Chapter 151: Qin Shihuang Rescues His Parents

"Are we just going to stay here like this?" Qin Zhiyi asked after finishing the peach.

"We can't leave," Shen Fuyu pinched the bridge of her nose. "The people outside are fighting to the death, and all the paths leading up are completely sealed off. Even if we leave this place right now, we'll only end up back in the cave."

At times like this, she really wished she could swap dimensional spaces with other transmigration heroines. In other people's spaces, however many steps you took inside corresponded to how many steps you could walk outside, but hers was practically fixed in place.

"I checked the cave earlier; there are people watching outside, making it rather difficult to slip out," Shen Fuyu said with a headache. "Given the current situation, unless we can wipe out the people on the other side in one fell swoop..."

"...Once even a single person escapes, it spells major trouble." Qin Zhiyi quickly figured this out. Jing Lancixi was an absolute lunatic; others would test the waters first, but she went straight for a fight to the death.

It seemed they were reduced to waiting for rescue once again.

"Speaking of which, it's already dark; why hasn't anyone noticed something is wrong here?" Shen Fuyu looked at Qin Zhiyi. "Surely the imperial guards you brought aren't all people the Empress has dragged into her bed, are they?"

Qin Zhiyi's face darkened. "...It's not that exaggerated."

Yet indeed, some had been, which was why he had previously replaced the commander of the imperial guards—to further purge the people Jing Lancixi had bought off, but clearly, the last effort hadn't completely cleaned house.

"Come to think of it, how is your cleanup of the Dragon Shadow Guards coming along?" Shen Fuyu suddenly remembered that Qin Zhiyi possessed such a covert unit.

"Pretty much done," Qin Zhiyi replied. "However, expanding the force is a much bigger problem. For now, I've dispatched them on more important matters, so they didn't follow us here."

"..."

"..."

Both fell into a heavy silence.

"Under the circumstances, it would be much easier if someone knew our exact location," Qin Zhiyi sighed, though he thought it rather unrealistic.

"Actually, it might just work," Shen Fuyu said.

Their minds turning in unison, they shifted their gazes simultaneously.

Qin Shit-Yellow was currently biting the air.

"Come to think of it, you actually brought it along too," Qin Zhiyi said with a peculiar expression.

Shen Fuyu touched her face. "I thought about how much fun it would be for it to run around freely in a place like this, so I tossed it in. I originally intended to let it out during lunch..."

And before lunch even arrived, the two of them were forced to jump off a cliff.

Ah, this kind of cliff-jumping scenario felt like something she had seen in countless novels; Shen Fuyu curled her lips, never expecting her turn would actually come.

"Good eldest son, come here!" Shen Fuyu summoned Qin Shit-Yellow. "Go back, deliver a message to your parents, and find someone to rescue us."

"Who is its parent?!" He refused to acknowledge that!

"Fine, fine, rescue your mother and your stepfather." Shen Fuyu rubbed Qin Shit-Yellow's dog head. "You lead your own people to rescue us at the spot where we'll come out later."

"A stepfather won't do either!" Qin Zhiyi panicked.

"You really have too many objections," Shen Fuyu pouted. "Is having an extra son to show filial piety such a bad thing?"

She simply loved acquiring sons, including future Prince Consort Zhaoxi's son—wouldn't he be her son too?

Having multiple sons show filial piety to oneself, how wonderful was that.

Qin Zhiyi: ......

It was impossible to reason with this woman!

"But is Qin Shit-Yellow really reliable?" Qin Zhiyi expressed his doubt. "If we just let it out like this, can it actually find someone?"

"Following the scent back should be no problem," Shen Fuyu said. "The question is... whom should it approach to be reliable?"

"Tell your father," Qin Zhiyi considered. The Shen family was somewhat trustworthy, and since Shen Fuyu was with him, the Shen family's stance dictated that they couldn't just sit idly by.

"Very well, then I'll look for some paper." Shen Fuyu went inside the room and brought out paper, brush, ink, and an inkstone.

"Didn't you say lifeless objects from the outside can't be stored here?"

"This came with the space itself, and besides, it's mainly food that isn't allowed." Shen Fuyu slapped the paper onto the ground, ground the ink, and picked up the brush. "...What did my father look like again?"

Qin Zhiyi: "..."

Unbelievable!

"I'll do it." Qin Zhiyi took the brush and swiftly sketched out a portrait in dozens of strokes.

"Wow, Your Majesty, you're so amazing!"

"Why do I feel like you're mocking me?" Qin Zhiyi glanced at her before handing the portrait over.

Shen Fuyu didn't mind. She took the portrait and placed it in front of Qin Shit-Yellow: "Son, look here. After you follow the smell of food back, go find a man who looks like this. This is your grandfather, whose brain is the size of a walnut. You find him, and then bring him your mother and stepfather's token."

"Then tell him that your stepfather and your mother are in mortal danger, that someone is hunting us down, and make him bring people to rescue us."

"Why are we following the smell of food back?" Qin Zhiyi was at a loss for words. This dog... shouldn't it track the scent of humans? For instance, having Qin Shit-Yellow follow the scent of her palace maids to find the way back...

"How could human scent travel as far as the smell of food?" Shen Fuyu rolled her eyes at him. "Why are you so naive?"

Tsk!

Qin Shit-Yellow finished listening to everything, let out a soft huff, and sat down on the ground.

His lordship refuses!

"Why? You're saving your father and your mother, you know!" Shen Fuyu grabbed the dog's face and pinched it. "Fine, fine! Mommy will find you a wife later!"

Qin Shit-Yellow gave its tail a slight wag.

"Ahem, Mommy remembers that just a while ago, the Lailing Kingdom in the east presented a foreign curly-haired little female puppy. She's delicate and pretty, and by now she should be well-trained. No matter who wants to raise her, I won't allow it—Mommy will bring her over to be your wife!"

"Woof woof woof!"

Qin Shit-Yellow clamped the token between its teeth, stuffed it into its little cloth pouch, and announced that his lordship was ready!

Qin Zhiyi watched as Shen Fuyu sent Qin Shit-Yellow out of the space, feeling a complex mix of emotions.

Thank goodness it was a dog; otherwise, the way this woman hunted down a daughter-in-law was far too much like a bandit!

Perhaps he should just raise Zhaoxi's child in the Imperial Princes' quarters instead.

He truly couldn't rest easy; Qin Yuan麒's kid wasn't his own anyway, so letting Shen Fuyu play with him for a couple of days was one thing, but raising his own flesh and blood was better left to reliable people.

Qin Shit-Yellow set off on its glorious mission to save (find) its father and mother (wife). Relying on its size, fur color, and a body made nimble by marrow-cleansing, it successfully evaded the pack of assassins. Whenever there was any rustling sound, the assassins paid no heed to a lone scampering animal.

Thus, guided by the aroma of food, Qin Shit-Yellow arrived at the temporary imperial palace.

"Sister Yinling, please stop grieving. If you keep this up, Her Ladyship will worry."

On the steps, a young eunuch holding a package of pastries was comforting Yinling.

"I can't eat anything, you eat it yourself." Yinling's eyes were red-rimmed. Her Ladyship was missing; although Her Ladyship was formidable, what if there were many people or fierce beasts out there? She was terribly worried, and Prince Ping evidently didn't seem very concerned. Although the imperial guards were searching, no one down here seemed to take the matter seriously...

Yinling didn't understand court affairs, but a sense of despair spread deep within her heart. As a humble palace maid, she could do nothing except sit here and await the outcome.