Marrying Wife and Concubine Together: After Rebirth, I Remarried the Scumbag's Father on the Sp

She leaned down, close to Zhan Miao's ear, her voice sweet yet venomous, "Do you think your father can protect you? Can protect that national seal? As long as you are in my hands, he will either hand over the national seal or watch helplessly as his most beloved daughter becomes a pile of bones in this corner."

Zhan Miao trembled. He never expected that his second brother was the heir to the throne of Li Kingdom.

She stared intently at Min Yue, her eyes filled with anger and vigilance. Suddenly, she remembered something and frantically twisted her neck, looking around for Xiao Bai! Where was her Xiao Bai?

Min Yue seemed to read her mind and chuckled softly, "You're looking for that white wolf? Don't worry, it's still alive, but..."

She paused deliberately, looking at Zhan Miao's suddenly tense eyes, and said slowly, "My men threw it into the snake pit. It's probably being eaten by centipedes and scorpions now. After all, it belongs to the Zhan family, and it has to pay a price for your father taking our national seal."

"Ugh!" Zhan Miao struggled violently, his eyes instantly turning red, completely unaware that his wrists were bleeding from being rubbed raw by the hemp rope.

Little White was her companion whom she had raised since childhood, and the snow wolf her father had specially sought out to protect her. How could she...

Min Yue watched her struggle in pain, a hint of pleasure flashing in her eyes. She straightened up and clapped her hands: "Untie her so she doesn't die. After all, a living Miss Zhan is the most valuable."

Two masked men stepped forward and loosened the ropes binding her slightly, but she was still unable to move.

Zhan Miao angrily retorted, "The national seal is in my father's hands. Even if he were to return it, it would be to the King of Wu. Your attempt to seize it is wishful thinking!"

"Wishful thinking?" Min Yue sneered, and said sarcastically, "Who doesn't know that Marquis Zhanyi dotes on his daughter? If I were to exchange your life for her, how could he refuse?"

After she finished speaking, she turned and walked towards the palace gate. Before leaving, she glanced back at Zhan Miao and said coldly, "Wait patiently. As long as your father hands over the seal of the Li Kingdom, I will let you leave immediately."

The palace doors creaked shut, leaving Zhan Miao with darkness and fear once more. She stared at the skeletons in the corner, listened to the rustling of black insects crawling, and recalled Min Yue's venomous words in her mind; a wave of despair washed over her.

But when she thought of Xiaobai, her father, and that the throne of Li Kingdom would belong to her brother, she gritted her teeth and refused to let Min Yue succeed!

Suddenly, she felt the rope around her wrist loosen slightly. Looking down, she realized that the masked man had accidentally broken a strand when he loosened the rope. If he could just break a few more strands, perhaps he could…

Zhan Miao's eyes narrowed, and she began to silently rub her wrist against the rough stone pillar. Blood slowly flowed down the pillar, but she seemed to feel no pain.

The rough surface of the stone pillar rubbed against his wrist like sandpaper, causing blood to seep out and mix with sweat to soften the hemp rope. Zhan Miao gritted his teeth, staring at the broken strand of rope and rubbing it repeatedly.

The rustling of black insects swarmed around her ears, and Min Yue's threat pierced her heart like needles, but she dared not stop grinding. Every grind brought her one step closer to Xiaobai and to life.

She didn't know how long she had been grinding her wrists, but they were already a bloody mess. The pain made her tremble all over, and her vision was blurry.

Suddenly, with a soft "snap," the rope binding her wrists finally broke open! Overjoyed, she used the half-free hand she had managed to free to untie the rope around her ankles by the dim candlelight.

Her fingertips were numb from the hemp rope, and the slightest pressure caused excruciating pain. She could only pry and pull at it little by little. The sound of masked footsteps came from outside the hall. Zhan Miao immediately held her breath, hid her hands behind her back, and pretended that she was still tightly bound.

Once the footsteps faded away, she quickened her pace, digging her nails until they cracked and bled, completely unaware of it.

Finally, the ropes binding her ankles loosened! She quietly moved her stiff limbs, about to get up, when she heard the palace door being pushed open a crack, and a gaze swept in. Zhan Miao suddenly lay back down, deliberately letting out a painful groan to cover up her movement.

Once that gaze had withdrawn and the palace doors were closed again, she staggered to her feet. Startled, the black insects in the corner scattered. Suppressing her nausea, she avoided the skeletons and reached towards a corner of the palace—where she had glimpsed some old farm tools, including a rusty woodcutter's knife.

She gripped the wood-chopping knife tightly, the blade cutting her palm painfully, yet she held on relentlessly. Reaching the palace gate, she listened intently to the sounds outside, hearing only the low murmurs of the masked men conversing.

She listened intently, trying to understand what they were saying.

In just a moment, she could hear it clearly.

It turned out that her little white dog was locked up not far away, and it was very angry, banging its head against the wall repeatedly.

They're going to wait until it's run over and killed, then skin it and stew the wolf!

They dare!

A chilling murderous intent suddenly flashed in Zhan Miao's eyes. Little White, who wanted to eat it, was courting death!

Zhan Miao took a deep breath, suddenly pulled open the palace door, and taking advantage of the masked man's unpreparedness, slashed his knee with a wood-chopping knife!

"Ah!" The masked man screamed and fell to his knees. Before he could react, Zhan Miao turned and ran outside, calling out as she ran, "Xiao Bai, where are you?"

A loud wolf howl suddenly answered her, and she immediately rushed in that direction.

She cut the ropes and released Zhan Xiaobai, whose head was covered in blood.

When the man and the beast turned around again, they were already surrounded by the men in black led by Min Yue.

Many sharp arrows were aimed at Zhan Miao and Zhan Xiaobai, and the situation was critical.

At this moment, Min Yue said helplessly, "In the end, I underestimated your abilities. I originally thought you would obediently stay in that dilapidated palace!"

Zhan Miao interrupted her dismissively: "Pah, what are you? You dare to covet the seal of the Kingdom of Li? If you hadn't attacked me from behind, how could you have captured me?"

Min Yue frowned and looked at her: "Do you really think you can break out of my encirclement with this tamed white wolf?"

Zhan Miao smiled slyly: "Why don't you give it a try?"

She quickly took a black ball from the collar around Xiaobai's neck and threw it at them.

"Bang!" The black ball exploded in the crowd, instantly filling the air with billowing smoke and dust.

Min Yue coughed violently from the choking, her vision obscured by the black mist, while the archers around her fell to the ground one after another.

She finally managed to rush out, but she could no longer see Zhan Miao and Bai Lang.

She cursed angrily, "That wretched girl! She even hid a hidden weapon!"

She strode angrily into the house; now, if she wanted to get the national seal back, she could only rely on the King of Wu.

Zhan Miao escaped the mansion with the white wolf, only to find that he was lost.

She has no idea where she is. What should she do?

As she was looking around, she suddenly heard a hurried voice from not far away: "That's the Min family mansion over there. If Min Yue really caught Little Miao'er, she should have hidden her there!"

Zhan Miao's eyes lit up—it was her grandmother!

She immediately shouted, "Grandma, it's me, Meow! I'm here!"

The shout pierced through the thin mist in the forest, and the figure not far away suddenly stopped.