Chapter 261 Justice is clear!
Huo Tianling was awakened by a series of rapid knocks on the door.
He frowned and struggled to open his eyes, only to find that he had slept on the table in the restaurant all night!
The light outside the window was just beginning to brighten, but it hurt his eyes.
"Master, open the door..." The maid Aya's sobbing voice continued outside the door, "Madam has fainted! Please go back and check on her!"
Hearing the familiar voice, Huo Tianling was stunned for a moment...
After a while, he stood up suddenly, and most of the drunkenness dissipated in an instant.
He suddenly opened the door, lowered his eyes to glance at the maid who almost fell, and spoke in a hoarse voice, "What happened?"
The maid Aya felt nauseous because of the smell of alcohol on him, and her eyes turned redder in an instant!
She fell to her knees with a plop, and cried, "Madam sat there all night, waiting for you and the young master to come back, and fainted at dawn! I called a doctor, but the master and the lady kept calling your name..."
Huo Tianling's heart skipped a beat. Not only did Chi'er not come back all night, but even his guards didn't come back to tell the princess he was safe?!
Oh no! Something must have happened!!
He hurriedly threw down a silver ingot and walked out with big strides.
There were not many people on the street. Huo Tianling ran towards his rented house in a frustrated manner, but his way was blocked when he passed Hongwenguan.
In front of a carriage near Hongwenguan, people were kneeling on the ground. The woman in the lead was wearing plain clothes and was kowtowing continuously.
Several maids beside her kept crying out, "Princess, please have mercy! Please, princess, please save my young lady..."
Huo Tianling paused and narrowed his eyes.
The servant stepped forward cleverly and said, "Third Master, would you like me to go and ask around..."
"..." Without waiting for the servant to finish speaking, Huo Tianling waved his hand impatiently, signaling him to go back quickly.
Less than a cup of tea later, the servant came back panting and whispered in Huo Tianling's ear:
"Third Master, the woman who kowtowed is the sister-in-law of Lord An, the Minister of Justice."
"Others don't quite know what happened. They just say that Princess Zhaoning saved the daughter of the Dali Temple Minister yesterday..."
"After my daughter was rescued, for some unknown reason, Lord An resigned today, and the Emperor approved his decision! He even asked for punishment and received fifty strokes of the cane!"
"After Lord An returned home after being tortured, this woman brought people to block Princess Zhaoning's carriage!"
"She first asked the princess if she had seen her daughter again in the underground city yesterday, and then she knelt down, repeatedly begging Princess Zhaoning to save her daughter..."
"Wait!" Huo Tianling's face suddenly changed. "What did you say? Princess Zhaoning went to the underground city yesterday?"
“…” The servant nodded.
"It's said that Princess Zhaoning led nearly a thousand elite soldiers to the underground city to rescue people yesterday. They busted a kidnapping den and arrested many people!"
"The kidnapper who abused the Dali Temple's daughter is a teenager barely over ten! I heard that in order to uncover the true mastermind, the child has been secretly detained!"
Boom!!!
Huo Tianling felt as if he was struck by lightning, and his brain went blank in an instant.
So Chi Er didn't come back all night...was he captured by the Daliang soldiers?!
What should I do? !
No! This is a serious matter, he has to verify it himself!
He stumbled back towards the dungeon. The servant hurried to follow him, but he kicked him away: "Don't follow me! Go find Aya and help her take good care of the princess!"
…
In the carriage.
Little Tangbao, who was sleeping soundly in Chuntai's arms, was finally woken up!
She yawned loudly and opened her eyes a little, "Sister Chuntai...how long will it take us to get to the academy?"
Thinking that her master had just experienced a dangerous situation yesterday and had not slept well all night, Zhimei subconsciously covered Xiao Tangbao's ears.
Chuntai frowned and gently closed the little guy's eyes. While patting Tangbao and coaxing him, he winked at Zhilan.
Zhilan understood and immediately opened the door and stood on the shaft.
She imitated the adults' threatening manner and scolded them with a stern face, "How dare you! How dare you openly intercept the princess's carriage? Is this how you approach asking for help?!"
The little girl's childish voice revealed a majesty that was inconsistent with her age, and she was just like a little spring moss.
Ruan, who was in the lead, was still kowtowing, with blood oozing from her forehead.
A girl around eleven or twelve beside her hurriedly knelt forward, choking with sobs, "Young noble lady, please calm down. We are truly at our wit's end!"
The girl raised her tearful eyes, her voice trembling, but every word clear: "My sister has been in a coma for five days, and no medicine has worked..."
"I've heard that Princess Zhaoning is kind and possesses extraordinary abilities, so my parents wanted to personally seek her out... but my father is only a seventh-rank judge in the Dali Temple, so he's never had the chance to meet the princess..."
"I asked my cousin An Xueting to pass it on...but she said...that the princess didn't want to help at all..."
"..." The girl clutched her clothes at her chest, tears streaming down her face. "That's why we dared to stop you, Princess, and beg you for mercy!"
"She lied!" Zhilan said indignantly, "That An Xueting just follows my master around crying all day long. She has never spoken to my princess!"
When Ruan heard this, her body suddenly stiffened and her fingertips unconsciously pinched into her palms.
The confession she had extorted from An Xueting's personal maid last night was still ringing in her ears. Now, after hearing what this little girl said, what else could she not understand...
An Xueting appears weak and gentle on the surface...but in fact, he is playful, selfish and vicious!
She wanted to sneak out of the house to play, and to avoid punishment, she dragged her son Yu Han with her, wanting to put all the blame on her son Yu Han!
Who knew that on the way he would meet the unscrupulous and inhuman Baili Chi...
In order to protect herself, Xueting not only did not protect the sisters who had been with her since childhood, but instead helped the evil and helped the beast to humiliate her daughter Yu Han.
Damn these! Her Yuhan is only five years old this year...
Later, her daughter Yuhan lay unconscious on the bed, and the doctor was helpless... The culprit not only did not try to remedy the situation, but also did not ask Princess Zhaoning for help...
Instead, she was worried about the truth being revealed, so she went to Baili Chi's underground city appointment alone, intending to retrieve the pearl flower she had dropped to cover up the fact that she had met Baili Chi...
Oh, it really is...
A sneer escaped Ruan's throat, and a cold light flashed in her eyes.
If this girl had told the truth to her family right away, she wouldn't have fallen into Baili Chi's clutches, ending up with wounds all over her body and a disfigured face, and causing her father to lose his job and be punished...
Justice is clear!
Retribution! It’s all retribution!
This retribution in this life comes so quickly!
"Long live Princess Zhaoning!"
"Please, Princess, please save my son. The entire Ruan family will definitely repay your kindness!!!"
Ruan wiped the tears mixed with blood from her face and began to kowtow to the carriage again.
"ha--"
In the carriage, the little guy stretched out his arms and yawned loudly again, completely awake...
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