Third-person POV   Huayun was on her way to the city border to ask the person


    in charge of writing the name of the people that went in and out of the city. She


    indeed noticed that there were so many carriages that were parked in the


    market.   Huayun: ''Merchants?''   Huayun went to ask the shopkeeper that owned the shop that


    the carriages parked at.   Huayun: "Excuse me, why are there so many carriages parked


    outside?"   Shopkeeper: "They paid me for spaces to park on. Why do you


    ask?"   Huayun: "I''m just curious about what is in there."   Shopkeeper: "Maybe some stuff they were going to sell? I


    don''t know, they said that they were just a group of merchants that passes by


    this city to get into the other city in the north."   Huayun: "Thank you for the info, brother."   Shopkeeper: "You are welcome, little girl."   Huayun walked out of the shop and glanced at the carriages


    in suspicion. Then she accidentally made eye contact with a guy that was


    watching over the carriages. The guy immediately turned his head away and


    pulled his hood further down.   Huayun narrowed her eyes and proceeded to the border. As


    soon as she arrived at the border, she showed her badge that she worked under


    the Empress and the guards ran to call their superior.   The lieutenant governor invited Huayun for tea but Huayun


    politely rejected him. Without beating around the bush, Huayun asked him the


    questions regarding the drastically increasing of the people that entered Chang


    An.   The lieutenant governor explained everything that he knew.   Lieutenant governor: "They arrived just a few days ago and


    in the forms that they filled, they would stay here for about a week."   Huayun: "Did your subordinates check the carriages?"   Lieutenant governor: "I personally checked it. My


    subordinates found it weird that the group brought so many huge carriages with


    them so they called me.   It only filled with food like stinky tofu and salted


    vegetables and fishes. They were thinking about selling this food to the


    cities in the north."   Huayun: "En. Anything else that you find weird?"   Lieutenant governor: "Hhmm, I don''t think that this is


    important but they have lots of earring holes despite the fact that they are


    men."   Huayun: ''Earring holes?''   In Da Qi, men and women can have their ears pierced but the


    men in general rarely pierce their ears. Even most of the women-only pierce one


    hole on each ear lobe. Only a tribe that obliged the men of its tribe to have


    ear piercings.   Huayun: "Bei Zhou…"   Huayun clicked her tongue and glared at the lieutenant


    governor.   Huayun: "Close the gate and increase the security around the


    border!"   Lieutenant governor: "Wh-what is happening?"   The lieutenant governor became anxious.   Huayun: "I have no time to explain! Just do what I said!"   Lieutenant governor: "Yes!"   (A/N: If I wrote ''ran'', that means ''ran by using their


    qinggong''. It is hard to put that into every sentence and it would sound


    repetitive if I kept using those words.)   Just when Huayun was about to run back to the Royal Palace,


    an ear-piercing shriek was heard from far away. Huayun looked up to the sky and


    her back immediately drenched in cold sweat.   Huayun: "Divine eagle."   The eagle flew towards Huayun''s direction and its body size


    grew as it spun in the air. Huayun jumped onto the eagle and with a single


    powerful flap of its wide wings, they glided through the falling snows.   The soldiers that were standing near the eagle almost got


    themselves blown away by the wind pressure. They were in a daze for a moment but


    they quickly came back to their senses after the lieutenant governor yelled at


    them.   While Huayun was riding the eagle, she scanned the city with


    keen eyes. And when she passed the shop that she entered not long ago, the


    carriages that were securely locked were emptied.   Huayun: ''They used the stinky tofu to cover the metal odor


    of the weapons! They smuggled the weapons into Chang An to…''   As they were closer to the Royal Palace, Huayun then noticed


    hundreds of black-clothed men hiding on the roofs and alleys. The black-clothed


    men looked up when an enormous shadow passed by them.   Black clothed men: ''Sh*t! Damn Xu dogs! They noticed us!''   A black-clothed man that seemed like the leader signaled his


    subordinates to silently charge forward. Just as Huayun passed the Royal


    Palace''s gate, she saw three black-clothed men were climbing the wall. She


    summoned her fan and made a slashing motion, three ice spear emerged from the


    ground and stabbed the three men.   Huayun: "Intruders!"   Huayun shouted. The guards quickly shut the gate and some of


    them rang the bell to alert the other posts. The eagle didn''t bother to stop


    and continued its way to Hong er''s courtyard. As soon as Huayun saw Ah Xi and


    Ah Tong, she shouted.   Huayun: "RUN!!"   Ah Xi and Ah Tong instantly alerted, Princess Yue and Xue


    Lang was bewildered by the dreadful atmosphere around them.   Huayun jumped off from the eagle and ran to Ah Xi and Ah


    Tong''s side.   Huayun: "The Bei Zhou managed to get into Chang An without


    us knowing and now they are heading towards this way. Quick, take the Prince


    and Princess to safety! Tell Her Majesty Empress that we are leaving here, they


    outnumbered us!"   Ah Xi: "We can''t…"   Huayun: "What do you mean ''we can''t''?"   Ah Tong: "Her Majesty Empress is poisoned and had to go into


    labor. But I think we can leave this place in 2 minutes, the baby is safe."   Huayun: "Poisoned? How is she right now?"   Ah Tong: "For now, she is fine but only Zhiruo know the


    detail."   Huayun: "Then we have to leave as soon as possible."   Shu Zhiruo: "She can''t!"   Shu Zhiruo yelled from inside.   Shu Zhiruo: "There is another baby but the neck is strangled


    by an umbilical cord! It will take some time!"   Everyone including


    the mid-wives gritted their teeth in frustration.   Hong er: "Take Xue


    Lang and Princess Yue to safety!"   Hong er screamed.


    Tears started to form on Xue Lang and Princess Yue''s eyes.   Xue Lang: "N-no, Xue


    Lang won''t leave mother behind. I don''t want to go…"   Princess Yue: "I


    promised Imperial Brother to protect you, so I won''t leave."   Ming Yu: "Your


    Majesty Empress, please don''t say that."   Hong er: "Ming Yu!


    Huayun! Take them away whenever they want it or not! This is an order!"   Huayun bit her lips


    to the point blood seeped out from her lip. She roughly wiped her tears with


    her sleeve, the look in her eyes changed.   Huayun: "Yes! Your


    Majesty Empress!"   Huayun entered the


    room and pulled Ming Yu with her. Ming Yu resisted as she trying to grab Hong


    er''s hand.   Ming Yu: "No! No! I


    want to stay beside Her Majesty Empress!"   Huayun turned Ming


    Yu around and swung her palm across Ming yu''s cheek.   Huayun: "Get a hang


    of yourself! This ain''t a game!"   Ming Yu''s body froze


    in fear. Taking the chance that the door was opened, Xue Lang slipped into the


    room and ran to Hong er''s side. Tears poured out from his eyes when he saw the


    white sheet was covered with blood.   Xue Lang:


    "Im-Imperial Mother…"   Hong er: "Xue Lang…"   Hong er weakly


    called out to Xue Lang.   Hong er: "Give me


    your hand."   Hong er stretched


    out her hand and smiled tenderly at Xue Lang. Xue Lang quickly grabbed Hong er


    hand and rubbed the cold hand.   Hong er: "Here, take


    this."   Hong er took off her


    thumb ring that was given to her by Weisheng a decade ago and slipped it into


    Xue Lang''s finger.   Hong er: "Listen to


    Aunt Huayun''s word, okay? If she says run, then run. Don''t look back. Do you


    understand mother''s word?"   Xue Lang tearfully


    nodded his head as he kissed Hong er''s hand.   Hong er: "Good…Don''t


    cry, mother will catch up to you very soon."   Then another cry


    from the baby was heard, Jin Momo passed the baby to the other mid-wife to bath


    it with warm water. After both babies were cleaned, Jin Momo gently placed


    it on Hong er''s arms.   Jin Momo: "The cord


    around the Prince''s neck is quite tight but this servant did its best.


    Congratulation Your Majesty Empress, you had given birth to a handsome prince


    and a beautiful princess."