nycdaug Chapter 260 Qinghe is captured
Chapter 260 Qinghe is captured
Qin Wanying's eyes lit up after hearing this.
She hadn't noticed anything about any action tonight from Qinghe.
Fortunately, I sent Mu Yan to check it out.
Mu Yan sat down and lowered his voice to tell Qin Wanying and the other person what he had just seen and heard.
Mu Yan found Qing He's room and saw that the lights were off, so he assumed no one was inside and wanted to go in and check.
Qinghe's room was on the third floor. There were hardly any guests on the third floor, and no one noticed Muyan.
If anyone appears, Mu Yan will slip into the shadows around the corner, fly onto the roof beam, and escape unnoticed.
To everyone's surprise, they heard a faint conversation coming from inside; it was a man's voice.
Mu Yan was surprised. Qinghe was an artist who didn't sell her body, so how could there be a man in the room?
Besides, the lights weren't on, so it must have been Qinghe who secretly hid there.
Mu Yan received professional shadow guard training from a young age, and his hearing was better than others. Normally, people inside a room would not be able to hear what was being said outside, but he could hear it clearly.
It turns out that the people inside were spies from the Northern tribes.
I've come to Kyoto to meet with Qinghe.
After listening for a while longer without hearing any useful information, and with another person arriving, Mu Yan hurriedly left.
After hearing what Mu Yan said, Xiao Jiye thought more highly of Mu Yan.
He had noticed Mu Yan before; he was a shadow guard that Qin Wanying brought from the Marquis of Dingbei's residence. Mu Yan was more outstanding than the other shadow guards, and the tasks assigned to him were generally successful.
Qin Wanying then told Xiao Jiye what she had just seen on Qinghe.
Xiao Jiye immediately decided to send men to capture Qinghe and the spies from the northern border that very day.
However, the operation must be carried out discreetly, using sedatives to drug the person and then taking them away.
He ordered Mu Yan to climb from outside the building to Qing He's room and secretly slip the sleeping potion inside.
The incense Qin Yunzhu concocted was quite potent; it was colorless and odorless, yet it could knock a person unconscious in the shortest possible time.
Hearing the sound of someone falling to the ground inside, the shadow guards outside rushed in and found Qinghe and two spies from the Northern Border lying on the ground. They tied them up, carried them out through the window, put them in a carriage, and took them to the Crown Prince's residence.
Then they locked the door from the inside.
A maid came in to call for someone, but seeing that the door was locked from the inside and the lights were off, she assumed that Qinghe was already asleep and did not disturb her.
There is an interrogation room in the basement of the Crown Prince's residence.
Qin Wanying was startled. She had been married into the family for so long and only now did she realize that there was such a place underground.
But that's not surprising, the Marquis of Dingbei's residence also has one.
However, the way she looked at Xiao Jiye was different now.
He's usually a gentle and mild-mannered person, but he does these things with ease.
Considering that he was, after all, the crown prince, grew up in the palace, and learned about court etiquette from a young age, it wasn't surprising.
"Your Highness..." A shadow guard from the Crown Prince's residence walked over, somewhat hesitant to speak.
"What is it? Speak quickly," Xiao Jiye said.
"Two spies from the North committed suicide by biting off their tongues..."
Qin Wanying's eyes widened.
This person committed suicide before even being interrogated?
Unfortunately, Qin Wanying didn't get any useful information from the two of them, and now she couldn't get them to talk.
Qin Wanying's gaze fell on Qinghe, who was tied to the rack.
The beauty was still unconscious. In her unconscious state, Qinghe lost her usual allure, and with her disheveled hair, she had a kind of broken beauty.
Qin Wanying felt a little reluctant to interrogate the beauty like this, after all, she was not very old.
But there was nothing they could do; they weren't on the same side.
Qin Wanying wasn't worried about Qinghe dying. After all, she was someone who valued her life, and she had people she couldn't let go of, so she wouldn't be willing to die.
The shadow guard splashed water on Qinghe's face, and Qinghe woke up.
Qinghe felt a splitting headache, as the effects of the drug were still lingering.
Finding myself completely bound, as if in an interrogation room, I immediately snapped back to reality and felt extremely nervous.
She had expected to experience something like this, but she didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
She remembered talking to two envoys from the Northern Border at Yinxiao Pavilion, but then she remembered nothing. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself here.
I wonder what happened to those two Northern envoys. Were they arrested as well?
Who exactly arrested them?
Qinghe's gaze fell on the man and woman in front of her.
My heart sank.
The man is the current Crown Prince Xiao Jiye, and the woman is the Crown Princess Qin Wanying.
As an intelligence agent, she recognized this important figure.
She feigned great fear, tears welling in her eyes: "Qinghe doesn't know how she offended you two, please spare Qinghe's life..."
Xiao Jiye remained silent, standing with his hands behind his back, his expression unchanged.
Qin Wanying said, "Qinghe, we already know your identity."
"Now I'm giving you two choices. One is to join the Crown Prince, and we will rescue your lover Shen Feng so you can go far away together."
"Secondly, even if you die, the War King may not release Shen Feng."
Qinghe stared wide-eyed at Qin Wanying, a glint of light flashing in her eyes.
Over the years, she worked for the War King because he had her lover firmly in his grasp.
She didn't actually want to be the top courtesan in the brothel. Although she was supposed to sell her art but not her body, she still had to endure the harassment from the customers.
She was willing to be a virtuous woman, devoted to her husband and children.
But one day, the War King saw her and thought it would be a waste not to use her beauty to gather intelligence for him.
Knowing that she loved Shen Feng to the bone, they made her the top courtesan at Yinxiao Pavilion.
The war king promised to let her go after she had worked for a year, and said that she would only sell her art and not her body, so she agreed.
Who knew that after one year, and another year to go, this is now the third year...
She didn't know when her days would end.
When she wanted to give up, the War King would send someone to subtly mention how Shen Feng had been doing lately, making her afraid to have any other thoughts.
The War King wields immense power; even if she and Shen Feng manage to escape, where can they go?
She will inevitably be caught and taken back, and then an even more tragic end awaits her.
However, Qin Wanying said she could rescue Shen Feng...
Is what she said true?
Qin Wanying looked at her and said, "Shen Feng has been imprisoned in Yunming Prefecture by the War King. I have already sent people to rescue him."
"After we rescue you, we'll send you far away and protect your safety," Qin Wanying continued.
During her years at Yinxiao Pavilion, she suffered greatly and wanted to escape more than once.
She felt so tired and wanted to escape from all of this.
Now, Qin Wanying's appearance seems to be the last straw that broke the camel's back.
She had long since given up on working for the War King.
She didn't know if the Crown Prince was more trustworthy than the War King, but she wanted to take a gamble.
If they win the bet, she and Shen Feng will gain their freedom.
"What do you need me to do?" Qinghe's distinctive voice rang out once again.