Lin Zhe ordered someone to close the city gates, intending to trap them inside Auspicious Peace County first.
"Just what I'd expect from you. But if you want to keep us here, you don't have what it takes."
Chunhua smiled faintly as she spoke.
They simply leaned against the railing, watching the soldiers gathering around them in ever greater numbers.
Just as Lin Zhe surveyed the soldiers around him, decided there were enough, and prepared to order them to seize Jiang Nuan, another group of people in ordinary clothes arrived and surrounded the soldiers.
"Did you think I'd come to Auspicious Peace County without any safeguards? As if!"
Jiang Nuan planted her hands on her hips and spoke smugly.
Then she looked at the officials whose faces had filled with panic.
After what had just happened, it was perfectly clear which of them were good people and which were jackals from the same den.
To prevent them from arresting the wrong people, Guagua had thoughtfully checked all their juicy secrets.
"You, you... and you. Stand over there."
Jiang Nuan singled out six people, including Xia Yuanguang, and called them aside.
Then she clapped her hands, pointed at Lin Zhe and his group of officials, and told the people behind her:
"Arrest every last one of them!"
The moment she finished speaking, they sprang into action.
A quarter of an hour later, Lin Zhe and the others had all been seized.
"Put them in jail for now."
Jiang Nuan gave the order.
Then she walked over to Xia Yuanguang, stood on tiptoe, and patted his shoulder.
"You did very well!"
The officials beside Xia Yuanguang immediately looked at him with envy. He had caught the princess's attention—he was sure to soar straight into the clouds from here!
If only... if only