Inside the clinic, Han Yu'an and Fu Xiaoyu sat facing each other.

Wen Yu and Xia Lan'er were still arguing outside.

Xia Lan'er felt indignant for Cui Yulu, heartbroken that all her efforts over such a long period of time were not worth as much as a woman who was only a few months old. She really looked down on Han Yu'an and Wen Yu.

"You summoned me here just to sit and watch me?"

Fu Xiaoyu looked at Han Yu'an with some impatience.

"I have something important to discuss with Your Highness. I wonder if Your Highness can grant my request?"

Fu Xiaoyu's eyes turned cold, and she scoffed, "You haven't even said what it is, how am I supposed to agree to it?"

"Actually, I want the prince to help me reject the imperial decree. I want to be with Yulu."

Fu Xiaoyu was so angry she almost laughed.

"Who do you think you are? You think you can be with Yulu whenever you want, and push her aside with a divorce agreement whenever you don't want to be with her? Now that you have Wenyu by your side, you want to come back to Yulu? Is that even possible?"

"I just feel I've wronged Yulu these past few days, and I want to make it up to her. Please grant my request, Your Highness."

"What can I possibly grant you? Yulu is a living, breathing person with her own thoughts and opinions. What do you need me to grant you?"

Fu Xiaoyu's face was as gloomy as a deep pool, and even the surrounding air seemed somewhat oppressive, making Han Yu'an feel uncomfortable.

“I know you have a lot of opinions about me, but I also have my own helplessness. If it weren’t for you, Your Highness, intervening between us, we wouldn’t be in this situation now.”

"Hehe, you're being a bit unreasonable now. From the beginning, I've been suppressing my feelings for Yulu. I know she has feelings for you, and I also think you like her. I've been watching you two silently, but I've only seen what she's done for your Han family. I've never seen you do anything for Yulu. Just because you can't do it, does that mean others aren't allowed to do it for her?"

Fu Xiaoyu's expression grew increasingly grim, and she even got up in anger to leave.

Han Yu'an's face also darkened after being told this. Indeed, compared to what others had done for Cui Yulu, what he, as her nominal husband, had done was not enough.

He couldn't even compare to Tuoba Xuan, who was constantly searching for Cui Yulu, while he himself was just trying to keep a so-called promise.

"Do you think Yulu cares about your title of top scholar? That's just what your Han family wants for you. What she always wants is a stable, peaceful, and warm life. But you mistakenly think that's what she wants. Because of this, you refuse to go out and look for Yulu. Now that you've gotten what you wanted, please let go. Don't bother Yulu anymore. Wouldn't it be better to let her start a new life?"

Han Yu'an lowered his head, his face pale. He had thought about this problem before. It was true that Cui Yulu had been doing things for the Han family, but he had never done anything for her. He had only been taking from her and seeking comfort, and had never understood what she really needed.

Fu Xiaoyu watched Han Yu'an remain silent, then left the house with a dark face, leaving him alone inside.

When Xia Lan'er and Lai Guitou saw Fu Xiaoyu come out with a dark face, they sensed that the conversation was bound to go badly, so they followed Fu Xiaoyu and left.

As expected, Cui Yulu completely obeyed Lu Changfeng's arrangements, sometimes even refusing to listen to the little mute.

This made the little mute boy increasingly regretful, and caused Cui Yulu to lose her memory.

"Yulu, do you still remember things from before?"

When no one was around, the little mute would always ask Cui Yulu this question.

However, this always made Cui Yulu feel very disgusted.

“Brother, haven’t I told you that we siblings have been searching for our father’s killer all these years? Now we’ve finally found him, and all we have to do is take revenge.”

The mute boy felt a pang of disappointment; this wasn't the outcome he wanted. He wanted Cui Yulu to be happy.

"Leave the revenge to your brother. You just need to focus on living a happy and carefree life."

"How can that be? I can't just watch my brother take revenge alone. I have to help too."

She spoke very seriously and earnestly, as if the hatred truly belonged to her.

Every time he saw her like this, the little mute boy felt filled with regret.

Time flies, and five days have passed in the blink of an eye. Tuoba Xuan and Lin Yun's forces have been assembled, and their spies have located the location of Lu Changfeng's Shadow Pavilion organization.

Lai Guitou and Xia Lan'er were also able to reunite with Tuoba Xuan, which was a rare occasion.

The group discussed their plans for the evening.

"Lai Guitou, your earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a powerful technique for escaping underground) is impressive. How about you go through the gap in the cave and bring out the mother and her two children?"

"This is my forte, so you can rest assured. But are you sure it's that cave over there? Why isn't there a single guard?"

Lai Guitou looked at the cave not far away, somewhat puzzled. Could there be some kind of trap here?

Even by evening, no one had come to check on the situation.

They became even more curious, but saving lives was the priority, and no one wanted to wait any longer. Perhaps Yulu was inside too; they simply couldn't wait any longer.

But just as everyone was preparing to take action, they suddenly saw two familiar figures walking over.

It was none other than Cui Yulu and the little mute boy. Cui Yulu was also holding a basket filled with food.

They must have gone to deliver food to Du Sanniang and her two children.

Everyone was surprised. What was going on?

"Has my sister infiltrated the enemy ranks?"

Tuoba Xuan looked at the two people in front of him with a silly grin and said with a smile.

"Could it be that Yulu deliberately entered the Shadow Pavilion to obtain information, or was she forced into it?"

Everyone speculated for a while, unsure of what to do, but eventually sent someone to inform Fu Xiaoyu.

At this moment, Fu Xiaoyu was preparing to go find Lu Changfeng. Fu Xiaoyu knew his identity completely through the organization, and now he was just one step away from revealing everything.

Just as they were about to leave, someone came in to report some news.

Upon hearing this, Fu Xiaoyu's face darkened even more. This must be Lu Changfeng's scheme. It was a pity that she found out too late, otherwise she would never have let that little mute girl stay by Cui Yulu's side.

Originally, it was thought that Keyi would protect Cui Yulu, but unexpectedly, this ended up harming Cui Yulu instead.

"You can go down now, I'll be there in a bit."

Fu Xiaoyu pondered for a while, and finally decided to go out to check the situation, but at that moment a pigeon landed on the window.

His brows furrowed, and he quickly untied the letter from the pigeon's leg. After reading it, his brows furrowed even more.

It seems that Lu Changfeng's grand scheme is truly remarkable; he was completely unaware that Lu Changfeng had already extended his reach to the emperor.

"Let's go, let's go and meet Lu Changfeng first."

Lin Yun, who had been waiting outside, responded with a greeting and followed behind, closely protecting Fu Xiaoyu. This time, they absolutely could not allow what happened last time to happen again.