"Whether or not to come is not up to you or me. It depends on what our Crown Prince thinks."
"Sir, everything is arranged." Before the third quarter of the evening, Qingfeng had ambushed everyone not far from the ruined temple.
Situ Yao was wearing a dark suit, his sword-like eyebrows slanted into his temples, his eyes were deep and he said nothing.
"Your Highness, why don't you let me go to the appointment?" Qing Feng was still worried about Situ Yao going alone. They didn't know who the other party was. And it was obvious that they were coming for His Highness, so how could he let him take the risk?
Situ Yao's eyes moved, "Do you think they can find Su Mengyan accurately without knowing what I look like?"
"But sir, you are a precious child, how can you take such a risk?" Qingfeng disagreed with him to save Su Mengyan. According to his idea, since the person was gone, whether he was dead or alive had nothing to do with the East Palace. However, he could only think about these in his heart and dared not say them out loud.
Situ Yao certainly knew what he meant, but when he heard the other party say that he might kill Su Mengyan, he ignored everything and just wanted to rescue her as soon as possible and catch that group of people at the same time.
Situ Yao interrupted Qing Feng's chatter, "Alright."
The third quarter of the evening hour was about to arrive. Su Mengyan didn't hear any movement outside, so she began to persuade the two of them, "You have seen that in His Highness's heart, I am just a palace maid. He will not take risks for such an insignificant person."
"And since you were able to find me at the inn, you must be well aware that I actually escaped." Su Mengyan paused and continued, "Would you take risks for someone who escaped?"
"You're very clever!" said the elegant-looking man, "But I told you, if Situ Yao hadn't come, you would have died here today!"
Su Mengyan was about to cry. It was clearly Situ Yao's fault, but why was she the one who had to pay with her life in the end?
He is the noble Crown Prince, how could he come to this shabby place alone for her? Is she really going to be killed today? Su Mengyan thought sadly.
Never mind, maybe if she died here, she could return to the world that truly belonged to her, which might not be a bad thing, Su Mengyan thought, finding joy in the midst of hardship.
"The time has come. Please be gentle when you two strike me." Su Mengyan stretched out her neck. "It would be best if it could be ended with one strike. I don't want to experience bone-eating pain before I die."
Her words startled the two grown men, but it only lasted for a moment before they returned to normal.
"Are you going to protect Situ Yao with your life?" the elegant man asked her.
Su Mengyan rolled her eyes and said, "Just understand the situation. It's you who want to kill me, and I don't want to cover up for His Highness."
"If you let me go if I tell you some secrets about His Highness, I would love that." Su Mengyan said spinelessly.
This was completely different from what they had imagined. The elegant man showed a little more interest. "Tell me about it. If the secret you tell me is valuable, I might consider letting you go."
Su Mengyan tilted her head and thought about it. After a while, she said, "Your Highness really likes sweet things. Does this count?"
"What do you think?" The elegant man smiled and stroked the sharp blade.
"Wait, I can think of something else." Su Mengyan said quickly.
"No need." The elegant man stood up with a knife in hand.
Su Mengyan shrank her neck in fear, thinking he was going to attack her.
"Where is the person?" Su Mengyan was feeling strange as she didn't expect to hear Situ Yao's voice before she died.
No, this wasn't an auditory hallucination! Su Mengyan looked up and saw Situ Yao's tall and handsome figure appear outside the door.
She was surprised and delighted, "Your Highness, why are you here?"
Without waiting for others to speak, she started to chase them away again, "This is a trap, leave quickly! Leave me alone."
Situ Yao glanced at her silently, then quickly retracted his gaze, which stayed on the elegant man. "You are not from the Bai family!" he said with certainty.
Then he frowned and asked, "What is your purpose in bringing me here?"
"Please forgive us, Your Highness. We had no choice." When the elegant man saw Situ Yao, there was finally some respect on his face.
Situ Yao didn't appreciate it and looked at them coldly, "What kind of desperate situation would make you resort to kidnapping?"
"Second brother, I think he's useless. Let's not beg him anymore. It's useless!" the bearded man said indignantly. "These nobles all live a life of luxury in the capital. How could they know what the common people are like?"
"Third brother, shut up!" The elegant man looked at Wenwen who was weak, but was able to control him.
"Third brother has a reckless temper and speaks without restraint. Your Highness, please forgive me." The elegant man said with a fist, then curled his lips. "But he is not wrong. The people above never care about the lives of the common people."
Situ Yao frowned, sensing something was amiss, and asked slowly, "Are you from Chu City?"
"We brothers are from the Xu family, the governor of Chu City." Xu Chuyun explained his family background. "We escaped."
"I thought of kidnapping Miss Su because I was desperate." Xu Chuyun took the initiative to help Su Mengyan untie her and apologized to her sincerely, "I'm sorry for offending you before. Please forgive me, Miss Su."
His huge change at this moment had made Su Mengyan confused. She had no idea what he was going to do. Moreover, Situ Yao's eyes were a little strange. She didn't dare to say much, but stood quietly beside him as a competent vase.
"If he's the son of the prefect, why would he run away?" Situ Yao said in disbelief. "And you even have the guts to threaten me. Aren't you worried about your father's position being in jeopardy?"
"It's better not to be such a crappy official." The third brother Xu Chufeng said quickly.
Xu Chuyun stopped him with his eyes. "Your Highness, a rare disease broke out in Chu City a month ago. Many people died in the city. My father has petitioned the capital for help many times, but there has been no response. Now Chu City is almost becoming a dead city."
"What?" Situ Yao was shocked. This was no small matter. "Do you have any evidence?"
When Xu Chuyun left Chu City, he took the seal of the prefectural governor's office with him. "We were originally going to the capital to see the emperor, but when we got here, we happened to see His Highness, so we used this method to lure His Highness here."
Situ Yao checked the seals and found that they were all authentic.
"Where is the prefect?" Situ Yao asked.
"My father was imprisoned by them and couldn't leave Chu City. Only the two of us escaped." Xu Chufeng said gritting his teeth.
"Who dares to imprison the governor?"
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