C453 City entry blocked (1/2)

”Yes.” The City Lord of Peony City had a respectful and cautious attitude. Then he said, ”Your Highness, it's time to go. The bandits' request is to go to the west side of the river. The west side of the river is still quite a distance away from here.” The man reminded him.

Feng Qing nodded when he heard this.

”Your Highness …” Are you serious? ” However, Feng Qing didn't even turn his head back as he directly left the City Lord's Mansion.

The gate of the City Lord's Mansion was opened. The commoners that surrounded the mansion saw Feng Qing coming out, all felt a burst of disbelief. Feng Qing looked at the crowd and frowned. The Peony City Lord said, ”His Highness the Crown Prince is kind and benevolent. He has already decided to go save the Crown Prince. Leave quickly and don't delay your journey.”

”Long live His Highness, the Crown Prince.”

Someone in the crowd shouted. The crowd then shouted out in unison. Even after Feng Qing got into the carriage, his ears could still hear the shouts. When the City Lord of Peony City came up, he said respectfully, ”Your Highness is truly respected by the people. Even I, the City Lord, have never been this enthusiastic.”

”I am only doing what I have to do. As for respect, for the citizens who will come to pay their respects to the royal family, that is the right thing to do, isn't it? ” Feng Qing looked at the Peony City Lord as he spoke indifferently.

When the man heard this, he was stunned for a moment before he smiled and said, ”Your Highness' words are correct. I was stupid. ”

”The mayor is a smart man.” Feng Qing said. His gaze descended upon the City Governor of Peony City. He couldn't help but recall the first time he saw the City Lord. Back then, when the City Lord was still alive, he had already taken control of the entire Peony City.

The him at that time was a bit more immature than he was now, but his style of doing things had already been revealed. Now that he had taken over the Peony City, he was much more obedient compared to before. Previously, he had heard that the Peony City's City Lord was very hospitable, but after arriving at the City Lord's Mansion, he hadn't seen a single guest at all. In fact, he hadn't even seen a single guest. It was as if he was being placed under house arrest.

The City Lord of Peony City was not as simple as she seemed to have agreed with Jun Mo Xie's words.

”Your Highness, actually, I have a little bit of it, I have never understood it.” The mayor of Peony City looked at Feng Qing and asked.

”City Lord, be direct.”

”May I ask Your Highness, why must you come here? Your Highness, your status is very high, even if you do not come, it is still okay. Even though there would be people who would be disappointed, it would not truly cause them to feel cold. What exactly is the reason for putting yourself in danger like this? ”

The mayor of Peony City looked at Feng Qing, waiting for his answer.

When Feng Qing heard this, he remained silent.

The man didn't continue asking after making himself look like a fool.

The gray sky gradually turned white as the sun rose. Outside the city, the people who had escaped from the slave market had finally arrived at the city gate. They looked at the huge carving of the peony flower and the signboard inscribed with the three characters' Peony City '.

The crowd stood at the entrance of the Peony City with deep emotions. Some of them even burst into tears.

”Your father …” and he's really back! ”

”Haha, I survived.”

Everyone outside the city continued to shout and shout. Some of them excitedly rushed to the main gate and prepared to enter, but before they could enter the city, they were blocked by three times the number of soldiers than usual.

They faced the people in front of the door and coldly glared at them. ”Who are you? ”How dare you cause a ruckus at the Peony City Gate?”

”I'm from three streets in the city. This, this is my city entrance token.” The people blocking the entrance were flustered as they took out their city entrance tokens. In Peony City, the local residents all had these tokens, so when they took the tokens into the city, they didn't need to pay any money.

Due to the fact that they were all people from the Peony City, the guards of the city gate had been very good to them in the past. However, this time, these people coldly looked at them: ”Come! Capture these people! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a group of guards surrounding them.

”Master, what does that mean? We... What did you do? ” Everyone panicked.

Within the crowd, Mu Ru Yue looked at this scene coldly. She didn't step forward, but wanted to see what exactly was happening.