Li Ruo's eyelids twitched.

But she breathed a slight sigh of relief when she didn't manage to bring Grandma Li and the others over.

Mu Yuanyuan captured Mu Sisi, but seemed rather smug: "Your Highness, please forgive me. My plan to attack Black Wind Stronghold was somehow exposed, and all my men were captured. I only managed to capture Mu Sisi."

Mu Sisi glared at her, "You despicable woman!"

Mu Sisi looked at Li Ruo with a guilty expression, "It's all my fault for being careless and falling for her trick. But everyone else is fine, so don't worry."

Li Ruo's lips twitched. "I told you to be wary of her, but you wouldn't listen. Do you know that fewer and fewer people like you? Because you're too saintly." Later, all the readers disappeared.

It's possible that the author of "Shooting Cannons at the Sky" couldn't continue writing the story, so he had Xie Xiao reborn.

"What is the Holy Mother?" Mu Sisi didn't understand at all.

Li Ruo: "...He's just too nice."

"Isn't it wrong to be a good person?"

Mu Sisi and Liao Fusheng asked at the same time.

Li Ruo: Yeah, isn't that right?

People are self-centered, yet they also wish that everyone around them were good people.

"Alright." Chu Yunji looked at them, oblivious to their impending doom, and a flash of annoyance crossed his eyes as he looked at Mu Yuanyuan. "Useless things."

Mu Yuanyuan was angry, but she held back: "Your Highness, please forgive me."

Chu Yunji looked at Li Ruo, then at Mu Sisi, and suddenly laughed, "If I hung you both on the mast at the same time, who would Xie Xiao save first?"

Li Ruo and Mu Sisi were both taken aback.

A glint of madness flashed in Chu Yunji's eyes. "Li Ruo is his wife, and Miss Mu is the daughter of the Marquis of Xinyang. The Marquis of Xinyang works for Xie Xiao and is considered his right-hand man. If Xie Xiao doesn't save her daughter, do you think they will break up? If Xie Xiao saves her, it means breaking up with his wife and with Li Qing. Haha, I can't wait to see this show."

Li Ruo: ...Please, what era are we living in? Why are you still using this kind of plot?

"You, you're a madman!" Mu Sisi's eyes widened.

Chu Yunji suddenly pinched her chin, "Who told you to be so aloof, looking down on me, a prince, and instead taking a fancy to a bandit?"

Li Ruo: ...

Wow, thunder is rolling in!

So Chu Yunji likes Mu Sisi? What a shocking revelation!

It's just that she didn't see the rest of the story; so that's how it happened.

No wonder he fought Xie Xiao to the death, for both the country and for women.

But what's the story behind Mu Sisi liking Xie Xiao?

"I do like the Fourth Master, so what? He's much better than you." Mu Sisi slapped his hand away.

Li Ruo breathed a sigh of relief; it wasn't Xie Xiao after all.

He is the fourth in command.

That scared me to death.

Mu Sisi continued, "For that position, you disregarded the lives of the common people and the 30,000 soldiers of the Li family army. You are worse than a beast. Now you want to use me to sow discord between my father and Xie Xiao. Don't even think about it."

As he spoke, he was about to crash into the rock beside him.

Chu Yunji was quick to react, kicking her and sending Mu Sisi flying.

Li Ruo: Damn, don't you like her? How can you kick her?

Chu Yunji looked at Li Ruo and said, "Men all love power. They can be very affectionate when they say they like you, but they will abandon you once it conflicts with their interests. Miss Li, why don't you take a gamble?"

Li Ruo laughed, "You're ridiculous. Just because you're like this doesn't mean everyone else is." Xie Xiao probably isn't.

"You don't dare?"

"I dare not do it."

Chu Yunji choked, "I thought you were different from other women."

"Then you have a rather deep misunderstanding about me."

Chu Yunji's expression finally tightened, "I'm afraid it's not your place to refuse the bet. Tie them both up!"

In his haste, Liao Fusheng tried to protect Li Ruo, but she grabbed his wrist and pulled him behind her.

Li Ruo suddenly had a strange object in his hand and started firing at Jiang Ningwang and his men.

Something like flowing water emitted a pungent smell.

"Oil!" If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Chu Yunji wouldn't have believed that someone could conjure something out of thin air.

Is this magic or some kind of illusion?!

His entire body was surging with energy; he had to grab this woman!

Suddenly, something appeared in Li Ruo's hand, and with a snap, it ignited and was thrown at the people who were covered in gasoline.

"Get out of the way!" Chu Yunji shouted as he swerved to the side.

The sparks Li Ruo threw out instantly turned into a raging fire, setting the soldiers ablaze. Mu Yuanyuan was not spared either; she screamed in agony and was quickly engulfed by the flames.

General Fu and Chu Yunji escaped unharmed because they acted quickly, but they dared not approach for fear that Li Ruo would throw more flames.

At the same instant Li Ruo threw the lighter, she had already grabbed Liao Fusheng and Mu Sisi, who had just stood up, and ran away.

Ha, you want to use such a melodramatic plot on her? Dream on!

"Chase them quickly!" Chu Yunji could no longer maintain his composure; his eyes turned red, and his voice was cold and deep.

Meanwhile, on the waters not far below the mountain, eight large ships with black flags fluttered as they sailed in a grand procession.

The sky was overcast, just like the face of the commander at the bow of the ship.

Xie Xiao's eyes could kill.

He only hoped the boat could go faster and reach Yutai Temple before the woman.

However, the news brought by Fu Yun and Chen He, who were rowing quickly in a small boat, made his heart sink to the bottom.

"What?! She went to Yutai Temple alone three days ago?!" Xie Xiao, who hadn't slept well for two days, suddenly looked bloodshot. He grabbed Chen He's collar, his expression as if he wanted to tear him apart. "What kind of bodyguard are you?!"

Chen He thought to himself, General Li Qing was right after all. This overwhelming rage was too much for him to bear, and he was so frightened that he knelt down and said, "Boss, it was my fault. You can kill me or torture me as you please, I have no complaints."

"You think I won't!" Xie Xiao raised his fist, ready to strike.

"Boss!" Sun Ergou and the others shouted in unison.

Xie Xiao's fist stopped just short of his forehead, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "I'll deal with you when I get back!"

Sun Ergou quickly pulled Chen He, who was pale with fright, to his feet. "How is my sister now?"

Chen He took a deep breath. "There's still no news about Madam."

Xie Xiao stared intently at Fu Yun, who was Li Qing's deputy general. Fu Yun's legs trembled under his gaze. "The young general only found out today. It was the young lady who had the news concealed. She said she would hold out until we arrived, at which point we would attack from both inside and outside. The young general has already gone to Yutai Temple. He asked me to tell the chief that he would attack from the southeast corner, while the chief would attack from the southwest corner. The Imperial Guards number about 150,000. If we attack from both sides, we can disperse their forces and have a good chance of winning."

The fourth leader looked quite serious. "I'm afraid the girl will be captured by Chu Yunji and used to blackmail us." That would put the leader in a very difficult position.

"Pah, pah, you jinx, you jinx!" Sun Ergou said.

Then look at their leader, who was now radiating murderous intent, his eyes were terrifyingly gloomy, and his clenched fists were bulging with veins. "Full speed ahead, reach the shore within an incense stick's time!"