Shen Ruoxi glanced out the window. It was already dark. People of the Baiyu tribe usually didn't go out after dark.
She hid her footsteps, picked up the wooden stick at the door, and walked to the gate.
Looking out through the small crack in the door, the only thing Shen Ruoxi could be sure of was that the person standing outside the door was not a black bear but a human. Then, she heard the voices of two men discussing in a low voice.
"Are you sure you're not mistaken? Is this really where Luo Xuan's daughter lives?"
"Don't worry, my lord. I've asked many people, and I can't be wrong!"
"Then why didn't she open the door!"
"Maybe he fell asleep and didn't hear it?"
"The Prince?" Shen Ruoxi pondered for a moment. The only person in the Great Yan Kingdom who could be called the Prince was Lu Wenzhou's cousin. He was over sixty years old, so there was no way his voice could be so young.
Who is this person called the Prince?
"If she doesn't open the door, let's work together to break it down!" the man said fiercely.
Shen Ruoxi: ...Do these people have any sense of public morality?
"On the count of three, kick as hard as you can. Do you hear me?"
"As you command, my Lord!"
"one two three!"
Shen Ruoxi lightly flicked the door with her fingertips, unbolted the door, and opened it.
There were two dull thuds, and the two men fell through the door together, falling flat on their faces.
Shen Ruoxi closed the door and at the same time, swung a long stick and started beating him violently.
"Tell me, what are you doing sneaking around my door? Are you a thief? If you refuse to tell me, I'll break your legs and send you to the commander!"
The screams of the two people came one after another.
It’s not that they don’t want to speak, it’s that they are in so much pain that they can’t even utter a complete sentence!
"Stop! Stop... I, I am the prince of the Great Yan Kingdom. Prince, do you want to... rebel?" After a long while, the man finally put together a complete sentence.
"What lice? I'm still a cricket!" Shen Ruoxi pretended not to understand and continued to beat him violently.
Until the stick in her hand broke, she pretended to be shocked: "What? You are the prince of the Great Yan Kingdom? Why didn't you say so earlier!"
The man covered his buttocks, his teeth almost clenched. "I've clearly said this more than a dozen times, you crazy woman, how dare you treat this prince like this? Believe it or not, I will pull out your tendons and skin you alive and throw you out!"
As he said that, he actually stood up and raised his fist to hit Shen Ruoxi.
Shen Ruoxi uttered a "tsk". Was it because she was too gentle, or was it because this man was too tough? Even after breaking his stick, he could still be so arrogant?
However, the fist stopped before it reached Shen Ruoxi.
The man screamed, "Ghost! Your death has nothing to do with me. Don't come looking for me. Go find the Qiao family!"
Shen Ruoxi raised her eyebrows. She felt familiar when she saw the back figure just now. Wasn't this the "sign" that the leader of the guard team spent a fortune to redeem back home, and it even made a big joke at the time.
The man who came with her was none other than the deserter from the Luo family army who had come to her and begged her for help on her first day in Baiyu Village.
"If you don't go serve your wife, what are you doing here?" Shen Ruoxi asked with a slightly mocking tone.
The man suddenly screamed excitedly: "What wife? I'm the prince, and she's just an old woman, not even worthy of carrying my shoes!"
After saying that, he suddenly realized something.
He looked at Shen Ruoxi's feet, and sure enough, there was a shadow swaying in the candlelight.
"Qiao Ruoxi, it's really you! My dad and the others thought you were dead, how did you survive? Could it be that Lu Wenzhou is not dead either?" The man was excited and nervous.
Shen Ruoxi said with a cold face: "I'm not Qiao Ruoxi, you recognized the wrong person."
The man's cheek muscles trembled uncontrollably. "There's no way I could have mistaken you! I've admired your beautiful face countless times in this hall."
"Every time I think about it, how could that old man marry a beautiful woman like you? It's simply a waste of God's gift!" As he said this, the man couldn't help but stretched out his hand towards Shen Ruoxi's face.
Shen Ruoxi's eyes turned even colder: "Do you dare to come closer again?"
Thinking of the beating he had just received, the man froze in his tracks, only his mouth was still trying to show off his strength: "You dare!"
Shen Ruoxi sneered: "Why should I be afraid? If you weren't desperate, why would you come here to ask me for help? If you don't even have the attitude to ask for help, why should I help you?"
The man narrowed his eyes and looked Shen Ruoxi up and down: “As expected of the former queen mother of the Great Yan Kingdom, she is so magnanimous, I like it!”
"Okay, then let's talk about the terms. As long as you're willing to do as I say and reveal Lu Wenzhou's whereabouts, I can guarantee that no one will dare to touch you again!"
Shen Ruoxi sneered in her heart, but did not show it on her face.
She wanted to see what tricks this man was trying to play.
"Tell me, what do you want me to do for you?"
The man pulled out two bottles of medicine from his pocket and placed them on the table. "This is the poison I finally managed to obtain. Three days from now, find a way to put it in the water of the high priest and the old woman and have them drink it. I'll take care of the rest."
Shen Ruoxi chuckled: "You underestimate the Baiyu people too much."
"Even though I kidnapped their leader that day, the guards weren't afraid at all. If your medicine can't knock down every member of the White Feather Clan's guards, we'll definitely not be able to get out."
The man raised one corner of his lips and smiled sternly at Shen Ruoxi: "How does the White Feather Clan Guard compare to the soldiers of our Great Yan Kingdom?"
Shen Ruoxi frowned slightly: “What do you mean by this?”
The man was very proud. "My father knew something was wrong with me and he rushed here from the capital. In three days, he will gather his soldiers and the Luo family army to come to Baiyu Village to rescue me. Do you understand now?"
"Who is your father?" Shen Ruoxi asked with a cold face.
The man raised his chin and said, "My father's name is Qin Bin, and he is now the Prince of Qin of the Great Yan Kingdom!"
Shen Ruoxi frowned. General Qin from the Southern Camp had actually come to the border town. When did they come?
Did his father and Azhou know about this in advance?
Will Azhou's identity be exposed because of this...
"Qiao Ruoxi, what are you thinking about?" the man asked with narrowed eyes. "Are you still in contact with the little emperor and planning something?"
"You worry too much, Lu Wenzhou is already dead." Shen Ruoxi knew that she could not hide it any longer, so she simply admitted that she was the former queen mother of the Great Yan Kingdom.
"I was just wondering how credible your words are. I finally managed to escape from the fire and hide in this remote place to survive, but I didn't expect you to find me."
The man laughed out loud: "Without the little emperor as your backer, I can be your backer. Don't worry, I am absolutely sincere to you, as long as you listen to me obediently!"
Shen Ruoxi was silent for a while, then nodded: “Okay, I agree to cooperate with you.”
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