Chu Shao raised the jade object in her hand high, as if she was about to throw it down.
However, her movement suddenly stopped, and he didn’t drop it. Moreover, she smiled and looked outside, her expression was inscrutable.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Jin didn’t understand what was going on. So she turned her wheelchair around and looked outside.
At this glance, it inevitably had a sense of timelessness.
The night rain drifted into the corridor, making Old Zhang and the maids even more fearful. The lanterns on the wooden boards turned and rolled, and the candlelight was flickering, creating a desolate scene.
Xiao Jin looked at all of this expressionlessly, with only one thought in her mind.
She had saved her life.
Old Zhang and the maids were stunned in place.
They looked at the red marks on Xiao Jin’s neck and couldn’t close their jaws, and even their eyeballs were about to fall out.
This was truly saving a life.
Looking at Xiao Jin’s visibly unpleasant complexion, Old Zhang, as the head of the palace attendants and the source of the jade objects, was the first to kneel down and kowtow, begging for mercy: “Your Highness, spare me! This old slave… this old slave heard some noise outside the courtyard just now, and was afraid that someone might harm Your Highness, so I rashly came in…”
As the saying goes, a team with a pig-like teammate is more terrifying than facing a formidable opponent alone.
Xiao Jin knew that everything she had just encountered was thanks to Old Zhang. She was so angry that she coldly sneered, “Whether or not others will harm this prince, this prince doesn’t know. Old Zhang, you’re getting better and better at handling things. How come this prince feels like you’re the biggest villain?”
Hearing this, Old Zhang’s face turned ashen, and he was so scared that his legs went weak. He quickly kowtowed and begged for forgiveness: “Your Highness, spare me, this old slave deserves to die!”
Xiao Jin didn’t know how terrifying the original owner’s temperament was. She just said a cold sentence, and the maids followed Old Zhang in kneeling down and begging for mercy, fearfully and mournfully.
“Your Highness, please calm down! We deserve to die…”
Xiao Jin was annoyed by the noise.
How brutal was the original owner’s temperament? How could these people keep dying all the time? It was unbelievable.
She couldn’t bear it anymore and glanced at Old Zhang, waving her hand to stop him: “You truly deserve to die. You only have a little knowledge about antiques, yet you dared to admire and play with all these jade artifacts.”
Old Zhang knew Xiao Jin’s temper well.
At this moment, he knew that he was in deep trouble and knelt on the ground, trembling, anticipating what kind of punishment Xiao Jin would give him next.
“Lao Zhang deserves to die!”
Old Zhang was in despair, almost banging his forehead to bleed, hoping to leave a complete corpse.
He trembled and lay on the long corridor, not holding any hope of survival. Suddenly, a cold voice came from inside the room:
“What do you mean by ‘deserves to die’? I only intend to punish you by having you sweep up all the broken jade in this area, and deduct a month’s salary… In addition, from now on, you are not allowed to bring such filthy things into the mansion. If there is a next time, you will be expelled from the mansion directly.”
For a moment, Old Zhang was stunned.
He hadn’t even shed a tear yet, but suddenly heard that all he had to do was sweep up the broken jade and have a month’s salary deducted, and the matter would be over.
Old Zhang couldn’t believe it. He looked up at Xiao Jin’s calm gaze and realized that he had not been hallucinating just now.
He had stumbled upon such a thing and yet, the prince did not silence him?
He… was still alive.
Xiao Jin looked at the purple and blue bruise on Old Zhang’s forehead and didn’t know what to say.
This was really a head-banging situation. Helplessly, she frowned and said, “Old Zhang, go back and treat the wound on your forehead. You are still the steward of the Yan Mansion. With a black and blue forehead, how will you look presentable?”
After listening to Xiao Jin’s words, Old Zhang was thoroughly confused.
If he wasn’t still kneeling outside the corridor, he would have wanted to rush forward and hug Xiao Jin’s legs, howling and shouting “Long live the prince, long live, long live!”
Xiao Jin didn’t know that Old Zhang’s already excited face was hiding the potential for Stockholm syndrome. She only knew that she had taken the lead in launching the first shot to clean up the internet.
Watching Old Zhang and the maids pick up the broken jade pieces from the ground, Xiao Jin’s eyes finally relaxed a bit.
She didn’t know how Old Zhang, such a bold and colorful steward, appeared in this Jinjiang online novel.
In order to clean up the atmosphere of the prince’s mansion, before the maids and Lao Zhang left in a huff, Xiao Jin coughed twice, wiped the rouge on her neck, and reminded them, “You must remember that these ‘props’ are not allowed to be brought in again. I… don’t need them.”
When it came to this word, Xiao Jin obviously hesitated for a moment before slowly spitting out the words “don’t need.”
She felt that there was basically no big problem except for some embarrassment, but Chu Shao beside her lightly laughed.
The laughter was pleasant and quite sarcastic.
Xiao Jin wiped the rouge mark on her neck and frowned at Chu Shao, only to see her eyes bent like silver hooks.
“Why is the princess laughing?”
Upon hearing this, Chu Shao unconsciously hooked her finger on the edge of the wheelchair and smiled lightly, “Because this princess thinks that the prince is truly wise, so I am happy to laugh.”
Xiao Jin didn’t see happiness on Chu Shao’s face, only a sense of insincerity.
In this insincerity, there was even a hint of schadenfreude. But even if Chu Shao maintained this state, it was still better than being ill.
In this contradictory heart, there was even a hint of gloating. However, even if Chu Shao maintained this state, it was still better than falling ill.
It had to be said that Xiao Jin was always good at comforting herself. She always believed that as long as she didn’t feel awkward, it was others who were awkward.
Similarly, as long as she didn’t feel like a social outcast, then the social outcasts must be someone else.
But she didn’t expect that even if she rubbed her skin red with the embroidered handkerchief, she couldn’t seem to rub off the kiss marks on her neck.
Her mentality collapsed.
When Chu Shao leaned over just now, Xiao Jin’s brain was almost as pale as goose feathers.
She could feel the dampness of her skin and the slight opening of her lips.
But her nerves were malfunctioning, making it difficult for her to receive all the information clearly.
Xiao Jin knew that Chu Shao was very dangerous.
Chu Shao’s appearance was as gentle as warm jade, but when she went crazy, she turned into a sharp blade. The blade was thin and sharp, and once it cut into flesh, it would draw blood and kill.
So when Chu Shao approached her, she felt his warm and delicate breath and the deliberate oppression of her getting closer.
Indeed, Chu Shao was a dangerous person who killed without blinking.
But when Xiao Jin was touched by Chu Shao and the teardrop-shaped red mole appeared in her mind, she couldn’t help but freeze for a moment.
After a moment, Xiao Jin sensed a chill.
That chill came from Chu Shao’s icy fingers as she rubbed her collar with the tips of her fingers, and with a slight twist, she could unbutton her clothes.
Xiao Jin instantly became sober.
Even if Chu Shao deliberately deepened the kiss, gently pecked and licked her lips and teeth, the ultimate goal was impure.
Chu Shao did this to explore something.
Although the system had given her a blocking add-on, Chu Shao was obviously a smart person.
The “dumbing-down” attack targets intelligence, but Chu Shao’s exploration of her was entirely based on intuition.
Chu Shao’s sixth sense was so terrifying that even the system could not successfully interfere with it.
In an instant, Xiao Jin’s understanding of the female lead reached a new level.
So she decided to bring Chu Shao, this uncertain factor, over to her side. After all, if the original plotline were to follow, if Chu Shao became the male lead’s helper, then her mission would be hopeless, and she would never be able to return home.
She planned to probe how much Chu Shao knew first.
Thinking of this, Xiao Jin lightly said to Chu Shao, “It’s not really wise. But there is one thing that intrigues me… Since the princess’s swordsmanship is so superb, why didn’t she escape during the chaos of Yao’s kingdom’s downfall? Instead, she willingly allowed our army to capture her and do as they pleased?”
Chu Shao smiled slightly at the corner of her lips, “This question, your highness, is not very wise.”
“Why?”
“Because… You were the one who led the conquest of Yao’s kingdom, and the one who captured me as well. This question, your highness, you should be asking yourself.”
Xiao Jin met Chu Shao’s smiling gaze and was slightly stunned. Luckily, she reacted quickly and didn’t reveal too much.
Chu Shao’s meaning was that after the downfall of Yao’s kingdom, it was actually the original owner who surrendered and recruited her? But she wasn’t the original owner, so how could she know what had happened back then?
She couldn’t possibly ask her, “Can you tell me why I was captured?”
Xiao Jin was actually a little nervous inside, but she still had to pretend to be in control and asked meaningfully, “Even if this prince captured the princess, with your martial arts skills, you could have easily escaped.”
“Your Highness, Yao Country was already destroyed, where could I escape to?”
Chu Shao smiled softly and spoke gently, “Moreover, the princess herself did not love Yao Country, and there was no place in the world she wanted to go. The princess has never had a hometown, so no matter where she stays, it makes no difference.”
After hearing this, for a moment, Xiao Jin couldn’t find any logical flaws.
It seemed to be true. Because she had nowhere to go, it didn’t matter where she went. It made sense.
Once she accepted Chu Shao’s logic, everything seemed to become easy to understand.
…But this wasn’t the reason why Chu Shao, who possessed unparalleled martial arts, was willing to become a prisoner.
No one would believe it if she said it. Even the original author couldn’t make the logic consistent.
Unfortunately, the original owner was already gone, and Xiao Jin couldn’t ask her how she captured the female lead.
So now she could only hope to gather some useful information from Chu Shao, such as the Ziwei flower on the token.
Xiao Jin took out the token she had placed in her sleeve beforehand and placed it in her palm, revealing the side with the Ziwei flower engraving.
“Although the princess believes that it makes no difference where she stays, you and I made a pact a few days ago.”
“Between allies, we must be honest with each other to truly share life and death and fate.”
This argument was very reasonable.
Even Xiao Jin herself felt that if Chu Shao did not disclose some information, it would be a disservice to her deliberately serious expression.
Sure enough, Chu Shao listened to Xiao Jin’s words and began to observe the token in her hand carefully.
Now she was even more certain that Chu Shao must know something.
Xiao Jin looked at Chu Shao’s lips move slightly and instinctively felt that the other party was going to reveal some big secret that she didn’t know.
Chu Shao, of course, wouldn’t disappoint Xiao Jin’s expectations. She smiled slightly and said softly, “Shall we be honest with each other? I have to admit that the prince’s fingers are really slender. I have thought so before. Now it seems that my thoughts should be correct.”
“…”
Xiao Jin tried to control her facial expression and thought for a moment before saying as calmly as possible, “Princess, perhaps you should take a look at the token in my hand. After all, it is related to the assassination attempt on the prince.”
She knew that Chu Shao didn’t care about the lives and deaths of others at all. But she really didn’t expect that this person’s ability to shield herself was so extraordinary that she could even ignore such a big token in Xiao Jin’s hand.
Through Xiao Jin’s emphasis, Chu Shao finally realized and apologized, “Yes, I should have thought of it earlier. Since the prince has taken out the fourth prince’s token, there must be some intention.”
…The female lead only knew she was deliberately concealing it, and her reflex arc was too long.
Xiao Jin’s heart had already become numb. She was savoring Chu Shao’s words when she suddenly realized that something was not right.
Wait, did Chu Shao just say, “taken out the fourth prince’s token”?
Looking at Chu Shao’s innocent and gentle smile, Xiao Jin almost didn’t hold the token in her hand steady.
She repeatedly told herself to stay calm: think of something good. Maybe Chu Shao didn’t intentionally hide it before. After all, the thinking of a yandere was different from everyone else’s. Xiao Jin, just get used to it.
Suppressing the shock in her heart, Xiao Jin took a deep breath and slowly spoke, “Then, how did the princess know?”
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TO BE CONTINUE…
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