Chapter 8: Escaping the Predicament

  The attendant drew the sword from its scabbard, his lips pursed into a line, tense and standing in front of the man called Rong Wang. However, there was not a hint of panic on Rong Wang's face, he slowly stood up, swung open his fan with a "brush" sound, and smiled lightly.

  "Is it Sixth Brother who sent you?"

  "It's fine as long as Rong Wang knows, grievances have a head and debts have an owner. Since we brothers took the money, we naturally need to do things for him! Brothers, tie them up!" The leader gave the order, and several younger brothers rushed forward, tying up Rong Wang and his attendants. The attendants wanted to resist, but they were outnumbered and soon lost their advantage, ultimately unable to escape being tied up.

  "Hey, we're not with them! Why are you tying us up?" Le'er stood up, indignantly glaring at them, her hands behind her back subtly holding red flower petals that shone with a faint glow.

  She frowned and stepped forward, quickly grasping his hand and whispering in his ear, "Don't be reckless, we can't let them discover our identities. Endure if you can, act when the time is right."

  Le Er's heart was unwilling, but she still listened to Zhi Yan's words and obediently surrendered.

  "Your Highness, the King of England has instructed us that as long as Your Highness is willing to reveal the hidden power of the Emperor and hand over the military token, we can consider sparing your life and the lives of these two people."

  "Is Sixth Brother still thinking of contending for the throne? Tell him, don't even think about it."

  "You... I advise Your Highness to think carefully, don't lose your life and also implicate innocent people. Keep an eye on them, no mistakes allowed, I'll go find the King of England now."

  The leading man hastily left, and the younger brothers who stayed behind to keep watch gradually became more reckless without the restraint of their elder brother. They gathered in twos and threes, talking loudly. Several rascals had evil intentions towards Zhiyan's appearance, with a lustful glint in their eyes, sneering as they approached Zhiyan with ill intent.

  "What are you going to do!" Le'er sensed the danger, vigilantly blocking in front of Zhi Yan, glaring at them with a fierce momentum.

  "What's up? Such a beautiful beauty is here, what else can we do?" One of the thugs pushed Le Er away with one hand and hooked around Xi Yan's chin with the other, "Hey, I've lived for so many years, but it's still my first time seeing such a beauty!"

  Upon hearing this man's voice, the other rascals suddenly regained their spirits and gathered around with malicious intentions.

  "Get away from my sister! Take your filthy hands off her!" Le Er jumped up in a rage, knocking the leader of the thugs to one side and herself falling heavily to the ground, gritting her teeth in pain.

  "This kid looks so pretty, but he's a man, what a waste." Lao Er stood up and kicked Le Er to one side, "However, this body does smell really good..."

  "Let that girl go! We don't know them!" The attendant shouted loudly, his whole body trembling with rage at what he saw.

  Rong Wang also furrowed his brow and said in a cold voice: "Let her go, let them go, everything can be negotiated."

  "Master..."

  The colored characters are on top, and where is there anyone willing to listen to Rong Wang? They ignore Rong Wang's words and surround Yanzhi in a watertight manner.

  Zi Yan felt a little scared, she thought it would be great if Ze Ye was by her side at this time. But he couldn't always stay by her side, there were some things that needed her to face and solve alone. She calmed herself down, suddenly lifted her head to look at the Lü Luos, the coldness in her eyes was piercing, for a moment it seemed like lightning had flashed, all the Lü Luos were shocked by the sharpness and coldness in her eyes, and they all took a few steps back.

  The next second, accompanied by a thunderclap in the sky, Zhi Yan's eyes suddenly returned to their original eerie blue-purple color. Under the illumination of the lightning, they looked somewhat terrifying for a moment. The several ruffians had never seen such a scene before, and one by one, their faces turned pale with fright, their legs trembling as they stood up, falling to the ground and constantly backing away.

  "There's a ghost! There's a ghost!"

  "There's a monster! There's a monster! Run quickly!"

  In an instant, the originally arrogant thugs were frightened out of their wits, rushing to the door in a panic, not caring about the thunder and rain outside, shouting loudly until they quickly disappeared from sight.

  "Wow... sister..." Le Er struggled free from the rope and threw herself at Ze Yan, wailing loudly, "I was so scared, waaahhh... it's all my fault... if something happened to you, how would I explain it to brother... waaahhh..."

  "They... " were sitting there, looking bewildered and still hadn't reacted to what had happened. Did she really have such a queen-like aura that one glance could scare them so much? She was secretly pleased with herself, but then found out that Le Er was all bark and no bite, crying loudly while winking at her mischievously. Had this little scamp done something just now?

  "I'm fine, Le'er is well-behaved, don't cry..." While speaking, he quietly asked: "What did you just do?"

  Le continued to wail, acting out a deep sisterly love scene, "As long as sis is okay...... and by the way, I added some magic to my eyes too... Am I not very clever, sis?"

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  "I'm afraid I've startled the young lady and gentleman." King Yong bowed and said, "I've caused you two innocent people to suffer this ordeal, and it's really weighing on my conscience. I don't know which family you two are from, but since my men have arrived, let me send you back home, and I'll make sure to send a gift of apology another day."

  "No need, we're not some young master and miss from a certain family." Zhi Yan smiled, feeling a bit nervous inside, oh no, what should I say if they ask about this? "Let's just wait for the rain to stop, then we can head back ourselves."

  "How can this be? What if those bandits come back and you encounter danger?"

  "Ah... then let's just go back now."

  "It's raining outside."

  "This..."

  "Don't worry, miss. I'm not a bad person... Why don't you two go to my palace and rest for now? You can return home tomorrow. Let the doctor take a look at this young man and see if he's injured. That way, I'll also be at ease."

  Everyone has said their piece, what can I say now? I could only nod in agreement and quietly get on the horse-drawn carriage with He Liu.

  "Master... are you really going to let them go to the mansion? What if they're also people of the sixth brother, how can there be any young ladies and masters in this desolate wilderness?" The attendant whispered.

  "Those rascals just now didn't know what they saw and were so scared that they all ran away, these two must not be ordinary. Letting them return to the manor is on one hand to thoroughly investigate their background, if it's possible to make use of them for myself, it would be a great fortune, but if they're really spies sent by Sixth Brother, then this king can't be blamed for being ruthless."

  "The king is wise."

  "What kind of people are under your command! They actually took so long to arrive, did they come to collect the king's corpse?"

  "Your Highness, calm down." The attendant's face turned pale and he fell to his knees with a thud.

  "Hey, that ugly king or whatever, is he coming or not...hmm..." A voice came from the carriage, Luer's tone slightly dissatisfied, and was suddenly cut off.

  "Sorry to keep you waiting for so long, let's set off now."

  "Haha! Let's take a horse carriage ride~ giddy up!"

  Zi Yan looked at Le Er with some helplessness. This guy was really able to stir up trouble. "Le Er, what if we leave and Ze Ran comes back but can't find us?"

  "It won't work, brother is so fierce, and besides... anyway, he's definitely going to find us. Sister, don't think too much, you just said you wanted to take a look outside the courtyard, this is a rare opportunity." Le Er stuck her head out of the car window one moment, and then curiously crawled under the seat the next, playing very happily.

  She smiled slightly after listening to Le'er's words, what he said was right, it would be good to go out and take a look around, wasn't this her long-held wish? Ze Ran had never allowed herself to leave the courtyard for her own safety, but this time was indeed a rare opportunity. Thinking so, she felt much more at ease, comfortably leaning on the soft cushion, drowsiness gradually creeping in, she fell asleep in the carriage, and when she woke up again, she found herself in an unfamiliar room.

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