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Chapter 190 Once they caught her, they chained her up.

"Qin Sangsang is promiscuous and has been entangled with other men..."

As soon as the rag was pulled out of Zhang Miaoyun's mouth, she uttered these words, her mouth full of blood and her speech slurred.

Regardless of how others reacted, Qin Rusong was the first to darken his face and sternly rebuked, "Zhang family girl, stop talking nonsense! Sangsang is pure and innocent, when has she ever been entangled with anyone?"

Normally, Zhang Miaoyun would have kept quiet out of respect for her uncle, but now, after being hit several times, she was in pain and filled with hatred. Her mind was so consumed by resentment that she couldn't care less about anything else.

“I’m not making this up! My cousin and I saw her behaving intimately with a masked man on the street; it was obvious their relationship was more than just friendship.”

The reason I was able to get her to go out was because I used that other man's name to invite her to the garden. If she had no feelings for me, why would she go?

These words match the confession he just gave:
After lunch, when the third young lady went to the garden, she dismissed all the servants who were with her, saying she wanted to be alone, and then she disappeared...

Upon hearing this, Qin Rusong's expression turned somewhat strange. He glanced at the Crown Prince and, seeing that he wasn't angry, realized that what Sangsang had said earlier was true.

He couldn't help but feel relieved that he had asked in advance; otherwise, if it had come out now, it would have dragged his entire mansion down with him!

Thinking this, his gaze toward Zhang Miaoyun grew even colder: "Don't slander Sangsang's innocence again. What nonsense are you talking about... The masked man is actually His Highness the Crown Prince."

"What? How is it possible..."

Zhang Miaoyun was stunned, and even the excruciating pain in her body seemed to vanish instantly.

She looked up at the Crown Prince's face. Upon closer inspection, the lower halves of their faces were indeed remarkably similar, both possessing the same smooth, perfect lines, as if sculpted...

What about all that she went to such lengths to do?
"And then? After she went to the garden, how did she disappear?"

The Crown Prince's clear and pleasant voice rang out, and everyone shuddered.

Zhang Miaoyun was no exception; she shuddered. "The back gate... the guard at the back gate was bribed. Once she got to the garden, she ran out the back gate herself..."

"You're lying! Sangsang could never have run away on her own!" Qin Rusong denied it again!
If what Zhang Miaoyun said is true, then what's the difference between Sangsang and running away from marriage?
His heart, which had just relaxed, tightened again. He remembered the girl kneeling when she returned:
She said she wanted to call off the engagement.

She said she didn't want to marry the crown prince.

She can't be that bold, can she?
Qin Rusong's face was almost as pale as Zhang Miaoyun's on the ground. A concubine running away from her marriage had implicated her entire family!

"I'm not lying, oh my god—she ran away on her own! Her feet were on her, she wanted to run, I didn't force her!"

At most, she did her a favor...

Qin Rusong was about to say something when he heard the Crown Prince say "noisy".

The familiar words silenced everyone who had just gone through that "interrogation".

"Your Highness, this item was found in the garden."

Another squad of Imperial Guards arrived, having already searched the garden. They not only brought the woman's hairpins found in the bushes, but also dragged two burly men who had fainted in a dark alley not far from the Prime Minister's residence.

Zhang Miaoyun, who had been quite self-righteous, suddenly changed her expression after seeing the two people.

This change was quickly noticed by those around her: "Does Miss Zhang know these two people?"

"I don't know them, I don't know them..." She denied it almost immediately, her eyes and expression filled with guilt.

The others weren't fools, so they naturally saw through it, but they were waiting for the Crown Prince to speak and didn't say anything for the time being.

"This...this is the hairpin that Miss wore when she went out..."

Chunfeng stepped forward. From the moment Qin Su disappeared, she knew she was finished. "These two have confessed. They were ordered to knock the concubine unconscious and take her out of the Prime Minister's residence, but they were ambushed and knocked unconscious on the way. By the time we got there, the concubine was gone."

As they spoke, the two burly men had already had the gags removed. Their faces filled with terror as they looked around frantically. When they saw Zhang Miaoyun, their eyes lit up, as if they had finally found a lifeline, and they practically pounced on her.

"Miss, please save us! Please save us! Tell them that you were the one who made us kidnap them!"

"No, it wasn't me! Don't talk nonsense!"

Zhang Miaoyun's face turned deathly pale. She had originally planned to trick Qin Sangsang into going with her, but before she could make her move, Hongxing, who was by her cousin's side, suddenly said, "What if the Third Miss is unwilling? This is a great opportunity to marry into the palace!"

On a whim, she realized it made sense. To ensure Qin Sangsang would leave, she decided to go all the way and dump her outside. If Qin Sangsang wanted to, she would definitely run away...

But how did he get caught just because of a momentary lapse in judgment?
"Miss, you're the one who made us do all this, I..."

The man who had been begging for mercy abruptly stopped speaking, his eyes widened as he fell to the ground, his dying breath filled with excitement and astonishment.

"what!"

Some timid people screamed, but quickly shut up.

Only then did the Imperial Guards untie the other surviving burly man: "You tell us."

"Tell me about it..."

Of the two, this one was the most cowardly. He had watched his companion die before his very eyes, and the young lady who had ordered them refused to admit it. Naturally, he would no longer cover for her.

However, the result was not good. This person's testimony only corroborated Zhang Miaoyun's words: she really only wanted to help Qin Sangsang get out of there and release her once she was a little further away. She had no intention of harming her.

So, who exactly took Qin Sangsang away?
"It wasn't me, it really wasn't me..."

Zhang Miaoyun was on the verge of a mental breakdown. She was a pampered young lady raised in seclusion, and even the most heinous crimes could be accomplished simply by ordering her subordinates to do them.

She was terrified to death to see her own people die right in front of her.

"Besides you, who else knew about the kidnapping?"

“I don’t… my cousin knows.” Zhang Miaoyun wanted to deny it, but when she met the man’s dark eyes, her mind froze instantly, and she could hardly think anymore: “She should know. She advised me not to do anything reckless and not to harm the Prime Minister’s residence.”

Hearing this, Qin Rusong, who had been feeling heavy-hearted, felt a surge of relief in his eyes.

He was about to say something when the Crown Prince spoke up: "Bring him here."

Qin Rusong rushed forward: "Your Highness..."

Chu Junyan spoke with a half-smile: "What does Prime Minister Qin want to say?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I only wanted to say that my second daughter is dignified and obedient, and would not do such a thing." But these words sounded far too weak and powerless.

Chu Junyan didn't even glance at him.

He looked at the disheveled and miserable girl on the ground and smiled slightly: "From this day forward, if my concubine does not return for a day, I will take something from you as a record."

Zhang Miaoyun was momentarily bewildered by the man's words.

She took it off? How did she take it off?
Hair ornaments and hairpins? She could…

The next moment, the Imperial Guard suddenly raised his knife and brought it down. After a sharp pain, a bloody finger fell off.