Lu Yao wanted to usher them into the front hall, but the little girl stubbornly refused.
She had one reason after another, too.
"Ch-Chengcheng only just escaped from the bad guys! I want to go somewhere familiar so I'll feel safe!"
"That prison from last time would be fine! Maybe that big square table inside still has some of Father's presence lingering on it!"
"That's where Chengcheng met Grandpa Wang and Grandpa Zhuang! Chengcheng likes it there!"
Lu Yao: "..."
What was there left for Lu Yao not to understand?
The little girl had probably come for Xie Jinrou. She was determined to spend some time in the prison today.
He could only lead them there.
As they walked, he kept scrutinizing the two strange men.
One was "Zhong Chengwang, the legitimate son of the Zhong Residence in Green Bamboo Alley, Jiangyuan County," who had entered the palace and volunteered to send his entire extended family to their graves. The other was "Xie Jinrou's devoted lapdog, Wu Leyong," who had traveled all the way to Great Rui for love and indirectly sent his entire extended family to their graves-
The Shadow Guards had transcribed the little girl's words in duplicate. One copy had been delivered to Emperor Mingze; the other was tucked inside his own robes.
Both were ruthless characters. He shifted slightly, placing himself between the little girl and those two.
They soon reached the prison.
The jailers had already cleaned up the blood near the Torture Rack, but a faint bloody smell still lingered in the air.
Lu Yao did not want the little girl staying in such surroundings for too long, so he helped her get straight to the point.
He asked a question he already knew the answer to. "What happened to Your Little Highness over