Chapter 641: Pull Back from the Brink
Hu Xin'er watched, unable to help but sneer from the bottom of her heart: "Master Shen is truly adaptable. As soon as you see a master who is more powerful than you, you suddenly realize your sins? Is Master Zhao a magic mirror?"
Zhao Yunxuan just looked at Prefect Shen quietly: "Oh?"
Prefect Shen endured all kinds of gazes and squeezed out a few tears: "I am guilty of not judging people well and causing Lord Chu to be poisoned. Lord Zhao, please send troops to rescue Lord Chu as soon as possible!"
It turned out that when he saw the Anbu and the Iron Cavalry joining the battle, and Zhao Yunxuan clearly favoring the Lu family, he was actually scared out of his wits.
At first, Hu Xiner really thought that he was sincerely repentant, but after hearing a few sentences of his "confession", her brows were twisted into a knot.
All I heard was Prefect Shen kneeling on the ground with tears and snot, talking about how he was deceived by Zhou Cheng and that villain.
What he said was not an admission of guilt, but an attempt to clear himself and maintain his image as an honest official.
He also said that he would donate all his property to make up for the losses caused by his misjudgment of people.
This is even more ridiculous. Does he think that by paying some money, he can cover up the ugly things he has done?
"You're saying Zhou Chenghe deceived the Zhou family, poisoned Lord Chu, and then ran away?" Hu Xin'er was almost laughing with anger. "It's clear to me that the Zhou family and the Shen family were secretly colluding. You were worried about being found guilty, so you made up this story to exonerate yourself, but you're throwing all the blame on Zhou Chenghe."
Mu Qing patted her hands, signaling her not to get angry.
Then, he looked at Zhao Yunxuan and said, "It's useless for us to argue about right and wrong here."
He glanced at Prefect Shen with a cold look and said, "I suggest that we search the Zhou and Shen residences directly."
By then, the evidence will be irrefutable, and no matter how many lies Prefect Shen and his men fabricate, they will all be shattered by the evidence!
Prefect Shen never expected that Mu Qing would come up with such a trick.
Originally, he planned to work with the Zhou family to fool Lord Zhao, but now he found that it was completely impossible to fool him. The most terrifying thing was that they could not deal with the elite soldiers under Lord Zhao.
So, when he learned of the arrival of Master Zhao, he immediately came up with a plan to make a feint to the east and attack in the west, causing Zhou Chenghe to escape, while he went to the Lu family to delay time.
In their plan, Lord Zhao would definitely give priority to rescuing the lives of high-ranking Anbu officials, so that the troops under his command would be dispersed, and Lord Shen would be able to get himself out of trouble.
Another purpose is to delay time.
The Zhou family has been planning for so many years just to change their face. Now the face-changing is in progress and no one is allowed to disturb them.
As long as they delay the time until the face-changing is completed, and then kill Miss Du and throw her somewhere, Miss Zhou will be able to take this opportunity to escape.
The dealings between the two families over the years have been extremely secretive. As long as they can cover up Miss Du's most obvious flaw, they can allow Miss Zhou to escape successfully.
Then Prefect Shen would be able to preserve his image. At most he would be punished for his poor performance, but he would not be executed.
Moreover, the Zhou family's underground power was so huge that Prefect Shen felt that as long as he could protect Miss Zhou, he could escape even on the execution ground.
But if he searched the Zhou family directly at this time, his entire plan would fail.
Because Miss Zhou's face-changing is currently in progress, and the order was given so hastily that Miss Zhou has no chance to escape.
Zhao Yunxuan glanced at Prefect Shen and saw him sweating profusely. The compassion in his eyes grew even stronger. "Then it will be as Master Lu said."
"No! No way!" Prefect Shen hugged his legs in panic. At this moment, he still wanted to pretend to be righteous, but he didn't know that the sweat on his head and his expression made him look extremely funny.
He argued confidently, "According to the imperial laws, even the prime minister of a country does not have the power to search other people's homes at will. Lord Zhao, you have violated the law. Stop now! Repent!"
"Who is the one who should stop in time?" Hu Xiner was so angry that she almost laughed when she saw that he still dared to act decent at this time.
She fumbled under her pillow and pulled out the imperial edict: "With this imperial edict, can we search the Zhou family or not?"
Zhao Yunxuan knelt on one knee to receive the imperial edict and slowly unfolded it. "This is the imperial edict bestowed by His Majesty to the Second Princess. It bears the imperial seal of His Majesty himself. Not to mention searching the Zhou family, it's more than enough to take Lord Shen's head."
Prefect Shen's eyes widened in shock, as if he wanted to pop his bloodshot eyeballs out: "How could it be, when did the court have a second princess... Wait, is it... No way..."
Zhao Yunxuan kicked him away as he collapsed to the ground. "Divide the troops into two groups and make sure to thoroughly search both the Shen and Zhou families."
Hu Xin'er said quickly: "Wait, I want to go with you."
Zhao Yunxuan bowed to her and said, "The Second Princess is a precious body, and now she's pregnant. How could she easily venture into such danger?"
He looked at Mu Qing and said, "Please take good care of the princess, Prince Consort."
Hu Xiner thought again and realized that if she went, she would probably become a burden, so she arranged for a reliable servant to go with Zhao Yunxuan and others.
She straightened up and leaned on Mu Qing's shoulder: "It's great that the matter is finally resolved."
Although their identities have been completely exposed, it doesn't matter as long as their families are safe.
"I've sent someone to ask Doctor He to come and treat you," Mu Qing said gently, "There's no need to take such risks in the future."
When the servants in the mansion saw the lady and the young master being intimate with each other again, they tactfully closed the door and left, taking away Prefect Shen, who was lying on the ground like a dead dog.
As soon as Prefect Shen was dragged out of the door, he suddenly seemed to react and clung to the door sill: "Princess, Prince Consort! I am innocent, I was deceived by the villain——"
As his voice faded away, Hu Xin'er's tense nerves finally relaxed, and a smile appeared on her face: "Thanks to Mr. Zhao for arriving just in time."
She paused and snuggled into Mu Qing's arms. "Come to think of it, he's really as weird as Lord Chu said, saying he was able to predict my crisis. Actually, I originally thought he was a monk, but I didn't expect him to be..."
Mu Qing narrowed his eyes: "What is it?"
"He's a pretty sickly man!" Hu Xin'er said with a grin. "Oh, the maids in our yard were so embarrassed when they saw him."
Seeing that Mu Qing was silent, she smiled inwardly, "Come to think of it, I'm quite curious. Isn't he a cultivator? Why does he still have hair? But I think a handsome man should still be very handsome even without hair, right?"
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