The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

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Xiao Ji did not need to say more.

Someone as intelligent as Princess Xinyang would naturally understand.

The Dongyi King had taken Xiao En and Xiao Ze in order to use them as leverage against him, and if he died, Xiao En and Xiao Ze would lose all value.

They would be killed, or tortured to death.

She did not try to stop him again, but instead gave him one condition. “I do not oppose your plan, but you must take me with you.”

Xiao Ji said helplessly, “Qin Fengwen…”

Princess Xinyang cut him off. “That man has a young attendant with him, and the two of them sit together in the carriage. Do you think that young attendant is merely decorative? He must be someone who serves him closely and removes his hat and veil every night. If the two of us replace both of them together, only then can we ensure complete success.”

She actually had an even deeper concern, because Marquis Xuanping was a military man, and if he were ever captured, he would rather take his two sons and die with them than ever fall into the hands of the Dongyi people.

She could not allow any of that to happen.

“No matter what, nothing will happen to me. I am an imperial princess, and if they capture me, they can exchange me with His Majesty for many things.”

If she had been a powerless princess, she would not have been able to speak with such confidence, yet everyone in the world knew that she was favored by the Emperor, the most beloved imperial princess under Heaven.

Even though she herself felt that such rumors were terribly exaggerated, as long as they could intimidate others, that was enough.

Seeing that Xiao Ji still refused to give in, she pointed toward the door. “Are you comfortable leaving me here alone? Do you believe that the moment you take one step out, this old lady will sell me the next second?”

The old woman sweeping the main room: “???”

What truly made Xiao Ji decide to take Qin Fengwen with him was what happened next.

That group of Dongyi soldiers discovered the corpses of the two Dongyi soldiers whom Xiao Ji had killed in the drainage ditch near the cave’s exit.

The moment they made the discovery, all of them became alert, spreading throughout the village and searching both inside and outside.

Xiao Ji immediately lifted his sword and split the bed inside the old woman’s house.

Then he hid one of the two cups on the table, took one of the stools outside, and created the appearance that only one person had lived in the house.

The old woman was a widow, and the villagers would certainly know that this small house had originally been unoccupied, so all of Xiao Ji’s actions would make people think that the old woman’s own bed had broken, and she had no choice but to temporarily move into this little hut.

Princess Xinyang silently sighed in admiration; he truly was someone who looked rough on the outside yet was careful and meticulous to an unimaginable degree.

He had killed countless people on the battlefield, but he had also protected far more people.

Xiao Ji erased the traces of their stay with the greatest efficiency possible, and he then led Princes Xinyang out through the back door.

Because the Dongyi soldiers had diverted at least half of their manpower to searching for the killer, the guards around that mysterious young noble had significantly weakened.

Xiao Ji successfully infiltrated the young noble’s residence, knocked him and his attendant unconscious, tied them up, stuffed them into a large storage trunk, and gagged them both.

Outside the courtyard, the voices of Dongyi soldiers could be heard.

“Lord Wu, we did not find the assassin!”

“Neither did we!”

“Same here, we searched house by house and even scoured the hills, but found nothing! Perhaps the assassin has already escaped!”

“Escaped? Humph, I do not believe that so easily!” This man’s tone was clearly different from the previous soldiers, so he was very likely the Lord Wu they were addressing.

He said warily, “The young master’s safety is the top priority. If the assassin is still hiding in the dark and attacks the young master in the middle of the night, all of us will lose our heads!”

Princess Xinyang could not help but glance toward the trunk.

What kind of young master was this important?

Aside from looking rather like a pampered pretty boy, she did not find him especially distinguished.

If the Dongyi people ever learned of her evaluation of the man in the trunk, they would probably vomit blood from fury on the spot.

That man was the most beautiful man in all of Dongyi, yet in her eyes, he had become nothing more than an ordinary pretty boy.

“Young master!”

The voice of Lord Wu sounded from outside the door. “There has been some trouble in the village, so we must depart immediately tonight. Please get on the carriage at once, young master.”

Xiao Ji and Princess Xinyang quickly finished disguising themselves. Although Xiao Ji was slightly taller and more broad-shouldered than the real young master, the bamboo hat and the long veil concealed it well enough.

As for the attendant, he was short, so Princess Xinyang had no difficulty playing his role.

Her face certainly did not look like the attendant’s, so she had to keep herself hidden.

Based on their past experience, as long as they did nothing suspicious, no one would purposely stare at the face of a mere servant.

The two of them boarded the carriage smoothly.

Inside the carriage, they could not speak, so they could only write on each other’s palms.

Princess Xinyang wrote: ‘Who do you think this young master is? The son of the Dongyi King?’

Xiao Ji’s palm tingled slightly, and he had the urge to hold her cold fingertips, but he restrained himself.

He wrote back: ‘Does not seem like it.’

This time, it was Princess Xinyang’s turn for her palm to go numb.

She was nothing like someone who remained calm and composed, her lashes trembled, and her cheeks grew warm.

Xiao Ji raised an eyebrow and wrote: ‘Qin Fengwen, focus a little. Stop always coveting my body.’

Princess Xinyang’s face instantly darkened.

Both of them had assumed that this person must have some connection with the Dongyi King, but when they arrived at their destination, they were shocked to realize they had been completely mistaken.

The people who came to welcome them were a group of women, and the one leading them wore bright red clothing. She asked in a cool, detached voice, “Has the young master arrived?”

Lord Wu immediately put on a flattering smile. “He has, he has! He is right inside the carriage!”

The woman in red asked icily, “Wasn’t he supposed to arrive tomorrow?”

Lord Wu quickly explained with a forced laugh, “Something happened on the road, so I was worried about the young master’s safety and decided to travel through the night.”

The woman in red’s expression darkened. “You actually dared to travel through the night? If the young master becomes exhausted and delays the Holy Maiden’s wedding, how will you answer for it?”

The moment the words “wedding” left her lips, the two people inside the carriage froze at the same time.

So after all this, had they actually kidnapped a groom?

Princess Xinyang suddenly turned an exceptionally cold gaze toward Xiao Ji: ‘Congratulations, looks like you are about to be married.’

Xiao Ji felt as though he had a toothache.

He had no idea the fellow they kidnapped held such an identity.

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In the suspenseful supernatural novel “Records of Mortals,” Jiang Baiyan, once a solitary and impoverished youth, finds refuge in the Shi family of Chang’an due to his extraordinary bloodline. With his clear and captivating peach blossom eyes, this seemingly innocent young man conceals a fanatical and malevolent lunatic within. Destined to succumb to darkness amidst hardship and degradation, he becomes a harbinger of chaos.

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Jiang Baiyan had never encountered someone like Shi Dai.

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After seeing her at a lantern festival with another man, Jiang Baiyan lowered his eyes, his fingers twirling her hair. He said in a mocking and sinister tone, ”The mansion in the western suburbs...if I hide you there, no one will find you, right?”

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