All the guards got up from the ground and knelt down as well.
Xuanyuan Yonghao glanced at the guards kneeling on the ground.
He curled his thin lips into a slight upward smile.
"What happened? Did you hit him?"
His tone betrayed no anger or resentment; all one could see was his dark gaze fixed on Su Yan.
Su Yan lowered her head, looking like she had been caught doing something wrong.
Lin Liqiang clasped his hands in a fist salute and said...
"Your Highness, this maid is very strange. Please allow me to investigate her carefully."
Xuanyuan Yonghao did not answer him.
He took a few steps forward, past the guards, and stood in front of Su Yan, looking her up and down.
She fought against so many guards without sustaining a single injury. Apart from her slightly uneven breathing and fine beads of sweat on her face, she appeared to be perfectly normal.
He raised his eyes, looked at the guards, and spoke in a gentle voice.
"So many people couldn't even catch one palace maid. General Lin's soldiers are truly impressive."
Lin Liqiang blushed with embarrassment; nothing could have been more shameful for him than this.
Lin Liqiang clasped his hands in a fist salute, his voice solemn.
"Your Highness, it is my fault for not disciplining them properly. Once this maid is taken back, I will definitely give them a good 'training'."
After observing for a while, Prime Minister Zhao Ziyan, who had been standing silently to the side, spoke gently.
"Does Your Highness know this maid?"
Xuanyuan Yonghao smiled but didn't say anything, turning his gaze to Su Yan.
"Have you had enough fun?"
Su Yan raised her head and looked at Xuan Yuan Yonghao, not understanding his attitude for a moment.
Open your mouth, your tone soft
“I was just passing by, but they insisted on arresting me.”
She kept calling herself a servant, but Xuanyuan Yonghao felt that she had no sense of being a servant at all.
Seeing her like this, I took her hand and nodded.
A slight smile played on his thin, cool lips, and a hint of amusement lingered in his dark eyes.
"They must be in the wrong. Let's go back to the palace and I'll get justice for you."
He tried to pull her away, but Su Yan took one step and then stood there motionless.
She gripped her sleeve, wiping the sweat from her brow; her lips were slightly pale.
"I can't walk anymore."
Her soft voice carried a hint of weariness and weakness.
My calves are trembling; if I take another step, I'll probably kneel on the ground.
His eyes held a faint smile.
"When you were hitting someone just now, why didn't you show any weakness?"
He joked, then bent down and picked the person up in one swift motion.
Prime Minister Zhao and General Lin watched in surprise as Xuan Yuan Yonghao left.
Lin Liqiang was completely confused, scratched his head, and went to ask Zhao Ziyan next to him.
"That maid is the Third Prince's person? How come I've never seen her before? When did His Highness become so concerned about his subordinates?"
Upon hearing Lin Liqiang's puzzled words, Zhao Ziyan's sharp eyes suddenly softened with a smile.
"General Lin, in the future you should not only pay attention to the war situation, but also learn about matters of love between men and women."
Subordinate?
Who has ever seen a master hug and cuddle his subordinates like that, speaking to them with such doting tone, showing such complete and unprincipled favoritism?
They knew exactly what kind of person the Third Prince was.
To Zhao Ziyan's surprise, the person who showed such a doting expression was actually the Third Prince.
This truly surprised him.
Lin Liqiang wasn't stupid. After Zhao Ziyan mentioned it, he immediately understood that this was referring to the relationship between the Third Prince and that maid.
Then, Lin Liqiang frowned, somewhat disapproving.
“Your Highness is destined for great things and should not be held back by personal feelings. Besides, that maid’s martial arts are strange and suspicious.”
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