He stood up, walked to the brazier beside him, picked up a branding iron, and watched Feng Hongyu slowly put it into the brazier.
"Since the Second Princess refuses to tell the truth, I can only use some tricks."
Feng Hongyu's eyes showed fear as she stepped back to open the door.
"I don't know you, what do you want to do?"
The thin man pulled Feng Hongyu back and pushed her to the ground.
"Second Princess, I think you'd better tell the truth to save yourself from suffering. You pretended to have amnesia to get rid of the princess, but it would be difficult for us to explain to the princess."
Feng Hongyu propped herself up and said with red eyes:
"What do you mean by pretending to have amnesia? I don't know what you are talking about. I am the Crown Prince's concubine. You can't treat me like this."
"It seems that the Second Princess wants to experience the feeling of having this red-hot iron fall on her body."
Old Zhu walked up to Feng Hongyu with a red-hot iron in his hand and squatted down. "Second Princess, if you know what's best for you, stop pretending. Don't forget, your father is still in the hands of the princess."
Feng Hongyu lowered her eyes to hide the murderous intent in them, sobbed as she looked at the red-hot iron in front of her, shook her head and backed away.
"The Second Princess is really a toast that won't be accepted."
Old Zhu's patience ran out. He stepped forward and tore off Feng Hongyu's clothes. Then he brought the red-hot iron in his hand close to Feng Hongyu's white shoulder.
The moment the red-hot iron was placed on it, the smell of burnt flesh and smoke filled the air.
The burning pain spread from her shoulder to her whole body. Feng Hongyu screamed in pain immediately, but before she could shout louder, her mouth was blocked by a piece of cloth.
She wanted to dodge the branding iron, but was held tightly by Lao Zhu and could not escape at all.
"The Second Princess is really patient."
Lao Zhu increased the force to make the soldering iron stick closer to the skin.
Feng Hongyu's face turned pale with pain, and his forehead was covered with dense beads of sweat mixed with tears. He looked embarrassed and helpless.
Lin Qi happened to see this scene when he came. When he was about to break the window to come in, he saw Feng Hongyu fainted.
Old Zhu stood up with a cold look, kicked Feng Hongyu and said with disgust.
"You're worthy of being tortured by the princess growing up. You won't even give in."
"Old Zhu, if she doesn't say anything, she must have truly lost her memory. Don't torture her anymore. If the prince knows about her injuries, our identities will be exposed."
The two men were talking with their backs to Feng Hongyu, and did not notice that the unconscious man slowly opened his eyes, stood up, took out a prepared dagger from his sleeve, and approached them.
Feng Hongyu moved cautiously, fearing that the noise would be too loud and alarm the two of them.
Her hand gripping the knife handle was shaking, and fear made her ignore the burning pain for a moment.
As the distance between them got closer and closer, Feng Hongyu's heart almost jumped out.
She had never killed anyone, but if the two people in front of her didn't die, she would have no way to explain the injuries on her body and no way to clear herself.
Only if these two people died, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would not find out that she had done anything to wrong him.
Although she couldn't go against her conscience and changed the city defense map later, she still stole the map.
"I……"
Old Zhu wanted to say something, but he noticed a cold light hitting his face out of the corner of his eye. He turned around quickly and found Feng Hongyu standing behind them with a dagger in his hand.
Seeing that the two men had discovered him, Feng Hongyu didn't care about anything else and stabbed Lao Zhu with the dagger tightly in his hand.
Old Zhu was quick-witted and reached out to grab the knife from her hand.
While Lao Zhu was trying to grab the knife, Feng Hongyu threw the knife aside, grabbed the inkstone on the table, and smashed it hard on Lao Zhu's head.
"You actually pretended to be faint."
The thin man reacted and wanted to attack Feng Hongyu.
At this moment, there was a noise outside the window. Lin Qi broke in through the window, pulled Feng Hongyu away, and kicked the thin man out.
The thin man covered his chest, vomited blood, and propped himself up to look at Lin Qi.
"Who are you?"
Lin Qi walked towards him with a sword in hand, pointing it at his chest.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's personal bodyguard."
After he finished speaking, he raised his sword and slashed it down. The thin man died before he could even say anything.
Old Zhu, who was knocked unconscious, had not yet recovered from the incident when a sword light appeared in front of him.
"You killed us, don't you want to ask anything?"
Lin Qi looked at him disdainfully, "The Crown Prince knows everyone in Li Country. What's there to ask?"
Hearing this, Feng Hongyu next to him was stunned.
There is only one idea in my head.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows everything, everything she does.
Her eyes were blank and she could barely stand.
When she recovered, Lin Qi had already wiped Lao Zhu's neck, put the sword back into the scabbard, and walked towards her.
"Concubine, please return to the palace first."
…
Sitting in the carriage, Feng Hongyu listened to Lin Qi instructing others to deal with the follow-up matters and walked towards the carriage. Her hands were nervously pinching the fabric of her clothes, but she seemed not to notice that the fabric of her clothes was wrinkled by her.
The maid looked at her dazed expression, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and asked with concern: "Concubine, are you okay?"
He hasn't spoken since he came back, and I don't know what happened to make him look so miserable.
Feng Hongyu came back to her senses and said, "I'm fine."
The carriage started moving slowly, and the shaking caused the fabric to rub against the skin on her shoulder that had been burned by the branding iron, causing her to frown in pain.
She leaned against the carriage with her eyes closed, and only opened her eyes when she felt the carriage stop.
After getting off the carriage and going to the East Palace, Lin Qi led Feng Hongyu to the main hall.
"Your Highness, the concubine has returned."
Lin Qi recounted what had happened and stepped aside.
The prince put down the book in his hand, looked up at the pale-faced Feng Hongyu, and said to Lin Qi in a gentle voice:
"Go and ask the imperial physician to come over first," he then said to Feng Hongyu, "You go back to the courtyard first. We can discuss other matters after the imperial physician examines your injuries."
Feng Hongyu bowed and saluted before leaving the main hall, feeling mixed emotions. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not blame her right away, but asked her to see his wound first.
…
The imperial physician arrived quickly. Although he was surprised by Feng Hongyu's injuries, he knew what to ask and what not to ask.
He skillfully treated Feng Hongyu's injuries, explained the precautions, and left with the medicine box.
The prince sat at a round wooden table nearby and did not speak.
Feng Hongyu asked her maid to leave and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows everything."
"I know," the prince said without hiding anything, "I have had people keeping an eye on you."
"Then how will His Royal Highness deal with me?"
"The matter is over now," the Crown Prince said with a smile, looking at Feng Hongyu's surprised expression. "Luo'er and Empress Xian were abducted to Li Country. I am worried and have to go there."
Feng Hongyu lowered her eyes and looked at her hands, her hopes shattered by these words.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knew what she had done but pretended not to know, because he wanted to see if she would do something unforgivable.
The prince stood up and said, "I will take you with me to Liguo. Your injury..."
Hearing that she could return to Li Country, Feng Hongyu said excitedly: "My injury is fine."
After saying that, she pursed her lips and added, "It won't affect it."
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