Forcing me to become a concubine? Remarrying the Ninth Prince, she'll be pregnant all over the

boom!

The sound was loud and clear, soaring straight into the sky.

Yong'an was already surprised and wanted to ask Lin Wantang how she knew all this, but before she could speak, she heard another loud noise, and she was so frightened that she cried out and hugged herself even tighter.

"Princess, do not be afraid!"

Lin Wantang disregarded everything else and rushed to Yong'an, hugging her tightly and patting her back reassuringly, "I'm here for you if anything happens, don't be afraid..."

Yong'an had been beaten and verbally abused ever since she was imprisoned. Because she refused to submit even at the cost of her life, she was cut off from water and food. After several days, she had almost no strength left. Now, she was terrified and trembled uncontrollably.

Jia Fengyong'an had too many bad memories in the northern frontier. He had also witnessed the barbarians' conquest and slaughter, killing people like cattle and sheep. Those bloody scenes...

"Ah...no, don't kill...stop, stop..."

Yong'an's intermittent voice had lost its previous arrogance; fear gripped him as he heard the commotion outside, someone shouting, "Kill them! Kill them!"

Yong'an turned deathly pale with fright, desperately shrinking into Lin Wantang's arms and clutching her sleeve tightly: "No...no...don't kill me..."

Lin Wantang didn't know what Yong'an had gone through, nor did she know how to comfort him. She simply hugged Yong'an tightly and listened to the chaos outside, the sounds of swords clashing. After a long while, the door was kicked open angrily!

The moment the torchlight shone in, several Imperial Guards rushed in first. One of them, seeing Lin Wantang, hurriedly asked, "Are you Young Master Lin?"

Lin Wantang was still dressed as a man, and she was terrified, but at least she saw the Imperial Guards and knew that reinforcements had arrived, so she breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Yes, it's me."

She didn't dare reveal Yong'an's identity. Lin Wantang was worried that the Embroidered Uniform Guards would recognize Yong'an, so she held Yong'an in her arms and covered his face.

Fortunately, the Imperial Guards realized that Yong'an was a woman, so they didn't approach her. The leader simply threw an outer robe at her: "Young master, all the villains have been subdued and captured. It's safe outside now. Please bring this young lady with you."

Lin Wantang finally breathed a sigh of relief. She responded, took the outer robe and wrapped it around Yong'an, then comforted and coaxed him to stand up. The two of them took a few steps before leaving the room.

The courtyard outside was spacious, and dozens of Imperial Guards held torches high like fire dragons, illuminating the surroundings as bright as day.

Many people died, but they were all servants of the brothel. Some of the Imperial Guards were collecting the bodies, while Wang Hu and his steward, who had escaped, were captured and were now kneeling in the courtyard, bound hand and foot.

Wei Wujiu didn't change his official clothes; he casually wore the same dark robe he had worn before and led Zhang Qian and Li Jinzhi leisurely through the corridor to the courtyard.

Wang Hu was furious and wanted to curse loudly. When he looked up at the three men who were walking towards him, they were no longer the same as when they had been drinking and calling each other brothers. Moreover, after drinking so much wine, the three men's faces were no longer showing any signs of drunkenness.

It was like a play, deliberately delaying the arrival of the Imperial Guards, and also to prevent Wang Hu from hearing the news and escaping.

Wang Hu finally realized he'd been deceived and had finally met his match. Enraged, he shouted, "I refuse to accept this! I am His Highness the Crown Prince's man! This is also His Highness's residence, what right do you have...?"

One of the Imperial Guards guarding him suddenly punched Wang Hu, causing him to vomit blood, and shouted, "Insolence!"

"This is Lord Wei, the Director of the Eastern Depot! How dare you, you audacious commoner!"

Blood streamed from Wang Hu's mouth. Shocked, he sneered, "Who do we have here? It's just a eunuch! No wonder he's so handsome, he's a woman..."

Before the insults could continue, the Imperial Guard grabbed Wang Hu by the collar, about to strike again, but Wei Wujiu stopped him with a wave of his hand.

"You're a boorish man, and I don't want to bother with you. Just explain yourself clearly, and you'll suffer less." Wei Wujiu lowered his gaze, looking down at Wang Hu, his unhurried voice icy: "Where are those girls being held?"

Wang Hu looked up at Wei Wujiu's incredibly handsome yet coldly ruthless eyes, burst into wild laughter, and at the end, spat out a mouthful of blood, but still uttered four words fiercely: "I don't know!"

"What are you doing?"

Zhang Qian's patience had run out. He kicked Wang Hu to the ground. As the head of the Eastern Depot's torture division, what kind of prisoners hadn't he seen? No one had ever been able to withstand his tortures. He sneered and bowed to Wei Wujiu again: "Sir, you might as well hand this audacious madman over to me. I have plenty of ways to pry open his mouth."

Wei Wuji gave a faint "hmm," glanced at Lin Wantang who was walking out of a room, and added to Zhang Qian, "But saving lives is the priority, you go first."

Zhang Qian responded, and Li Jinzhi then instructed all the Imperial Guards to hold their breath and try not to make a sound, allowing Zhang Qian to slowly pace in the spacious backyard, listening attentively...

Knowing that Zhang Qian had amazing hearing, Lin Wantang quickly stopped in her tracks.

In no time, Zhang Qian discerned the location and glanced at a group of Imperial Guards, ordering, "The entrance to the tunnel is in that room. Take men in and search!"

"yes!"

Just then, a woman's startled cry rang out: "No!"

The woman's legs were broken, rendering her unable to walk. She crawled out of the storeroom, struggling and shouting, "There's gunpowder at the tunnel entrance! We need to use the jade pendant Wang Hu is wearing to open the door! Otherwise, the gunpowder will explode!"

"My name is Liu Yuniang, and I am..." Liu Yuniang struggled to crawl, her breath unsteady, unable to contain the hatred in her heart: "I am Wang Hu's wife, but he is greedy and heartless, worse than a beast or a dog! He used my child's life as leverage to force me to deceive girls for him. I pretended to comply for the sake of my child, but he ignored my child's high fever and watched helplessly as my child's illness worsened beyond cure!"

Thinking of her tragically deceased child, Liu Yuniang was so enraged that she wanted nothing more than to rush over and die together with Wang Hu.

"My legs were broken by him, just because I wanted to avenge my child..."

Everyone was shocked. Wang Hu tried to argue, but was brutally beaten by the Imperial Guards, his screams echoing throughout the room.

Lin Wantang quickly helped Yong'an towards Wei Wujiu, handed Yong'an over to him first, and then hurried to Liu Yuniang, helping her up. Without even checking her broken legs, she simply comforted Liu Yuniang, who was crying her eyes out.

Upon receiving information about Liu Yuniang, Zhang Qian ordered someone to remove the jade pendant worn by Wang Hu. They quickly opened the tunnel door and led a group of Imperial Guards down to rescue her.

Li Jinzhi also ordered that the half-dead Wang Hu, along with his steward and other attendants, be escorted away.

When Wei Wujiu saw Yong'an, whom Lin Wantang had given him, he did not linger in the courtyard. He took Yong'an to the front yard first. Only when Lin Wantang helped Liu Yuniang to the side room to treat her leg did he finally have time to look at Yong'an coldly.

But before he could speak, Yong'an, who had regained his senses, stepped forward and hugged him tightly.

"Brother Wujiu..."