Seeing this, Lin Kong said angrily, "How can The Emperor treat you like this? You’re the Fourth Prince of the current dynasty, how can you be treated like some common criminal? It’s bad enough they put chains on your hands and feet, but they even added two big iron balls. That’s too much."

The Fourth Prince’s voice was full of resentment: "Imperial father doesn’t have me in his heart at all. He only wants to put me to death."

Lin Kong said, "Fourth Prince, don’t be too heartbroken. The Emperor is just momentarily confused by demons; in the future he’ll know your worth!"

As he spoke, Lin Kong raised his blade and brought it down; with a single stroke he split open the iron shackles on the Fourth Prince’s feet.

"Alright, let’s hurry up and go. If we’re discovered, we won’t be able to get away."

"Okay!"

The Fourth Prince couldn’t worry about anything else and followed Lin Kong out. If he couldn’t get away tonight, he would definitely be dead tomorrow.

They say The Emperor’s word is as good as nine bronze tripods. Since he had already posted the Imperial Edict, he was clearly determined to kill him. The Fourth Prince wasn’t stupid; if he didn’t escape tonight, his head would roll tomorrow, so of course he had to follow Lin Kong and flee.

The Clan Authority Mansion had always been heavily guarded, yet for some reason tonight, no one noticed that someone had broken in and even rescued a prisoner.

The next day, at the crack of dawn, The Emperor learned of this and was so furious his whole body trembled...

"You useless rice buckets, you can’t even keep watch over a single man. What use does We have for you?"

Lord Liu knelt below without saying a word. This time it was indeed his miscalculation.

He had never imagined, even in his dreams, that with the Clan Authority Mansion guarded so strictly, someone could still break in.

Moreover, this person seemed to be extremely familiar with the layout of the Clan Authority Mansion, actually managing to alert not a single guard, and silently spiriting the Fourth Prince away.

"We are talking to you. Have you turned mute?"

Lord Liu knocked his head on the floor again and again to plead guilty: "Your subject deserves ten thousand deaths. I beg The Emperor for mercy."

"The Fourth Prince practiced Evil Cultivation; he’s a scourge. Now that he’s escaped, who knows what kind of harm he’ll bring to Moli Country." The key point was, with the Fourth Prince having fled, The Emperor had no way to explain himself to the commoners, and he was even more afraid they would think he had deliberately let the Fourth Prince go. His reputation was already in tatters; he did not want to shoulder yet another crime.

Lord Liu’s attitude in admitting guilt was extremely good: "Your Majesty, your subject will definitely do his utmost to capture the Fourth Prince and bring him back to stand trial."

Capture him they certainly had to, but he had only just posted the Imperial Edict yesterday, saying he would behead the Fourth Prince, and today the man had run. How was he supposed to explain this to the commoners?

The Emperor glared at Lord Liu, snorting in anger, not knowing what to do with him. Irritably waving his hand, he said, "You... you... hurry and investigate. If you can’t find the Fourth Prince and bring him back, We will chop off your dog head."

Lord Liu: "Yes."

Out on the streets, the commoners of the Capital had all gotten up early. The tea houses and wine houses were packed. Everyone was in high spirits, just waiting for 3 pm to arrive and for the Fourth Prince’s head to fall.

"Ayya! Why is time passing so slowly today? I can hardly wait any longer." In the tea house, an uncle muttered to himself while eating a steamed bun.

Just then, a large group of Government Officials with blades at their waists rushed in through the tea house doors. The leader held a portrait in his hand and, with a fierce air, handed it to the tea-drinking patrons to look at. "Take a good look. Have you seen this person?"

"Who is it?"

Everyone was puzzled and crowded around to join the fun. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"Huh! Isn’t this the Fourth Prince?"

"Right, brother Official, this person is clearly the Fourth Prince. Isn’t he locked up in the Clan Authority Mansion? Why are you asking us about him instead?"

The patrons all voiced their doubts.

The Government Official knew he couldn’t hide it, so he simply said, "The Fourth Prince escaped last night. We’re in the middle of hunting him down. If you see him, hurry and report it to the authorities."