Chapter 2660: Refusing to Let Go

The man turned his head to look and muttered to himself, "Aren’t they people from the Prince’s Mansion? How could they let a petty person like me deliver explosives?"

Xuexue grew impatient, her voice raised considerably, "If you’re told to identify someone, just do it. Why so much nonsense?"

The steward also quickly said to the man, "Hurry and go identify them, don’t make the Princess Consort angry."

Because this man delivered a box of gifts, the Princess Consort almost lost her life. How could her temper be good? This man has no sense at all. The Princess Consort asked him to identify them; he should just do it. Why keep talking and risk being scolded?

"Yes."

The man hastily got up from the ground, turned around, and sized up the large group of women.

"Why... why are you looking at me? I’m not the one who sent you to deliver explosives."

"Yeah, don’t accuse us falsely!"

Wherever the man’s eyes went, the women chattered incessantly.

The man himself was just a young worker, and faced with so many beautifully made-up women, he immediately blushed deeply, lowered his head, and didn’t dare to look anymore.

The women burst into laughter.

The steward was very angry, "What’s so funny? Stop laughing!"

Only then did the women reluctantly fall silent.

Sending a fool to identify people—how could he get it right!

Xuexue asked coldly, "Well? Did you see clearly?"

The man lowered his head and quietly said, "Returning to the Princess Consort, I saw clearly, no."

Xuexue: "Really saw clearly?"

Man: "Saw clearly!"

Xuexue: "Good!"

The man breathed a sigh of relief, thinking the matter was about to end, but suddenly heard Xuexue shout, "Someone! Drag this treacherous servant away and chop him up."

"Yes!"

Immediately two guards, as fierce as wolves, stepped forward, ready to drag the man away...

The man turned pale with fright, immediately wailing like a ghost, "Princess Consort, spare my life, it wasn’t me, it wasn’t me, don’t kill me... don’t kill me... please..."

The two guards paid no heed to his cries; they only followed orders, dragging the man away as if he were a dead dog.

As they passed the table, the man clung to the table leg with both hands, refusing to let go, crying and wailing loudly, "Princess Consort, spare my life, I really didn’t conspire to harm you, I beg you, just give me one last chance!"

The two guards struggled to drag him away.

The man simply wouldn’t let go of the table leg, the table clattering as he dragged it.

The two guards became furious, stepping forward each time to fiercely kick his wrists.

One hand was pried off, but the other clung on. His wrists bled profusely from the kicks, yet the man refused to release his grip. He knew very well—being dragged outside meant being beheaded; enduring pain was better than losing his life.

This time, all for a reward of two Silver, he had secretly brought gifts to the War Prince’s Mansion, and his family didn’t even know! If something happened to him, what would happen to the livelihood of his whole family?

The man’s pig-like howls echoed in the hall.

The group of women initially watched the excitement with indifference, but seeing that Xuexue actually wanted to kill the man, their expressions changed, becoming somewhat apprehensive. It seemed the Princess Consort of War Prince was indeed not someone to be trifled with; they had better be cautious in the future.

The two guards continued to kick the man’s hands clinging to the table.

One of the guards, tired of the stubborn man’s tenacity, always clinging to the table leg, reached for his treasured sword at his waist, intending to cut off his hand to end the matter.

As he raised his sword high, the women all closed their eyes in fright, thinking the man’s wrist would surely be cut off.

Xuexue coldly said, "Wait a moment."