Forced to be a third person: I turned around and left the palace to marry a villain

A secret passage leading to a small courtyard was built inside the Fourth Prince's Mansion. The servants in the mansion would deliver water and food to the imprisoned noble children through this tunnel.

"Oh my God, it turns out that the scenes in the novel are real. Today is really an eye-opener." When An Yun heard from Mo Chenjun that Jiang Xue and others were planning to rescue people at night, her curiosity drove her to follow excitedly.

Although Jiang Xue didn't want her to take the risk at first, she couldn't refuse the little girl's coquettish request in the end.

So he repeatedly warned her not to walk around casually before bringing her along.

Because Mo Chenjun had a night watch mission tonight, he was unable to come with them, but instead sent his confidant to protect An Yun. "Miss Si, the guards will be changing shifts in a quarter of an hour, and then we can take action and rescue them."

In order to reduce the risk of exposing the target, there were not many people on this operation. Jiang Xue was the only one leading the team. In addition to a guide from Xiyong, there were Tieyi and people from the Prince's Mansion. Xiyong's spy was lying on the roof and whispered to Jiang Xue.

Jiang Xue nodded and raised her index finger, signaling everyone to get ready and be prepared to act at any time, "Now!"

Dark clouds covered the moon, and it was suddenly pitch black. The guards began to change shifts, and some noises could be heard. Jiang Xue gave an order, and the people behind him moved quickly.

In an instant, accompanied by the sound of several objects falling to the ground, when the moonlight shone again, all the imprisoned nobles were rescued. However, just as they were about to evacuate, countless sharp arrows suddenly flew from all directions.

"Retreat quickly!" Jiang Xue gave the order decisively, asking the people who were supporting the noble children to leave first.

She and the others stayed behind to block the arrows shot by the pursuers.

"what!"

In the chaos, An Yun was accidentally knocked down. When she was about to fall, Cao Ling suddenly appeared, grabbed her shoulders, and strangled her neck with his arms.

"Si Ruoxin, if you move again, I will kill this woman immediately."

Cao Ling threatened. He noticed Jiang Xue's protective attitude towards An Yun, and the flame of revenge ignited in his heart.

"Mr. Cao seems to enjoy this despicable method."

Jiang Xue picked up an arrow that had fallen on the ground and threw it at Cao Ling. The arrow grazed his cheek and penetrated deeply into the wooden beam.

Blood instantly oozed from Cao Ling's cheeks. He was furious and pinched An Yun's neck even harder, causing her to groan in pain.

"Do you think I don't dare?" Cao Ling roared.

"Stop!" Jiang Xue stopped her movements and stared at Cao Ling coldly: "Let go of An Yun."

"Let her go? Hahaha!" Cao Ling laughed wildly, and his madness made Jiang Xue feel uneasy.

"Si Ruoxin, you have finally come to this day. It must be hard to be caught by someone else. When you humiliated Zhiqing, did you ever think that this day would come?"

Humiliate Zhiqing?

Jiang Xue raised her eyebrows: "Mr. Cao, I'm afraid you remembered it wrongly. When did I humiliate your second young lady?"

"You did it and you won't admit it? You are all so self-righteous, but you are just a bunch of villains who don't dare to take responsibility. What did Zhiqing do wrong? You just want to vent your anger and throw her to a group of beggars to let them bully her.

Today, I want you to have a taste of what it feels like to have your loved ones bullied. Come, I'll hand this woman over to you, and you can do whatever you want with her."

As soon as he finished speaking, he signaled his men to bring a group of beggars in tattered clothes and emitting a foul odor to him, preparing to push An Yun into the crowd.

"Wait." Jiang Xue frowned, and a trace of worry flashed in her eyes.

"What, you don't want to?" Seeing this, Cao Ling showed a smug look on his face. The pleasure brought by revenge made his expression seem a little distorted.

"All you want is revenge, and An Yun has no grudge against your Cao family, so he shouldn't be treated like this. If you want revenge, then come to me. How about letting me take An Yun's place?"

Jiang Xue's words shocked everyone.

Tieyi widened his eyes, unable to believe his ears. He muttered to himself, doesn't this woman know what she's talking about?

However, for Cao Ling, Jiang Xue's proposal was exactly what he wanted!

He had long been eager to find an opportunity to deal with this woman. Today he finally waited for this moment. How could he give up so easily?

His smile became more ferocious, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked extremely scary.

"You said it yourself!" Cao Ling sneered.

"No!" Tieyi shouted angrily.

Although he had always been resentful of Jiang Xue's behavior on the West Gate Tower, deep down in his heart, he did not want to see her get hurt.

She is the princess of Xiaochun Kingdom and the most respected woman.

How could he allow these despicable people to insult her.

"Oh? Si Ruoxin, I didn't expect that your charm is so great that even the personal guards of Prince Gong would protect you so much. It seems that your charm is indeed honed on many men! Well, these beggars may never have such an opportunity in their lifetime, so let you do a good deed today and let them see your charm!"

Cao Ling's words became more and more harsh, portraying Jiang Xue in a very bad light.

"Shut up, you beast."

Tieyi was furious and was about to rush forward to teach Cao Ling a lesson, but was stopped by Jiang Xue.

"Miss Wang...!"

Tieyi almost called out "Princess", but thinking of the current occasion, he quickly changed his words.

However, the word "king" still caught Cao Ling's attention.

"Oh? It seems that Miss Si's background is not simple. When did she get the surname 'Wang'?"

Cao Ling sarcastically asked, "Could it be that Miss Si was once a favorite concubine of a certain prince?"

As soon as Cao Ling finished speaking, the followers behind him began to whisper.

Jiang Xue ignored the noise around her. She looked directly at An Yun's increasingly pale face and said coldly, "I've already said that I'm here to replace An Yun. Do you want to replace her or not?"

"That depends on your attitude, Miss Si."

Cao Ling waved his hands around, and the gathered crowd immediately made way.

He pointed to the empty space in the middle of the crowd and said, "Now, please come over here alone, and don't bring anyone with you."

"Wait a moment."

Tieyi saw Jiang Xue preparing to take a step and wanted to stop her, but was stopped by her eyes.

Under everyone's gaze, Jiang Xue stepped firmly into the crowd.

"Now, release An Yun."

"Ms. Si is so smart, how could she be so naive? I will consider releasing this woman only after I see you do what I ask." Then, Cao Ling made an even more outrageous request: "Do as I order, otherwise..."

"Shameless!" Tieyi shouted angrily, his hand holding the weapon trembling with force.

"Ms. Si, you'd better let your guards calm down, otherwise, Cao will not show mercy. If you are not careful, the girl's life will be gone." Cao Ling sneered and glanced at Tieyi. Seeing his furious look, he felt a little uneasy.