Help! The Villainess Trapped in the Beast World's Drama!

Chapter 327: Chapter 319: Do You Like Shen Tang?

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In the middle of the night, Shen Tang was sleeping soundly in the leopard’s den when suddenly there was an urgent knock at the door, ”Your Highness, it’s bad! Someone has broken into the prison!”

Shen Tang swiftly woke up, and beside her, Xiao Jin also woke up quickly. The two of them didn’t have time to dress; they just threw on a coat over their pajamas and hurried downstairs.

Lu Xiao and the others had already arrived, their expressions cold and solemn.

Shen Tang looked at the prison guard who came to report, while straightening her clothes and rushing towards the prison, anxiously asking, ”What exactly happened?”

”Just tonight, Shen Qingli escaped, saved by someone unknown. We sent troops to chase after, but there’s still no news, please forgive us, Your Highness!”

Shen Tang frowned and reprimanded coldly, ”Where’s the prison surveillance? You don’t even know who broke into the prison? What are the soldiers there doing?”

”This...” The internal unwritten rules of the prison had long been a matter of fact among them, but saying it was somewhat embarrassing, the Beastman stumbled over his words, ”When we checked the surveillance, we only found Shen Qingli being dragged into a lounge by several prison guards during dinner.”

”There’s no surveillance in that area, later it was discovered that they hadn’t come out for a long time, which aroused suspicion, and someone went to check.”

”Unexpectedly, after knocking on the door for a long time, there was no response, until someone realized something was wrong. Upon entering, they found that several prison guards were dead, and Shen Qingli was missing.”

”After finding out, we immediately dispatched troops to search, but the timing was still late, and the prisoner has not been caught yet.”

Shen Tang’s temples throbbed violently, but at this point, it was too late to say anything.

She went to the prison and saw the guards who had died tragically, where the coroner came to examine them, and the cause of death was simple: they were injected with anesthetic and then stabbed directly with a knife.

The syringe of the anesthetic was still stuck in their bodies.

This method of killing wouldn’t be from a strong Beastman; the perpetrator’s strength should be ordinary.

Shen Tang also checked the surveillance several times and found that in one of the frames, a man in a black cloak flashed by.

This person had clearly done his homework in advance, deliberately avoiding surveillance, but still left some traces.

Several suspects flashed through Shen Tang’s mind, Yun Han, with the Yun family’s authority behind him, could easily rescue someone from the prison.

But now he was being held at home by the old Family Head, unable to move.

The Yun Family knew Shen Qingli wasn’t pregnant with their offspring, and they surely wouldn’t take this risk.

Could it be Yun Han’s subordinates instead? It was possible.

There was also the male slave who exposed Shen Qingli at the wedding, although they had never met, he could be involved too.

Shen Tang paced the room twice, stepping on a loose board.

She gathered Earth Power in her palm, casually lifted the floor, and discovered a hidden passage beneath.

She took the Beast Husband and personnel through the passage, arriving at the forest outside the city to conduct a thorough search.

Unfortunately, they arrived too late, and the person was long gone.

Soon, another report came, ”Your Highness, it’s bad! The troops we sent out earlier were all killed!”

Shen Tang rushed over to investigate.

Hundreds of Beastmen lay dead in the wilderness.

The brutality of the method was shocking!

A name instantly flashed in Shen Tang’s mind—Zaxxis, it must be him!

Zaxxis had been here too!?

The system projected, [Host, I speculate that there were two people in the rescue of Shen Qingli, one obvious, one hidden; however, they may not know each other, otherwise, they wouldn’t have looped through such trouble.]

[The Beastman who went to save Shen Qingli behaved cautiously, but his strength seemed quite ordinary, likely just an ordinary Beastman.]

[The host specifically increased the prison staff, a Beastman of his strength couldn’t have easily helped Shen Qingli escape the prison.]

[Zaxxis, after being severely injured by the host last time, was wary and dared not show up casually in the Imperial City again. I guess Zaxxis secretly helped them successfully escape the prison and dealt with the pursuing troops after reaching the outside, completing the prison break with coincidental coordination.]

[The other Beastman is unclear, but Shen Qingli should have been taken by Zaxxis.]

Shen Tang’s guesses were similar to the system’s; she chose not to let the military continue searching further.

If Zaxxis did take Shen Qingli, there’s no point in pursuing further.

Zaxxis’s Space Ability is virtually unbeatable unless facing someone of higher rank; otherwise, the space is impossible to break. Even Xue Yinzhou couldn’t detect the Space Ability, let alone anyone else.

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On the other side with the Yun Family, Yun Hong heard about the jailbreak rescue of Shen Qingli early that morning, feeling a mix of emotions.

His first suspicion fell on his useless son!

Yun Han was still confined at home, but perhaps he dispatched his lackey subordinates to do it!

Yun Hong immediately went to confront Yun Han.

These days, Yun Han had been confined in his room, with doors and windows sealed, layers of guards outside, the room equipped with surveillance for 24-hour monitoring to prevent any drastic actions.

Yun Han had indeed been quite calm, causing no troubles, just indulging in alcohol daily, refusing to see anyone.

Yun Hong opened the door and was hit by a strong smell of alcohol, evidently someone had vomited.

He frowned and covered his nose, coming into the bedroom, to see Yun Han squatting on the floor, leaning against the bed.

He was still holding a half-drunk bottle of alcohol, his silver hair disheveled covering his brows, exuding an aura of despair and gloom, like a living corpse.

It simply made Yun Hong hate the iron for not turning into steel, furious at his failure!

”You ungrateful child! You’re driving me mad! I locked you here for you to reflect! Look at you now, where’s the image of the Young Master of the Yun Family? People will laugh at our Yun Family if this gets out!” Yun Hong’s liver ached from anger, wishing to have died on the battlefield back then, at least not having to witness such a foolish sight now.

Yun Han didn’t even lift his eyelids, opened his mouth calmly, ”Leave, let me calm down myself.”

”You!” Yun Hong pointed at him in rage, speechless for a moment. At least he responded, better than looking lifeless before.

Yun Hong flicked his sleeves with a cold snort, hands behind his back, and said in a deep voice, ”I’ve come this time to tell you of something, Shen Qingli was rescued from the prison last night.”

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

Yun Hong questioned coldly, ”Did you do this?”

Yun Han shook his head, ”It wasn’t me.”

Yun Hong knew well his son’s nature, stubborn and unthinking, but indeed he had never lied since childhood, nor was he devious enough to deceive.

Before coming, Yun Hong also had investigated those lackeys under his son, finding no suspicion, indicating it really wasn’t him. Otherwise, the Yun Family would be unable to clear their name even if they jumped into the Yellow River!

”That’s good then, but if you dare act foolishly again and disgrace the Yun Family, I’ll beat you to death!”

While saying this, Yun Hong looked at his son wasting away, and sighed deeply, ”Besides, I’ve another matter to ask you.”

Yun Han didn’t look up at him, lifting the bottle in his hand, about to take another sip.

But in the next second, Yun Hong’s words made his actions freeze.

”Do you have feelings for Shen Tang?”