After saving the Empress, I became the top scholar in the imperial examination.

"Princess!"

Green Bamboo was in excruciating pain in her lower back and blood was flowing from her mouth. When she heard the sound of wind behind her, she screamed in fright and turned around to see the princess crashing headfirst into the iron fence.

She quickly turned around and reached out to pull him!

With her clothes being pulled, Zhu Jiamo lost some of her strength.

"Bang!"

His head hit the iron fence, and a huge bump popped out on his head!

It was both green and purple, and rose high.

"Princess!"

Green Bamboo cried out, suppressing her pain, and rushed to Zhu Jiamo's side.

Zhu Jiamo sat on the ground, a sharp pain shooting through her forehead. Seeing that she was still alive, tears welled up in her eyes from the pain: "Don't stop me!" she cried out.

Hao Yuheng looked at the little maidservant with blood dripping from the corner of her mouth, sitting on the ground protecting Princess Tang, and then looked at Princess Tang with her fair complexion and beauty, and his heart was moved even more.

He glanced at the bump on the other person's head and burst out laughing, realizing that this woman was exactly his type.

Hao Yuheng chuckled and said, "A bump like that won't kill you."

He immediately reached out, intending to unbutton the collar of his white shirt.

Zhu Jiamo felt utterly hopeless, staring hatefully at the iron fence, and was about to ram it again.

"Bang!"

Just then, a loud kicking sound rang out!

Hao Yuheng was startled and shook his head.

"Who?"

He stopped moving, quickly turned around, and took a few steps out of the cell.

He had just stepped out of the cell with his right foot, closed the iron gate, picked up the green robe, which he hadn't yet put on.

"Bang!"

He kicked the cell door hard again.

The kick was so powerful and so fast that even though he used his knife to hold the prison door open, the door was already wide open.

"Bang!"

The door, kicked open, slammed against the iron bars of the cell on the left.

Hao Yuheng was startled.

However, there was no need to panic too much, as the King of Wu had already given the order, and his playing around was not a big deal.

After a cloud of dust.

Two figures entered through the door.

A figure dressed in black, wearing a Guan Gong mask.

The other figure wore a brown robe, but had a Kitchen God mask on his face.

Hao Yuheng stared at the Kitchen God mask in astonishment: "Master?"

As soon as the words were spoken.

He frowned. "Not Master."

The man's build and gait were clearly not his master's, and Hao Yuheng felt relieved.

"Who are you?" he shouted, his face hardening.

The two ignored him.

He walked straight into the cell.

The person wearing the Kitchen God mask looked left and right.

We walked in step by step.

Guan Yu walked beside him.

The two ignored him as if he were nothing. Hao Yuheng gripped his blue robe tightly, his face contorted with anger, but he couldn't help but feel annoyed that he shouldn't have left the knife there; now he was unarmed.

He shouted, "Guards!"

"There's no one here," said the Kitchen God. "Don't call anymore."

Hao Yuheng was stunned. He glanced past the two men and looked towards the outer cell. Sure enough, he saw several figures in official robes supporting each other as they walked out of the iron gate and onto the wooden steps leading to the deck.

His eyes widened in astonishment, and his mind was in a state of confusion.

"What happened?"

"Have the soldiers stormed in? Why is there not a sound?"

"Where is Master? How come Master's mask is on this person's face?"

Hao Yuheng's eyes were glazed over, and his mind was in turmoil. As the two walked closer, Hao Yuheng couldn't help but take a few steps back and lean against the window.

Even if the government troops really attacked, how could there be no sound at all?

What about Zhuang Doukui?

What about Xing Kaiyang?

Where is Master?

Hao Yuheng's heart was filled with complex emotions. From initial astonishment, his heart slowly sank. He gritted his teeth and said, "Who exactly are you? If you don't tell me, don't blame me for being impolite."

At this time.

A person wearing a Kitchen God mask walked up to Princess Tang's prison cell.

He turned his head and looked at the two women sitting on the ground. He glanced at the maid with a stubborn expression who was staring at him intently, and then at the woman in red who was hugging her knees and arms and hiding behind the maid, with a large bruise on her head.

The Kitchen God was silent for a moment, then took a breath, and looked up, his eyes fixed on Hao Yuheng, whose clothes were somewhat disheveled.

Hao Yuheng gritted her teeth and said, "Gentlemen, if you don't tell me who you are, I'm going to take off your masks and see your golden faces."

But the Kitchen God ignored him.

He turned his head to Guan Yu and said, "I have to kill this kind of one."

Guan Gong said, "Is the leader planning to clean house?"

The Kitchen God shook his head and said, "I am not some kind of religious leader; I simply saw injustice on the road."

Guan Gong said, "That works too."

Hao Yuheng frowned and said, "Sect Leader? What sect leader?"

His questions kept piling up, but the two of them wouldn't answer him.

Hao Yuheng was furious and clenched her fists, saying, "My two friends..."

Before he could finish speaking, his voice abruptly stopped, and the Kitchen God suddenly pulled out a flintlock pistol from behind him and pointed it at him.

Hao Yuheng's pupils suddenly contracted, and her heart tightened.

"Peng..." He turned pale and hurriedly uttered a syllable.

"Bang!"

A flash of fire.

A thunderous roar echoed through the cell!

After the thunderclap.

Hao Yuheng's pupils went unfocused, a bloody hole appeared between her eyebrows, and her body went limp and collapsed.

The sound of the gunshot left the female officials, who had been indignant, staring blankly.

Not long after.

The cell was filled with the smell of blood and gunpowder.

Green Bamboo's taut little face was filled with deathly paleness and terror.

Zhu Jiamo also raised her head, staring in astonishment at the Kitchen God who had suddenly launched an attack and shot Hao Yuheng dead.

Her eyes were red and swollen, tears welling up in them, and her heart was filled with bitterness. She had originally thought that the Kitchen God was already an evil person, but she never expected that compared to such a great villain who was thinking of rebellion, Hao Yuheng, a petty villain, was even more disgusting and made her want to vomit. She would rather die than live like that.

The light from the oil lamp shone on the glaze of the mask.

She could tell that the Kitchen God was not the same as the one in the story, but she didn't know who was behind the Kitchen God mask who had suddenly killed Hao Yuheng.

*Bang!*

The Kitchen God outside put the musket behind his back.

Zhu Jiamu was somewhat dazed, feeling that the other party's musket looked familiar, and even the somewhat pungent smell of gunpowder seemed somewhat familiar.

She frowned slightly, suddenly recalling the few words the other person had just said. The voice was deep, yet it felt familiar, and she couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

The Kitchen God bent down and pulled the key to the iron gate from the ground.

We walked up to her cell.

"Click-clack!"

Insert the key.

Open the iron gate.

"Who are you?" Green Bamboo nervously stood in front of Princess Tang. "This is Princess Tang of the Great Liang!" the little maid shouted.

The Kitchen God lifted his mask, revealing a stern yet gentle face. His eyes looked at the green bamboo, and he smiled:

"Princess Princess?"

Green Bamboo raised her little face: "Mmm!"

As soon as Green Bamboo finished speaking, a red shadow flashed before her eyes. Her eyes widened in surprise, and she saw Princess Tang, who had been hiding behind her, suddenly stand up and rush towards the Kitchen God, who had revealed his true form. She threw herself into his arms, and then a series of "waaaaaah" cries rang out. Green Bamboo stared in astonishment, her cherry-like mouth agape.

"Waaaaaah..."

Even though men and women are not supposed to touch each other, Ning Nan couldn't help but gently pat Princess Tang's back.

"It's alright...nothing happened..."

Zhu Jiamu's eyes were red and swollen, and salty tears streamed into her mouth. She pouted and shouted, "Nothing ever happened!"

Ning Nan smiled and changed the subject, saying, "Let's get off the ship; it's about to leave."