An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 179 Set A Trap (Part Three)

The man scowled, "Everything is ready. As long as he appears, he won't be able to escape. But the

drug on the robe somehow didn't work. I tested him on purpose just now, but he seemed quite normal.

Since the robe didn't work, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to lure him here."

Hearing his words, Ruyu raised her brows and said with smug satisfaction, "I didn't have an idea

before, but now I know how to lure him here. Look at me. Do I look like someone?"

The man stared at Ruyu for a long time before he looked at her hairpin, "Princess Yun Shang?"

Ruyu nodded and smiled, full of confidence, "We were caught in the rain, so Princess Yun Shang gave

her clothes to us. I chose this suit deliberately as it looks like the one she wore. She gave me her

hairpin. If I were to sit in a remote place with my back to him, he would believe I'm Princess Yun Shang.

Besides, I secretly took Princess Yun Shang's silk handkerchief..."

The man thought for a while before he nodded, "Since you are so confident, just do it as there isn't

much else to do. Prince Jing is indeed not an ordinary person as he was able to ascertain that there

was something wrong with the robe."

Ruyu was still absorbed in her own thoughts. The man frowned and enjoined, "Be careful."

Ruyu was rapt in her fantasy world and wondered how she would seduce the Prince so that they would

spend all night in bed together. She didn't notice what the man in gray said. She said, "Don't worry. I'm

leaving now. He will be here soon. Be prepared."

Ruyu didn't know that someone had reported to Prince Jing what had happened between her and the

man in gray. While watching the performance on the stage, Prince Jing curled his lips and said

indifferently, "I want to know who is so bold as to set up a trap for me in the Imperial City. I wonder

whether they are the same people who hurt me earlier."

Then he sat still and waited for Ruyu's people to execute her plan. Prince Jing had waited for about an

hour, but nobody came to him. He frowned as he was about to call his guard. Just then a servant girl NôvelDrama.Org holds text © rights.

came to pour more tea into his cup. She discreetly gave him a silk handkerchief.

Prince Jing raised his brows as he unfolded the handkerchief and saw an embroidered letter, Shang.

He remembered Yun Shang had used this handkerchief earlier in the morning. The servant whispered

in his ear, "Your Highness, the Princess is waiting for you at the Lingya Pavilion."

Hearing her words, Prince Jing nodded and put the handkerchief into his sleeve nonchalantly.

After serving the tea, the servant immediately withdrew.

Prince Jing watched the performance for a while longer before standing. Then he walked slowly toward

Lingya Pavilion.

When he stepped in the long corridor across from Lingya Pavilion, Prince Jing saw a figure in vermilion

sitting with her back toward him. The butterfly-shaped hairpin made of gold and pearl glowed in the

sunlight, as vivid as a real butterfly.

Prince Jing's expression turned cold and he thought, 'You do look like Yun Shang from the rear.'

However, four men in gray rushed to the pavilion and carried the figure in vermilion away. The figure in

vermilion panicked and struggled, but a man in gray knocked her down from the neck. The figure in

vermilion seemed to have fainted as she didn't struggle any further when being dragged away by the

four men.

Prince Jing frowned as he wondered whether Ruyu set up a trap in this way. But the play seemed to be

too convincing.

Prince Jing rushed to the Pavilion. The Pavilion was eerily silent now. A golden hairpin gleamed on the

floor. Prince Jing bent and picked up the hairpin. He thought for a long time before he realized

something must be wrong. If the four men in gray had been hired by Ruyu, she would have planned the

abduction in such a way that he would be able to follow the criminals. She would gain nothing from

being taken away without being noticed.

Had Ruyu really been abducted?

Prince Jing shook his head. Ruyu wore Yun Shang's clothes and hairpin. The four men must have

planned to take Yun Shang away, but they mistook Ruyu as Yun Shang.

Yun Shang deliberately gave her hairpin and clothes to Ruyu. What she wanted to do was not just give

Ruyu the opportunity to seduce him.

When Prince Jing thought of this, his eyes turned colder as he threw the hairpin out of the Pavilion and

demanded, "Tell Emperor Ning that Princess Yun Shang is missing. Tell him that a servant girl saw

Princess Yun Shang sitting in the Pavilion, before the Princess was taken away by four men in gray.

Give the hairpin to Emperor Ning and he will understand."

There was no one around Prince Jing, but a low voice spoke, "Yes, Your Highness."

Prince Jing thought for a while and remembered that his guard had told him Ruyu had been in Qingsi

House, which was near Lingya Pavilion. Prince Jing thought for a moment before he decided to walk

toward Qingsi House.

As soon as he entered Qingsi House, Prince Jing heard something flying toward him. He looked in the

direction where the sound came from and saw many arrows heading his way.

Prince Jing frowned as he reached for his sword but found nothing. He was by Emperor Ning's side

earlier today, and it was not allowed to carry the sword. Prince Jing immediately bent to dodge the

arrows. He took the opportunity to grab a dagger from his boot to block the arrows. But the moment the

dagger touched the arrows, the arrows exploded and a gust of smoke engulfed him.