Ye Qingxue held Pan Heng in her arms, looked up at Yun Chi on horseback, her eyes bloodshot, and stared at Yun Chi.

Even though she was shorter than others, her eyes seemed to burn with flames—flames of never admitting defeat and never bowing her head until the very end.

Yun Chi felt a sharp pain in his heart. "I have given you chances to live time and time again, and even guaranteed to spare the lives of all your men. Why are you so ungrateful?"

Yun Chi truly didn't understand, and even hated Ye Qingxue intensely, his anger rising continuously due to her stubbornness and obstinacy!

"If you don't think about yourself, don't you also think about them? You've done all this for Yun Zhuo, but they're completely innocent. Yun Zhuo isn't the one they love!"

Speaking of Yunzhuo.

Yun Chi seemed to suddenly understand why she was so stubborn.

A wicked smile crept across his face as he sneered, "Ye Qingxue, don't tell me you're still waiting for Yun Zhuo to descend from the sky and save you!"

After thinking it over, this was the only possibility he could think of, and he immediately felt that Ye Qingxue was incredibly naive.

Ye Qingxue said, "What? Are you bothered by our waiting for Yun Zhuo to come and save us? If you're so capable, then kill us all before Yun Zhuo arrives. Can you do that?"

Yun Chi's eyes narrowed.

He knew full well that what he said was even more outrageous than what Ye Qingxue said.

But when Ye Qingxue refuted him like that, he was still very unhappy, extremely unhappy!

Ye Qingxue said, "You have repeatedly made me obey you and promised to let my people go. What, have you now realized that the person you like is me, instead of Ye Yabing, whom you are determined to marry? Do your subordinates know that you are so hesitant and indecisive?"

Yun Chi was startled, his expression momentarily blank and bewildered.

Does he like Ye Qingxue?

His heart pounded; he could hardly believe it, and after realizing what he'd said, he was even a little embarrassed and angry!

But why was he so angry? Was it because Ye Qingxue had hit the nail on the head?

He once thought that Ye Qingxue was just a country girl who spent her days dealing with sheep.

The smell of mutton is so strong; the thought of his fiancée being like that is unbearable for him.

Of course, these weren't all his thoughts.

The second branch of the Marquis's family had mentioned these things to him repeatedly, which naturally led him to form this idea.

In his imagination, Ye Qingxue was still a dark-skinned, strong country girl.

Just thinking about her makes me imagine a foul smell.

But when he saw her on the day he broke off the engagement, he found that she was fairer and prettier than Ye Yabing. However, he refused to admit that he had chosen the wrong person and kept telling himself that Ye Yabing was much prettier than her.

But is that really the case?

He can deceive his own mouth, but can he deceive his own heart?

Moreover, when he took the initiative to admit his mistake, this woman kicked him into the water. No one had ever dared to treat him like that before.

He really wanted to tame this woman, to make her kneel down before him, beg for forgiveness, and admit her mistakes!

He once thought that the reason he repeatedly gave Ye Qingxue a chance to live was because he was unwilling to accept the fact that he had kicked her into the water in the past, and he wanted her to live so that she could atone for her past actions!

Let her know that he can completely control her life, death, joy, and sorrow!

But now Ye Qingxue says he likes her?

Yun Chi's face turned pale and then red, and after a long while he finally managed to choke out a sentence: "Ye Qingxue, you are really shameless, you don't even have the modesty that a young lady should have!"

Ye Qingxue chuckled: "Now that you're talking like that, I'm relieved. I almost thought you liked me! If someone like you liked me, I should be the one who should feel ashamed!"

Yun Chi: "…………"

Is his favorite thing something to be ashamed of?

"Ye Qingxue!!!" Yun Chi gritted his teeth and shouted her name, his tone filled with hatred as if he wanted to devour her blood and tear her flesh!

Pan Heng was merely the eldest son of the Minister of Rites. She felt honored that Pan Heng liked her and even promised to marry him later.

Why can't I do it?

"Angering me will do you no good! This palace will soon be my palace, and the Great Zhou empire will soon be my empire! All of you here, whether I live or die, is just a matter of a word!"

Chen Hui saw this scene from a distance and frowned slightly. This was not the time to argue with Ye Qingxue and the others.

I have a feeling that Ye Qingxue is stalling for time.

Moreover, the master's behavior was far too childish; his thoughts were completely exposed by Ye Qingxue without his knowledge.

Given the current situation, we should first take down the one in the Zichen Palace and use him to command the other lords.

The entire Great Zhou empire will be within our grasp.

Thinking this, Chen Hui quickly came to Yun Chi's side and whispered something to him.

Then he handed something to Yunchi.

Yun Chi took the item and grinned maliciously at Ye Qingxue: "Whether you like me or not is irrelevant. Of course, it's equally irrelevant if you're still waiting for Yun Zhuo to descend from the sky and save you from your predicament."

"Because—he's not coming back."

"Ye Qingxue, you've been in the palace for most of the day, and you don't know that my men have found Yun Zhuo's whereabouts. He's dead! If you don't believe me, take a look at this."

Yun Chi took out a piece of cloth, which he had torn from his clothes, wrapped the broken sword hilt with the cloth, and threw it in front of Ye Qingxue.

"This is the fabric of the clothes Yun Zhuo wore on the day of the accident. His body was torn to pieces by the flood, and my men are piecing his body back together, so I'll show you the clothes he wore first!"

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