Volume 5: The Great Prairie Chapter 118: Li Daitaojiang

  Luck is always so-so, neither good nor bad. At two possible places where we might encounter headwinds, one was calm and peaceful, while the other encountered headwinds, delaying our journey by half a day. When we arrived at Wang City, the wedding had already begun. I let out a long sigh of relief, although it was a bit late and there wasn't enough time to notify Sylvia in advance, but we finally made it. Judging from the situation, Sylvia's enemies hadn't had time to launch a coup or assassination yet.

  "Xī lù, help me out, go find my child, his safety is in your hands." We quickly made our way through the crowd towards the palace, I instructed Xī lù as we rushed along.

  Xi Lu nodded and said, "Mm, alright, don't worry, as long as he's safe when I arrive, I won't let a single hair on your child's head be harmed." Then she asked with some mischief, "So, aren't you afraid that I'll make a mistake and bring back someone else's child?"

  I smiled hastily: "I know that you assassins always have a way to find the target you want, this I am very reassured about."

  Before we knew it, we had arrived outside the palace. The crowd of onlookers suddenly erupted into a commotion, and someone in the crowd shouted: "Look! The groom from Haishi Department has arrived!"

  I raised my eyes and saw a long procession coming from afar, winding its way forward. The first person was riding on horseback, wearing bright clothes and looking like a talented young man with a pale face, but otherwise quite handsome. The young man on the horse was probably the son of the Haishi tribe chief.

  The young man on the horse looked spirited and proud, with a hint of complacency in his eyes. No wonder, this marriage represented the Hai Shi department's formal entry into the kingdom's ruling group, ending thirty years of confrontation with the kingdom, gaining true legitimacy to rule, and from now on, their interests would be tied to those of the kingdom, jointly governing this island nation, and the Hai Shi department would also gain a great opportunity to develop its own territory, and its strength would take a huge leap.

  As the son of a tribal chief, the future heir to the Hai Shi tribe and soon-to-be husband of the queen, he had every reason to be proud and happy. I couldn't see any tension or worry on his face, it was clear that this tribal chief's son was not involved in the coup plan, he was still dreaming of becoming the queen's husband. I reckon the Hai Shi tribe chief didn't put this useless son in his heart at all, he was just a pawn to cover up his ears. The chief needed to use the wedding as an excuse to launch a coup. This tribal chief's ambition was not small, just obtaining a legitimate position was not enough? Why not take advantage of this opportunity to stabilize the enemy, and suddenly launch a coup when they were off guard, putting the entire kingdom under their tribe's rule? How tempting would that be?

  I took a look around and the elite of the Sea Stone Department are probably scattered all over the city by now, right? But unfortunately, Sullina is still dreaming of using political marriage to stabilize the kingdom's situation, collaborating with the jackals, only to be swallowed up in the end. This was something my father taught me from a young age - why can't women like Sullina who love power struggles think of this point?

  The team was approaching right in front of me, I turned around and found that Xilu had already disappeared without a trace.

  I squeezed my way to the front of the crowd, and at the moment the procession arrived, I pulled out a handful of gold coins from my bosom and tossed them into the air, shouting: "Celebrating the Queen's grand wedding, the groom is rewarding everyone!" After doing this, I immediately ducked my head and retreated to the back of the crowd.

  The gold coins shone brightly in the sunlight, falling to the ground in the middle of the road, making a loud "ding ding dang" sound. The onlookers immediately went crazy like a tidal wave and rushed past me, scrambling for the gold coins. The scene instantly became chaotic, even the soldiers maintaining order at the side couldn't hold back, and the street was thrown into complete disorder.

  Facing the chaotic scene, the groom on horseback looked somewhat flustered and immediately ordered his bodyguards to come forward and clear a path for him.

  I picked up a handful of gold coins again and scattered them into the air, this time towards the groom's position. The crowd immediately surged towards the groom. I mixed in with the crowd and took advantage of the chaos to grab hold of the groom and pull him down. The groom seemed somewhat weak and was easily pulled down by me. My accomplice had already been waiting behind me, and as soon as the groom fell to the ground, someone caught him and dragged him into a nearby civilian house.

  I followed him into the door, Terry had already handed me the clothes that he had stripped from the groom. I hastily put them on and turned around to go out the door, but Terry stopped me saying: "Your Highness... you don't look very much like this groom, won't you be discovered?"

  I smiled and turned around to wipe my face, then turned back to Terry and said, "Now do I look like it?"

  I flashed out in a stunned expression, but this was just a small spiritual magic trick. As long as I remembered what that person looked like, I could make everyone who saw me think I looked just like that person. At the time, when the magician Losa was teaching me spiritual magic, he specifically taught me his own creation - this magic spell. The original intention of this spell was to use it to disguise oneself as someone else and escape from an enemy's pursuit when necessary. However, for people with strong spiritual power, even stronger than the caster, this spell would be useless. This is because the person's appearance hadn't actually changed; rather, the spiritual magic forcibly implanted that person's image into people's minds, telling their subconscious that this was what the person in front of them looked like.

  It was the first time I used this magic, when I asked Terry and saw Terry's stunned expression, I knew that this magic had obviously succeeded, as long as it wasn't facing family members who lived together day and night, others wouldn't be able to see through it.

  I appeared among the crowd, and those guards surprisingly didn't notice that their protected target had disappeared for a moment in the chaotic scene. I couldn't help but shake my head, it seems that these bodyguards of the chieftain's son are also useless, making all the excuses I prepared unnecessary.

  At last a few alert bodyguards discovered me and pushed their way through the crowd to help me onto my horse, asking: "Your Highness, are you all right?"

  I shook my head and didn't say anything, actually I was still quite nervous in my heart, it's better to say less at this moment.

  The confusion finally passed, the crowd was also driven to both sides of the road by soldiers and guards, the road gradually returned to smooth traffic, and the team slowly moved forward on the road leading to the palace again.