dognovel Chapter 352 Tracking
Chapter 352 Tracking
"Sang Luo and I started with the Third Prince leading the way. We took a small, unknown path, so the eunuchs only saw Sang Luo and not me. As long as I have Sang Luo change into my clothes in the carriage later, I think we can get away with it."
Sang Luo immediately said, "If we are really discovered, I am willing to bear the blame and will never drag the palace into it!"
"Shut up!"
Jiang Xing shouted angrily.
This was the first time he scolded Lu Xuan.
"Run faster and go to the carriage outside the palace gate to change your clothes into the princess's!"
Sang Luo pursed his lips, a little depressed, "Yes!"
Then, Jiang Xing looked at Fei Xing again and said, "Go and protect Sang Luo."
Feixing had long sensed that his master was in a bad mood, so he quickly agreed and ran away.
Jiang Xing was filled with anger, but he had no place to vent it. He could only pinch Lu Xuan's waist and ask, "What did he do to you before?"
Lu Xuan originally thought that he would first ask whether the emperor and empress wanted to get rid of him, or what plans the third prince had made to compete for the position of crown prince.
But he didn't expect that the reason he sent Sang Luo and Fei Xing away was because he was most concerned about this.
Pursing her lips, she looked a little embarrassed and annoyed, "He asked me to accompany him like I was serving the prince..."
She couldn't bring herself to say those flirtatious words, and they were humiliating and extremely excessive.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xing's black eyes instantly turned into a sharp knife, emitting a cold light.
"Humph, he dares to think so!"
She felt him hugging her tighter, the two of them almost pressed against each other, and she could hardly breathe.
"However, I have taught him a lesson, and that lesson has served us well. From now on, he will be childless and without the joy of human life, and I'm afraid he will even become impotent..."
The sharpness in Jiang Xing's eyes didn't fade at all because of her words. Instead, it became even more stern. "The punishment is too light! You've been unruly to the Crown Prince, disrespectful to the Imperial Aunt, defiled the imperial palace, plotted to usurp the Crown Prince's throne, and even gloated over the Emperor wanting to kill me. You're truly my good nephew, damned good!"
Lu Xuan: "But it's also useful information. With the passing of the Queen Mother, the Emperor and the Empress may have instigated the Xie family to stop protecting the Prince because of his bad reputation, and thus directly..."
Jiang Xing smiled coldly, "If that's the case, then let them try! Didn't Ah Xuan cut off the bloodline of this great nephew? If this still doesn't keep them quiet for a while, then I'm not afraid. After all, without the Ji family's former spies, no one in the court knows the real Prince Jin!"
As they were talking, they had already arrived at the palace gate.
Sang Luo changed her clothes and waited by the carriage for Lu Xuan and Jiang Xing.
At this moment, a familiar eunuch's voice came from the palace gate, "Your Majesty, Princess, please wait!"
Hearing the voice, Sang Luo took a quick look and his expression changed immediately.
It was the eunuch who shouted in Chengqian Palace before!
Then the eunuch came with Sanxi, the third prince's usual attendant, and four other eunuchs.
"Your Highness, Princess, I'm sorry to both of you. I'm Zhao Qi, the head eunuch serving the Third Prince in Chengqian Palace. I've come here to apprehend the thief who recently plotted to murder the Third Prince and injured him, leaving him unconscious. I saw that person coming all the way here, so I beg Your Highness to grant me a favor."
Jiang Xing's eyes flashed with indifference, and he sneered, "Eunuch, the prince and the princess are going back to the palace, and you are stopping me. Could it be that you suspect that I am the one who murdered the Third Prince?"
Zhao Qi smiled and bowed, his smile was so perfect that it was not leaking out. "Of course not, Your Highness. I saw that person earlier. He was not the master, but an attendant of your Excellency."
Zhao Qi had always been following the Third Prince, so he naturally knew how important he was to the Emperor and Empress. That was why he always acted arrogantly in the palace. Except for the eunuchs in charge of the Emperor and Empress, no one else could be taken seriously by him.
So even though he saw Jiang Xing angry at this moment, he didn't think it was a big problem.
Isn't she just a maidservant beside the princess?
There was no thought of letting him go.
Hearing this, Lu Xuan raised his eyebrows, "So, the eunuch is suspicious of the followers of our Prince Jin's Mansion?"
Zhao Qi smiled and said nothing, but his eyes were clearly looking at Sang Luo.
Sang Luo's face looked a little unnatural, but she had already changed into Lu Xuan's dress and kept comforting herself to stay calm.
Lu Xuan's lips curled up in a cold arc, "If you must bully people like this, and can use any random person and a trumped-up crime to punish my Prince Jin's Mansion, then you may as well continue. The Prince Jin's Mansion is not something that anyone can casually accuse. If the time comes, sacrificing a few lives to protect the reputation of my Mansion will not be a loss!"
When Zhao Qi met Lu Xuan's eyes that were full of swordsmanship, he was frightened.
Princess Jin was able to say such words not long after getting married. She is truly cruel and ruthless!
However, he sneered in his heart. Princess Jin had been married for a short time and it seemed that she had not yet fully understood the situation in the palace.
Prince Jin was nothing more than a lazy and dissolute prince without any real power, and only had an empty title. But she actually thought he was a treasure and held it in her hands to show off.
How can a mere Prince Jin be compared with the Third Prince?
His entire Prince Jin's Mansion is not as important as the Third Prince's toe in the Emperor's heart!
Several other eunuchs in Chengqian Palace stood in a row in front of the carriage, while Zhao Qi walked forward step by step, heading towards Sang Luo.
He wore a smile, unhurried, but his eyes were sinister and cold. "It seems to me that this young lady bears some resemblance to the thief who harmed His Highness."
Sang Luo's heart trembled in his chest, like a war drum being beaten loudly.
But she managed to pull off a relatively calm smile, relying on the self-control she gained from practicing martial arts. "I wonder what the thief you saw looked like? You didn't describe his appearance before, but as soon as you saw me, you said he looked a bit like me. So, if I say that the thief who stole a hundred taels of silver from me today looks like you, do you recognize him?"
Zhao Qi's expression changed.
A mere servant in the palace actually dared to challenge him!
He raised his eyes and glanced at Jiang Xing.
According to the rules, the prince should punish such a servant who is disrespectful and damages the reputation of the prince's mansion.
Unexpectedly, when he met Zhao Qi's gaze, Jiang Xing smiled easily, "Sang Luo has a point. Did Eunuch Zhao steal her silver?"
Zhao Qi choked.
Everyone in Prince Jin's Mansion is really unreasonable!
His tone cooled. "Your Highness, you're joking. I've seen that thief before, so I'm saying this. She was wearing a lake green robe, dressed like a man. But judging by her stature, she's a woman who knows martial arts."
Jiang Xing curled his lips, "My father-in-law said that the man was wearing a lake green robe. Take a good look with your dog eyes. Where is the robe Sang Luo is wearing? How can it be called lake green?!"
Jiang Xing has always been domineering and arrogant in the palace, so now he has returned to his dandy appearance.
He sat idly on the shaft, looking at Zhao Qi as if he were a fool.
Lu Xuan also said, "Sang Luo is my maid. She has been serving me from last night until today. How could she have the time to go to your Chengqian Palace and murder the Third Prince? Besides, this is her second time in the palace. The last time was during the Empress's flower viewing banquet, when she was imprisoned in Kunning Palace for a day. You can ask the people in the Empress's palace about this. She has no idea what's going on in the palace, not even where Chengqian Palace is. She has no grudge against the Third Prince, so how could she be plotting to murder him?!"
Lu Xuan was furious. "If you're going to lie and make accusations, you have to make it more dramatic!"
The humiliation and rebuke intensified Zhao Qi's anger, nearly causing him to lose his smile. "My Lord, Princess, it's not that I'm deliberately making things difficult for you. It's just that the Third Prince's life is at stake, and it concerns the succession to the throne. If the Emperor knew, he would be furious. It's better to arrest someone by mistake than to let him go. No matter what, we must find the person behind this rebellion!"
He glanced inside the carriage curtain and said with a bow, "Perhaps Your Highness, could you please let us see if there is anyone else in your carriage?"
Although Zhao Qi said this, his eyes kept looking at Sang Luo.
The maidservant beside the princess looked about 70% similar to the person who threw the third prince over the wall. Now she was wearing a honey-colored peony embroidered brocade skirt which was so luxurious. It was obviously not the norm for a maidservant.
The most likely possibility is that she changed her clothes and is now wearing the princess's clothes!
Her original lake green robe is most likely still in this carriage!
Of course Jiang Xing wouldn't let Zhao Qi check the carriage. Instead of getting angry, he laughed, his expression suddenly cold. "You are just a palace servant from Chengqian Palace, and you actually have the guts to search my carriage. Who gave you the guts?!"
After Jiang Xing's rebuke, Zhao Qi became even more certain that there was something wrong with the carriage.
So he sneered in his heart, but appeared more respectful than before. "My words are insignificant, so I dare not search the prince's carriage. How about the prince and I go together to see the emperor and respectfully ask for his judgment?"
The news that the third prince was persecuted and in a coma had just been conveyed to the emperor.
Is there any need to say who is more important in the emperor's heart, Prince Jin or the Third Prince?
He has checked Prince Jin’s carriage!
Unexpectedly, Lu Xuan replied quickly with a half-smile, "Okay."