dognovel Chapter 615 Accompanying You
Chapter 615 Accompanying You
Inside the royal palace, Xia Linglong stormed into the king's bedchamber in a fit of rage.
"Father, has Lin Ping returned?" Xia Linglong asked accusingly.
The king raised his eyes, somewhat displeased, but still calmly replied, "Yes, that is indeed the case."
"Then why doesn't he come to see me?" Xia Linglong continued to ask.
"Perhaps he has forgotten you," the king replied, feigning concern, much like he was trying to persuade a wayward young woman to turn back from her misguided ways.
"Liar! Father arrested him!" Xia Linglong pouted and said, "That's the Imperial Prison, a place used to imprison the most heinous criminals. How could you put him there? Don't you care about your daughter's feelings?"
As she said this, tears welled up in Xia Linglong's eyes.
As a princess, her love life was quite bumpy. She finally opened her heart to Lin Ping, but unexpectedly, the king captured him.
"Outrageous! Is this how you speak to your father? Did he consider your feelings when he stole the defense map?" The king slammed his fist on the table, furious.
Xia Linglong had obviously heard a lot of news and knew that Lin Ping had committed a serious crime. Even so, she did not want him to be imprisoned in the imperial prison.
"No, he must have his reasons," Xia Linglong argued.
She wanted to protect Lin Ping, but couldn't find a legitimate reason.
Treason is a capital offense, and Xia Linglong couldn't protect him.
"He has his reasons? Then why doesn't he hand over the defense map? Father would love to give him a chance." The king shook his head and said.
He wanted Lin Ping to change his mind more than anyone else, because only Lin Ping could solve the many problems at hand.
If Lin Ping rebels, even killing him will not save the Wu Kingdom from its inevitable defeat.
“My daughter doesn’t believe me. I want to ask him in person.”
With tears streaming down her face, Xia Linglong rushed out of the king's palace and headed straight for the imperial prison.
"The imperial prison is filled with yin energy; the princess must never go there," an elderly eunuch kindly advised.
"Let her go, and don't let her come back until she gets the answer!" the king said angrily.
"If he's not coming back, he's not coming back. I'd rather be imprisoned with him in the imperial prison." Xia Linglong ran away without looking back.
She has a strong will and will never change her mind once she has made a decision.
"Princess, please reconsider..." the old man said worriedly, shaking his head.
When Xia Linglong arrived at the Imperial Prison, it was already evening, and Shi Qing personally blocked her way outside.
"The king has decreed that the princess is not allowed to enter," Shi Qing said sternly.
How could the king not understand Xia Linglong's personality and know that she couldn't let go of Lin Ping? So he told Shi Qing early on not to let Xia Linglong enter the imperial prison.
"What if I insist on going in?" Xia Linglong said coldly.
"Then this humble subject has no choice but to offend you." Shi Qing drew his sword, clearly not intending to give Xia Linglong any face.
"Very well, if I remember correctly, injuring someone from the Northern Garrison Command will also result in imprisonment." Xia Linglong smiled coldly and made her move before Shi Qing could react.
She was, after all, a princess of noble status, and ordinary imperial guards dared not lay a hand on her, and one after another they were targeted by her arms.
In a short while, dozens of Imperial Guards had been wounded.
"Your humble servant has offended you!" Shi Qing personally intervened, knocking Xia Linglong's longsword away and placing the blade against her neck.
"I injured a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. I beg the Commander to imprison me in the Imperial Prison. If you care about my status or have any old feelings for me, please imprison me with Lin Ping," Xia Linglong said, finally getting her wish.
"Why are you doing this?" Shi Qing shook his head and said.
Xia Linglong was also a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and knew their rules. Her act of breaking into a prison was equivalent to that of a criminal and she should be imprisoned in the Imperial Prison.
"Lock the princess in there," Shi Qing said without hesitation.
"But...but..." the Vice Commissioner of the Northern Garrison asked, stammering.
“I will personally inform the king of this matter, so you need not worry,” Shi Qing reassured him.
After speaking, Shi Qing headed straight for the palace.
The Imperial Guards are the emperor's trusted confidants and sharp sword; they should be sharing the emperor's burdens and solving his problems. It is indeed inappropriate to imprison the princess in this way.
"Your Highness, please." The Vice Commissioner of the Northern Garrison said respectfully as he led the way.
At this moment, Lin Ping was lying on the cold ground, sleeping, quite leisurely and content.
Even the sound of the cell door being opened didn't wake him.
“Tell me you’re not a spy from the enemy country, that you had other reasons for stealing the defense map, and I will definitely plead with my father for you,” Xia Linglong said excitedly as she entered the room.
She hadn't seen him for two months and had prepared a lot to say, but she never expected to meet him in a place like this.
Those sweet, coquettish words were clearly out of place.
Lin Ping rolled over, glanced at Xia Linglong sideways, and only sat up after the Vice Commissioner of the Northern Garrison had walked away.
"Shi Qing went to the palace?" Lin Ping didn't answer Xia Linglong's question, but instead asked about Shi Qing's whereabouts.
“He locked me up, so naturally I have to explain to my father,” Xia Linglong said, pouting, clearly dissatisfied with Lin Ping.
"How many people did you injure?" Lin Ping continued to ask.
Xia Linglong stared at Lin Ping with suspicion and asked, "How do you know I injured someone?"
"If you didn't hurt anyone, why were you locked up here? Tell me quickly, how many people did you hurt?" Lin Ping asked anxiously.
“There are always thirty or fifty people. I injured most of the prison guards.” Xia Linglong didn’t know what Lin Ping was going to do, but she still answered honestly.
"That's great!" Lin Ping excitedly hugged Xia Linglong's little head and gave her a big kiss on the cheek.
"This is the Imperial Prison, what are you going to do?" Xia Linglong said shyly, with every reason to believe that Lin Ping would do something beastly.
"Come with me to catch foxes later! The really old kind." Lin Ping squatted next to the cell door, fiddling with something in his hands.
"Catch the old fox? You can't even protect yourself." Xia Linglong touched Lin Ping's forehead to make sure he wasn't delirious from the fever.
"Just wait and see the show, and don't scream out of excitement!" Lin Ping smiled mysteriously.
Before long, a dazzling light shone from the direction of the prison gate, turning the night into day.
Boom!
Under the thermite reaction, the prison door quickly melted and eventually collapsed to the ground.
"I've already told you, these pieces of junk can't hold me back!" Lin Ping dusted off his hands and muttered to himself.
"You can open the prison door?" Xia Linglong's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
This is the hardest prison door in the Wu Kingdom, even top martial arts masters can't open it. Is this still the Lin Ping she knows?
"Let's get out of here first, hold on tight to my neck." Ignoring Xia Linglong's objections, Lin Ping picked her up and carried her on his back.
In an era without underwear, carrying a girl on one's back was a magical experience that Lin Ping thoroughly enjoyed, which is why he hesitated to invent underwear.
"You're not thinking of escaping, are you? There are hundreds of prison guards outside!" Xia Linglong warned.
"Haven't you already injured almost half of them? Besides, Shi Qing has gone to the palace. The remaining people are no threat at all." Lin Ping smiled faintly.
Xia Linglong looked at Lin Ping with a terrified expression once again.
Clearly, Lin Ping had guessed that Xia Linglong would come and injure the Imperial Guards, thus luring Shi Qing to the palace and leaving the imperial prison empty.