Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family-Chapter 1053 - 1052: A Step Too Late!

Moreover, once these vegetables entered a desolate small path, their destination became unclear.

This result made Di Yelei’s eyes light up!

It was like finding what one had sought without effort after a fruitless search, he hesitated no more, gathered his horsemen, and pursued into the mountains that very night.

While Di Yelei was investigating, someone else had beaten him to the punch!

That person had followed the trail into the mountains just as well.

At the moment, Liu Sisi was busy embroidering the mountain and river painting in her hands.

A mountain, a waterway, a stitch, a thread, she had never been so patient before, slowly advancing along the edge. After these days of rare tranquility, her entire being had become much more composed, exuding a delicate beauty from the inside out.

Today the thirty-fifth patrol team had already passed, and after one more patrol, the guards would change shifts.

If only she knew martial arts!

If she did, she would have taken the chance to leave long ago, why would she still be trapped here?

But if she truly knew martial arts, the people guarding her would probably not just be these few on the surface!

Thinking of this, Liu Sisi shook her head, realizing her training was still not enough! She couldn’t keep her calm after all.

As she was reflecting, a sudden clash of fighting erupted from outside.

Liu Sisi was slightly surprised, and subconsciously put down the embroidery, pushing open the window nearby.

The noise of the fight outside gradually drew near, the clashing sound of weapons striking was especially sharp, she listened intently for a moment, involuntarily furrowing her brows. Judging by the sounds, it seemed not many were coming; it couldn’t be Ye Lei coming alone to rescue her, could it?

At that thought, she couldn’t remain calm any longer, swiftly gathering up her skirt hem, she rushed to the doorway, pulled open the room door with force, and dashed out.

"Princess, there are assassins outside, you can’t go out!"

Indeed, the four soldiers guarding the door did not allow her to leave, raising the big blade in their hands to block Liu Sisi’s path.

"Stand aside! Today I, the princess, shall leave from here!"

How could Liu Sisi allow herself to be threatened by mere guards?

"We are sorry but we must disobey, Princess!"

"Hmph! Listen well!"

Liu Sisi stepped forward two paces, pressing her neck directly against the blade: "Now I am going to leave. You have two choices: one is to let me leave; the other is to turn the knife edge against my neck and end it swift and clean! Make your choice!"

The four men looked at each other, clearly not expecting Liu Sisi to say such a thing.

"Have you thought it through? Decide now if you have!"

Having said that, Liu Sisi’s feet did not hesitate, lifting them one slow step after another.

Her slender neck seemed even narrower than the big blade, and the four men, drenched in a cold sweat, subconsciously took a step with her.

Liu Sisi did not stop, her steps never stopping as she walked outside the door. After following her for a few steps, the four soldiers had no choice but to put away their big blades and watched as Liu Sisi decisively strode away.

"Quick! Go and report to the Master, the Princess has gone out!"

What a joke!

Did they really think that they, mere followers, could confine her?

Liu Sisi swept her way through, heading straight for the source of the fighting sounds. Noticing that she was getting closer to the origin of the sounds, she couldn’t help but quicken her pace.

What she hadn’t expected was that no matter how she turned left and right inside, after quite a while, she was still in that same garden, unable to find her way out.

"This is wrong, I feel like I’ve passed this place before..."

Liu Sisi clearly remembered this protruding artificial rockery; she had seen it before!

Her complexion turned a bit pale as she subconsciously pulled the hairpin from her hair and forcefully scratched a few lines on the artificial rockery, also writing two characters before picking up her feet to continue forward.

Indeed, after meandering a great deal, she found herself back in front of the artificial rockery.

By this moment, if Liu Sisi still didn’t realize there was something fishy about the rockery in front of her, then she had lived her whole life in vain!

Sitting down next to the rockery, and hearing the sounds of combat from the other side going from fierce to gradually calm, her heart also went from extremely anxious to gradually settling down, as she thought hard about the mystery.

"Phew! To think I believed I had escaped, it’s likely that this move was also within the opponent’s calculations! If that is really the case..."

Liu Sisi couldn’t help shivering. Given her own modest abilities, if she really went to Xixia Country, she feared she might just be making a wedding dress for someone else!

On the other side, Di Yelei was leading his men deep into the belly of the mountain at a quick pace.

The depths of the mountain belly were a labyrinth of passageways, and it was filled with numerous forks, causing their advance inside to be far from swift.

It seemed as if someone had swept through the area ahead of them, which made their journey considerably easy. Even so, Di Yelei’s face showed no sign of relaxation, his eyebrows instead furrowing tighter and tighter.

"Old Master Marquis, we have found an exit not far ahead, and outside the exit, there’s a large manor hidden deep in the mountain forest. As to where exactly this place is, your subordinates have yet to ascertain," a scout quickly returned to report.

Di Yelei lit up with joy, then commanded, "Good! Very good, everyone has worked hard! Now, we all shall proceed inside, remember not to engage in unnecessary combat, the primary mission is to find the Princess as quickly as possible and then execute a swift retreat. Understood?"

"Understood!"

The unified voice of affirmation echoed.

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Di Yelei was known for his strict orders and discipline. The men emerged from the underground passage in a powerful surge, heading straight for the big manor.

"Charge! Attack!"

The men burst out of the ground, each one eager to cross swords with the enemy for three hundred rounds. However, what awaited them was a deserted manor; there wasn’t a soul to be seen all along their way.

"Old Master Marquis, no one was found on the east side."

"Old Master Marquis, there’s no trace of the Princess on the west side."

"Old Master Marquis, there are also no signs of movement on the south side."

"Old Master Marquis, nothing was discovered on the north side..."

Those who came back to report were quick, and they finished searching the vicinity in short order without finding anything.

"Nothing at all? Not even the slightest clue or track?"

Di Yelei’s eyebrows were knotted in frustration.

"Reporting to Old Master Marquis, something out of the ordinary was found in a room on the south side, however... we did not find anyone present."

Di Yelei perked up, "Let’s go have a look, lead the way!"

The other party naturally did not refuse and quickly led the men to the room where Liu Sisi had been living.

Everything in the room was still in its original state, the arrangement of objects was exceptionally luxurious, yet there was an air of plainness. On the small table, there was a pair of scissors and a piece of unfinished embroidery, surrounded by some snippets of cut thread.

Was this where Sisi had been confined and living?

Di Yelei instinctively flipped through the unfinished picture, when had Sisi learned to embroider? That indeed was very strange!

He rolled up the embroidery and stuffed it directly into his arms.

"Search thoroughly, see if there are any other discoveries!"

Could it be that the adversary had moved Sisi upon discovering their arrival?

The more Di Yelei thought about it, the more he believed this to be plausible!

It seemed they were ultimately a step behind.