After saying that, he quickly walked to Chu Qingluan and asked with concern: "Royal sister, are you okay? Did he hurt you?"
He raised his hand slightly, as if he wanted to check Chu Qingluan's injuries, but due to etiquette, he held back.
Chu Qingluan shook her head, her expression cold but her tone steady: "It's nothing, just a clown."
Her questioning gaze fell on Chu Hong. She saw that he had changed into brocade clothes, with anger between his brows, as if he had turned back into the former His Royal Highness the Prince Rui of the Great Chu.
But now is obviously not the time to ask more questions.
Seeing that she was fine, the worry in Chu Hong's eyes faded a little, and was replaced by even more violent rage.
He turned around abruptly and walked towards the wailing Qi Che step by step.
"Bastards!"
Chu Hong raised his foot and stepped on Qi Che's wrist, whose tendons had been cut, without hesitation.
“Crack—”
The sound of bones breaking was heard, accompanied by Qi Che's even more shrill screams.
His wrist bones had been crushed.
"Since I can't control this dirty hand, I'd better completely destroy it."
Chu Hong's voice was devoid of warmth, as if he was stating a trivial matter.
Qi Che was in so much pain that his vision went black, his whole body was convulsing, and he fainted on the spot, completely crippling one of his hands.
The prefect Luo Yuan, who was standing by, was so frightened by the bloody and violent scene that his legs went weak and he almost collapsed to the ground.
Fortunately, the yamen runners at the side managed to hold him back, so he did not lose his composure on the spot.
After dealing with Qi Che, Chu Hong looked up and locked his eyes on Luo Yuan.
Luo Yuan was so frightened by his look that he fell to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I deserve to die. I was so blind that I allowed such a lunatic to disturb Her Royal Highness. I deserve to die a thousand times, I deserve to die a thousand times!"
Luo Yuan kowtowed repeatedly, his forehead banging against the cell floor tiles, and he was so scared that he almost lost his soul.
At the same time, he cursed Qi Che's ancestors in his heart.
If it weren't for this damn spy, how could he have made such a huge mistake.
Chu Hong looked at his flattering and frightened appearance, and a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.
He looked at Chu Qingluan and asked, "Royal sister, how should we deal with this person?"
He wanted to teach Luo Yuan a severe lesson and let him know the consequences of offending the imperial sister.
Anyone who offends or disrespects the Imperial Sister deserves to die!
Luo Yuan felt his death stare and kowtowed even harder.
"Your Highness, please spare my life. Considering my ignorance, I beg you to give me a chance to atone for my sins. I will serve you like a slave..."
At this moment, he wished he could take out his heart to show his loyalty.
Chu Qingluan took a deep breath and suppressed the disgust and murderous intent in her heart.
It would be too easy to kill Luo Yuan at this moment, but it would be disadvantageous to the overall situation if we don't alert the fake person pretending to be her and his gang in the capital.
"Prefect Luo."
Chu Qingluan said, "I can spare your life for now, but that doesn't mean you are innocent. I'm giving you a chance to redeem yourself and make meritorious contributions."
"Yes, yes, yes! I will fight to the death and will not hesitate to die!"
"Today's events, as well as the whereabouts of me and Prince Rui, must be kept completely secret. If even the slightest bit of information is leaked, your head, and even the lives of your entire clan, will be in jeopardy."
Chu Qingluan's tone was grim.
Luo Yuan shuddered, then put his two fingers together and swore, "I understand. I won't dare to reveal a single word. If I do, I will be struck by lightning!"
"Alright, you will immediately arrange for your trusted confidants to prepare the carriages and horses. Tomorrow morning, they will escort me and Prince Rui back to the capital in secret. No publicity must be given along the way. Everything must be done in secrecy. Do you understand?"
Luo Yuan, as if grasping at a lifeline, quickly agreed, "Yes! I can! I'll do it right away, and I'll make sure everything is perfectly arranged!"
After saying that, he looked at Chu Hong with some concern, wanting to see if he had any other instructions.
Chu Hong rolled his eyes at him and said, "Go away! Do as the Imperial Sister says."
"Yes, yes, I understand. Your Highness, don't worry!"
After saying that, Luo Yuan almost rolled and crawled to his feet, and ran out to make arrangements using his hands and feet, fearing that his head would be moved if he was a step slower.
Before leaving, he did not forget to order people to drag the unconscious Qi Che away.
Silence returned to the cell for a while.
Chu Qingluan looked at Chu Hong with a complicated and tentative look in her eyes.
"Chu Hong, do you remember everything?"
Chu Hong's heart was shaken at first, and his fingers unconsciously shrank, but he quickly regained his composure, a blank expression on his face, and shook his head.
"No."
"Didn't my sister tell me that I was the prince of Great Chu? I saw that you hadn't returned yet, and I was very worried, thinking that something must have happened."
"I, I can't just sit there and wait, so I asked the innkeeper's wife to take care of the child for a while. I thought I would come to find you, but I'm in this state..."
He looked down at his cloth clothes and said, "I thought, Your Highness, you should dress better. So I went to a clothing store and bought the clothes you are wearing. Then I came to the government office to find you."
"But the yamen runner wouldn't let me in. Just then, I ran into Magistrate Luo as he was about to leave, and then he... saw me."
Having said that, he paused, a hint of just the right amount of confusion showing on his face.
"Then he knelt on the ground and saluted me..."
"Sister, he seemed to know me. He said... he saw me in Youzhou somewhere."
"Sister, where is Youzhou? Haven't I always lived in the palace?"
Chu Qingluan listened carefully to his every word, buying brocade clothes, running into the prefect, being recognized, mentioning Youzhou...
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