Plotting with You: The Forensic Scientist in Ancient Times!-Chapter 291 - 290: Disguised

"Your mother was called away by the people brought by the Pang Family." Yan Shu was also a bit worried, "They said it’s because your Zhu Family’s main wife was lonely and wanted someone to keep her company.

I don’t believe this nonsense at all, but I couldn’t protect her by myself, so I could only watch as she was taken away."

This event was not outside of Zhu Yu’s expectations. Since Miao Family was taken to Pang Yuzhen, she would probably suffer some hardships, like being ridiculed by Pang Yuzhen.

However, no matter what, Pang Yuzhen would still have some concerns about Lu Qing and Zhu Yu, and might not really dare to do much to Miao Family.

Let alone Yan Shu being unable to stop others from taking Miao Family, even if Zhu Yu and others were present, it wouldn’t be easy.

In other words, if Zhu Yu and Fu Lu hadn’t gone to help Lu Qing find the Shadow Guard to send a message and just happened not to be in the mansion, their situation might have been even more passive. There would be no chance for a strategic approach, a direct conflict might have occurred, and in the chaos, the powerless Miao Family could have been hurt.

"I wonder if the people from Pang Family are still here..." she murmured.

Yan Shu shook her head: "They are gone, I heard the protectors brought by the Pang Family giving orders outside. It seemed that shortly after they arrived, that big man from Pang Family left. As he left, he ordered his men to say that no one was to exit, only enter, and not to act rashly.

I felt something was very wrong at that time. Who would go to someone else’s home and act so domineeringly, ordering people around like that!

At that time, I thought as long as you both didn’t show up, I’d pretend to be lame to the end, hoping to find a chance to get your mother out. I wouldn’t care about anyone else, as long as she’s safe, we’d escape!"

Zhu Yu looked at Yan Shu with some gratitude, then thought for a while, and turned around to instruct, "Yan Shu, you did very well. From now on, continue to stay put like this.

Fu Lu, you should stay in Li Garden, and don’t let anyone discover you." 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"Madam, what about you?" Fu Lu immediately realized that Zhu Yu had other plans and quickly asked.

"No one in Pang Family knows what I look like with the disguised face, so they won’t recognize me." Zhu Yu had already figured out the next plan, "I have a set of servant’s clothes, and I can sneak out disguised as a servant from the Prince Mansion. At least I need to figure out what the situation outside is, and how many people there are.

Once I’m sure my mother is safe, we can find a secure way to turn the tables!"

"Madam, this won’t work! It’s too risky!" Fu Lu immediately objected, "Let me do it; you and the Commandery Princess stay in Li Garden!

If something happens to you, I won’t be able to explain to Master!"

"Don’t be ridiculous. How do you think you could suddenly appear among the Zhu Family servants without drawing attention?" Zhu Yu asked Fu Lu with some resignation.

Fu Lu paused, realizing it was indeed a problem. He was momentarily annoyed, wondering why he hadn’t thought of such a scenario before. If he had thought of it earlier, it might have been better for his brother Fuwen to stay, and he could have gone himself!

"Save it, don’t dwell on whether it should’ve been Fuwen staying behind." Zhu Yu, upon seeing his expression, immediately guessed Fu Lu’s thoughts and consoled, "Fuwen wouldn’t have been able to hide here either; the other side are practitioners as well. You martial artists can’t hide the aura on you.

Rest assured, besides being Prince Shuo’s daughter, am I not also the Princess Xiaoyao of Da Jin, and was married by imperial decree at that?

No matter how ambitious the Pang Family is to usurp my father’s authority, they still need the Holy Emperor’s approval.

Even if the Holy Emperor could overlook him taking the Vassal King title from his brother-in-law, harming Princess Xiaoyao in the process would disgrace the Holy Emperor, wouldn’t it?

Besides, the Prince Mansion isn’t that big. With your good hearing, if anything happens, I can call out loudly, and you’ll definitely hear it."

Fu Lu felt Zhu Yu’s reasoning was somewhat logical. Although he was not at ease, he couldn’t think of any counterarguments, so he reluctantly agreed.

With the plan set, Zhu Yu sneaked back to the bedroom she shared with Lu Qing, found the set of young servant’s clothes she had used before, changed into them, and lay down fully dressed. After resting for half a night, she sneaked out of Li Garden early the next day before dawn.

The implementation of her plan went smoothly. Although there were Pang Family protectors watching everywhere in the Prince Mansion, they didn’t recognize every servant in the mansion. Seeing that Zhu Yu was neither tall nor strong, with an average appearance, acting timidly and sheepishly, they didn’t pay much attention to her, even assigning her some chores with an air of arrogance.

Zhu Yu needed to move around the Prince Mansion to gather intelligence on the situation, so she gladly accepted the chores. Pretending to be obedient, she worked for most of the day and managed to get a general idea of the internal situation of the Prince Mansion.

The Prince Mansion’s steward, along with those old servants loyal to Zhu Cheng, and the maids and old women in the mansion, were all locked up. Outside, only six or seven young servants in their teens were left, all of whom were relatively small and timid. They were responsible for running errands and delivering meals.

Miao Family was staying in the main courtyard with Pang Yuzhen, and Zhu Ning was also with them.

At the entrance of the main courtyard, Pang Family’s protectors were guarding it. Even delivering meals couldn’t go directly inside; they had to hand it over to the Pang Family’s people to take in.

This made Zhu Yu both unsettled and slightly relieved.

She was unsettled because she couldn’t see with her own eyes that Miao Family was safe, leaving her somewhat uneasy.

The relief came from Zhu Ning being with Miao Family and Pang Yuzhen, suggesting an extra layer of security for Miao Family – obviously, the Pang Family considered Miao Family, Pang Yuzhen, and Zhu Ning as future bargaining chips for coercion.

Having confirmed this, Zhu Yu settled herself, resolved to continue posing as a young servant and dutifully doing chores.

The protectors of the Pang Family were extremely cautious. They brought their own cook to prepare meals, which their people would then distribute around. It took Zhu Yu two or three days to finally get a chance to help in the kitchen, only to find she had no opportunity to even touch their food.

How many times had these people used poison against others in the past! Otherwise, how could they be so cautious?

Zhu Yu was somewhat frustrated.

If she couldn’t even touch their bowls and chopsticks, there was no hope for any little maneuvers.

Though Zhu Yu was anxious, she reminded herself to be patient no matter what, not to let spur-of-the-moment irritation ruin her prior preparations.

The Prince Mansion, up and down, had been filled with no fewer than thirty to forty protectors from the Pang Family, each robust and with fierce looks. They were more like thugs than protectors.

She and Fu Lu, even if they added Yan Shu, wouldn’t stand any chance to both protect themselves and keep Miao Family and the others safe.