Did The Young Prince’s Kingdom Get Destroyed Today? Chapter 66

The little beast, its paw stepped on, laid on the ground, tremblingly raising its paw.

Ling Yi was stunned.

He rubbed his eyes, but the weak little beast raising its paw did not disappear.

“You, what are you wearing?”

Ling Yi wasn’t afraid of such a small beast. He squatted down and tentatively poked it.

This time, he didn’t poke the paw but the little beast’s body, which was soft and dirty.

Ling Yi, who had a cleanliness obsession, wiped his fingers after poking it.

Seeing this, the little dumpling: “???”

The little dumpling was so angry his paws twitched. He laid on the ground, squeaking: “Bad third brother! Disgusted by my dirtiness!”

He had become so dirty to save his third brother!

The little dumpling was about to faint from anger, but the one who made him angry was unaware he needed to coax the dumpling.

“You look really strange.”

Ling Yi only glanced at the little dumpling without touching it again. After a few more looks, he was about to send the little dumpling away: “I can’t even protect myself now; I can’t take care of a little thing like you.”

“If we have fate, we will meet again.”

Ling Yi stood up, intending to sneak away amidst the chaos.

But just as he stepped over the little dumpling to leave, the little dumpling hugged his leg, clinging to him.

Ling Yi looked down: “This is a blatant scam.”

The little dumpling squeaked twice, his beautiful round eyes looking at Ling Yi with apparent grievance.

Faced with this unknown little creature, Ling Yi hesitated for a few seconds before asking: “Do you mean to stick with me? Do you want to take me out?”

The little dumpling nodded.

Ling Yi couldn’t understand the squeaking.

Realizing it was useless to squeak, the little dumpling closed his mouth and relied solely on his paws.

He tried to use his paws to signal to his third brother.

Given the dire situation, with people around putting out the fire, it was too dangerous and conspicuous to transform back into a little prince.

After the little dumpling waved his paws furiously, Ling Yi barely understood his intention.

The door to Ling Yi’s room was locked from the outside.

The little dumpling pointed to the window, signaling his third brother to climb out.

Ling Yi looked at the window and then at the little dumpling demonstrating in front. He couldn’t help but mutter: “This love for climbing out windows is just like Little Seven’s.”

Mentioning Little Seven made his expression darken.

Being confined here, he had no news and didn’t know if Little Seven had been captured.

Remembering what Little Seven said in the carriage about fortune-telling and misfortune…

He hadn’t believed it at the time.

Now, it seemed the child’s intuition had some truth.

Little Seven must have sensed he was in trouble, which is why he had been so cautious, fearing bad people and danger.

It was his fault for not listening to Little Seven.

“Squeak!”

While Ling Yi was still thinking about Little Seven, the little dumpling on the window was already urging him, tapping on the glass.

Imitating the little dumpling, he reluctantly climbed out.

However, as soon as he landed, someone spotted him.

Someone even tried to lock him back up.

Ling Yi frowned, facing the person without panic: “You captured me and didn’t kill me immediately, which means I still have some value to you.”

“Now that there’s a fire here, locking me back up is as good as letting me die. If I die, all your efforts today will be wasted, won’t they?”

To his credit, Ling Yi remained remarkably composed.

His words caused those who wanted to lock him back up to hesitate.

Capturing this prince had involved considerable effort, manpower, and time.

If the prince ended up dead, they would indeed suffer a great loss.

“Behave yourself and don’t try any tricks.”

The man who had blocked Ling Yi grabbed his arm, ready to move him.

The area was engulfed in flames, and the smoke could be deadly if inhaled too much.

He couldn’t afford to report back to Emperor Zhou and wait for further orders.

Gritting his teeth, he decided to take Ling Yi away on his own initiative.

“I’m saving your life, so be good and follow me.”

The bearded man dressed in black kept warning Ling Yi to behave.

Ling Yi, who was obediently following him, couldn’t help but retort: “I have no intention of running away, am I not following you?”

He wasn’t stupid; since this person was leading him to a safer place, he naturally would follow.

As for the little dumpling that had guided him earlier, he didn’t know if it was still around.

The little dumpling was so black that, apart from its bright eyes, its entire body looked like a lump of coal.

Standing in the shadows, people might not even notice it under their noses.

Ling Yi followed the bearded man.

The little dumpling, sticking to the shadows, also followed.

He had perfectly camouflaged himself!

And except for being stepped on by his third brother, he had cleverly avoided letting anyone else step on his paws.

He was still small, and his paws were very tender.

Having walked so much today, his paws were already sore, and if they got stepped on again, they would be ruined.

For young beasts, paws were very important.

Ling Yi and the bearded man moved ahead, while the little dumpling followed behind.

Upon realizing they were heading to the other side of the underground palace, the little dumpling’s eyes gleamed.

The next second, the little dumpling sped up, rushed ahead, and then set another fire.

He was determined to force everyone out of the underground palace.

Starting a fire for the second time, the little dumpling was getting the hang of it.

When the fire began spreading from another direction, Emperor Zhou was utterly enraged: “Who did this?! There’s a traitor among us!”

The fire had broken out so suddenly that it was clear someone had intentionally set it.

Setting a fire in the underground palace could only be the work of a traitor!

Emperor Zhou’s cold gaze swept over the people around him, including Shui Shui’s mother and Shui Shui, who had returned midway.

Shui Shui’s mother shivered under his gaze.

She instinctively tightened her grip on Shui Shui’s shoulder, hurting the slow-reacting Shui Shui so much that he winced.

The heat from the fire quickly increased.

Emperor Zhou was already sweating, but his face remained cold: “Minister Gou, do you know who did this?”

Minister Gou, upon being named, shook his head: “Your Majesty, I truly do not know.”

“In my humble opinion, we need to move to a different location. Otherwise, when the fire spreads completely, it might harm your majesty.”

Their rebel group had already declared Emperor Zhou within their ranks.

Emperor Zhou even had a makeshift throne.

However, this counterfeit throne was nowhere near as valuable as the real one.

Looking at the throne and the furnishings of the underground palace, Emperor Zhou realized they couldn’t take many things with them.

Thinking about these items being destroyed by the fire pained him.

Being a rebel required a lot of money.

The money Emperor Zhou secretly amassed couldn’t compare to the imperial treasury of Emperor Ling.

Although the Qi Dynasty was small and weak, its geographical position was excellent.

A good location meant good climate, making Qi Dynasty’s grain and other resources very valuable.

“Let’s go.”

Faced with life and death, Emperor Zhou decided to abandon the underground palace and save his life.

He led his trusted followers away, while another group stayed behind to cover their retreat.

“Bring the Third Prince.”

As he left, Emperor Zhou mentioned the Third Prince.

His losses were significant this time, and having the Third Prince could still bring some benefits.

During the chaotic retreat amidst the fire, everyone was in a frantic state, lacking any composure.

Ling Yi was waiting for an opportunity, as was the little dumpling.

Shui Shui… was also waiting for an opportunity.

In the chaotic crowd, a familiar fragrance spread.

Minister Gou, upon smelling it, didn’t react at first. Only after a few more sniffs did his face change dramatically: “It’s the scent of the sleeping drug.”

This sleeping drug had been used when capturing the prince.

As soon as Minister Gou spoke, Emperor Zhou and those around him immediately locked their gazes on Shui Shui’s mother.

The scent was something Shui Shui’s mother had prepared and kept.

“It, it’s not me.”

Shui Shui’s mother was squeezed in the crowd. Just as she got separated from Shui Shui and hadn’t had time to find him again, she heard Minister Gou’s words.

“My incense… my incense is gone.”

Shui Shui’s mother, having lost Shui Shui, now discovered her incense was missing as well.

In disbelief, she widened her eyes even further, already uncontrollably imagining Shui Shui stealing her incense in her mind.

“Impossible.”

Shui Shui’s mother still found it inconceivable: “Why would Shui Shui do such a thing? He couldn’t have done it.”

Although she wasn’t Shui Shui’s biological mother, she would step in to stop him from being bullied.

At home, she would cook for Shui Shui.

In Shui Shui’s eyes, she was like his real mother.

Shui Shui’s mother couldn’t accept the possibility that Shui Shui might have stolen her incense. But before she could recover from this shock, she looked up to see Emperor Zhou’s frighteningly cold face.

Emperor Zhou was not handsome, and his icy expression was truly unsettling.

Almost instantly, Shui Shui’s mother pushed the blame onto Shui Shui: “Your Majesty, it was my fault for not keeping an eye on Shui Shui…”

“Shui Shui knows the Third Prince and is on good terms with him. He must have known the Third Prince was here and went to rescue him.”

“Your Majesty, I never thought he would do such a thing. He even dared to betray me, his own mother.”

As she spoke, Shui Shui’s mother began to weep.

She was quite attractive, and this tearful, fragile demeanor would have previously elicited Emperor Zhou’s sympathy.

But now, Emperor Zhou wanted nothing more than to kill her.

The sleeping incense was made from herbs, and it also contained a poison. Emperor Zhou, suppressing his anger, ordered that Shui Shui’s mother be taken away and watched closely.

Once they left, he would need her to make the antidote.

Shui Shui’s mother’s sleeping incense was effective, working just as well on their own people as on others.

The fire, the sleeping incense, and their daytime traps were now all being used against them one by one.

The little dumpling could only lead the way and couldn’t rescue his third brother from the bad guys.

Just when he was so anxious that his paws were flailing, he saw the person holding down his third brother suddenly collapse.

The bad guy fell, revealing Shui Shui behind him, holding a stick.

The little dumpling’s eyes widened, reflecting Shui Shui with the stick. At that moment, his little head was filled with admiration.

“Squeak.”

Amazing!

The little dumpling’s eyes sparkled, and he excitedly led the way.

Shui Shui had a stick and sleeping incense, but most importantly, he had the connection with his mother, so no one guarded against him.

People assumed he was on their side.

When Shui Shui encountered someone, he didn’t say much. If asked a question, he answered briefly.

“Why are you here?”

“Too many people, got lost.”

“Can’t find your mother? She wasn’t wrong about you being a little fool. Alright, follow me. And don’t resist, Third Prince.”

The threats were repeated.

Ling Yi was numb to it by now.

After answering, Shui Shui would follow behind, and when the person wasn’t looking, he’d knock them out with the stick.

He struck with precision, making the little dumpling want to clap its paws in applause.

Through their tacit cooperation, they managed to sneak out despite the obstacles.

As they emerged into daylight, Shui Shui squatted down, holding the little dumpling in one hand and grabbing Ling Yi’s hand with the other.

“Run,” he said concisely.

Getting out was already hard enough, and they couldn’t waste time now.

If caught, they might all die.

“Alright, let’s run.”

Ling Yi had no objection to running, but he did object to Shui Shui holding the little dumpling: “Let this little thing go. We can run by ourselves.”

Taking the little thing along added extra burden.

Shui Shui shook his head and held the little dumpling tighter.

“Paws hurt.”

He remembered the little dumpling’s paws were sore, so he couldn’t let it run by itself.

“Why do you care so much about this little thing?” Ling Yi was puzzled.

Shui Shui, holding his hand, had already started running.

Ling Yi didn’t get an answer until they had run far away, until it was completely dark, and they found a place to rest.

“It’s Little Seven,” Shui Shui said slowly.

Ling Yi: “?”

Ling Yi: “What?”

He was tidying up their shelter, as it was too dark to continue searching for a path and would be more dangerous. They had to rest for the night.

Shui Shui answered so slowly that Ling Yi didn’t initially realize which question he was answering.

Only after they all sat down, including the little dumpling who angrily approached him, did Shui Shui point to the little dumpling and clearly repeat: “It’s Little Seven.”

The little thing Ling Yi had despised was Little Seven.

After speaking, Shui Shui looked at Ling Yi with confusion: “You like Little Seven.”

Although Shui Shui hadn’t spent much time with them, he knew that Ling Yi was very fond of Little Seven.

But just now, Ling Yi had shown disdain for Little Seven all the way.

“Shui Shui, is your head not feeling well? What nonsense are you talking about?”

Ling Yi touched Shui Shui’s forehead. It wasn’t hot. Leaning against the stone, he found Shui Shui’s words absurd.

“This little black thing doesn’t match my Little Seven at all.”

Little Seven was white and soft, while this little thing was as black as coal.

Most importantly, his Little Seven was a person, and this little thing wasn’t.

Seeing that Third Brother continued to say things he didn’t want to hear, the little coal-black ball finally erupted.

At this moment, he didn’t care if his disguise would be revealed or if he’d scare Third Brother. He glared at him with his black face, and squeaked fiercely.

In the next second, under Third Brother’s teasing gaze, he transformed from a little black ball back into a little black prince.

The little prince, who had held back until now, could finally speak. He raised his little black face and accused Third Brother in front of him: “You stepped on my paws! It hurt a lot!”

“You called me a little coal ball! Several times!”

“You didn’t hold me. I wanted to hug you, but you wouldn’t let me!”

“You’re a bad Third Brother!”

The little cub, who had been holding back until now, accused the confused Third Brother one sentence after another.

He accused with great enthusiasm, and Shui Shui, standing next to him, occasionally nodded in agreement, as if echoing his words.

He had touched Little Seven’s paws before; they were very soft and should not be stepped on.

With one little one accusing and the other nodding, Ling Yi, standing in front of them, felt his mind go blank.

His already weak body trembled in the wind.

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