"Jiamian!"
Finally seeing him, Xiao Jinan's eyes lit up with unmistakable joy. He immediately rose from the throne and strode toward him.
"Where have you been? You disappeared not long after we entered the palace gates! I was so worried!"
Bang!
A dull, heavy sound echoed through the hall.
The old emperor, whom Jiang Jiamian had been carrying like a helpless chick, was unceremoniously slammed onto the cold stone floor of the palace.
"Go and watch him." Jiang Jiamian said casually. "You should thank me for this, Xiao Jinan. If I hadn't intercepted him early, and you had waited until storming in to search, he probably would have escaped through the secret passage long ago."
As for how Jiang Jiamian knew about the secret passage… That was, of course, thanks to the plot.
