Princess Consort?

Haha.

Laughable.

“Princess Consort?” Jing Yi sneered at her disdainfully, “Even if you are the Princess Consort, you cannot harm this Prince’s young heir.”

“I didn’t! That woman is lying. My Prince, believe me.”

“You are not worthy of this Prince’s trust.”

“But you cannot disregard my eldest brother and second brother. They hold military authority. If anything happens to me, they will definitely come for My Prince.”

A threat?

These words had just been spoken when Jing Yi fiercely grasped her cheeks, “Listen well. If you dare spout more nonsense, this Prince will cut out your tongue and make you unable to speak for the rest of your life.”

“Ugh… let me go…”

Jing Yi leaned close to her ear and said softly, “An unclean woman like you is not qualified to bear this Prince’s young heir. This Prince will never give you that opportunity.”

Having spoken, he flung her away.

Ji Muqing’s eyes went vacant. All the murderous aura from before completely disappeared.

She was no longer a chaste person. Her body was unclean.

Someone as proud as Jing Yi truly looked down on her.

It was as if she had been sentenced, already without the desire to survive.

Then she allowed people to take her away and throw her into the woodshed.

She had grown so big but had never been to such a place, much less been locked up here.

Inside, the stench was overwhelming!

And it was very damp.

As soon as she was locked in, she felt itchy all over her body, constantly scratching with her hands. Her body and face were covered with scratch marks.

She didn’t dare walk further inside and could only stand with her back against that door.

She wondered how she had fallen to such a state.

Thinking and thinking, her body slowly slid down, hugging her knees as she sat on the ground.

She was the legitimate daughter of the Ji manor. From birth, she had been cultivated as a future Crown Princess. However, her family had only cultivated her to be precious, arrogant, and self-righteous, but had not cultivated how she should scheme or how to protect herself within the imperial family.

She resented this!

In the imperial city, schemes and conspiracies were everywhere. Little did they know, an even greater conspiracy for power was quietly arriving.

Jingrong’s carriage convoy kept accelerating, not daring to delay.

But—

Suddenly, the carriage stopped.

What happened?

Jingrong lifted the curtain to look outside and saw a man on horseback blocking the entire convoy.

Lang Bo led people to block the front.

The visitor dismounted and asked, “Excuse me, are you the Jing family members from the Imperial Manor?”

Jing family members from the Imperial Manor?

Lang Bo thought for a moment and nodded, “Yes!”

So the visitor took out a letter and handed it over, saying, “This is from a young lady who asked me to deliver it to you.”

Young lady?

Lang Bo quickly dismounted, took the letter, and asked, “Who is that young lady?”

“She didn’t say. She only asked me to take the letter and leave the capital immediately. If I saw carriages and people with swords on the road, I should ask if they were Jinjiang people entering the capital from the Imperial Manor. If so, I should give them the letter. I don’t know anything else. The letter has been delivered to you. My task is complete.”

He mounted his horse and left!

Lang Bo stood there confused, holding the letter. He turned and walked to Jingrong’s carriage, reporting, “My Prince, someone just brought a letter.”

Jingrong took it and opened the letter to look.

The letter was very brief, notifying him that outside the city, Ji Li’s men were deployed to prevent him from returning to the capital.

“Who would send this letter?” He was puzzled.

Ji Yunshu looked and exclaimed, “This is my second sister’s handwriting.”

Sent by Ji Wanxin!

Jingrong was perplexed.

“How would she know that Ji Li deployed troops outside the city?”

“Probably… she learned something.”

Eavesdropping was Ji Wanxin’s specialty!

Jingrong: “It seems Prince Yi has truly prepared. When sending people to kill us failed, he incited Director Ji to work for him.”

“What kind of person my eldest brother is, I know better than anyone. To achieve his goals, he will stop at nothing, even more ruthless than Prince Yi. Prince Yi married my eldest sister, so my eldest brother should indeed stand on his side and help him. Therefore, this time, he will definitely do everything possible to prevent you from returning to the capital. Unless the Emperor publicly issues that secret edict, you cannot step foot in the capital. What I’m most worried about is that to prevent you from returning to the capital, he might not even spare Wei Yi.”

Full of worry!

But Jingrong showed no trace of concern.

Ji Yunshu asked, “What are you thinking?”

Jingrong: “Yunshu, actually when we left the Imperial Manor, Director Qiao’s reminder was not without reason. Since this Prince wants to return to the capital, what Director Qiao could think of, how could this Prince not think of? Returning to the capital inevitably means stepping onto the path of factional strife. Without preparation, this Prince would not rashly return to the capital.”

“What do you mean?”

“Between the time the second urgent summons arrived from the capital to the Imperial Manor, this Prince had already planned everything. I’ve already sent people to Yicheng in the distant northwest. I believe by this time, the message should have arrived.”

“The distant northwest?”

Jingrong nodded!

He didn’t continue speaking, and Ji Yunshu didn’t ask further.

What was this man secretly plotting?

Seeing it was getting dark, Jingrong ordered them to make camp on the spot.

Although near the official road, they were still in the forest. Once night fell, wolf howls could be heard all around. Jingrong ordered people to light several torches and stick them around the perimeter, and sent people to keep watch.

The rest of the people sat around a fire pit.

Tang Si said, “Look at you all. They’re just a few wolves. When I was in the mountains before, I saw them often. Actually, wolves are very gentle, and they have noble bloodlines. As long as you don’t provoke them, they won’t randomly attack people.”

Someone said, “Miss Tang, we’ve all followed the Prince through life and death. What big scenes haven’t we witnessed? How could we fear a few wolves?”

“Yes, if it weren’t for you and Master Ji, we wouldn’t bother keeping watch. We’d just sleep peacefully.”

“What do you mean? Are you saying A’Ji and I are weaker than you?” Tang Si questioned unhappily.

Those guards looked at each other and smiled without speaking.

Tang Si was indignant, “You should speak clearly! This young lady’s martial arts are no worse than yours. When I swing my whip, I can kill people. It’s much sharper than the swords in your hands.”

“Yes, yes, yes. Miss Tang is the most formidable. If not for you, our Master Mo would probably have lost his life long ago.”

Everyone laughed, knowing the inside story.

Tang Si raised her chin, very pleased with herself, “Of course! If not for me, he would have died long ago.” Having said this, she elbowed Muruo sitting beside her.

Muruo glanced at her, helplessly shifting a fist’s width away without speaking.

So people began to tease them.

“Master Mo, don’t be shy. Miss Tang is deeply devoted to you. Now she’s even following you back to the capital. I think when we reach the capital, you should just marry her. Then we’ll wrap up generous gifts for you.”