"General Que, do not hesitate. Today, the princess sacrificed herself for the country and its people. We will never forget her and will definitely seek justice for her."
Seeing Que Fu standing at the entrance of the castle, those people in the rainy night showed no fear whatsoever, as if they had some powerful backer supporting them, and spoke without restraint.
Que Fu was so shocked that his scalp tingled and his whole body was covered in cold sweat. He pointed his sword at the group of people and said, "No, you promised me that you would let me take the princess away and only kill Wen Ze."
"I will not allow you to harm the princess."
But no one took his words to heart, and it was at this moment that Wen Ze came out.
"You're truly pathetic, General Que." Wen Ze wiped the sword in his hand, but there was no panic in his eyes, only disdain.
"If they really let you rescue the princess, then what reason will they have to send troops against me?"
"Do you really think they want Yan Li dead just because she married me and became the lord's wife?"
"If the king hadn't given the order, how would they have dared to do it?"
Que Fu was too young and impetuous to believe that the king, who had always doted on Yan Li, would kill his own daughter for the sake of Wen Ze, leaving her no chance of survival.
He shook his head, instinctively retorting, "Impossible. The king loves the princess so much, how could he possibly execute his own daughter for such a trivial excuse?"
It's just a pretext to send troops. Why must it come at the cost of Yan Li's life? How is it worth it?
Que Fu did indeed have ulterior motives towards Yan Li, but he never intended to harm her. Even if he married her, he planned to treat her well for all eternity.
But now, Wen Ze tells him that Yan Li, a princess who is loved by everyone but forced to marry someone she doesn't love, is actually just a pawn chosen by that good king.
The purpose was to use her death as a legitimate pretext to punish Wen Ze.
He doesn't believe it; how could he possibly believe it?
"You're lying to me, aren't you?" Que Fu hadn't experienced much hardship. He had finally mustered the courage to mobilize troops to rescue people from the castle, but he hadn't expected this outcome:
"Wenze, you are a treacherous and vicious person. You must have been the one to deliberately sow discord between the king and the princess. It must have been you, it must have been you..."
"The king is only temporarily deceived. Once I rescue the princess, the king will surely change his mind."
Wen Ze laughed upon hearing these remarks.
Laughing at the foolish and supporting the ignorant.
"Affection? Provocation?"
"Why should I stir up trouble between them?"
"Do you really not know how Ah Yan's voice became hoarse?"
Que Fu was startled three times in one day.
First, the king wanted to kill the princess; second, he came to save the princess, but she refused to leave and vowed to follow Wenze to the death; and third, the princess was mute.
Each of these shocks was enough to shatter and rebuild his beliefs.
Que Fu could no longer hold back; a rare hint of darkness appeared in his bright eyes as he grabbed Wen Ze's arm:
"What do you mean? Isn't Ali's sore throat caused by a persistent high fever...?"
"How stupid do you have to be to think that a fever can damage your throat?" Wen Ze said mercilessly, "Did you get sick when you were a child and it damaged your brain?"
"That's understandable."
"You, you..." Que Fu was speechless after being scolded. He pointed at Wen Ze, his mouth agape, but he couldn't utter a single word for a long time.
"What do you mean, 'you'? You brought all these people outside. Do I need to remind you how to deal with them?"
Wen Ze had wiped his sword spotless, without a single drop of blood, but the murderous aura surrounding him was still extremely strong, making anyone who wanted to get close think twice.
Que Fu paused for a moment, then mustered his courage, turned to face the group, opened his mouth, and tried to intimidate them with his presence:
"You people dare to deceive me and commit insubordination."
"Don't forget, the king is still the princess's father. If any of you touch a single hair on her head today, you will all beheaded when you return to the palace and meet a terrible end."
Unexpectedly, the group of people, upon hearing Que Fu's words, were not only unafraid but also delighted:
“If the princess is willing to sacrifice herself, we will be willing to follow her to the death. The king will be even more gratified to hear of the princess’s heroic deeds.”
“We are but a few dozen lives, but if this evil spirit is left in the world, who knows how many more people will be implicated.”
"Is General Que now protecting Wen Ze, thus making an enemy of the entire Nadavis Saint?"
Perhaps seeing that Que Fu and Wen Ze were chatting happily and had no intention of fighting, the leader lost interest in talking to Que Fu in detail.
The group following behind drew their swords and attacked, clearly intending to kill all three of them.
Perhaps feeling that Wen Ze alone couldn't cause much trouble, and that Que Fu was just a pawn to be manipulated, they only selected about twenty or thirty highly skilled guards to accompany them.
After all, with no threat here, killing Wen Ze, who had lost his military power, wouldn't be difficult for them.
“It seems General Que is out of options.” Wen Ze chuckled as he looked at the somewhat absurd scene before him. “In that case, General Que, just watch from the sidelines.”
"If you are to save her today, your hands will not be clean."
At this moment, the people outside the castle spoke again: "Charge up! There are no guards in the castle. Kill Wenze, and then invite the princess to her death."
"Upon returning, I will surely recount your achievements to the King, and the bestowal of official titles and ranks will be imminent."
"Anyone who tries to obstruct us will be killed."
Que Fu's face turned ashen, but Wen Ze showed no sign of urgency.
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