HwaHwa knew she was probably wasting time here, she knew no one would consider giving time of their day to a beggar.
Just then she felt a shadow fell on her, she still remembered how tall he seemed. Seeing him her anxiety skyrocketed. She moved two to three steps away from him.
Just then she heard his voice, it was warm and husky like the warm milk served in cold winter " little girl what happened" he asked , for a moment she was lost then she pointed towards the direction of the brothel " carriage rich noble, under attack ".
His demeanor instantly changed, he looked at now anxious soldier who understood his precarious situation" let's go and check".
By the time they reached there the fight was near conclusion. HwaHwa ran to Ling Qi and hid her behind herself " mother let's go".
By the time Dak Shin caught the attackers he noticed two things first the little girl and the other beggar were gone and secondly this carriage belonged to the third princess.
Seeing General Dak Shin third Princess grinned " first brother , what a good day this is. I must go back it's getting late".
General Dak Shin felt the pulse jumping on his forehead " Princess Min Qian where are your guards ?".
Princess Min Qian smiled sheepishly " you see first brother I had no intention to come out of the carriage. So, I asked my maid to arrange for an unnamed carriage and I sneaked out for a while" last bit of the sentence was spoken in soft voice.
Dak Shin controlled his anger " So, the third princess decided to take a stroll in the most dangerous part of the city and that to without any royal guard".
Princess Ming Qian smiled sheepishly and decided that the best outcome out of this situation is to be silent.
After delivering the princess back to the palace a black masked person jumped in front of Dak Shin and bowed his head " General, we have interrogated the attackers they are claiming to be from neighbouring country Greater Tang empire but one of the person was seen coming out of Empress Qingling palace".
Dak Shin nodded " what about the beggar mother and daughter ".
The guard replied " they were strange people. When we reached the princess most of the attackers were in near defeat condition but as they were beggar the level of martial art the mother showed was different. We tried to trace them but they entered the slum area of the city where we lost sight of them".
Dak Shin looked angry " 20 strokes to those who lost trace of the pair, 40 strokes to princess people who allowed her to escape and 50 strokes to the guard stationed on the city gate who intentionally avoided the little girl because she was just a beggar".
As HwaHwa reached their own courtyard, Ling Qi took a deep breath. She sighed to HwaHwa " we almost got caught by them, we can't risk it again my lady. That person in the Carriage was lucky otherwise some other lady would have lost her life".
HwaHwa stood up "LinLin let's go to Zhou Shen's place I know what we should do next".