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Chapter 714 Good by Nature

"A straw man?" Cao Tianbao looked at Zhu Yu in confusion. "What are you going to do with that?"

"Put on the princess's clothes and put them in the carriage," Zhu Yu replied directly.

Cao Tianbao suddenly realized, clapping his hands: "That makes sense! Yes! Let's do it this way! You guys hurry up and go, those who want to get clothes, get clothes, those who want to find hay, find hay, don't delay!"

His men immediately got to work.

In no time, Lu Qing, Zhu Yu, and Yan Shu had all changed their clothes. They also found some dry grass and quickly tied it into a straw figure. They then put Yan Shu's gorgeous clothes on top of it and placed it inside the carriage. Through the carriage window, it looked quite convincing.

After changing her clothes, Lu Qing also put on the fake skin again to cover up her true appearance.

That evening, both teams rested quietly in the forest. Yan Shu was overjoyed. Although she had been looking forward to returning to Jie Kingdom and her hometown, she had expected the journey to be very tedious. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yu was not only alive but also able to travel with her. This made her jump for joy again, just like a child who was happy on New Year's Day.

"Don't just focus on being happy. Actually, the journey is still quite dangerous." Although Zhu Yu didn't want to spoil her best friend's good mood, she still held back and couldn't help but remind Yan Shu: "We've only been away from the capital for two or three days, and there are already people lying in ambush. The further we go, the more there will be. The closer we get to the Jie region, the more numerous and frequent the ambushes will become."

Therefore, we must not be careless or take any risks under any circumstances; we must be extremely vigilant!

"Yes, I understand what you're saying. Don't worry, I definitely won't cause trouble for myself." Yan Shu sighed and nodded solemnly to Zhu Yu. "Not to mention that these soldiers who are responsible for escorting me have no grudge against me, I don't want the people of Jin Kingdom to suffer, nor do I want my brothers and sisters in Jie to be dragged into the war."

So I will definitely be very careful and won't give bad people any opportunity.

"The matter of capturing Lu Zhang as a prisoner... was something you and your father agreed upon in your previous letter?" Zhu Yu leaned close to Yan Shu's ear and asked her in a low voice.

Yan Shu immediately shook her head: "No, I didn't say that."

Back then, no one could have imagined he would be sent from the capital to guard the frontier. Even if I had such a thought, it would have been impossible for me to realize it.

Zhu Yu thought about it and realized that it made sense. When they helped Yan Shu deliver the message to the King of Jie, Zhao Bi was still at the height of his power and held great authority. Who would have thought that Lu Zhang would later be dragged down by this once illustrious maternal grandfather?

“I made it very clear to my father in the letter that asking for a divorce was just a pretext. In this chaotic situation, everything should be done for the greater good. I am eating and drinking well in the Prince Yi’s Mansion in the capital, and no one dares to bully me. My father has always kept his word, and he would never go back on his word and do anything outside of our agreement.”

Yan Shu seemed even more confused than Zhu Yu: "Besides, I'm wondering why he was captured by my father!"

As far as I know, the area where he was sent to guard the border seems to be even closer to your father's Shuodi. It's not the place where my father ordered his men to gather. The people on both sides shouldn't even have met, let alone clashed, and he was directly captured and taken prisoner!

This is really quite strange!

Zhu Yu nodded, pondered for a moment, and suddenly a bold idea popped into her head: "Do you think... it's possible that this whole thing was actually Lu Zhang's doing?" "Huh?!" Yan Shu was a straightforward person, quick to avenge wrongs, but when it came to scheming, she wasn't so quick-witted. "Why would he do this?"

"Because he was sent to guard the border, but you are still in the capital," Zhu Yu said. "Just now, I heard General Cao mention that in the months since we left the capital, a lot has happened in the capital, and it's in complete chaos."

At this time, even Prince Lu Zhang was no longer as glorious and noble as before, not to mention that he was not even in the capital.

In the vast Prince Yi's mansion, you are all alone, while the entire capital city, if not fraught with danger and surrounded by wolves and tigers, seems to be quite close.

In this situation, you're like a little rabbit surrounded by wolves—it's extremely dangerous. So, if there were a way to legitimately allow you to leave the capital and return to Jie territory, that would undoubtedly be the safest option.

"Hey, hey, the way you're saying it, you're underestimating me a bit," Yan Shu protested in a low voice. "Have you forgotten how well I use my whip?"

"With those petty scoundrels, it's not even certain who's the wolf and who's the rabbit between us!"

"No matter what, even a strong tiger can't beat a pack of wolves. Even if you're not a little white rabbit, but a big tiger, you might not necessarily come out on top," Zhu Yu reminded her.

Yan Shu nodded, remained silent for a moment, and then sighed: "Speaking of which, if you guessed correctly, then Lu Zhang... is actually a good person at heart."

In fact, after his maternal grandfather's accident, he locked himself in the mansion for many days and did not go out, which frightened all the servants in the mansion.

I felt that for so many years he had been like a puppet, bossed around by his maternal grandfather, and didn't really know much about the bad things the old man had done outside. So when he found out the truth, he was terrified.

“You…” Zhu Yu noticed that Yan Shu’s attitude seemed to have changed when she mentioned Lu Zhang. “It seems that the two of you are not so hostile towards each other anymore.”

“Yes, at first he was swayed by others and treated me so rudely and arrogantly. I was annoyed by him from the bottom of my heart.” Yan Shu sighed. “But after I returned to the capital with him, he didn’t say anything, but he always seemed to be trying to win my forgiveness. He would often intentionally or unintentionally create opportunities for me to go out with him.”

So I realized that he wasn't actually a very complicated person; he was just too trusting of his maternal grandfather. I hated his grandfather the most for his many misdeeds, but... I don't seem to hold a grudge against him as much anymore.

"What about the divorce...?"

"Then I still want a divorce." Yan Shu answered decisively without the slightest hesitation. "At most, I don't hate him that much anymore. I don't hate him, but I don't like him either."

Moreover, the rules of Jin Kingdom are too strict, and women are like birds kept in a cage, which is really uncomfortable.

I still want to go back to Jiedi and live freely!