about the Prince, and if you don't let her go, she will find a way anyway. When that happens, if the Princess Consort disappears, you will have even less of an explanation to give the Prince."

"This..."

The young general hesitated, looking at the firmness in the queen's eyes. He could only say, "Alright, I will take the queen there, but you must remember not to leave privately, or if the king returns, I will have no way to explain to him."

Feng Ling Xi retracted the sword from her hand, "I won't act recklessly."

The young general got up and left with Feng Lingxi. Feng Lingxi rode a horse to follow the young general, a group of soldiers following behind them. They brought Feng Lingxi to an ambush in a valley outside Liu Xi County, twenty miles away. Looking at the dangerous valley, the terrain on both sides was steep. This ambush, with rocks pushed down from the valley, could only be slaughtered at will. The only advantage was that this valley was not long, about twenty or thirty meters long, and the sides of the valley were also spacious. Being familiar with the terrain could still dodge one or two.

Feng Lingxi stared at the two paths leading into the valley for a long time, then mounted her horse and rode to the top of the valley. Looking around at the surrounding rocks, she asked the young general behind her, "Is there anyone guarding here"

"Reporting to the Princess, the rocks on top here have long been cleared by order of the Rock King. And there are our people guarding nearby. Logically, rocks shouldn't appear here. But for some reason, we were ambushed with so many rocks this time."

Feng Ling xi crouched down, picked up the small piece of rock in her hand, sniffed it at her nose, and scanned the surrounding mountains. These rocks were nearby, and their location wasn't low either. If a rock rolled down into the valley, it would be fatal on impact.

Even though Dugu City and Ye Xi are highly skilled martial artists, they're likely to find these rocks difficult to deal with.

"These rocks were all brought here earlier, it seems like someone was prepared."

"I've been prepared for this, but everyone here is one of us..." The young general hadn't finished his sentence before he suddenly looked at Feng Lingxi with realization, "Your Highness means there are traitors within our camp"

Feng Lingxi didn't answer him. Wasn't the presence of a traitor right in front of them

"Take me to where the prince had his incident."

Feng Lingxi ordered, and the young general immediately led the princess over. The incident occurred in the center of the mountain valley. Feng Lingxi stopped in the middle of the valley, looked up at the top of the valley, and walked to the cliff wall to examine it carefully. This cliff wall was rough and uneven with pits of varying depths. Following the pits upward, her gaze fell on a cave halfway up the cliff wall.

"How could there be a cave there"

"Where is the cave"

The little general hurriedly looked around, and sure enough, he saw a cave where Feng Lingxi was pointing. Due to its high location and the effect of the rock's shadow, it wasn't very noticeable.

"There's really a cave."

Feng Lingxi glanced around, furrowed her brows and asked, "With the Wangye's skills, could he get to that cave"

"Your Highness, although this cliff isn't very smooth, the terrain is treacherous. It's unlikely we could get up to that cave."

Feng Ling instinctively touched the crossbow hidden in her sleeve, her gaze falling on the pit hole on the cliff face. If she wasn't mistaken, this was the indentation left by the weapon being embedded there. If Dugu Cheng really had an accident here, it was very likely he was inside the cave above.

"Your Majesty, do you suspect that the Lord resides in the cave above"

Feng Lingxi glanced at him, "Can you make it"

The little general waved his hand, signaling for someone to go up and have a look. Seeing the ropes and hooks they brought out, everyone thought about climbing up using the ropes. However, the cliff face wouldn't catch, and after a while, they started falling back down, even getting scratched from the fall.

"Your Highness, this rock face is too steep to climb. The King must not be on top."

Wind Ling swept past the soldiers behind her, her gaze landing on the young general. "Can you go up there"

"I'm willing to give it a try."

The young general, without a word, bound himself with his rope and wedged the hook fiercely into the rock, struggling to climb upward. Just when he reached halfway up the rock, he could go no further. The surface of the cliff above was much smoother, offering no place to grip. The young general grasped his rope and climbed down.

"Your Highness, this subordinate is incompetent. I can't climb any further. The cliff face is too smooth and the rock too hard to scale."

Feng Lingxi looked up at the mountain valley and said to the young general, "Follow me."

Once again atop the mountain valley, Feng Lingxi looked at the large trees on the surface of the valley. They were a bit far away, but if the rope was long enough, it might be worth a try.

Feng Lingxi tied a rope securely and threw it down the cliff. She then bound another rope to a tree, with the other end fastened around her waist. This action startled Xiaoli, who hurriedly stopped her.

"Your Highness, what are you doing"

Feng Lingxi looked at them, "I'll go down and take a look. You guys watch the rope, my life is in your hands."

The little general quickly stopped her, "Your Highness, you mustn't. This cliff is too steep, even I can't go down safely, how could your highness risk your life"it, and hurriedly carried it to the stove fire. After the medicine was boiled, she quickly cooled it and walked to the bedside, supporting Feng Lingxi in her arms and carefully feeding her the medicin...