My Princess and Crown Prince Are Revived
Chapter 248 Furious

Chapter 248: Chapter 248 Furious

"Big brother, why are the Empress Dowager and the Eighth Princess also here?"

In a farmhouse, several bandits pointed at the Empress Dowager and Nan Leqin lying next to the dry straw and asked in a tense tone.

Their ’big brother’, named Wang Zhaohai.

One of his eyes was already blind, and his face was marred with many ferocious knife scars, giving him an extremely sinister appearance.

"Didn’t I instruct you?" he said, "Apart from the Princess Residence, don’t touch anyone. Are you treating my words as mere wind by your ear?"

He brutally slapped the closest man, who was knocked to the ground.

The man hurriedly got up from the ground and then frantically said, "Big brother, we know we were wrong, but... but they really weren’t kidnapped by us."

He still remembered how, amidst the chaos, they had drugged everyone in the Princess Residence’s carriage, then directly took the Princess away.

As for the other people in the carriage, they didn’t capture any of them. How could they possibly go to the Empress Dowager’s carriage to kidnap two more?

"If not you, could it be they ran over here on their own?"

Wang Zhaohai sneered and then viciously slapped again.

The rest were so frightened that they trembled all over; no one dared to explain any further.

It wasn’t until he was tired from hitting that Wang Zhaohai finally stopped.

He glanced at Nan Leqin and the Empress Dowager thrown on the ground, then disdainfully said, "Since they’ve been captured along, just keep them."

"Yes, big brother."

...

Soon, the Empress Dowager and Nan Leqin were thrown into a dilapidated little woodshed.

Tang Zishen was also thrown in there.

But he was feigning unconsciousness.

Luckily, it was dark and they didn’t check when his veil didn’t fall off, so he managed to blend in.

The person watching the door glanced into the corner, making sure Tang Zishen was tied up before they felt safe to leave.

But immediately after, several "click-click" sounds were heard—the door had been locked.

Tang Zishen appeared helpless.

With the door locked, escaping had just become much more difficult.

He wondered when his master would come to rescue him.

At that moment, Nan Leqin and the Empress Dowager gradually regained consciousness.

"Someone help, save Us, rescue your sovereign!"

As soon as the Empress Dowager came to, she began to scream loudly.

Nan Leqin was not much better, she bellowed, "Who the hell plotted against this Princess? I will have your entire family executed."

Tang Zishen in the corner: "..."

These two fools—if those bandits outside really wanted to kill them, with their incessant prattling, they might not even save their own lives.

Indeed, the bandits outside, upon hearing their rambling, coldly said, "Save your energy, here you have no titles of Princess or Empress Dowager, only that of prisoners at the foot of the executioner."

After all, the boss had already ordered them to watch over these two, and no matter whether they were some Empress Dowager or Princess, they were all to be treated as lowly prisoners.

Nan Leqin felt a pain in her chest from her rage.

She, a noble Princess, had actually been schemed against by a bunch of bandits.

"Didn’t they say they would only deal with Chu Baihan? Why would We be implicated?" the Empress Dowager suppressed her anger as she questioned Nan Leqin.

Nan Leqin also felt wronged, whispering, "Shi Zhouhan indeed assured me it would be so. I don’t know if these people have anything to do with him."

"A bastard driven by ambition, who can only secure a position at court by currying favor with Prince Xu. How could you ally with such a person? We are so disappointed in you," scolded the Empress Dowager coldly, as though pushing all the blame onto Nan Leqin.

Nan Leqin was slightly stunned.

Anger was also simmering in her heart.

"Empress Dowager, you clearly agreed to Shi Zhouhan’s plan, so why are you pushing all the blame onto me?" she thought indignantly.

But no matter how furious she felt inside, she could only swallow her anger—who else was she to blame but the Empress Dowager herself?

Cornered, Tang Zishen watched as the two bickered like snarling dogs. He found the scene exceedingly thrilling.

If it weren’t for the inappropriateness of the occasion, he would have even felt like applauding.

They deserved each other!

"Empress Dowager," Nan Leqin took a deep breath before offering reassurance, "if something happens to us, it won’t benefit Shi Zhouhan. He wouldn’t be able to explain himself to Father Emperor or account for his actions to Uncle Emperor Xu. So, I wonder if these bandits might have misunderstood his intentions and captured us in error?"

Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager also felt there was some sense in what she said.

Otherwise even if Shi Zhouhan had a hundred guts, he wouldn’t dare commit such an act.

Taking a deep breath, Nan Leqin warned the two outside with an icy voice, "It’s best if you release the Princess and the Empress Dowager right now. If not, when your master returns, he surely won’t let you off."

"Ha, still thinking you’re a princess."

Sneers came from outside.

The attitude of the outsiders fueled Nan Leqin’s anger even more.

She continued to scold them.

But after a long tirade, she began to feel parched and dizzy; the people outside remained unresponsive, not even bothering to open the door.

She quickly dragged her excruciatingly painful body and moved arduously toward the door.

Peering through the door crack, she discovered that there was no one outside.

But with the door locked and the windows sealed, there was no way they could escape.

A grumbling noise from her stomach was the final straw, threatening her composure.

This play wasn’t enjoyable at all.

Tang Zishen yawned, ready to rest his eyes.

But it was his yawn that created a disturbance and got him noticed by the Empress Dowager and Nan Leqin.

Nan Leqin’s gaze sharpened immediately in his direction.

Seeing the veil on Tang Zishen’s face through the dim light, she mistook him for Chu Baihan.

"Older sister, I thought you had some impressive abilities, but to think you were caught so easily," she scoffed.

Tang Zishen hurriedly pinched his throat, altering his voice, "Sixth Princess, look who’s talking. Aren’t you and the Empress Dowager also captured?"

"You..."

She was so consumed by anger and worry that Nan Leqin failed to notice the oddity in the voice she heard.

And she had no idea how much of her and her grandmother’s plans had been overheard.

If Nan Baihan were to report this matter back to the Emperor, they would be in danger.

No, that couldn’t happen. Chu Baihan wouldn’t be able to walk out of here safely!

Nor would she offer her the chance to snitch!

Nan Leqin comforted herself with these thoughts over and over.

Tang Zishen was too lazy to waste words with them. He easily untied his ropes, then took out some steamed buns from his clothes and started eating at his leisure.

These were from his master, who had been worried he might get hungry.

What a good master...

But it would be even better if his master would come to rescue him sooner.

The Empress Dowager and Nan Leqin were already famished, which made their sense of smell particularly acute at that moment.

They quickly caught the aroma coming from his direction.

The Empress Dowager’s face darkened instantaneously, "Nan Baihan, we three have fallen into misfortune today; we should stand united. How can you justify eating alone?"