Chapter 1039: Chapter 887: Wei Wei’Er’s Calamity of Blood_2

"That’s right, it’s this person. He’s been inquiring about the cause of death of the Noble Consort back then! I’m afraid this person’s background is not simple!"

So there’s someone behind him!

Long Wu touched his nose, which meant he had to investigate his own younger brother!

"Ahem! Uh, Divine Hunter Ji, about investigating this Thousand-Handed Illusion matter, couldn’t we perhaps wait for the Eighth Prince to return before making any decisions?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Youzhi promptly turned his head to look at him.

"What does this have to do with the Eighth Prince?"

Long Wu: "..." Since the Eighth Prince didn’t explicitly say anything about this matter, it’s not something he could directly bring to light, right?

"It’s... it’s nothing, it’s just that the matters within the palace are complex. Among these old eunuchs, the Eighth Prince has kept an eye on everything, and he’s planned who can be touched and who can’t."

Long Wu’s words suddenly enlightened Ji Youzhi.

"Are you saying that the Thousand-Handed Illusion is very likely..."

Ji Youzhi stopped halfway through his sentence.

Long Wu waved his hand, quickly correcting him, "That’s just your guess, it has nothing to do with me!"

Ji Youzhi waved his hand, remarking on the chaotic thoughts and allowing himself to sort them out before speaking again!

Long Wu captured a large number of people, which naturally included these old eunuchs in front of him, and locked them all in the Celestial Prison, making the prison anything but quiet.

The prison used to have only the cries of Xiao Ning’Er calling for her parents.

But now that a large number of these old eunuchs and palace maids had been captured and thrown inside, the Celestial Prison had become completely noisy.

Xie Si and Wei Taifu directly stuffed cotton jacket scraps into their ears, crouched gloomily in the corner, not reading books or writing essays, even stopping their usual bickering.

At this moment, the two looked ashen-faced and utterly pained!

Outside the Celestial Prison, a carriage suddenly stopped, and two women alighted, both frequent visitors of the prison.

They were Wei Taifu’s daughter and her maid Cuicui.

As soon as they appeared at the entrance, a woman emerged from the shadows, whose figure and attire were almost identical to Wei Wei’Er’s.

"Miss Wei, please halt!"

As soon as Wei Wei’Er stepped off the carriage, headed toward the main gate of the Celestial Prison, a voice calling her stopped her in her tracks.

Upon turning around, she saw someone dressed exactly like her and asked with suspicion, "Who are you? Why do you dress exactly like me?"

"You needn’t know who I am!

I’ve come to ask for Miss Wei’s help on a certain matter!"

Wei Wei’Er asked, "What matter?"

"Miss Wei, please come closer to talk!"

The woman stood in a corner, a blind spot from the prison guard’s view, though visible to Wei Wei’Er who just dismounted the carriage, but unseen by the guards at the Celestial Prison.

Taking two steps toward the woman, Wei Wei’Er sensed something amiss, furrowing her brows, turning around, and striding toward the prison!

When Wei Wei’Er refused to fall for the trap, the woman’s expression turned icy, a murderous aura spreading swiftly!

"Truly, you won’t drink a toast but will drink a forfeit! Don’t blame me for being impolite then!"

She pulled out a hairpin!

Darting forward, she captured Wei Wei’Er in her grip, pressing the hairpin against her neck!

"Don’t move, or I’ll kill you immediately!"

Shocked, Wei Wei’Er asked, trembling, "Who are you? Why are you kidnapping me?"

"Don’t move, or the hairpin will go down." The woman’s gaze was cold and her grip vicious, moving the hairpin slightly, nicking Wei Wei’Er’s neck and drawing blood.

This was when the stunned Cuicui finally grasped the situation!

"Ah...blood..."

Nearby, the guards assigned to follow Wei Wei’Er widened their eyes.

"Is this the bloody disaster Princess Chang Rongshun warned of?"

The guard pondered whether to let her die or to step in and rescue when a furious shout from Wei Wei’Er’s maid Cuicui reached his ears!

"Who are you? Why do you want to kill my lady? Let go of her, do you know who she is?"

"Shut up, I certainly know who she is!"

With a cold reprimand, the assailant dragged Wei Wei’Er toward the Celestial Prison!

"Open the prison gate! Let me escort her inside!"

The guards unsheathed their weapons, and the guards sent by Princess Lianchun appeared, ready for a rescue!

"Who are you? How dare you kidnap an official’s daughter at the prison entrance, don’t you value your life?"

"I don’t care if you value my life; Miss Wei’s life is in my hands. If you don’t let me in, she’ll be dead soon!"

"This..."

The guards exchanged heavy glances.

"Quickly, report to Divine Hunter Ji!"

The Celestial Prison was practically Ji Youzhi’s second home!

This was an open secret among all the prison guards. Under normal circumstances, whenever there was a homicide case or a major case, Ji Youzhi would be here unless he was out capturing someone.

Today was no exception, as half an hour ago, the Inner Guard had just locked up a group of old palace maids and eunuchs, and Ji Youzhi followed to conduct interrogations.

Upon hearing the report of someone kidnapping Wei Taifu’s daughter as a hostage to enter the prison, he frowned and diverted from his path toward Xie Si’s cell, heading straight to the outside!

As Ji Youzhi stepped out, he saw the scene of Wei Wei’Er being held with a hairpin against her neck, frowned, and spoke in a low voice.

"Let her go, and tell me what you want!"