Lin Jingyue was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly rushed forward to check on Chen Yu. Seeing that he had merely fainted from exhaustion, she finally let out a sigh of relief.
Summoning her remaining strength, she watched as the reinforcements from the North Gate surrounded the grassland cavalry. Before long, another large detachment of troops charged in from the West Gate to join the fray.
Mingyu, Zhang Miao, and Zheng Ning were equally spent; they slumped to the ground, swallowing hard as they kept their eyes locked on the battle. They knew that if things took a turn for the worse, they had to spirit the Crown Princess away immediately. Fortunately, the reinforcements were sufficient, and everything went smoothly.
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