Just as Su Wan was having a headache, Lin Qingfeng rushed over from the front of the carriage, pulled out a sword that he had been hiding under the carriage, and stood in front of her, saying, "Mistress, please go into the carriage quickly. Miss Meng and I will handle this."

Meng Ruliu also said to Su Wan, "Sister-in-law, you go into the car, I'll take care of the outside."

Su Wan didn't know what to do either, so she went into the carriage and said to Su Yuze, "Quickly hide in a corner."

Su Yuze obediently crawled to a corner inside the carriage, squatted down with his hands around his knees. Su Wan, fearing that there might be weapons that could hurt him, picked up blankets and quilts—anything that was useful—and piled them on Su Yuze.

After she finished piling everything up, she patted Su Yuze's little head, then turned around and ran to the door, peering out from under the car door.

Su Yuze whispered behind her, "Sister, how was Sister Meng able to catch that person? That person is clearly very powerful."

Su Wan wasn't in the mood to answer, and waved her hand behind her to signal Su Yuze not to ask so many questions.

Meng Ruliu had already pulled Chu Yi backward to the open carriage door. With one hand around Chu Yi's neck, she grabbed the unconscious Lao Qi behind her back and threw him to the ground outside the carriage. She then picked up the curved knife again and held it to Chu Yi's neck. She got into the carriage and shouted, "Guard Lin, drive quickly!"

Lin Qingfeng said from the front of the car, "Miss Meng, I understand."

With the crack of the whip, the wheels began to roll over the ice shards on the ground.

Chu Yi didn't struggle at all, seemingly resigned to his fate as he realized he couldn't win, and asked, "Miss Meng, where are you taking me?"

“Of course it’s Xiping Pass,” Meng Ruliu said. “Tell your men to back off. I’ll count to three, and if they don’t leave, I’ll slit your throat. One!”

As the carriage started moving, Captain Ning and the other generals rushed forward and shouted, "Release His Highness immediately!"

"Two!" Meng Ruliu glared fiercely, placing her curved blade on Chu Yi's chin. "If you dare come any closer, I'll lift it up and your prince's head will be split in two!"

"None of you will escape if you dare harm His Highness!" the cavalry commander roared.

Chu Yi was deeply loved by the people of Southern Chu, and the entire army, from generals to soldiers, respected him. He held military power, and the other princes were simply no match for him.

This is why he was able to easily mobilize his army when Bai Zhiyi suggested he invade the Great Jin. The Southern Chu emperor immediately approved Chu Yi's memorial. The emperor was already in a semi-abdicated state, only waiting for Chu Yi to find the goddess and return to marry her before he could ascend the throne.

It was precisely because of this that the Southern Chu army suffered numerous casualties while crossing the southern mountainous region of Youzhou, yet they had no complaints.

Seeing that the Southern Chu soldiers refused to retreat and continued to follow the carriage, Chu Yi raised his hand and waved, saying, "You should stop following. Do you really want me to die?"

Meng Ruliu didn't expect Chu Yi to speak up for her, and the last three words were on the tip of her tongue but she couldn't say them out.

The cavalry commander said angrily, "Your Highness, if we leave now, and she hurts you later, it will be too late to regret it."

Chu Yi pointed to the curved blade pressed against his chin and said, "Idiots. If you follow, she'll cut off my head right now. Why wait for the others?"

Captain Ning grabbed the cavalry commander and said, "Your Highness is right. We can't take this risk. Let everyone retreat first."

The cavalry commander still had no intention of retreating, so Meng Ruliu said, "Do you think I wouldn't dare to kill someone?"

She pressed the curved knife against Chu Yi's neck, and the sharp blade immediately cut through the skin, causing blood to seep out.

Seeing this from the side and behind, Su Wan was terrified and couldn't help but shout, "Sister, Brother Chu is bleeding!"

“Sister, don’t worry about it. This isn’t something you can handle,” Meng Ruliu said without turning her head. “Go inside.”

Seeing that Meng Ruliu was truly willing to take action, Captain Ning and the cavalry commander immediately stopped in their tracks, and the Southern Chu soldiers also halted. The carriage gradually moved further and further away from the crowd.

After walking for a while, Meng Ruliu breathed a sigh of relief when she could no longer see the torchlight of the Southern Chu army. She then asked Su Wan, "Sister-in-law, do you have any ropes?"

Su Wan searched the carriage but couldn't find it. She turned around and said, "Sister Yi, I can't find the rope. We're all safe now, so please let Brother Chu go. He just promised to let us go."

Meng Ruliu said, "Why should we release him? We'll take him to Xiping Pass. If the Southern Chu army dares to attack, we'll hang him on the city wall as a shield."

Chu Yi had remained silent the whole way, but then he spoke up: "Miss Meng, aren't you being too cruel? It's so cold, if you hang me on the city wall, won't I freeze to death first?"

Meng Ruliu said, "If you retreat, I'll consider letting you go. Otherwise, you might as well freeze to death on the city wall."

Su Wan knew that Chu Yi was just that kind of person; no matter how dangerous the situation, he liked to joke around with people in a nonchalant manner, making it impossible to tell whether he was nervous or not.

The two were arguing, and she couldn't decide whether to side with Meng Ruliu or Chu Yi, so she could only watch helplessly.

The Southern Chu army is advancing towards Xiping Pass. Capturing Chu Yi could indeed be used to blackmail the Southern Chu army. However, she felt that she shouldn't do it.

When Wei Jingzhuo wanted to assassinate the Western Rong king Danmoji, it was she who dissuaded him, which led to the later reconciliation between the Western Rong and the Great Jin. She always felt that Meng Ruliu's actions were inappropriate.

Furthermore, if the seventh prince of Southern Chu were truly hung on the city wall to humiliate Southern Chu, Southern Chu would probably not only not withdraw its troops, but would also unleash twice the fighting power.

Su Yuze said, "Sister Meng, you'd better hurry. This person is very capable."

Meng Ruliu smiled and said, "Brother, don't worry. No one who has been caught by Sister Meng has ever been able to break free."

She possessed superhuman strength, surpassing even the strongest men. As a child, she loved wrestling with the maids in the mansion, leaving them all bruised and battered. They would then avoid her as far as possible, so she decided to find male servants to practice with.

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