Chapter 32 Princess, please save the Prince
The dark figure pulled down his mask, clasped his hands respectfully at her, and said, "Your Highness, it is your subordinate."
Yun Zhaoxue put away her pistol and said angrily, "Chasing Shadow? Why did you drag me down?"
She thought she had been discovered and that the perpetrators were coming to seek revenge.
"I will go to the Crown Princess to save him."
"Whose life should we save?"
"Your Highness!"
Yun Zhaoxue asked in surprise, "What's wrong with him? Is he going to die?"
He lived to be over thirty in his previous life. Could it be that his transmigration into the book changed his fate?
"Not yet, but it will be soon. Qin Hu thought that the young master had sent someone to drug them and make them engage in debauchery in the villa. He blamed the young master for this and took several纨绔子弟 (sons of wealthy families) to the prison to torture the young master."
"How can I save them? You want me to go there so you can confess and transfer their hatred to me?"
It's impossible for her to help in the fight.
In terms of martial prowess, the guards and secret agents of the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion are all highly skilled, so she probably wouldn't even rank among them.
Aside from making her take the blame, she couldn't think of anything else she wanted her to do.
After all, in Zhuiying's eyes, she was just a weak woman who couldn't even kill a chicken.
Is she really that stupid?
"Your subordinate wouldn't dare. You are a princess, and they will be somewhat wary of you. Just stay with the prince tonight."
Zhuiying pulled out a stack of silver notes from his pocket. "If you agree, these are all yours."
Yun Zhaoxue glanced at it. She had just taken over the warehouses of several wealthy families, and several thousand or tens of thousands of taels of silver were no longer of any interest to her. "What kind of person do you take me for? Do you think I'm the kind of person who's greedy for money? You are all highly skilled in martial arts, so you can definitely move freely in and out of the prison."
"Your Highness, if we expose ourselves now, it will harm the Crown Prince. Your Highness, I beg you."
Zhuiying pulled out another stack of cash, knelt on one knee, and raised both hands above his head.
"I can agree for the sake of the money, but I have one more condition."
"Please speak, Your Highness."
"Teach me martial arts of lightness skill if you have the chance."
"Well... the young master is more skilled than I am. Why don't you go and rescue him first, and then discuss it with him?"
“He’s a cripple, how can I teach him? If he doesn’t want to teach me, fine, I won’t save him.”
"Your subordinate agrees."
"Okay, it's settled then. I'll go back and change my clothes first."
"Thank you, Princess Consort."
Zhuiying used his light-footed skill to bring her back to the courtyard, and they quickly went inside to change her clothes.
Yun Zhaoxue changed into a slightly more luxurious brocade dress that suited her status as a princess, and then pulled out an oversized maid's outfit from her spatial storage.
She handed the clothes to Zhuiying, saying, "I don't have a maidservant with me, so I won't look imposing enough. Go to the side hall and change into these clothes, then come in with me."
Zhuiying politely declined, saying, "Princess Consort, I don't need to wear a maid's clothes to sneak in..."
"Stop talking nonsense, do you still want to save your prince?"
Zhuiying gritted his teeth and agreed, "Yes, subordinate will go and change it right away."
She didn't know how to do the maids' hair, and Zhuiying probably didn't either. She went next door to wake up Hongzao and Lüzhi so that Zhuiying could do her hair and makeup.
The two women applied rouge and powder to his face, and Hongzao almost couldn't help but laugh several times, but she bit her lower lip to hold it in.
Who would have thought that the usually imposing Lord Chasing Shadow would have such a day?
Sitting in front of the mirror, Zhuiying wanted to run away several times, but she clenched her fists and thought of her master being tortured in prison. She forced herself to stay still, closed her eyes tightly, and dared not look at the mirror.
After putting on her makeup, Yun Zhaoxue put some medicine for treating external injuries into a food box, along with two plates of vegetables to cover them up.
Zhuiying then used his light-footed skills to bring her to the outside of the Dali Temple prison.
Yun Zhaoxue turned her head and glanced at Zhuiying, only to see him standing as straight as a pillar.
"Remember that you are a maid now. Imagine how a maid usually follows behind her master, bowing her head and bending over, with her hands folded in front of her."
Zhuiying did as instructed, replying, "Yes! This servant will remember."
She was stopped by the guards at the entrance to the prison. "This princess is going to see Prince Xiao off on his final journey. Please, boss and jailer, make an exception."
Before she could even offer any money as a bribe, the other party raised his knife and crossed it to block the doorway. "Princess, please return. Prince Xiao is a wanted criminal of the court. No one is allowed to visit him in prison without a warrant."
"Token? What token do you want? You want the Crown Prince's token or the Third Prince's token? I'll get them for you."
Yun Zhaoxue's eyes gleamed coldly, her aura chilling. "You worthless thing, I, the princess, will take responsibility if anything goes wrong."
When the two jailers heard her mention the Crown Prince and the Third Prince, they were intimidated by his imposing manner and looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Brother jailer, I'm just going in to deliver some things. No one will notice. As long as you let me in, all of these are yours."
Yun Zhaoxue gestured with her eyes to Zhuiying behind her.
Zhuiying took out two silver ingots from his pocket and handed them to them respectively.
Through a combination of coercion and enticement, they finally got him to the prison cell.
Yun Zhaoxue couldn't help but think of that day when she was brought in by the Crown Prince's guards. She carried the Crown Prince's token all the way, without needing to bribe or waste words, and had no obstacles along the way. No matter what era, you need connections.
She seemed to have a few tokens from the Crown Prince's residence in her personal space, which she had taken from the storeroom, but she dared not take them out to use casually.
Qin Hu ordered his men to drag Xiao Xuance to the torture chamber and tie him to a cross.
He has already been whipped, caned, and branded; now his wounds need to be treated with salt water.
Now it's the leg clamp's turn. The clamp is put around his lower legs and pulled hard.
"Xiao the Scoundrel, you used these very legs to trample me underfoot back then, making me a cripple. I heard your legs are crippled, but even that won't quell my hatred. I'm going to break them so you can never stand up again. Men, pull hard and see if his legs are really broken..."
"Yes, young master." The servant pulled the rope tighter.
Xiao Xuance, who was tortured to the point of near death, groaned in pain, "Ugh..."
Qin Hu said, "Hey, even though your leg is broken, you can still feel it. Keep pushing."
Shen Yan and several other young masters standing to the side instructed their servants, "You all go and pull them over too."
"Push harder! Push harder! Haven't a bunch of good-for-nothings eaten? I'll push you harder!" Qin Hu urged, stepping forward to kick the servant's buttocks.
Back then, when he was beaten so badly that he urinated, the news spread throughout the capital, and he lost all face.
He also wanted Xiao Xuance to urinate on the spot, to satisfy his desire for revenge.
Upon seeing this scene, Yun Zhaoxue rushed into the cell and kicked Qin Hu away.
Zhuiying grabbed one of the boys in each hand and slammed them against the wall, "Bang! Bang! Bang!!!"
"Help! Someone help me!"
Yun Zhaoxue grabbed Qin Hu by the neck, lifted him up, and slapped him repeatedly, "Slap slap slap!!!..."
"Qin Hu, how dare you abuse your power! I, the princess, will beat you to death, you scoundrel!"
Qin Hu's head was being slapped and thrown around. When he realized what was happening, he tried to pry her hands off.
His cheeks flushed red and then turned bluish-purple. "Let go, let go! Someone help me..."
Shen Yan and the others only wanted to escape, and dared not go forward to save anyone. They fled for their lives towards the door.
Yun Zhaoxue picked up Qin Hu and threw him at them.
She drinks the spring water every day and has immense strength.
Qin Hu frequented brothels every day, and his body, long since hollowed out by wine and women, was now just an empty shell.
Shen Yan and the others were knocked down and fell forward, crying out, "Ouch!"
Yun Zhaoxue approached them.
Qin Hu and the others felt that the scene was familiar, as if they had seen it somewhere before, and they screamed in fright, "Ghost, ghost, ghost..."
"Help! Someone help me!"
"Don't come any closer, don't kill me..."
Their shouts alerted the prison guards, who shouted, "What's going on? Anyone who dares to cause trouble in the cell will be treated as a criminal!"
Yun Zhaoxue's angry gaze swept over the incompetent jailers. "Where were you all just now? They wanted to kill Prince Xiao. If the prisoner died, the higher-ups would interrogate him. Even if there was no prisoner, you would all be buried with him."
A jailer said, "Who are you? Do you know who this is? He's the eldest son of the Prime Minister's family, the Crown Prince's brother-in-law, and the future Emperor's brother-in-law."
He was a new jailer who didn't know Yun Zhaoxue. He had just learned about Qin Hu's identity from the older jailers and couldn't wait to curry favor with Qin Hu.
If one can gain the favor of a noble person, one might be able to enter the palace as a member of the imperial guards.
Yun Zhaoxue's expression was icy. "If you don't even recognize me, what use are you? Just dig them out and feed them to the dogs."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhuiying strode forward.
The jailer tried to draw his sword.
Zhuiying pressed his knife back down, "Whoosh!"
The dagger sliced across his eye, drawing two lines of bloody tears.
He thought he had gone blind, and with his eyes closed, he screamed and howled, "Ahhh!! My eyes, my eyes are blind..."
Yun Zhaoxue covered her ears with her hands, her delicate brows furrowed. "I'm not blind, what are you yelling about? If you don't recognize me next time, I'll really dig you up and feed you to the dogs."
With the jailers backing him up, Qin Hu pointed at Yun Zhaoxue and shouted, "What are you standing there for? Arrest her right now!"
The jailers had all heard of Yun Zhaoxue's infamous reputation. After all, she was the emperor's niece. When gods fight, the little devils suffer.
They didn't want to offend either side, so they simply stood still.
Yun Zhaoxue walked to Xiao Xuance's side, reached out to check his breath, and then cried out in terror, "Your Highness, Your Highness, wake up! Please don't die..."
When the crowd heard that someone had died, they panicked. They were responsible for guarding the prisoners, and if a prisoner died in their hands, their heads would be in danger.
The jailer panicked when he saw Xiao Xuance, who was tied to a cross, covered in wounds, and whose life or death was unknown. He questioned Qin Hu, "Young Master Qin, didn't you say you were just catching up? Why did you use such force? If he dies, we won't be able to explain to our superiors, and we'll lose our heads!"
"What do I care? Blame him for being useless; he died after only a couple of tries." Qin Hu said and ran off.
Shen Yan scrambled to catch up, a dark glint flashing in his eyes as he turned around.
The servants who had been slammed against the wall by the Shadow Chaser scrambled toward the door, crying, "Young Master, wait for us..."
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