Chapter 257: The Village Beauty Who Falsely Claims Favors in a Farming Story (4)
Half a month ago.
Zhao Ce was ordered by his father to leave the capital for official business. However, he encountered an assassination attempt on his way back to the capital. In addition, there was a traitor in his team who collaborated with the assassin. All the guards and secret guards he brought with him were killed, and he barely escaped.
He was injured so badly that he soon passed out from exhaustion.
Later, his intermittent consciousness told him that he was rescued.
The man was very weak and had to rest after dragging him for a distance. The hands clasped on his arms were small and slender, like a woman's hands.
After that, Zhao Ce completely fainted.
He didn't know how much time had passed, but he could feel the man coming several times again. Unfortunately, his injuries were too severe and his eyelids felt like they were filled with lead and he couldn't open them. Fortunately, he didn't have a fever.
The number of intermittent consciousness increases.
The last time I was more awake than before, and my throat was so dry that it seemed to be smoking.
"Water...water..." he shouted unconsciously.
Suddenly, a stream of cool water seeped in from the corner of my lips.
"I can only give you a little to drink." It was a woman's voice, very clear and soft.
Is she coming to see him again?
Zhao Ce suddenly wanted to see who saved him.
He tried hard to open his eyes, but his eyelids were too heavy and he had to use a lot of effort to force them open. The sunlight was blocked by the shadows. The man was too close.
Zhao Ce instinctively grabbed her hand, his eyes uncontrollably revealing murderous intent.
But he didn't expect that the one who saved him was a little girl who didn't look threatening at all.
Zhao Ce was stunned for two seconds.
When he was unconscious, he thought that the person who saved him might have other intentions towards him. Maybe he saw the jade pendant on him that symbolized his status, or maybe he wanted money.
In short, in his mind, the person who dared to save a seriously injured man could never be a little girl who looked so innocent and harmless.
"It was you who saved me?" Zhao Ce asked.
The pretty little girl with red lips and white teeth was hiding not far away and watching him. She seemed frightened and said nothing.
Zhao Ce had no choice but to comfort her: "Don't be afraid, I have no ill intentions. If you saved me, I will repay you."
The little girl nodded slowly, not knowing whether she believed it or not.
That timid look made it hard to tell who was the one lying on the ground and being slaughtered.
The little girl's wish was very simple, and she fell in love with the most precious jade pendant on his body at first sight.
Zhao Ce's heart softened. He hadn't taken away his jade pendant for so many days, but waited until he woke up before asking for it. He was really obedient.
In fact, she could have secretly pawned it while he was unconscious, and she would have been able to get a lot of silver in return. Anyway, he had no way to resist.
It’s just a follow-up. He might be found by his people or enemies following clues, and it’s hard to say what the final outcome will be.
After he refused, the girl thought seriously for a while and said again: "Can you take me away? I don't want to marry Mr. Qian in town. He is old and ugly, his belly is bigger than when my mother was pregnant, and he has many concubines. I don't like him."
For Zhao Ce, this request was easy to meet, but it was a bit naive and childish.
"Let me take you away?"
The little girl nodded, and whether it was because she was forced into a desperate situation or for some other reason, she responded without hesitation.
Zhao Ce wanted to laugh, but any smile would cause the wound in his abdomen to hurt.
"Aren't you afraid that I'm a bad person?"
The little girl shook her head: "You are beautiful."
“And he looks rich.”
…
Thoughts pulled away from memories, Zhao Ce raised his lips, his eyebrows and eyes gentle: "Let's go and take a look."
The servant followed behind trembling with fear.
Was it an illusion just now? The prince's smile was not scary at all.
Outside the palace, Su Yu refused to give in and the chief guard was unwilling to back down, so the situation became deadlocked.
Just when the head guard was getting impatient and was about to order the driver to go to the side door, he caught a glimpse of a white figure in his peripheral vision. He quickly knelt on one knee and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty."
"Zhao Ce!"
Su Yu shouted in surprise, got out of the carriage, jumped down without anyone's help, and ran to Zhao Ce: "You are finally here."
The maid turned pale with fright and got off the car behind her.
Zhao Ce's eyes were gentle: "What's going on?"
Everyone whose eyes passed by lowered their heads, with beads of sweat on their foreheads.
This woman called out the prince's name in front of him, but the prince was not angry at all?
Thinking of this, everyone felt a little more respect for Su Yu, panicked and afraid. Would they offend someone they shouldn't?
Only one person was not afraid. Not only was he not afraid, he even complained blatantly: "They wouldn't let me go through the front door."
Zhao Ce chuckled: "What else do you think it is?"
He lowered his eyes to look at the surprisingly courageous girl in front of him: "Who stopped you from going through the front door?"
Su Yu pointed back without hesitation: "Him, and her."
The people being pointed out were the head guard and the maidservant.
The head of the guards lowered his head: "Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
The maid quickly knelt down and said, "Please forgive me, my lord!"
Su Yu focused on the maid: "She also looked down on me, saying that I grew up in the countryside and didn't know the rules. She said that I was vulgar and barbaric, full of bad habits, and that I would lose my head if I came to the capital."
The maid was panicked. Was this what she just said?
Zhao Ce chuckled: "Then what do you think we should do?"
Su Yu raised her head slightly: "I want to go through the main entrance."
Zhao Ce originally intended to ask her how she was going to deal with the maid, but he didn't expect that the little girl would always walk through the main gate.
The more people lack something, the more they like to emphasize it.
She left everything behind and came to the capital, perhaps with some uneasiness in her heart, in order to prove her importance as a savior, a little thought that could be seen through at a glance, yet not be disliked.
Zhao Ce was happy to oblige.
"Then go through the front door."
When these words were spoken, everyone's heart sank. The prince's attitude towards this country girl was more tolerant than anyone had imagined.
Su Yu was delighted and walked up the steps happily. The grand gate had already been opened at the instruction of the owner of the palace. The stone lions on both sides of the door were gazing majestically at everyone present.
Zhao Ce followed the girl with a smile on his face.
Suddenly, he stopped and glanced back.
The chief guard was still kneeling, and the maid was trembling, praying in her heart that the prince and the young lady would not bother with her and would just ignore her.
The servant stepped forward with great tact: "What do you want, my Lord?"
Zhao Ce said nonchalantly: "Go and get rid of that maid."
There is no point in keeping disobedient servants.
The servant's heart tightened: "Yes."
The maid was praying that she could escape this disaster safely when a hand suddenly reached out from behind her, gagged her and dragged her away.
“Hmm…”
The hand covered even tighter, without making any sound, and a living person was dragged away silently.
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