The cousin is beautiful but ruthless.

Chapter 225 A lose-lose situation?

The palace maid was a dowry maid who came to the Eastern Palace from the Prime Minister's residence. She had served Zhao Yu for many years. Seeing Zhao Yu like this, she couldn't help but ask a question.

"Your Majesty, is it really worth it?"

She was willing to risk everything she had to do it. As for the Crown Prince, the palace maid recalled the Crown Prince's attitude. The Crown Prince was always gentle and kind to everyone, including the Crown Princess.

Zhao Yu paused for a moment, but quickly continued walking out.

Li Huaijiang was still in the cabin, but not long after, Zhao Yu barged in.

Shen Hanyu saw the bright flames rapidly engulfing the cabin. Her eyes widened. How could it happen so suddenly?

"Go away!"

Someone screamed in alarm, and the pleasure boat immediately descended into chaos. Because the boat was laden with kerosene, the fire spread rapidly.

Miao Cui and Shen Hanyu went out together.

“Girl, let’s go to the boat we’ve prepared. We can’t stay here any longer.”

The fire will soon spread, and this pleasure boat won't last long.

The dark night was illuminated by the firelight. Without much hesitation, Shen Hanyu met with Pei Du and headed to the small boat that had been prepared in advance.

"I will keep an eye on Princess Huaijiang's situation."

Shen Hanyu nodded. Her current concern was that Li Huaijiang and Zhao Yu might have a conflict.

The surrounding noise was too loud, and there was also an unpleasant smell.

Shen Hanyu covered her mouth and nose and boarded the boat, and the others followed one after another.

The fire started strangely, and Shen Hanyu hadn't seen Li Huaijiang yet.

I was informed in advance, so nothing should go wrong.

Wei Ming hurriedly boarded the small boat, looking around with lingering fear.

"How could it suddenly catch fire?"

Wei Ming turned her head and saw Shen Hanyu, so she quickly went over to her.

Shen Hanyu shook her head: "I don't know either."

When the pleasure boat caught fire, Qin Shiwen was the most agitated.

"Take Qin Ju with you first and make sure everyone on the ship is safely evacuated."

Qin Shiwen cursed under his breath. Who had the audacity to sneak oil onto the ship? He had personally inspected everything on board. How could something have gone wrong?

"Young master, let's hurry up and leave, this boat is about to break down."

The ship has started to rock; no one can stay here.

Qin Shiwen boarded the ship.

A dozen small boats rowed towards the shore. Fortunately, Qin Shiwen had instructed them to return earlier this time, so getting ashore didn't take too much effort.

Shen Hanyu went to find Li Huaijiang after getting off the boat, but she only saw Princess Yongning looking somewhat disheveled.

"Your Highness, is Princess Huaijiang not here?"

Princess Yongning looked around and shook her head: "I didn't see her. She should be with my sister-in-law."

Together with Zhao Yu?

Shen Hanyu was even more worried now, but Pei Du hadn't arrived yet; he was one of the last to board the ship.

"There's something wrong."

Ji Yuxiu suddenly said something from the side.

Shen Hanyu looked at the water.

"It seems like a fight has broken out over there."

Ji Yuxiu squinted, trying to see more clearly by the light of the torch.

A fight did indeed break out over there.

Pei Du was also surprised when some people suddenly emerged from the water and headed straight for him.

As Pei Du drew his longsword, he also saw a familiar face.

He sent Jin Chui to Qingyun City to find Luo Jiang, but Luo Jiang showed up there to kill him.

There's been no movement from Han Yueru and Pei Xingzhi these past two days, so why did Luo Jiang suddenly appear?

Without thinking twice, Luo Jiang jumped onto the boat and engaged in a fierce battle with Pei Du.

"You've never shown up personally before, so who's doing this for?"

What kind of favor or benefit could possibly warrant Luo Jiang doing this? Has he gone mad?

With so many members of the royal family still here today, Luo Jiang is truly risking his life.

Luo Jiang remained silent, relentlessly attacking, each move deadly.

It's difficult to perform well on the boat, but Pei Du isn't a good swimmer, so it'll be even more difficult once he's in the water.

The other ships were also intercepted by Luo Jiang's men. Qin Shiwen looked at these people and then at Pei Du.

What a bad day! The boat is gone, and now a group of people have appeared out of nowhere and want to kill them.

The swaying boat couldn't support their fight. Pei Du glanced around and realized that they weren't too far from the shore, so even if they fell into the water, it shouldn't be a big deal.

Luo Jiang seemed to have read Pei Du's mind, and he moved closer and closer, his actions becoming increasingly ruthless.

"Today you must die!"

The small boat finally capsized. People on the shore realized something was wrong and sent someone to ask the city defense department to send someone to help.

Shen Hanyu stared at the ship, her heart pounding.

Pei Du is not a good swimmer, and it's uncertain whether he will get into trouble.

Several ships capsized in succession, but fortunately, thanks to Princess Yongning's token, the city defense department quickly dispatched people to rescue them.

Pei Du fell into the water, clutching his sword, unaware of where Luo Jiang had gone.

But we must get ashore as soon as possible; we can't stay here.

Pei Du swam forward awkwardly, and Luo Jiang in the water, after a long time of searching, finally found Pei Du's direction.

He was a good swimmer, so he quickly caught up with Pei Du.

Pei Du was holding his breath, not expecting that he would find him so quickly in the dark.

Just a hair's breadth away from reaching the shore, Pei Du mustered his strength, but suddenly saw someone appear in front of him—it was Shen Hanyu.

Shen Hanyu stretched out her hand: "Come on up quickly!"

Pei Du grabbed on and climbed up using Shen Hanyu's strength.

Seeing that things were not going well, Luo Jiang turned around to go back, but the city defense officers went into the water and caught him.

Even in water, two fists can't fight four hands, let alone so many people. How did Luo Jiang manage to be caught like this?

Pei Du, soaking wet, watched this scene and felt a sense of disconnect.

"Is he crazy?"

Pei Du originally thought Luo Jiang would go into hiding for a long time, but he didn't expect that Luo Jiang would not leave at all, but instead came back to kill him.

Shen Hanyu never expected such a twist of fate, but fortunately the person was caught.

She looked in the direction where Pei Xingzhi was, but there was no one there anymore.

"Go back and change your clothes first."

Shen Hanyu helped Pei Du up, and Pei Du instructed the city defense officers to keep a close watch on Luo Jiang and to ensure that nothing went wrong.

This matter came suddenly and quickly became known to the people in the palace.

Shen Hanyu waited on the shore. Li Huaijiang finally appeared. In the distance, Zhao Yu was pulled up. She was much more disheveled than everyone else, shivering in the summer night.

"Are you alright?" Shen Hanyu asked softly.

Li Huaijiang nodded: "It's alright, I will never let her pin the blame on me. She brought it on herself."

Shen Hanyu breathed a sigh of relief; this resolved the issue perfectly.

A palace maid draped an outer robe over Zhao Yu's shoulders.

"Miss."

Zhao Yu's fingertips turned white as she looked in Li Huaijiang's direction. Even with all this, they still couldn't get Li Huaijiang into their plan. This time, it was her fault.

"Has all the kerosene been cleaned up?"

"No one will know that we brought it on the ship."

Zhao Yu finally felt a little relieved and got up to leave, but suddenly felt weak and had a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, and scarlet blood slowly flowed down.

"Miss!"

A gasp rang out, and everyone turned to look.