Previously, Empress Dowager Wu had not taken action against Zhao Ruojin because of a premonition of unease in her heart. However, now that the other party had repeatedly bullied her, Empress Dowager Wu could no longer care about any premonition.
"Guards, bring Jiang Qi'an and Zhao Ruojin here!" Empress Dowager Wu roared.
"Wait." Gao Hongyuan stopped the guards and looked at Empress Dowager Wu. "Rou'er, Yuening is still waiting to be saved."
"Do you expect me to swallow this insult?" Empress Dowager Wu stared at Gao Hongyuan.
"Rou'er, let's talk about it after we save Yuening," Gao Hongyuan advised softly.
"Fine! Go find her. If she's willing to treat Yue Ning obediently, I'll grant her a proper burial after she's cured her. If she's not, cousin, I believe you won't disappoint me!" A ruthless glint flashed in Empress Wu's eyes.
In Xiaoyue, no one who dares to provoke her ever survives.
Empress Wu had already devised hundreds of ways to torture Zhao Ruojin, knowing that she dared to hurt Yue Ning like this.
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There was a knock on the courtyard gate. Yanluo opened the door and saw four men who looked like guards staring at her menacingly.
Yan Luo looked wary. "Who are you looking for?"
"Let Zhao Ruojin come with us to the princess's residence," a guard said arrogantly.
"Our lady is not here." Yan Luo said, and was about to close the door when a guard pushed it open and held a sword to Yan Luo's neck. "Go and call Zhao Ruojin out!"
The next second, the guard felt a sharp pain in his arm, his hand loosened, and the sword fell to the ground. Then he felt a chill on his neck as a sword was placed against his neck.
The other three guards immediately drew their swords and pointed them at Hu Qing.
Hu Qing glanced coldly at the three of them. "If you want him to live, put down your sword."
"How dare you! We are from the Princess's residence. Do you have a death wish to oppose the Princess's residence?" another guard said sternly.
Hu Qing scoffed, "So what if it's a princess's residence? Does that give you the right to forcibly break into a private residence in broad daylight? Why don't you all come with me to Shuntian Prefecture and let the Prefect judge this matter?"
The three men looked at each other, not daring to make a move.
When the Imperial Advisor sent them, he told them to treat her with courtesy and not to offend Madam Jiang.
But these four guards were used to bullying others by taking advantage of the princess's name, and they wouldn't take the wife of a wealthy merchant from the Chu state seriously.
In their view, it was already a great blessing for Zhao Ruojin to go to the princess's residence.
But they unexpectedly encountered a tough opponent.
None of the three guards saw how Hu Qing made his move. They knew very well that with their strength, they might not be a match for the man in front of them, not to mention that one of their brothers was in his hands.
Thinking of this, one of the guards rolled his eyes and said, "Release the person, and we will let bygones be bygones."
Hu Qing was too lazy to waste any more words. He cleanly and neatly kicked the four people out of the yard, closed the door, and then clapped his hands, saying, "If I don't show my power, you'll really think I'm a sick cat."
As the commander of the secret guards by the prince's side, dealing with these few guards was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
"Yanluo, go back quickly, don't catch a cold, you're still weak." After finishing his business, Hu Qing hurriedly stepped forward to help Yanluo.
Although the poison in Yanluo has been cured, she has still not fully recovered because the leeches have sucked a lot of her blood.
Seeing Hu Qing's nervous and cautious appearance, Yan Luo felt a sweet warmth in her heart, but she still glanced at him and said, "I'm not that weak."
"Yes, yes, you're not weak, but you should still be careful," Hu Qing coaxed, carefully helping Yan Luo back into the house.
Yan Luo was not lying. Su Ruojin had gone to the Prime Minister's residence to visit Dapu early in the morning with Xiao Yanchu and Aya, and had not returned yet.
When Su Ruojin and the others returned, Yan Luo immediately informed them of the matter.
"Your Highness, has Princess Yuening come up with another wicked scheme to harm you? You must not go."
Xiao Yanchu's thoughts were completely different from Yan Luo's. He looked at Su Ruojin and said, "Ajin, they probably already know your identity."
This was expected, so Su Ruojin wasn't surprised.
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