Chapter 56

Before Wen Shu could even look outside, the carriage was suddenly pulled sharply in an arc, almost tipping over.

Hanxiang lost her balance and bumped into the carriage wall, her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

"Hanxiang! Hanxiang!"

Wen Shuxin's heart sank to the bottom. Few people come along this road, so the fact that they were able to scout the location so quickly and come to ambush her meant that the other party had been secretly monitoring her all along.

From the Wen family residence to the Baihe Restaurant, or from the Baihe Restaurant onwards?

The sounds of fighting outside had subsided considerably. A gruff voice called out from outside the carriage, "Princess, why aren't you getting down?"

Wen Shu's heart sank, and she murmured, "Princess? Consort Jiang?"

Immediately afterward, someone outside taunted, with a malicious tone: "Is that delicate young lady about to cry? How can she get down if her legs are weak?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the dozen or so men surrounding the carriage burst into laughter.

With a loud "thud," the palm made sudden contact with the skull, producing a dull thud that made everyone's teeth ache, and the laughter of the crowd stopped abruptly.

The leader of Dragon Tiger Stronghold slapped the bandit who had been egging him on the head and said in a deep voice, "What nonsense are you spouting? Don't you have a mother or a sister? Huh? Go and bring them down right now—"

Wen Shu was dragged off the carriage by two men. Judging from their clothes, they were the same group that assassinated Wen Tao outside the city last time. I didn't expect that they would be able to make a comeback after suffering heavy losses in the last assassination.

She was careless.

"You've arrested the wrong person, I'm not a princess..."

The bandit, filled with resentment after being beaten, yelled at Wen Shu, "You think you can just say it's not true? Look at you, all dressed in fine silks and with delicate skin, you look like someone from the palace!"

"That's right, that's right! We saw with our own eyes that kid surnamed Song personally escorted you out!"

"Who else could you be but a princess?"

Did you see Pei Lingjun personally escorting her out?

Wen Shu twitched her lips, wanting to laugh.

Finally, I ran out of energy and couldn't smile anymore.

Even if he were to be reborn, Pei Lingjun would still abandon Jiang Xianyi without hesitation in order to protect her.

Before Wen Shu could refute, another bandit interrupted, saying hesitantly, "Don't you think... she looks a bit like the young woman who was with Wen Tao during the robbery outside the city?"

A thunderclap rose from the ground.

All eyes were once again fixed on Wen Shu's face. After a long while, someone finally spoke up quietly, "She is Wen Tao's daughter. She is not a princess at all!"

"Damn it, Boss, we've kidnapped the wrong person!"

"Even if we fail to abduct the princess, abducting Lady Wen to make that old scoundrel Wen Tao anxious, and then sending a large ransom, wouldn't be a loss!"

...

At that time, Baihe Restaurant.

Pei Lingjun frowned as he went upstairs. Jiang Xianyi had already left the restaurant under the escort of the royal guards.

The room was filled with a palpable sense of oppression. Cui Peili stood in the corner, too afraid to speak, desperately praying that someone would come and break the eerie atmosphere.

As if the heavens had heard his heart's desire, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the wooden corridor. The footsteps stopped abruptly outside the room, and a series of urgent knocks on the door suddenly broke the silence inside.

Cui Pei hurriedly went to open the door, a relieved smile on his face.