This was the first time Rong Shizi had been so intimate with a woman. He deliberately ignored the warm, soft body in his arms and said coldly and distantly, "You should find a place to hide."
“I’m fine! The little mirror told me that before you were reincarnated with me, you gave me protective divine power, so no one can hurt me.”
Prince Rong didn't know what protective divine power was, but when he heard that she wouldn't be hurt, the worry he had felt when he arrived was finally put to rest.
With the arrival of the men brought by Prince Rong, the situation gradually came under control. Soon after, the Crown Prince and the young prince also arrived with their own troops.
The assassins were killed one by one. Seeing no hope of escape, they all chose to bite the poison in their mouths. The prince and others wanted to capture a few of them alive to investigate the mastermind behind it. In the end, they managed to leave three assassins who were still hanging on by a thread, with their tendons in their hands and feet severed and their jaws dislocated.
In just a short time, the once bustling street was littered with corpses.
The Crown Prince gave a few instructions to his subordinates, then walked up to Rong Shizi and Fang Ruotang, stopping a few steps in front of them.
The crown prince asked in a deep voice, "Aren't you coming down?"
Fang Ruotang glanced at the blood around her, then looked at her embroidered shoes adorned with beautiful pearls, and shook her head. "I'm not going down."
Prince Rong remained aloof, neither offering to help Fang Ruotang dismount nor trying to stop her, as if he didn't have a girl in his arms at all.
The Crown Prince frowned. "Injured?"
"No, the ground is so dirty, and my new shoes are dirty." Fang Ruotang pouted; she had specially changed into these new clothes.
After court, she changed into a beautiful dress in the carriage. It was the first time she had worn it, and she was ready to go shopping with her three older sisters. Little did she know that she would be attacked.
The prince's brows relaxed, and he opened his arms, saying, "I will embrace you."
“After all, Prince Rong is your future brother-in-law. It is against etiquette for you to ride a horse with him.” The Crown Prince did not give Fang Ruotang a chance to refuse.
Just now, faced with life and death, she naturally didn't care about trivial matters, but now that the Crown Prince's words made sense, Fang Ruotang also agreed, so she reached out and pounced on the Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince put his arm around Fang Ruotang's waist and pulled her into his embrace, like holding a child, letting her sit directly in the crook of his arm.
[I just shared a horse with Prince Rong; remember to calculate the points.]
Okay.
Give me more.
【……good.】
The Crown Prince looked at Fang Ruotang, who was clutching his jade crown and still haggling over another man, and he was so angry he almost laughed.
"If you apply more force, the hair ornament will loosen."
"No, I'm holding on."
Fang Ruotang retorted instinctively, completely misunderstanding the Crown Prince's meaning.
The Crown Prince had no choice but to let her go, and looked at the handsome and aloof Prince Rong.
"Thank you for saving Xiao Liu. I will prepare a generous gift and send it to your esteemed residence later."
Prince Rong: ...
accurate.
But he had no right to say anything.
He pursed his lips slightly, made a gesture to his own guards, and left with his men.
The Crown Prince gazed at Rong Shizi's retreating figure with a deep, unfathomable look in his eyes.
Just now in the palace, for a moment, his mind was in turmoil.
He guessed it might be because of Fang Ruotang, and then a guard came to report that Fang Ruotang had been assassinated on the street. He immediately brought his men over.
The Prince Rong's residence is indeed closer to here than the palace, but he appeared so timely. Could it be that he also has this kind of feeling?
The crown prince felt this was not a good thing.
"The rest is up to the Crown Prince. Give Xiao Liu to me, and I will escort her back to her residence." The young prince stretched out his hand, looking as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
The Crown Prince didn't even glance at him, and carried Fang Ruotang away.
"Clean up the corpses, keep a close watch on the survivors and don't let anyone die. Go to the Dali Temple and wait for me."
The two of them were talking to themselves in exactly the same way.
The young prince laughed in annoyance, "Fine, you're something else. Who told you to be the crown prince?"
Fang Ruotang couldn't help but laugh as she watched the two bickering. The fear she felt when she witnessed the assassination attempt vanished, and she waved to the young prince with a smile.
"Thank you for your hard work, Your Highness."
The young prince's expression changed instantly, and he waved his hand with a charming smile, "It is my honor to serve Xiao Liu. When you return to the manor, remember to have the imperial physician examine you and give you a bowl of calming soup."
"OK."
Fang Ruotang's reply came from afar, and the Crown Prince strode forward, looking hurried and anxious.
Who wants to kill me?
[Sigh, there are many more. Besides spies from Northern Liang and Western Zhou, several officials from Dayong were involved, including the Third Prince's maternal family.]
Weren't the third princes all demoted to commoners?
[As you said yourself, they've been demoted to commoners, won't they seek revenge?]
Fang Ruotang huffed angrily.
[Revenge? What does that have to do with me? If the Third Prince hadn't lost control of his lust and slept with the Emperor's woman, would he have ended up like this?]
The crown prince narrowed his eyes, his gaze filled with a chilling intensity.
[You should talk to the Crown Prince. It'll save them time from investigating. Just raid his house; they'll find something out. Anyway, those who conspired to harm you are all big corrupt officials. They're just afraid you'll come after them someday, so it's better to strike first.]
Fang Ruotang became even angrier and shook the Crown Prince's head.
Just as the Crown Prince's anger was escalating, Fang Ruotang's outburst seemed to freeze his fury.
"Stop fooling around."
The Crown Prince grabbed Fang Ruotang's small hand and moved it away.
Fang Ruotang felt very insecure being held so high by the Crown Prince without grabbing onto something, so when the Crown Prince removed her hands, she grabbed them again and indignantly recounted the story of the masterminds behind this incident.
The crown prince had no choice but to let it go.
He wanted to lift the little girl down a bit, but that position was too intimate, though it wasn't much more intimate now.
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