The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1187 - 1187 575 Protecting the Cubs (Third Update)

Chapter 1187: 575 Protecting the Cubs (Third Update) Chapter 1187: 575 Protecting the Cubs (Third Update) After Princess Xinyang left, Gu Jiao asked Xiao Hen, “Do I really not need to go?”

Xiao Hen shook his head, “No, she has Long Yi and four other Dragon Shadow Guards on her side, enough to capture Ning An.”

Princess Xinyang did not release Ning An to find out the whereabouts of Yan Country’s people; Xiaojiu had already tracked them down. Princess Xinyang wanted to know what other cards Ning An still held.

Princess Xinyang dispatched two Dragon Shadow Guards and a secret guard from the Princess Residence to tail Ning An.

Ning An, highly vigilant, circled through the mountains for a day and a night before squeezing into an inconspicuous cave.

Afterward, she arrived at a secret encampment, like a peach orchard beyond the world.

The encampment had a hundred skilled fighters.

This must be the lair that Empress Jing had left for Ning An.

Princess Xinyang led Long Yi, the four Dragon Shadow Guards, and a group of secret guards from the Princess Residence to storm the encampment and captured Ning An.

Besides that, they found a small box in the secret room.

“Open it,” Princess Xinyang said to Ning An.

Ning An sneered, “Open it yourself.”

Princess Xinyang looked at the wooden box on the table, “Do you think I can’t smash it open?”

Ning An provocatively said, “Please do.”

“It seems it can’t be smashed open casually,” Princess Xinyang instructed the secret guard, “Take the box back and open it with the key.”

Princess Ning An’s face changed.

Princess Xinyang laughed softly, “Your key has been remade. Surprised?”

Princess Ning An looked shocked, “You!”

Princess Xinyang said, “Take her back, and don’t bother with house arrest, send her directly to the prison.”

Ning An threatened, “You dare! I am a princess!”

“Coincidentally, so am I,” Princess Xinyang looked down at Ning An who was being forced to kneel on the ground by the Dragon Shadow Guards, “This time, it would be best not to think about escaping, or I will break your legs.”

What Long Yi heard was—blah blah blah, break your legs.

Long Yi rushed over and broke Ning An’s legs!

Ning An: “…!!”

Princess Xinyang: “…”

This time, Princess Xinyang did not take the person back to the Imperial Palace, but instead locked her directly in the Sky Prison of Dali Temple.

Afterward, she took the small box to visit Bishui Alley.

The key Gu Jiao had a model made of had been completed, and indeed it could open this box.

When opened, they discovered that what seemed like a simple wooden box in fact had a highly complex mechanism; if it had been forcefully split open or pried open, the mechanism would have shattered everything inside the box.

“Let’s see what Empress Jing left for Ning An,” Gu Jiao said.

“Okay.” Xiao Hen took out the contents of the box, several account books, which recorded the dealings that Empress Jing had over the years with certain officials in the court, “These officials… all are contacts left for Ning An by Empress Jing.”

Princess Xinyang paused, then said, “These account books are very important. With them, we can blackmail those officials.”

Xiao Hen flipped through further, “There’s also a treasure map.”

Gu Jiao made a sound, “A real treasure map?”

Xiao Hen looked at Gu Jiao with amusement, “Just kidding, it’s banknotes, roughly amounting to hundreds of thousands of taels.”

Gu Jiao’s eyes lit up with greed.

Princess Xinyang caught Gu Jiao’s covetous gaze and pressed the bridge of her nose helplessly, “Minister Xing and the others can be acquitted now.”

Xiao Hen nodded, “Right, we’ve got what we need, no need to hold back any longer.”

Princess Xinyang stood up and said, “Ning An’s crimes should also be declared to the world.”

“Princess!” Yujin came to the doorway, reporting, “His Majesty has awakened!”

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