Chapter 374 Dear

Compared with Ruan Qingsha, the second princess is indeed as cunning as a fox.

But then again, the fact that she was willing to take the risk to take in Ruan Qingsha meant that she still valued family affection and had a certain bottom line, which was why Shen Cheng was willing to consider it.

At this moment, the situation outside the Princess's Mansion was tense, with a large number of military vehicles parked at the gate and thousands of soldiers surrounding the entire Princess's Mansion. There were even countless drones with night vision hovering in the air.

If Ruan Qingsha was really surrounded in this situation, she could run away, but she would definitely be discovered.

At the gate, the butler was leading the guards in princess uniforms to confront the soldiers.

His face was gloomy and he kept praying in his heart that the princess would come quickly, but his eyes were unconsciously attracted by a figure in front of him.

This is a humanoid demon, more than three meters tall, with the head of a tiger, the king of beasts. The black and white stripes make it look majestic, and its eyes are full of hostility that people dare not look directly at.

General Yuan Hu is the commander in charge of the security of the imperial capital.

Unlike a minor character like General Wild Boar, Yuan Hu is a senior military commander and one of the most important figures even in the imperial capital.

So he personally led his troops to the palace, putting the guards at the princess's mansion under great pressure.

Yuan Hu had a blank expression on his face, and did not order the soldiers to force their way into the princess's mansion. He just stood there quietly waiting.

In fact, Yuan Hu didn't want to come this time. Although he supported the eldest prince, there was no need to end it so quickly and offend the second princess.

But the eldest prince cited the Queen's decree, specifically asking him to come, forcing him to take a public stand.

Yuanhu had no choice but to lead his troops to the door.

He now only hoped that he could really find the wanted criminal in the princess's mansion, otherwise this matter would be difficult to resolve.

Moreover, things must be resolved quickly. The second princess also has many supporters in the army. The eldest prince has sent people to suppress them, but it won’t take too long.

While Yuanhu was considering the pros and cons in his mind, the tightly closed door of the princess's mansion finally opened.

The graceful and elegant second princess walked out slowly, followed by a large group of subordinates.

"Wonho, are you planning a rebellion?"

The second princess's usually kind face had now turned cold as ice, and she stared coldly at Yuan Hu at the steps.

Her face, which was quite similar to that of the Red Dragon Queen, brought great psychological pressure to Yuanhu.

Yuanhu was not a timid person. Now that he was here, he would not back down. He said loudly, "Your Highness, I have received a secret report that the wanted criminal who assassinated the Queen is hiding in your mansion. I believe that Your Highness is completely unaware of this, but for your personal safety, please be flexible and let us go in and search for the wanted criminal."

The second princess didn't waste any words and directly stretched out her hand to Yuanhu: "You said the wanted criminal is in my house, where is the evidence? Show me the evidence and I'll let you search!"

Yuan Hu had no evidence at all. He just came here under the orders of the eldest prince.

However, he had anticipated this situation and simply diverted the conflict: "The evidence is in the hands of the eldest prince. How about you call and ask the eldest prince for confirmation?"

You two brothers and sisters can quarrel alone, don’t drag me into it.

The second princess snorted coldly: "My phone is overdue, tell Yin Hong to come over and tell me."

Yin Hong is the name of the eldest prince. The second princess called him by his name in public, which was already a bit of a rift between them.

Yuan Hu certainly couldn't send anyone to notify the eldest prince to come over. He took out his cell phone and was about to call the eldest prince when an adjutant ran over from behind and whispered, "General, the eldest prince is coming."

Yuan Hu was not surprised. Although the eldest prince was arrogant, he was considerate of his subordinates and did not hide behind and leave things to his subordinates to handle alone.

He ordered the soldiers to make way for a passage, and soon a luxury car used exclusively by the royal family drove in from outside.

Yuanhu went up to open the door himself, and the eldest prince got out from the back seat.

"Well done."

The eldest prince praised Yuanhu.

It was impossible for Yuan Hu to lead his troops to break into the princess's mansion unless he really wanted to rebel.

But he decisively led his troops to surround the princess's mansion, leaving Ruan Qingsha who was hiding inside with nowhere to escape. This proved his loyalty to the eldest prince.

After this incident, Yuan Hu could only follow the eldest prince wholeheartedly and there was no possibility for him to switch to the second princess's camp.

Yuan Hu smiled bitterly in his heart. He would rather stay at home and take a nap than come here to accept the eldest prince's praise.

Seeing Yuanhu's unhappy look, the eldest prince smiled disapprovingly and walked forward.

"General Yuan Hu, you don't seem to be willing to work for the Crown Prince?"

A sinister voice suddenly sounded.

Yuan Hu looked up and found that it was the chief steward following behind the eldest prince, looking at him with malicious eyes.

There is always a villain who plays the role of a treacherous minister around every leader, and the general manager plays this role.

He specialized in doing some dirty things for the eldest prince that could not be made public, and his character was extremely bad. Naturally, he and a loyal minister like Yuan Hu disliked each other.

"You must be joking, Chief Steward. I really don't like working overtime, but I still work very hard to get the job done."

Wonho responded in a neutral tone, "Unlike some people who say nice things but do dirty things like giving birth to a child without an anus."

The chief steward stared at Yuanhu with a gloomy face, and Yuanhu returned a contemptuous look.

The eldest prince, who was walking in front, could hear the conversation between his two subordinates from behind, but he was happy to see this situation.

During his many years of participation in politics, he learned one thing without any guidance, that is, you cannot let your subordinates become a monolithic group, otherwise they will deceive their superiors and hide the truth from their subordinates.

Only by letting subordinates compete and having the leader make decisions in the middle can one firmly control these arrogant and powerful soldiers.

Arriving at the steps in front of the princess's mansion, the eldest prince looked up at his sister.

The second princess also looked down at him condescendingly.

The brother and sister looked at each other, but there was no affection in their eyes, only naked hostility towards their rival.
After staring at each other for a few seconds, the eldest prince spoke first: "Yin Fu, I know that my third sister is hiding in your house. Now you hand her over. This matter can be resolved between us siblings without involving too many people. What do you think?"

The second princess didn't say whether it was okay or not, she just asked: "She is your biological sister, do you have to kill her?"

The eldest prince laughed and said, "Who do you think I am? I just want to bring my third sister back to calm my mother down. My mother won't do anything to my third sister. At most, she will just punish her a little. You are harming her by protecting these three people."

Seeing that the eldest prince was still using these words to perfunctorily answer her, the second princess understood that this man no longer had any family affection in his heart.

She replied with a cold look in her eyes: "Third sister is not in my house. If you think she is, then show me the evidence."

"Of course there is evidence, but it's not convenient to show it to you."

The eldest prince had finally planted a spy in the second princess's house, and he didn't want it to be exposed now. He was well prepared and shouted, "The Queen's order!"

Whether it was the soldiers or the guards, including Yuan Hu and the chief steward standing behind, they all knelt down on the ground subconsciously when they heard this.

In an instant, in front of the gate of the princess's mansion, everyone except the eldest prince and the second princess knelt on the ground.

The second princess had an unpleasant expression on her face. She had long guessed that the eldest prince must be sure enough to order his men to lead troops to surround her mansion.

But she didn't expect that the eldest prince actually asked for the empress's order. After listening to Shen Cheng's retelling, she thought he was just taking advantage of the power of others.

My mother actually gave this decree to the eldest prince. Did she really favor him? Or was it the bizarre thing that my third sister mentioned?

Countless thoughts flashed through the Second Princess' mind at once. Under the gaze of the First Prince, she could only kneel down slowly.

It is impossible for the eldest prince to forge an imperial decree in public, so there is no need to doubt its authenticity.

"The Queen's order: If you have nothing to hide, let him search you!"

The eldest prince imitated the Red Dragon Queen's tone when he said these words. Looking at the heads kneeling on the ground, especially his always proud sister, he felt very happy.

A word is as good as gold, and no one dares to disobey. This is the real power!

Soon, such power will belong to you.

Faced with the order of the Red Dragon Queen, the second princess had no choice but to give in.

"According to the order!"

After standing up from the ground, she did not move away.

The eldest prince was not in a hurry: "Second sister, are you going to disobey my order?"

In his heart, he hoped that the Second Princess would disobey the Queen's order. He now had all the advantages, and once the Second Princess revealed any flaws, he would pursue her relentlessly.

"of course not."

The second princess said in a cold tone: "I just want to know, what should we say if we can't find the wanted criminal?"

Although the eldest prince was fully confident, he would not leave any excuses at this time: "Why, do you want to bet with me?"

The second princess shook her head: "No need to bet, how about you let me punch you?"

A punch?
The eldest prince frowned slightly, not understanding why the second princess would make such a request.

But he was in a hurry to go in, fearing that the second princess would delay time and let Ruan Qingsha hide.

"Okay. If we can't find the wanted criminal, then as your brother I should apologize to you. It's okay for me to let you punch me to calm down."

After hearing the eldest prince's verbal agreement, the second princess ordered the guards in front of the door to move aside.

But just as the eldest prince ordered Yuan Hu to lead his soldiers in to search, the second princess suddenly spoke up again: "By the way, we caught a traitor in the mansion tonight. You can take him away later."

The butler hiding at the back immediately threw out a head, which rolled down the stairs and finally landed at the feet of the eldest prince.

The eldest prince looked down and recognized that this was the last traitor he had planted in the Second Princess's mansion, and also the most successful one. He had successfully conveyed the news that Ruan Qingsha was hiding in the Second Princess's mansion tonight.

This move obviously exposed himself.

The eldest prince did not react excessively to the second princess' provocative behavior. Instead, he kicked the head away from his feet.

Soon, Yuan Hu personally led thousands of soldiers into the princess's mansion and launched a large-scale carpet search.

Of course, this place is different from other places. This group of soldiers, as ferocious as wolves and tigers, only dare to search but not to do anything reckless. Yuan Hu had warned them before entering the door that anyone who dared to do anything reckless would lose his head.

In addition to the soldiers, the general manager also led his men to search around, making sure not to miss any place where people could hide.

The second princess watched coldly. Tonight was a naked humiliation for her and a major blow to her reputation.

But with her mother's will in mind, she couldn't object at all.

Some people with ulterior motives can even interpret many contents that are unfavorable to her from the mother's will.

Soon the entire princess's mansion was searched several times, even the artificial lake was not spared, only the villa on the island in the lake had not been searched.

There were even lights on in the villa, as if there was someone inside.

The eldest prince brought Yuan Hu and the chief steward to the villa, and the second princess followed.

She asked the eldest prince, "This is where I usually live. Do you want to search it too?"

The eldest prince nodded: "Since we are going to search, we must search thoroughly."

The second princess looked at him and suddenly smiled: "I guess the information you got must be that I have been entertaining a mysterious guest during this period? This guest does exist, and he is living in this villa now."

Looking at the Second Princess who was not nervous at all, the First Prince frowned slightly, having a bad feeling in his heart.

Could there be something wrong with the information that his undercover agent passed on at the cost of his life?

Just as the eldest prince was about to order Yuanhu to take people into the villa to search, a figure suddenly appeared in the villa.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the figure opened the French window and appeared in everyone's sight.

The eldest prince included Yuanhu and the chief steward behind him, because this was a strange man he had never seen before.

Why would a strange man appear in the villa where the princess often lives?
The second princess looked at Shen Cheng who came out of the villa and asked in a sweet voice: "Dear, did I disturb you?"

These words seemed to have dropped a bomb into the hearts of everyone present, leaving them burnt on the outside and tender on the inside.

The eldest prince, who had always maintained his composure, widened his eyes and almost suspected that he had heard it wrong.

Not to mention them, even Shen Cheng hoped that he had heard it wrong.

But there was no other way around it, because since he wanted to impersonate the mysterious guest, he had to have a suitable identity.

Because Ruan Qingsha is now a wanted criminal, he naturally cannot have any connection with her, and it is impossible for him to pretend to be a distant relative of the second princess, because the eldest prince can see the problem at a glance.

Finally, it was the Second Princess who made the final decision to let Shen Cheng pretend to be her lover. Only in this way could she explain why the mysterious guest was able to eat and live with the Second Princess.

Shen Cheng refused this unreasonable request because he couldn't explain it to Ruan Qingsha. Ruan Qingsha had always suspected that he had a crush on her sister.

As a result, the second princess agreed verbally, but now she launched a surprise attack.

Once the word "dear" was called out, Shen Cheng had to continue acting even if he didn't want to.

(End of this chapter)