Gourmet Girl: Becoming a Royal Merchant Started from Selling Buns

Su An was anxious watching from the side and wanted to break free from Xia Yuandao's control, but the other party's hand held her tightly like an iron clamp.

Zhan Beiluan's guards around her were also watching her with a fierce look in their eyes, ready to use her as a threat if the situation turned out to be unfavorable.

Whether Fu Zhun wins or loses, it seems to be a dead end for her!

"Or..." Leave me alone?

Just as Su An was about to say this with a look of despair on his face, a dark shadow suddenly flashed in from the third-floor window sill like a ghost.

He moved as fast as lightning, and in the blink of an eye he approached Xia Yuandao from behind silently.

Xia Yuandao sensed the murderous intent behind him, but it was too late. Just as he turned around to defend himself, An Yi's dagger had already pierced his arm.

"what--!"

He roared in anger: "Despicable, how dare you attack me by surprise!" The force holding Su An in his hand loosened slightly.

Su An's eyes lit up with surprise. Is this a ray of hope after all?!

An Yi didn't hesitate at all. He grabbed her arm and rushed out of the brothel with her.

"Damn it!" Seeing this, the surrounding Beihu men surrounded and attacked, trying to stop them.

But the moment Su An was rescued, other secret guards appeared from every corner like ghosts.

They were wearing the same black tights, moving in unison and coordinating with each other, their overwhelming momentum clearing a path for the two of them.

After successfully breaking out of the encirclement, Su An gasped for breath and looked at An Yi with a moved look: "I didn't expect that it was you, An, who came to save me. Don't you hate me anymore?"

In the past, An Yi avoided her like the plague!

An Yi raised his head slightly and snorted: "I am only following the master's orders to save people, you don't have to thank me."

After saying that, he stood by, alert to the surrounding situation.

On the other side, Zhan Beiluan was shocked when he saw Su An being rescued, and his movements slowed down a little as he was distracted.

A hint of coldness appeared at the corner of Fu Zhun's lips. This was the moment he had been waiting for.

No longer pretending, the long sword in his hand suddenly burst out with power, bringing with it a sharp sound of wind, and swung it towards Zhan Beiluan's scimitar, making a loud noise.

This time, Zhan Beiluan was shocked and took a few steps back.

While he was stunned, the sword in Fu Zhun's hand suddenly touched his forehead, and his phoenix eyes flashed with sarcasm: "Do you think you can do whatever you want in the land of Da Chu? You actually came here to die."

"It's time to end this farce. Take them all away for questioning."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the soldiers around him quickly stepped forward and tied Zhan Beiluan up.

Zhan Beiluan clenched his back teeth. Even though he was tied up at this moment, his face was still full of arrogance and he stared at Fu Zhun with disdain.

"I lost, I lost. I admit defeat this time, but don't be complacent. If you dare to hurt me, then the Great Chu will be prepared to bear the wrath of our Northern Hu."

Fu Zhun narrowed his eyes and ignored him, but pushed the wheelchair towards Su An.

When he got close, his dark eyes softened. "I'm sorry to have put you through so much trouble. How did you end up running into the Northern Hu prince?"

When Su An mentioned this, he thought of the hardships he had gone through in the past few days, and his mouth pursed as he shed two lines of bitter tears.

"It's Xia Yuandao! He's also a vassal of the Northern Hu, a damned spy!"

She told him everything she knew, and she was so angry that her teeth were itching. Fu Zhun's breath turned cold when he heard it.

"Go to the inn and rest first. Let Xie Qingfeng check it out. I want to personally interrogate those two rats."

Su An nodded worriedly. If it weren't for the aftereffects of being hungry for a few days, she would have at least gone to interrogate Xia Yuandao.

The two were temporarily detained in the Jinzhou dungeon.

When Fu Zhun arrived, some soldiers had already interrogated Zhan Beiluan.

As expected, Zhan Beiluan did not do anything and even walked around with no fear at all.

After hearing the general's report, Fu Zhun pursed his lips and said in a deep voice, "Keep him locked up for now. Do not execute him without my order."

The safety of the second prince is related to the relationship between the two countries, and he cannot be touched now.

But the rest are different.

In the interrogation room, Xia Yuandao was taken out like a dead dog and thrown to the ground.

But after stumbling, he stood up straight with a heroic and confident attitude.

Fu Zhun sat in the presiding judge's seat, his eyes flashing with a hint of coldness under the dim candlelight: "Oh? Are you not afraid of death?"

"Your Highness is so arrogant. He wants to sentence me to death without investigating the matter clearly. I'm afraid you believed the slander of that woman Su An?" Xia Yuandao looked at Fu Zhun with a smile, showing no fear at all.

"To be honest, Your Highness, according to my investigation, the real spy is Su An. She was sent by the Northern Hu to deliberately approach you in order to obtain the secrets of the Great Chu."

"After I discovered Su An's plot, I kept tracking her. I saw her secretly meeting with the Second Prince of Beihu in a brothel, so I tried to capture her. However, I never expected that the prince would show up midway, ruining my plan and letting the criminal Su An go."

Xia Yuandao spoke with a forced smile, and his calmness and confidence in confusing right and wrong were remarkable.

This look made Fu Zhun laugh in anger. The coldness in his voice was as real as if he said, "Master Xia is very good at making up stories out of thin air. Why don't you produce evidence to prove your point?"

"For example, you abducted the commoner girl Su An and secretly met with the Second Prince of the Northern Hu, in public, with hundreds of witnesses. You are guilty of treason and should be torn to pieces by a chariot."

"Tell me your purpose honestly, and I may leave you with an intact corpse!"

Facing Fu Zhun's cold and sharp eyes, Xia Yuandao became more and more complacent.

"Everything I said was the truth, but the prince was bewitched by Su An and insisted on distorting the facts. However, I have reported this matter to His Majesty, and the palace envoy will arrive soon. By then, it will no longer be the prince's turn to decide!"

Hearing this, Fu Zhun paused, and the coldness in his eyes seemed to freeze the air around him.

"I see. This is why you are so fearless."

All the court officials knew that the emperor regarded him as a thorn in his side and wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible. Xia Yuandao's move was undoubtedly giving the emperor a sharp knife to stab him.

The emperor didn't care what the truth was, as long as he had a reason to take action against him.

Thinking of this, Fu Zhun raised a faint smile at the corner of his lips. His dark eyes swept over Xia Yuandao without responding to this.

Just push the wheelchair and move forward slowly.

"Why don't you kneel before the prince?" A soldier kicked Xia Yuandao to his knees.

Xia Yuandao's face twisted slightly, and a sense of panic rose in his heart. "The palace has taken over this case. Is the prince going to disobey the emperor's will and resort to private punishment?"

"Private execution? Not really." Fu Zhun sneered softly, "After being captured, the spy Xia Yuandao refused to confess. Fuming with humiliation, he suddenly attempted to assassinate me in prison, intending to rebel."

"I will take your life now, in accordance with the will of Heaven."

"W-what?!" Xia Yuandao couldn't believe what he heard, and his eyes were bloodshot in an instant.

"You actually fabricated charges to slander me!"

"Without evidence, even if you're a prince, you can't cover up everything! People from the palace will be in Jinzhou soon. Do you think you can get away if you take action?"