The Phoenix Reborn Book II

Chapter 121 The Plan That Turns Attacking

‘Barthy woman! Brash woman!’ the curse was repeatedly spoken in the inner man of the tanned black man. A golden robe was draped over his body and the crown of honor of a king adorned his head.

Behind him, the figure of his escort bodyguard revealed a face full of worry and confusion. ‘This is a catastrophe, how could the Sixth Prince's plan turn against him like this?’ His eyes were pointed forward, towards the master who was emitting a thick killing aura. ‘He must be wrathful ...,’ inner man who is none other than Chenxiao.

When Wang Chengliu and Chenxiao reached the gate of the dungeon, there were a number of corpses of soldiers lying lifeless with terrifying sword wounds on their bodies. Several other soldiers were trying to remove the bodies from the path of the sixth prince, an attempt to suppress the man's anger.

Wang Chengliu did not take the slightest moment to glance at the casualties, he continued walking through the corpses of the soldiers and into the dungeon. The man's breath was hunting, not because of fatigue, but because of passionate emotions.

Seeing her master waltzing into the prison, Chenxiao paused for a moment. The man gestured for one of the guards to follow him and Wang Chengliu. “Explain immediately,” the command to the guard.

While accompanying Wang Chengliu and Chenxiao, the bodyguard said, “The attack was carried out by ten people, General. One of them I recognize as a woman who once served Consort Huang.”

Chenxiao's frown, instantly understanding who the bodyguard was talking about. ‘Yuanli ...,’ Inner. “How about Yang Defei and the little waiter with him?” ask again.

The bodyguard was a little surprised, “Yang Defei?” his face seemed to wonder.

Chenxiao waved his hand, understanding that other than the bodyguard who had first come to preach the Defei's visit to the prison, all the other bodyguards had died at the hands of Yuanli and the people who had come with him. ‘Wait, it's weird,’ thought the man with the eyebrows linked.

Before Chenxiao had time to say anything, Wang Chengliu had first asked the bodyguard, “No one came out through the gate?” Eyes darken.

The bodyguard immediately saluted, not daring to stare at Wang Chengliu for too long. “Jawab, King Hui. After they get into jail, no one comes out,”. “Even when reinforcements arrived and chased inside, there was no one else other than ...,” for some reason, the bodyguard hesitated to continue his words, “Concubine Huang.”

Hearing that, Wang Chengliu quickened his pace. Before long, he saw a number of soldiers putting on awkward faces waiting in front of one of the cells.

The thick rancid smell of blood made the bodyguards that followed Wang Chengliu and Chenxiao frown. He glanced at the two people next to him, and he was quite surprised to find that none of the two people looked disturbed.

Wang Chengliu's footsteps made the soldiers turn their heads. Finding their guest was the sixth prince, the soldiers immediately saluted, “King Hui.”

“Why are you guys crowding here?” w.a.n.g Chengliu asked with sharp eyes, slightly accusing his soldiers of not continuing the search for the existence of the intruders.

The soldiers immediately put on scared faces, but they did not dare to delay the answer for too long. Finally, one of the men replied, “Some of the other warriors are still conducting a search, Your Majesty. However, we are all here because .. Consort Huang is inside.” He added, “However, we did not dare to touch it because ...”

Realizing that the soldier had trouble finishing his words, Wang Chengliu felt that something was wrong. He went straight through the soldiers and stepped into the cell. Behind him, Chenxiao followed.

As the two men walked inside, they froze to witness the horrifying sight in the room. Chenxiao himself hurried to turn his gaze elsewhere, dodging from staring at the figure who was in the middle of the room.

“Huang Wushuang,” Wang Chengliu muttered with shocked eyes.

In the middle of the room, Huang Wushuang sat down with her body leaning against the chair, looking helpless and powerless. On some sides of his hands and feet, there were a number of deep silver needles. Although he did not understand medical science, Wang Chengliu could guess that the needles were what caused Huang Wushuang to lose his ability to move.

So many incision wounds adorned Huang Wushuang's half-dressed face and body. The location where the incisions were inscribed damaged the beauty previously owned by the woman. Not only that, the blood that flowed down from the injuries that Consort Huang received also made him look terrible.

Wang Chengliu walked over to Huang Wushuang, noticing the dried up tear marks on the woman's face. The heinous torment that—entah did by whom— definitely made her cry until unconsciousness.

Wang Chengliu pointed his two fingers under Huang Wushuang's nose, then smiled mockingly with eyes emitting emotions that were hard to understand. ‘The woman ... really didn't waste a chance,’ thought. ‘This is called life worse than death?’ After saying this in his heart, he turned around and said loudly, “Then bring Concubine Huang back to the palace!”

Hearing that, Chenxiao immediately went wide-eyed and stopped Wang Chengliu, “Your Highness!” call him, make his master look. “Condition Concubine Huang does not allow anyone to touch her!”

Wang Chengliu glanced at Chenxiao, then back at Huang Wushuang's half-dressed figure. With cold eyes, the sixth prince clicked his tongue, feeling troubled.

Without a second thought, Wang Chengliu threw his outer robe towards Chenxiao. “Use it to take him to the palace,” his orders while turning his eyes to some of the bodyguards that appeared from inside the prison. “How?”

“Report, King Hui! No trace of the intruders!” the soldier replied with a frown, feeling a little afraid that his answer would make Wang Chengliu even more furious. After all, how could such a group of intruders possibly take their prisoners and just disappear?

Yuanli and his men had come to rescue Huang Miaoling, and they were willing to risk going through the front gate of the dungeon. This was all in line with Wang Chengliu's expectations.

Originally, Wang Chengliu planned to capture the intruders and hang their heads on the palace gate in order to provoke Huang Yade's side to come out of hiding. However, instead of getting his feed, he instead lost his main feed—Huang Miaoling.

‘They enter from the front lane, but go using other means. This proves ... Huang Miaoling recognizes the secret paths of the palace,’ thought Wang Chengliu with his eyebrows linked. ‘This brash woman ... she knows and hides too many things!’ meaning in the heart.

Just as Wang Chengliu stepped out of the dungeon, another soldier from the direction of the palace court ran up to him. “Your Majesty!” he shouted with a face that looked excited. “Your Majesty! Wu's troops arrive at the East gate!”

In contrast to Huang Miaoling's blurring, this news made the veins in Wang Chengliu's temple seem so clear. “What did you say?!”

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“Avoid the main road, Wang Chengliu must have placed a spy there,” said a girl as she continued to run hand in hand with a number of other people. The roar of hunting breath could be heard from the woman perched on her back. “Mrs ... Are you okay?” ask the girl with a worried face.

The woman on the girl's back said in a low voice, “Still ... live.” He sounded so weak, in tune with his appearance being so pale, even his usual sparkling black bead now looked adorable.

“You should not force your body to do that torture,” muttered the girl making the woman chuckle.

“Layak ... and satisfying,” reply woman was short.

“Stop,” said a man who was in the front row with his hands raised, making the people who followed him—including the girl earlier—stop step. “Kuda,” The add is short, “Lewat here.” Along with that, the man turned towards the other side of the alley and ran back.

The girl who was carrying the pale woman on her back frowned. “Yunlin, are you sure?” tanyakanya.

Yunlin did not glance at her interlocutor and replied, “I'm sure, Yuanli.”

“This leads to the East gate!” hiss Yuanli was frustrated. “I did say not to go through the main road, but that does not mean we have to go in the opposite direction of Qiongpo Di!”

“Why are we heading to the East gate?! Shouldn't we be heading to Qiongpo Di?” squealing another girl who immediately made Yuanli glare displeased—Mingyue.

At this moment, a woman said in a low tone, a little tired, “What do the clattering of horse legs you hear sound fast?” Although no longer wearing the crown of honor, the woman's speech made everyone silent for a moment.

Yunlin was a little surprised by the woman's sudden question, but she replied, “True, Defei.”

Yang Yuechan's question made Yuanli instantly understand, ‘Something caught the attention of Wang Chengliu's soldiers,’ guessed it. ‘Maybe ... they have found out about Qiongpo Di?!’

As Yuanli thought about this, Yunlin suddenly stopped his running. This shocked the girl and made her stare through the back of the man in front of her.

Yuanli's black eyes rounded for a moment when he found a number of beads staring at his entourage with a surprised look. The owner of several pairs of beads was seen stealing a chance to rest, neglecting his duty of patrolling Zhongcheng's large street. However, it was that negligent act that made them lucky and found a number of escapes.

‘Soldiers .. Shiyan,’ Inner Yuanli, recognize the owners of the bead from the plaque perched on their waists.

In a split second, the expressions of those Shiyan soldiers turned vile. “Catch them!”

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A/N: What do you think will happen? :