A vicious female is trapped in a beastly hell.

Chapter 319 Do you like Shen Tang?

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In the dead of night, Shen Tang was fast asleep in the leopard's den when a frantic knocking came from outside. "Your Highness, something terrible has happened! Someone has broken into the prison!"

Shen Tang snapped awake, and Xiao Jin, who was fast asleep beside her, also woke up quickly. The two of them didn't even have time to put on their clothes, so they just threw on a coat in their bathrobes and hurriedly went downstairs.

Lu Xiao and the others had arrived long ago, their expressions all cold and somber.

Shen Tang looked at the jailer who came to report, and while straightening her clothes and hurrying towards the prison, she asked anxiously, "What exactly happened?"

"Shen Qingli escaped tonight and we don't know who rescued her. We sent pursuers to chase her, but we haven't heard anything yet. Please reprimand us, Your Highness!"

Shen Tang frowned and retorted coldly, "Where are the prison's security cameras? They don't even know who broke into the prison? What are those soldiers doing?"

"This..." They were already used to certain unspoken rules within the prison, but it was still embarrassing to talk about them. The orc stammered, "When we checked the surveillance footage, we only found that Shen Qingli was pulled into the break room by several prison guards during dinner."

"There were no surveillance cameras there. Later, someone noticed that no one had come out for a long time, which seemed strange, so they went to check on the situation."

"After knocking on the door for a long time without anyone speaking, someone finally realized something was wrong. When they pushed the door open, they found that all the jailers were dead, and Shen Qingli was also gone."

"After we discovered the situation, we immediately sent pursuers to search for the suspect, but it was too late, and we have not yet brought the criminal to justice."

Shen Tang's temples throbbed with veins, but it was too late to say anything now.

She went to the prison and saw the prison guards who had died tragically. A forensic doctor came to examine them, and the cause of death was very simple: they were injected with anesthesia and then stabbed with a knife.

The anesthetic syringes were still inserted into the corpses.

This method of killing suggests that the orc was not particularly strong; the opponent's strength was likely quite ordinary.

Shen Tang also reviewed the surveillance footage several times and discovered that a man wearing a black cloak flashed by in one of the shots.

This person clearly did their homework beforehand and intentionally avoided surveillance, but still left some traces.

Several suspects flashed through Shen Tang's mind. With the Yun family's power behind him, it would be incredibly easy for Yun Han to rescue someone from prison.

But now he is confined to his home by his former master and can hardly move an inch.

The Yun family knows that Shen Qingli is not carrying their child, and they certainly wouldn't take that risk.

Could it be that Yun Han instructed his subordinates to do this? That's possible.

There's also the male servant who exposed Shen Qingli at the wedding; we've never met him, but it's possible he's the one.

Shen Tang walked around the room twice and stepped on an empty floorboard.

She gathered earth elemental power in her palm, casually lifted the floorboards, and discovered a hidden passage underneath.

She led her beastmen and horses out through the secret passage and into the forest outside the city, where she began a thorough search.

Unfortunately, they arrived too late; the person was already gone.

Soon, someone else came to report, "Your Highness, something terrible has happened! All the pursuers we sent out have been killed!"

Shen Tang rushed over to check.

Hundreds of orcs lay dead in the desolate wilderness.

The cruelty of their methods is astonishing!
A name instantly popped into Shen Tang's mind—Zaxis. He was definitely the one who did it!
Zergsis was here too!?
The system speculated, "[Host, I suspect there are two people coming to rescue Shen Qingli this time, one in the open and one in the shadows. However, these two people probably don't know each other, otherwise they wouldn't have gone through such a long and complicated process.]"

[The orc who went to the prison to rescue Shen Qingli was very cautious, but his strength seemed average; he was probably just an ordinary orc.] [The host specifically increased the prison's manpower; given his strength, it's impossible for him to escape with Shen Qingli so easily.]

[After being severely injured by his host last time, Zaxis was wary and dared not show himself in the capital again. I guess Zaxis was protecting them from behind the scenes, helping them escape from prison. Once outside the city, Zaxis reappeared to deal with the pursuers, and the two inadvertently cooperated to complete the prison break.]

The situation with the other orc is unclear, but Shen Qingli was likely taken away by Zakis.

Shen Tang's guess was pretty much the same as the system's; she didn't order the army to continue the investigation further afield.

If Zackis really did take Shen Qingli away, there's no need to continue the investigation.

Zaxis's spatial ability is almost impossible to counter; unless one's level is higher than his, it's simply unbreakable. Even Xue Yinzhou couldn't detect his spatial ability, let alone anyone else.

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On the other side, Yun Hong, from the Yun family, also heard this morning that Shen Qingli had been rescued from prison, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings.

His first suspicion fell on his good-for-nothing, foolish son!
Yun Han is still locked up at home, but it's possible that he ordered his henchmen to do it!
Yun Hong immediately went to question Yun Han.

These days, Yun Han has been confined to his room with the doors and windows sealed off. He is under the watchful eyes of multiple guards outside and the room is equipped with surveillance cameras, providing round-the-clock monitoring to prevent him from taking any further extreme actions.

Yun Han has indeed been quite well-behaved these days, not causing any more trouble, but spending his days drinking and refusing to see anyone.

Yun Hong opened the door and entered the room, immediately smelling a strong odor of alcohol, clearly indicating that he had vomited.

He frowned, covered his nose, and went into the bedroom, where he saw Yun Han squatting on the floor, leaning against the bed.

He was holding a half-empty bottle of wine, his disheveled silver hair obscuring his eyes and brows, and he exuded an aura of decadence and gloom, like a walking corpse.

Yun Hong was utterly exasperated and furious at his son's lack of ambition!

"You unfilial son! You're infuriating! I locked you up here so you would reflect on your actions! Look at yourself now, do you even resemble the young master of the Yun family? What will people think of our Yun family if word gets out?!" Yun Hong was so angry that his liver ached. He wished he had died on the battlefield back then, so he wouldn't have to see his son in this stupid state.

Yun Han didn't even lift his eyelids, and said indifferently, "Get out. Let me calm down."

"You!" Yun Hong pointed at him angrily, unable to utter a single word. At least he spoke, which was better than his previous half-dead state.

Yun Hong flicked his sleeves and snorted coldly, then put his hands behind his back and said in a deep voice, "I came here this time to tell you something: Shen Qingli was rescued from prison last night."

Yun Han's expression remained unchanged, as if he hadn't heard or didn't care.

Yun Hong asked coldly, "Did you do this?"

Yun Han shook his head. "It wasn't me."

Yun Hong knew his son's character very well; he was single-minded and couldn't think straight, but he had never lied since he was a child and disdained to deceive others.

Before Yun Hong arrived, he had already sent people to investigate the lackeys under this rebellious son, but there was no suspicion. It seems that he really wasn't the one who did it. Otherwise, the Yun family would truly be unable to clear their name no matter what!

"Very well. If you dare to do anything stupid again and tarnish the reputation of my Yun family, I'll beat you to death!"

As Yun Hong spoke, he looked at Yun Han, who was living a life of despair, and sighed deeply. "By the way, there is another matter I want to ask you this time."

Yun Han didn't look up at him, but raised the wine bottle in her hand, just about to take another sip.

But the next second, Yun Hong's words made him freeze in place.

Do you like His Highness Shen Tang?

(End of this chapter)