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

Feeling the warm breath next to her ears, Jiang Xue's heart was moved. This man knew how to touch her heartstrings better than before.

Her cheeks were slightly hot, she wrapped her arms around his waist and listened to his heartbeat: "When did His Royal Highness Prince Gong become so overbearing?"

"Actually, I've always been like this, but I didn't show it so obviously in front of you in the past." After saying that, he left a gentle kiss on her forehead.

"Then you have to work harder. It's not easy to get past my brother." Jiang Xue reminded. At the same time, she knew in her heart that facing Xiao Yan's problem would be equally tricky.

"Don't worry, leave everything to me." Xiao Zhan responded confidently.

At noon the next day, when the two were having lunch, there was a sudden noise outside the door.

Thousands of angry people surrounded the gate of the mansion, loudly demanding that Jiang Xue appear and explain.

"Come out, the new emperor should let the people live and work in peace and contentment. Why should he increase our taxes?" The shouts from the crowd were all protests.

"Princess, you must come out and give us an explanation. The taxes are too heavy. The old and young in my family are almost starving to death. How can you royal family members still enjoy delicious food in peace?" The people outside the door roared.

"Princess, the situation is not good. The people outside are very emotional and have started banging on the door with wooden stakes." The spy reported anxiously, but saw that the princess and Xiao Zhan were still calmly sipping tea, as if it had nothing to do with them.

The spy was confused: "What are these two masters thinking?"

"Don't be anxious. That door is made of black iron and is not so easy to destroy. How is our team progressing now?" Jiang Xue asked after putting down the teacup.

"Princess, the person will be brought out in a quarter of an hour." The spy replied.

"Did you find other items when you were looking for someone?" She knew that the property looted from the people should be hidden together.

"We found two account books and a set of keys, but due to the time constraints, we haven't figured out which door the keys open."

"It doesn't matter, as long as we get it." Jiang Xue stood up and straightened her clothes. "Let's go. We can't keep the people waiting for too long."

As the door slowly opened, the exhausted crowd gathered outside suddenly became excited.

"The door is open." someone shouted.

Jiang Xue and Xiao Zhan exchanged glances, and the corners of their mouths slightly raised: "The action begins."

She lightly tapped and leaped onto the roof, flying away into the distance in the astonished eyes of everyone.

"Chase her, don't let her get away." A shout came from the crowd and everyone followed closely.

Faced with the chaotic scene before his eyes, the spy was extremely confused: "Sir, this is..."

"Remember to ensure the safety of those blacksmiths." Xiao Zhan ordered calmly.

The crowd gradually dispersed, and not long after, a small group of people rushed out from the alley next to them.

They were wearing large-scale costumes and were obviously the blacksmiths Xiaoxue had hired.

Xiao Zhan said nothing more. He jumped up and followed Jiang Xue closely. Before leaving, he took a few people with him in case of any emergency.

"What's the situation over there?" Ding Tu looked up at the sky, thinking that those angry people were probably eager to find Jiang Xue to argue with her.

He could almost imagine how embarrassed the woman would be when facing thousands of angry people.

"Reporting to the Lord, Princess Changle escaped after opening the door."

"What!" Ding Tu turned around suddenly, his eyes wide open, full of disbelief, "Where did she escape to?"

That woman definitely didn't just run away, she must have other plans behind it!

"Report, she seems to be heading towards the mineral vein." The spy replied tremblingly.

"Bahai is a bunch of rubbish." Ding Tu waved his arms angrily, and his sleeves swept the teacup off the table, sending fragments flying everywhere. The servants in the room were so frightened that their hearts beat faster.

"Send someone immediately to notify those idiots in Bahai and have them go to the mine to intercept them immediately, quickly." Just as the words fell, the door was slammed open and Ding Tu's figure disappeared without a trace.

On the other side, Jiang Xue successfully led the people to the mine. Based on the intelligence obtained previously, after a careful search around, they finally found a secret entrance that was hidden very deeply.

He used the key in his hand to open the mechanism. With a loud rumbling sound, a stone door on the cliff slowly opened, shaking the entire earth.

"what is that?"

The people had never seen such a scene before and were all speechless with astonishment.

Jiang Xue slowly walked out from behind the stone wall and said softly, "Everyone, don't you want to go in and take a look?"

"What's in there? Why did you bring us here?" The crowd below looked at her standing on a high place and could only ask loudly and angrily.

"Just go in and take a look. This is the mineral vein guarded by the Bahai tribe. I think you should be very familiar with this place." Her words made everyone look around again.

“It is indeed a vein of minerals.”

"Oh, I didn't look carefully when the stone door was opened. Now I see that it is really a mineral vein!"

"Come on, come on, the cave is full of treasures." A brave man went into the cave and ran out shouting.

Hearing this, others rushed in and found mountains of wealth in the cave!

"This is..." Everyone was stunned again when faced with the glittering treasure in front of them.

"These all belong to you. Take them and divide them up." Jiang Xue said to everyone while standing outside the door.

"Divide it?" Her suggestion shocked everyone present.

"But these things... don't belong to us!" The people of Qian Kingdom are simple and kind, and they never dare to touch things that do not belong to them.

"Who said it doesn't belong to you?" Jiang Xue smiled slightly, "These are all what Dad has plundered from you over the years. All the taxes you have paid over the years add up to exactly this amount."

As she spoke, she took out an account book and handed it to a villager who looked like a scholar.

"Check it yourself."

"It's true..." The man checked the numbers and was shocked.

"Didn't they say that all these were sent to the national treasury?"

"National treasury? Look at these gold and silver treasures. Have they really gone into the national treasury?" Jiang Xue pointed at the gold and silver mountain in front of her and asked, "If the court really wants to increase taxes, they will definitely post a yellow notice. Have you seen the yellow notice in these years?"

The crowd shook their heads.

"No, not even once. Every time, Lord Ba says that the treasury is empty and needs everyone's help." The people replied.

"So, your taxes are escorted by the Royal Army?" she continued.

"No, every time it's the adults' men who are taken away." As the problem deepened, the people began to realize that something was wrong.

"Now look at the wealth in this cave, do you understand?" Jiang Xue glanced at everyone.

Although the people of Qian Country were simple, they were not ignorant. After listening to her explanation and seeing the mountains of money before their eyes, even the most dull-witted people understood the truth.