Chapter 18: Chapter 18. Cheat The Crown Prince
Zhang Jiangwu was silent for a moment, as if in thought. "How can I trust you, Miss?"
"Just look at my current state. I can't do anything, the only way I can prove that I'm not lying is to take you to meet them all," said Ara, trying to convince him. The way she spoke was as if she was part of the intruders.
"Kill me if I lie to you, Your Majesty," she said. 'That's if you can do it,' she thought again.
Hearing that, Zhang Jiangwu was silent for a moment. He thought about the words of the girl in front of him.
"You know the consequences if you lie to me. If you dare to do so, not only you, but all the women you tried to save before will also suffer the consequences. You understand?"
Ara choked, "Hey, this isn't fair. Why should they accept it? Here, I made a pact with you, nothing else," replied Ara.
Zhang Jiangwu chuckled, "Seeing your response, it seems that you did intend to deceive me."
"No, it's not like that..." Ara replied hanging.
One of Zhang Jiangwu's eyebrows rose, "Then? Isn't it easy? You don't have to worry if you don't have that kind of intention right?"
"What are you waiting for?" he added as he looked at the man holding a hot iron in his hand.
Immediately Ara panicked, "No, stop. Stay away," she said loudly.
"If you hurt me, I've made sure that you won't find my friends in this kingdom," added Ara, pretending to be part of the intruder.
"Are you underestimating me, Miss?"
"I'm curious, how will your friends feel if they hear the news that you will be executed in the royal palace," he said again.
Ara smiled, "Do you think they will care about me? Do you think they will come and help me? Don't be naive Your Majesty. They won't do anything that will reveal their identity," said Ara. She couldn't understand how she could fall into the trap of her own words? She never expected that the crown prince would also use those slaves.
Right now she had no other choice but to continue with her plan. To be fact, she will still get the same result. When she said that she was a servant in the Bai family residence, she would also be put to death. So she had better hide her true identity and chose to continue with her plan.
Zhang Jiangwu fell silent at the woman's words. Faintly, Ara noticed the change in expression on the face of the man in front of her. She hoped that the crown prince would believe her words, and thus have a chance to escape and save herself. Regarding those female slaves, she would think of a solution later. The most important thing now was her safety.
How can she save others if she can't save herself?
"How is your highness? I can help you find them. If you lock me here, you won't get anything from me," said Ara again.
Zhang Jiangwu was still silent, he stared at the girl without blinking, trying to give off an intimidating aura but unfortunately, the girl in front of him looked fine and wasn't afraid of anything.
"Hmm, fine. I warn you once again. I'm not someone you can treat casually, Miss. So I hope you have thought about the consequences," Zhang Jiangwu said after a few minutes of silence. He had considered everything. If the girl lied to him, then he just had to kill her, if the girl was telling the truth, then he would find the other intruders.
He will not suffer any loss.
"Prepare some people immediately," Zhang Jiangwu ordered the guard.
"Prepare the horse for me," he added.
"Alright, Your Majesty."
Xiao Ara was happy to hear that. Even so, the expression on her face showed nothing.
"If you want to catch them, I give you advice not to wear your clothes like this. I'm afraid, before reaching their place, they have already fled knowing your arrival, Your Majesty," said Ara.
"You'd better wear clothes like a commoner," she added.
"Are you playing me?" Zhang Jiangwu replied immediately getting up from his position.
Ara shrugged her shoulders, "That's up to you, I'm just giving a little advice. If you don't want to hear what I have to say, then that's up to you, that's fine for me."
Zhang Jiangwu snorted disapprovingly of hearing that. He wags his robe roughly then turned and left the room.
Seeing the man's figure disappear behind the door, Ara took a deep breath.
"I never thought I could become such a reliable con artist in this world," she muttered, sounding a little tired.
A few minutes later, some men entered the room and led her out. Ara didn't protest and just obeyed them.
It turned out that there were already many soldiers lined up outside the prison building. Not only the soldiers, but the other six nobles were also there. And the unexpected entered Ara's view.
All the men wore very simple clothes, like ordinary people in general. At a glance, one would not believe that they were from a noble family.
"Let's go," said Zhang Jiangwu.
"She will be with me," he said again, pointing at Ara.
"But, Your Majesty. What if…" Bai Jun was stopped when he saw Zhang Jiangwu raise his hand as a sign not to say anything.
"She will lead the way, let her be with me." Zhang Jiangwu said firmly.
Feng Ming, Bai Jun, Xue Yen, Yue Ahn, Wang Xiumin, Hao Chu glanced at each other. The six men who had always been by the crown prince's side were silent and didn't say anything else.
Ara drew closer to the crown prince, her gaze lowered. She was the only woman in the place.
"If you dare to lie to the crown prince, then I will be the first to kill you," Bai Jun said as Ara passed by him.
The girl didn't respond and just kept quiet.
"Come on up," Zhang Jiangwu said to Ara.
Ara just nodded and got on the horse, then Zhang Jiangwu did the same. The others followed.
They then left the royal palace, moving in the royal capital with such appearances, raising many questions in everyone's mind.
Gifts
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received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone