After refusing marriage, she was pampered by the prince who acted as a shield.

Chapter 549: Cooperation

In a dark room.

Lin Rusi felt the pain in her body and the hand that was gently patting her face, and slowly opened her eyes.

Where am I?

The hoarse voice made the person next to her immediately look up. Seeing that it was Changning, who was lying next to Lin Rusi, who had woken her up, she frowned again.

"We have failed the lady's expectations and have all been captured here."

"all?"

Those people are so powerful, whose men are they working for?

That prince, or the emperor?

If it were either of these two people, Lin Rusi couldn't help but put Changning, who dared not cry, beside her.

"Don't be afraid, Mother will definitely protect you."

"It's so dark here, what should we do? Will Father come to save us?"

Lin Rusi didn't know what to say, after all, Li Jingyang was still on the battlefield and had no time to spare, so how could he possibly be distracted?

But Lin Rusi didn't dare say that now. She could only gently stroke the child's back, trying to stop him from crying.

What she didn't know was that Changning had been holding back, and now that someone was comforting her, she couldn't help but burst into tears.

The sound grew louder and louder, causing the people in the room to turn pale.

The guards tried to cover his mouth again.

But as soon as he made a move, his gaze met Lin Rusi's.

"what are you up to?"

"Madam, this will attract the attention of those people."

Lin Rusi naturally knew about this, but the child looked too pitiful, so she raised her hand and waved it to indicate that she didn't need to pay attention to him.

The next instant, a burst of light appeared in the pitch-black room.

"who!"

"Come out, or none of the people here will survive."

Lin Rusi looked at the hand pointing directly at her, her brows furrowed slightly as she was about to refuse, when a knife fell at Changning's feet.

The child couldn't withstand such a scare and burst into even louder tears.

"It's not like I'm not going with you, why are you scaring my child like this?"

"Don't dawdle here, or I'll make sure you lose this kid."

The man holding the lantern gave Lin Rusi a cold laugh, and with a forceful pull, the dagger was snatched away.

Lin Rusi knew that she had to act at this time, otherwise the child would definitely suffer.

He raised his hand and placed the person in the guard's arms, then stood up and took two steps forward.

Why are you not moving again?

"Aren't you worried that I might suddenly make a move and subdue you?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Rusi frowned, clearly wanting to say something more, but upon hearing the sobbing behind her, she walked straight forward.

When she left the room, she was blinded by the glaring sunlight.

"Where am I? Who are you taking me to see?"

"I shouldn't have asked..."

“She’s going over there anyway, so let’s make some preparations now so we don’t waste time in front of the boss.” The man standing at the door, leaning against the wall, casually turned his head. “We are bandits, and our boss wants to see you.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Rusi frowned even more deeply, clearly wanting to say something more, when she noticed the stairs in front of her.

The wise man was up there, looking up, but he couldn't see the people in the room. He could only barely see the room above, which had been arranged by someone, by raising his head as high as possible.

"Your boss is a meticulous person, otherwise the house wouldn't be decorated so well."

Lin Rusi looked at the two of them without saying a word. Just as she was about to walk upstairs, she suddenly felt a heavy weight on her shoulder and almost knelt down.

Fortunately, there was a staircase nearby, and she reached out to hold on, thus avoiding a fall.

"This isn't a place you can just go up to. Go stand over there."

"Didn't you say you wanted to see her? Why won't you let me go upstairs?"

"Naturally, it's because you're not worthy to go up there."

Lin Rusi was taken aback, then turned her head to look at the side, made sure there was a tea table there, and walked straight over.

As soon as she sat down, she heard a slightly hoarse female voice coming softly from upstairs.

"Madam is so calm. Aren't you afraid we'll kill you?"

"If you wanted to kill them, you could have done so on the way. Why bother bringing them all here?"

It was a woman, which really surprised her.

After all, none of these people seemed to be obedient. The fact that they recognized a woman as their elder brother meant that either she was capable, or she had an even more powerful backer.

However, that one moment made Lin Rusi realize that they genuinely admired this woman, and she knew that the one in question was the former.

As she was trying to figure out what the other person looked like, she saw a woman who was completely covered up and wearing a straw hat.

"You're not being sincere at all."

"Then how should I demonstrate my sincerity and reveal my true intentions to Madam?"

The man's voice was even lower and hoarse, full of mockery of Lin Rusi's naivety.

But she was no simple person either; without getting angry at all, she poured herself a cup of tea and pushed it to the seat opposite her.

"Don't think we don't know you can use poison. You tried to kill our boss, and we won't let you get away with it. We'll take care of you right away..."

"Baike!"

With a low shout, the bandit who wanted to threaten Lin Rusi shut up, but still glared at him defiantly and drank the tea in one gulp.

She wasn't angry about the situation, but instead poured another glass and served it to him.

"Is your voice injured? Or are you doing this on purpose? I don't want to know, but if you want to regain your original voice, you shouldn't do this."

"So what? Does this voice have any effect on me?"

Lin Rusi looked at the woman who was hiding her face, nodded, and then shook her head.

Bai Ke thought she was toying with his boss and wanted to teach her a lesson when he heard her voice.

"I think it's useful, since sometimes the intonation of your voice can control other people's emotions."

"But I believe you should know that under absolute power, such things are useless."

Lin Rusi looked at Bai Ke indifferently and let out another soft laugh.

"You all go out, I want to talk to her alone."

The woman said she would drink the tea that Lin Rusi poured out again and then ignore the two of them.

The more they ignored each other, the more irritable they became.

"go out."

Those two words finally shut him up, and he slunk away.

Once the door was closed, Lin Rusi found a bamboo hat beside her and immediately looked up to see a pretty woman.

"Now that you're sincere, can you persuade the Crown Princess to cooperate with me?"

What do you want to do?

Lin Rusi had never met this person before, so she naturally wouldn't agree immediately. Her gaze swept over him indifferently before finally settling on the teacup in her hand.

"This appears to be from an official kiln?"

"This is a tea set I brought from home, and it was my favorite when I was a child."

childhood?

Was this person once a member of the imperial court?

Lin Rusi kept calculating in her mind, trying to find out the other party's true identity.

But she had never seen this face in either her past or present life, so she had no way of confirming the other person's identity.