Chapter 159: Rong Zhi Arrives
“First Prince, First Prince, are you alright?”
Song Kang ignored the pain on his body and quickly helped the First Prince up.
The First Prince’s expression was extremely ugly: “Have my guards stop that horse!”
He turned his head and slapped the Surveillance Commissioner.
“Is this how you do things for me? Do you want to die?!”
Song Kang had a bitter face: “Your Highness, it’s not that your subordinate’s efforts were insufficient, it’s just that this horse went mad as soon as it arrived at my residence. So many of us couldn’t control it. Look at how you’ve ruined my courtyard.”
The First Prince warned with a dark expression.
“All of you, catch that horse, don’t let it escape!”
He suffered such a great loss today and was disgraced in front of so many people. He would definitely discipline that horse properly once he caught it!
“Quick, quick, close the main gate, don’t let it run away.”
“Get a horse rope.”
First Prince: “Guards, get me a horsewhip!”
He refused to believe he couldn’t subdue this horse.
Song Kang was relieved, but also full of hatred in his heart.
Before, he didn’t dare to hit the horse because it was prepared for the First Prince. Now that the First Prince was here to deal with it himself, it was fine.
It would be best to discipline that horse severely.
The First Prince took the horsewhip and threw it directly to one of the guards who knew how to train horses.
“As long as it’s not beaten to death, that’s fine.”
The guard understood at once.
Little Red saw this and knew it wouldn’t do, it didn’t want to be beaten.
So, as the guard raised the horsewhip, it kicked forward, flinging soil from the ground into the man’s face.
The guard got sand in his eyes and cried out, closing his eyes.
Little Red turned and lifted its hind legs, kicking the guard away with one hoof.
So you want to hit me? No way.
Then, it leaped forward, clearing the horse-tripping rope at a height no normal horse could jump, and ran towards the main gate.
The guards at the gate didn’t dare to confront such a large horse head-on. Didn’t they see those people lying on the ground half-dead?
In everyone’s shocked gaze, Little Red lifted a hoof, dislodged the bolt on the main gate, then bit the door ring and pulled.
Creak…
The door opened.
Everyone: !!!
That horse, it could actually open doors!!!
Little Red squeezed through the gap in the door, stepped on its hooves, and began to run out.
The First Prince, who had reacted, shouted: “What are you all standing around for, catch it!”
He was furious, feeling that he, a dignified Imperial Prince, was being toyed with by a horse.
If this were to get out, he didn’t know what his ambitious younger brothers would mock him about.
“Get me a bow and arrow, you damned beast, refusing to toast but insisting on being toasted!”
The subordinates immediately handed him the bow and arrow.
The First Prince stood at the doorway, looking at the red steed running out with ferocity in his eyes.
Since this horse refused to submit to him, then it should die!
“Stop!”
Just then, Qin Wanwan and Governor Lin also arrived and naturally saw the First Prince’s actions.
Governor Lin shouted to stop, but the First Prince ignored him and shot an arrow towards Little Red.
“Whoosh…”
At the critical moment, another arrow timely intercepted the First Prince’s arrow mid-flight.
“Presumptuous!”
Seeing this outcome, the First Prince was directly enraged and cast a sinister gaze towards Lang Ya.
That’s right, that arrow was shot by Lang Ya, who had quickly grabbed a bow and arrow from someone nearby.
Little Red saw Qin Wanwan and neighed happily, running towards her.
Qin Wanwan hugged Little Red’s horse head.
“Little Red, are you okay?”
“Neigh~”
It was fine, it just missed Big Treasure.
“Lin Shen, you dare oppose me!”
The First Prince looked darkly at Governor Lin.
Lin Shen and his group had dismounted and faced the First Prince’s interrogation without subservience.
“Your subordinate dares not, it’s just that your subordinate investigated and found that the Surveillance Commissioner and Patrol Guards abused their authority to seize someone’s horse and came to inquire why Your Highness is here?”
This was asking what he already knew.
The First Prince laughed out of sheer anger.
“What, do I need your permission to kill a horse that offended me? Get lost, this horse will either come back with me today, or it will die here now!”
He no longer made any pretense of concealing his purpose for being there.
The First Prince’s gaze fell on Qin Wanwan.
“Child, I advise you to be sensible and obediently hand this horse over to me. Otherwise, you and your family cannot afford the consequences of offending me.”
“The First Prince has quite the arrogance.”
On the other side of the street, a carriage slowly approached.
Rong Zhi lifted the curtain and stepped out of the carriage.
Seeing Rong Zhi arrive, Lin Shen was completely relieved, but this also further confirmed that the little girl was likely truly the Imperial Chancellor’s daughter.
The First Prince’s expression changed upon seeing Rong Zhi. How had he gotten here?
“Father Rong.”
Qin Wanwan ran over to hug him, looking wronged.
Rong Zhi stroked her hair: “Are you injured?”
Qin Wanwan shook her head: “No, but they are all bad, super bad guys!”
Qin Wanwan pointed her little chubby finger at the First Prince and his group: “They captured Little Red.”
The First Prince’s eyes widened.
What did that child just call Chancellor Rong?!!!
The Surveillance Commissioner and others also felt their vision blacken, their voices trembling: “Impossible, she is clearly, clearly the daughter of a merchant…”
How could she, how could she call Chancellor Rong ‘father’?
The First Prince also felt a bad premonition.
Rong Zhi wiped the dirt from her little face, which she had gotten in the prison.
“Your Highness, you are making such a big fuss just to snatch a horse belonging to my daughter, or are you expressing your dissatisfaction with this minister? If so, there’s no need to be so indirect. If I have done something wrong, I will naturally seek an audience with His Majesty to apologize.”
The expression on the First Prince’s face had completely frozen.
“Chancellor Rong, you exaggerate. How have I, the First Prince, not heard that you have a daughter?”
Rong Zhi said with an unflustered expression: “Oh, she was lost and has just been found. It was confirmed just two days ago and has not yet been announced publicly.”
The First Prince almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
The Surveillance Commissioner even fainted directly, his vision completely blacking out.
Before he fainted, only two words flashed in his mind: It’s over.
The First Prince took a deep breath: “Chancellor Rong, even if she is your daughter, I was only going to kill a horse. Earlier, the horse nearly hit me at the Surveillance Commissioner’s residence. I think it’s not excessive for me to want to kill it.”
He completely avoided mentioning the threats he had just made to Qin Wanwan.
Rong Zhi appeared to have a sudden realization: “Is that so? This horse is a gift I gave to Wanwan. I’m curious how it ended up at the Surveillance Commissioner’s residence?”
The Surveillance Commissioner had already fainted, but it didn’t matter, there were still others.
Lin Shen, in front of the First Prince, arrested the Patrol Guards who had captured Qin Wanwan’s group and taken Little Red.
The First Prince’s face turned ugly, his hand by his side clenched tightly.
Rong Zhi acted as if he hadn’t seen it: “First Prince, this concerns the law. If Your Highness still wants this horse’s life, then wait until this subordinate has thoroughly interrogated them and then I will give Your Highness an explanation?”
The First Prince directly flicked his sleeve: “No need. It’s just a beast. Consider it my bad luck today.”
With that, he turned and left, his gait alone revealing how angry he was.
Unfortunately, Rong Zhi was not someone he could easily provoke, even if he was an Imperial Prince.
