After stealing the Ghost Lord's token, Princess Yanzhi rushed overnight to the Cold Domain in the North to find her eldest brother, Liyuan. Although Yanzhi held the Ghost Lord's token, the guard watching Liyuan was no fool; he could not simply let the Third Princess release the First Imperial Prince. So Yanzhi made up an excuse, holding up the Ghost Lord's token as she said to the guard, "I am acting on the Second Brother's orders to take the Eldest Brother back to the Great Zhiming Palace. The Second Brother has questions for him."
The guard first verified that the token in the Third Princess's hand truly belonged to the Ghost Lord, but he still hesitated as to why the Ghost Lord would send the Third Princess alone to escort a prisoner. The guard quickly figured that perhaps it involved some royal secret—something only the three siblings could know—which was why the Third Princess had been sent to fetch him.
Fearing that refusing to let the Third Princess take the First Imperial Prince would disrupt the Ghost Lord's plans and bring punishment upon himself, the guard respectfully escorted the Third Princess to fetch the First Imperial Prince, and then respectfully saw the two of them off.
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