Return of the Phoenix Lady

The servant who led the way was walking in front without saying a word. Princess Xiyu was too lazy to pay attention to him and just chattered with Yingchen.

Yingchen is now completely focused on his mother whom he is about to meet, and turns a blind eye to Princess Xiyu's behavior. Princess Xiyu is even more indomitable and sticks to Yingchen, refusing to give up.

So, just like that, the three of them walked around in the Prime Minister's Mansion, followed by several peeping Toms.

"Oh... this princess is so shameless! Yingchen has already refused so obviously, but she still insists on getting close to him?!" Mei Ye was one of the peepers and spoke secretly in a low voice.

"It seems like this princess really loves Brother Yingchen!" After saying that, she looked at Ying Rui, who was standing beside her without saying a word, with some concern and said, "Rui, don't worry. With the young master here, everything will be fine!"

Ying Rui nodded, not knowing whether he was worried about his elder brother or because he was about to see his mother.

Finally, the guide brought Princess Xiyu and Yingchen to a remote but ordinary house.

The guide pushed open the door, took a step back, and said, "Princess, please!"

Princess Xiyu didn't even look at him, snorted, and walked in. Yingchen followed closely behind her. The guide looked outside again, and seeing that there was no one, he closed the door, blocking everyone's sight.

Seeing this, Han Xing hurriedly said, "Hurry up and follow me!" After that, he turned around and flew lightly to the roof, and the others followed closely.

When Han Xing lifted the bricks and tiles, he saw that the house was empty and no one was there!

"Where are the people? Why did they disappear? Is there a secret room in the house?" Mei Ye exclaimed softly.

"Let's go! Let's go in!" Han Xing didn't say much. Now they had to quickly find the mechanism in this room!

A group of people filed in, said nothing, and began to look for the mechanism spontaneously.

Han Xing took a quick look at the design of the room. It was very simple and should not be difficult to find. There was only a bed, a table, a few stools and some small items in the whole room.

I watched Yirou search the entire bed, touching here and knocking there, but she couldn't find any mechanism. Yingrui and Yingjue searched the tables and chairs thoroughly, even the teapot and cups on the table, but they found nothing.

Oh! That's strange, I can't find it? Where is this mechanism?

Suddenly, Han Xing whispered, "Put the things back where they belong! Someone is coming!"

Ying Rui and his companions immediately did as they were told, and then hid in Han Xing's barrier circle. There was no other way, there was really no place to hide people in this house, let alone five people.

After a while, footsteps were heard outside the door. The door opened, and it turned out to be just a maid!

But this maid is carrying food, it seems she is bringing food to Yingchen's mother. God is really helping me! Are they still afraid that they can't get in this time?

The maid placed the food on the table, took a cup from it, walked to the bedside, pressed the cup against a groove on the bedpost, and the wall next to the bed opened! The maid took the cup down again, put it back where it was, and walked in with the food. The wall closed again automatically.

"I didn't expect that this small, ordinary cup could have such a wonderful use!" Mei Ye exclaimed softly.

Han Xing removed the barrier, walked to the table, took a cup, pressed it into the bedpost, and the secret passage opened.

Throwing the cup back to its original place, "Let's go!" Han Xing took the lead and walked in.

Once inside the secret passage, it was completely dark! Han Xing was surprised. It was so dark! How did the maid get in with the food? Was there some other trap?

As he thought, he took a step forward. As soon as his foot landed, the darkness suddenly turned bright! Han Xing immediately stood still, vigilant, and looked around. Seeing no reaction, only the lamps on the wall were lit. This was magical. As soon as there was movement, they lit up completely! The mechanism was very cleverly designed, but was it not also thief-proof? Was Shangguan the old fox overconfident, or was it true?

Han Xing led the group forward. Along the way, the lights were bright, but there were no mechanisms or traps.

"This Prime Minister is really confident. Isn't he afraid that someone will sneak in? There's not even a mechanism?!" Mei Ye said as he looked around in surprise.

"You'll know once you go in!" Ying Rui's voice was a little cold. It seemed that he felt distressed and sad when he thought about his mother being locked up here.

After walking through the long passage, they finally reached the end, which was a corner. Han Xing and a few others walked forward cautiously, fearing to alarm the people inside. After all, now was not the time to take action.

As soon as he turned the corner, Han Xing heard voices coming from not far away.

"Mom, you..." This voice was obviously Yingchen's!

Ying Rui had obviously heard it, and on impulse he wanted to rush over, but Han Xing grabbed him and said silently, "It's not the time yet, don't rush!"

Ying Rui struggled to take a look inside, then lowered his head and stepped back.

Yirou, who was beside him, immediately held Yingrui's hand, silently conveying comfort.

Han Xing looked at Ying Rui, waved to Ying Rui and the others, and the barrier fell. Then he said, "You wait here first, I'll go and take a look!" After that, he disappeared.

Passing through the winding passage, Han Xing noticed with his sharp eyes that the man who had led the way was guarding the door of a stone chamber, motionless, like a statue, and the maid was also waiting there idly.

The man's cultivation level was not high, let alone the maid, so the cold star in the barrier easily passed over them and entered the stone chamber.

This stone chamber is more like a living room. There is another stone chamber inside, which should be where Yingchen's mother lives.

Han Xing walked to the door of Yingchen's mother's stone chamber. Because the door was closed, Han Xing could only listen outside.

Here, the voice reached Han Xing's ears word for word. At this moment, the scene of mother and son recognizing each other was being played out inside the stone chamber. "Wuguo! My son! Mother misses you so much! My son! Wuuuu~" An old female voice was crying. This should be Yingchen's mother.

"Mom! I've made you suffer over the years! It's my fault!" Yingchen said with a rare sadness.

"No! No! Mother is not suffering. Compared to you two living outside, Mother is not suffering at all! By the way, where is your brother Wuyou?"

"Don't worry, Mom. Wuyou is doing fine now! He has grown up and is much stronger than before! He is a man who can stand on his own!"

"Good! Good! No mistake! Who is this?" Poor Princess Xiyu was finally discovered by her future mother-in-law.

Without waiting for Yingchen to introduce herself, Princess Xiyu spoke first, "Mother! I am Xiyu, the only princess of the Jin Kingdom. You can just call me Yu'er! Soon, Yu'er will be marrying Brother Qin! Haha!"

"What? Princess Xiyu? Isn't that the niece of that old thief Shangguan?" Yingchen's mother's tone was very shocked. She probably couldn't imagine that her son would actually marry the niece of his enemy!

"Mom, don't get excited. It was the princess who saved me, so I..."

“I won’t allow it!” Before Yingchen could finish his explanation, he heard his mother yelling, “I won’t allow it! Wuguo! I won’t allow you to marry her! You can marry anyone, but you are not allowed to marry any woman related to the old thief Shangguan! Do you hear me? If you dare to marry her, you are not my son, Wu Shuang! Not the son of your father, Qin Hongyu!” Then there was the sound of rattling chains, and Yingchen’s anxious voice rang out, “Mom! Mom! Don’t move! Don’t move! You’ll bleed! Mom! Don’t move!”

Han Xing guessed that Yingchen's mother must have been locked up with sharp chains, so she was so confident in locking her up here and not afraid that she would run away.

"Brother Qin, let's go! It's almost time!" Princess Xiyu suddenly said.

I didn't know what happened, but I heard Wu Shuang crying: "Wuguo! Don't marry her! Do you hear me! If you still want to consider me your mother, then leave her! Wuguo! Wuguo!"

"Brother Qin! It's time to go! Mom can come and visit another day!" Princess Xiyu's dissatisfied voice came from inside.

"Let my son go! You witch! Let Wuguo go! Let him go! Come to me if you want anything! Don't implicate my son! Witch!" Wu Shuang shouted angrily at Xiyu.

"Hmph~ If you weren't Brother Qin's mother, I would have ordered people to teach you a lesson! How dare you speak rudely to this princess! Don't forget! Now your life and your son's life are in our hands! You are no longer qualified to resist! Just like Brother Qin, being a good mother-in-law to me is your only way out!" Princess Xiyu saw that her future mother-in-law treated her like this and didn't care at all, and her hot temper came out.

"You...you..." Wu Shuang was so angry that he couldn't speak.

The stone door opened, and Han Xing saw Yingchen looking back with a look of reluctance and unwillingness, while Princess Xiyu angrily pulled Yingchen out.

Han Xing immediately sneaked out of the stone chamber silently and left with Ying Rui and others.