Prince! The political conspiracy is not a play, the show is real

In the past, the lights in the mansion would be turned off early before midnight, but tonight it was already three o'clock in the morning and the lights were still on.

Tao Yao noticed several unfamiliar carriages parked in front of the Shi Mansion and subconsciously felt something was wrong.

Could it be that after she skipped the dinner, Zhou Yan and his group were still staying in the mansion?

If that were the case, she would be executed on the spot if she returned, and she would be doomed to death anyway.

Tao Yao was about to run away when she was spotted by the sharp-eyed servants guarding the gate.

"Second Miss! You are finally back. The master has been looking for you everywhere."

"Ah...?" Tao Yao touched his head, "Master, where did you go to find me?"

"The master has gone out with a group of guards and is looking for you all over the city." A servant replied.

It's over, it's completely over. Tao Yao froze in place, her face ashen as if she were facing a formidable enemy. Now, even if she ran, she couldn't escape Shi Yiqian's city-wide wanted notice.

Helpless, she could only give in. Tao Yao completely gave up the idea of ​​escaping and ran back to her room, praying that Shi Yiqian would not come back too early.

When Tao Yao pushed the door open and entered the room, she saw Huai Ling, who had already burst into tears.

When Huai Ling saw Tao Yao, she was shocked at first, then overjoyed. Without saying a word, she rushed over and hugged Tao Yao tightly with tears and snot, crying, "Second Miss, how could you disappear without a word again? I was scared to death. I thought... I thought you were committing suicide because you were dissatisfied with your marriage..."

Tao Yao was now in a state of confusion and had no time to explain to Huai Ling. She said, "It's a long story, I'll tell you later. Let me ask you, is Zhou Yan still in the mansion?"

Huai Ling wiped the tears and snot from her face and choked up, "Second Miss, you left without a word. Mr. Zhou thought you were playing a trick on him, and he flew into a rage right there and then, pointing his finger at the master and cursing him. His aura was terrifying... He should still be in the side hall right now."

Tao Yao was embarrassed: "Did my father say anything?"

Huai Ling shook her head and said, "The master said nothing. Mr. Zhou kept scolding him, but the master just endured it silently. When Mr. Zhou got tired of scolding him, the master ordered people to properly settle Mr. Zhou and his family members, and he took a team of guards to go out and look for the second young lady."

"Ah?" Tao Yao felt like a deflated ball, almost collapsing on the ground. "Then I'm done."

"Second Miss...if you don't agree with this marriage, could you please plead with the master nicely? We won't make things as ugly as they are now..." Huai Ling whispered.

"No, I didn't want things to turn out like this." Tao Yao was a little depressed, "I didn't mean to run away."

Lu Che's behavior was suspicious, his identity was mysterious, and it seemed that there was something important he hadn't told her yet.

For some reason, Tao Yao felt an inexplicable pity for Lu Che. Therefore, Tao Yao did not intend to expose Lu Che.

Huai Ling sighed: "Second Miss, someone should have gone to inform the master by now. The master may be back soon, so we should quickly prepare..."

"That's right." Tao Yao responded, picking up the teapot beside the table and drinking directly from it. "Huai Ling, is there anything else to eat? I need to fill my stomach quickly before going to the battlefield."

"Yes, yes, yes." Huai Ling hurriedly took out a food box from the cupboard and opened the lid to find several plates of leftovers. "They were busy arguing at the table just now, and no one noticed. I quickly and secretly brought back some leftovers because I knew they would come in handy."

Tao Yao didn't say a word and picked up the plates of leftovers and swallowed them all without thinking. Because she ate too fast, she accidentally swallowed a fish bone, which stuck in her throat and made her cry in pain.

Tao Yao covered her neck in pain, gesturing wildly in front of her chest with one hand, trying to tell Huai Ling that she had a fishbone stuck in her throat.

Unfortunately, the movements she made were too abstract and difficult to understand. Huai Ling looked at her in confusion, thinking that she had choked. She patted her chest and back to help her breathe easier. However, she didn't expect that this patting made Tao Yao swallow the fishbone even deeper.

Tao Yao quickly pushed Huai Ling away and couldn't help but burst into tears. This was simply murder!

At this moment, she racked her brains to think of all the ways to spit out the fish bone. She first stuffed a big mouthful of rice into her mouth, then picked up the bowl of sour soup and gulped down more than twenty mouthfuls. Unfortunately, the fish bone was very stubborn and stuck in her throat. She could neither swallow it nor spit it out.

Just then, there was a loud noise outside, followed by three powerful knocks on the door. Huai Ling ran to the crack of the door and peeked in. When she turned back, her face was filled with fear, and she mouthed to Tao Yao, "Second Miss, it's the master."

Tao Yao, who was speechless at the moment, had already given up struggling. The expression on her face was a calmness that Huai Ling had never seen before. She nodded to Huai Ling and gestured for him to open the door.

Just as Huai Ling was holding the door bolt with trembling hands and was still hesitating whether to pull it open, with an angry shout from outside, the two wooden doors were forced open in an instant. The wooden bolt immediately broke into two pieces and hit the ground with a bang, actually smashing a hole.

Shi Yiqian rushed in aggressively with a group of guards, his face showing a fierce look. What he knew was that he was a father looking for his lost daughter, but what he didn't know was that he was the prison officer coming to arrest a criminal.

But what Shi Yiqian saw was a messy dining table, under which sat his daughter who had run away from her marriage.

Tao Yao's lips were slightly open, with a drop of saliva hanging from the corner of her mouth. Her eyes were empty and lifeless, and a hint of death appeared on her face.

Seeing this scene, everyone in the room thought that the second young lady was crazy.

Shi Yiqian was obviously frightened by Tao Yao's appearance. His ferocious aura faded a bit. He turned to Huai Ling who was standing nearby and asked, "What's wrong with the Second Miss?"

Huai Ling touched her head helplessly and answered honestly, "Master, I don't know either... The Second Young Lady suddenly became like this."

Shi Yiqian looked Tao Yao up and down. She looked fine and didn't seem to have suffered any serious blow. He then stepped forward and checked Tao Yao's forehead with the back of his hand. She didn't have a fever either.

Could it be that Tao Yao couldn't accept the marriage with Zhou Yan that he arranged for her and she went crazy in an instant?

Shi Yiqian looked at Tao Yao again carefully with suspicion, and the two of them stared at each other.

Tao Yao felt really uncomfortable with the fish bone stuck in her throat, but she couldn't speak. She could only babble some onomatopeia and kept gesturing up and down her neck with her hands. Saliva kept oozing from the corners of her mouth, soaking most of the fabric of her collar.

Shi Yiqian wiped the corner of her mouth with his sleeve and said sternly, "I have to take you to see Mr. Zhou Yan. You can't escape this marriage. You'd better stop playing dumb."

Tao Yao shook her head, her eyebrows were about to be twisted into a hemp rope, and she was still babbling a few meaningless onomatopeia. Unfortunately, no one noticed her plight of having a fishbone stuck in her throat.

Shi Yiqian thought Tao Yao was just playing a childish trick, so he simply picked her up and strode towards the side hall.