Lu Xiaoyun and Zhu Dan exchanged a knowing smile, picked up their wine glasses, and went to pour wine for Lu Yucheng.
Lu Yucheng had no choice but to deal with it, thinking to himself that the two princes were probably doing it on purpose today.
His wedding night.
Of course, Lu Xiaoyun finally realized that Zhu Yu, the mighty God of War of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was actually so weak that he would collapse after just a few cups of wine, so what was in her cup was plain water.
Lu Yucheng had no idea that Prince An was drinking one cup of wine after another, and it was hard for him not to drink. He secretly exclaimed that Prince An's alcohol tolerance was too good.
As soon as Zhu Chen stepped into the Third Prince's residence, he immediately demanded, "What's going on? You can't even handle such a small matter? What use are you to me!"
The head guard, covered in cold sweat, knelt on one knee and begged for forgiveness: "Your Highness, we don't know how the person in the bridal sedan chair became Madam Xu. We clearly switched the person out."
Zhu Chen asked with a grim face, "Where is Xu Shi now?"
The head guard was almost in tears, stammering and not daring to utter a sound. The refugees they had found had no idea that the person they had abducted was either Lu Yucheng's new wife, Qi Wanting, or Zhu Chen's concubine, Xu Jing.
Seeing that it was a beautiful woman in a wedding dress, these refugees hadn't touched a woman in who knows how long, and had long since ruined her beyond recognition.
Rewind two hours, and Lu Yucheng's wedding procession met another wedding procession on the main street of Shengjing. The "groom" on the other side uttered harsh words, just to provoke Lu Yucheng into anger.
Lu Yucheng was furious. The men he brought were all scoundrels from the battlefield, and they certainly wouldn't let it go so easily. As long as the two sides started fighting, he could take advantage of the chaos to switch the two sedan chairs.
But who knew the bride was so gentle? Not only did she not mind his nonsense, she even asked Lu Yucheng to make way for them. Lu Yucheng not only didn't argue with them, but he actually did make way.
This was strange. Having lived in Shengjing City for so long, he had never seen any high-ranking official being bullied by a commoner.
Moreover, he said such provocative things, which resulted in them feeling frustrated that they had no way to use their strength.
There was no other way but to temporarily switch to the second plan, which involved having the people hidden on the second floor throw a string of firecrackers into the crowd, causing the people to flee.
Among these people were their own people, who led the crowd toward the two wedding sedan chairs parked together, blocking Lu Yucheng behind the throng, and then quickly replaced the people inside.
The whole process took only a few moments and was flawless, but who would have thought that something like this would happen?
Enraged, Zhu Chen kicked the head guard in the chest, sending him sprawling backward.
The head guard dared not offer any explanation and knelt down again. Fortunately, Zhu Chen did not have much martial arts skill, otherwise, Zhu Chen's angry kick just now would have caused him internal injuries.
...
In a residential house on Shengyang Street, Zhu Yu stood with his arms crossed, watching the young woman across from him, dressed in a wedding gown, wolf down her food.
Li Feng's eyes widened in astonishment at her eating habits: "Miss, who is she? Why does she look like she hasn't eaten for days?"
Hearing this, the woman, who was holding a chicken leg in one hand and a steamed bun in the other and stuffing them into her mouth, nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I haven't eaten for three days."
The woman was about seventeen or eighteen years old. She had an ordinary face, and her appearance was plain, even somewhat unattractive. Her skin was rough and dark, her eyes were small, her nose was flat, and there was black dirt under her fingernails.
Her two thin wrists bore marks from the thick hemp ropes binding them, and the expensive wedding dress she wore looked extremely ill-fitting and strange on her.
Fifteen minutes later, the woman finally finished eating. She wiped her greasy hands on her clothes, smiled at the stunning woman opposite her, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth: "Hehe, thank you for the meal, Miss. I was so hungry."
Zhu Yu said calmly, "Speak, what happened?"
The woman wiped her mouth with her sleeve and said, "My name is Cao'er. I am eighteen years old and an orphan. I beg for a living and live in a dilapidated temple in the east of the city. Yesterday, several men suddenly rushed into the temple, chose me from among the beggars, and took me out without saying a word."
"They took me to a house on Shengyang Street and taught me how to walk like a lady from a wealthy family all night. They threw this wedding dress at me and didn't give me any food. They said that as long as I behaved well, I would have endless wealth and honor in the future and could become the wife of a rich young master."
Zhu Yu sat there quietly, not urging her, listening to Cao'er chatter on and on.
"But I, all I want is to have enough to eat and clothes to wear. I don't even dare to think about wealth and luxury or marrying a rich man. Besides, I'm no longer a virgin. As long as someone gives me food, it doesn't matter who I sleep with."
Qi Yu and Li Feng stared wide-eyed. This Third Prince was truly disgusting and despicable; not only did he find a beggar, but he was also...
"This afternoon, a man came. He was wearing a wedding suit and looked like a groom. I thought they were going to marry me to him. The man was quite handsome. I thought to myself, what incredible luck I have to be chosen by such a good-looking man to be his wife."
"Of course I agreed, and I immediately went inside and put on my wedding dress. But as you can see, the dress is too big and obviously doesn't fit. This man has taken a liking to me and wants to marry me. Why didn't he find me sooner and have a wedding dress made to fit me? And they don't even give me food."
Li Feng was completely confused: "Miss, what is she saying? I understand less and less."
Qi Yu said coldly, "Get to the point."
The grass shrank its neck, said "Oh" and continued, "I realized something was wrong. There must be something wrong here. I might even lose my life. So I ran away when they weren't paying attention. But there were too many of them, and I couldn't escape at all. They tied me up, stuffed a wad of cloth in my mouth, covered my head with a veil, and stuffed me into a sedan chair."
Cao'er looked at the three people in front of her and said, "You'll know what happened next. On Shengyang Street, someone threw firecrackers from upstairs, and the people were so frightened that they ran around in all directions. Then, I don't know how, I ended up here with you."
Zhu Yu smiled coldly. Since he was now a woman, it was inconvenient for him to dine with the men in the main hall; in fact, it made things easier for him. Zhu Chen never imagined that their wicked plan had been discovered last night.
In the ensuing chaos, the man Cao'er mentioned took advantage of the confusion to have Qi Wanting replaced. Little did he know that the instant someone threw down firecrackers from the second floor, Zhu Yu and Qi Yu swiftly emerged from around the corner and pushed the drugged Xu Jing in front of the bridal sedan chair.
The other side thought their own people had already pulled the bride out of the bridal sedan chair. Time was too short for them to think, so they pulled Xu Jing into the bridal sedan chair they had prepared, and handed Cao'er to Zhu Yu and Qi Yu at the same time.
The two of them, along with the dizzy Cao'er, quickly disappeared into the alley around the corner and into the house.
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