Tian Yu leaned against Li Xingyun and said, "Brother! I'm sorry, I shouldn't have let you come to the capital."

"It's none of your business. I'll come to the capital sooner or later."

"Tangyuan, listen to your mother. Find a chance to leave with Brother Xuanyu later and go find your father. Qiuju and Lvliu, you two should also hurry up and run into the woods, the farther the better."

"No! I would rather die than leave my mother," Tangyuan said, hugging Tianyu.

"Madam, we won't leave either."

"What are you all doing? Are you all trying to commit suicide? If you all die, who's going to collect my bodies?! I don't want them left to rot in the wilderness!"

"No matter what happens, we will stay by Madam's side!"

Are they all dumbfounded?

"Watch out!" Xuan Yu suddenly shouted.

Tian Yu snapped out of her daze and saw a man in black wielding a knife slashing at them. Instinctively, she pushed Qiu Ju and Li Xingyun aside, then turned to shield Lü Liu and Tang Yuan beneath her. She felt another chill down her spine, followed by a burning pain that made her scream and nearly faint. Her face turned deathly pale. The attacker behind her was also killed by Xuan Yu's sword as he swung his own, but the blade still grazed Tian Yu's back. Too weak to get up, Tian Yu leaned against a tree, gritting her teeth, and said to Xuan Yu, "Xuan Yu, take Tang Yuan and leave!"

"Madam! You..."

"Don't worry about me, let's go!"

"Yes! I'll take the young master away right away!"

The moment Li Xingyun saw Tian Yu injured, he suddenly stood up from the ground, but collapsed again after taking only one step. He called out to Tian Yu, who tilted her head to look at him and smiled weakly, saying, "I'm fine! I won't die!"

Li Xingyun disregarded his image and crawled to Tian Yu's side, took out the medicine and fed it to her, hoping to save her life temporarily.

Xuan Yu had already pulled Tang Yuan up, and Tang Yuan was still crying and being forcibly taken onto the horse by Xuan Yu. Tian Yu looked at Tang Yuan's desperate cries and could only raise her hand to make a big heart shape with her fingers, silently saying, "Tang Yuan, I'm sorry. Mother can't stay with you forever. This is the end." Was this the end for her?