That's it, he was just so near and he was about to step through the window when a small soft hand sneaked in on him and cover his already cloth cover mouth pulling him away from the window, his cold black eyes met dark brown ones, in alert he swung his sword on her neck and he stops realizing who was it just a few inches away.
"Careful, I am...I am scared of pain," She gasps for air, she never ran so fast in all of her life.
"What are you doing here?" He asks surprise at seeing her, how she knew he would be here?
"Your Majesty, this is a trap. Prince Ling is not there, Prince Ye Qiu just set up a trap for you to capture you," She said after getting her breathing to normal.
"Are you sure?"
Hong Liu nodded.
"Then where he could be?"
"Prince Ye Qiu kept Prince Ling and other generals and royals on your side in the prison," She answered, after making the deal with Ming Zhu, she asked where Prince Ling was.
