Rebirth: Pampered by the Lord

Chapter 2385: Chapter 2385: Pigheaded

"Princess Consort, I beg you, please plead with the Prince for us." Suddenly, the Fat Man’s plump body dropped to the ground with a thud, and they could all feel the ground give a little tremor.

The Thin Man was hating iron for not becoming steel. This younger brother had been spineless since he was a child; whenever he ran into a life‑and‑death situation, he threw all principles aside and didn’t care about his dignity.

"Fatty Brother, don’t be like this. At worst, your big brother will die with you."

"Big brother, don’t say that. Father is still waiting for us to go back! If we brothers die, what will happen to his remaining years?"

The Fat Man looked dejected as he knelt on the ground. No one saw that when he lowered his head, his small eyes flickered with a strange light.

They were halfway up a mountain peak. Down to the left was a river with a very swift current; last time, the Fat and Thin brothers had fallen into the river from here.

To the right, the rock rose sheer for a thousand feet, perilous peaks standing solitary, jagged rocks jutting out. One giant cliff stood upright while another lay across it, plunging straight into the waist of Tianchi Mountain, like a soaring azure dragon raising its head, imposing and extraordinary.

Xuexue jumped down from her horse and walked over in small quick steps. Just as she was about to pass by the Fat Man’s side, the Fat Man, who had been lying on the ground pitifully begging, suddenly sprang up with surprising speed. His massive figure lunged forward, and he grabbed the completely unprepared Xuexue, slamming her toward the stone wall beside them. At the same time he shouted loudly, "Big brother, run!"

The wall split open with a crack, and the Fat Man dragged Xuexue inside in a flash...

The Thin Man, seeing this, also darted forward quickly and followed.

Everything happened too suddenly. By the time Long Rui reacted, the wall had already closed up.

"My wife, my wife!"

Long Rui pressed himself against the wall, shouting with all his might, but there wasn’t even a crack in it. No matter how he slapped his palm against it, there was no response at all.

He knew there had to be a mechanism here, but no matter where he pressed around, the wall was rock‑hard and didn’t respond in the slightest.

"Princess Consort, Princess Consort!" The other guards, seeing this, also rushed over, wanting to rescue her, but there wasn’t even a shadow left; everything was already too late.

All around was deathly silent, as if what had just happened was nothing but an illusion.

Long Rui circled the wall over and over like Tuantuan, anxious beyond words. That damned fat man had actually played dirty, taking advantage of his distraction to drag his wife inside. He really shouldn’t have hesitated just now; he should have killed him with a single palm.

But there is no regret medicine in this world. No matter what he said now, it was too late; the only thing to do was to get his wife out as quickly as possible.

"Prince, what do we do now?" Long Yi looked at the Prince’s anxious expression, extremely worried.

"Send people over immediately. Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we must bring the Princess Consort back." Long Rui was more flustered than he had ever been. He had always thought himself capable of anything, but just now, he had watched with his own eyes as Xuexue was dragged into the underground palace by that fat man, and he had been powerless to stop it. In that moment, he felt a helplessness he had never known before.

"Yes."

Long Yi also knew how urgent the situation was. He hurriedly took out a signal flare from his person and fired it into the sky three times in a row...

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

"Boom...!"

A shrill tearing sound split the air, and then the signal burst into a flower of light in the sky with a loud bang.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, a large group of men and horses came surging over in a mighty rush.

If this peak had been made of soil, it would have been easy to dig, but unfortunately it was all rock, and rock that was hard as iron; they simply couldn’t dig through it.

"Prince, what if we can’t dig it open? Should we bring explosives to blow it open?"

As soon as Long Yi finished speaking, Long Rui flared up. He lashed out with a kick and cursed, "Are you a pig‑brain? What if you accidentally hurt the Princess Consort as well?"

There was an even worse idea in his mind, but he didn’t dare voice it.