Ouyang Zhen hurried as fast as he could, taking several detours along the way, and finally arrived, only to find Han Luoxue being held hostage by Ouyang Fu. Her cheeks were flushed, and blood was seeping from her neck, a sight that pained his heart!
His pupils contracted sharply; he hadn't expected his Xue'er to suffer such a fate. As for the others, he completely ignored them.
"Heh, Ouyang Zhen! I didn't expect you to come! But so what? Your woman is in my hands now!"
"oh?"
Seeing Ouyang Fu's ferocious eyes and crazed expression, Ouyang Zhen remained calm and spoke indifferently, but he was extremely anxious. To rescue Han Luoxue unharmed, he needed to find another way.
When Ouyang Zhen's eyes fell on Han Luoxue's swollen face, his fists clenched. He wished he could go over there right now and beat Ouyang Fu to death!
No, we can't! We have to rescue Xue'er first!
As for the two children, he didn't know where they were, but he believed that Xue'er had definitely made arrangements.
"You say my woman is in your hands, then how can you be so sure your woman isn't in my hands?"
Ouyang Zhen sneered. As soon as he finished speaking, someone dragged two people over. When Ouyang Fu saw the newcomers, his pupils trembled violently. He never expected that Ouyang Zhen would come to rescue people, and that he would bring his mother and Meng Qing with him.
The Empress finally saw her long-awaited son and tried to rush to him. Unfortunately, her hands were tied and her arms were still in the hands of the guards. She struggled a few times, but it was no use.
"Fu'er, Fu'er, I knew you wouldn't abandon your mother!"
Hearing this, Ouyang Zhen burst into laughter. Looking at the Empress, who still wore an air of inexplicable confidence, he mercilessly exposed her:
"You say your son wouldn't abandon you? But when his rebellion failed and he fled, did he ever think of taking you with him? Rebellion is a heinous crime. Do you know that it's punishable by the extermination of nine generations of one's family? Did he even consider taking you with him at that time?"
The Empress felt a bitter taste in her mouth. In truth, she had always known that her son had abandoned her when he ran away, but she still couldn't believe it. After all, this was the child she had poured her heart and soul into, and the child whom her entire maternal family had raised with all their might.
Who would have thought that his whole family cared for him, yet he never took them to heart?
"Ouyang Zhen, you're trying to sow discord!"
Upon hearing this, Ouyang Fu's expression changed. He was now like a stray dog; if he could reach Xiyao Kingdom and reunite with Xi Wujue, perhaps he could start over. Otherwise…
Seeing the Empress's heartbroken and desperate face, Ouyang Fu argued, "Mother, the situation was too urgent when we left, and you've always been pampered. I took you with me, and we endured wind and rain, hunger and hardship on the way. Could you have survived that? Besides, you are now the Empress, and Father is a man who cherishes old friendships. I believe he won't do anything to you. I only didn't take you with me to avoid making you suffer. Mother, you will understand me, won't you?"
You know what? The Empress's expression softened a little when she heard this: "I knew my Fu'er wouldn't abandon me!"
Ouyang Zhen was speechless. This mother and son were truly a pair of people, one daring to speak and the other daring to believe. He was too lazy to continue. No matter what, you can't wake up someone who is pretending to be asleep.
He pointed at Meng Qing to the side and sneered, "What about her? She's your woman, Ouyang Fu. You wouldn't abandon your woman like this, would you? If I remember correctly, the child in her belly should be yours, right? Ouyang Fu, do you think this might be your only child?"
Ouyang Fu's expression changed, and he stared intently at Ouyang Zhen, his gaze cold and sinister, like a venomous snake in a ditch.
"It was you! You did it, didn't you?"
After his fall from the cliff, the doctor did say that he would have difficulty conceiving in the future, but it was only difficult, not that he would be unable to have children. He believed that given time, he would still be able to have his own offspring. But now, hearing Ouyang Zhen's words, he suddenly had a very ominous premonition.
Ouyang Zhen smiled and said, "Ouyang Fu, you need to provide evidence before you speak. You say I did it, but what evidence do you have?"
"Hmph, when Father sent me to Jiangcheng, it was you who sent people to hunt me down."
Ouyang Zhen laughed and said, "You can say that I was the one who was chasing you, as long as you can provide evidence, I will have no problem with it."
"I also said that when I was being hunted down before, it was all your people who sent them. Ouyang Fu, do you admit it or not?"
Ouyang Fu certainly wouldn't acknowledge such an old, trivial matter.
"Ouyang Zhen, your woman is in my hands now. Let me go, or I'll kill her right now!"
"Actually, thinking about it, it wouldn't be so bad if I died now. At least I'd have your woman to accompany me on my way, haha..."
Ouyang Fu, looking frantic, tightened his grip on his wrist again, and blood flowed from Han Luoxue's neck once more.
“Ouyang Fu, if you’re going to kill me, then hurry up and do it. I think it would be better if I died. At least it wouldn’t make things difficult for His Highness the Crown Prince, and the late Empress and you, the former Crown Prince, would be buried with me.”
Han Luoxue, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.
Ouyang Fu tightened his grip, causing the blood to flow faster from Han Luoxue's fair neck. She felt a slight pain, but it wasn't severe.
"What do you mean by that?" Ouyang Fu demanded loudly.
"It's nothing special. Before, my brother Chen was just a peasant in the village, and I was a village girl. We were a good match. But things are different now. My brother Chen has become the crown prince, while I am still a village girl. I don't want to put my brother Chen in a difficult position. If you kill me now, it will be perfect for him to marry a woman of equal social standing. Isn't that a good thing? Ouyang Fu, please kill me quickly! I beg you!"
Han Luoxue's words stunned Ouyang Fu. In the moment he was in a daze, Han Luoxue suddenly produced a dagger and stabbed it towards Ouyang Fu's eyes.
At that moment, Han Luoxue swept her leg backward, directly hitting Xiang Yang's hip. Xiang Yang's expression changed, and he instinctively tried to dodge. In that instant, two sharp arrows came and pierced the arms of the two men. Han Luoxue and Zhou Jun hurriedly dodged.
Ouyang Zhen moved with lightning speed, pulling Han Luoxue into his arms in the blink of an eye. Before Ouyang Fu could even react, he was already on the ground, his shoulders and arms burning with pain. To make matters worse, he had a cut on his face. Although it hadn't hit his eye, Han Luoxue had used force, and the cut wasn't shallow.
"Xue'er, you're not allowed to say those words again!"
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