"Let her go, I'm coming over here," Su Ruojin said.
Zhu Chao smiled, "As expected of a princess."
"Miss, don't go!"
"Sister Ning, don't go!"
"Master, don't go!"
Everyone around them spoke up to stop them.
Su Ruojin ignored them and slowly walked towards Zhu Chao.
"Zhu Chao, a child is of no use to you. Let her go."
"Princess, come here, and I will release her." Zhu Chao didn't move his sword, but his eyes showed nervousness.
He had suffered at Su Ruojin's hands before and knew that this young girl in front of him was a bit strange.
"Since you know I am a princess, how dare you act like this? Aren't you afraid of losing your head?"
"Of course I'm afraid, but Princess, don't forget this is Yunqi, not Da Chu." Zhu Chao stared intently at Su Ruojin as she slowly walked towards him.
Su Ruojin walked up to Zhu Chao and raised her hands. "I'm here. You can let go of the child now."
Zhu Chao narrowed his eyes, shoved the child aside, pulled Su Ruojin over, and placed the sword against her neck.
"Miss!"
"master!"
"Sister Jin!"
Yanluo quickly stepped forward and pulled Yingzi back. Yingzi was so frightened that she dared not move, her whole body trembling and tears streaming down her face.
She held Yingzi and comforted her, her eyes anxiously fixed on Su Ruojin.
With a sword pressed against Su Ruojin's neck, no one dared to make a move.
"Zhu Chao, aren't you afraid of divine retribution for using children as sacrifices for medicine?" Su Ruojin asked.
"Princess, you should worry about yourself first. Tell them all to step back," Zhu Chao ordered.
"Everyone, step back," Su Ruojin said.
"Jin-mei!" Zhao Jingning tried to step forward, but Zhu Chao blocked her with his sword. "Miss Zhao, if you take another step forward, I can't guarantee what will happen to the princess."
Zhao Jingning had no choice but to obey and retreat.
Zhu Chao, holding Su Ruojin hostage, slowly retreated into the secret room. He tapped a mechanism on the wall of the secret room, and the door closed.
When Zhao Jingning and the others opened the secret room again, it was already empty. Only three children were tied up in the corner, looking at them in terror.
Zhao Jingning had the child sent away, wanting to continue searching for Su Ruojin. But she wasn't Xiao Jin and didn't know anything about mechanisms. She searched the cave for a long time but couldn't find any way out, and she was so anxious that she burst into tears.
She lost Jinmei. How could Jinmei possibly fare well in the hands of the other party?
Zhao Jinning was filled with self-blame; she should never have let Jinmei come.
On the other side, Su Ruojin was blindfolded by Zhu Chao and led around the winding tunnels until she finally stepped onto a step and slowly walked upwards.
After Zhu Chao pulled off the black cloth, Su Ruojin's eyes adjusted to the light and she slowly realized that she was in a room, which was much nicer than the rooms where the pilgrims stayed at Tianning Temple.
Before Su Ruojin could react, Zhu Chao took out a pill and stuffed it into her mouth.
"Princess, enjoy yourself. This is your good fortune. You will thank me." After saying this, Zhu Chao left the room and locked the door.
Before long, Su Ruojin felt a heat rising in her lower abdomen, and her whole body began to heat up, as if she was longing for something.
As a doctor, she knew perfectly well that Zhu Chao had given her an aphrodisiac!
At that moment, the door was pushed open, and a man walked in.
Upon seeing this person, Su Ruojin's eyes turned icy.
“Princess Chang Le, we meet again,” Yun Shao said with a smile.
"Third Prince, what do you intend to do?" Su Ruojin clutched her chest with her left hand and braced her right hand on the table, her body swaying precariously, her fair face flushed an unnatural red.
Looking at Su Ruojin like this, Yun Shao felt as if she were a delicate and beautiful lotus in a clear pond, elegant yet with an irresistible charm, and desire ignited in his eyes.
“Princess Chang Le, that day at the Zhao residence, I fell in love with you at first sight and have been thinking of you every night. I couldn’t resist, so I used this method to invite you to meet me.”
Su Ruojin shook her head, as if trying to keep herself awake. "So you designed all of this?"
Yun Shao slowly approached Su Ruojin, and a faint sandalwood scent wafted into Su Ruojin's nose, seemingly calming some of the heat in her body.
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