Xiang Ying followed Xiang Qianqian to the end of the Exile Team.
This is where the team's supplies are stored, guarded by specialized soldiers.
Xiang Ying used a horse-drawn cart carrying supplies to shield herself.
She glanced sideways, all the soldiers were resting nearby.
Only scar face was silently counting the amount of supplies.
Seeing Xiang Qianqian coming, scar face just frowned and said nothing.
He continued to organize the supplies without pause.
Xiang Qianqian stepped forward: "Scar Master, I am here to apologize on behalf of my elder sister."
Xiang Ying listened and frowned.
Who does she think she is!
Xiang Ying wanted to hear what shameless things Xiang Qianqian could say.
Seeing that scar face ignored her, Xiang Qianqian's eyes flickered and she continued, "We didn't expect to involve you and have you demoted here to guard the supplies by the Military Supervisor."
"Ah! It's also my fault, when Consort Yang and my elder sister were arguing, I should have stopped them."
"Who would have thought that now Consort Yang is half-dead, my elder sister is also angered, and even causing you, Scar Master, to be punished."
Perhaps her tone was too melodramatic, causing scar face to frown in displeasure.
He stopped his actions, his voice rough, "Are you done yet? Buzzing in my ear, what are you even saying?"
"Choosing not to be the team leader and to watch over the supplies was my own decision, it has nothing to do with anyone!"
"Besides, since I lost to the criminal Xiang Ying, then I've lost. I, a man, can certainly accept defeat!"
"Get lost! Otherwise, I won't be polite to you."
Xiang Qianqian initially wanted to say some good words to get some dry supplies.
Who would have thought, this scar face is impervious!
She clenched her handkerchief: "You… Fine, since you don't appreciate it, I'll take my leave!"
Xiang Qianqian turned around and left.
Scar face spat, bending down to continue securing the supplies onto the wooden cart.
A rustling sound came from behind him.
"Who!" Scar face turned around sharply.
Under the night sky, Xiang Ying, with her legs crossed, sat on the nearby supplies.
Scar face startled, after regaining composure, he yelled with a thick neck, "Get down! Who allowed you to sit up there?"
Xiang Ying gently swung her foot: "You really are a man, I must take a new look at you."
"But, let me guess, you asked the Military Supervisor to watch these supplies because you feel it's shameful to lose to me, right? So you refuse to continue being our team leader?"
Scar face clenched his fist: "What I decide has nothing to do with you!"
Xiang Ying raised an eyebrow.
He is quite fierce.
"Did I guess right? Losing to me, what's there to it? How does the saying go, a great man can take defeat…"
"You're calling whose buttocks big!" Scar face's forehead veins bulged with anger.
Xiang Ying raised her hand: "Alright alright, I remembered it wrong, a real man, losing is just losing, does it matter whether the opponent is a man or a woman?"
Scar face gritted his teeth: "What do you know? You are a woman, I, a man who has been on the battlefield, lost to a woman in arm wrestling, enough for people to laugh at me for a lifetime!"
"What's wrong with that?" Xiang Ying retorted, "Your mother is also a woman, she gave birth to you, isn't she amazing?"
Scar face paused, his expression sour.
He was not eloquent, unable to argue with this educated princess.
"Hurry up and leave! Stop causing trouble here, I'm not the Military Supervisor, I won't fall for your tricks." Scar face turned away, continuing with the supplies.
Xiang Ying lifted an eyebrow.
Just as she was about to speak, the horses around them began to lift their hooves and neigh.
All the horses became restless, and a large number of night birds in the forest suddenly flapped their wings and soared.
Scar face turned sharply, angrily: "Are you still trying to cause trouble? Why scare our horses?"
Xiang Ying jumped down from the supplies, her tone stern: "Fool, it's going to be an earthquake, don't you hurry and wake everyone up!"
She hurriedly ran back to where the children were.
However, after only a few steps, the ground began to shake violently.
The mountain terrain beneath her feet undulated like ocean waves!
Xiang Ying lost her balance and was instantly tripped.
Horses neighed and bolted, dragging supplies in their wake and knocking over many panicked soldiers.
Xiang Yuanshuo was the first to react, he immediately shook his siblings awake.
"Get up, the earth dragon is turning over!"
Panic-stricken cries filled the surroundings.
Lin Lingxiang gripped Xiang Li's wooden cart: "Crown Prince, we need to hurry!"
Xiang Li tried to say he could walk by himself, but even standing up proved futile.
His face turned white as he looked around: "Ayin! Ayin, where did you go?"
Tao Xue also shouted loudly: "Princess!"
Xiang Yuanshuo urged frantically, "Uncle, don't wait! Let's go first. She said whenever there's danger, we must ensure our own safety first, she will come find us!"
With that, he grasped another rope, helping Lin Lingxiang pull Xiang Li's wooden cart toward a more open area.
It was unclear if Jie Chen had already instructed the soldiers, but all the team leaders and soldiers, after a moment of panic during the earthquake, quickly collaborated and organized effectively.
They stayed by the sides of the crowd, herding the prisoners toward a safer location.
Screams from the prisoners and sounds of soldiers whipping filled the air.
Some people ran aimlessly and were instead kicked in the chest by the frightened horses.
Prisoners pushed against each other, some with weak legs fell to the ground, turning the orderly scene instantly into chaos.
The three little ones, along with Xiang Li and Lin Lingxiang, were also scattered by the panicking crowd.
Jie Chen moved against the flow of fleeing people, only to see Tao Xue tightly hugging Xiang Yuanshuo and Xiang Yuanlang.
He immediately approached and lifted the two children in his arms.
Tao Xue cried profusely, "Military Supervisor! The Princess is missing, the little princess too! And the Crown Prince and Miss Lin..."
Jie Chen wasted no words, instructing Tao Xue to take the children and seek refuge ahead immediately.
Xiang Yuanshuo struggled desperately: "Let me go! I need to find my sister!"
He and Xiang Yuanlang were about to escape when Jie Chen knocked them out with a slap.
"Take them ahead first," Jie Chen said sternly.
Tao Xue quickly wiped away her tears and hurriedly carried the two children towards the front.
At this moment, Xiang Ying was at the rear of the exile team.
Soldiers were being dragged around by panicking horses, dodging to save their own lives.
Xiang Ying took advantage of the chaos and collected all the supplies into her space.
She had fallen once before, but later found the rhythm of the earthquake's undulations, moving effortlessly across the unstable terrain.
Just then, someone shouted loudly.
"Run! The cliff is collapsing inward!"
Xiang Ying glanced back.
The rear of the exile team was closest to the cliff.
At this moment, influenced by the earthquake, the cliff began to collapse from the outermost layer, quickly closing the distance.
The soldiers immediately abandoned the supplies and fled as if flying.
Xiang Ying was on her way out, but saw Scar Face stubbornly holding onto a horse cart.
Even at this critical moment, he still cared about the supplies on the cart.
His position quickly developed snake-like cracks, which continued to widen!
The wooden cart, laden with supplies, was incredibly heavy, tilting downwards as if weighted by a scale.
The horse lifted its hooves and neighed, Scar Face clung on desperately, attempting to pull it, but it was futile.
It seemed like they would be dragged down the cliff along with the crumbling earth!
Suddenly!
The ground beneath his feet completely collapsed.