"The shark's scales can't come off even if they are picked off by force. They are as hard as armor."
"In order to find shark scales for Her Royal Highness to make a wedding dress, I have thought of many ways to make her scales fade."
"Eventually I found that as soon as she was out of the water, the scales would gradually fall off."
After Cui Zhengzhi finished explaining, he looked at the fifth prince and the fourteenth prince.
The fifth prince's dark and cold gaze moved away after staring at the girl for a moment.
He asked Cui Zhengzhi: "Since my sister's wedding dress has been completed, you should release the shark girl back to the East China Sea. Why did you catch the girl in the capital?"
Cui Zhengzhi hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Return to Your Highness, the princess is getting married, and I want to prepare an exquisite congratulatory gift."
"The scales that this shark girl has shed, I want to make four more brocade clothes and give them to the princess."
The fourteenth prince immediately retorted: "My sister will not accept it. The emperor ordered you to lead the courtiers to the East China Sea to find the fallen shark scales. It is not for you to use such cruel methods."
"If you let my sister know about your behavior, you will be punished."
Cui Zhengzhi was startled, and said in a panic: "Your Highness, I also want to present a congratulatory gift to the princess, so I am sincere and loyal."
The fifth prince sneered: "What is loyalty? I think you are using my sister's banner to take a fancy to this shark girl's pearl and want to make money with it."
Immediately afterwards, he said: "Give us the shark girl, and spare your life."
The fourteenth prince immediately looked at the fifth prince: "Fifth brother, we should take Cui Zhengzhi to the front of the father."
The fifth prince raised his hand: "I have my own opinion."
He looked at Cui Zhengzhi: "I'll give you three times to think about it. Should you hand over the shark girl to me, or should you go face to face with the saint to apologize."
The officials behind Cui Zhengzhi were all here to fawn on him, but when they saw this situation, they hurriedly took a step back.
No one wants to have anything to do with him.
Cui Zhengzhi fell into anxiety.
Going to see the emperor is definitely a dead end.
But trusting the fifth prince...is not that simple.
"Three..." The fifth prince didn't give him any extra time at all, and started counting down.
Cui Zhengzhi hurriedly said: "I would like to dedicate the shark girl to the two majesties, in order to ask your majesty to forgive their sins."
The fifth prince nodded, and turned his eyes to ask the dark guard to come and take away the shark girl.
By the way, he said coldly: "Send Cui Zhengzhi to prison, and how to execute him will be decided by the emperor."
Cui Zhengzhi panicked: "Your Highness, didn't you say that you would keep the minister alive?"
The fifth prince smiled, with a handsome and cold face, very arrogant and black-bellied.
"I'll save your life, but my father doesn't necessarily. Take him away."
Cui Zhengzhi shouted for mercy all the way and was dragged away, the rest of the officials trembled.
The fifth prince pulled the fourteenth prince and the shark girl: "Let's go."
The Fourteenth Prince was really pitiful when he saw that Shark Girl's clothes were revealing.
He took off his robe and put it over her shoulders.
Shark Girl whispered, "Thank you."
After leaving Cui's house.
The Fifth Prince had someone untie the Shark Girl, breaking the iron chains on her body.
"You can go." The fifth prince got on his horse and said calmly.
However, the shark girl sat on the ground, curled up her fish tail, said with red eyes: "I can't go, the East China Sea is too far away, I can't find my way home."
Her lips were chapped: "And without a suitable water source, I am not far from death."
The fourteenth prince glanced at the fifth prince: "Fifth brother, since you've already saved her, why don't you do the good thing to the end..."
The fifth prince nodded and interrupted him: "Then send it to my house first, as I have a house in the city."
Fourteenth Prince: …
He meant to find someone to take her back to Donghai.