The guards stationed in the rear swiftly stepped forward upon seeing the situation.
She barked sharply, then released her tightly clenched hands and steadied herself against the wall.
Next, she withdrew her gaze, lowered her head to look at the item in her hand, and as if it suddenly scorched her, she shoved it all back into the drawer! She then frantically locked all the cabinets!
"No one is allowed to speak of anything tonight! You must not utter a single word to anyone!"
She eyed the guards before her, every word forced through her teeth, making them sound incredibly sinister and fierce.
The guards, all martial arts experts, involuntarily stepped back two paces in response to her words.
But just as she reached the threshold, a dark figure blocked her path from the side.
"Where are you going?"
Princess Rong was so terrified that her courage dissipated, and she recoiled her foot, almost falling to the ground!
The Luminous Pearl slipped from her hand, rolling forward to the threshold, and the newcomer bent over to pick it up, the pearl light illuminating his face.
"What are you doing here?"
Princess Rong hissed sharply, "Who allowed you in?!"
"Isn’t that a redundant question?" Xu Yin entered the room holding the Luminous Pearl, "The Princess and I have long reached a consensus; we have vowed to advance and retreat together in the Prince Rong’s Mansion. Wherever you can go, naturally I can go as well."
"You are insolent!" Princess Rong’s eyes blazed with fierce fire, "You despicable creature, your belly full of schemes and plots, I was just about to settle accounts with you, yet you still feign ignorance in front of me?"
Xu Yin stopped and looked at her with a smile: "I don’t understand what you’re saying. I have always been considerate towards my mother-in-law. How could it be interpreted as a belly full of schemes? If it weren’t for me, the good son-in-law, supporting you, my mother-in-law would have been all alone in this Prince Manor."
Princess Rong growled softly.
The two guards who were initially hesitant to intervene immediately stepped forward to stand in front of Princess Rong: "Didn’t you hear what the Princess said? Leave immediately!"
But before their voices died down, several guards from the Xu Mansion also rushed in from outside, just in time to confront them!
Princess Rong was taken aback, glaring at Xu Yin: "You came prepared?!"
Xu Yin motioned with his hand, and the Xu family’s guards addressed the Prince Mansion Guards: "My master has some matters to discuss with the Princess. It would be best if you and I step aside."
The Prince Mansion Guards immediately drew their swords, and the four guards of the Xu family quickly surrounded them.
Princess Rong’s face immediately turned dark: "Xu Yin! This is the Prince Manor! How dare you act recklessly in front of the ancestors of Prince Rong’s family! Where are my people outside?!"
Xu Yin said, "I know this is the Prince Manor, and I also know I shouldn’t be here, but Princess, can you afford to let others know you are here?"
Princess Rong gritted her teeth.
Xu Yin smirked, adding, "You know why I am here, and I know why you are here. It’s not good for too many people to know about this matter."
At the end of his sentence, Princess Rong glared at him venomously. Taking a deep breath, she turned to the guards: "You two go out first."
The two guards, who were close attendants of Princess Rong, hesitated for a moment but had to comply when they saw Princess Rong frown at them.
The Xu family’s guards also withdrew.
Outside the threshold, it became unusually quiet.
Princess Rong could no longer control her emotions. Clenching her molars, she walked up to Xu Yin, raised her hand, and slapped him across the face!
The slap was unexpected; Xu Yin didn’t defend himself, and by the time his face turned, the slap had already landed.
"I thought you were looking for some fan? It turns out you want to harm our Prince Manor! You want to bring doom upon everyone in our Prince Manor! You vicious beast, you even want to use me to achieve your sinister goals!"
With that slap, Princess Rong’s emotions spiraled out of control, and she immediately swung a second slap! Follow current novels on novęlfire.net
But this time, Xu Yin caught her wrist the moment she raised her arm!
"It seems you already know the causes and consequences."
Princess Rong shook off his grip and lunged at him to fight.
Xu Yin exerted some force and immediately flung her aside!
He looked down at the ground coldly: "Yongping’s foolishness was indeed inherited from you! Since you know the causes and consequences, you should also know that the one bringing calamity to your Prince Manor, dooming you all, is your husband and son! Not me! They are the ones courting death, and it has nothing to do with me!"