Chapter 334 Turnaround
“Your Highness, why are you making hard for him?”
Lin Mengya was smiling gently, and did not seem to be bothered by their threats.
“Princess Yu is really understanding and reasonable. Your Highness, our hands are tied. But we will not disrespect Her Highness. Don’t worry, Your Highness.”
After the guard said that, his eyes were filled with complacency.
Whether she was Princess Yu or not, her life would be decided by others once she was put into jail. But the Crown Prince had told him to be extra careful, because Princess Yu was full of cunning tricks.
It now appeared that she was just like any timid woman.
Long Tianyu looked down in confusion, only to see her cracking a big smile.
Winking at him, Lin Mengya did not look worried at all. It made Long Tianyu feel assured.
Somehow, he became confident. Suddenly, Long Tianyu believed that his princess would not allow anyone to do anything to her.
She might be hiding her plans from those guards.
When he thought of this, a smile appeared immediately at the corner of his mouth. Instantly, his icy demeanor melted, and then, he held her cool but soft hands, and said softly,
“Alright, it’s up to you.”
The low, deep voice was mixed with an unfamiliar gentleness.
Even someone like Lin Mengya, could not help getting flustered and she blushed.
She stared angrily at Long Tianyu, and suddenly goosebumps appeared on her skin.
“Oh, God! Long Tianyu is a cool beauty. It is not like him to be so sincere!”
If it were at their house, she might roll her eyes at him. But now, it was not appropriate.
“Alright, let me just bear with it. It’s just a show anyway.”
“You can bring me in to assist with the investigation, “But I want to know what is the reason for taking me away.”
Lin Mengya turned around, a gentle smile still on her face and said this, steadily. But a cunning light flashed across her eyes.
The leader immediately answered seriously, as if he was conducting an official business and was following the regulations.
“Your Highness, it’s because the case history of His Majesty was lost, and was found in your bag. I dare not delay this. I have to bring you along with us.”
Lin Mengya gazed at a distance, as if she was lost in thought.
Although the leader seemed impatient, in the presence of Long Tianyu, he had to control himself, as he waited for Princess Yu, whom he regarded as a prisoner.
“But why would I want to steal the case history? You know, if I want to read it, I can read it as long as I am in the Court of Imperial Physicians. But if I stole it, that would mean I am a rebel and have committed a crime? I’m really stupid!”
She lowered her head and murmured, as if she was speaking to herself. The leader thought she was thinking about what she had done, and a cold sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth. But his big hand was pointing at Baisu and Fanglan.
“I know you don’t need the case history of His Majesty. But you know that since His Majesty fell ill, lots of rebels and traitors are trying very hard to get news about His Majesty, for their wild ambitions of course.”
The leader slowly turned to look at Long Tianyu, while saying that.
But Long Tianyu gave a cold, deadly look back. He did not do it again.
“That’s weird. The Lin family is the loyal general’s family in Dajin. My husband is the prince. Both privately and publicly, it’s unreasonable for me to have that idea, right?”
Long Tianyu suddenly realized what her plan was.
But the guard only thought she was struggling needlessly.
He seemed to know what she would say and replied immediately.
“Of course you won’t betray His Majesty, Your Highness. But your people may let you down. You may not know this, I think, that one of your maids comes from the most mysterious organization in the Lieyun Empire, Hunting Hall of Knowledgeable Tavern. The other one is the daughter of a concubine from the Murong family. It could be possible that they might be the thief.”
Lin Mengya was surprised. She knew a little about Baisu’s identify.
But didn’t Fanglan tell her that she grew up in the Palace? How did she become the daughter of a concubine from the Murong family in such a short time?
Lin Mengya cleverly hid her confusion, and her smile became even more gentle. She looked calm, as if those things did not matter at all.
“It seems that I’m really ignorant. But guard, you may be looking for the wrong people. They are just from a common family. Besides, they had a tough life and left their homes to work at the palace, when they were still very young. You can’t accuse innocent people for no reason.”
Lin Mengya was lying with a straight face, but internally she knew clearly that the guard might be right.
Her brain was racing. Xiaoyu had asked Baisu be her maid, so it was reasonable for her to come from the Hunting Hall.
But why was it be so coincidental that these two foreigners were serving her at the same time?
Probably the trap had been set from the very beginning.
The one who was behind all this had really made a great effort, and was now getting his rewards.
The leader had expected Lin Mengya to deny it. A brutal smile flashed across his face suddenly. Then, he took out a drawing from his chest, in which the likeness of Baisu and Fanglan had been drawn on it.
But their hairstyles were different. Baisu had a simple yet different hairstyle, while Fanglan had a slightly complicated hairstyle, much like a noble lady.
Lin Mengya confirmed that it was really the two of them.
The guard became even more cocky after he took out the drawing. “Princess Yu is eloquent but she can’t escape this time!”
“What’s this?”
Lin Mengya questioned him, even though she knew the answer. The guard was extremely cooperative.
“Our spy took great pains to get the drawing. In the beginning, I thought that I had the wrong people. But unexpectedly, we saw Your Highness with a maid, when you got into the palace. Then, we realized that they had been trained to be spies in Dajin. Their purpose may be to kill His Majesty. I believe, you must be innocent, Your Highness. But it’s not a trivial matter. You’d better come with us, Your Highness.”
He gave himself away. Lin Mengya sneered silently and the kindness on her face disappeared.
“I’m the noble Princess Yu. How dare you take me away as you wish. Listen, my maids are from common families. No matter who gave you the order to frame me, what I know only is that I did not steal the case history. My maids are innocent as well. No one can take the three of us away today.”
Lin Mengya changed from a gentle lady into an aggressive woman in a twinkling of an eye!
The guards were very shocked. They stood numbly and their faces sank. It seemed that she was starting to confront them.
“Hum, I originally thought that Princess Yu was a reasonable lady. To my surprise, you’re really unreasonable—”
Before he finished his sentence, he was already thrown aside.
He spat out blood, and internally, he felt confused.
He struggled to stand up and looked at Long Tianyu, who was on his guard. “How fast he is!” The guard believed that there must more than a level between him and Prince Yu, in their fighting skills.
But to his surprise, he could not retaliate.
Looking at Long Tianyu’s brutal eyes, the leader believed firmly that Prince Yu would kill him if he spoke rudely again.
“Guard, I’m advising you to think again. No matter what evidence you have, you can’t declare that I am guilty at all. Besides, the book in your hands is just an ordinary medical book. The only special thing about it is that there are many cases of patients with incurable diseases written in it, and attached with prescriptions that the doctors who healed them had made. It’s okay to say it is a case record book. But it’s not His Majesty’s case history book.”
In fact, Lin Mengya originally planned to force them to give her the identity of the mastermind.
But she realized from Long Tianyu’s attack that he already knew who had set the trap.
What Consort Xian hid was not just a case record.
Lin Mengya glanced at Baisu unintentionally, only to see a little anxiety in her eyes.
She felt a little bitter. Lin Mengya did not expect that she had almost been ruined by the one closest to her.
But it was still not time to go after the one behind all this, publicly. She had to give up for Long Tianyu’s sake.
Looking at Lin Mengya saying this with certainty, the leader started to feel quietly confused.
It was not as he knew. According to their plan, even though they might fail to do something to Lin Mengya, they would still slander her and then cause the Lin family and Long Tianyu to feel ashamed.
Then, Lin Mengya would be like an abandoned chess piece. The Lin family or Long Tianyu would certainly not protect her.
The guards received an order to retain Lin Mengya in the palace.
The leader, who was desperate to claim the credit, did try to retain Lin Mengya, in order to gain honors.
“Show me!”
The leader had a cold expression on his face, and grabbed the case record from the other guards. He stood still when he saw the first page.
“It..is not His Majesty’s case record at all!”
The furious leader threw the false case record onto the ground at once.
“You must have misunderstood. It’s not the real case record. So can I go now?”
