Chapter 468 - Surprise Visit (1/2)

Lin Mengya remained seated on her chair as she stared at Zuo Yuanyi across from her, with a ferocious expression on her face.

Those hands which attempted to grope the two beautiful ladies got a “special treatment” from Zuo Qiuyu.

Zuo Qiuyu was indeed an expert. Although he dislocated three joints on the scum’s right hand, there was completely no sign of external injury, only that Zuo Yuanyi almost fainted.

“One blink, two blinks, three blinks…? Why were there only three blinks? That’s not any one of the options in our agreement. Oh, I get it. Are you cursing me?”

While Lin Mengya did the counting, she continued to torment Zuo Yuanyi at the same time.

Zuo Yuanyi was already sniffing and tearing when Zuo Qiuyu dislocated the another joint on Zuo Yuanyi’s finger. Soon, the sweet-sour scent of sweat began diffusing out of Zuo Yuanyi’s body.

“This is so disgusting. Forget it. I’ll break the rule for you just this once. Remember, you just have to answer one question at a time. Otherwise, you’ll have to continue suffering this treatment, understand?”

Zuo Yuanyi nodded quickly. He would do anything to escape the torture, including betraying his ancestors.

Long Tianyu snorted and he convenient slapped the pig trotter out of Zuo Yuanyi’s mouth.

“Spare me, Princess! Please spare my life! No matter what you ask, I’ll surely furnish you with the answers!”

Zuo Yuanyi lost all will to retaliate. The torture had completely destroyed his arrogance and pride.

Zuo Qiuyu put his hand, with distinct joints, on the back of Zuo Yuanyi’s neck.

Immediately, Zuo Yuanyi’s sweat drops kept dripping. He was so fearful that the pair of hands would break his neck.

“Let me ask you, why does your father send out so many invitations? Don’t try to be funny because Prince Shen is not easy to please. If he sees through your lie, you’ll get in trouble with him!”

Lin Mengya’s threats were like an immediate blow to Zuo Yuanyi’s weak heart.

His vigor plummeted like a waterfall. To please these angry people, he would have gladly offered them his father’s head as a football for Lin Mengya and he would have no complaints whatsoever.

“Who would dare to lie to you? My father said it was to stop you from going to the Pavilion of Herbs. If I find you, I have to capture you and imprison you in Prince Qing’s Mansion by all means.”

On this point, Lin Mengya had already guessed it earlier.

“I suppose I am not the sole target, am I? Tell me, who else had been intercepted.”

Zuo Yuanyi broke out in cold sweat. There was no way he could keep anything. He had to tell her everything he knew.

“All who supported the new emperor would be intercepted. Those supporters of the new emperor in Yulong Prefecture were sought out by my father and imprisoned. He wasn’t after their lives. He said he would release all of them after the event at the Pavilion of Herbs.”

It was strange that all the new emperor’s supporters outside the prefecture had been blocked.

While those staying within Yulong Prefecture had been imprisoned.

Moreover, this matter had been kept a secret. Needless to ask, Prince Qing ought to be brewing something against Cousin Chen.

However, to imprison court officials without permission was a move equivalent to falling out with the emperor.

Was Prince Qing a hundred percent confident that the emperor would not find his secret accounts?

Lin Mengya had a feeling that things were not as simple as it seemed.

“What is your father’s secret ploy? Tell us, what’s he trying to do?”

It seemed that Lin Mengya had overestimated Zuo Yuanyi.

After this guy pleaded for them to spare him, he was unable to provide any useful information.

Despite Lin Mengya’s persistent threats to dislocate the joints on his other hand, the man failed to say anything other than pleading for his life.

It looked like he was truly clueless.

After thinking over it, Lin Mengya was not surprised. This guy was after all a blockhead.

If she were Prince Qing, she would definitely not entrust such secrets to Zuo Yuanyi.

However, Prince Qing’s actions were obviously directed at Cousin Chen and this made her nervous and anxious.

While she was in deep thoughts, there was a noise of movement outside.

Lin Mengya recovered her vigilance and the sharp-eyed, deft-handed Zuo Qiuyu quickly made Zuo Yuanyi pass out in that instant.

“Your Highness, your younger brother has come and is in a hurry to see you. Is it convenient now?” a voice sounded from outside.

Lin Mengya did not expect Zuo Yuanyi’s younger brother to be here at this moment.

Lin Mengya shot a glance at Zuo Yuanyi, who had fainted, and then pondered for a moment before leaving the room herself.

“The prince is busy at the moment so he won’t be able to entertain guests. Please make him wait elsewhere. Once he is free, he will go look for his brother.”

Lin Mengya had merely opened the door a little so that the person outside the room could see that she was the beauty whom the master had brought home earlier on. The servant soon smiled as if he understood, and then excused himself.

This was getting more complicated. Lin Mengya thought for a moment and turned back to Long Tianyu and Zuo Qiuyu to discuss how they could get away.

“What’s there to be scared of? We can just sneak out,” commented Zuo Qiuyu, as he thought that there was nothing to be worried about.

Long Tianyu pondered for a moment and said with a low voice, “We can’t do that. If we sneak out, we will be discovered before we leave the city. By then, the people here could simply arrest us in a justified manner.”

“That won’t work. If we sneak out now, we will be discovered before we even leave the city. By then, the people here could arrest us with a justifiable reason.”

Long Tianyu and Lin Mengya shared the same thoughts. Moreover, if they were to go round a longer way to escape, they would not make it to the Pavilion of Herbs on time.

“Are you still thinking to make use of this blockhead? Now that his people had come, it would be very difficult to make him submit to us.”

Apparently, Zuo Qiuyu was not supportive of this idea.