After hearing this, Rong Sheng, who was far away on the other side, finally felt relieved.

"Fortunately, the prince showed up in time, otherwise all our efforts today would have been wasted."

Rong Sheng sighed in his heart and felt a little scared.

While thinking, he happened to meet Song Xuanlin's meaningful eyes in the distance.

Rong Sheng was stunned for a moment, then he raised the corner of his mouth slightly and nodded slightly at Song Xuanlin.

Seeing this, Song Xuanlin's mood instantly brightened, and he continued to look back and talk with the executioner.

Rong Sheng also took advantage of this moment to quietly withdraw and quickly left the execution ground.

Now that the execution has been terminated and Song Xuanlin is involved, she believes that the emperor will soon find out that Rong Dexin has secretly replaced the prisoners.

Moreover, the Emperor was already furious this morning over Li Yujing's escape from prison, and now this incident had added to the anger.

The Rong family has no way out now.

As Princess Yong'an, she was the protagonist of the prisoner exchange. Even though she had saved Concubine Wei before, given the emperor's character, it would be impossible for him to let her escape this disaster.

"Time is really tight..."

As Rong Sheng thought about this, he increased his pace and ran towards the Rongguo Marquis Mansion.

Fortunately, she came back in time.

Less than an hour after she returned to Mingyuexuan, she heard the servant in the front yard of the Marquis' Mansion come to report that he heard rumors in the street and that people from the imperial court were heading towards the Marquis' Mansion.

"Being able to make a decision so quickly, it seems that His Majesty will definitely not tolerate the Rongguo Marquisate this time."

Rong Sheng marveled at the swiftness of the government's actions. Not daring to delay any longer, she immediately gave the servant a few instructions.

Then he quickly placed the dummy prepared this morning on the bed.

After everything was disguised, she walked into the yard and set the whole house on fire with flint.

At this time, the autumn wind was blowing, and the fire roared up from the wall of the house with the help of the wind.

In the blink of an eye, the roof was engulfed in flames.

Then, the fire burned more and more fiercely.

The tiles on the roof collapsed one after another, and thick smoke began to pour out of the windows on all sides.

Rong Sheng looked at the raging fire coldly, and only when he saw the fire spread to the front yard did he rush out from the back door of the mansion with peace of mind.

At this moment, there were only people left in the front yard. These people had just listened to the servant who informed Rong Sheng and were all waiting obediently for the fire to come.

Because Rong Sheng had already confessed to them that the Marquis had been sentenced to death by beheading, and the government would soon come to seal off the Marquis's mansion.

Once the Marquis's Mansion is sealed off, these people will definitely be thrown into jail and wait for execution.

And Rong Sheng's fire gave them a reason to escape.

Thanks to Rong Sheng's strategy, all the servants did not panic. They stared attentively at what was happening in the backyard with bated breath.

It was not until the thick black smoke floated over the front yard that the servants finally took the opportunity to get up.

"Look, there's a fire!" One of the sharp-eyed maids looked up at the thick smoke and shouted.

Everyone immediately became alert: "What are you waiting for? Run!"

"Yes, yes, it's already this late, run!"

A group of people swarmed out of the side door of the mansion, and soon the entire mansion was empty.

Passersby passing by the Marquis' Mansion saw so many people escaping from the Mansion and looked at the thick smoke above the Mansion. They all thought that these servants had gone to put out the fire, so no one was surprised.

Just after all the servants ran away, the officials finally arrived at the gate of Rongguo Marquis Mansion.

The leading guard stood in the middle of the yard and looked around. He was very surprised that there was no one in the huge mansion.

At the same time, a fire had already started in the front yard.

"Isn't this fire too strange?"

The captain of the guards looked at the burnt-out mansion and for a moment didn't know where to start.

"Boss, the fire is very fierce. It seems that everyone in the mansion took the opportunity to escape."

The captain of the guards rolled his eyes slightly when he heard this. He didn't care about those servants and let them run away.

However, Rong Dexin did not have many descendants, and now only Princess Yong'an had not been captured.

After investigation, it was found that the person who secretly exchanged prisoners at the Ministry of Justice was Princess Yong'an, so if we don't capture her today, we really won't be able to report to the higher-ups.

"Is there any trace of Princess Yong'an in the backyard?"

"I just looked carefully and indeed found the body of Princess Yong'an." The guard said with some doubts, "But even though the body was burned to ashes, it still looks a little strange."

"Oh? Lift it over here so I can see it."

After a while, the body was carried to the front yard.

The captain of the guards squatted down and looked at the burnt body from front to back.

I couldn't help but mutter to myself that at first glance, this corpse really looked like human flesh.

But a closer look reveals that this is not the true identity of Princess Yong'an.

He stood up thoughtfully and stopped looking at the corpse.

This body must be fake.

That is to say, Princess Yong'an also escaped before they arrived.

"Well, seal up the entire mansion and follow me back to report."

The captain of the guards now understood that this was a trick of Princess Yong'an to delay time.

So he didn't dare delay any longer. Every minute of delay would lower the probability of catching her.

"But Boss, this corpse..."

"Never mind, it's just a dummy."

After saying that, several guards strode out of the mansion at high speed, sealed the entire mansion, and then hurried back to the Ministry of Justice.

At this moment, in addition to the Minister of Justice and others, Song Xuanlin was also present.

"Your Highness, Lord Ming, sir, I have sealed the Rongguo Marquisate." The chief guard reported solemnly, "However, Princess Yong'an and the servants in the mansion have all run away and are nowhere to be found."

“They all ran away?!”

Upon hearing this, Lord Cao from the Ministry of Justice nearly fell off his chair. He straightened his clothes and asked in a deep voice, "Did you make too much noise and the news leaked out?"

"Sir, your subordinate..." The captain of the guards didn't know how to answer and looked worried.

"Master Cao, please be at ease."

Song Xuanlin, who was standing by, couldn't help but laugh to himself when he heard that Rong Sheng had already run away. He quickly spoke up to break the tense atmosphere, "We can't blame these guards. The prisoner swap at the execution ground caused a big stir at the time, so it's normal for the Rong Mansion to get wind of it."

When Lord Cao heard what Prince Ming had said, he stopped pursuing the matter: "Your Highness Prince Ming is right, but so many of these prisoners have escaped. How are we going to explain this to His Majesty?"

"Don't worry, Master Cao. I will report this to my father personally and will never implicate you."

"This..." Lord Cao also looked a little hesitant. It was not that he did not trust Prince Ming, but the matter was of great importance. Could Prince Ming alone really calm the anger of the emperor?

"I will do what I say, so please don't worry, Lord Cao."

After Song Xuanlin finished speaking, he walked straight out of the Ministry of Justice.

It is true that he would report this to the emperor, but he did so in order to secure the job of hunting down the fugitive. He would never allow anyone else to catch Rong Sheng.

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