The Princess Cannot Escape: The Cunning Prince Is Not to Be Messed With

Chapter 271 Entering the Wolf's Den Again

Back at Qifeng Manor, Yin Quan was fully armed. Looking at herself dressed as a village woman, Yin Quan felt like crying. The myna bird even specially placed a mole on her face. Yin Quan fiddled with the trembling mole.

"Hey, Myna, you don't have to dress me up like a matchmaker, do you?" Myna looked at its masterpiece with satisfaction. "Your identity is too conspicuous. We risked our lives to come back here. If you dare to play us, it won't just be a matter of being sold to the border. We'll make you wish you were dead!"

Yin Quan quickly put on a smiling face and handed the myna bird a cup of tea. "Look, myna bird, what are you saying? How could I dare to play tricks? Don't worry, I don't want a single penny. As long as you let me go, I will never tell anyone about this. I will disappear on my own from now on. Gu Lounan is newly married tonight and will definitely not pay attention to his secret stash. We will definitely succeed if we make our move tonight."

Yin Quan spoke with absolute certainty, and the greed in the eyes of the two men grew stronger. They were clearly swayed by Yin Quan's words. The ninth brother squinted and said, "I've heard that Qifeng Manor is full of treasures. Who knows, maybe the two of us brothers can make a fortune!"

The eighth brother was clearly a worldly man and was unmoved by the ninth brother's words. He said cautiously, "Qifeng Manor is heavily guarded. It's not so easy to sneak in." Yin Quan hurriedly whispered, "I know a small path where there are no guards at night. Let's sneak in from there." The two of them discussed something behind Yin Quan's back and finally decided to sneak into Qifeng Manor with her at night.

Although Qifeng Manor was brightly lit at night, it was unusually quiet. Three furtive figures slipped along the wall into a secluded courtyard.

Yin Quan led the way, saying, "It seems this woman wasn't lying to us, Brother Ba. There really hasn't been a single guard along the way." The two gradually lowered their guard.

"See that house in that small courtyard over there? That's where Gu Lounan keeps his vault." The two men were consumed by desire and couldn't see the trap Yin Quan had set. They pushed and shoved Yin Quan toward the small house.

Myna pushed Yin Quan to the door, "You go in first." Yin Quan tried hard to recall how she operated the mechanism on the Double Ninth Festival. It seemed that she moved the vase next to her. Fortunately, the door in front of the secret room opened slowly. Luckily, she had paid attention at the time.

As soon as the door opened, Old Nine looked as if he could already see piles of silver, his mouth practically watering. He rubbed his hands together, eager to try, and said, "Brother Ba really has a little treasure trove! We're going to be rich!" Brother Ba was also unable to contain his excitement. "Let's go in and see how much gold and silver that kid has hidden inside."

The two bypassed Yin Quan and rushed straight in. Taking advantage of their inattention, Yin Quan hurriedly turned and ran away. Lao Ba immediately noticed and shouted, "Stop right there! Damn it, why didn't you keep an eye on her!"

The ninth brother panicked and hurriedly chased after her, but worried that the treasure in front of him would be lost. He hesitated and looked at the eighth brother, "Eighth brother, if we go after her, what about the treasure?"

"You idiot! If this woman runs out and tells on us, we're both finished. Forget about the treasure, we'll lose our lives too." Although Yin Quan ran away in a panic, she didn't go far. She hid behind the courtyard gate, and when the two men chased after her, she hurriedly sprinkled the sleeping potion from her waist.

The eighth and ninth brothers coughed from the choking. "Damn little wench, just wait till I get my hands on you!" But before they even reached Yin Quan, they felt dizzy and unsteady, almost losing their balance.

“Eighth Brother, we…we seem to have fallen into a trap!” Yin Quan sneered, “You really think I’m easy to bully? Let me tell you, I was once a powerful figure in the workplace! You want to sell me out? I’d like to see who sells out whom!” Yin Quan pulled a dagger from the two men’s arms and brandished it at them a couple of times.

The eighth brother's eyes flashed with a fierce light. "I'm warning you, don't do anything reckless. Do you know who ordered me to sell you out?" Yin Quan smiled. "Is there any need to guess? When a concubine rises to power, the first wife is naturally the biggest obstacle. That person is Chu Fenghua, isn't it?"

"How could you..." "Ninth Brother! Don't talk nonsense!"

The two men exchanged a glance, feeling a vague unease in their hearts. They had thought that Yin Quan would be mindful of Chu Fenghua's status and wouldn't dare to do anything to them, but now, judging from her tone, she seemed to want to tear them to pieces as well. For a moment, they were afraid because they couldn't fight back.

Yin Quan approached the eighth brother with a smile. "Look at you, you're not as obedient as him. If you admit it obediently, you'll suffer less. Thanks to you two, I've been taken care of quite a bit along the way. Now I'm going to collect some interest! Looking at your lustful appearance, there must be quite a few girls whose innocence has been ruined by you. Why don't I castrate you and see if you can still do evil!"

Yin Quan only wanted to scare the two of them. She raised the dagger that was gleaming coldly. The two of them were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat. But before they could stab, they suddenly felt a pain in their wrists. A pebble hit her wrist and knocked the dagger away.

Turning around, she saw Chu Fenghua standing in the moonlight, dressed in red and smiling. The moonlight cascaded over her bright red wedding gown, making her look as beautiful as a fairy descending from the moon palace. However, the resentful expression on her face ruined this perfect scene.

"Sister Yin, it's not good to hurt people so casually." Chu Fenghua waved her hand and sent the two people in front of her.

"You can have your sister do it for you. Why get your hands dirty?"

With a slight exertion of her hands, she gripped the two men's necks tightly and easily lifted them off the ground.

"You two are truly useless trash. You can't even handle something this simple. What use are you two to me?" Although she was smiling, Yin Quan felt her hair stand on end. The two men, on the other hand, were suffocating, their faces turning blue and purple.

Kicking their legs incessantly, they hoarsely begged for mercy, "Spare me... Spare me..." But Chu Fenghua had no intention of letting them go. With a slight exertion of her wrist, two cracking sounds were heard, and the two bodies slumped to the ground.

Yin Quan saw that the two men had not closed their eyes even in death, with a trickle of blood flowing from the corner of their mouths, their faces showing an expression of unresolved grief. Yin Quan frowned, "Although Chu Fenghua and the other man committed heinous crimes, they did not deserve to die. How could you be so ruthless?"

Chu Fenghua walked towards her step by step, a near-maniacal smile on his face. "I'm ruthless? Yin Quan, you forced me to do all this. If it weren't for you, Senior Brother Gu and I would have lived happily together. But because of you, none of this is possible. He only has eyes for you. No matter how well I do, no matter how perfect I am, he will never see me."

Yin Quan couldn't believe that this seemingly submissive woman harbored such resentment towards herself. "Gu Lounan and I aren't in the kind of relationship you're thinking of," Chu Fenghua said with a bright smile.

"It doesn't matter now, because from now on I'm going to make you live in hell and never see the sunlight of this world again. Since you dare to come back, I have to treat you well. Sister Yin, I want to be your best friend for life."

Chu Fenghua moved her hands, and the white silk from her sleeves bound Yin Quan. Yin Quan struggled desperately, but it was all in vain. After all, the difference in martial arts skills was an insurmountable gap. Yin Quan glared fiercely at Chu Fenghua, "Chu Fenghua, you'll regret this!"

Chu Fenghua said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter. As long as you don't show up again, Senior Brother Gu will forget about you in a few years. Then we can live happily together like when we were kids."

Before Yin Quan could explain her relationship with Gu Lounan, her body went numb. Aside from her mind remaining conscious, she was completely immobilized. Chu Fenghua took Yin Quan back to her new house, but strangely, Gu Lounan was nowhere to be seen.

On our wedding night, instead of staying in our new house, where did he go?! Damn it, I've just escaped one danger only to fall into another.

Chu Fenghua opened her wardrobe, behind which appeared a small wooden door. Chu Fenghua pushed Yin Quan inside. Inside was a small dungeon, less than ten square meters in size. As soon as they entered, a strong smell of blood hit them.

Yin Quan's stomach churned, and she almost vomited. The floor was covered with all sorts of torture instruments, which looked rather sinister. In the center of the room was a wooden chair with heavy iron chains hanging from it. Chu Fenghua loosened the white silk binding Yin Quan and chained her to the chair.

“Normally very few people can come to my torture chamber, so you can be considered my honored guest. Don’t worry, for the sake of our sisterhood, I will definitely treat you well.”

Chu Fenghua took out a silver needle from an iron box next to her. Yin Quan saw that the tip of the silver needle was glowing with a blue light, which meant that it had been poisoned.

"Chu Fenghua, are you crazy?" Chu Fenghua laughed, holding the silver needle. "Don't be afraid, this isn't a poison needle. I can't bear to see my sister die. I'll make you wish you were dead." A ruthless glint flashed in Chu Fenghua's eyes as she picked up the silver needle and stabbed it into Yin Quan's neck. Moments later, Yin Quan felt as if she were being bitten by thousands of ants all over her body.

The intense itching and excruciating pain overwhelmed her, while Chu Fenghua's laughter grew increasingly excited. Yin Quan's eyes nearly bulged out, and her fingernails were snapped off.

Her blood vessels were bulging, and Yin Quan roared to the sky in agony. Her vision blurred, and all she could hear was Chu Fenghua's wild laughter. She didn't know how long this pain lasted, but her body began to go numb.

Seeing Yin Quan faint from the pain, Chu Fenghua cursed inwardly for being useless. A maidservant hurriedly knocked on the door outside the bridal chamber, "Madam, the sect leader has encountered a major incident." Chu Fenghua's palm stopped half an inch in front of Yin Quan's forehead, "Damn it, you're lucky. It's good that you can live for a couple more days and see with your own eyes how you lose everything."

Chu Fenghua straightened her slightly disheveled clothes, the bloodthirsty expression on her face fading, replaced by a docile look. She locked Yin Quan to a chair, carefully closed the dungeon door, and then went out.