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

Tao Yao finally realized the disdain hidden beneath Yun Qing's politeness. Scratching her head awkwardly, she said, "Uh, Madam, let's cut the small talk. I'm actually here on business. We were just chasing a child kidnapper when we saw him sneak onto your boat. Madam, you see, your boat is bustling with people and guests. It's not safe for a thief to sneak in. Do you think you could lend some hands and help us catch that thief?"

"Ah? There's a thief?" Yun Qing said in disbelief. "Miss, you must be kidding. There are nearly forty guards on my ship, and we're guarding it so tightly that not even a fly can get in, let alone a thief."

Tao Yao said anxiously, "Madam, we really saw that thief board your boat."

Yun Qing impatiently waved her round fan, then gently waved her hand, making a dismissive gesture to Tao Yao and Lu Che. "Alright, alright, girls, stop making trouble. I have business to run here, and I'm very busy. Since you don't plan to eat, go home quickly."

"But that thief really got on your boat!"

Tao Yao was about to continue speaking when she suddenly felt her wrist tighten. It turned out that Lu Che had grasped it.

"Stop wasting time talking to her, just search." Lu Che said.

"Ah? This isn't good, we should...eh eh eh——"

It happened so quickly that before Tao Yao could react, Lu Che had already picked her up like a chicken and walked straight into the cabin.

"Just now at the dock, I saw the thieves going in this direction." Lu Che said.

Tao Yao was held in Lu Che's hand, unable to move. She twisted her body into a shrimp-like shape in resistance. She said in a muffled voice, "Lu Che, put me down first."

"It's faster this way." Lu Che replied.

"My legs are healed and I can walk on my own." Tao Yao interrupted him.

"Shh... don't talk."

At this time, they had already sneaked into the corridor leading to the cabin. When they reached the end of the corridor, they found that the only door leading to the cabin was closed.

Behind them came the sound of Yun Qing calling for the soldiers to arrest them. In a hurry, Tao Yao pulled out a short wooden stick from her sleeve and handed it to Lu Che: "Here, can you use a wooden stick to open a lock?"

Lu Che was a little amused: "Where did you get the stick?"

Tao Yao frowned and said anxiously, "Don't worry about it for now. If you don't know how to do it, just put me down and I'll unlock it."

As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Che let go of her without any hesitation, and Tao Yao fell to the ground with a hard thud.

"I'll settle the score with you later..." Tao Yao muttered as he leaned over to the hatch door lock and gently poked the wooden stick in his hand into the hole of the lock. He first turned it to the left three times. When the lock did not move, Tao Yao immediately turned the wooden stick to the right three times. There was a sound from inside the lock and it opened.

Tao Yao raised her head, winked at Lu Che, and whispered, "Let's go."

In order not to alert the enemy, the moment the cabin door was opened, Tao Yao and Lu Che immediately lay down behind the two large pillars behind the door and hid their bodies.

"who?"

A lazy and sweet female voice came from the cabin.

"Strange, there's no one here, how come the door is open?"

Tao Yao covered her mouth and hid backwards, but saw the woman who was talking walking towards her gracefully. She was only wearing a thin, translucent gauze dress as thin as a cicada's wing. Her beautiful figure was faintly visible under the hazy gauze. Half of her shoulders were exposed intentionally or unintentionally, and her skin was as smooth as jade and as delicate as a baby's.

But the back of this woman looks somewhat familiar.

Fortunately, the woman just closed the door gently and walked back, without noticing Tao Yao and Lu Che hiding behind the pillars on both sides.

After the woman left, Tao Yao quickly turned to look at Lu Che, only to find that he looked a little strange.

"Your Highness, there's no one here. Maybe the wind was too strong and blew the door open." The woman spoke in a delicate voice again.

Tao Yao had never heard such a sweet voice before. It felt like she was fed a mouthful of thick honey, which seemed to cover all her orifices. She couldn't help but get goose bumps on her back.

But the next voice he heard made Tao Yao break out in a cold sweat.

"Oh, where does this evil wind come from? It's blowing so hard."

Tao Yao was very familiar with this voice, it was Chu Huanjun.

It was Chu Huanjun! Why was he here?

At this time, Yun Qing and the guards were no longer heard outside the cabin. Yun Qing had actually been lying to her—there was no other business, she and Chu Huanjun were still in cahoots.

If she stayed here any longer, she'd probably fall into Chu Huanjun's hands again. Tao Yao instinctively wanted to escape, crawling out of the cabin. But as she moved, she didn't notice a ceramic vase at her feet, and in her scramble, she accidentally knocked it over. The vase rolled on the ground, making a clanging sound.

"Damn it!" Tao Yao secretly complained in his heart, and his whole body suddenly froze in place, not daring to move.

At that moment, Chu Huanjun's voice drifted over again: "This evil wind is really strong. It knocked over all the bottles and jars."

Tao Yao sucked in a breath of cold air, held it in her chest, and didn't even dare to breathe.

The sweet female voice rang out again: "Prince, ignore these annoying winds, let's have fun."

"Yeah." Chu Huanjun also replied with a smile, "How are you going to pay me back for that last time?"

Tao Yao listened to the two of them talking in sweet and affectionate words, and felt very uncomfortable as if there was a fly in her heart.

This Chu Huanjun, I haven't seen him for a few days. Even Chunfeng Tower can't satisfy him, so he actually has a romantic affair here.

Tao Yao crept back to the pillar on tiptoe, stuck one eye out, and quietly looked at the situation in the cabin.

The cabin was lavishly decorated, rivaling the finest rooms in the capital's prestigious restaurants. Crimson gauze curtains hung on all sides, and the floor was covered with a large wool carpet. Numerous wine bottles and glasses were scattered about, seemingly the work of the two men and women enjoying themselves.

In the center of the cabin sat a soft red silk couch, upon which Chu Huanjun reclined, his long, cascading black hair, untied and flowing from his shoulders onto the soft, fragrant couch. He must have drunk quite a bit of wine; his usually fair face was now flushed, his eyes slightly narrowed, a glint in his eyes, a playful and ambiguous demeanor.

Looking at the woman again, she was walking slowly towards the couch, peeling off the gauze coat that didn't fit her well to begin with from her shoulders as she walked.

She took off her light gauze clothes piece by piece, as naturally as peeling the coat of a corn, without any woman's shyness or reserve.

Like a soft, white pupa, she fell delicately and weakly into Chu Huanjun's arms, uttering a coquettish cry: "My Lord, we've had enough wine. Shall we try something else?"

Chu Huanjun, however, showed an uninterested smile and said disdainfully, "Second Madam, I am a gentleman and have no interest in other people's wives."