Chapter 583 Rescuing People from the Dungeon
"If you don't want to go, you don't have to go..."
"No, I want to go, I really want to go." Jiang Nuanzhi said, as if afraid he would change his mind, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
After leaving, he patted his chest to himself, thinking how unusually kind this prince had been today.
"Ah Nuan?"
Upon exiting the building and seeing Li Rong looking at her, Jiang Nuanzhi immediately smiled and grabbed him, pulling him along.
Before Li Rong could even react, Jiang Nuanzhi had already pulled him several steps away.
"Quick, if he changes his mind later, we're doomed."
"Huh? Who's backing out?"
Jiang Nuanzhi grabbed the person and ran towards the courtyard where Qin Lin was, saying as she ran, "Of course it's Xiao Yuanshan."
Xiao Yuanshan withdrew his gaze from the direction Jiang Nuanzhi had left, narrowed his eyes in thought, showing no intention of chasing after her, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Looking at Xiao Yuanshan like this, Li Mingyu pursed her pale lips and after a long while said, "Your Highness, has Arong arrived? I...want to see him..."
As she spoke, she lowered her head with a hint of sadness, her voice trembling slightly: "He's our only brother in the family, and my sister and I always truly loved him. Now... he's the only family I have left in my family."
Her slender figure naturally gave off a somewhat frail feeling, but her eyes were fixed on Xiao Yuanshan, not missing a single detail about him.
"No need," Xiao Yuanshan said in a hard voice. "You treat him like family, but he doesn't think so. After all, no one in that household treated you well before, so you don't need to talk to him, lest you get yourself into trouble."
Li Mingyu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and her fingers under her long sleeves gradually tightened. Her thin figure swayed, and she said with admiration in her eyes, "Your Highness, I am so fortunate to have you, otherwise I really would not have been able to survive."
"What are you saying..." Xiao Yuanshan frowned deeply. "It wasn't your fault to begin with. Didn't we say we wouldn't bring this up again?"
Xiao Yuanshan looked over reproachfully, and when he turned around, he saw that Li Mingyu beside him was in tears.
He sighed deeply, pulled her into his arms, and patted her back gently to comfort her: "Don't think too much, and rest assured. With me here, I will not let you suffer even the slightest grievance, not even Li Rong."
"Your Highness, please don't hold a grudge against me because of Ah Rong. In the end, what happened back then was a misunderstanding between you and me. In my opinion, Ah Rong's visit to the manor is a good opportunity to clarify things. After all, we were once family, and now things are like this, it's hard not to feel sorry for us."
As she said this, she looked up at Xiao Yuanshan's expression.
"Heh." Xiao Yuanshan scoffed coldly: "The Li family has never been easy to deal with. What else is there to say? Don't worry about it."
Mentioning the past, Xiao Yuanshan's face showed some anxiety, and his voice was not as gentle as before. He just squinted and said, "Li Rong went crazy for a while, but his mind should be clear now. It's time to let him meet Qin Lin and the others. It's just the right time. He's here to help me when I'm sleepy."
As he spoke, a cold, mocking smile curled at the corner of his lips.
He lowered his eyes and picked up the medicine, saying, "Alright, why am I talking to you about this? Here, drink the medicine first."
Seeing Xiao Yuanshan's current state, Li Mingyu lowered her eyes to hide her emotions. The fist she had been clenching in her sleeve loosened a little, and she simply smiled and nodded, "Your Highness, I can do it myself."
Xiao Yuanshan insisted on feeding her the medicine, as if he wanted to prove something, which made him even more... well, you know.
Just then, the old steward rushed over and approached Xiao Yuanshan with a worried expression: "Your Highness... something has happened."
As he spoke, he glanced at the princess beside him again.
Xiao Yuanshan frowned slightly: "Just speak freely, there's no need to avoid mentioning the Princess Consort."
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened! My uncle and Physician Jiang, along with General Qin, have brought everyone out of the dungeon!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuanshan suddenly let out a cold laugh, but his voice carried a hint of amusement: "Good, very good indeed. They don't think that bringing someone home is the end of it, do they?"
"Your Highness, what should we do now?"
Li Mingyu frowned at Xiao Yuanshan: "You should know Arong's temperament. If she knew those people were in our mansion, she would probably fight you to the death."
"Fight to the death?" Xiao Yuanshan's eyes grew cold: "Now that he has a wife and children, if he can still fight as desperately as he did just now, then I will respect him as a hero."
Xiao Yuanshan immediately lifted his robe and stood up: "I will go and take a look. You rest first."
Then he instructed the maid beside him, "Take good care of the princess."
Having said that, he quickly got up and went out.
After Xiao Yuanshan left, Li Mingyu stared at his back for a long time: "Your Highness, Your Highness, perhaps you don't even realize it yourself, but you panic as soon as you have even the slightest connection with that woman."
"If this were a normal day, would you give someone who dares to come knocking on your door and doesn't care about your reputation at all a way out?"
"Also, you implicitly acknowledge that Li Rong is still the maternal uncle of this household, right?"
After all, you didn't refute what the old butler said, did you?
After a long while, a long sigh slowly escaped her lips.
Li Mingyu pursed her lips: "Someone, help me change my clothes."
Meanwhile, Jiang Nuanzhi had already led her people out of the dungeon.
This place was like a water prison, extremely cold and damp, with the pool full of snakes and insects. The damp, sticky atmosphere was mixed with the smell of blood, and Jiang Nuanzhi, who was inside, even felt her skin itch all over.
It's hard to imagine how these former subordinates of Le Rong managed to survive here.
But now is not the time to delve into the matter; getting the person out of here is the best course of action.
The two of them, along with Lin Chun and Qin Lin who still needed care, could barely support the three of them as they walked out.
There are only thirty or forty people left in the dungeon. Even if we try ten times, we still can't bring them all back.
What's more, there's also Ah Wang, who's blocking the doorway, brandishing his sword and attacking the group directly.
Lin Chun's face, which was usually unusually calm, was now streaked with tears. Her eyes were fixed on the face of the person in front of her: "Damn it, Li Jiawang, are you blind? How dare you lay a hand on me!"
As she spoke, she just managed to put down the old man she was supporting, and her soft sword clashed head-on with his long sword. If it were the old Awang, Lin Chun would definitely not be his match, but now, with just a light block, Awang staggered back several steps, his arm almost cracked from the impact. However, he still stepped forward with red eyes, fighting like he had no regard for his life.
Lin Chun's eyes were red, and she vaguely met A Wang's gaze. Barely managing to restrain A Wang's hands, Lin Chun hurriedly looked towards Jiang Nuanzhi.
"Madam, what's wrong with him?"
(End of this chapter)
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