Chapter 813: Sorry, I donst sell on credi (1/2)

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Chu Xifeng rushed inside. When he saw the hole, he grew senseless. No matter whether His Highness Duke of Qin wanted to protect this woman or not, they couldn’t afford to lose her! He finally realized his own dereliction of duty. Although he’d stationed shadow guards around the perimeter and all the windows, he didn’t bother guarding the roof! Moreover, the unusual fireworks hadn’t triggered his guard at all.

He slapped himself and cried, “I deserve to die!”

Xu Donglin went searching around the rooms before he found something that made him shout in fear again. “Ah...ahhh….boss!”

Chu Xifeng chased after him and saw the scene on the floor. It took, scared him witless. There laid Han Yunxi’s purple outer robes, torn to shreds.

“Boss, esteemed wangfei, she...she couldn’t have...she…” Xu Donglin couldn’t even speak straight.

Chu Xifeng immediately raged, “She isn’t esteemed wangfei. Hurry and search for her! I’ll go find Department Head Shen right now to order him to seal the city gates. You go and bring a team to search the perimeter! Quickly!”

“Boss, shouldn’t we send His Highness a message first?” Xu Donglin asked.

Chu Xifeng was nothing if not jittery. “I know.”

As the two men split up to do their tasks, Xu Donglin turned back at the last minute to give Chu Xifeng a reminder. “Boss, no matter who she is, His Highness is protecting her. That means she’s still our mistress!”

“Impossible”! Chu Xifeng snapped.

“Boss, His Highness’s letter is still in you hands,” Xu Donglin was earnest. “His Highness’s heart has esteemed wangfei. You’ve followed them longer than I have, so you should know even better.”

“His Highness is East Qin’s last hope. In the future, he’ll revive the East Qin Dynasty and become its emperor. How could he like West Qin’s princess? If he wants to revive the dynasty, then he has to get his revenge and destroy all remnants of West Qin first! Han Yunxi will be the first! Even if His Highness wants to protect her thoroughly, he probably has some other plan in mind! It’s absolutely not some private love affair!” Chu Xifeng was both furious and agitated. “Why aren’t you going to search yet? Hurry and go!”

Xu Donglin was scared quite badly and turned to flee the scene. Very soon, Department Head Shen ordered the four city gates of Medical City sealed. No matter the reason, even those with passes from the academy head or the elders weren’t allowed to leave. Very soon, the shadow and academy guards broke through the silence of Medical City’s night. No one had no idea what had happened, only that someone important had been kidnapped.

Tang Li and Ning Jing were in the midst of their cold war at the inn. Although they were sleeping on the same bed, they had passed multiple nights with their backs facing each other. The sound of rapid knocking on the door woke them up before the guards came in to search their rooms. They only left after finding nothing. Tang Li quickly heard the news from the innkeeper that they were searching for someone.

“What kind of important person would have moved all these people?” Tang Li asked.

“Dunno. If it’s not someone from the medical academy, then it must be a member of a prominent clan. They even sealed the city gates!” the innkeeper replied.

Ning Jing only listened from the doorway with an ashen expression. She knew that Ning Cheng must have kidnapped his target and taken her away, which meant that he had seen the phoenix birthmark. In other words, Han Yunxi truly was the West Qin princess!

The Di Clan had finally found its master! But no one expected it to be Han Yunxi! Ning Jing suddenly wanted to run over to see Ning Cheng. Heaven knows what his mood was right now! Tang Li turned back just in time to meet Ning Jing’s face. He glanced at her before heading for the exit. Ning Jing wasn’t planning to pay him any attention because his absence gave her the perfect chance to visit their master. But she suddenly recalled something and chased after him with a shout.

“Where are you going in the middle of the night?”

Tang Li ignored her. He had long wanted to leave. His first thought upon finding out Han Yunxi’s identity was to remember Mute Granny. Long Feiye had confined the old woman in the Hidden Enclosure, but he was the one who’d been guarding her. Back then, he had no idea what Long Feiye was doing locking Mute Granny up! Later on, Long Feiye and Mute Granny talked about something before she killed herself.

By now, Tang Li could be certain that Long Feiye had long known about Han Yunxi’s identity and had been hiding it on purpose. He not only concealed the truth from Han Yunxi, but everyone else, too. Mute Granny’s suicide must have come from something Long Feiye said. What Tang Li didn’t understand was who else could have discovered Han Yunxi’s identity in this world besides Long Feiye and Mute Granny. Was it Gu Beiyue?

His brain was quite chaotic. It was almost impossible for him to accept right away that his sister-in-law was the West Qin princess. However, it was also impossible for him to regard Han Yunxi as an enemy. He didn’t know why he was heading for the medical academy, but at least he could find an excuse to ask about the kidnapping this time. Tang Li paused briefly before continuing on his way. Ning Jing’s temper flared as she ran forward to block him.

“You’re still going to meet with Han Yunxi, aren’t you? It’s so late, but you still want to see her? Do you have any shame?”

She guessed that he was actually going to ask about the kidnapping, but she still feigned eating vinegar instead.

“So what if I am? Can you control what I do?” Tang Li retorted.

“I’m your wife, so why can’t I?” Ning Jing retorted. She already had no idea whether she was pretending or truly angry.

“Wife?” Tang Li laughed out loud. “Ning Jing, so you still know that you’re my wife? I thought you didn’t want to acknowledge this role even after we were married. Oh, that’s right. Only now did I, Tang Li, discover that my wife is one of the descendants of the Seven Noble Families! Haha!”

“I…” Ning Jing looked into Tang Li’s eyes with a serious look. “Tang Li, do you really see me as your wife?”