USWHC -Chapter 466 Escape (Part 6)

“Younger sister of yours is really annoying!” Ji Yi muttered in a low voice.

“Hmph, I already felt something strange about her coming here. But it makes sense—if I, the scapegoat, ran away, then she’d have to marry into the State of Qi. Of course she’d keep a close watch on me!” Zhu Jie had just been forced back, yet she could still smile.

Yes, just now they had planned to escape amid the chaos. But after barely taking a couple of steps, alarms suddenly rang everywhere. Forget escaping—they couldn’t even get down the mountain!

Zhu Jie had no choice but to return. But by the time she tried to go back to her room, it was already too late—Princess Lanyi had blocked the way inside. At that point, she could only seek help from Princess Lanxin. Fortunately, this elder sister didn’t ask too many questions—perhaps she understood the urge to flee—so she readily took her in.

“Forget it, let’s take the proper route instead,” Ji Yi sighed faintly. “We can’t run forever, can we?”

Zhu Jie gave a mischievous grin. “A thief never returns empty-handed. How can you give up so easily? Have some professional ethics—if you’re going to be a flower thief, at least act like one!”

“Who are you calling a flower thief?! At most, this counts as eloping, okay?!” Ji Yi immediately protested. “Those are completely different things!”

“Fine, fine—you’re my husband, and we’re eloping for love,” Zhu Jie chuckled softly. “Go have them start another fire. We can’t just leave it at this!”

“Ah? You’re doing this again?” Ji Yi was stunned.

Zhu Jie only gave a sly smile in response, her eyes flashing with cunning, saying nothing more.

“Princess! Princess! This is bad—the backyard is on fire again!” Liu Rong rushed in as if flying.

As soon as Princess Lanyi heard this, she slammed the teacup in her hand onto the table with a bang. “What’s going on? Say that again!”

“It’s the firewood in the kitchen again! Not sure who put it out earlier, but it probably wasn’t completely extinguished, so it reignited!” Liu Rong said in a fluster. “And it’s burning even more fiercely than before. Princess, should we evacuate first?”

“Evacuate what? You brainless fool!” Princess Lanyi snapped in disgust.

Then her expression suddenly darkened. “Guo Jinghan, you really haven’t changed your thieving ways! Fine, run if you want—but you dare to toy with me? Just wait until I catch you—I’ll strip you apart along with her!”

Hearing this, Liu Rong asked in confusion, “Your Highness means… this fire is suspicious?”

“How could it not be? A fire breaking out in the same place twice? What kind of coincidence is that? Have those guards all lost their heads? They can’t even put out a fire properly?” Princess Lanyi cursed angrily. “I’d say someone is trying to escape and deliberately creating chaos!”

Liu Rong quickly agreed, “That’s right! This time there’s even more smoke than before. Maybe it’s damp firewood—it’s filled the whole courtyard with haze!”

“Hmph, just as I thought! And they even dared say she was at Sister Lanxin’s place—those two really are quite close, aren’t they? I’d bet just now they were blocked by me and had nowhere else to go, so they hid there!” This time, Princess Lanyi had actually hit the truth.

She shouted loudly, “Men! Hurry to Princess Lanqin’s quarters!” Then she turned to Liu Rong and ordered, “You take people to Princess Lanxin’s place. Tell her I wish to see her—make sure you bring her to Lanqin’s room. Do not let those two join forces again!”

“Yes, Your Highness!” Liu Rong replied energetically and immediately led people toward Princess Lanxin’s residence.

Wan Yue had just sat down and hadn’t even taken a sip of her tea when she heard another shout from outside: “Fire! Fire!” Her heart skipped a beat—what kind of day was this? So many fires?

Almost at the same moment, the door burst open with a bang once again. Standing at the entrance was still Princess Lanyi—but this time her presence was far more aggressive than before. Veins bulged on her forehead as she entered, practically radiating killing intent.

“Greetings, Princess Lanyi!” Wan Yue hurriedly bowed again.

But Princess Lanyi only asked coldly, “Where is your princess?”