Rebirth of a Lost Nation: Princess, Please Respect Yourself

Feng Quan's skill of scolding people was probably learned from Empress Dowager Jiang. He could talk for half an incense stick of time without repeating himself.

"Alright, alright, I won't take such a risk next time." Jiang Lige admitted defeat and could only change the subject, "Isn't Fengquan curious about how I escaped?"

Feng Quan was indeed interested in this topic, "How did the princess escape?"

"Before I went there that day, I suspected it was a trap, so I hid antidote pills on me in advance."

"Can't Baiduxiao detoxify immediately? Why didn't the princess escape? Why was she kidnapped and brought to this remote place?"

"The Baiduxiao herb is precious, and there aren't many pills left. Last time, that idiot Xiao Xingrong wasted one. I've learned my lesson this time, using a butcher's knife to butcher a pig." Jiang Lige felt a little embarrassed when he mentioned this. He concealed the fact that the low-quality antidote took half an hour to take effect, and said it seriously. "Besides, if I don't go, how will I know where Feng Yu is hidden?"

"Feng Yu?"

"I followed the bandits and left marks along the way to make it easier for the prince's men to find them."

Fengquan nodded and asked with concern: "Then how did you switch the bags?"

Jiang Lige smiled and took a cup of tea and told the story slowly.

A few hours ago——

Jiang Lige lay on the stone couch, listening to the scarred man's footsteps slowly approaching. She suppressed her pounding heartbeat, and when the scarred man reached out to grab her forearm, she suddenly exerted force and stabbed the hairpin hidden under her body straight into the man's neck.

The scarred man didn't react in time and was stabbed, bleeding profusely. He staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Then, he roared with murderous intent, took out a dagger he had hidden in advance, and rushed straight towards Jiang Lige's throat.

Although Jiang Lige was not good at martial arts, he was agile and dodged the opponent's attack with a flash.

The scarred man was injured and his movements were a little slow. Jiang Lige took advantage of the opportunity and used all his strength to sweep the scarred man down with a kick.

The scarred man fell back straight with a scornful smile on his face.

"Women's fights are just painless, do you want to..."

The moment the hairpin with its sharp edge pierced his heart, the rest of his words were stuck in his throat, and the scarred man looked behind him in disbelief.

Only then did he realize that Jiang Lige had inserted a hairpin into the depression of the stone bed at some point. Her intention wasn't to trip him, but to use his strength to counter his own...

kill him.

Jiang Lige just stared at the scarred man, watching his expression change from disbelief to despair, and finally closing his eyes unwillingly.

The scarred man died, and Jiang Lige slowly breathed a sigh of relief. He first released Feng Yu, then took the scarred man's dagger and cut Feng Yu's acupuncture points.

"The effects of the drug on you haven't worn off yet, and I don't have an antidote. Bleeding from this acupuncture point can release the toxin and alleviate your symptoms."

Feng Yu was still a little unresponsive. After a while, he nodded blankly, but he saw Jiang Lige had already swiftly pulled off the straw mat and wrapped the man in it, imitating the scarred man's movements.

Then he found some heavy objects in the house, stuffed them into Feng Yu's straw mat, and wrapped it up again. At first glance, he couldn't find anything, but if he looked closely...

"If they check, they will find something wrong." Feng Yu said worriedly.

"They won't check." Jiang Lige continued his work and replied calmly, "Everyone avoids killing people if they can. Otherwise, they wouldn't use us to switch the victims."

Feng Yu nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke again: "Is it Bai Fenglin?"

"Yes."

"You've really gone to great lengths." Feng Yu gave a bitter laugh. "Just to put us to death?"

"No." Jiang Lige glanced at Feng Yu, paused for a moment, and decided to tell him the truth. "If we die here today, tomorrow our deaths will be defined as private transactions, and we will be burned to death by the righteous villagers as a warning to others."

Feng Yu's face paled even more when he heard this. "After going through so many twists and turns, I think he's already cleared himself of all charges. Are we going to be helpless against him again this time?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Lige's lips curved up into a beautiful arc, which was a bit ostentatious, but it made Feng Yu feel a lot more at ease for no reason.

"No, Bai Fenglin staged this grand show himself. He will definitely come to watch us being burned to death. So we only need to watch the execution and we can catch Bai Fenglin and those bandits in one fell swoop."

Feng Yu nodded and said nothing more.

After a while, Feng Yu's weakness symptoms were relieved, and the two of them left the house together. Before leaving, Jiang Lige did not forget to open the wooden door wide so that people outside could see at a glance that the house had been "tidyed up".

After a while, the villagers who came to carry the person arrived. Seeing the open door, they carried the "person" and rushed to the fire altar.

As he walked, he did not forget to complain, "Liu Si is unreliable. After tying up the people, I don't know where he went to fool around. All he knows is to make these shady money."

When the "person" being punished arrived at the fire altar, everything continued according to the rules.

As Jiang Lige expected, Bai Fenglin appeared at the location of the fire altar and came to inspect his "results".

Feng Quan knew the rest of the story and couldn't help but sigh, "This Bai Fenglin is really arrogant."

Jiang Lige agreed with this and was about to speak when he heard two knocks on the car door, followed by Ning Yunxiao's usual cold voice.

"Princess, may I come in?"

Jiang Lige was startled and quickly opened the car door, "Prince, please come in."

Ning Yunxiao bent over and walked in. As soon as he sat down, his eyes fell on Jiang Lige's injured wrist. Then he said, "The villagers have almost finished their investigation. There are no bandits here. The few bandits who followed Feng Yu have also been captured and brought back to the capital. It's time for us to go back."

"Your Highness, you've worked hard~" Jiang Lige nodded with a smile, "Then let's set off immediately."

"Gufan." Ning Yunxiao called out, and the carriage started moving.

The carriage moved quickly in the woods, but Ning Yunxiao seemed to have no intention of getting off the carriage. A single man and a single woman were in the same room. This situation had never happened before.

Is this still the self-disciplined and polite Ning Yunxiao?

Jiang Lige was a little confused, so he could only say politely, "This is the first time I've seen the prince riding in a carriage."

In the past, Ning Yunxiao always rode a horse outside.

Ning Yunxiao raised his eyebrows and slowly leaned against the wall of the car to rest. "I got up at the end of the Yin hour and have been running around for most of the day. I'm a little tired."

Jiang Lige nodded in sudden realization. It was indeed not easy. He quickly pulled out the small blanket hidden under the table and draped it over Ning Yunxiao.

"Then go to sleep, Prince! Let's stop talking, it will disturb your rest."

Ning Yunxiao: “…”

Fengquan, who witnessed the whole process, wished he could disappear right there. Their princess usually looked smart, but how come she was so slow when it came to matters of the heart!

Is the prince coming in to rest?

I came to talk to her under the pretext of taking a rest!

She was fine, she didn't say anything and just took a rest.

It's really frustrating!