Su Xuerong was stunned.
She thought Xiao Shiyan still had some feelings for her, but she never expected him to be so shameless!
Xiuchun cried out in alarm, "Your Majesty, you mustn't!"
She immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Xiao Shiyan: "I... I can jump into the sea, please don't hurt Her Majesty!"
As she spoke, she rushed toward the side of the ship.
The Empress is the empress of a nation; if she is truly insulted by this man, she can forget about living.
Su Xuerong stopped her first, grabbed her waist and angrily said to Xiao Shiyan, "Xiao Shiyan, if you want me to die, I can do it right now!"
With that, he pulled Xiuchun along to the ship's side: "If you dare to push me like this again, I will jump!"
After saying that, she took Xiuchun's hand and said with tears in her eyes, "Xiuchun, if I die, they will definitely not let you go either. Are you willing to come with me?"
Xiuchun nodded hurriedly: "Your Majesty, if anything happens to you, I won't live either!"
Su Xuerong suddenly laughed: "Xiuchun, you're still the same as before..."
In her previous life, when she was burned to death in a fire, Xiuchun protected her just as firmly.
In this life, it's her turn to protect her.
Su Xuerong whispered in her ear, "When you jump into the water later, you need to keep your whole body relaxed..."
Thanks to the endless torment Xu Wanjing in her previous life, Su Xuerong finally learned to swim after being thrown into the pond several times.
If the ship is not far from the shore, or even if there are small islands nearby, she can take Xiuchun on a trip for a while.
It's better than being tortured to death by Xiao Shiyan.
Seeing this, Xiao Shiyan crossed his arms and sneered, "Oh, you've got some nerve! This is the vast ocean, go ahead and jump in if you dare!"
He didn't think these two frail women would dare to jump into the sea; wouldn't that be suicide?
Su Xuerong turned to look at him and saw the coldness and cruelty in his eyes. Suddenly, she grabbed Xiuchun's hand and climbed onto the ship's side.
Upon seeing this, Xiao Shiyan's face froze, and he exclaimed, "Stop them!"
But it was too late.
Most of the men in black around them shared the same thought as Xiao Shiyan: these two women didn't dare to jump, which is why they didn't stop them in time, but instead stood by with smiles on their faces.
Unexpectedly, they actually held hands and jumped down!
With a "splash!" Xiao Shiyan heard a splash on the water and rushed to the side of the boat, where he saw two figures disappear underwater.
"Quick! Jump in and save them!"
Several men in black immediately jumped into the water to rescue the people.
Xiao Shiyan was extremely anxious and gripped the gunwale tightly, filled with regret.
Why did he pressure her?
He finally managed to take her away from Xiao Yuan. If something really happened to her, how could he possibly survive?
Just then, Yuanjie's loud crying came from behind.
The little girl rushed over on her short legs and kicked Xiao Shiyan's leg, yelling, "You bad man! Give me back my mother! Give me back my mother!"
The ship's wet nurse happened to bring the crying, waking-up Yuan-jie to the deck. Before she even got to the front, she saw Su Xuerong pulling Xiu-chun and jumping off the ship's railing.
Xiao Shiyan felt annoyed; he hadn't done it on purpose!
"They've been rescued!"
Suddenly someone called out.
Xiao Shiyan hurriedly looked down and saw Su Xuerong and Xiuchun being rescued from the ship's side by men in black, each with their necks wrapped around their shoulders.
He suddenly felt a wave of fear.
Yuan'er burst into tears and rushed towards Su Xuerong, who was soaking wet: "Mother! Mother!"
When Su Xuerong saw her daughter rushing into her arms and crying bitterly, she felt extremely regretful.
She only thought that Xiao Shiyan wouldn't harm her daughter, but she didn't consider how heartbroken her daughter would be if she really died...
She couldn't help but hug Yuan'er and burst into tears, crying, "Yuan'er, I was wrong, I shouldn't have abandoned you..."
At this moment, she once again felt the heart-wrenching pain of losing her loved ones in her previous life.
Compared to her family, what does it matter if she suffers a little humiliation?
Su Xuerong had never felt such regret before, and she held her daughter tightly, unwilling to let go.
Xiao Shiyan watched quietly from the side, remaining silent.
Xiuchun drank a few more sips of water and was vomiting nearby.
Once she calmed down, she rushed forward to protect Su Xuerong and her daughter, looking at the group of people around her with a terrified expression.
Upon seeing this, Xiao Shiyan suddenly felt that he was being incredibly shameless.
So many men were bullying two vulnerable women, one of whom was a woman he had loved.
"Take them away and keep a close watch on them!" Xiao Shiyan said sternly.
The wet nurse on the boat immediately ran over and hurriedly asked, "Young master, should we take the young lady to the next room as well?"
Looking at his daughter nestled in Su Xuerong's arms, Xiao Shiyan felt a tightness in his chest and said in a deep voice, "You don't need to worry about her!"
The wet nurse immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Ever since this young lady boarded the ship, she has been causing a ruckus, even tearing out several clumps of her hair and leaving scratches on her face and neck. Although she wasn't particularly dangerous, she was still quite a nuisance.
Su Xuerong then carried Yuan Jie'er and Xiu Chun back to their original cabin.
After a while, the wet nurse from before brought two clean sets of clothes for them to change into.
Su Xuerong quickly stuffed a hairpin from her hair into the wet nurse's hand: "Elder sister, whose ship is this? Where are we now?"
The wet nurse looked troubled.
Xiuchun hurriedly said, "Big sister, you saw it too, we were captured by this group of thugs. Who are they? Where are they taking us?"
As she spoke, she tucked the hairpin into the wet nurse's sleeve and said in a low voice, "We just want to know this information. We don't need you to do anything. This is a token of my mistress's appreciation. Take it back and supplement your household income."
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