0p0 Chapter 169: Chasing Geng, life or death uncertain
Chapter 169: Chasing Geng, life or death uncertain
When everyone heard this, they kowtowed even harder.
"Thank you very much for not killing me! Thank you very much for not killing me!"
"Get up! Go back to where you came from!" Rong Song shouted at everyone.
These people immediately got up and scattered.
The killer, who looked like a child but was actually an adult, stared at Ji Chuhe with a doubtful and sinister look.
"Do you really want to know how I saw through it?" Ji Chuhe asked.
"Yes!" the man responded through gritted teeth.
"Then answer me a question first."
"what is the problem?"
"What is your relationship with Geng? What role did she play in this assassination?"
"You...you even know about Geng!" The response came from the woman next to her.
Suddenly, a group of frightened birds flew out from the nearby forest.
"Stop!" Several guards shouted at the people who had entered the woods.
The figure ran forward at high speed to escape.
It was Geng who was found by the guards.
"Dismount and chase!" The guards dismounted and chased in the direction where Geng disappeared.
There are also two figures hidden on the mountain adjacent to here.
Ji Qingyuan and Shen Chengjing.
The two secretly followed Geng and witnessed the whole process of how Geng arranged people to stop Ji Chuhe and how he assassinated Ji Chuhe. They also saw the scene of Geng being discovered and tracked.
Ji Qingyuan suddenly stood up, Shen Chengjing grabbed her and asked coldly: "What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to find my mother! Can't you see she's being chased?"
"What will happen if you go? Not only will you fail to save her, but you will also be considered an accomplice! By then, you won't be able to explain yourself even if you have a lot of mouths!"
Ji Qingyuan was flustered. "What should I do? What should I do?"
"There are dense jungles ahead, and no one has ever set foot there. My mother-in-law may not be captured! Let's leave here first, so that the people from the palace will not continue searching and find us." Shen Chengjing pulled Ji Qingyuan away.
Ji Qingyuan followed for a few steps, then looked worriedly in the direction where Geng had escaped, praying silently in her heart that her mother could escape this disaster.
From this incident, it seems that both of them knew where Geng's money came from.
Someone hired Geng to attack Ji Chuhe.
But they don't know who hired Geng.
……
This is Ji Chuhe.
A guard came hurriedly to report.
"Prince, Madam, we found Geng in the woods not far away. However, she escaped into the dense forest and our people are chasing her!"
"Rongsong, send someone to take these two back quickly." Ji Chuhe ordered.
"Yes!" Rong Song immediately accepted the order.
Ji Chuhe and Xiao Yanan got on the carriage again.
Xiao Yanan's face was terribly gloomy.
"It's not enough to set fire to the manor and assassinate people in the manor, but they also use these old, weak, women and children to ambush them halfway! Concubine Gao is determined to get rid of us at all costs!"
"This time, her target is me." Ji Chuhe corrected.
"You and I are one."
"Prince, to be precise, we are in the same boat." Ji Chuhe corrected quickly.
"almost."
"There is a substantial difference." Ji Chuhe got serious.
Xiao Yan'an sighed when he realized that he had fooled Ji Chuhe twice but still failed to get her approval.
"So, in your heart, we can only be considered as partners, not husband and wife, right?" Without waiting for Ji Chuhe to answer, Xiao Yan'an looked towards Mianzhu again.
Mianzhu's heart suddenly tightened.
"So, she has always called you Miss and never called you Madam!" Xiao Yan'an has endured this title for a long time!
Including that Nanny Ji, she also called her Miss Ji Chuhe.
Everyone calls Ji Chuhe Miss!
"Ji Chuhe, you were determined to be the Crown Prince's wife! You told me clearly that you wanted the position of Crown Prince's wife!"
"I have also clearly told the prince that I only want the position of the prince's wife, not his favor. Hasn't the prince always belonged to Miss Yan'er?"
This knife cut deep enough.
Xiao Yan'an was speechless.
"Stop the car!" he shouted outside.
The carriage stopped, Xiao Yan'an jumped down and climbed onto the horse's back.
However, after these two assassination attempts, he did not walk away impulsively, but rode far ahead on horseback. Just by looking at his back, it felt like he was holding back a lot of anger.
In the carriage, Ji Chuhe let out a breath, opened the curtain a little, and breathed in the fresh air outside.
"Miss, weren't your words just now a little too straightforward?"
"This kind of thing cannot be ambiguous, otherwise it will be entangled in the future."
"What if the prince gets angry and...divorces you?"
"Then let's get divorced." Ji Chuhe didn't care. "I'll just leave with my dowry."
"No, no, the prince and princess will not agree to the prince divorcing the young lady! The princess has already acquiesced that the young lady does not have to consummate the marriage with the prince."
"Mianzhu, I've thought about it. From now on, you should change the way you address me to avoid unnecessary trouble."
"Okay, we'll call you Miss Madam from now on." Mianzhu understood immediately.
"Yeah." Ji Chuhe nodded.
When we arrived at the town of Shilipu, it was almost dark.
Xiao Yanan arrived early and settled in.
Ji Chuhe didn't see him until bedtime.
……
After Shen Chengjing and Ji Qingyuan returned to the small town of Shilipu, Shen Chengjing hurried to pack up.
"Qingyuan, we have to leave now! Fortunately, we can take a detour westward from Shilipu. At least, we don't have to go through those cities and gates."
"I do not go!"
"You..." Shen Chengjing walked over and sat in front of Ji Qingyuan, "Now is not the time for you to act like a spoiled brat."
"My mother's life or death is unknown, do you think I'm being petty? I have to wait for my mother here. I won't feel relieved until I see that she is safe and sound."
"As long as my mother-in-law escapes, she will definitely reunite with us! Why do we have to wait for her here at such a great risk!"
"Shen Chengjing, are you thoughtful? My mother ended up like this in order to raise money for us to settle down in the imperial capital, and you don't even worry about her life or death!" Ji Qingyuan asked loudly.
"Am I not worried? I'm calm!" Shen Chengjing glanced at Ji Qingyuan coldly.
If he hadn't searched through Ji Qingyuan's bag and found no money except a dozen taels of silver, he would have run away alone long ago!
"Shen Chengjing, the money is all with my mother. Don't you know how much money we have?" Ji Qingyuan knew that the only thing that could control Shen Chengjing was money.
"We'll wait this night! Ji Chuhe is in the town anyway, so we'll keep a close eye on her movements. If we don't catch my mother-in-law, it means she has escaped." Shen Chengjing's attitude immediately changed.
"Okay." Ji Qingyuan nodded.
midnight.
The dogs in the town suddenly started barking one after another.
Ji Chuhe was woken up and heard footsteps outside, the sound of people coming down the stairs.
Mianzhu immediately lit a lamp for Ji Chuhe and took a piece of clothing and put it on Ji Chuhe.
"Madam, it seems that the guards who were chasing Geng are back."
"Did you catch up with Geng?"