Chapter 156 Born to be your little dog snake
The pulse beneath her fingertips beat steadily and powerfully, and Xie Mianmian's heart, which had been pounding in her throat, finally returned to its normal position.
She anxiously patted the man's shoulder, "Brother-in-law, wake up, what are you doing here?"
Get up quickly, you're not allowed to sleep here.
But He Chuan, lying on the ground, did not respond and looked as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.
She looked at the struggling little fox and asked, "What did you do to him?!"
"Hey, bad guy, let me go! He's just asleep."
The tail tip tightly bound the fox's arms to its sides, and no matter how much it stretched its neck and flexed its delicate little muscles, it could not move an inch.
Xie Mianmian grabbed the fox with both hands, "You poisoned him? And you, at such a young age, you're not learning good things, you've even learned to falsely accuse others first."
"Hmph." The little fox turned its head to the side, refusing to look at her, displaying an arrogant demeanor that refused to yield to evil forces.
"Let me go right now, or when my master comes back, he'll beat you all to a pulp!"
Xie Mianmian could no longer bear it, so she flipped the little fox over and, no matter how much it cursed, gave its fluffy bottom a good spanking.
She put down the little fox and, together with the snow wolf, helped He Chuan to a chair. Then she searched around the house, trying to find more clues.
Who exactly is that woman? What does she want to do? And why is He Chuan here?
Although the house was dilapidated, it was kept very clean. There was firewood in the kitchen and rice, oil, and salt on the stove.
Xie Mianmian wiped the upside-down teacup on the table with her finger, rubbed it, and found no dust, indicating that the little fox's owner had been living here for some time.
She walked into the dormitory, where there was a bed and a table and chairs. The furnishings were simple. She looked around but found nothing unusual.
No, Xie Mianmian stopped in her tracks. The dormitory space seemed a bit unreasonable. It was too cramped, as if it had been shortened out of nowhere.
She ran to the outer courtyard wall and looked at it for a long time, then ran back to her dormitory and looked inside and out several times before finally confirming one thing.
An arm's length of space disappeared from the dormitory room.
Xie Mianmian stood by the bed and tapped on the wall, producing a hollow sound.
Her eyes lit up, and she pressed down hard on the brick. The wall began to move, and the sound of bricks rubbing together could be heard.
Just then, a fierce scream came from outside. It was the little fox. Without time to check what was inside, Xie Mianmian lifted her skirt and ran out.
"My master is back! Haha, are you scared? You've trespassed and illegally imprisoned me! I'm going to report you to the Two-Legged Beast Emperor!"
The snow wolf scoffed, "The laws of the Great Zhou protect the people of the Great Zhou, don't you think?"
To the woman who had just entered, these arguments were nothing more than meaningless chatter and shouting.
Xie Mianmian ran to the snow wolf's side, looked at the woman coming towards her against the light, and questioned, "Are you the woman who was with Minister Zhao yesterday? You wanted to kill him, why?"
The woman sneered and first scolded the little fox, "You good-for-nothing! What's the use of raising you? You don't even know to come and warn us when there's danger. You're such a useless piece of trash!"
The little fox's once bright and sparkling eyes dimmed, turning dark and lifeless. Even its tail, which had been wagging excitedly when it saw its master, drooped straight down, silent and still.
"I didn't expect you to be able to find your way here. Yesterday we failed to catch Vice Minister Zhao, and today not only did we get Vice Minister He, but also you, Princess. That's perfect, it seems I can save myself a few trips."
The woman spouted nonsense, yet she clung tightly to the purse at her waist.
As soon as she returned, she discovered the situation inside the house. By the time she tried to escape, it was too late; the giant python blocked her way.
Faced with these two unprecedented and ferocious beasts, the woman had no chance of winning.
Now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to take a gamble.
"Are you from the Northern Rong? What exactly do you want?"
"Heh, it's alright to tell the princess." The woman held up the purse in her hand. "This is the medicinal powder that our Northern Rong has been refining over the past ten years. No matter how ferocious the beast, it only needs to inhale a little bit."
The woman pinched her thumb towards her little finger, gesturing, "Just a little bit, and it will obediently become my dog, forever!"
After saying this, the woman laughed maniacally and waved her purse wildly at the giant python.
This caused the giant python to back away with its large head, as if to say, "No! I don't want to be this wicked woman's dog!"
In life, it was a gentle little snake; in death, it was still her little ghost, sob sob sob.
"How about that? Scared now? If you're scared, then let me go."
"Giant python, step back!" Xie Mianmian shouted.
Those tiny eyes darted back and forth between the wicked woman and Xie Mianmian, then temporarily hid to the side, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
Seeing that her scheme had succeeded, the woman laughed triumphantly and quickly turned to walk out the door.
Xie Mianmian grabbed a wooden stool and rushed forward with light steps. She wasn't a wild animal; even if she got hit, she wouldn't turn into a dog, would she?
Besides, is what that woman said necessarily true? Is it really that easy to control the mind of a beast with a flick of powder, or is it forever?
Is she lying to a child?
Just as the wooden stool in Xie Mianmian's hand was about to smash into the woman's back, the woman paused and stopped, almost causing Xie Mianmian behind her to lose her footing.
A man stood before them, dressed in a black brocade robe, handsome and refined, his eyes coldly fixed on the wicked woman and Xie Mianmian behind her.
Xie Mianmian quickly hid the wooden stool behind her back and said happily, "Your Highness, you've arrived!"
Without uttering a word, the seventh prince drew his sword and began attacking the woman.
The woman was quite skilled; she could dodge and move, but she still suffered several cuts from the sword.
Seeing that she was about to be defeated, she reached into her purse, pulled out a handful of powder, and suddenly sprinkled it on the Seventh Prince.
He swiftly shut down his five senses, but still managed to inhale a bit of powder into his lungs. With a flick of his wrist, the Seventh Prince stabbed the woman in the shoulder.
She groaned and collapsed to the ground, unable to move.
While instructing the giant pythons to keep an eye on the woman, Xie Mianmian ran towards the Seventh Prince and said worriedly, "Your Highness, are you alright? It is said that it is a powder researched by the Northern Rong that can make ferocious beasts as docile as dogs."
The Seventh Prince checked himself and found nothing wrong. He reassured the prince, "It's nothing. Once my men arrive, I'll go see the imperial physician immediately."
"It seems Your Highness will need to bring one more person back to the palace."
Xie Mianmian led him into the house, where He Chuan was still slumped on the chair, unconscious and showing no signs of waking up.
"Your Highness, please follow me. We have discovered a secret room inside."
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