However, Wuying quickly realized what was happening and reminded Wuhen, "Right now, the most important thing doesn't seem to be persuading the Dowager Consort..."

Wuhen: "...That's true, this old guy looks tough to deal with, we don't think we can beat him."

After thinking for a moment, Wuying reminded Zhao Qinglian through telepathy, saying, "Your Highness, the Prince once said, 'Warfare is based on deception.' When the strength of the enemy and ourselves is too different, avoiding their sharp edge is not admitting defeat, but preserving our strength for a wise decision in the future."

Wuhen: To be able to talk about escaping in such a fresh and elegant way, brother, I admire you!

"You all go first. Go find Ye'er and tell him never to return to the Jun family." Zhao Qinglian shook her head mechanically like a puppet.

Upon hearing about Jun Xiandan's current predicament and the Zhao family's current situation, all her vitality seemed to be drained away.

"Your Highness, is it the Prince..." Wuying and Wuhen wanted to persuade him further.

Zhao Qinglian raised her lifeless eyes to look at the two of them, like a dying person with a final, unyielding stubbornness, and said, "As human beings, some sins are destined to be borne, and there is no escaping them; clearly, it was a mistake made by both of us, and I cannot let Xian Dan suffer the consequences alone. You... must protect Ye'er, and tell him that Xian Dan and I are both dead, and don't let him come looking for us."

After saying that, Zhao Qinglian took the initiative to walk towards Zhao Huanyun and said, "Fourth Elder, I will go back with you. The two of them are just temporary companions on their journey. They have nothing to do with what happened between me and Jun Xiandan. Please don't make things difficult for them."

Zhao Huanyun noticed that Wuying and Wuhen were unfamiliar faces, and their cultivation levels were not high either, only Foundation Establishment cultivators.

It seems unlikely that either of them has the ability to get involved in the affairs of the Zhao and Jun families.

"You don't need to tell me, our Zhao family doesn't have the bad habit of indiscriminately killing innocent people." Zhao Huanyun glared at Zhao Qinglian with deep hatred, wishing he could devour her alive. He raised his hand and swung out a Binding Immortal Rope, binding Zhao Qinglian tightly.

"Too..." Seeing Zhao Huanyun treat Zhao Qinglian like this, Wuying and Wuhen couldn't hold back anymore and were about to rush up to save her without regard for anything else.

"Go!" Zhao Qinglian turned back resolutely and said firmly, "I don't want to drag you innocent people to your deaths because of me. If you insist on dying because of me, a passerby, then I will have no choice but to immediately self-destruct and seek death to atone for my sins."

Upon hearing Zhao Qinglian's words, Wuying and Wuhen had no choice but to stop in their tracks.

"You beast! You know you're guilty?!"

Even if you die a thousand times or ten thousand times, it will not lessen the sins you have committed!

"Yes! You want to escape this by dying? No way!"

The Zhao family members shouted and cursed, pushing and shoving Zhao Qinglian away menacingly.

Wuying and Wuhen stood frozen in place, looking at each other, then at the unfamiliar world around them, completely bewildered.

"What do we do now?" Wuhen looked at Wuying with a blank expression.

"What else can we do? We can only follow them as much as possible. Even if we can't rescue the Empress Dowager, we should at least know where they've imprisoned her. Otherwise, if the Prince and Princess don't know anything, they'll really skin us alive," Wu Ying said helplessly and defeatedly.

So the two of them used all their strength, but still couldn't catch up with Zhao Huanyun and the others, and successfully found out where Zhao Qinglian was.

Half a day later, the two looked at the long road ahead and said, "..."

As expected, those who lack ability are not even qualified to do things like tailing and stalking.

They're probably doomed!