Rumor Has It That I’m Pregnant with His Highness’ Child

Chapter 490: Madness

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Xiao Juan and Wei Liao rushed back to the princess’s residence as quickly as possible and realized that thick smoke was rising from the residence. The servants in the residence were escaping in a panic.

Among them were Ling Hai, Ling Miao, and Wang Jun.

When they saw Duke Lang, they cried as if they had seen a life-saving straw. “Your Highness, the Princess Consort and Lord Lo haven’t come out yet! Hurry up and save her!”

Xiao Juan arranged for a few Eagle Guards to stay with the three children and then rushed towards the study with his men.

Wei Liao followed without thinking.

The closer they got to the study, the more intense the fire became.

When they arrived near the study, they realized that the entire study had been engulfed by flames. Even the nearby rooms were affected and ignited.

Lo Pingsha was still fighting the guards of the princess’s residence with the Eagle Guards. Both sides were already at the end of their rope. As for the big tiger called Rouge, it had already been seriously injured and fallen to the ground.

The arrival of Xiao Juan and Wei Liao greatly increased the strength of the Eagle Guards.

In just a few moves, they settled all the guards.

Xiao Juan asked anxiously.

“Where’s Niaoniao?”

Lo Pingsha clutched the wound in his shoulder and panted.

“I went into the study to look for her, but I didn’t see her. I thought she had escaped.”

“However, when I was dealing with the guards of the princess’s residence just now, I heard the Princess Consort shout.”

“It sounded like it was coming from the study.”

Hearing this, Xiao Juan and Wei Liao turned to look at the study at the same time.

At this moment, the study had already become a sea of flames. Those flames were like ferocious beasts baring their fangs and brandishing their claws. As long as anyone dared to enter, they would immediately be devoured.

Xiao Juan wanted to rush into the sea of fire without thinking.

He had told himself more than once that it didn’t matter if Niaoniao didn’t love him.

As long as she was alive and well, as long as she was willing to stay by his side, he was satisfied.

He would give her everything she wanted.

But now, even his last hope was shattered.

After Niaoniao left, he would be left alone in this world. No one would rack her brains to make him happy or eat and chat with him.

A beam of light had just risen in his life. Before he could grab it, it was extinguished.

He couldn’t accept this ending.

Lo Pingsha and Yan Nanguan hurriedly pulled him back.

“Your Highness, don’t be rash!”

Xiao Juan’s expression was extremely ugly. He stared fixedly at the study and ordered word by word.

“Let go!”

If it were any other time, Lo Pingsha and Yan Nanguan would definitely retract their hands in fear.

However, no matter how afraid they were now, they had to grit their teeth and hold on to Duke Lang tightly, not letting him die.

Wei Liao stared blankly at the study, his eyes blazing. He felt an indescribable discomfort in his heart.

It was as if a hole had been torn in his heart. A cold wind blew through the hole. The chill seeped into his bones, almost freezing the blood.

He couldn’t believe it.

Was Niaoniao really dead?

Surely not?

It was said that a scourge would live for a thousand years. A scourge like her would definitely live for more than ten thousand years.

As he thought about it, his feet involuntarily walked toward the study.

When the Sky Wolf Guards noticed Wei Liao’s abnormal actions, they were shocked and hurriedly pulled him back.

They did not understand. It was fine if Duke Lang went berserk after the Princess Consort of Lang County got into trouble, but why was Vice General Wei also crazy?

Lo Pingsha spoke through the pain.

“Princess Ni Yang hasn’t come out since she entered the study. She should have set this fire. It’s impossible for her to set fire to herself, so I guess there’s a secret passage hidden in the study.”

These words woke Xiao Juan up.

If there was a secret passage, Niaoniao might not be dead.

He immediately ordered, “Put out the fire!”

For the first time, the Eagle Guards and the Sky Wolf Guards united. They worked together to extinguish the fire.

Jinwu City had very few water resources, but it had a lot of sand and stones.

They transported a large amount of sand and stones into the princess’s residence and poured them into the study.

The flames were suppressed bit by bit.

It was not until the sun set and it was almost dark that the fire was completely extinguished.

Xiao Juan and Wei Liao led their men and searched the study. There were no corpses. This meant that Yu Niaoniao and Princess Ni Yang had already left. They were still alive.

Yan Nanguan suddenly shouted.

“There’s a secret door here!”

Xiao Juan and Wei Liao immediately ran over.

The bookshelves that had been against the wall collapsed from the fire. After the Eagle Guards moved the shelves, they discovered the secret door hidden behind them.

However, no matter how hard they tried, they could not push open the secret door.

Xiao Juan reached out and knocked on the secret door. When he heard the dull sound, he could not help but frown.

“There’s a wall behind the door. Someone must have blocked it.”

Yan Nanguan asked, “Then what should we do?”

As long as they knew where the secret passage behind the door led, they would know where Niaoniao had been taken.

How could Xiao Juan give up just like that?

He ordered in a low voice, “Break this wall!”

“Yes!”

Yan Nanguan got someone to find tools and prepare to smash the wall.

Yan Nanguan got someone to find tools and prepare to smash the wall.

Soon, they summoned heavy hammers and began to smash the wall.

The wall shook from the impact and quickly formed a huge hole.

However, the outcome was not satisfactory.

Even though the wall had been broken, the secret passage behind had been blocked by sand and stones.

Seeing this, the usually calm Yan Nanguan could not help but curse.

“These sons of bitches!”

Xiao Juan did not give up. Behind this wall was a rockery. He ordered someone to chisel open the rockery. He had to figure out where the secret passage inside led to!

At this moment, the sky was completely dark.

The Eagle Guards and Sky Wolf Guards were still busy. All of them were sweating profusely from exhaustion.

Wang Jianan rushed to the princess’s residence.

At his age, his vision was poor and his legs were inconvenient, but he still came for his grandson.

Seeing his thin grandson, Wang Jianan was so excited that tears streamed down his face.

He held his grandson for a long time until someone beside him reminded him.

“Don’t forget the business, sir.”

Only then did Wang Jianan let go of his grandson reluctantly.

He asked his trusted aide to keep an eye on Wang Jun before bringing people into the princess’s residence and finding the Eagle Guards and Heavenly Wolf Guards who were still digging the rockery.

“Your Highness, why are you still here?”

“Yuan Gui surrounded the entire Jinwu City with his troops. He said that you plotted to assassinate Princess Ni Yang and kill your biological mother.”

“He even told the entire city that anyone who could hand over your head would receive a reward of a thousand taels of silver.’

“If they don’t see your head in three days, they’ll break into the city. It would be a fierce battle when the time came. There would definitely be countless casualties. The citizens in the city did not want to fight. They were looking for you in groups Quickly hide!”

Wang Jianan did not want to fight, but he was someone who knew the inside story. He knew that Duke Lang had been wronged. Moreover, Duke Lang saved his grandson. He could not be ungrateful.

Wei Liao stabbed the shovel in his hand into the soil and asked with a faint smile.

“Duke Lang, do you think they’ll agree if I exchange your life for that of the princess?”

Yan Nanguan and Lo Pingsha immediately glared at him.

“Stop coming up with bad ideas!”