Venerable Demon King & The Doting Immortal (QT) novel Chapter 75

Chapter 75: Peng Xiu’s lie

Han Xin stopped contemplating why Princess Xiu kept changing chest sizes and exchanged glances with his cousin. The two of them seemed to be communicating silently. Han Zhan’s eyes suddenly narrowed as he looked at Princess Xiu. "Your Highness, if you don’t mind me asking. How... how did you manage to escape from crown prince Xiang Yu and his heavily guarded military camp?"

This was a question the both of them had been curious about. She was more delicate and fragile when compared to Lieutenant Yi Nuo so how did she do it? Looking at her frame, one wouldn’t think she had a fighting bone in her body. Well, the shallow cut on Han Xin’s neck said otherwise. It wasn’t serious but it showed how restrained she was while wielding the blade.

Xiang Yu had already prepared a story with Lian and Mei because he knew that this would be a point of contention. Lian was so eager to share that she impatiently glanced at her master. He nodded slightly, and like a wind-up toy that had been wound beyond the limit and sent into overdrive, she animatedly spoke.

"Her Highness was so brave. She always keeps a dagger on her. She waited for the Crown Prince who had been drinking to fall asleep. Then she cut her restraints off before slicing a gap in the tent and crawled out." Han Xin’s moving chopsticks stopped for a fleeting moment.

He didn’t show any emotion on his face, but his mind was recalling everything he saw in that tent. There were pieces of rope that had been cut by a blade but there was no cut on the tent. It was untouched, so why was Peng Xiu lying about this? It was obvious that she had fed the maidservant this story.

Mei picked up the tale seamlessly, "We tricked the guard who was watching us. We lured him inside and attacked him. That’s when the princess came in to save us. So, we slipped out of the military camp, and we ran down the mountain. We were so afraid that the Crown Prince would notice something was wrong."

Han Xin, who had been listening intently, glanced at Peng Xiu and asked, "Where did the Crown Prince go? I didn’t find him when I entered the camp."

Xiang Yu stopped eating and glanced at him coldly. "How am I supposed to know where he went? General Han, I was busy running for my life and rolling off a mountain slope all thanks to you," he replied icily.

Why did he feel like he was being interrogated when he was the kidnap victim? Okay, fine, he was the perpetrator, but Han Xin didn’t know that. He then picked up his bowl and drank the remaining soup, his prior elegance gone, before turning to the twins. "Lian, Mei, let’s go."

The twins drank the remainder of their soup and ran after their master to catch up with him. Han Xin and Han Zhan watched them leave each with their own thought. "We won’t leave tomorrow. I need to go back to the empress’s palace to investigate. Something sounds fishy," said Han Xin.