Chapter 461: Stop Acting Crazy and Stupid in Front of This Princess! Where Are the People?
An Yi took a step forward, without any nonsense, raised his foot and poured his internal energy into it, kicking hard at the heavy carved wooden door!
"Boom!" A loud bang exploded in the silent snowy night! The bolts broke, and the two doors suddenly opened inward, hitting the wall with a dull echo.
Lan Xiyue, feeling chilled, walked straight into the pitch-black theater lobby.
An Yi followed closely behind, and with a flash of his figure, he quickly lit the candlesticks around the lobby like a ghost.
The dancing flames lit up one after another, instantly dispelling the darkness and illuminating the entire magnificent yet eerily empty lobby as bright as day.
Almost at the same time, several dark shadows, like hunting night owls, rushed out from the back hall and side rooms of the theater, dragging out the stewards and others who were still asleep or startled by the noise, as roughly as picking up chickens, and throwing them hard on the cold and smooth floor of the lobby!
"Ouch!"
“Who is it?!”
"What are you doing?! Let me go! Who are you?! Is there any law?!" The people in the theater, who were knocked unconscious and disheveled, were shocked and angry, struggling to get up.
An Yi stood at Lan Xiyue's side like an iron tower, his icy gaze sweeping across the crowd like a physical blade. His voice was low, yet it contained a chilling pressure that echoed clearly in the empty hall: "The Princess Regent is here! You unruly people, why don't you kneel down and pay your respects immediately?! If you dare to make any more noise, it will be regarded as contempt for the emperor's authority, and your crime will be even more severe!"
"Regent...Regent Princess?!" The fat man in charge was about to curse, but when he heard the words, he choked like a duck with its neck strangled, and the blood drained from his face.
The others were so frightened that all their struggles and shouting stopped abruptly.
The lobby, which was bustling just a moment ago, was now so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. The only sounds left were heavy breathing and chattering teeth.
The secret guards who were holding them loosened their grip.
This group of people woke up as if from a dream, rolled over and knelt, their foreheads pressed against the cold floor, their bodies shaking like sieves, their voices distorted by extreme fear:
"Grass... I pay my respects to the Regent Princess! Long live the Princess!"
"Princess, please spare me! Princess, please spare me!"
The manager of Baihua Theater was a middle-aged man with a round face and a slightly plump figure. At this moment, fine beads of cold sweat were oozing from his forehead.
He suppressed the fear in his heart, and forced a flattering smile that was uglier than crying. His voice was obviously trembling as he asked cautiously: "Regent, Princess Regent, please understand, this, this is even more serious. You have come to our humble house with your precious body, what... what... what are you doing here? If you want to listen to an opera to relieve your boredom, you only need to give the order, and we at Baihua Opera House will do our best to send the troupe to your house to perform. Why... why bother you to come here in person..." He tried to use the usual courtesies to ease the suffocating pressure.
Lan Xiyue leaned lazily on the wooden chair, one hand casually resting on the armrest, her fingertips tapping lightly from time to time.
Her gaze was directed directly at the group of people kneeling on the ground. "Are you the manager of Baihua Theater? Tell me, where did you take those people?" This direct question made the air instantly colder.
The steward's body trembled violently, and the blood drained from his face. He raised his head in a hurry, his eyes flashing with extreme panic and confusion, and his voice rose a few notches with exaggerated grievance: "Regent, Regent Princess! You...where are you talking about this? What, who was taken to where? I, I really don't understand... It's unfair, such a great injustice..." He lowered his body, his forehead almost touching the cold floor.
"Heh!" Lan Xiyue sneered softly, her gaze finally falling on the steward. Her eyes were icy cold, as if she was looking at a dead object. "This princess has limited patience. I'll ask one last time, where is that person?" Her voice was still calm, but the chilling coldness contained in it made everyone present feel a piercing chill rising from their spines.
The steward's whole body was shaking even more violently, and he shook his head like a rattle: "Princess! I, I really don't know. I don't know what you are talking about..."
Lan Xiyue no longer paid attention to him. Her eyes, like a precise probe, slowly swept across the kneeling crowd opposite, finally stopping on Yin Da and Yin Er.
She remembered clearly that the "magic trick" that took place during the day was the work of these two brothers.
The moment Lan Xiyue's gaze locked onto Yin Da and Yin Er, their hearts felt as if being tightly grasped by an invisible hand!
The two men's scalps went numb and a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on their backs. They were deeply impressed by this woman with extraordinary temperament and sharp eyes during the day, but they never expected that she was the regent princess with great power in the court!
Yin Da was even more terrified. Fortunately, he had a hunch that this woman was of extraordinary status and did not dare to let her go on stage to "cooperate"! Otherwise, at this moment... Yin Da did not dare to think about it anymore.
"Drag them both out." Lan Xiyue opened her red lips slightly and uttered a cold order.
"Yes!" An Yi responded and appeared behind Yin Dayin Er in an instant like a ghost.
His big hands like iron clamps effortlessly grabbed the back of the collars of the two men, and lifted them up and threw them away as if he was picking up two chickens and ducks to be slaughtered!
"Plop! Plop!" Two muffled sounds.
Yin Da and Yin Er were thrown hard onto the cold and hard tiles in front of Lan Xiyue's feet. They were dizzy and their bones seemed to be broken. They grimaced in pain but dared not make a sound.
Lan Xiyue looked down at the two people in such a state of disgrace at her feet, and a playful and extremely dangerous smile appeared on the corner of her lips: "Raise your head."
Ginda and Ginji endured the pain and raised their heavy heads bit by bit with difficulty.
Yin Da tried hard to force a flattering smile, but his muscles were stiff, and the smile was distorted and uglier than crying. His voice was dry and tense: "Regent Princess... what... what special skills do you want to see? I... I brothers will show you... show you..." He tried to change the subject.
"Heh!" Lan Xiyue sneered with great sarcasm, like an ice cone piercing the air, "Stop pretending to be crazy in front of this princess! Where is the person? Where is he hiding?!" Her voice suddenly turned harsh, like thunder exploding in the ears of the two men.
Yin Er was so frightened by the aura that he trembled all over, his face as pale as paper. He gritted his teeth, avoided her gaze, and cried in a voice: "Princess...Princess, please calm down! I really don't know who you are asking about! This...this Baihua Theater is only the size of a palm. If there are any Tibetans, we can find out by looking. Please forgive me, Princess. I...I would never dare to lie..."
At this moment, a secret guard in charge of the search quickly stepped forward, knelt on one knee in front of Lan Xiyue, clasped his fists, and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness! I have thoroughly searched all three floors of the Baihua Theater, including all the side rooms, backstage, storerooms, and even the cellar. We have indeed... found no trace of Miss Qian!"
Upon hearing this, Lan Xiyue's brows instantly furrowed, and a deeper chill and doubt surged in her eyes.
This is where Duoduo was last seen, and then he vanished! Could it be that... he had been moved away in advance? Or... did Duoduo encounter some other danger?
Lan Xiyue had a hunch that there was something wrong with this magic trick. If Duoduo was really curious and came back to see what happened, it would most likely be something that happened in the Baihua Theater.
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