As soon as the old woman said those words, Su Xuening knew instantly who she was talking about.
Jinzhu is here too!
Xuan Yuanzhan frowned and looked at Su Xuening: "Did that girl betray you?"
"Impossible!" Su Xuening had no doubt about Jin Zhu: "She couldn't have betrayed me. She must have seen Su Renyi leave the city and deliberately followed him, but she didn't expect our people to follow as well, which alerted Su Renyi. When Su Renyi was escaping with my mother, he ran into Jin Zhu."
Jinzhu was clever; she must have said something that made Su Renyi temporarily believe her and take her with him.
The guards just ran into Su Renyi. Su Renyi was alone with only two guards. Where did Mother and Jinzhu go?
Xuanyuan Zhan also immediately realized something and frowned, saying, "I estimate that the person is still in this forest. The guards only saw Su Renyi just now, and they said that your mother and that maid left with Su Renyi, so I guess something must have happened."
Xuan Yuanzhan's words startled Su Xuening.
He was right. For Su Renyi, his mother was the opportunity to obtain the Su family's true military token. Given how important his mother was to him, he couldn't possibly abandon her. So something must have happened, and it must be something serious.
As Su Xuening thought this, her heart instantly panicked.
Xuanyuan Zhan knew she was worried again, so he quickly comforted her: "Don't worry, if she is in this forest, I will turn this forest upside down today and find her."
Xuanyuan Zhan immediately ordered the guards of the royal palace: "Search for me! Search the entire area within a hundred miles of this forest! You must find him for me!"
"yes."
The guards agreed and then dispersed to search for the person.
Ye Yun glanced at the old woman's decapitated corpse on the ground, then at the one tied to the tree: "Your Highness, Your Highness, what should we do with these two old women?"
Xuanyuan Zhan didn't speak, but gestured to Su Xuening.
Su Xuening didn't stand on ceremony. She gave the two old women a cold, menacing look and said in a low voice, "Cut the dead ones into eight pieces and leave them here to feed the wild beasts. Take the living ones back to the Holy King's Mansion and cut off a piece of their flesh every day until they die!"
The words spoken in that calm voice were chilling.
The surviving old woman was terrified and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Your Highness, spare my life! This old servant really did not lie. Please, give this old servant a way out!"
She really didn't want to die, but to live while being skinned alive was worse than death!
Su Xuening stepped forward and grabbed her chin: "When you whipped my mother, you should have thought that one day you would suffer the same fate!"
The old woman trembled uncontrollably as she looked at the murderous intent emanating from Su Xuening's eyes.
That wasn't just simple murderous intent; it was an overwhelming hatred that wanted to kill her without leaving a burial place and grind her bones to dust!
"Drag him away!"
Su Xuening gave a sharp shout, and Ye Yun immediately ordered the guards to drag the old woman away.
The killing intent emanating from Su Xuening had not yet dissipated. Xuan Yuanzhan stepped forward, tenderly pulling her into his arms, and softly comforted her, "We will definitely find Mother."
Xuan Yuanzhan's warm embrace suddenly brought tears to Su Xuening's eyes.
She's so useless. She's been searching for so long without any news of her mother, and now that she finally has some news, she still can't find her mother.
"Let's go look for it too."
Xuan Yuanzhan didn't want to wait here idly, so he carried Su Xuening onto a horse, then leaped onto his own and took her into the woods to look for someone.
“Let’s go deeper into the forest,” Su Xuening said, looking at the dense forest ahead.
Perhaps Jinzhu found an opportunity to take her mother away. She fled with her mother to this forest, and Su Renyi and his men chased after them here.
If they were fleeing, they definitely couldn't stay at the edge of the forest, where the trees were too sparse. The deeper parts of the forest were dense with trees and overgrown with weeds, making it easier to hide. There might even be some caves deep inside where they could take refuge.
As soon as Su Xuening thought about it, hope was rekindled in her heart.
Mother and Jinzhu may not have been hurt at all; it's just that Su Renyi couldn't find them and ran into the guards of the Holy King's Mansion, so he fled in panic.
Xuanyuan Zhan also felt that people were more likely to be hiding in the depths of the dense forest, so he led Su Xuening into the depths of the forest.
The two thought it was a large forest, but after riding their horses for a short while, they arrived at a cliff.
Upon seeing the cliff, Su Xuening's mind went blank, and her face turned deathly pale.
Sensing Su Xuening's emotional change, Xuan Yuanzhan comforted her, "Don't worry, maybe it's not what you think!"
Although he considered the worst-case scenario the moment he saw the cliff, he still didn't want her to worry too much.
Su Xuening was completely oblivious to Xuan Yuanzhan's words of comfort and hurriedly tried to dismount.
"I'll do it." Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Xuan Yuanzhan was afraid that she would fall, so he picked her up from the horse.
When Su Xuening got down, her legs were weak, and she stumbled and ran towards the cliff.
Xuanyuan Zhan quickly followed.
Su Xuening ran to the edge of the cliff and looked down. The bottom was unfathomable, with layers of white clouds, indicating its depth.
Xuanyuan Zhan also glanced down at the bottom of the cliff, which indeed looked very deep.
"Perhaps it's not as bad as we think."
What is that?
Just as Xuan Yuanzhan offered a word of comfort, Su Xuening noticed something and pointed to a small piece of cloth not far below the cliff.
Following Su Xuening's finger, Xuan Yuanzhan also saw the small piece of cloth stuck to the stone wall, and Xuan Yuanzhan directly went down the cliff with his bare hands.
"Your Highness!" Su Xuening was stunned by Xuan Yuanzhan's actions, but when she saw that he had not fallen off the cliff, but was climbing down the rock face, her heart, which had been in her throat, finally calmed down a little.
Xuan Yuanzhan possessed astonishing arm strength and remarkable lightness skills, and arrived at the destination in no time, removing the piece of cloth.
Xuanyuan Zhan stepped on the stone wall and flew back to the cliff in a few moments.
Su Xuening immediately noticed that the wound on his waist was bleeding again, and felt heartache and self-blame: "Your Highness, your wound has reopened."
"It's nothing, just a minor injury." Xuan Yuanzhan handed the rag to Su Xuening.
Su Xuening carefully examined the tattered cloth and confirmed, "This should be Jinzhu's clothes."
The fabric looks quite similar to the clothes Jinzhu wore when she came to see her before.
Moreover, judging from the vibrant color of the material, it must have been attached to the cliff edge just today, so it's highly likely that Mother and Jinzhu fell off the cliff.
Su Xuening's face paled again, and her legs went weak, making it hard for her to stand.
Xuanyuan Zhan quickly helped her up: "Don't worry, I hear the sound of flowing water down below. Even if you fall in, you might still have a chance to survive."
"I'll go down and take a look."
As he spoke, Xuanyuan Zhan was about to step off the cliff.
Su Xuening was so frightened that she quickly grabbed him: "It's too high, and you're still injured."
"It's alright, just wait for me here." Xuan Yuanzhan took a step closer, affectionately placed a light kiss on her forehead, and then descended the cliff again.
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