Rebirth of the High Family's Beloved

"I have something important to do, so I will take my leave now."

Zhou Chu hurried out of Chonghua Palace and headed straight for the imperial prison, fearing that he would miss something if he was a step slower.

But when he returned to the imperial prison, it was too late.

I saw the layers of imperial guards at the gate of the imperial prison retreating continuously, while on the opposite side, "Yuxiu" was walking out step by step holding Yan Ci.

"Yuxiu" was no longer silent and calm as she was when she entered the imperial prison. She held Yan Ci hostage and asked him to stand in front of her, with a determination to die in her eyes.

She held the weapon she had snatched from the soldier across Yan Ci's neck. As she moved slowly, the blade pressed against Yan Ci's neck, leaving a thin bloody mark.

Yan Ci was really afraid that "Yuxiu" would accidentally slip and cut her neck.

She could only cooperate with "Yuxiu"'s actions more obediently, but the pain in her neck made her frown unhappily.

If there weren't so many people watching outside, she really wanted to say, the hostages are so cooperative, could you please move the knife away a little.

This was the first time she had taken the initiative to put her life in the hands of someone else, but she had a vague feeling that she was shooting herself in the foot.

In fact, this method of escaping from the imperial prison was thought of by Yan Ci for "Yuxiu". His real purpose was to spread the news that "Yuxiu" was imprisoned in the imperial prison, so as to lure out the person behind "Yuxiu".

Yan Ci wanted to make a big fuss here while Zhou Chu was away and the imperial guards were leaderless and dared not kill them.

She didn't care whether she could really escape.

She had no intention of helping Yuxiu escape. Escaping from prison is not like visiting a friend. You can leave if you want to and stay if you want to.

This is the imperial palace. Not to mention the two weak women, even people with great martial arts skills have to stand when entering and lie down when leaving.

Yuxiu had been an abandoned child since she was arrested and thrown into the imperial prison. She was going to die sooner or later anyway. Rather than dying in obscurity, it would be better to help her so that her death would have some value.

But things had just started, and before any waves were raised, Zhou Chu had already pushed through the crowd of soldiers and stood in the front.

Yan Ci sighed regretfully. Zhou Chu's reaction was really quick. He must have run the whole trip back and forth.

Zhou Chu looked sternly at the two people opposite him with different expressions. He already knew that Yuxiu was a fake, so he killed her, but the identity of Yuyan who was held hostage had not been found out yet.

If she died, it would be hard to find out.

The Emperor has always had a fondness for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. If the suspect were to die before he could find out the truth about the Crown Prince's assassination, then his position as the commander of the Imperial Guards would probably be over.

Yuxiu was obviously panicked when she saw Zhou Chu, and the knife she was holding against Yan Ci's neck shook.

She was also a maid in the inner palace, so she naturally knew Zhou Chu's methods. With him around, her chance of escaping successfully was zero.

But after finally walking here from the imperial prison, she was unwilling to give up.

"Everyone stand back and let me go, or I will kill her!"

Hearing Yuxiu's call, Yan Ci almost laughed out loud.

Yuxiu must be crazy to take her, who is also a prisoner, as a hostage in exchange for her own life.

As expected, after hearing Yuxiu's words, Zhou Chu did not retreat, but raised his hand to the soldiers behind him.

Then he was heard saying: "Let her go and I'll leave you with a whole body. Otherwise, you two will die together in the underworld."

Yuxiu was stunned. This was not what Yan Ci had told her just now in the prison.

She subconsciously looked at Yan Ci.

Yan Ci shrank her head, fearing that Yuxiu would ask her what to do on the spot.

"Sir, save me, I am innocent!"

Yan Ci acted pitiful. She was not really begging Zhou Chu for mercy, but was telling Yuxiu that she had no other choice now and could only ask Zhou Chu to show leniency.

When Yuxiu heard Yan Ci's words, she immediately followed up, "Zhou Chu, did you hear that? Are you going to watch an innocent person die?"

As he said this, he slashed Yan Ci's neck with the knife in his hand. Yan Ci immediately felt a pain in his neck, and it seemed that blood was flowing out faster.

Yan Ci's heart skipped a beat. Was she really going to die here today? Then her death would be in vain.

He failed to lead out the person behind Yuxiu, and instead gave himself away. This was truly a case of losing more than he gained.

Zhou Chu looked at Yan Ci, whose neck was covered in blood. Although he wanted to save Yan Ci's life at the beginning, he had lost his patience after being threatened by Yu Xiu twice.

He raised his hand and gave the order to "kill" to the soldiers behind him, ordering Yan Ci Yuxiu to be killed on the spot.

Even if the emperor wanted to hold him accountable afterwards, it would only be the charge of guarding a prisoner at a disadvantageous position. As for the case of the prince's assassination, there was no need to investigate as there was no suspect.

But before the word "kill" was uttered, a voice of "Stop" was heard from the end of the crowd.

Zhou Chu turned his head to look at the person who spoke.

The Third Prince and Xie Chengyin hurried over, and the soldiers consciously made way for them.

Shen Zhaoyi turned to Zhou Chu and said, "Commander Zhou, have your people withdraw. I will take care of things here."

Zhou Chu hesitated a little, but finally obeyed the order and asked the soldiers to withdraw. Only Yuxiu, Yan Ci, Shen Zhaoyi, Xie Chengyin and Zhou Chu were left at the gate of the imperial prison.

Xie Chengyin walked over and couldn't take his eyes off Yan Ci's bloody neck. He tried hard to suppress his heaving chest, and his clenched fists showed that he was very angry.

It had only been a short time, but Yan Ci had gotten himself into this miserable state. If he had come a little later, he might have seen her corpse.

Thinking of the word "corpse", Xie Chengyin's breathing suddenly stagnated, and a fear even more intense than seeing Yan Ci being held hostage instantly spread throughout his body.

The look he gave Yuxiu was filled with endless coldness. "Let her go!"

If he had known this, he should have killed her directly outside Chonghua Palace.

Yuxiu was frightened by the fierce voice. She was skilled in martial arts, and there were only five of them around, which would be easier for her to escape. However, she felt even more dangerous than before.

Especially when seeing the young Marquis Xie who usually looks nonchalant.

But she couldn't care less at this moment, she just wanted to survive, "You guys step back and let me leave the prison, and I'll let her go."

Xie Chengyin decisively took two steps back to leave enough space for Yuxiu.

Zhou Chu was a little surprised, but seeing that the Third Prince followed suit, he could only step back two steps and stand aside.

They watched as Yuxiu, holding Yan Ci hostage, was about to pass by them safely.

With a "whoosh", a sharp arrow came suddenly. Yan Ci keenly sensed the danger, endured the pain of having his neck cut, and turned sideways.

Then, he heard a muffled groan from behind him. Yuxiu was pierced through the throat by the sharp arrow.