"Your mother was called away by the people brought by the Pang Family." Yan Shu was also a bit worried, "They said it’s because your Zhu Family’s main wife was lonely and wanted soone to keep her company.
I don’t believe this nonsense at all, but I couldn’t protect her by myself, so I could only watch as she was taken away."
This event was not outside of Zhu Yu’s expectations. Since Miao Family was taken to Pang Yuzhen, she would probably suffer so hardships, like being ridiculed by Pang Yuzhen.
However, no matter what, Pang Yuzhen would still have so concerns about Lu Qing and Zhu Yu, and might not really dare to do much to Miao Family.
Let alone Yan Shu being unable to stop others from taking Miao Family, even if Zhu Yu and others were present, it wouldn’t be easy.
In other words, if Zhu Yu and Fu Lu hadn’t gone to help Lu Qing find the Shadow Guard to send a ssage and just happened not to be in the mansion, their situation might have been even more passive. There would be no chance for a strategic approach, a direct conflict might have occurred, and in the chaos, the powerless Miao Family could have been hurt.
"I wonder if the people from Pang Family are still here..." she murmured.
Yan Shu shook her head: "They are gone, I heard the protectors brought by the Pang Family giving orders outside. It seed that shortly after they arrived, that big man from Pang Family left. As he left, he ordered his n to say that no one was to exit, only enter, and not to act rashly.
I felt sothing was very wrong at that ti. Who would go to soone else’s ho and act so domineeringly, ordering people around like that!
At that ti, I thought as long as you both didn’t show up, I’d pretend to be la to the end, hoping to find a chance to get your mother out. I wouldn’t care about anyone else, as long as she’s safe, we’d escape!"
Zhu Yu looked at Yan Shu with so gratitude, then thought for a while, and turned around to instruct, "Yan Shu, you did very well. From now on, continue to stay put like this.
Fu Lu, you should stay in Li Garden, and don’t let anyone discover you."
"Madam, what about you?" Fu Lu imdiately realized that Zhu Yu had other plans and quickly asked.
"No one in Pang Family knows what I look like with the disguised face, so they won’t recognize ." Zhu Yu had already figured out the next plan, "I have a set of servant’s clothes, and I can sneak out disguised as a servant from the Prince Mansion. At least I need to figure out what the situation outside is, and how many people there are.
Once I’m sure my mother is safe, we can find a secure way to turn the tables!"
"Madam, this won’t work! It’s too risky!" Fu Lu imdiately objected, "Let do it; you and the Commandery Princess stay in Li Garden!
If sothing happens to you, I won’t be able to explain to Master!"
"Don’t be ridiculous. How do you think you could suddenly appear among the Zhu Family servants without drawing attention?" Zhu Yu asked Fu Lu with so resignation.
Fu Lu paused, realizing it was indeed a problem. He was montarily annoyed, wondering why he hadn’t thought of such a scenario before. If he had thought of it earlier, it might have been better for his brother Fuwen to stay, and he could have gone himself!
"Save it, don’t dwell on whether it should’ve been Fuwen staying behind." Zhu Yu, upon seeing his expression, imdiately guessed Fu Lu’s thoughts and consoled, "Fuwen wouldn’t have been able to hide here either; the other side are practitioners as well. You martial artists can’t hide the aura on you.
Rest assured, besides being Prince Shuo’s daughter, am I not also the Princess Xiaoyao of Da Jin, and was married by imperial decree at that?
No matter how ambitious the Pang Family is to usurp my father’s authority, they still need the Holy Emperor’s approval.
Even if the Holy Emperor could overlook him taking the Vassal King title from his brother-in-law, harming Princess Xiaoyao in the process would disgrace the Holy Emperor, wouldn’t it?
Besides, the Prince Mansion isn’t that big. With your good hearing, if anything happens, I can call out loudly, and you’ll definitely hear it."
Fu Lu felt Zhu Yu’s reasoning was sowhat logical. Although he was not at ease, he couldn’t think of any counterargunts, so he reluctantly agreed.
With the plan set, Zhu Yu sneaked back to the bedroom she shared with Lu Qing, found the set of young servant’s clothes she had used before, changed into them, and lay down fully dressed. After resting for half a night, she sneaked out of Li Garden early the next day before dawn.
The implentation of her plan went smoothly. Although there were Pang Family protectors watching everywhere in the Prince Mansion, they didn’t recognize every servant in the mansion. Seeing that Zhu Yu was neither tall nor strong, with an average appearance, acting timidly and sheepishly, they didn’t pay much attention to her, even assigning her so chores with an air of arrogance.
Zhu Yu needed to move around the Prince Mansion to gather intelligence on the situation, so she gladly accepted the chores. Pretending to be obedient, she worked for most of the day and managed to get a general idea of the internal situation of the Prince Mansion.
The Prince Mansion’s steward, along with those old servants loyal to Zhu Cheng, and the maids and old won in the mansion, were all locked up. Outside, only six or seven young servants in their teens were left, all of whom were relatively small and timid. They were responsible for running errands and delivering als.
Miao Family was staying in the main courtyard with Pang Yuzhen, and Zhu Ning was also with them.
At the entrance of the main courtyard, Pang Family’s protectors were guarding it. Even delivering als couldn’t go directly inside; they had to hand it over to the Pang Family’s people to take in.
This made Zhu Yu both unsettled and slightly relieved.
She was unsettled because she couldn’t see with her own eyes that Miao Family was safe, leaving her sowhat uneasy.
The relief ca from Zhu Ning being with Miao Family and Pang Yuzhen, suggesting an extra layer of security for Miao Family – obviously, the Pang Family considered Miao Family, Pang Yuzhen, and Zhu Ning as future bargaining chips for coercion.
Having confird this, Zhu Yu settled herself, resolved to continue posing as a young servant and dutifully doing chores.
The protectors of the Pang Family were extrely cautious. They brought their own cook to prepare als, which their people would then distribute around. It took Zhu Yu two or three days to finally get a chance to help in the kitchen, only to find she had no opportunity to even touch their food.
How many tis had these people used poison against others in the past! Otherwise, how could they be so cautious?
Zhu Yu was sowhat frustrated.
If she couldn’t even touch their bowls and chopsticks, there was no hope for any little maneuvers.
Though Zhu Yu was anxious, she reminded herself to be patient no matter what, not to let spur-of-the-mont irritation ruin her prior preparations.
The Prince Mansion, up and down, had been filled with no fewer than thirty to forty protectors from the Pang Family, each robust and with fierce looks. They were more like thugs than protectors.
She and Fu Lu, even if they added Yan Shu, wouldn’t stand any chance to both protect themselves and keep Miao Family and the others safe.
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