Chapter 93 - Blowing Her Cover?! (1/2)
When Qiang Wei returned to the room with one flask of wine in hand and another couple of flasks in his storage ring, he found a strange woman in the room. Uh … It seems like I got the door wrong? He stepped back and wanted to close the door, but the woman leaped to her feet.
”Ah, wait, wait!”
Qiang Wei paused. ”What may I do for you, Miss?”
”Er … He said he is going to see his mother-in-law.” She pointed at the table where Qiu Ling had sat before.
”His mother-in-law?” Qiang Wei lifted his brows. He had seen Madam Zhong on the lower floor just now, so the mother-in-law his king had mentioned could only be the other one. What is he doing in the nine heavens again? Shouldn't he be here and have an eye on the crown prince's mortal body? Did he really just leave him alone?
”Did he say, why he wanted to see her?”
”To talk to her?”
Qiang Wei repressed a sigh. ”Thank you for telling me, Miss.” He nodded at her and wanted to go back down, but the woman followed him and grabbed his sleeve.
”Uh, say, the crown prince … Who is he?”
Qiang Wei lifted his brows. ”Why would you ask that?”
”Mn, I was sent down to …” Hong Bao hesitated. She couldn't tell him the truth. That other guy hadn't reacted how she hoped. This one was probably the same. They really were all on the crown prince's side. These bastards! ”To … help with the trial.”
Qiang Wei narrowed his eyes. Really? Wouldn't the heavenly emperor rather send some guards? This should be about making sure the crown prince was safe, shouldn't it? ”And you are …?”
”Oh! I'm Hong Bao!”
”Hong Bao? I've never heard of you.”
”I'm … working for the scribe's palace.”
”Ah.” Qiang Wei smiled. ”I'm sorry. I was … a little suspicious. The crown prince is important to us dragons, too.”
”Mn.” Hong Bao pressed her lips together. She was really curious how that crown prince got so many people on his side. She really had to move fast if she wanted to save Shun Tao! ”So, could you tell me who he is now? I've never seen him before.”
”Of course. He's on the lower floor. Just follow me.” He left the room and led the way down.
Hong Bao touched the dagger she had secured in her dress and tried to calm her heart. She didn't really want to hurt someone, but wasn't it better to hurt the reincarnation of the crown prince a bit than to have Shun Tao die? She didn't believe for one moment that the crown prince's lover would really help her. He'd probably tell on her and then Shun Tao would be in even more trouble. So she didn't have another choice. She had to make her move!
”See there? At the counter?” Qiang Wei vaguely motioned to the other side of the room.