As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Lingzi's voice came from not far away. Behind him, there was a group of guards and the seven women.
Upon seeing this, Master Li immediately pointed at Xiao Lingzi and the others in panic and shouted angrily:
"You...you dare to trespass into the Li Mansion. Someone, come and arrest these people."
Hearing this, the servants of the Li Mansion surrounded them. Before Xiao Lingzi and Zhang Yuan could take action, the guards around them knocked the servants to the ground in no time.
Seeing this scene, Lord Zhou waved his hands and shouted ferociously:
"Come here, prepare your arrows, and capture all these people."
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of officers rushed out from nowhere, holding bows and arrows, and surrounded Luo Lan and others.
When Shui Chunhua in the crowd saw Luo Lan, her eyes darted around and she suddenly shouted in surprise:
"Princess Yu, please save us! This Li and these two are trying to kill us."
Hearing this name, Lord Zhou was stunned for a moment, while Mr. Li had a cold face and said directly with hatred:
"Master Zhou, don't listen to that girl's nonsense. How could Princess Yu be here? Arrest them immediately."
Seeing this, Lord Zhou simply waved his arms again and shouted loudly:
"This woman dares to claim to be Princess Yu. Capture her. Shoot her if she refuses."
As soon as he finished speaking, the officers stepped forward. Xiao Lingzi approached Luo Lan and whispered:
"Princess, I will cover you. Let Acai and Ahong escort you first. If you leave here safely, we can deal with them."
"But what about these women? If you really fight, I'm afraid they'll get hurt."
"There's nothing else we can do right now. We can only keep you safe first. We'll do our best to protect the rest of you."
"No, we came here to save them. If I leave alone and they are in danger, all our efforts will be wasted."
Speaking of this, she thought again of the old lady who gave them water, and her longing eyes. If something happened to Dani, the old lady would definitely be sad.
So, she secretly decided in her heart that she could not leave alone without guaranteeing the safety of these women.
Seeing that she had no intention of leaving, Xiao Lingzi tried to persuade her again.
"Don't worry, Princess. I will do my best to ensure the safety of each and every one of them. Please leave here and return to the capital first. We will be there soon."
Hearing Xiao Lingzi say this, Luo Lan suddenly thought of the golden token that Leng Yu gave her. That token might have a deterrent effect at this time.
Just as she was about to reach out to touch it, she heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the door, followed by someone shouting:
"Prince Yu has arrived."
As soon as the shout fell, Leng Yu, who had sensed something was wrong, jumped off his horse and flew to Luo Lan's side. He landed right in front of her, holding her in his arms, and asked worriedly:
"Is my wife okay?"
Luo Lan looked at him in disbelief and asked in surprise:
"Husband, why are you here?"
"I was worried about you, so I came to see you. Now it seems that I came for the right thing."
As he said this, he looked coldly at the large number of officers and soldiers rushing in from the door. At this time, Lord Zhou was so scared that his legs went weak and he knelt on the ground. Rich Man Li also knelt down with him, somewhat at a loss. Master Yuan Gang wanted to leave quietly, but the Queen rushed over and controlled him.
Seeing this, the officers holding arrows dared not to block the way. They simply lowered their heads, threw down the arrows in their hands, and knelt down.
Leng Yu took two slow steps and came to Mr. Zhou, asking coldly,
"As a government official, you don't even serve the people. You've reached the end of your career as a government official."
After saying this, he waved his hand and said, "Come here, take off his official hat and clothes, and send him to Shuntian Prefecture to await his fate."
Hearing this, Mr. Zhou kept wiping the sweat from his forehead and kowtowed in panic.
"Prince Yu, please forgive me. I didn't know she was your princess, and I haven't done anything out of line. I just didn't recognize Princess Yu. That's not enough... not enough to dismiss me from my position."
Obviously, he was a little dissatisfied with Leng Yu's words.
Seeing this, Xiao Lingzi pointed at him and asked in a cold voice,
"You haven't done anything out of line. How many innocent women have you harmed, along with the wealthy Mr. Li and this imposter? Which of these women didn't invite you to their wedding? Which one was imprisoned that you didn't know about? You're colluding with them, planning to gather enough women to sell them to foreign countries as slaves and prostitutes. In my opinion, stripping you of your official hat is the least of your worries; you should be thrown into the Heavenly Prison and executed."
Xiao Lingzi's words made Leng Yu, who hadn't understood the situation yet, look at him with wide eyes.
"General Ling, are you serious?"
Xiao Lingzi pointed at those women and replied righteously:
"It's true. One of them heard what the man named Yuan Gang said."
Shui Chunhua was the first to stand up and point the finger:
"Yes, that's what Master Yuan Gang and Mr. Li said. I overheard it by chance. Please, Prince Yu, make the decision for us."
Lord Zhou was obviously frightened by Xiao Lingzi's words. He trembled, buried his head in the ground, and dared not speak.
The seven women suddenly knelt down in front of Leng Yu and began to cry.
"Prince Yu, please make the decision for us."
Shui Chunhua even wiped her tears and cried:
"We were supposed to marry into the Li Mansion, but who would have thought that after only having a wedding ceremony with a rooster, we were locked up in a secret room without even seeing the groom. Among us, the longest we've been locked up has been over a year, and the shortest has been several months. I beg you to punish Mr. Li and these two men and give us justice."
Several other women also cried together.
"We didn't expect that marrying into the Li family would be like entering hell. They locked us up in that dark room, with no sunlight at all. We could only grope in the darkness all day long, waiting to die. Food was only delivered once a day, and we were tied up and not allowed to move during the day. If we wanted to go to the toilet, we had to wait until night. It was simply not a life for human beings!"
"Mmmmmmm... Please, Prince Yu, help us! We are wronged."
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Listening to what these women said, Leng Yu suddenly waved his hands and shouted:
"General Ling, bring all the people here to Shuntian Prefecture and have Lord Yu interrogate them personally."
Upon seeing this, Mr. Li kowtowed vigorously and begged:
"Prince Yu, I have a reason for this. Could you please excuse me?"
Looking at his shrewd eyes, Leng Yu snorted coldly and glared at him, "If you have anything to say, just say it here."
Seeing that Leng Yu was not giving him face, Li Caizhu knelt down in front of him and whispered:
"Prince Yu, I am the distant cousin of Concubine Li. I am also Prince Xi's great-uncle. Speaking of which, I am also very close to you. Could you please make some concessions?"
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