"Wow--"
"You bad people! You bad people!"
When Yuanjie saw Xiao Hong lying unconscious on the ground covered in blood, she burst into tears.
Zhao Ning, who was not far away, looked at the two of them and couldn't help but shiver.
She seemed to recognize the little girl; she was Su Xuerong's eldest daughter, Yuan'er.
I heard that Xiao Yuan dotes on his eldest daughter terribly, yet this guy actually kidnapped the little princess. Does he have a death wish?
Deep down, she also wanted to replace Su Xuerong as Xiao Yuan's empress, but she dared not touch Xiao Yuan's sore spot.
Immediately, Zhao Ning had second thoughts.
She couldn't help but tremble as she said to the man, "B-Big Brother, I...I don't want to do it anymore, okay? I...I don't want to be the Empress anymore..."
She was rescued by this man, but he did not remove her handcuffs and shackles.
At this moment, she was thrown into this dilapidated cave just like the little princess, and still had no freedom of movement.
The man glanced at her with disdain, then coldly walked over to the wailing little girl, squatted down, and sneered, "Why are you crying? Your real father will be here to pick you up soon!"
Yuan'er was stunned. She immediately stopped crying and asked cautiously, "My...my father is coming?"
Good, when her father arrives, he will make this damned man pay the price!
The man said with a sneer, "You're not wrong. If your father hadn't done something stupid back then, he would be the emperor now."
Yuan Jie'er didn't understand, but Zhao Ning did.
Has this person gone mad? What nonsense is he spouting?
Is the little princess not Xiao Yuan's?
When did another biological father suddenly appear?
They even said he used to be an emperor...
etc!
Zhao Ning was suddenly startled.
Could it be that this little girl isn't Xiao Yuan's biological daughter?
Su Xuerong was a widow, so could this girl be her deceased ex-husband's?
Was her ex-husband originally an emperor?
Although Zhao Ning was stupid, he still knew how Xiao Yuan had obtained the throne.
Could it be...?
She immediately opened her mouth wide, as if she had discovered something incredible.
She had previously wanted to dig up some evidence against Su Xuerong to make Xiao Yuan despise her.
They've arrived, haven't they?
The man seemed to see the cunning glint in her eyes and sneered, "You'll find out the Su family's secret soon enough, and that will be your biggest condition for becoming empress!"
As he spoke, he dragged her behind a pile of junk like a sack of potatoes and covered her with a burlap sack.
Unable to move, Zhao Ning struggled to stick his head out, just enough to see what was happening in front of him through the gaps in the clutter.
A moment later, she heard a commotion outside.
Immediately afterwards, several men in black entered, followed by a frail-looking young scholar.
Xiao Shiyan immediately spotted Yuan Jie'er, whose mouth was being stuffed with a rag, and his face darkened instantly: "Yue Jin, how dare you touch my daughter?"
The man in black beside him immediately stepped forward, pulled the rag out of Yuan Jie'er's mouth, and untied the rope on her wrists.
Yuan Jie looked at the newcomer in surprise.
This person claims she is his daughter?
Lies!
He is not the Emperor!
But now she dared not shout as loudly as she did in the palace, so she could only burst into tears.
Upon hearing her cries, Xiao Shiyan felt an indescribable surge of emotion.
He hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Yuan'er, saying carefully, "Yuan'er, don't cry, Father will take you away now."
Yue Jin stepped forward and stopped him: "What about the payment?"
Xiao Shiyan glanced at the man in black beside him, who immediately handed him several silver notes.
Yue Jin took the silver notes, counted them, and grinned maliciously: "Mr. Xiao, how about I help you one more time, and offer a buy-one-get-one-free deal? How about you double the price?"
Xiao Shiyan's face turned ashen: "Yue Jin, you dare to try and raise the price!"
Yue Jin laughed and said, "Whether it's price gouging or not, you'll find out in a moment."
Just then, the sound of hurried carriages and horses came from outside the cave.
Hai Feng pulled on the reins and turned to say, "Your Majesty, please wait in the carriage. I will go down and check immediately."
Xiao Hong's horse was outside, covered in blood.
He was very worried about Xiao Hong's safety, so he immediately jumped off the carriage, drew the sword from his waist, and headed towards the cave.
Just then, Su Xuerong in the carriage heard Yuan'er burst into tears: "Mother! Mother! There are bad people!"
As soon as Yuanjie saw Haifeng, she felt like she had found her pillar of support and burst into tears.
Su Xuerong could no longer care about anything else and hurriedly jumped off the carriage, where she saw the man holding Yuan Jie'er in his arms, flustered and confused.
"Zhou Anming!"
She called out that name instinctively!
When Xiao Shiyan saw Su Xuerong, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, appear before him, his expression became extremely excited. He quickly stepped forward and said, "Arong..."
Su Xuerong stared at him warily, her face full of vigilance.
She wanted to back away, but her daughter was in his hands, so she had no choice but to grit her teeth and let him get closer.
Hai Feng immediately rushed over and blocked Xiao Shiyan's path: "Your Majesty is of noble birth, how dare you address her by her given name?"
At that moment, a group of men in black rushed over from all sides and surrounded them.
Su Xuerong glanced discreetly into the distance and vaguely spotted some movement in the bushes. She immediately waved her hand, signaling, "Haifeng! Don't do anything rash!"
She was worried about what would happen if the two groups clashed and Yuan-jie was accidentally injured.
Suppressing her worry, Su Xuerong took two steps closer to Xiao Shiyan, a smile appearing on her face as she reached out her hand to him, and said softly, "Yuan'er is crying, let me comfort her..."
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