Chapter 97 A Mother Heartbroken, a Father in Unbearable Anguish
Qu rushed forward, trying to pull Li Qingluo back.
But when the Lotus Sect members held her down, all she could do was eat a mouthful of ashes.
Madam Qu's eyes were about to bulge out; all she could do was helplessly call out, "Luo'er—Luo'er—"
Arrows flew down from the sky.
Countless soldiers and guards, along with forces from various factions, appeared out of nowhere and engaged in a fierce battle.
Qu was also splattered with blood, but as soon as she was freed, she quickly climbed to the edge of the cliff.
As she gazed into the abyss, her heart sank into purgatory.
No! !
"Your Highness! Waaaaah... Pearl was so scared, you've finally come... Waaaaah..."
Li Qingzhu was rescued.
Ms. Qu suddenly looked up at her.
When Qu saw Li Qingzhu embracing a strange man, she was utterly astonished.
Then, a guard came over and called to the man, "Your Highness Prince Yun, what brings you here?"
Prince Yun!!
Prince Yun?
Lady Qu was utterly shocked. How could she not know who this Prince Yun was?!
He's the Prince Yun who caused Chuan'er to have his leg chopped off!?
Qu seemed to understand a lot in an instant. She turned to Li Qingzhu again, opened her mouth, but couldn't say a word.
Li Qingzhu then realized that Madam Qu was still watching her!
She immediately broke free from Prince Yun's embrace, but her eyes darted away, and she dared not go to Lady Qu's side. Instead, she slowly hid behind Prince Yun.
"Fifth Brother has come too?"
Prince Yun paid no attention to Li Qingzhu's emotional changes, but instead looked at Zhuiyu, the guard of Prince Su's mansion, with a gloomy expression.
But after looking around the entire cliff, he still didn't see that familiar figure.
Zhuiyu: "Not only that, the General of the Cavalry has also come. Miss Li, your family has all come to rescue you."
Zhui Yu glanced at Li Qingzhu with a half-smile, then turned and charged at the countless Lotus Cult members who were pouring out, as Li Qingzhu's face turned deathly pale.
Li Chaojing rushed to the edge of the cliff, grabbed Qu Shi, and asked, "Where's our daughter?!"
When Li Qingzhu saw Li Chaojing, her eyes lit up with joy: "Father!"
She rushed over and hugged Li Chaojing's arm, tears streaming down her face, overjoyed: "Father, it's so good! You've finally come... Waaah, Zhu'er thought she'd never see you again! Zhu'er missed you so much..."
Li Chaojing stared at Li Qingzhu, who had indeed come back to life, and before he could recover, he heard Madam Qu mutter as if she had lost her soul: "Luo'er... Luo'er... Haha, hahaha... Luo'er jumped down, she jumped down! Hahaha, hahaha... She's dead!!"
Li Chaojing: "What did you say?"
He shoved Li Qingzhu away from his arms and angrily pulled Qu Shi closer: "Say it again! What exactly happened?!"
Madam Qu cried and laughed like a madwoman, “They threatened me to hand over three thousand taels of gold… Where would I get three thousand taels of gold?! I sold so many things, but I still couldn’t raise enough! They said they could only save one… I haven’t made a decision yet, and Luo’er was afraid of putting me in a difficult position… Perhaps we had already broken her heart, so she cut the rope herself and fell down…”
"It was me, it was me!! I killed our own daughter!!"
Ms. Qu covered her face and screamed loudly.
Li Chaojing's face turned ashen. He threw Qu Shi aside and rushed to the edge of the cliff.
He muttered to himself, "No, it can't be... Luo'er is so smart, she's my own flesh and blood. She just came back to us, and we haven't even had a family meal together yet. How could this be?"
Ms. Qu was crying loudly beside her.
Li Chaojing snapped out of his daze in anger, turned around, and grabbed her collar.
"Why, why?! Why did you hide this from me?!"
"If you had told me earlier, I would have brought people to rescue Luo'er long ago, and this wouldn't have happened!"
Why did you do this?!
Qu cried out, "I'm afraid you won't save Zhu'er!! I'm afraid you won't care whether Zhu'er lives or dies, because I want to save both of them!!"
"Hit me, hit me!!"
Qu looked up, wishing her husband would really beat her up right then and there.
In that case, her heart wouldn't be in such agony, like her liver and intestines were being torn apart.
Li Chaojing raised his hand, but couldn't bring himself to swing it down for a long time.
He shoved Qu aside and glared at her with bloodshot eyes: "It was your stupidity that killed Luo'er! I will never forgive you in this lifetime!"
"Guards! Guards—go find the girl immediately! We need to see her alive or dead!"
"Luo'er, wait for Daddy, Daddy is here—"
Li Chaojing didn't even glance at Li Qingzhu before turning around and fighting his way out of the encirclement.
Qu lay on the ground, thinking about what Li Qingluo had just said and the expression on her face.
Then she thought of how Zhu'er faked her death, and the treatment and grievances Luo'er had suffered since returning to the manor.
Qu's head felt like it was about to split open, and the veins on her forehead bulged with pain.
"I only hope that in the next life, I can grow up by your side."
"Mother, I hope that in the next life, you will love me too..."
Ms. Qu cried out and screamed, "No! No! No—"
"ah!!"
She coughed up blood, her vision went black, and she fainted.
Li Qingzhu stepped forward and called out to her, "Mother, Mother—"
...
The moment Li Qingluo opened her eyes, she immediately sat up.
Since it was a scheme she set up to take advantage of the situation, she certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to actually lose her life.
If all goes well, her biological father and Prince Yun should have arrived by now.
In this way, the couple should have seen through Li Qingzhu's true colors, right?
However, if even after all this, they can still be overjoyed at Li Qingzhu's resurrection without any resentment, then I have nothing to say.
As Li Qingluo moved, she still coughed up a mouthful of blood.
She quickly climbed back into the cave along the tree trunk.
Once she was seated at the edge of the cliff, she took out the medicine and immediately swallowed it.
I hope my grandmother won't be too upset when she hears the news of her death.
When Li Qingluo parted ways with Prince Su that day, she asked him for help in delivering a letter to her grandmother.
"Just let my grandmother know that I am safe and sound. Don't take any other news seriously."
Contrary to rumors, Prince Su was not simply a ruthless and cold-blooded madman who killed without hesitation.
He agreed to the matter and inquired about her plans to extricate herself.
Li Qingluo: "I have my own way of escaping."
What could she possibly do?
At the time, I was just thinking of taking a gamble.
Li Qingluo rolled up her sleeves, revealing the iron ring bracelet on her wrist.
She drew the design herself, and a while ago she asked Granny Deng to personally find a blacksmith shop she knew to make it for her.
Unexpectedly, the day actually came when I would need to use my skills.
This iron bracelet looks ordinary on the surface, but it actually has a hidden mechanism.
Once broken, an eight-foot-long thin rope can extend from inside.
This steel wire rope is both tough and not easily broken. Li Qingluo only survived by chance because of this bracelet.
She pulled down her sleeve, tore off a piece of her skirt, and tightly wrapped it around the bleeding wound on her calf.
Looking at the dark cave in front of her, Li Qingluo propped herself up and walked inside.
After walking only a few hundred steps, Li Qingluo saw a faint light ahead and stopped in her tracks.
"Good disciple, you do have some skill."
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