"I get it, Sister Xue. I will go and find it now!" Xi’er replied before she hung up the connection.
Tang Li Xue put her communication talisman back into her space pouch while sighing in relief.
Her escape plan needed to be adjusted because of this substitution problem, but it really could not be helped since Xi’er could not find any fox’s dead body.
Anyway, she could just make the replacent corpse hard for anyone to recognize later.
To be honest, Tang Li Xue felt quite sorry for Xi’er since Xi’er’s task might be heavier than hers.
Xi’er not only has to find a beast corpse as Tang Li Xue’s substitute but she also has to observe the patrol guards’ schedules and routes, prepare so ergency hideouts for them outside, contact so rchant’s caravan so they could travel out of the Imperial City safely, and so on.
Unfortunately, Tang Li Xue herself could not move around freely, and her every movent was under the surveillance of so many people, so she could not do much in her current situation.
Tang Li Xue shook her head to push away all distractions as she focused on what she could do right now.
When Tang Li Xue focused on marking the maps and her escape routes according to the information from the books she read, Little Loki suddenly teleported to Tang Li Xue’s shoulder.
"Yo, Little Loki, so you have already co back~! How about it? Did you hear any interesting information outside?" Tang Li Xue asked with a gentle smile on her stunningly beautiful face while she patted Little Loki’s head.
Enjoy new adventures from .Côm
"eooow~!"
However, Tang Li Xue’s expression imdiately turned solemn after she heard the news brought by Little Loki.
It was not strange that the people outside such as guards, maids, or servants were talking about their exploded carriage last night since it was really hot news.
But who knew that many people actually speculate that it was her who did it to assassinate the Third Prince instead?!
The rumor outside got worse and worse when so people added the oil to the fire by saying sothing like Tang Li Xue was a wild girl without a clear background that the Third Prince picked from outside, so it was not strange if she was actually a spy sent by the other dynasty to assassinate the Great Wei Dynasty’s royal family.
Tang Li Xue frowned deeply as she had a really bad feeling about this.
It felt as if a pair of invisible hands were slowly pushing her to the cliff.
"Sigh, I really hate this helpless feeling. Soone dares to sche so blatantly to harm , but I cannot do anything to that person. It feels very horrible." Tang Li Xue expressed her dissatisfaction as she put his slender hand below her chin while her other fair hand was tapping the table rhythmically.
In fact, she really wanted to beat up all the people who sched against her so badly, but her current strength was clearly not strong enough to do that.
Not to ntion doing it with her current crippled body, even if her strength was fully restored, she probably still could not do it since there should be several masters at the level above Nascent Soul Stage that secretly guarding this Imperial Palace.
If an outsider like Tang Li Xue dared to do sothing unscrupulous in the Imperial Palace, she definitely would not be spared.
Of course, if the ones who did it were from the Imperial Family, no one would probably say anything to them.
In this Imperial Palace, Tang Li Xue’s status was no different than a prisoner.
She could be punished or even executed if she accidentally made a mistake.
To make it worse, soone actually wanted to slander her by using a rumor now, even though she had not made any mistake yet!
"This is the worst... In modern terms, if soone stained the pants I wear with yellow paint, even if it was not a sh*t, everyone would think that it was a sh*t. This sche is really nasty." Tang Li Xue did not even bother to talk politely anymore.
Unfortunately, there was nothing she could do to stop it...
Tang Li Xue rubbed her forehead in frustration while thinking about what she had to do next.
She still needed more ti to complete the preparations for her escape plan, but at this rate, she would surely get arrested and imprisoned sooner or later because of that rumor.
If that really happened, and she was thrown into jail to be interrogated, it would be much harder for her to escape from there!
Tang Li Xue gnashed her pearl-white teeth in rage as she muttered coldly: "Damn it~! Do you really think that only you can use rumors to push others to the corner?! Then let’s see who will win in the end!"
Then Tang Li Xue took out her communication talisman from her space pouch and contacted Xi’er.
Counter rumor with rumor!
This was the best solution that Tang Li Xue could think of.
Anyway, she did not really care about her reputation.
What she wanted to do was only to stall for more ti until her preparations to escape were completed.
.....
In only a few more hours, the rumor about Tang Li Xue being a spy sent by another dynasty was actually replaced by the rumor even more explosive than that.
"Have you heard it? It is said that the girl brought back by the Third Prince was actually a fox."
"A fox girl? Woah, really?! I heard all fox girls are extrely beautiful and charming. No wonder she always covers herself with a cloak and veil. Aiss, I really want to see her looks..."
"I knew secret news about that fox girl and the Third Prince from an Imperial Palace’s maid, but you must swear to never tell anyone about this. How about it?"
"Oh? Okay, I swear I will never tell anyone about it. Quickly tell !"
"When the Third Prince was little, he saved a fox from being caught by bad people. So, after the Third Prince grew up and almost got killed by assassins in the forest, the fox girl suddenly appeared to return the favor and saved the Third Prince from the assassins."
"Wow, how romantic~!"
"Right? Now, the Third Prince brought that fox girl back to the Imperial Palace to marry her, but unfortunately, the Empress and the Third Prince’s brother, the First Prince, disapproved of their marriage."
"Holy sh*t~! Such a thing really happened?! This is just like the love story in the novel! Then what happens next?"
"Then the Empress and the Prince’s brother deliberately spread the news about the fox girl being the spy from another dynasty to kick her out of the Imperial Palace."
"What the heck?! So, that is the reason why we heard earlier news about the girl being a spy from another dynasty! This... How could the Empress and the First Prince do this?! Do they never think that what they had done will ruin the Third Prince’s happiness?!"
"Who knows what those people above thinking? Oh, by the way, doesn’t the Third Prince already have a beautiful fiancée from the aristocratic family?"
"That is right! No wonder, the Empress and the First Prince disapproved of their marriage. They have already set a political marriage for the Third Prince in order to win another aristocratic family’s support."
The ’secret news’ about the romantic love story between the Third Prince and the fox girl spread to the entire Imperial City like wildfire burning the forest under Xi’er’s instigation.
Rather than a boring story about a spy girl infiltrating the Imperial Palace with the Third Prince’s help, this romantic love story made by Tang Li Xue was clearly much more interesting.
Almost all people began to support the love between the Third Prince and the fox girl while secretly cursing the Empress and the First Prince behind their backs for being scheming and willing to justify any ans to get more support to win the throne.
In fact, Tang Li Xue did not know yet that the one who spread the bad rumor about her was actually the Empress and the First Prince, but since she did not have any other choice, she could only use them as her shield.
.....
PRAAANG~!
The Empress was very angry when she got the news about this rumor that she threw down several porcelains in rage.
"Who dare to slander and my son with that rumor?! Find them and execute them on the spot now!" The Empress yelled impatiently.
"No, royal mother! You must not do anything rash yet. You will only make the rumor look seem more true by doing that." The First Prince hastily quickly advised the Empress to calm down.
The Empress quickly cald down and sat on her chair again, then asked the First Prince: "Then what should we do now?!"
The First Prince shook his head and replied: "We can only let Yunfei say sothing nice to clear our na."
"Good idea~!" The Empress imdiately brightened after she heard the First Prince’s suggestion.
But the First Prince did not feel very optimistic about it because no matter what the Third Prince said to others, the story in the rumor was actually 70% true which perfectly mixed truth and lies.
Even the smart First Prince had to admit that the person who made up this love story to counter their made-up rumor was really clever.
Because neither the Empress nor the First Prince could think of any good solution, they could only ask the Third Prince for help.
It was a critical ti now, so they should not give any chance for their enemies to use this rumor to bring them down.
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