I started out with seven husbands, and I worked hard to support my family while crying.

Chapter 258: Assassination in Prison

The jailer expressed his slight difficulty in handling the situation.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid I'm unable to fulfill your request. After all, these people were arranged by Registrar Xu, who instructed us not to let them cause any problems."

"Snapped!"

Wang Mang directly gave him a big slap on the wrist.

"Damn it, he's just a lowly clerk, what's there to care about? I want you to open the door, so just open the door for me, stop your endless whining."

"If anything goes wrong, I will be solely responsible. What the hell does it have to do with me?"

"Hurry up and give me the money, open the door, and get out!"

As he spoke, he took out a few pieces of silver from his pocket and threw them at the jailer's face.

The silver coins rolled down the other person's cheek and fell to the ground with a crisp sound due to inertia.

Although the jailer was furious, he had to suppress his anger for the sake of the money, forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace.

"Yes, yes, Your Highness is right. I'll open the door for you right away!"

After the jailer and his men left.

In the entire prison cell, only Wang Mang and his seven or eight somewhat skilled subordinates remained, along with Fang Xiaoxiao and a few others who were imprisoned there.

Wang Mang pushed open the iron prison door, a mocking expression on his face, and slowly walked towards Fang Xiaoxiao.

"Tsk tsk, young lady, you certainly have a sharp tongue. I, Wang, am truly impressed. But I wonder if you can use your tongue in other ways as well?"

As an adult, Fang Xiaoxiao may not have seen pork before, but she has seen pigs run, so she can understand what this guy is saying.

She replied in a sarcastic tone.

"Oh, you're not even as good as a sewing needle. I really don't know where you get the courage to talk back to me, your great-aunt! Tsk tsk tsk!!"

As she spoke, she deliberately glanced at Wang Mang's crotch area with a very disdainful look.

The killer has already destroyed the heart.

Men may be fearless, but they are most afraid of hearing the word "small" from a woman's mouth, especially when she stares at their crotch and says "small."

Wang Mang was no exception.

Especially when he thought about that time when he led everyone to the bathhouse to wash up, the equipment that his brothers showed off made him feel utterly ashamed compared to theirs.

This is precisely why he has always felt somewhat inferior about his personal masculinity.

Furthermore, the presence of his wife, who was like a tigress at home, further distorted his mind.

Wang Mang was embarrassed when his personal defect was exposed. Enraged, he roared and ordered his men to strip Fang Xiaoxiao naked.

"Get her! Let this sharp-tongued little wench know just how many eyes Lord Ma has. Strip her naked and let everyone have a good look!"

Upon hearing this, the group of people, who were like vicious dogs pouncing on excrement, all shouted and pulled out long knives and short clubs from their waists and backs.

Upon seeing this, Fang Xiaoxiao shouted that something was wrong and tried to tell everyone to step back.

The reason is simple: just now, she found a long knife and a short stick in a corner of the cell, among a pile of hay. It must have been arranged by Xu Changqing.

Recalling how Xu Changqing had arranged for everyone to enter this cell, he kept giving them meaningful glances, and the place he was looking at was the spot where they were now retreating to.

"Quickly grab your weapons from where you're standing and fight these bastards!"

After she explained, Li Xiaoxiao was the first to react. Thanks to her flexible body, she quickly bent over and grabbed the long knife and other weapons.

He picked it up and quickly distributed it to the people present.

Don't be fooled by the fact that they have both old and young women on their side; when it comes to fighting ability, they are definitely not inferior to these seven or eight big guys in front of them.

Fang Xiaoxiao took the short stick that Li Xiaoxiao handed her.

"Thank you, could you please change it to a long knife?"

Li Xiaoxiao looked puzzled and said in extremely concise language.

"You're a woman, a long sword might accidentally hurt you!"

"This……"

Before Fang Xiaoxiao could explain and assure the others that she could use a knife and wouldn't be accidentally hurt, the battle had already begun.

The one who charged first was naturally Long Jinyan. As a former general, dealing with this group of servants was a piece of cake for him.

He wielded a long sword with fierce skill, and one could even faintly hear the sound of the sword cutting through the air.

"Death!"

"Pfft!"

Long Jinyan struck the leading man on the shoulder with his first slash.

He actually intended to end the other person's life with one strike, but he remembered his wife's instructions that if someone came to assassinate them, they should not take lives easily.

As Fang Xiaoxiao watched Long Jinyan swing his knife, she silently prayed that he wouldn't kill anyone, otherwise everything might be over.

She understood the situation she was in and knew that if they killed someone, even if they wouldn't have gotten away with it otherwise, they would still be punished, and in severe cases, they could all be beheaded.

When you don't understand the specific circumstances, it's best to consider all aspects before acting and to have a backup plan.

I've suffered too many losses and been fooled before, all because I didn't think things through and didn't keep any backup plans.

Fortunately, just when she thought everything was over and that Long Jinyan would kill her, she saw him kick the person who had been slashed in the abdomen.

When the man fell to the ground, upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the wounds inflicted by Long Jinyan were merely superficial injuries.

"Thank goodness!"

After worrying for a while, Fang Xiaoxiao realized it was a false alarm and breathed a sigh of relief, ready to join the battle.

But by the time she came to her senses, the fight was already over.

It ended in the blink of an eye.

At that moment, Wang Mang lay on the ground, groaning in pain, with a wooden stick stuck in his buttocks, coincidentally in the middle.

Just looking at it makes one feel tense, let alone how the person involved must feel at that moment.

Just then, the cell door was pushed open again, followed by bright torches that illuminated the dark, damp, and stench-filled cell.

The leader was a man dressed in a red official robe who looked very serious.

Xu Changqing followed beside the man.

Xu Changqing held a white silk handkerchief over his mouth and nose, his brows furrowed, looking rather unhappy.

This time, he was no longer hunched over and timid; instead, he seemed like a completely different person, standing tall and walking with a brisk pace.

The man in official robes, on the other hand, walked slowly and was hunched over, somewhat like Xu Changqing's servant.

"Second Prince, look at this..."

The man in official robes looked at the horrific scene in the prison before him, pointed to the grotesque figure, and said meekly.

Xu Changqing glanced at it, interrupting what he was about to say, his voice hoarse and slightly tired.

"I know."

He raised his hand, signaling the soldiers to walk towards the prison.