Chapter 402 The Scheme Fails
Inside the camp, the Crown Prince had just learned that Li Sanqi had escaped with Wenxiu and was preparing to send someone to capture them. However, a moment later, Ji Huailang brought news that they had already been brought back.
"What's going on?" Xia Linyuan looked at Ji Huailang with a grim expression.
He didn't believe it was a coincidence.
Ji Huailang said with a hint of wryness, "This woman is truly terrifying when she gets ruthless!"
"Stop beating around the bush, what exactly happened?" Xia Linyuan wasn't a good-tempered person; even with his best friend, he wouldn't give her a friendly look.
Ji Huailang wasn't afraid of him and sighed, "You're such a boring person."
Seeing Xia Linyuan's dark expression, Ji Huailang quickly explained what had happened.
It turns out that Min Pan'er had previously suffered inhuman humiliation. After betraying Li Sanqi, she originally intended to make Li Sanqi experience what she had gone through.
To her surprise, they didn't do as she had planned.
Not only was Li Sanqi unharmed, but he also enjoyed good food and drink along the way, with carriages to ride in and tents to stay in, without suffering the slightest hardship.
Min Pan'er harbored resentment, so she conspired with those who had abused her in the past to devise a vicious plan.
While pretending to help them escape, they secretly arranged for people to wait for them on their escape route and humiliate them.
Unfortunately, Xia Linyuan was ruthless and cruel to Min Pan'er because they knew from the beginning that Min Pan'er was a fake princess.
Li Sanqi, being the true princess of Dayan, naturally received different treatment.
Even the soldiers who had been bribed by Min Pan'er reported the matter to Ji Huailang immediately.
Of course, they didn't know that Li Sanqi was a real princess; it was just that Min Pan'er was a princess from a neighboring country sent for a political marriage, and had no right to order them around.
Ji Huailang didn't expose them, but simply told them to wait on the road as Min Pan'er had instructed, and to bring the person back safely once they saw them.
Thinking of Min Pan'er, who had already turned to the dark side, Ji Huailang couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.
This woman is a bit stupid!
Do you really think she can get whatever she wants just because of her looks?
However, it did add a lot of fun to his journey.
He wondered what the woman had been trying to do by constantly trying to embarrass Li Sanqi during their journey. It turned out she was trying to gain his trust in order to prepare for her wicked scheme today.
I wonder what her expression will be when she sees that her scheme has failed.
Soon, Li Sanqi and Wen Xiu were brought back to the camp.
Xia Linyuan and Ji Huailang didn't even summon them, and simply had them thrown back into their tents.
Min Pan'er was already fast asleep at this time.
Of course, this was all an act.
After Li Sanqi and Wen Xiu escaped, Min Pan'er gave Ji Changsheng a little treat and then prepared to return to the camp.
Originally, Ji Changsheng's men were still unwilling to give up and wanted to humiliate her as well. But she slapped each of them across the face.
Do you really think she's still the same Princess Xihe who everyone can bully?
This time, Ji Changsheng didn't side with his men either. Instead, he kicked a few of them and ordered them to take Li Sanqi and Wen Xiu back.
The group could only reluctantly go to call for help. Then they discovered that Li Sanqi and his companion had already run away.
Ji Changsheng immediately stopped clinging to Min Pan'er and ordered someone to chase after her. He then brought Min Pan'er back to report.
After returning to the camp, Min Pan'er obediently went back to her tent.
However, after returning, she didn't sleep. Instead, she waited expectantly for Li Sanqi and Wenxiu to come back.
Will her plan succeed?
Like a lamb entering a tiger's den... Will those people treat Li Sanqi the same way they treated her back then?
Will Li Sanqi cry? Will she scream? Will she commit suicide? Or will she, like her, live a miserable existence, a living hell?
Min Pan'er was extremely excited and tossed and turned, really hoping to see the disheveled and haggard Li Sanqi soon!
Of course, she wouldn't mind seeing a corpse!
Sure enough, there was a commotion outside the tent, and Li Sanqi and Wen Xiu were brought back.
Hearing someone enter the tent, Min Pan'er rubbed her sleepy eyes, slowly sat up, and looked towards the entrance.
However, the excitement in his heart and the joy hidden deep in his eyes were shattered when he saw the two of them safe and sound!
"How could you... possibly be alright?"
Min Pan'er's eyes welled up with boundless rage and shock.
Li Sanqi was still wondering if Min Pan'er had let them leave while simultaneously arranging for someone to wait for them on the way.
But seeing the undisguised shock and astonishment on Min Pan'er's face, his doubts began to waver.
"Didn't you deliberately have people arrest us while we were escaping?"
Min Pan'er quickly shook her head in rebuttal: "How could that be? If I had sent someone to ambush you beforehand, why would I have risked my life to help you escape?"
Am I really so willing to debase myself?
As Min Pan'er spoke, tears began to fall.
Wenxiu pulled Li Sanqi aside and said apologetically, "Don't take it to heart, the Seventh Princess isn't doubting you. She's just a little unwilling to accept it."
“We had already escaped, but suddenly dozens of people appeared halfway and caught us again.”
"You should be able to understand that psychological gap between heaven and hell in an instant, right?"
Min Pan'er wiped away her tears and nodded: "I understand. I'm just feeling bad."
"I did all that to help you escape, but the Seventh Princess still suspects me..."
As she spoke, Min Pan'er's eyes welled up with tears again, feeling wronged.
"Don't cry, don't cry, we didn't doubt you." Wen Xiu tugged at Li Sanqi's sleeve.
Li Sanqi pouted uncomfortably and said in a muffled voice, "It's my fault. I shouldn't have doubted you so easily."
"You're right. If you didn't want to help us escape, why put on this whole show?"
"Letting us go, then bringing us back halfway. It makes no sense."
Seeing Li Sanqi say this, Min Pan'er stopped crying and smiled, nodding and saying, "Isn't that exactly right! I'm not just doing this for fun, I'm not just doing this for no reason."
"In my opinion, the Da-Tai people were probably on guard against us all along, so they arranged for people to be on guard in all directions beforehand," Wen Xiu speculated.
Li Sanqi nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "It's not necessarily to guard against us. Perhaps it's to protect their crown prince."
“The princess is right,” Min Pan’er echoed. “It is possible that they deployed people around the camp in advance to protect the crown prince’s safety.”
"That's roughly how it is," Li Sanqi agreed.
With the matter settled, all three fell silent.
Li Sanqi and Wen Xiu were in a bad mood after their escape attempt failed.
Min Pan'er was even more upset because she couldn't see Li Sanqi trapped in hell.
Nothing more was said that night, and the next day, the three of them continued their journey with the main group.
When they set off early in the morning, Ji Huailang, riding his tall horse, watched as the three women emerged peacefully from a tent, and couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth into a smile.
It seems that Min Pan'er, that stupid woman, has managed to fool everyone.
So, isn't this seventh princess even more stupid than Min Pan'er?
Tsk tsk, the women of Dayan really have no brains!
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