Chapter 70: Imprisonment (2) [VIP]
"Okay..." Upon hearing this, Chu Yanshuo finally laughed heartily. He gently grasped the woman's slender fingers and touched her belt meaningfully. "Then I will teach you... how to untie this man's robe."
She shyly did as he asked, and slowly took off the man's clothes according to his highness's wishes, and then obediently took off her own skirt.
Halfway through, she felt extremely shy and suddenly stopped, lowering her brows and whispering, "I would like Your Highness to personally untie my clothes. Could Your Highness agree to this?"
The woman in front of him was so delicate, much more charming than the dancers he had seen before. Her every frown and smile was captivating. Chu Yanshuo narrowed his eyes and smiled, then put his arms around her waist from behind and impatiently took off her skirt.
"Beauty, you are finally mine..." Through the thin undergarment, he carried the delicate girl sideways into the tent, muttering, "So beautiful..."
"Ever since I first saw a beautiful woman, I've wanted to spend the night with her. Now, I've finally waited for this moment..."
The tent seemed to be filled with endless spring water. His eyes turned red and he wanted to kiss her, but was blocked by the white fingertips in front of his lips.
Fortunately, this nightgown is loose and thin, and can accommodate hidden weapons.
With her charming expression still on her face, Chu Qingluo smiled faintly and reached into her sleeve: "Don't be impatient, Your Highness. I want to show you a treasure first."
When the blade was unsheathed, a cold light flashed across the couch. She fixed her beautiful eyes, and the blade stabbed straight towards the vital part of His Highness's head and neck.
However, before the dagger touched his neck, a sharp sword suddenly flew in through the window and knocked the dagger in his hand to the ground.
She shuddered violently, not knowing that when the Ninth Prince was enjoying himself in the tent, he was also secretly protected by shadow guards.
She was unable to take his life even at such a close distance. Her heart was chilled as a cold spring, and she felt a piercing pain in her arm.
She looked down and realized that the sword had also injured her hand. Blood dripped onto the bedding, instantly staining the bed.
"This treasure is a dagger I accidentally found. It looks exquisite, but I don't know if it's sharp enough..." Chu Qingluo suddenly realized something and quickly calmed down, continuing her previous conversation. "I didn't mean to hurt His Highness. How could His Highness's guards have misunderstood..."
"I know very well whether the beauty wants to hurt me or not." He held the injured hand of the delicate girl in his arms teasingly, raised his lips playfully, and whispered.
"My shadow guard never does anything unnecessary."
She endured the pain on the back of her hand, which was like a sharp blade cutting into her heart. It seemed that the Ninth Prince of Daning had already blocked her way to assassination and had become suspicious of her. Her autumn eyes were filled with ripples, and she seemed to be struggling and begging.
"Your Highness has really wronged me. I..."
"You want to kill me?" Chu Yanshuo snorted a few times, sat up and lay down, playing with the slightly panicked Mingli. "There are my shadow guards everywhere in Lingning Palace. Do you dare to kill me in the palace?"
"Okay, I'll let the beauty kill him and see if the beauty can hurt me at all." The Ninth Prince looked at her leisurely, with a smile still on his face. He pretended to think about it and came up with a plan for her.
"If you hurt me, I lose. What do you think, my beauty?"
She glanced away silently, letting the pain spread in her heart. She lowered her wrists slightly as if surrendering, and her eyes became empty in an instant.
If she could leave the chamber alive tonight, she would devise another plan. But if she died here, she would risk her life to perish with this prince...
Thinking of this, his originally dim eyes turned sharp again, and he looked straight at the person in front of him without fear of life or death.
She was about to get off the bed to retrieve the fallen dagger when a servant burst through the door and suddenly knelt to report, "Your Highness, I just saw a dark figure flash past the eaves. I'm afraid it's an assassin."
assassin……
She was stunned again after hearing the words, and the only person she could think of was Feng Xuan.
The madman was trying to attract attention on purpose in order to save her life and let her spend the night safely.
"Have helpers?" Hearing this, he was even more surprised. Chu Yanshuo slowly looked her up and down, his eyes darkening, and the corners of his lips curled up lightly, "Then I'm curious, besides this Qin Ji from the Music Bureau, what other identities does this beauty have..."
"My beauty, are you... deliberately trying to seduce me?" The Ninth Prince asked in a cold voice, his fingers stroking across the rosy cheek in his eyes and the jade skin on her neck, as if he wanted to continue to linger with her.
"The assassin is there! Chase him!"
Suddenly, a loud shout was heard outside the hall, and a few startled magpies flapped their wings and flew out of the tree shadows, disturbing the current night.
After being disturbed so many times, Chu Yanshuo really lost his interest. He put away his smile, his face suddenly became cold, he stood up and put on his robe.
The Ninth Prince waved his sleeves and sternly ordered the palace guards to take her back to her room: "Take the beauty back to the East Courtyard and lock her up. Keep it strictly guarded for the next few days, especially the side room where the beauty is staying. No one is allowed to enter!"
The East Courtyard was cold and quiet. The night wind blew gently, causing the flowers and trees in the courtyard to rustle softly and also swaying the several palace lanterns in the corridor.
There were many more guards in the courtyard than before. There was no news of the assassin being captured, so Feng Ying should be fine for the time being. She looked at the crescent moon through the long window, and her heart sank after a moment.
The pain in her hand had not subsided and seemed to be even more painful. Chu Qingluo bandaged it in the light of a candle, enduring the pain.
, then she would think of another strategy. As long as she survived in the deep palace, there would always be a way out...
After the panic subsided and his mind calmed down, he lay on the desk for a while and fell into a deep sleep.
The cold fog gradually dissipated, the sky became particularly clear, and she slowly woke up.
There was a slight noise outside the ear room, as if someone came to visit. She sat up straight and listened quietly to the whispers outside the door.
The maid guarding the door stopped the newcomer, her eyes stern and her words cold, leaving no room for negotiation: "Miss Rumeng, His Highness has ordered that no one be allowed in."
"I just wanted to give her some advice. This is exactly what Your Highness wishes," the visitor hesitated, his soft almond-shaped eyes gazing into the room as he bowed to the palace maid. "I'll be here for half a minute and then I'll be leaving."
The one who came to visit was Rumeng, who was tortured all day long.
Last night, she intended to kill His Highness. This news must have spread to everyone in Lingning Palace. She had offended the Ninth Prince, so ordinary people should stay away from her. How could anyone come to visit her...
What's more, this woman is another concubine of the Ninth Prince.
Unless this woman came to mock or ridicule her, she indifferently placed the jade hairpin into the dressing box without even looking at it.
Chu Qingluo smiled coldly and asked nonchalantly, "The assassination attempt failed, are you here to laugh at me?"
But this gentle look remained silent. She turned her head in confusion and saw the woman approach cautiously, covering her lips and speaking in a low voice.
"The girl has this idea, and so do I..." Ru Meng lowered her voice and said with a fixed gaze, hatred staining her eyebrows.
"My desires are similar to yours, why not join forces?"
Having been tortured for a long time, Ru Mengding secretly harbored resentment. She had disturbed the entire palace last night and unexpectedly attracted fellow criminals.
Chu Qingluo wanted to open her mouth to speak back, but she heard a knock on the door. Before she could sort out her thoughts, she saw Rumeng nodding.
The person standing outside the door looks like someone in a dream.
"Is Miss Rumeng in the room?" I asked with a raised voice. A maid replied respectfully, explaining her purpose to the palace maid beside her, "This servant brought you some ointment, given by His Highness."
Rumeng's eyes narrowed as she explained in a deep voice, "And your Highness's personal maid Linglan is also like us."
The Ninth Prince of Daning was truly unpopular, and the concubines and maids around him all wanted to kill him. She chuckled quietly, feeling a sense of hope inadvertently rising up.
Chu Qingluo responded calmly, pretending to make her answer casual and steady: "Rumeng was chatting with me. Since you are here to deliver the medicine, please come in."
The door was pushed open lightly, and the person who walked in was indeed the palace maid serving the Ninth Prince. She only now knew that the maid's name was Linglan.
"Miss Chu, do you have an irreconcilable feud with His Highness?"
Thinking that the woman in front of her wanted to assassinate His Highness, Linglan closed the door and asked without thinking.
Miss Chu didn't say a word, and Ling Lanxu felt offended. She hurriedly added, "As for the reason, I won't ask. We had thought about what Miss Chu wanted to do last night, but we didn't have her courage and bravery, so we didn't dare to take that step."
Regardless of whether these two people really have hatred for her or just want to trick her, now everyone in Lingning Palace knows that she has evil intentions, and she can no longer test them. These two figures are exactly what she can use.
They can get closer to the Ninth Prince and it is easier for them to take action.
She needed these two as a guide to achieve her revenge. Chu Qingluo frowned and sighed, as if hiding endless regret: "Now it seems that this path of assassination in the tent is not feasible."
"As a personal maid, you have been serving His Highness all year round. Has His Highness never become suspicious?" She was puzzled and looked at the palace maid beside her suspiciously, thinking that His Highness's mood was unpredictable and she would definitely discover something.
Hearing this, Linglan shook her head slightly and replied firmly, "I have always served you loyally. Your Highness cannot find any fault with me."
Seeing the maid's expression, the Ninth Prince seemed completely clueless. She pondered for a moment, then whispered, "Since she's your Highness's maid, she should be able to handle the soup bowls your Highness eats from. Why not tamper with them?"
"Miss, are you referring to drugging?" Linglan pursed her lips, glanced at Rumeng, and asked after a while.
"I've thought of this method before, but I'm stuck in the deep palace, and I can't find any poison to use..." Rumeng could only sigh and give up. She looked back at the maid hesitantly, worried about Linglan's safety. "Besides, this plan puts Linglan on the verge of death. If she's not careful..."
"I'm not afraid," Linglan interrupted immediately, lowering her eyebrows and angrily saying, "Your Highness killed my parents and brutally murdered so many beautiful girls. I'm ready to die."
She was not moved at all by these scenes of mutual concern. Chu Qingluo recalled the poison that General Sun Chongsun had been poisoned with, and thought that Feng Yan must have some left, which could be given to Linglan.
She smiled faintly, her eyes darkening, "I have a poison I can give you two."
"But this move is indeed dangerous..." In order to achieve the desired goal, Chu Qingluo said solemnly, "Please give me this poison on the day of His Majesty's birthday banquet. I can guarantee that you will be safe."
If the account books were obtained again and the Ninth Prince's crimes were exposed at the birthday banquet, angering all the officials, Emperor Xuanlong would definitely invite the Ninth Prince to the banquet to argue.
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