C34 A Treacherous Little Man

"This arrow is right in the middle, I'm afraid …" Mo Yan said with a frown as he looked at Jing Xiaotong. He was ready to run away with her at any time.

The Shuangzhi walked to the bedside and looked under Yun Ziyi's nose, then said: "There's still air, and a glimmer of hope …"

The Shuangzhi's words immediately gave Jing Xiaotong hope. Before she could say anything, she heard the footsteps of the people outside surging towards their direction.

"Not good, they've come." Jing Xiaotong said, "Mo Yan, quickly leave."

"Mo Yan's duty is to protect the safety of the princess. Mo Yan will not leave alone." Mo Yan said respectfully.

"How dare you disobey my orders? If you hurry up and leave, and don't get trapped to death here, you really won't have any hope at all. " Jing Xiaotong said anxiously.

Mo Yan thought about it for a while and felt that it made sense. He could only turn around and leave...

"Xiaotong, hurry, open the Cosmic Bag. I'll bring Yun Ziyi in and give it a try." The red eyes of the Shuangzhi looked at Jing Xiaotong and said.

She opened the Cosmic Bag and the Shuangzhi crawled inside while hugging Yun Ziyi, praying that nothing would happen to him.

"Crown Princess, you are suspected of assassinating Twelfth Prince. Please cooperate with us in handing over Twelfth Prince. We are only following orders." This was the voice of the leader of the royal guards, Wang Yuan.

Hearing the noises in the yard, Jing Xiaotong gathered her emotions and pushed open the door.

The moment she stepped out of the room, the leader of the imperial guards, Wang Yuan, gave a signal and several other imperial guards rushed into the room to search for her.

"Reporting to Ninth Prince, Lord Wang, Twelfth Prince is not in the room."

At this moment, dozens of guards were surrounding the courtyard with weapons. Jing Xiaotong sneered in her heart, why did they have to send so many strong men to capture a weak girl like her? She thought that she would be scared, but when faced with such a frightening situation, her heart calmed down a little.

Jing Xiaotong's gaze stopped on a man wearing a silver mask on his face in a wooden wheelchair. He must be Ninth Royal Uncle from Yun Ziyi. His face was covered by the mask, so it was hard to see his expression.

"Chenqie greets Ninth Royal Uncle." Jing Xiaotong bowed to Ninth Prince, her small movement was not important, but it drew the attention of the imperial guards, and her mockery was sublimed.

"Crown Princess, dispense with formalities. Please tell me where Zi Yi is so that the imperial physician can treat him as soon as possible. Otherwise, his injuries will be healed." Ninth Royal Uncle said.

Her left hand was pressing on the Cosmic Bag and she watched the scene inside. She saw the Shuangzhi take out the Cosmic Bag s pills, take out a white pill and put it into Yun Ziyi's mouth after smelling it.

"Ninth Royal Uncle, please redeem yourself. Right now, chenqie is unable to hand over Number 1." Jing Xiaotong said respectfully. In regards to Ninth Royal Uncle, the thing she heard the most about him from Yun Ziyi was something related to him. In her heart, she still had some respect for him.

"If that's the case, then I'll have to trouble Crown Princess to come with us." Wang Yuan coldly said.

Jing Xiaotong didn't even look at Wang Yuan as she bowed towards Ninth Prince and walked out. She was brought to the palace.

In the palace, the old emperor was sitting majestically in the court hall. Ninth Prince was sitting in a wheelchair looking at Jing Xiaotong kneeling on the ground. Not long later, Yun Zihao also rushed in and stood beside Ninth Prince.

"Nan Xuanji, you're so nice. Why did you kill him?" The old emperor said angrily.

"Royal Father, chenqie did not kill Zi Yi." Jing Xiaotong knelt in the court, her back straight.

"What about him?" the Emperor asked eagerly.

Wang Yuan didn't wait for Jing Xiaotong's reply. He took a step forward and said, "Your majesty, someone saw Crown Princess shoot towards Twelfth Prince with a crossbow with their own eyes. They also saw Crown Princess, along with a black-clothed man, abduct the injured Twelfth Prince.

Jing Xiaotong was shocked, who was the one who planned this so carefully, to even be able to complete the forgery? Dongfang Zhiyue's figure flashed through her mind, and she immediately recalled that it couldn't be her. How could a weak girl like her be so powerful, and be able to order the imperial guards around?

She quickly flipped through some people's information in her head, then she suddenly looked at Yun Zihao in front of her on the left. He, it was him, besides him, who else could it be? When she looked at him again, her eyes were filled with hatred.

She didn't understand why he would use her brother as a bargaining chip if he wanted her to die. Or rather, it could be said that his original intention was to kill her, but he accidentally hurt Yun Ziyi.

Yun Zihao suddenly felt his heart tighten when she stared at him. He clearly saw the hatred in those eyes. Was it because he hated her, that she wanted to kill the person closest to him? How stupid she was to do this.

There was also another possibility that he might accidentally kill someone? If that was the case, what should he do? He frowned as he stared at Jing Xiaotong. Their gazes met, and neither of them had the slightest advantage over the other.

"Quick, pass it over." The old emperor quickly said.

Only then did Jing Xiaotong turn her gaze towards the witness that came in. It was a man dressed as a village boy. He obediently lowered his head and followed the imperial guards in.

"This commoner pays his respects to the Emperor." The village man knelt down and saluted the Emperor.

"Tell me what you saw." the Emperor asked.

"When I was hunting in the mountains, I happened to walk outside the woods and saw the woman in red riding a horse. She shot the crossbow at the man and the man fell off his horse. Then I saw a masked man in black running out with the injured man and riding away with Red-clothed Woman." After saying this in one breath, the village man lowered his head even further, not daring to look at anyone.

"If you want to add to your crimes, then why bother doing so?" Jing Xiaotong snorted coldly.

"So you're saying that someone wronged you, Crown Princess?" Wang Yuan continued.

"Some people naturally know that there's no injustice to it." Jing Xiaotong said loudly.

"I don't understand what Crown Princess meant by that." Wang Yuan asked.

"Your Royal Highness, you are the leader of the imperial guards. I wonder when Your Royal Highness became a member of the Discipline Division?" She had to buy time.

"As the leader of the imperial guards, I naturally have the responsibility and duty to protect the safety of the city and its lords. Now that Twelfth Prince's whereabouts are unknown, I have the duty to investigate the culprit and find Twelfth Prince." Wang Yuan said with a disingenuous expression.

"Since Lord Wang also said that he wants to investigate the real culprit, then just based on his words alone, any random villager in the wilderness would be able to determine that I'm the culprit. Then wouldn't the real culprit be at large?" Jing Xiaotong raised her head and looked at Wang Yuan with a mocking expression.

"Since Crown Princess has determined that the culprit was someone else, why did she take Twelfth Prince away and not dare to hand it over? It can't be that Twelfth Prince had already met with an accident, could it be that Crown Princess wants to destroy the evidence?" Wang Yuan said step by step.

"How laughable! Twelfth Prince and I were fighting with crossbow bolts in the forest clearing. At that time, I was shooting a crossbow, and the arrow was just released, but Yun Ziyi fell off his horse behind me, and he was even hit by an arrow from behind. It's clear that the murderer was someone else. " Jing Xiaotong said coldly as she turned her gaze to Yun Zihao. She felt a wave of pain in her heart. A man and woman being together for one day was a hundred days worth of kindness. Why did he need to be so cautious with himself?

Yun Zihao naturally knew that the other person was referring to himself. His face was calm, allowing her to examine him as she liked. He had already grasped an important piece of information from her words: if the killer wasn't her, then that was enough.

"Crown Princess wants to admit it when she saw the witness. If you don't have any guilt, why did you hide Twelfth Prince?" Wang Yuan took a step forward and said excitedly.

"Boss, it doesn't seem like you have the right to judge me in this imperial court. Do you really want me to die that quickly?" "Who exactly are you ordered to do and what benefits did you get? Are you trying to push me too hard?"

No matter what, she is still Crown Princess from Yun Country, and no matter what, it is not a chance for the leader of the imperial guards to be so rude. If she has the chance to make a comeback one day, she will definitely make these people suffer a miserable death.

"Where is Ziyi? I want to see him." the Emperor asked eagerly.

"Royal Father, Zi's injuries are serious, the arrow was shot from the center, it's not convenient to see you."

"My Grand Hospital still needs my son to treat it once and for all. Nan Xuanji, I order you to hand over your son immediately. Otherwise, don't blame me for not thinking of kinship." The Emperor was so angry that he flicked his sleeve, but he couldn't do anything to her in such a short time.

"Royal Father, please forgive me for being unable to hand over my son." Jing Xiaotong said firmly. However, she was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Yun Ziyi's situation in the Cosmic Bag was not optimistic.

"So, you want to disrespect the decree?" The Emperor stood up. He was already infuriated.

"…" Jing Xiaotong remained silent. Shuangzhi had said that a mortal's medical skills were useless against Yun Ziyi. She couldn't hand him over to the imperial physician for treatment, otherwise, the only outcome would be death.

The entire imperial court was suddenly terrifyingly quiet, and the air was filled with a low, murderous pressure.

"Someone, put Crown Princess in prison and serve her until she tells us where Zi Yi is." The Emperor said angrily.

"Calm down, Royal Father!" This son earnestly requests Royal Father to give me one night's time so that I can find out the whereabouts of Twelfth Brother. If anything happens to Crown Princess, Twelfth Brother's clues will be cut off. Please think twice, Royal Father. " Yun Zihao quickly went up to ask for an order.

'Hmph, what a sinister villain. And I want to set up a chastity arch. ' Jing Xiaotong was extremely disdainful in her heart.

"Alright, I'll temporarily spare you on behalf of the crown prince when he pleads for you. I'll see Zi Yi tomorrow morning, and if anything happens to him, then even the crown prince won't be able to protect you. Men, send Crown Princess to the prison of the Ministry of Justice." The Emperor flicked his sleeves and left.