Her guards

Chapter 277 Reckless
"Miss! You mustn't be reckless!"

As they left the Embroidery Bureau, Yuan Cheng grabbed Jiang Rui again and whispered urgently.

"This is too dangerous!"

Jiang Rui looked at him, her eyes somewhat blank.

“Uncle Yuan, Yunxiao is dead,” she said.

Things happened too fast. She was suddenly called in, suddenly saw Zhu Yunxiao's corpse, suddenly was told that Zhu Yunxiao had tried to kill her two or three times, and suddenly was told that Asheng was plotting treason and that she had to go and save Asheng...

From the moment you go in to the moment you come out, it seems like only a blink of an eye.

She went from being mentally confused to being completely numb, her mind going blank.

Zhu Yunxiao is dead.

Her fiancé is dead.

The person she had always believed she would spend her life with was dead.

Jiang Rui reached out and wiped her eyes. She had shed tears earlier, but perhaps she was so shocked by the news that she forgot to cry. The tear was almost dry.

She reached out and pressed her hand against her chest.

It wasn't like the heartache I felt earlier when I hid behind the gate of the National Academy and watched Zhu Yunxiao and that maid, who was now Yang Luo, laughing and talking as they got into the carriage and drove away.

"Uncle Yuan," she murmured, "was I really this heartless?"

“This isn’t heartlessness,” Yuan Cheng said. “He tried to kill you first.”

He finished speaking through gritted teeth, seething with resentment.

"I knew this kid had ill intentions all along, but alas..."

Could it be that she trusted him implicitly and was deeply in love with him? Jiang Rui wondered.

Uncle Yuan just believed Yang Luo's words like that?

What about her? Does she believe it?
Yang Luo said there was no evidence, believe it or not.
No wonder Liu Chan suddenly and inexplicably came to visit her; they weren't familiar with each other before.
So it was all arranged by them.

“Although we don’t have evidence, we can investigate,” Yuan Cheng said. “If Zhu Yunxiao did it, we’ll find out eventually, but that’s not the priority right now.”

He looked at Jiang Rui with an anxious and helpless expression.

“Miss, that princess must be hiding something. Why did you accept the token before you found out?”

He looked at the token that Jiang Rui was holding in her hand.

Although the princess didn't say it explicitly, it was easy to guess from her words that she was trying to kill Zhu Yunxiao and seize the token, which was a great disrespect and even an act of treason!
Their involvement is extremely dangerous; they would be disastrous if they were considered accomplices.

“Uncle Yuan, it wasn’t all danger. Didn’t she point out that we also have a great contribution?” Jiang Rui murmured.

Yuan Cheng looked at her: "Arui, before the princess even mentioned the great achievement, you accepted the token. You clearly..."

He didn't even consider the possibility of achieving great merit; he just wanted to save Ah Sheng.

Jiang Rui's lips suddenly curved into a smile.

Yes, she did want to save Ah Sheng.

“Although this Miss Yang hasn’t said anything, although I haven’t investigated anything yet, and although many things are still unclear, there is one thing I am clear about,” Jiang Rui said softly, looking at Yuan Cheng, “She saved A Meng’s life, and she saved more than just A Meng’s life.”

Her life and her mother's life were saved.

"At that time, as the princess said, we will wait for three days. If there is no new imperial edict after three days, we will take her head to atone for our crimes. In this way, her crimes will not warrant death, and everyone can be safe."

Yuan Cheng looked at her and muttered, "The princess said one or two days."

Miss, you've added another day for yourself.

Thinking of Ah Sheng, Yuan Cheng's expression became complicated. He suddenly understood why, when he thanked the emperor for allowing Jiang Rui to enter the Changshui Camp, Miss Yang told him to bow to the maid...

"If you want to worship, don't worship me."

"Listen to me, thank her."

It turns out, the maid was the real princess...

He tossed his head and mounted his horse.

"Let's gather more troops. If that Ah Sheng is really... he won't be easy to deal with."

This Ah Sheng... although he ranked first in the exam and became the disciple of the Imperial Academy Master, and publicly defied the Empress, when you think about it, he always seems to be indifferent and quiet, and even his memory is vague... It is indeed very unusual for someone to be so capable yet not remembered. Jiang Rui nodded and followed him onto the horse.

"Someone from the palace has arrived," Yuan Cheng said in a low voice.

Jiang Rui looked ahead and saw a group of imperial guards and a palace eunuch rushing towards her...

The Embroidered Robe Bureau is located near the Imperial City, and such a major event here will surely alarm the Emperor.

Jiang Rui glanced at the Embroidery Department again.

"Let's go," she whispered.

The group sped away.

……

……

"Zhu Yunxiao was killed?"

When the Marquis of Yichun received the news, he was incredulous.

Although we have experienced many unexpected events caused by this woman surnamed Yang, this time was still unexpected.

Zhu Yunxiao said that Wei Cui had arranged this, and he felt a little regretful. He thought it would be even better if Miss Yang knew about it too.

He was plotting to drag Yang Luo into this, to make him inextricably linked to the remnants of the previous dynasty. The emperor would certainly show him no mercy...

I never expected Yang Luo to do something like this.

are you crazy?
"She's still young and impatient, and she did something so foolish," the old servant said. "My lord, it's perfect. She killed the emperor's men to protect those remnants of the previous dynasty. That's treasonous."

This saved him the trouble of doing anything else.

However, the Marquis of Yichun had a complicated expression.

"She'd better be crazy," he whispered.

If he's not insane, then he's truly a terrifying thug.

……

The magnificent princess carriage once again stopped in front of the imperial city, with even more eunuchs and guards in front of and behind it than ever before.

However, when the officials coming in and out saw the princess stepping out of the car and were about to greet her as usual, they were taken aback.

The princess, who usually dresses simply, is now dressed in bright red.

Upon closer inspection, the crimson color appeared to be blood!

What, what is going on?

"Hello, adults."

Although they were stunned, the princess returned the greeting as before and walked slowly past them.

The stench of blood filled the air.

It really was blood!

And it's very fresh blood!

The officials turned around, their faces pale. Had the princess been injured?
Impossible. If you were really injured, how could you walk, and walk as steadily as ever?

It's either her own blood or someone else's blood.

Did this princess commit murder?

An official looked down and saw bloody footprints left on the bluestone slab...

He couldn't help but gag.

……

……

Yang Luo stood outside the Hall of Diligent Governance.

There were no officials standing outside the Hall of Diligent Governance; they must have been asked to leave beforehand.

She was not allowed to go in directly again, as she was stopped by the eunuch.

Although the weapon used in the crime had already been obtained by the imperial guards who went there first, but...

"Princess, we need to search your lower body."

The once enthusiastic eunuchs spoke with stiff faces.

Yang Luo smiled and opened her arms: "Okay."

Four eunuchs surrounded her and searched her thoroughly. Only after confirming that she was not carrying any weapons did they step aside.

"Your Majesty," Yang Luo announced loudly, "I've entered."

She entered with a light step and a bright smile, lifting her skirt. Instead of standing or sitting next to the emperor as before, she knelt down directly: "This sinful subject greets Your Majesty."

The emperor, sitting behind the desk, looked at his daughter, whose voice and smile were as before, but who was covered in blood and looked like a different person. His expression was complicated.

The hall was quiet for a moment.

"Why didn't you change your clothes before coming?" the emperor said in a deep voice. "I did not order them to escort you immediately."

Once you walk in covered in blood, there's no going back on the killing.

Yang Luo looked up at the emperor and smiled: "I have already done something wrong to Your Majesty. Just because I am Your Majesty's daughter does not mean that Your Majesty should cover for me."

Since we met, the child has always spoken kindly and comfortingly.

But upon hearing such understanding and considerate words at this moment, the emperor did not know whether to be happy or angry.

"I don't even know what kind of person you are anymore. Was my Luoying, the obedient and sensible Luoying, a fake? How did you become like this!" He said, each word distinct, "Have you been lying to me all along?"

Yang Luo slowly shook her head.

“Your Majesty, I don’t know what your Fallen Petals look like,” she said. “But I have never lied to you. When I first saw you, I was going to kill you.”

what?
Nonsense!

The emperor stood up angrily.

“I’m not lying, have you forgotten?” Yang Luo said. “The first thing I asked you when I saw you was whether you killed my mother.”

She knelt on the ground and looked at the emperor.

"Fortunately, you answered no at the time."

"If you say yes..."

She killed him? The emperor looked at the kneeling girl, her eyes bright yet cold.

He thought of Atong again.

When Atong heard that he had married and had a child, she looked at him coldly like this.

Okay, Deng Shan, I don't want you anymore.

So, if he says he killed Atong, Atong's daughter will...

The emperor took a deep breath.

"This isn't about your mother. There was a misunderstanding, and I don't blame you for that!" he shouted. "Why are you bringing your mother into this now! Isn't it enough that you're already siding with that traitor? You have to drag your mother into this too—"

"I'm not saying this to involve my mother!" Yang Luo interrupted him. "What I'm saying is, Your Majesty, if she were truly a traitor, you would have died back then! You wouldn't be alive now!"

then……

The emperor froze, as if he had returned to that night at the imperial palace.

The lights were dim. The young lady, who had been kneeling on the bed, walked behind the maid and stood quietly with her head down.

“...This is my maid. I am Yang Luo. We switched identities.”

Upon hearing this, the maid who had been standing quietly looked up at him.

Although it was all in the past, and although it only existed in his imagination at this moment, the emperor still felt a chill for no reason.

(End of this chapter)