The Villain's Heart Black Moonlight

In this case, according to the laws of the Ning Dynasty, the punishment should be between thirty and fifty strokes of the cane, depending on the severity of the crime.

For people like them who murdered the princess...it's already great that they can escape the death penalty.

The killers knew that this was unreasonable, and they couldn't afford to offend the other party because of their status, so they looked at each other and said that they had given up.

While being escorted by Eleven, the leader couldn't help but turn his head and look in the direction of Chi Chu.

The little girl still stood there with a gentle expression.

To be honest, they really didn't think they could hurt Chi Chu. Now the situation was like - not only did they fail to complete the first mission, but their money was also stolen, saying that it was used as a deposit for the second mission.

Now I have to be punished...

The killers were simply in tears.

After the group left, Cen Jinzhao lowered his head and looked at Chi Chu: "Your Highness, I will take you back to the palace."

"..."

He saw that the little girl's expression seemed to be frozen for a moment, and she seemed to be somewhat guilty. She raised her eyes and pursed her lips before speaking: "Don't bother you, Prime Minister Cen. You have a lot of official duties. Why waste your time on such a small matter? Besides..."

"I still haven't bought the food I wanted to buy yet."

The two of them walked out while talking, Chi Chu's steps gradually deviated, getting further and further away from Cen Jinzhao.

"How can official duties be more important than the princess's safety?"

Cen Jinzhao said indifferently, "And if Your Highness really wants to eat something, I can ask someone to bring it to the palace for you."

With just a few words, he shut down all the excuses Chi Chu had just made.

Chi Chu: “…”

Seeing the little girl who had just slightly raised her head now showing a sad expression, Cen Jinchao felt like laughing for some reason - he rarely had such unnecessary emotions anymore.

The little girl had obviously used some unknown means to avoid everyone's eyes and sneaked out of the palace by herself. Now she had to be sent back by him after encountering such a thing. I'm afraid she was worried in her heart that she wouldn't be able to get out next time.

Cen Jinzhao paused, and couldn't help but speak again, this time with a hint of intimidation in his tone.

"Your Highness has also seen what happened today. There are quite a lot of people targeting you. It is easy for something like today to happen - dying outside the palace for unknown reasons, with no one to collect the body."

"But... if Your Highness really wants to go out, or wants to eat something, you can ask someone to bring it to you. There is no need to put yourself in danger like this."

"Then..." The little girl raised her head cautiously, "Prime Minister Cen, will you bring it to me?"

"..."

Cen Jinzhao was silent.

What he originally meant by "find someone to bring her" was to ask the subordinates to go out of the palace to buy her. After all, the princess was strictly prohibited from leaving the palace, and there were many people watching her. But it would be much better for an ordinary maid.

But what he didn't expect was that Chi Chu would ask him directly.

Cen Jinzhao originally wanted to refuse directly, but when he looked down, he saw the little girl's slightly hopeful eyes.

For some reason, he finally changed his mind and did not say the words of refusal.

Instead, he gave a very ambiguous answer.

"If it's appropriate."

Neither refused nor agreed.

But the little girl's eyes seemed to brighten up because of this answer, and she was not so resistant to returning to the palace.

The journey back was very smooth. Cen Jinzhao drove the carriage. Because of his special status, the guards outside did not dare to really investigate anything. They usually just went through the motions and let people in perfunctorily.

——Well, if Cen Jinchao really wanted to do something, he had a thousand ways to sneak into the palace quietly instead of driving a carriage in such a fair way.

Because he came directly this time, Cen Jinchao did not enter the harem. After all, he was still an outsider and it would bring bad influence.

After he put Chi Chu down, he watched the little girl's back disappear behind the palace wall, his eyes becoming more profound.

After a while, he said coldly: "Let's go back home."

What Cen Jinzhao didn't know was that not long after he left, Chi Chu's figure appeared outside the palace again -

Even though she was sent back, it doesn't mean she can't come out again.

Chi Chu did not come here simply for food and drink this time, but had a clear purpose, which was to get her fifty taels of silver.

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At this time, in a bandit’s den outside the city, several bandits were limping back, and their faces didn’t look very good.

"What the hell, the person who commissioned us to kill someone must have a big problem! She must have known the other person's identity as a princess, and secretly found someone to insert it!"

"Yes, we must have been targeted for a long time, but the girl happened to be out of the palace today, so we ran into her."

After experiencing physical pain, everyone finally realized that they were being used.

"But... everyone, we're not going to get into trouble if we provoke the princess like this, right? If I remember correctly, the people who took us to the government office today seemed to be Prime Minister Cen's men?"

When they said this, the bandits couldn't help but fall silent.

Cen Jinchao's notoriety was so widespread that even those who were not from the capital had heard of him.

There is even a saying circulating in some places.

It is better to get villains and villains than to offend Cen Jinzhao - because the other party is a combination of villains and villains. He is much more ferocious and cruel than villains, and more calculating than villains.

For those who have offended him, it is a blessing in disguise to be able to keep their lives.

"Never mind. Even if we really offended them, we can just leave here and live somewhere else. It's not like we don't have a way to make a living!"

The bandit leader slammed the table so hard that he almost hurt his wound.

"I just don't believe it. If the time comes, he will be far away. Can he really catch up with me?"

"Yes."

A voice took over this sentence very naturally.

"Why are you boosting others' morale and destroying your own prestige?" The bandit leader looked towards the source of the voice with some dissatisfaction, and then the second half of his sentence, which he wanted to curse, was choked in his mouth.

In an inconspicuous corner of their room, a person had been sitting there for some time.

Someone who would never appear here.

——The princess who tortured them so badly today, Chi Chu.

"no……"

The bandits panicked instantly. They stood up and subconsciously wanted to escape, but the familiar feeling of restraint appeared again. They were devastated to find that they could not move again.

The bandit leader was full of ambition just now, but now his voice began to tremble slightly when he spoke.

"No, you, how do you know we are here!"

This is simply pure hell.

"Why don't you know?" Chi Chu tilted his head and asked with genuine curiosity: "From your accents, it's obvious that you are not from Beijing, and your methods are not sophisticated. You must not be professional killers, but rather amateurs."

"But when it comes to killing people, you don't seem cowardly at all. It's obvious that you have done something similar before... Then considering the time and place you appeared, isn't your identity obvious?"