"No! Stop it!"

Hua Yuxian loosened the rope and smiled slightly. "As long as I exert any force, the rope will tighten automatically, and little sister Huayue will suffocate to death!"

Wang Qiankun swallowed hard, cold sweat breaking out on his back. He looked at Hua Yuxian with a tense expression and asked, "What will it take for you to release Xiaoyue?"

"It's simple, one life for one life! I want you dead!" Hua Yuxian said with a wicked smile.

Hua Yue hurriedly shouted, "Ah Kun, don't worry about me, you go quickly!"

Wang Qiankun's eyelids twitched. Looking at Hua Yue, who was tied up in the river and trembling all over, he couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

"Release her, and my life is yours!" Wang Qiankun said without hesitation.

Hua Yuxian smiled and said, "General Wang is indeed bold, but I won't deny you any chance."

As she spoke, Hua Yuxian threw a dagger in front of Wang Qiankun and said coldly, "If you are not dead after three cuts and six holes, I will release her and you!"

Wang Qiankun picked up the dagger from the ground, and Hua Yue hurriedly said, "No, Qiankun, don't do something stupid!"

Hua Yue looked at Hua Yuxian and suddenly knelt down. "Fairy! I was wrong! Please don't kill him! I'm willing to die alone! Please, please..."

Hua Yuxian sneered, "Little pheasant, now you know how to plead for mercy? Too late! General Wang, if you don't make your move, I will!"

Hua Yue trembled all over, "No, no, Ah Kun!"

Wang Qiankun, holding those daggers, turned to look at Hua Yue with a slight smile, and without a word, plunged the daggers into his own chest. Instantly, the blood-stained blade pierced through his chest and emerged from his back.

"Ugh..." Wang Qiankun gritted his teeth and pulled it out forcefully, drawing out a stream of blood.

"No!" Huayue cried out, but she was powerless to do anything.

Without even flinching, Wang Qiankun plunged another knife into his chest.

"No...no..." Huayue cried out hoarsely, "Please, no..."

Hua Yuxian squinted at Wang Qiankun without saying a word.

Wang Qiankun trembled all over, collapsed to his knees, and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Ah Kun! Ah Kun, please stop! Ah Kun..." Hua Yue cried out in a hoarse voice, her face streaked with tears, "Please, let him go! Please..."

Wang Qiankun gritted his teeth and, with trembling hands, suddenly pulled out the dagger.

"Cough cough..." Wang Qiankun's face was pale as he coughed up stagnant blood.

Looking at Hua Yue, Wang Qiankun did not hesitate to pick up the dagger, point it at his chest, and with a roar, stabbed it down hard.

"Pfft..." Wang Qiankun cried out, his breath catching in his throat. He forced himself to turn to Hua Yuxian and pleaded, "Please... release... Xiao... Xiaoyue..."

Hua Yuxian pursed her lips and said nothing. With a gentle lift of the rope in her hand, she brought Hua Yue directly from the river to the shore. After she was on the shore, the rope loosened on its own, and Hua Yue hurriedly ran to Wang Qiankun's side, "Akun!"

Seeing that Hua Yue was safe and sound, Wang Qiankun immediately relaxed and fell forward...

"Ah Kun!" Hua Yue arrived just in time, only to touch Wang Qiankun's cold body.

Upon seeing this, Hua Yuxian turned around without hesitation and prepared to leave.

"You vicious woman, you won't have a good end!" Hua Yue said hatefully, looking at Hua Yuxian.

Hua Yuxian chuckled, "Thank you for your kind words! However, I think you should hurry up and treat your husband!"

Hua Yue gritted her teeth, picked up Wang Qiankun and carried him on her back. Her delicate body stubbornly headed towards the royal city. Hua Yuxian watched Hua Yue's back, snorted coldly and left.

——

As night fell, Mulan carried the medicine into the room.

"Xiao Li, take your medicine. It's so dark, why don't you light a candle?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Mulan saw a figure in white sitting at the table with his back to her. "Why are you up?"

Mo Li raised her head, a strange sorrow flashing in her purple eyes.

"Mulan..."

"Huh? What's wrong?" Mulan lit the candle and looked at Mo Li with surprise.

"General Wang's life... is over!" Mo Li's hands trembled slightly, unable to believe it.

Hua Mulan looked at Mo Li in surprise, but before she could say anything, a shout came from outside the door: "Something terrible has happened!"

Mo Li suddenly stood up and rushed out the door. Hua Mulan hurriedly followed him out.

Hua Yue carried Wang Qiankun, falling countless times, until they finally made it back.

But……

She could no longer feel Wang Qiankun's heartbeat...

"Please... save him!" Hua Yue knelt down with a thud, shouting hoarsely.

As soon as he finished speaking, Mo Li rushed out from the crowd, disregarding his own injuries, and carried Wang Qiankun on his back, shouting, "Quickly, call a doctor!"

Hua Mulan followed closely behind and helped Hua Yue up, comforting her, "Don't worry, General Wang is a lucky man..."

Hua Yue looked at Hua Mulan with a face full of dejection, then suddenly everything went black, and she fainted.

Mo Li frowned as she looked at the wound on Wang Qiankun's chest.

“Once his life force is broken, it will be very difficult to save him…” Mo Han sighed and spoke from the side.

Mo Li pursed her lips and sighed, "It shouldn't be like this..."

Just then, Huayue staggered in. "Where's Akun? Is Akun alright?"

Mo Han looked at Hua Yue and gently shook his head.

Hua Yue's expression changed drastically. Summoning strength from who-knows-where, she lunged forward, grabbed Mo Li by the collar, and roared angrily, "Aren't you all so capable? Didn't you save him last time? Why can't you save him this time! Ah Kun can't die! Ah Kun can't die, do you understand?!"

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