Lu Jingliang quickly replied, "I'll go with you."

Jiang Yuetong gave a casual "hmm," forced herself to calm down, and then got up and headed to the main hall.

Qingfeng had already been waiting inside the hall after receiving the news.

Seeing Lu Jingliang beside his master, he glanced at him expressionlessly, thinking to himself: The elders were right, the master was indeed bewitched by this pretty boy.

They even took him with them when they went to the Central Plains.

Jiang Yuetong remained calm and spoke lightly: "Speed ​​up the gathering of people from Huanhai Prefecture and send them to the Central Plains immediately."

"Don't worry, Master. We can take a small team over first. If the Wu Tian Empire refuses to release the Second Miss, the main force will come immediately and will not hold you back."

Jiang Yuetong nodded with an icy expression.

"Go to the Central Plains."

"Yes!" Qingfeng led a team of twenty men, closely following behind Jiang Yuetong and her companion.

How dare they bully their second young lady? Do they think there's no one in Huanhai Prefecture?

...

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Inside the princess's residence of the Wu Tian Empire.

A young girl wearing an expensive gold hairpin and a gorgeous light blue brocade dress kicked the person on the ground.

She walked over and grabbed Jiang Xinyao's hair, her eyes filled with venom, and gritted her teeth as she said, "You lowly slave, how dare you try to steal my husband!"

“It was you who stole him from my side. Yin Lang and I have always been truly in love. We made a promise that after I graduated from the academy, he would marry me in a grand wedding procession.”

"presumptuous!"

Princess Xu Yuanshuang slapped her across the face with a loud "smack".

"A fool like you, who would be sold out and still be smiling as he counts the money, how could Brother Yin Lang possibly like you? He's only playing around with you because of your pretty face."

Jiang Xinyao was covered in dirt and grime, her clothes were filthy and her body was covered in whip marks, but her wet eyes looked very bright and clear.

She gritted her teeth and retorted, "You're talking nonsense!"

Xu Yuanshuang's gaze darkened as she looked down at her, sneering, "I'm afraid you don't know yet, but this princess and Brother Yin Lang have been betrothed since childhood."

With a loud bang, Jiang Xinyao lay stiffly on the damp ground as if struck by lightning.

Seeing her so distraught, Xu Yuanshuang finally showed a happy expression.

Then she took out a handkerchief from her bosom, wiped her hand that had grabbed Jiang Xinyao's hair, and said with a look of disgust, "A lowly slave is a lowly slave. You dare to break into my princess's mansion alone without any background. You're really asking for death!"

Jiang Xinyao closed her eyes in despair, still muttering, "Impossible, impossible, Yin Lang never told me any of this, you're lying, you're deceiving me..."

Xu Yuanshuang snorted coldly.

Without wasting any more words with Jiang Xinyao, he turned and walked out of the woodshed, ordering, "Gouge out her eyes, disfigure her, and throw her into the Monster Forest."

"yes!"

The guards standing at the gate remained calm, as if they were already used to it.

Just then, anxious shouts came from afar.

"Princess...Princess, something terrible has happened! Someone has broken into the Princess's residence with a knife!"

Xu Yuanshuang's face instantly turned cold.

Seeing the princess leave quickly, the guards standing at the door looked at each other in confusion, and one of them took out a dagger and went inside.

He said, "Let's get started!"

Approaching Jiang Xinyao lying on the ground, the guard raised his hand as if to stab her in the eye.

A powerful surge of purple spiritual energy rushed over.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Ah—" A miserable wail came from the guards' mouths as they lay convulsing on the ground.