"Slut, where has the princess gone? Tell me now!"
Li Jinan grabbed A'ran and strangled her neck with both hands.
The sinister and fierce look in his eyes frightened all the kings around him.
But the maid said nothing.
Wang Quan was anxious and wanted to ask the maid to tell the truth, but at this moment he met Li Jinan's eyes, which were particularly gloomy.
He could only lower his head and dare not say a word.
"Your Highness...I really don't know."
Ah Ran was having trouble breathing. "When the princess was changing clothes, I was waiting outside the door... I... I really didn't dare to lie to the prince."
"You won't say it, right?" Li Jinan glanced at her with his cold eyes.
"Do you think she can escape if you don't tell her? This entire Changshan Prefecture is under my control. Where can she run to?"
"Whether you confess or not, she will be caught. It's just a matter of time. But your worthless life, and the safety of your family... all depend on your decision."
Li Jinan stared at her coldly and threateningly.
"I really don't know..."
Li Jinan's eyes became colder and colder, and a murderous aura emanated from his whole body.
"Drag this slave away and torture her severely... until she confesses."
…
"Spare this slut's life for now." Li Jinan pursed her lips and after hesitating for a moment, she told Wang Quan.
This slut dared to help Xu Lingyi escape, he should have torn her into pieces.
But he still didn't want Xu Lingyi to hate him... She was her maid.
He didn't care about the life of a lowly maid, but he knew Xu Lingyi did.
"Yes, the servant will instruct the prison to be careful."
"She's a weak woman and can't run far. Mobilize all guards, seal all checkpoints out of the city, and search thoroughly, leaving no place untouched. We must find the princess."
Li Jinan's eyes were crimson as he gave careful instructions, then said in a cold voice, "Prepare the horses."
"An'er...where are you going so late?" The concubine spoke. She had actually already heard the news.
The moment she knew Xu Lingyi had escaped, she thought she had misheard and felt that Xu Lingyi was ungrateful and dared to act like a demon in such a way.
Did she think that this would prevent the marriage?
So naive.
Li Jinan kept a straight face, and showed indifference. "Mother, you don't have to worry about it."
His cold expression made the concubine's heart sink.
An'er blamed her for this bitch again.
"Let her run away if she wants to. If she doesn't suffer some hardships outside, how can she know the peace and comfort of Changshan Palace? An'er, don't let her control you."
Li Jinan's eyes turned cold instantly. He realized that the Concubine Dowager was not worried about Xu Lingyi's safety at all. She was not worried about how a weak woman like her would survive outside or whether she would encounter any criminals.
She would only instigate him and ask him to give up Xu Lingyi.
"Send the concubine back." Li Jinan looked cold.
"An'er!!"
The concubine could only watch Li Jinan's departing back. She clutched her chest and said, "If I had known that day, I would never have let this bitch into the palace."
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Xu Lingyi disguised herself as an old woman and mixed in with the ox cart.
"Your Highness, the whole city is under martial law." Doctor Xiao Qian said.
He is the grandson of Doctor Qian. He is only thirteen years old now, but he has a talent for medicine.
"They are searching one by one. What if everyone has to come down?"
Xu Lingyi shook her head gently: "Don't panic, just follow our original plan."
"What's going on with you? Get out of the car!"
"Master Jun... This is a mother and son, both of whom are seriously ill. They really can't come down."
When the soldiers guarding the city lifted the simple curtain, they saw two people with faces covered with horrible pimples, and their hands trembled with fear.
"Is their disease contagious?" The soldiers took several steps back. Xu Lingyi and the others looked too scary.
At that time, everyone was afraid of infectious diseases. There was even a plague near Changshan Prefecture a few years ago.
"Master, this... I don't know what happened. I can only drag this sick mother and child out of the city and burn them."
"Hurry up, hurry up!"
The soldiers avoided it.
Just when Xu Lingyi and the others breathed a sigh of relief and had just left the city.
Li Jinan brought the guards to the city gate.
"Greetings, Your Majesty..."
After the soldier stepped forward and saluted, it was unknown what Li Jinan ordered.
"Close the city gates and don't let anyone in!!"
"The bullock cart in front also stopped."
Xu Lingyi and the others had just walked a short distance out of the city when they were also stopped.
"Princess, are we going to be caught?"
“Stop!!”
Seeing no reaction from the oxcart, the soldier explained to Li Jinan, "The prince is being driven by an old man with poor hearing. On board are a mother and child who are both afflicted with a strange disease, which might be transmitted to you."
Li Jinan had a feeling something was wrong, "Stop them."
Li Jinan at least went forward to chase after him personally, and he lifted the curtain of the car.
Even though the woman inside really looked like an old woman at this moment, with a very scary face and her disguise was extremely successful, Li Jinan still recognized her at a glance.
"Yier."
Li Jinan's lips curled up into a smile, and his dark eyes stared at her.
The moment he saw her, his heart finally settled down.
"Yier, come home with me."
Li Jinan reached out to her.
All the unpleasant emotions today disappeared the moment I saw her, and now all that was left was a deep sense of relief.
She was fine and alive.
Xu Lingyi shook her head: "I won't go back with you."
"It's not up to you, Yi'er. This farce ends here."
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