After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen
Chapter 173 - 172: Dragging Feet Even When Drawing the Curtain! (Second Release, Votes Please)

Chapter 173: Chapter 172: Dragging Feet Even When Drawing the Curtain! (Second Release, Votes Please)

Mrs. Zhang is also a woman from a military family, and at this critical moment, she demonstrated the bravery of a tigress.

Suddenly, there were sounds of someone beginning to push open the door, and torchlight streamed in through the cracks!

Fu Zhen stood still, staring at Xu Yin.

Xu Yin stood for a moment, taking a deep breath: "Fine, you win."

He reached out and pulled down the sheer curtain hanging under the window eaves, barely managing to hide Fu Zhen behind it.

The bottom of the curtain was still swaying when the door was pushed open, and Mrs. Zhang led a group of guards inside. She was startled upon seeing Xu Yin: "Vice Minister Xu?"

Xu Yin clasped his hands behind his back: "Sister-in-law, what brings you here?"

Mrs. Zhang’s eyes swept over the moving curtain behind him and settled on his face: "Why are you here, brother-in-law? Shouldn’t you be with my sister?"

"It seems your information is a bit outdated, sister-in-law. The Commandery Princess went to Consort’s place to ease my mind so that I can focus on official matters."

Mrs. Zhang chuckled slightly: "I see. Usually, you two are inseparable, yet today I was serving father-in-law and mother-in-law and didn’t hear about you parting ways immediately after meeting."

Xu Yin asked, "Are you looking for someone?"

Mrs. Zhang became serious: "Father just encountered an assassination attempt in the garden and was quite frightened, so I’m leading people to search everywhere.

"This place is dangerous, brother-in-law, you’d better go to the main courtyard quickly."

As she finished, she waved her hand: "Search everywhere! Leave no corner unexplored!"

"Hold on!"

As Mrs. Zhang’s voice fell, two voices rang out simultaneously from inside and outside.

Xu Yin, who had just opened his mouth to stop them, heard the voice and looked toward the door, only to see Pei Zhan leading a large group of guards into the room!

"General Pei?!"

Mrs. Zhang’s expression changed several times, and she looked toward Xu Yin.

Xu Yin’s gaze was inscrutable: "Why are you here too, General Pei?"

"Who do we have here? Oh, it’s Vice Minister Xu." Pei Zhan’s face was as indifferent as usual. "The Prince and the Princely Heir encountered assassins, so someone came to fetch me.

"Though I doubted anyone would target the well-reputed Prince, since even the womenfolk of the Prince Manor are mobilized, how could I not take a look?"

Lian Rong, who had come in afterward, quickly approached Xu Yin and whispered a few words to him, causing Xu Yin’s expression to relax: "I see. No wonder you arrived so conveniently, General; it was the Prince who called for you."

Pei Zhan said, "Considering such an event, the womenfolk of the Prince Manor must be quite alarmed; Vice Minister Xu should go and comfort Princess Yongping. Leave this matter to me."

Xu Yin glanced at the lowered curtain but said nothing.

Pei Zhan then turned his gaze to Mrs. Zhang: "What does the princely heir’s consort think?"

General Pingxi is highly influential at the moment, and even someone as noble as Prince Rong must avoid offending him. How could Mrs. Zhang dare to act superior in his presence?

She said, "The General is right. Yongping has been pampered from a young age and has never been this frightened. She must be desperate for brother-in-law to go to her.

"Brother-in-law, hurry up and go there; I’ll accompany General Pei in the search."

Xu Yin smiled slightly: "The princely heir’s consort is just a woman, and if even you are not afraid of the danger, how could I, a man six feet tall, show weakness?

"The Commandery Princess is understanding, and even if she doesn’t see me returning, she will surely be considerate."

For a moment, no one was willing to leave.

Mrs. Zhang giggled: "If that’s the case, then no one needs to leave. With the heroic and unparalleled General Pei here, what does it matter how formidable the assassin is?

"People! Begin the search! Start by lifting that curtain for me!"

Mrs. Zhang enjoyed the show and wasn’t afraid of more chaos!

Clearly, someone was hidden behind Xu Yin.

She certainly didn’t believe it was the assassin; Xu Yin had no reason to hide an assassin who attempted to kill Prince Rong here.

His wings weren’t strong enough yet, and he still needed the Prince Rong’s Mansion. How could he attempt to assassinate Prince Rong?

Even if he had strong enough wings, there was no need to do such a thing!

So who was he hiding?

When she was questioning him outside the door earlier, he didn’t answer. What was he doing?

Besides him, there wasn’t a single servant in the room!

Yet his robes were disheveled, mildly tied together haphazardly.

Everyone in the capital knew Xu Yin was extraordinarily talented, with countless admirers, yet over the years, he was tightly bound by Yongping, not even having a single concubine in his inner quarters.

Now, this behavior of his was clearly questionable, wasn’t it?

Yongping was known to be notoriously jealous!

Earlier in the day, Mrs. Zhang still clearly remembered the words Yongping used to embarrass her. She wanted to see where Yongping’s face would go after this curtain was torn down.

The Mr. Ruyi she painstakingly married beneath her watchful nose, doing such deeds; how could she boast in front of Mrs. Zhang afterwards?

Whether she caught the assassin or not, Mrs. Zhang was no longer concerned. Embarrassing Yongping and trampling her face was her immediate desire!

"This room was temporarily vacated by the Prince for me to handle official business, given to me, Xu Yin, so it’s my space!

"Princely heir’s consort, are you trying to insult me, Xu Yin?"

Watching the guards rush toward the curtain, Xu Yin remained unmoved, yet his sudden change in demeanor brought an invisible pressure to the guards, causing them to halt and look back at Mrs. Zhang.

Xu Yin wasn’t protecting the girl out of affection, but because Mrs. Zhang’s motives were apparent, and how could he let her succeed?

Though he never got involved in the feud between Mrs. Zhang and Princess Yongping, if Mrs. Zhang wanted to implicate him, it was a different matter!

Xu Yin rarely lost his temper and was always amicable in front of the Prince Manor people.

Mrs. Zhang, hearing his response, remembered Zhang Shicheng’s admonishments not to offend this person and fell silent.

"What secret game are you two playing?"

Just then, Pei Zhan spoke, "Is it just a curtain? If we’re here to catch an assassin, we should naturally check it!

"Pull it open for me!"

At Pei Zhan’s command, the guards immediately responded.

Hearing this, Xu Yin’s eyes flashed with a peculiar light.

This time he didn’t prevent it; instead, he crossed his arms and waited as Pei Zhan’s guards grabbed the curtain.

The curtain was swiftly pulled open, revealing the hidden half of the room. Next to the window were only two chairs, one of which had a person lying on it.

"...Brother!"

Mrs. Zhang exclaimed in surprise, rushing forward to support the drunken man, revealing him to be none other than her brother, Zhang Shicheng!

"Why are you here?... How can it be you!"

Mrs. Zhang desperately shook the intoxicated Zhang Shicheng. Clearly, before the assassin appeared, she had sent someone to invite her brother over, and he hadn’t come, leading her to assume he was avoiding suspicion due to some unexpected incident!

But who knew he had fallen drunk in Xu Yin’s room!

Who knew that the person Xu Yin hid wasn’t some woman, but her own brother!

(So tired these days, need some voting to spice things up~)

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