Chapter 65 He Came in the Night 2
"It's good that you know." The prince reached out to untie the hemp rope on Liu Yu's feet and warned:
"Don't play tricks on me, just go."
Liu Yu climbed down from the carriage. Just as she had guessed, they had left the busy streets and were now in a woods, surrounded by dense pine trees.
"I'd like to do something fancy." Liu Yu walked into the woods.
The prince stood beside the carriage they were riding in and signaled the two guards who were originally guarding the carriage to follow.
Liu Yu did not go deeper. She looked very honest and chose a place in the dense grass to squat down.
After a cup of tea, the voices of guards were heard from the woods.
"Master, that woman ran away."
"Fool, you can't even keep an eye on a woman." The prince cursed and immediately ordered the guards guarding the front and back of the carriage:
"Go chase them all, if you can't catch them, bring your heads to me."
"Yes." The guards rushed into the pine forest in unison.
No one noticed that the driver of the carriage behind the prince fell down silently, and the sturdy A Zhong took his place in front of the carriage.
"drive……"
Feeling a strong wind passing behind him, the prince staggered and instinctively moved aside. Looking at the carriage running away, he was stunned for a moment, then realized that Chen Xiyao had run away, and shouted:
"Hurry, chase the carriage first." He quickly ran back to the carriage in front and followed closely behind.
The guards who were originally going to chase Liu Yu changed direction after hearing the order, quickly exited the woods, and started chasing the carriage that was running away.
Feeling the footsteps behind her slowing down, Liu Yu breathed a sigh of relief. The tense string relaxed and the speed slowed down. She could only help up to this point. Whether Xiyao could escape depended on herself.
Liu Yu looked back at the two guards who were gradually closing the distance between her and her. A wry smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Running such a distance was already her limit. Even if there were only two people, she would not be able to escape.
However, she didn't expect to escape from these guards in the first place, just to let Xiyao escape.
Liu Yu smiled with relief. Since she couldn't run away anyway, she simply stopped and leaned against a big tree, breathing heavily.
Being the prince was a dead end for Chen Xiyao, but not necessarily for her. In the Chen family, she was just a concubine, insignificant, and capturing her would not threaten them.
As for the Liu family, if the prince is willing, she would be happy to be the lobbyist and guarantee that the negotiations could be settled and the Liu family would follow the prince's lead.
The Liu family will be grateful to her, which is killing two birds with one stone. Why should she run away?
The two guards were stunned when they saw Liu Yu's action and almost crashed into the tree.
They looked at each other, and as if afraid that she would run away again, they cautiously surrounded her.
Liu Yu just glanced at them and simply sat down on the ground.
"Just sit here and wait for your master! He's probably gone after the carriage. Even if you go, you won't be able to help. And you're bringing me along as a drag. If I really run away halfway, not only will you be embarrassed, you'll definitely be punished."
"But if we wait here, not only will I not be able to escape, but your master won't be able to catch up with the carriage, and you won't be implicated. This way, you two will only have merits and no faults."
"Even if your master recovers the carriage and captures the people, and wants to reward them, do you think you will get a share among so many people?"
"We'll just wait here, it's much better than doing it for you, which is thankless and we have to risk being punished."
She really didn't have the strength to follow them back.
These words consumed Liu Yu's remaining energy. After saying this, he ignored the two guards and sat down against a big tree to take a rest.
The guards looked at each other, inexplicably feeling that what the girl said made a lot of sense, and they couldn't find any reason not to do as she said.
They sat down on the left and right, guarding Liu Yu. Just as the girl said, if they went back they would get nothing good and would even be punished. Only a fool would go to help.
Time passed, and an hour later, Prince Li Chen and his twenty or so guards appeared in the sight of Liu Yu and the other three.
Except for the prince, they were all injured to varying degrees, and their spirits were low.
The two guards standing on both sides of Liu Yu stood up hurriedly, one ran towards the prince quickly, and the other pretended to be on high alert. They were both thankful in their hearts that they had listened to the girl and did not go to help.
When the prince saw Liu Yu, he was stunned for a moment, then came to Liu Yu angrily.
"Did you let Chen Xiyao go on purpose?" the prince asked sinisterly.
Liu Yu raised her eyebrows. She was still in the prince's hands, so she wouldn't be stupid enough to admit it.
When she glanced up and down at the guards behind him, she seemed to have thought of something and asked uncertainly: "Is Mr. Chen San here?"
When it comes to Master Chen San, the prince's face looks as ugly as if he had eaten shit.
"Your Highness, is it really Master Chen San who has come? Then you have completely offended Master Chen San, right?"
Although Liu Yu was asking, his voice was very firm.
She pretended to sigh with regret and said sympathetically: "Your Highness, if you had listened to my advice and let Chen Xiyao go, you wouldn't be in such a mess.
"But Master Chen San didn't do anything to you. You are the prince, so why are you afraid of having more enemies? It's okay."
Hearing Liu Yu's sarcastic remarks, the prince was about to spit out blood.
But thinking of what he had just heard, the prince reached out and lifted Liu Yu's chin, a gleam in his eyes, and said meaningfully:
"She is indeed good-looking. No wonder Mr. Chen San, who has never been interested in women, would marry Miss Liu. Tell me, if I spread the word that you are in my hands, will he agree to cooperate with me?"
Liu Yu looked at him expressionlessly and sneered:
"Your Highness, you think too highly of me. Do you think that if Mr. Chen San cared about me, he wouldn't come with you and rescue me as well?"
"It's true that I am Mr. Chen San's concubine, but besides me, there were two other beauties who were carried into the Chen Mansion at the same time as me."
"Your Highness, do you still think I can influence Mr. Chen San's decision?"
The prince did not doubt Liu Yu's words. After he returned Chen Xiyao to Master Chen San,
Mr. Chen San did not ask him for Liu Yu. Later, he specifically mentioned Liu Yu, but Mr. Chen San acted as if he didn't know her and left with Chen Xiyao without looking back.
The prince shook Liu Yu's chin and shouted:
"Hold her down and beat her."
Seeing the prince's angry expression, Liu Yu knew that she had made the right bet. Mr. Chen San had never mentioned her in front of him.
Although the result was what she wanted, she didn't know why she felt uncomfortable, a little sad, and a little bitter.
Trying her best to ignore the strange emotions, Liu Yu curled the corners of her mouth, turned around to look at the prince, and called out to the guards who were about to hold her down.
"Your Highness, although I am useless to the Chen family, I am useful to the Pingnan Marquisate!"
Pingnan Marquis Mansion? The prince looked at her suspiciously: "What are you going to do?"
"Let's make a deal. You release me, and I'll let Pingnan Marquis Mansion seek refuge with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. How about that?"
"What's the use of the Pingnan Marquisate? First, there is no real power, and second, there is no manpower. Do you think I care about a ruined Marquisate?"