Chapter 136: Caught Cheating
The Crown Prince had only been married for a few days. The little couple was in their "honey-pot" (honeymoon) phase. According to the dynasty's laws, the Crown Prince was entitled to a seven-day wedding leave, no need to attend court. But, as luck would have it, the moment the Crown Prince got married, there was a flood in the south. The court was in a mess. The court officials all had their own opinions on who to send for disaster relief. The Emperor was at his wit's end and could only urgently summon the Crown Prince to the palace to discuss politics.
The Crown Prince, of course, knew the "little nines-and-nines" (petty schemes) in these officials' hearts. Every one of them wanted to use the opportunity of the treasury allocating funds for flood relief and dam repairs to line their own pockets. As the future ruler of the country, he took the matter onto his own shoulders without hesitation, making those corrupt officials give up hope.
The flood was imminent; there was no time to delay.
The Crown Prince rushed back to the residence, originally intending to pack his luggage and leave immediately, and also to inform Sun Jiaojiao, so she wouldn't worry. He never expected to walk in on Sun Jiaojiao's secret tryst with the guard, Xiao Yi...
He stood furiously in front of the guard's room. Sun Jiaojiao's familiar bed-cries came from the window, while the personal soldiers with him all stood behind him, not daring to breathe, looking at each other.
Everyone was thinking pretty much the same thing—with His Highness the Crown Prince's decisive, fast, accurate, and ruthless personality, he would probably shoot an arrow straight in and kill the pair of "adulterous dog-man and dog-woman" (vile adulterers) together, right?
They guessed correctly.
The Crown Prince indeed commanded, "Bow?"
A personal soldier presented the Crown Prince's bow, which had killed countless enemies on the battlefield. The Crown Prince nocked a sharp arrow, pulled the bowstring taut, and aimed it straight at the guard's room.
Yu'er, seeing this, was so scared she crawled straight to the Crown Prince's feet, hugged his thigh, and cried out "wah wah." Unfortunately, she had cut out her tongue, so no one understood what she was trying to say.
Everyone's heart, following the Crown Prince's motion of releasing the arrow, leaped into their throats.
The Crown Prince wasn't really going to shoot his Crown Princess, whom he'd only been married to for a few days, and her "adulterer" (lover) dead, was he?
Following a "swoosh," the sharp arrow pierced the window and entered. Immediately, there was the sound of it embedding firmly in a pillar. The arrow seemed to have hit a pillar?
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as no one was shot dead...
But immediately after, the Crown Prince nocked a second sharp arrow.
The two in the room, "overturning the clouds and rain" (having sex) on the bed, were startled by this warning arrow in the pillar. They immediately, terrifyingly, stopped, not daring to make another move.
Xiao Yi was a martial artist. He knew there was someone outside. He quickly and decisively flipped Sun Jiaojiao over and pressed her down, swiftly grabbed an outer robe, and, holding Sun Jiaojiao, rolled under the bed to hide. He patted her terrified back and draped the outer robe over her.
Sun Jiaojiao was terrified.
She had even forgotten that their "sex-organs" were still joined. She only focused on trembling in Xiao Yi's arms.
"Swoosh"!
The second sharp arrow shot in again.
This time, it was only a few inches away from the first arrow, nailed firmly below it.
"Swoosh," "swoosh," "swoosh"...
His Highness the Crown Prince fired three arrows in a row, each arrow burying itself deep into the wood. It was feared he wanted to shoot this pair of "adulterer and adulteress" dead right in the guard's room.
Everyone was terrified.
The Crown Prince wasn't going to kill the adulterer and adulteress who put a green hat on him, and then kill everyone else to silence them, was he?
Imperial scandals were never allowed to be leaked. The best way was to leave no survivors...
Some of the cowardly servants had even begun to tremble.
The Crown Prince had twelve arrows in one quiver. After he finished shooting one quiver, he sternly ordered a servant to bring another.
Before the servant could bring it, the room's door, its paper window shot full of holes, opened. A tall, sturdy, naked man, wearing only underpants, walked out of the room. On his chest, there was even an unhealed blade scar, very conspicuous.
"No need." The "adulterer" said coldly.
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