Chapter 704 Wenxiu's Choice
Li Sanqi then said calmly, "You shouldn't have come back today!"
Wen Xiu slowly raised her head, looking at Li Sanqi with a confused expression.
Shouldn't she have come back today?
That's true. If she hadn't come back today, she wouldn't have overheard Li Sanqi talking to someone.
If she hadn't come back today, she wouldn't have stumbled upon Zhuxi and been killed.
If she hadn't returned today, she wouldn't have known that the princess and the old lady had become estranged and gone their separate ways.
That way, she wouldn't be caught in a dilemma.
"Make a choice, Wenxiu."
Suppressing his reluctance, Li Sanqi said in a deep voice, "You can only be loyal to one of us, me or the old lady."
With red eyes, Wen Xiu looked up at Li Sanqi and said in a trembling voice, "Princess, can you tell me how things have come to this?"
Why did you kill Zhuxi?
"Why have you and the old lady ended up like this?"
Li Sanqi remained silent for a while before saying, "Zhuxi is my father's woman. She betrayed me, and she might have betrayed the old lady as well. Therefore, she must die."
Wenxiu smiled bitterly. She had clearly heard that it was the old lady who betrayed the princess, but now the princess was avoiding the main issue and only saying that Zhuxi had to die.
And what about the old lady?
Is the princess also planning to get rid of the old lady?
She should have thought of this sooner. The princess had killed the Empress Dowager and the deposed crown prince, so why would she be lenient with an old lady who was not related to her by blood?
Knowing that Li Sanqi wouldn't tell her the truth, Wenxiu felt bitter and said in a sorrowful tone, "The old lady saved my life, and the princess also gave me a chance to be taken care of. She is my master and the master of my livelihood."
"I..." How should I choose?
Wen Xiu paused for a moment, then looked at Li Sanqi seriously and asked, "If I don't choose, what will the princess do to me?"
Ignoring Wenxiu's gaze, Li Sanqi lowered his head, playing with his bright red fingernails, and said in a low voice, "Wenxiu, don't force me."
"You know, the person I value most is you!"
"You saved my life in Xixi, gave me money, and stayed with me through those difficult days!"
"I took you away from Madam Qiao because I truly wanted to repay you."
"Although we are nominally master and servant, I actually already consider you my sister."
“I even thought that when I succeeded in my mission, I would definitely make you a county princess.”
"That way, you can live a peaceful and comfortable retirement."
"With the status of a county princess, no matter where you go, no one will dare to bully you or covet your family fortune."
Li Sanqi muttered to herself with her head down, but it was unclear whether she was speaking to Wen Xiu or to herself.
Finally, she suddenly looked up at Wenxiu, her eyes filled with an unfathomable darkness.
"Wenxiu, I've been so good to you, please don't let me down, please don't let me down!"
After saying that, Li Sanqi leaned forward and stared intently at Wen Xiu.
Wenxiu closed her eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "I know that the princess is sincere towards me. I have also given the princess all my loyalty and trust."
"But……"
She paused for a moment, then smiled wryly and said, "Has the princess forgotten?"
"When I left the old lady and came to serve the princess, I said..."
"If the matter involves the old lady, I will not stand idly by."
"So, you mean you've chosen your old master and are abandoning me, your new master?"
Li Sanqi clenched his fists, staring at Wen Xiu with eyes wide with fury, his voice sounding like it was being squeezed out of his throat.
With red eyes, Wenxiu smiled apologetically at Li Sanqi and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm sorry, Princess, Wenxiu will have to disappoint you."
"Good! Very good!" Li Sanqi could no longer sit still. He suddenly stood up, looked down at Wen Xiu with disdain, and asked in a fierce tone, "Do you know what the consequences of betraying me are?"
After speaking, Li Sanqi softened his tone and said in an almost pleading manner, "Wenxiu, I'll give you one more chance to choose!"
"Think it through carefully and make a good choice!"
Looking at Li Sanqi's ever-changing expression and hearing his contradictory words, Wenxiu felt a pang of pain in her heart and finally shed tears, calling out from the bottom of her heart, "Princess!"
"You've changed your mind, haven't you?"
Li Sanqi almost burst into tears of joy.
She leaned down, grabbed Wenxiu's shoulders, and asked happily, "You chose me, didn't you?"
"I knew you wouldn't betray me! You wouldn't bear to abandon me, would you?"
"I knew it! You didn't abandon me back in Xiyan, so why would you leave me all alone now?"
However, just as Li Sanqi was excited and wanted to help Wenxiu up himself, Wenxiu firmly and resolutely pulled Li Sanqi's hand off her shoulder.
Li Sanqi's smile froze on his face as Wen Xiu made her movements.
"Princess, stop deceiving yourself."
With tears in her eyes and a smile on her face, Wenxiu said, "You and I both know that I had no choice."
“I come from the Qiao family, and I cannot sit idly by and watch the old lady get into trouble.”
"If I were to truly ignore the impending calamity facing the old lady, would the princess still dare to trust someone as ungrateful and treacherous as me?"
Even if I said right now that I would choose the princess, would she believe me?
"Will the princess dare to keep me by her side from now on?"
"Aren't you afraid that I might stab the princess in the back someday?"
Wenxiu wiped away her tears and smiled sternly, "Admit it, Princess. From the moment I appeared here and saw Zhuxi's body, there was no going back."
As Wenxiu spoke, she took off her coat and bent down to tie Zhuxi's body to her back.
She saw the princess one last time.
She said everything she needed to say and everything she wanted to say to the princess.
What follows is going to be a tough battle!
She wanted to break out with Zhuxi, even if they couldn't return to the Qiao family mansion alive, to inform the old lady about the princess's change.
They also wanted to make a big fuss, using their own and Zhuxi's deaths to send a message to the old lady, reminding her to prepare in advance.
Just as Wenxiu picked up Zhuxi's body and slowly stood up, Fu Wenqing rushed in with several servants.
Fu Wenqing reached out and pulled Li Sanqi into his arms, then quickly stepped aside. Only then did he raise his hand to signal several servants to surround Wen Xiu.
"Surrender, you can't escape."
Fu Wenqing looked at Wen Xiu with a cold gaze, "Considering the princess's great favor to you, you might have a chance to live if you surrender!"
"Enough talk, let's get started."
Wen Xiu tightened the sleeves tied around her waist, and after making sure Zhu Xi wouldn't fall down, she reached out and got into a fighting stance.
"Looks like you're going to refuse a polite offer and then have to suffer the consequences. In that case, don't blame us for being ruthless."
Fu Wenqing raised his hand again, "Get them!"
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