But clearly, this Chen Baojia was utterly senseless. Not only did she follow them, but she also kept hiding behind Mi Yan, cautiously watching them. If she was cautious, why follow? Her insistence on tagging along with their group was truly annoying.
Mi Yan also found this woman incredibly irritating. He repeatedly shook off her hand, saying coldly, "Miss Chen, please compose yourself."
Chen Baojia was choked with indignation. Although Saint Child Mi Yan was also quite handsome, her heart had always belonged to the Crown Prince. Otherwise, she wouldn't have agreed to Madam Guoan's arrangements, willingly moving into the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace to await his return. She hadn't expected the Crown Prince to be so heartless, driving her out of the Eastern Palace even before he returned to the Divine Land.
The resentment in her heart had been building, finally erupting when she saw the little stoic. She had used Little Eunuch Li to test this little Crown Princess, only to return defeated. After several confrontations, both she and Zhongli Zhiwei had suffered countless hidden losses at the hands of this stoic-faced girl. This time, even Zhongli Zhiwei had died by the little Crown Princess's hand! She knew she should retreat, at least wait until they were outside before trying to reclaim that position. But, but every time she saw how well the Crown Prince treated this stoic-faced girl, she, she just couldn't bear it! She wanted to unleash all the resentment in her heart!
"I'm somewhat familiar with this back mountain," Saint Child Mi Yan said gravely as he approached the little Crown Princess. "This mountain range has four exits. The Divine Hall will definitely heavily blockade all four of them."
"I can lead you through a secret passage to leave."
"However, that place is a bit out of the way, very sparsely populated, and the path isn't easy to walk."
"No problem, then lead the way," Qiao Mu said with a faint nod.
"That's our Divine Hall's Holy Land," Saint Child Mi Yan said after a moment of silence, sighing. "Unless it's absolutely necessary, I truly don't want to take you through there." After all, he was still a part of the Divine Hall, and he didn't really want to bring a group of outsiders to defile the Divine Hall's Holy Land.
Qiao Mu could sense his mood at the moment. She glanced at him and said, "Then going through other exits is fine too." Now, the enemy was in the open, and they were hidden. At worst, they could just hide for a while and then find a way to break through.
Saint Child Mi Yan shook his head. "Going through the Holy Land is the simplest and most direct method." He knew how much the Hall Master valued this place. The Divine Hall's Holy Land housed the ancestors of the Divine Hall for generations. Unless there was an extreme emergency, the Divine Hall Master would never bring a host of guards to this place to encircle and eliminate them.
Saint Child Mi Yan took a deep breath. "Let's go."
Everyone let Saint Child Mi Yan lead the way, and the group followed quickly. Chen Baojia did not leave but continued to trail at the very end of the group, following along like a meek young wife. Seeing that everyone was moving incredibly fast, completely disregarding her injuries and fatigue, she couldn't help but feel utterly resentful.
Saint Child Mi Yan led them around stretches of mountains until they found a small path deep within the dense forest. Along the way, thorny bushes grew everywhere, forcing Saint Child Mi Yan, who was leading the way, to have a few priests and Divine Hall guards constantly hack at the thorny ground with their swords.
"Ah!" Chen Baojia suddenly shrieked in panic, her legs trembling.