The Emperor Xiao San's Little Concubine

Chapter 9: Research (Part 2)

Xixi left the prince secretly. Without the prince's permission, Xixi left her residence. Xixi went to a secluded place. He went to the place where the masked men who kidnapped him yesterday. Xixi found them. Xixi saw the two in a very bad state.

"Do you want to be free from here?" xixi asked with a cynical look.

"I'm sorry, miss. Can miss release us?" ask one of the masked men.

"I could have let you go. But tell me, who told you to set me up?" xixi asked with an intimidating look.

"We really don't know his identity. He was wearing a mask when he told us to kidnap Miss. We were given a lot of gold to kidnap the lady" one of the men explained.

"Alright, if you don't want to confess. Drink this." Xixi said with a cruel attitude.

"I'll see how long you'll last with the poison" Xixi said intimidatingly.

The two masked men were terrified. They pleaded with Xixi. Xixi just looked at them with anger without saying a word. He was still very angry when he remembered the prince who was in pain from the same poison. Xixi was still staring at them with a cold gaze, waiting for their confession. It had been almost half a day, both of them were starting to ache. Their chests started to tighten, their bodies started to blacken and they started to spit out clumped black blood.

"It seems like your time has come" Xixi said coldly.

The two masked men were getting more and more frightened. They're afraid of death. Both continue to beg.

"Say before it's too late" Xixi said as she lifted one of the masked men's chins.

"Okay, we confess. We were told by one of the officials at the palace." said one of the masked men.

"Continue." said Xixi briefly.

"We are just ordinary people who need money. We're tied to accounts payable with that official. He promised to release us from that debt, if we managed to kidnap Miss. Who was the one who poisoned the prince, we really don't know miss. Please trust us. Please give us the antidote." one of the masked men still pleaded for the antidote after explaining everything.

"What's the name of the office?" ask Xixi.

"He was one of the emperor's confidants. He is the commander of the palace." said one of the masked men.

"Sial. turned out to be that person." Xixi said in disbelief.

Xixi gave her antidote to the two masked men. They survived death. Xixi releases them and promises them many gold pieces and protects them, if they are willing to help Xixi. The two agreed and eventually teamed up to help Xixi.

Now he has one proof. He has to find other evidence. He was very curious, the real purpose of that palace official. Whether he really wanted to get rid of prince Xiao San or instead wanted to overthrow the emperor Xiao Ge. He should look for as much evidence as possible.

In the evening, Xixi arrived at the prince's residence. Xix was very surprised, the palace looked very messy. The palace maids gathered in front of the prince's room and looked down full of fear. Not even the eunuchs of the palace dared to look inside the prince's residence.

"What's going on here?" xixi asked one of the palace ladies.

Xixi had all the palace ladies and eunuchs leave the prince's residence. Xixi tried to enter the prince's room slowly. The prince who could hear the sound of the slow steps was instantly enraged and threw his sword. Xixi was startled and tried to dodge the sword.

"This prince is a servant." said Xixi briefly.

"Xixi is that you?" the prince immediately walked towards the source of the voice.

The prince walked by using his hearing towards Xixi. She hugged Xixi tightly, as if not wanting to let go.

"Where have you been? I thought you left me alone here." said the prince with great sadness.

"Hamba did not want to disturb the prince who was resting. So I went out for a while outside the palace." said Xixi softly.

"What are you doing?" asked the prince curiously.

"Would the prince let go of this hug, let's sit down and talk about this calmly" Xixi said softly.

The prince did not want to let go of the hug and hugged Xixi even tighter, leaving Xixi unable to breathe. The prince was very afraid of losing himself. He was just about to let go of the hug when Xixi seemed to have trouble breathing. They sat face to face, Xixi began to tell him all the investigations she had been working on. He told me everything in detail. The prince was surprised that the palace commander was the mastermind of the case. Xixi tells the prince to keep this evidence for a while, until they find stronger evidence.

"All right I understand." said the prince, nodding his head.

"Then the next step?" ask prince.

"We let it all flow. We act as if this case is no longer up for grabs. Let him off guard and when the time comes. We will arrest them and bring them before the emperor with all the evidence" Xixi said calmly.

The prince who heard the strategy described by Xixi felt extremely amazed. To the prince, Xixi was a great teacher.

"All right, let's talk about it later. Servant with the prince refused to eat. So let the servant prepare food for the prince." said Xixi gently and left the prince.

The prince simply smiled and waited for Xixi. The prince waited for Xixi while reading the new book Xixi brought about about the strategy of war. There have been dozens of books on war strategy bought by Xixi and even Xixi taught personally according to the science of war in the book.

"Prince, the food is ready. Let me help you." said Xixi while helping the prince to the dining table.

Xixi herself cooked all the prince's favorite meals. He greeted the prince with affection. Xixi was really guarding the prince carefully. The prince always smiled at dinner. His attitude was always like a spoiled child when he was at Xixi's side. So it is not surprising that if Xixi suddenly disappeared from him, she would be as terrified as a child that her mother had left behind.

"Xixi, don't do this again. I beg you." the prince held Xixi's hand and pleaded.

"Hamba will not repeat it again. I will ask permission before I leave. Servants will not make the prince worry." said Xixi softly.

Xixi loved him very much and so did the prince who could not lose himself. Whether it is because of love or mutual need, the fact is that these two people are already dependent on each other.