Fu Tong'er stopped immediately. The dimly lit Hulu Temple was so quiet it sent chills down her spine. Fu Tong'er couldn't help but lean towards Lu Zhenzhi behind her...

The man lowered his eyes to glance at her little action and smiled faintly.

At this moment, the female statue enshrined in front suddenly moved. The pair of stone pupils behind the mask slowly moved to the side, making a dull rumbling sound.

Instantly, Fu Tong'er felt Jiu Ye's embrace around her waist, and then he pulled her up. The power of his large hand turned her around, and her hands naturally fell on the familiar chest! She even felt like she had been picked up, and her feet could no longer stand completely on the ground, as if she was ready to escape at any time.

"Don't move, Tong'er." Lu Zhenzhi said to the top of Fu Tong'er's head.

At this moment, a creepy voice came from all directions in the temple, filling the entire confined space:

"Trespassing into forbidden territory! Die!"

As soon as the words fell, countless sharp arrows shot out from the pupils of the stone statue...

Suddenly, Fu Tong'er felt her body being pulled up suddenly, and fell on several stone pillars in succession. Finally, she stopped. When she opened her eyes, she found that she had been carried to the beam by Lu Zhenzhi!

Looking down, hundreds and thousands of sharp arrows were shooting towards the ground from the pupils of the stone statue.

At this moment, Lu Zhenzhi pulled out the newly bought Bai Feng Chaoyang phoenix hairpin on his head and threw it towards the statue. It pierced through the mask and blocked the statue's mouth!

The sharp arrows stopped and the gate of Hulu Temple suddenly opened!

Only a familiar woman's scream was heard from behind the stone statue!

That sound is... is...!

…

Fu Tong'er yelled, "Hong'er, is that you? Hong'er! Jiu Ye, break that stone statue! Chase her!"

Lu Zhenzhi glanced at Fu Tong'er in his arms, jumped down with her in his arms, and quickly walked out of Hulu Temple!

The stone door closed again!

The rain outside had stopped long ago.

Seeing Master Jiu and Miss Fu come out safely, the soldiers clasped their fists and said, "Master Jiu, Miss Fu! Are you all right?"

Lu Zhenzhi let go of Fu Tong'er, straightened his sleeves, took the large and small bags from the soldiers, hung them on his horse and said, "Let's go to Prince Hui's Mansion!"

"Yes! Master Jiu!"

A group of people went to East City in a mighty procession.

After walking for nearly an hour, the two horses stopped at the gate of Prince Hui's mansion. Jiu Ye dismounted, and Fu Tong'er followed suit.

The two rows of soldiers behind were stopped at the gate of Prince Hui's palace.

A soldier was about to knock on the door when King Hui returned on horseback with his entourage in the western street.

He spotted Fu Tong'er standing in front of his Ninth Prince's soldiers from a distance. Looking at the time, it was nearly midnight, and the sky was already dark. It had just rained heavily, and the roads were very wet. The Ninth Prince never visited him normally, but now he was here in person, accompanied by his troops. Could something have happened?

Fu Tong'er walked around Jiu Ye's warhorse, came to his side, naturally took his arm, and waited leisurely for King Hui and his entourage.

Lu Zhenzhi casually inserted the original blood jade bead hairpin back into Fu Tong'er's bun, letting her hold her arm while he held his arm and waited leisurely.

When the soldiers saw King Hui, they did not clasp their hands, but just stood there in a straight line.

King Hui dismounted, came forward and bowed, saying, "Uncle Nine, why did you come to this junior's place instead of taking her to the Lantern Festival?"

Fu Tong'er frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "You, you won't let your ninth uncle stand outside, right?"

King Hui raised his eyes and said, "Miss Fu, why don't you greet me? Even if the Ninth Prince dotes on you, I am still a prince of Great Yan. Furthermore, since you haven't married into the Ninth Prince's family, it's only right that you greet me. If you had, you would naturally be the Imperial Aunt. Then, it wouldn't be too late to act like an elder."

"You!" Fu Tong'er turned her head and looked up at Jiu Ye, who was holding her arm. Seeing him nod, she let go of her arm and bowed to King Hui.

"Your Highness, Prince Hui, I greet you. I hope you will soon be willing to honor me as the Ninth Emperor Aunt."

"Fu Tong'er!" King Hui raised his voice.

Jiu Ye took Fu Tong'er into his arms and said calmly: "Come sit here and meet your concubine."

Prince Hui was stunned and said, "Uncle Nine, could it be that she has offended Tong'er again?"

"Hmph!" Lu Zhenzhi was unhappy when he heard the name "Tong'er".

With Lu Zhenzhi's embrace, Fu Tong'er became bolder: "Your concubine wants to assassinate us!"

"This is impossible. It must be a misunderstanding," Prince Hui said with a smile. "Uncle Ninth, please come sit in my house for a while. Hong'er is taking her maid Ling'er to the market. When she comes back, you can ask her. Come, please."

Stepping into Prince Hui's mansion again, Fu Tong'er recalled the days when she was beaten by Prince Hui. She couldn't help but tense up and shrank into Lu Zhenzhi's arms!

Lu Zhenzhi paused for a moment and asked gently, "What's wrong?"

Fu Tong'er pursed her lips and whispered, "It's okay. I just remembered some scary things. King Hui, he used to beat me all the time. As soon as I entered here, I felt a little scared..."

After hearing this, Lu Zhenzhi kissed Fu Tong'er on the forehead, and then, with a murderous look, he cast a murderous glance at King Hui beside him...

King Hui was walking beside Master Jiu just fine, but when he saw the old man suddenly stop and look concerned about Fu Tong'er, before he could think about what was going on, he got a look that was sharper than a knife!

"Ninth... Ninth Uncle, what happened?"

Lu Zhenzhi held Fu Tong'er in his arms and ignored King Hui. He passed through several doors and arrived in front of the main courtyard with four courtyards. He stepped into the main hall and sat down in the middle of the hall.

Fu Tong'er was about to go aside, but Lu Zhenzhi pulled her to his side: "Either stand next to me or sit here." He patted his thigh as he said that.

Fu Tong'er was stunned and whispered: "It's not good, there are so many people."

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