As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the miserable howling of several bandits in the depths of the forest.
"This woman is so cruel, she actually killed my good brother like this!!"
"Should we catch up?"
"No, when the boss comes back, we will definitely avenge our brother!"
The sound of their discussion gradually reached their ears. Xie Shizhu quickly broke away from Song Yan's arms and dragged him towards where there were people. As he ran, he used one free hand to gesture, "Your Highness, they are catching up. Run!"
Song Yan nodded and let Xie Shizhu pull him.
The two soon arrived at the bustling market.
When they returned the same way, the sun had already risen. Song Yan felt the sunlight and sighed helplessly, "It seems I can't go to court today."
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether he goes or not, he has never had much presence anyway.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Shizhu quickly stopped a carriage, grabbed his arm, and sat directly in it.
Song Yan's eyes were a little surprised. After he sat down, the woman beside him gestured softly with her soft hands: "Your Highness, if I increase the price and ask him to go faster, he should be able to catch up."
After she stopped moving her hands, Song Yan's eyes were gentle and he replied softly, "Okay."
After the carriage started moving, it was indeed very fast and arrived outside the palace wall half an hour later.
In the end, Song Yan took out the money and put the silver in the groom's hand.
He turned back to look at the woman who was still in the carriage and said, "I'll pay the round trip fare, and you can take this carriage back home."
After saying that, Xie Shizhu nodded obediently and watched his back as he walked into the gate.
After Song Yan disappeared from her sight, Xie Shizhu got off the carriage and asked the coachman to leave.
After the coachman left, a young woman appeared not far away.
When the other person saw Xie Shizhu, he quickly ran over, hugged Xie Shizhu's waist, and whispered softly, "Sister."
Xie Shizhu smelled the woman's fragrance, which was just like Xie Xi herself, sweet.
"Well, we can't stay here for long. Let's go somewhere else." She quickly made sign language gestures.
Xie Xi nodded and listened to her very well.
The two of them quickly found an inconspicuous teahouse, sat down, and the waiter served them tea.
Xie Xi took a sip of tea and then told her her plan after stealing the prince's token.
The general plan was that they would find a scapegoat and then say that the Crown Prince's token was stolen by the scapegoat.
Xie Xi will help snatch the token in front of the prince.
Then she would use a self-torture tactic to make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince feel grateful to her, and then she would marry the Crown Prince.
After Xie Shizhu finished listening to her words, he was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Didn't you guys use this trick last time? This time you're crying wolf again."
Xie Xi sighed slightly, her face full of helplessness: "Sister, the prince only gave me some silver and ignored me. He doesn't seem to like me..."
Xie Shizhu asked her to return the token and said calmly, "I don't want my sister to become a pawn. Don't worry, I will find a way."
If she were really allowed into the Prince's Mansion, she might end up repeating the same mistakes in no time.
By then, in Xie Xi's heart, family and country may not be as important as a man.
Like Beimo, Yanguo appears harmonious on the surface, but in fact both are coveting the territories of various countries in secret.
Xie Xi handed her the token, slowly withdrew his hand, lowered his eyes and said, "But, King Yi is dead, and we no longer have anyone who can stay in the palace... Daddy said that he wants you to avenge King Yi."
As soon as the words fell, Xie Shizhu retorted without thinking: "I can't avenge this."
Xie Xi was slightly stunned, as if she couldn't believe that Xie Shizhu would refuse.
That King Yi even asked her to marry an old man in his fifties. Xie Shizhu wanted to slap King Yi in the face. How could she possibly avenge him?
Someone came into the deserted teahouse. Xie Shizhu quickly closed her mouth. She lowered her head, picked up the teacup and took a sip. As soon as she drank the tea, she felt something was wrong.
Xie Xi, who was sitting in front of her, had drunk a little earlier than her and was now drowsy and fainted on the table.
Xie Shizhu was stunned and quickly hid the token. The next second after she hid the token, she fainted.
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When she woke up again, she and Xie Xi were tied up hand and foot, and locked in a carriage with a group of young and beautiful women.
The windows of the carriage were nailed shut all around, with only a tiny sliver of light coming in through the cracks.
After she woke up, the other women gradually woke up as well.
They all sobbed, but because their mouths were sealed, they couldn't speak at all.
Xie Shizhu tried to break free from the rope when he suddenly heard a man talking outside the carriage.
"The girls in the car today are all more beautiful than each other..."
"That's right! If the Master sees how many beauties we've found today, he'll definitely reward us with silver. If we sell them for..."
Xie Shizhu didn't hear the rest of the words clearly, but he got a few key points.
I guess all the women in this car will be sold to places like brothels.
Moreover, the people involved in the transaction were from the imperial court.
Sir is generally a title for prestigious officials.
Xie Shizhu laughed mockingly. No wonder some people always wanted to kill her. It turned out that they were afraid that she knew too much.
The carriage suddenly jolted and stopped again. One of the two people outside must have gone to the toilet.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xie Shizhu shook out the dagger hidden in his sleeve, and then signaled the woman inside not to make any noise.
She quickly spat out the cloth stuffed in her mouth, bit the knife handle with her teeth, moved closer to Xie Xi's wrist, and skillfully cut the rope with the knife.
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