Chapter 421 Hu Shanxiang 12
"We are honored to have the Crown Prince as our guest."
Xu Bin bowed and glanced at the girl dressed as a man standing next to Zhu Zhanji. "I wonder who this person is..."
Sun Ruowei, who was in the carriage, quickly explained for her, "This girl was implicated by me. She helped me in the archery hall, but was also arrested as a traitor by this guy."
"I see. Thank you for your help, young lady. What's your name? Where is your home? When we're done, we'll see you off safely."
"My surname is Hu, and I don't deserve your thanks. If I wait until the Crown Prince leaves, you'll be even more convinced that I'm a traitor." Hu Shanxiang smiled and waved her hand, pointing at herself and the Crown Prince with her fan. "As for waiting until you've resolved your big issue before sending me out, that's not necessary. I'm actually in cahoots with him."
"Miss Hu, why do you say that? How could you be in cahoots with him?"
Sun Ruowei quickly jumped out of the car and was about to grab Hu Shanxiang's hand, but Zhu Zhanji got there first and pulled Shanxiang behind him. Although he was still smiling at Sun Ruowei, his aura made the girl take two steps back. When she realized what was happening, she stopped and glared at him.
"Miss Sun, if you insist on being a rebel, don't drag others into this. Sister Hu, a good citizen, won't side with me. Are you really going to force her to live a precarious life with you?" Zhu Zhanji said as he looked at the man who actually had the final say. "What do you think, sir?"
Xu Bin bowed and smiled, "In any case, I have to thank Miss Hu for her help. We will clean up the room in a while. Please forgive me for the poor hospitality."
"As for the Crown Prince, I can only inconvenience you for the time being."
Hu Shanxiang smiled, turned from behind Zhu Zhanji, and pulled out the sword from Sun Ruowei's hand. A dozen strong men with swords were about to rush over, but were stopped by Xu Bin.
Seeing this, Hu Shanxiang threw her sword to the ground without hesitation: "So you see, for the sake of your greater cause, you should treat an innocent person like me equally."
In the end, the two of them were tied back to back to the pillars of the secret room. After Zhu Zhanji and the others left, he jokingly said, "You'd rather endure hardship than be separated from me?"
"I'm worried that if you die, no one will collect your body. We're friends, and even though you've gotten me into trouble, I can't bear to see you suffer such a terrible fate."
"Tsk, I was wondering why your words are getting more and more vicious. It's not nice for a girl to be like this. It's not pleasing."
"Tsk, don't bother. My parents, brothers and sisters-in-law said they'll never let me live off others. From childhood to adulthood, no one has ever needed me to please anyone unless I was willing."
As Hu Shanxiang spoke, she hooked her leg and kicked the person behind her.
"Hey, why did you kick me? Hey, hey, hey, I was wrong, I was wrong, stop kicking me, if you kick me again, will I fight back? I will really fight back!"
Zhu Zhanji looked very embarrassed, but unfortunately his hands were tied to the pillar and he couldn't run far or hide, so he was beaten up badly.
Upon hearing this, Hu Shanxiang put a little more strength into her foot. "Fight back? Try fighting back. Do you have hands? I'll let you drag me down with me. Zhu Zhanji, just wait. Once we get out of here, I'll break off all ties with you! Tomorrow I'll go back to Huyang. If you trust these cunning people again, I'll write my last name upside down!"
"What did you call me?"
"Zhu Zhanji, what's wrong? Is the Crown Prince going to punish a poor wretch like me for my disrespect?"
"You scream again?"
"Zhu..."
"Miss Hu, I'm here to bring you dinner."
At this moment, Sun Ruowei pushed open the door and walked in with a lunch box.
Hu Shanxiang naturally stopped talking and said to Sun Ruowei with a smile, "Thank you for your help, Miss Sun."
"It's okay, it's okay." Sun Ruowei said as she placed the lunch box on the table. She came over and untied the rope that bound Hu Shanxiang, then turned around and took out the food from the lunch box and arranged it. "It's just some simple food, don't mind Miss Hu."
Hu Shanxiang looked at the four dishes and one soup on the table: braised chicken feet, lion's head, stir-fried gluten with vegetables, cold wild vegetables and a bowl of nourishing clear chicken soup.
"If I dislike this kind of food, Miss Sun will probably laugh at me for being ungrateful." Hu Shanxiang picked up the bowl and saw that Sun Ruowei was just looking at her with her hands on her face. So she asked, "Miss Sun, don't you want to share some?"
"Oh, no, I've already eaten. These are specially prepared for you."
Sun Ruowei said as she moved the bowl of chicken soup towards Shanxiang: "I've been cooking this chicken soup for a long time. Would you like to try it and see how it tastes?"
"All of them were made by the girl herself? I am in for a treat today."
Shanxiang took a sip and found it tasted really good. As a home cooking skill, it could be considered a good cooking skill. She was really hungry today, so she drank half a bowl of soup to whet her appetite. Then she picked up a lion's head, mashed it, mixed it with rice and took two bites.
"How is it? Is it delicious?"
"It's really delicious, and Miss Sun's cooking skills are impeccable. I'm afraid that after eating this, I will miss it if I can't eat it again in the future."
"Well, there's no need to think about it. If you like it, I can cook it for you often in the future." Sun Ruowei agreed readily. The more she looked at this Miss Hu, the more she liked her. If it weren't for the wrong occasion, she would have dragged her to become sworn brothers on the spot.
Zhu, who had been feeling left out, listened to the two of them talking happily and finally couldn't hold back any longer: "Hey, two ladies, could you please be so kind as to give us some food? One of us is still starving!"
Sun Ruowei put her hands on her hips and walked proudly to Zhu Zhanji: "You deserve it. You locked me up in the imperial prison and tortured me for so many days without food or water. We locked you up here, but at least we didn't torture you."
"Isn't it a hassle to starve me? This condemned prisoner wants to go on his way full. Besides, she can't even finish your four dishes and one soup."
"You have a really good nose, huh. But you're right, we're not as cold-hearted as you."
Hu Shanxiang, holding the bowl of rice, saw that Sun Ruowei was really moved by Zhu Zhanji's few words, and silently picked up the last lion head on the plate and put it into her own bowl.
"Hey, it's just such a delicious dish, at least leave me a bite!"
Without caring about the half-turn of rope left, Zhu Zhanji ran over in two or three steps. Seeing Hu Shanxiang bite the round lion's head, he quickly suppressed the smile in his heart and made a dying sigh:
"Alas... I'm still a step too late."
"Oh, you only got this meal thanks to Miss Hu. It's good enough that you have something to eat, but you're still picky."
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