CHAPTER 342: CHAPTER 283: REALLY GOOD AT SCAMMING!_2

"Besides the Princess, who else is inside?!"

"Replying to the Prince, Vice Minister Xu just came to the manor to find the Princess, but now his whereabouts are unknown!"

Upon hearing this, Prince Rong immediately paused and looked towards the person who replied.

But just for a moment, he reported again, his eyes that sparked with flames turning towards the direction of the ancestral hall.

"Mobilize the guards and surround the ancestral hall!"

At the command, there was a response from all sides. The large guard force of the Prince Manor surged towards the ancestral hall and temple like a tide!

"Father! What happened? Why did you suddenly return?"

Yang Zhan hurriedly arrived at this moment, wearing a robe. His face showed panic, with his hair loosely tied, clearly just having gotten out of bed.

Prince Rong seized his collar: "Was it you who revealed the secret inside the ancestral hall to your mother?!"

Yang Zhan turned pale at these words: "I didn’t... the secret in the ancestral hall? You, did you really hide those things inside there?!"

Prince Rong didn’t directly answer him but questioned him more violently among the surging guards: "Then how did she know? How did she know to steal the key from me to open the secret cabinet in the ancestral hall?"

"I don’t know... I really don’t know!"

Yang Zhan collapsed to the ground. He merely told Princess Rong where the Prince would usually go when alone.

He didn’t know the items were hidden here, much less that Princess Rong was inquiring about this to find these secrets!

Prince Rong glared at him with wide eyes, baring his teeth with a ferocious expression, as if he wanted to devour him alive!

Earlier in the day, Song Yi suddenly invited him to the Song Family’s villa for summer, which was unexpected. Song Yi, an associate he had promoted himself and trusted, should have understood why he hadn’t been going out recently.

Yet he sent such an invitation at this time! Prince Rong instinctively felt he shouldn’t go.

But Princess Rong persuaded him with such reasoning, making him feel a bit convinced, so he decided to go.

In the afternoon at the Song Family’s villa, he felt distracted, uninterested in any of the flowers, birds, or music. After dinner, he couldn’t sit still and decided to return.

Upon hearing the news, Song Yi tried hard to retain him, but in the process, Song Yi’s strange attitude made the Prince suspicious. Pressured, Song Yi revealed that he acted on the Princess’s instructions. She had hinted to Song Yi recently, saying the Prince was feeling down and should be invited out for relaxation. Song Yi complied accordingly.

Hearing this, the Prince recalled the Princess’s recent odd behavior, was struck with a sudden realization, and immediately checked the sachet at his waist. Unsurprisingly, the key inside had been switched!

How could he delay any longer?

He immediately rushed back to the Prince Manor.

Entering the manor, he sought Princess Rong, but the steward said she went to the Buddha hall to pray. Rushing to the Buddha hall, she was nowhere to be found, but there were unusual disturbances from the direction of the ancestral hall!

Things had come to this point; it couldn’t be clearer.

Princess Rong had somehow learned of his secret and had sent him away, coming to expose everything!

"What are you still standing here for? Go to the study!"

Prince Rong roared angrily at Yang Zhan, then turned sharply and darted towards the ancestral hall.

The guards, like a tide, had already surrounded the ancestral hall. Inside, Xu Yin and Princess Rong could neither afford to argue; one side was in complete panic, while the other had a shifting expression. No one expected there would still be something hidden behind the ancestral hall tablets, and Fu Zhen didn’t know what to say, seeing the sudden chaos before him!

In such a tumultuous and noisy scene, the only advantage was that their conversation didn’t need to be as cautious as before.

"We can’t leave now either!" she said, "We are now forced to watch the entire spectacle!"

Their purpose in coming was not just to verify the existence of the fan through Princess Rong but, more importantly, to solve the mystery of its ownership.

So when Princess Rong opened the drawer, they didn’t immediately rush to snatch it, intending to listen to the whole story or capture a few clues. Who would have guessed things would develop so bizarrely!

"Who’s afraid? As long as there’s no fire, we can definitely get out!" Pei Zhan’s gaze was fixed on the direction of the cabinet embedded in the wall.

Hearing the words ’fire,’ Fu Zhen’s back involuntarily stiffened. The sensation of being burned had etched into her bones, just hearing those two, the feeling of the flames engulfing her body was already crawling over her limbs!