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Chapter 242 The Enemy of the Enemy

Her words left Zhu Yu somewhat bewildered.

In all the years before this, although Zhu Yu considered herself to be somewhat intelligent, she had never used her brains to bully anyone!
Now, seeing that this princess of Jie Kingdom only had a tall and slender body and superb horsemanship, but her mind was as simple as a girl in her early teens, Zhu Yu felt a bit guilty and thought it would be strange and unkind to scare her any further.

“She was lucky,” she said, pulling Lu Qing aside a few steps and whispering to him to make the decision. “She was hit by a horse weighing several hundred pounds, but she only suffered a slight fracture. Her bones weren’t broken, but she still has difficulty walking and needs to rest to recover.”

And as you know, I'm not good at treating living people... so what I just did was merely an emergency procedure.

"What do you think about taking her to your father's place to recuperate for a while?" Lu Qing thought for a moment and then asked Zhu Yu for his opinion.

"Is she really... that princess?" Zhu Yu asked Lu Qing for confirmation. After all, although the other party seemed quite simple-minded, he couldn't guarantee that she might actually be a master who was pretending to be weak to deceive others.

"Hmm." Lu Qing nodded. "When she peeked at your bandage just now, the tattoo on the side of her neck was showing."

The children of the King of Jie would have a special mark tattooed on the side of their necks shortly after birth to prevent anyone from switching them out.

"In that case, it would be safer to take him to Father's place to recuperate for the time being, since Yan Daoxin is still at home."

Moreover, given the current situation, even if I bring someone back, no one might dare to ask too many questions. Zhu Yu thought about the prestige Lu Qing had given her at the Prince Shuo's residence, and felt a mix of amusement and exasperation.

Although it is ironic that she has to rely on her husband's status and affection to gain respect in her family, there is nothing to be happy about.

But the customs of the people in the north have always been like this. Hundreds of years of ingrained habits cannot be changed overnight. To achieve our goal, we must choose the most effective and least costly method, rather than getting caught up in who they are supporting at this critical juncture.

Anyway, she knew her own capabilities. After having a wider world and more room to showcase her abilities, Zhu Yu no longer cared much about her family's opinions.

Now that an agreement had been reached, Zhu Yu returned, squatted down, and asked the girl in front of him, "So how should I address you? I can't keep calling you Princess or Princess Consort, can I? That would attract too much attention."

She was probably still somewhat shaken from what had just happened, but now the girl had finally regained some composure. Judging from the conversation between Zhu Yu and Lu Qing, it seemed that they weren't sent by the Prince Yi's Mansion to capture her.

The fact that these two people were so relaxed in front of her, neither acting as if they were facing a formidable enemy nor being overly respectful, and even speaking without using honorifics, confused her, leaving her unsure of the situation.

She looked at them warily, one hand supporting her injured leg: "Who exactly are you people? I will not go with you unless you explain yourself."

Lu Qing took out a waist tag from his bosom and handed it over. The girl looked at it carefully and felt that it looked very familiar. It was very similar to the one she had seen Lu Zhang wearing on his waist through the embroidered fan on their wedding day, but it was not exactly the same.

“He is Lu Zhang’s elder brother, named Lu Qing.” Zhu Yu noticed that she also seemed unable to recognize the Prince of Xiaoyao’s waist tag, which was understandable, given that she was a young girl who had grown up in the Jie Kingdom. So she said to her, “I am his wife. Putting everything else aside, just look at the current situation. You’ve broken your leg, and your horse has run away. Even if you don’t come with us, what are you going to do? Are you going to continue running away with a limp?”

They had initially thought they would need to persuade the girl to come with them, but upon hearing Zhu Yu's words and glancing at the waist token in Lu Qing's hand, the girl immediately understood their identities and nodded in agreement.

"Alright, then I'll go with you. My name is Yan Shu, just call me by my name, don't call me 'Princess Yi,' it's disgusting." She visibly breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhu Yu and Lu Qing.

This made Zhu Yu a little confused: "You... just agreed like that? Weren't you worried that we would send you back to Prince Yi's mansion?"

“No, although I didn’t stay there for very long, I know that your Prince Xiaoyao’s side and Lu Zhang’s relationship are not good at all. You are enemies.” Yan Shu looked Lu Qing up and down, then looked at Zhu Yu. “On the day of the wedding, I was resting in my room when I heard the old women outside talking. They said that Prince Xiaoyao did not come to the wedding banquet because he had an unpleasant incident with Lu Zhang during his wedding.”

They also said that since it was an arranged marriage, Lu Zhang was very prestigious and valued, while that carefree prince was clearly a joke, which was why he was so angry and refused to attend the banquet.

My father once said, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

Since you have such a bad relationship with Lu Zhang, why would you help him send me back?

You all want him to embarrass himself, don't you?

Zhu Yu wanted to tell her that sometimes, the enemy of the enemy is still the enemy. If they were truly enemies of Lu Zhang, they could send her back to Jin Kingdom and the capital in a grand manner, making the whole world see that Prince Yi's new bride would rather run away in a sorry state than be Lu Zhang's wife. This would be a disgrace to Prince Yi's mansion and the Duke of Yan's family, and it would also allow the guilty Prince Jie to be manipulated by Emperor Jin.

Fortunately, they did not have such plans. On the one hand, what Lu Qing and Lu Chao needed was for the world to be peaceful and stable, and for no place to be in chaos, so that they could buy enough time to strengthen their own power.

On the other hand, they were worried about not being able to find a way to find out about the bandits and weapons of the Jie Kingdom.

Yan Shu is an excellent candidate.

Now that an agreement has been reached, there is no need to delay any longer.

Zhu Yu thought she was the only one present who was suitable to help Yan Shu, so she took on the task without hesitation.

Unexpectedly, when he went over and tried to help Yan Shu up, she waved him off.

"Look at your skinny arms and legs, you'd better walk down the mountain steadily by yourself. If you help me, we might both tumble down together." Yan Shu pointed to the runes beside her. "Your guards look pretty strong, surely they can carry someone down the mountain without being able to walk?"