The Gilded Cage - Chapter 192

One Year Old (2) This chapter is all about the cousin! (6)

For some reason, the Prince of Qin decided to come and take this person away. For this reason, he even asked the soldiers brought by his men to pretend to be bandits who often haunted nearby to come here to rob people.

Even if the Prince was not valued by the court, it is really surprising to do such a thing hastily. Was it really just to repay a kindness?

Jin Jiang felt a burst of doubt.

Xiao Kezhi also doubted whether he was too impulsive.

But the sense of urgency in his heart made him unable to hold back for fear of missing the opportunity. They had been operating in the north for the past few years, and they had a deep foundation in the poor family, but the central court had not been involved, so they couldn’t contribute to the affairs of the Chu family, let alone save the orphan girl of the Chu family, so they have no choice but to make this bad move.

“What are you afraid of? If the Imperial court really wants to pursue it, it happens that Jing Zhaoyin sent people to suppress the banditry in the vicinity and benefit the people here.” Although he was apprehensive in his heart, he was calm and did not show it on his face.

Jin Jiang glanced at him and suddenly felt calm.

The Prince of Qin had always been like this. He was calm and reticent, but when it came to critical moments, he would always make some unexpected moves. This courage seemed to be something he was born with.

After a while, on the quiet road, a group of women in rough clothes and chains came on foot.

Their hands were bound by the same long rope, and it was difficult for them to escape. Under the constant urging and guarding of the servants, they were forced to walk forward step by step, enduring fatigue, hunger and thirst.

Xiao Kezhi saw it almost immediately—the young girl with a dirtied, unwashed face, but still dazzling, like uncut jade.

She had grown up a lot compared to the little one in her memory, but she was hidden among a group of female slaves. Her face no longer had the vividness of the past, only numbness and bewilderment remained.

Not even panic.

His heart seemed to be tightened by a hand suddenly, and he felt pain in waves. He only felt that the clue that led him to come here impulsively was close in front of his eyes.

He waved silently with a solemn face, and the thirty people behind him immediately swooped down with sticks and axes and stopped in front of the team.

The twenty guards who were in charge of the custody were startled, immediately drew out their sabers, and shouted, “Who dares stop the detainees of the Criminal Department!”

Those sergeants pretending to be bandits had already received Xiao Kezhi’s orders and kept silent for fear of revealing their identities with their accents. They didn’t hesitate to duel the servants who seldom practiced and immediately rushed up to fight.

All of a sudden, the sound of the clash of weapons, the shouts and curses of the servants, and the exclamation of women intertwined together, startled countless birds in the mountains and forests.

The ropes that bound the women were cut off by someone, and the women fled in all directions with their heads in their arms, for fear of being caught by the bad guys.

Seeing the opportunity, Xiao Kezhi swooped down on his horse, grabbed Chu Ning precisely, and with a sudden force, lifted her off the ground and sat on the saddle in front of him.

The horse galloped away without stopping, Chu Ning was startled and wanted to ask who this person was, but then thought of Cuihe, and couldn’t help looking back.

Unexpectedly, the person behind him seemed to know what she was thinking and immediately gestured to another man riding a horse behind him. The man turned around and took Cuihe with him.

“Who are you? Are you from the East Palace?” She couldn’t calm down any longer, and while holding on to the saddle in front of her body to prevent herself from falling off the horse, she asked loudly.

Judging by their attire, these people should be bandits who have been causing trouble nearby for many years. However, what the bandits usually looted were civilian women and their belongings. It was really rare to blatantly intercept people escorted by the government, which made her suspicious.

“Of course, I’m the one who came to save you. I am not of the East Palace, but I am indebted to your late father for his support.”

A deep voice came from next to her ear, and it quickly drifted away in the whistling wind.

“How should I believe you? “She turned her head and asked subconsciously.

“This is a letter that your father wrote to me. You should be able to recognize his handwriting better than any other.”

Chu Ning scanned the letter. The handwriting was startlingly familiar.

“You are… Prince of Qin?”

She had never heard of his title growing up in Changan.

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