"Miss, when are we going to release them?"

"We don't have to do it. This place is not remote. When daybreak comes, passers-by will find the people hanging on the tree and will naturally let them down. They will go and rescue Xiao Yikai."

Shangguan Wanning sneezed and felt a little cold.

"Let's go to Yaowang Valley to visit my master tomorrow morning as planned and wait for Jingrui to join us."

After returning to the inn, Shangguan Wanning asked Lutong to prepare a hot bath for her, and then she had a good sleep. When she woke up, it was already noon.

She called Lutong to help her wash and dress, and then she heard a loud fighting sound in the yard.

"What's up?"

Shangguan Wanning opened the door and walked out, and saw the steward of the Zhonglie Marquis's Mansion, accompanied by a large number of guards, appearing in front of her in a menacing manner.

"You are so bold that you dare to be so presumptuous in front of my eldest lady. How many heads do you have that can be chopped off?" Lu Tong stepped forward quickly and scolded.

The housekeeper glanced at Lutong with contempt, not taking her seriously at all, and went straight to Shangguan Wanning.

"Did the princess see my young master last night?"

Shangguan Wanning didn't expect that Xiao Yikai would actually bring out his family elders to support him.

She was not afraid at all and admitted it frankly. "I have seen it, so what?"

"So, my young master Sun was trapped in a trap because of the princess?"

"Yes."

The housekeeper's face turned livid, his whole body began to tremble, and a fierce look appeared in his eyes.

"Excellent. The princess is worthy of being the daughter of the prime minister. She is daring and daring. I admire her." The housekeeper bowed to Shangguan Wan Ning, "My old lady wants to invite the princess to her house to sit down and ask her about this matter in person."

"Humph, others may be afraid of your Xiao family, but we in the Shangguan family are not." Lu Tong also imitated the housekeeper, holding her head high with the support of others. "It's just the loyal and brave mansion, why can they call my eldest lady here and send her away at will?"

The housekeeper didn't expect that a little girl would dare to speak like that, and he was immediately furious.

But since I still have important things to do, I can only ignore it for the time being.

"Does the princess mean the same thing?"

Without waiting for Shangguan Wanning to answer, the butler made a gesture and a group of archers surrounded them.

Lu Tong's face changed, and the other guards also stepped forward and protected Shangguan Wan Ning behind them.

"Don't be nervous, princess. You are a royal concubine. How dare we, your servants, hurt you? However, swords have no eyes. If you hurt innocent people, don't blame us."

Shangguan Wanning then realized that being surrounded in the inn put her in a very passive position.

"I'll go with you to the Loyal Marquis's Mansion. But I want to warn you, if you dare to touch anyone here, don't blame me for being rude to you."

Shangguan Wanning walked up to the housekeeper and said coldly, "I may not be able to deal with the Zhonglie Marquis Mansion. But killing you... is more than enough."

After saying that, he walked outside.

The butler's face was gloomy. He ordered all the archers to retreat and then followed Shangguan Wanning's footsteps.

Shangguan Wanning came to the Mansion of Marquis Zhonglie and found the atmosphere in the mansion a little weird.

The wedding was just held yesterday, but today all the red hangings in the house have been removed, even the red lanterns have been taken down.

"Miss, do you think..."

Before Lu Tong could finish her words, she saw Old Madam Xiao walking in with the help of her maid.

However, after not seeing her for just one day, Shangguan Wanning felt that Old Madam Xiao seemed to have aged a lot. Her face, which was already covered with wrinkles, now looked even more haggard.

She stared into Shangguan Wanning's eyes and asked directly, "Did the princess ask my grandson to meet her at Shilipo last night?"

"Yes." Shangguan Wanning admitted frankly.

Old Lady Xiao's lips turned pale and her body trembled slightly. "Did you trap him?"

"yes."

"Why are you doing this?" Old Lady Xiao hit the ground hard with her dragon head cane.

"To give vengeance to those girls he has abused, and to make him pay a little price for being rude to me so many times."

"How can this be possible!" Old Lady Xiao rushed to Shangguan Wanning, her eyes full of resentment and anger. "Shangguan Wanning, do you know... I can kill you right now."

"Kill me? Why do you want to?"

Shangguan Wan Ning was not afraid at all, and looked into the eyes of Old Lady Xiao. "Did you rely on your Xiao family's previous merits? Did you rely on your old age to bully others? Or did you rely on the power of the Loyal Marquis' Mansion to bully others?"

"Old Lady, I respect the contributions your ancestors made to the court and the country, but that doesn't mean your descendants can be lawless and do whatever they want. Others may be afraid of your Xiao family, but my Shangguan family is not."

"He, Xiao Yikai, will be reincarnated, and I, Shangguan Wanning, am not bad either. In terms of military exploits, the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery are on par with the Marquis of Righteousness and Courage; in terms of current status in the court, my father is the prime minister, my uncle is the general who guards the country, and my fiancé is the Prince of Zhennan, second only to the emperor and above everyone else."

Shangguan Wanning raised her head proudly. She had never boasted about her family background like she did now.

"Old Lady Xiao, even if I teach your grandson a lesson, so what? You can go to the prefectural government office and sue me. I want to see if the prefect of Wenrong County dares to touch a hair on my head."

After Shangguan Wan Ning finished speaking, she sat down at the upper seat.

At this time, Old Lady Xiao had been rendered speechless by Shangguan Wanning's retort.

Compared with the ordinary people who were oppressed by them, the powerful force behind Shangguan Wanning was indeed not something that ordinary people could afford to offend.

In the current political situation, Shangguan Yue and Mu Jingrui are absolutely powerful and have absolute power over the government.

Old Madam Xiao walked step by step to Shangguan Wanning, tears welling up in her scarlet eyes.

"If the princess had simply taught him a lesson, our Xiao family would have just swallowed the humiliation. However... the princess seduced him and killed him..."

"What?" Shangguan Wanning froze, "Xiao Yikai is dead?"

For a moment, Shangguan Wanning's mind went blank.

Xiao Yikai deserved to die; but he shouldn’t have died at her hands; and he certainly shouldn’t have died at this time.

"You are still pretending?" Old Lady Xiao scolded, "You trapped Kai'er in a trap and humiliated him in that way... He couldn't escape and was frozen to death in the trap."

this?

Shangguan Wanning was shocked.

At this time, Lu Tong was also panicked.

This was a big disaster caused by accident.

"Old Lady Xiao, my eldest daughter only trapped him in a trap and knows nothing else. If you want to bring an army to punish her, please write a letter to the capital to give my master a letter."

After Lu Tong finished speaking, she pulled Shangguan Wan Ning and was about to leave.