Xie Xiao was just lowering the curtain when Li Ruo suddenly grabbed his hand. "Still trying to hide it from me?"
Xie Xiao was taken aback.
Li Ruo stepped out of the sedan chair, and in full view of everyone, she lifted her veil and glared angrily at Xie Xiao, "Where are Sun Ergou and Little Li?"
Xie Xiao was momentarily stunned by her stunningly beautiful face beneath the veil, but his gaze darkened slightly as he gritted his teeth. "Good girl, hurry to Black Wind Stronghold and wait for me to return for the wedding ceremony."
"Do you think it's possible?" Li Ru shouted. "Old Wang, Xu Dafu, listen to my order, have the brothers assemble quickly."
"yes."
Old Wang and Xu Dafu seemed unsurprised and went immediately.
Xie Xiao: "You knew all along?"
Li Ruo looked at Xie Xiao and said, "I knew you were secretly talking to Xu Dafu and Lao Wang. You wanted to take them to meet the enemy and leave me at home, but you forgot who their boss is."
"Those two are untrustworthy!" Xie Xiao cursed.
"Fool, do you think I can sit at home and wait for you while you're fighting outside?"
Xie Xiao glared at her.
Seeing that he was stunned by her shout, Li Ruo laughed: "The other side came prepared and there must be a lot of people. Let my Ziyang Peak fight alongside you."
Just then, a brother from Black Wind Stronghold rushed over and said, "Just as the chief predicted, six large ships have come onto the water, carrying many soldiers. Judging from the depth of the water they are carrying, there should be at least 30,000 men!"
"Thirty thousand!" someone exclaimed.
"Something's wrong! Something's wrong!" Ziyang Peak's scout, Guazi, ran over: "Miss, the fleet of Prince Jiangning and Song Zhijing is less than ten miles from the shore."
A dark glint flashed in Xie Xiao's eyes. "Alright, then let's have a real fight with them."
Li Ruo said, "I can't worry about that this time, there are some things I absolutely need..."
At this moment, on the wide expanse of water, six large ships with their sails raised high approached in a majestic and imposing manner.
The flag features a large "褚" character!
Six large ships proceeded side by side in two adjacent lanes, with the Prince of Jiangning and Song Zhijing standing at the bows of the two middle ships.
This time, the Prince of Jiangning was not wearing a mask, and everyone discovered that he was actually a handsome man.
He and Song Zhijing, one with a cold and stern face and the other with a sinister look in their eyes, stared intently ahead.
About fifty feet from the shore, beyond the effective range of arrows, the Prince of Jiangning ordered his boat to stop, facing the people on the shore from afar.
The Prince of Jiangning said loudly, "Listen up, people of General Mountain! I am the Emperor's younger brother. If you surrender to me, I will petition the Emperor to spare your lives and the lives of your families."
The man's voice, imbued with a powerful inner force, pierced the air and reached the ears of the people on the shore.
"That sounds nice."
A louder voice rang out.
Then a man and a woman stood on the big rock, both dressed in red, as arrogant as two burning flames.
"Xie Xiao!"
Standing beside him was today's bride, Li Ruo, who had removed her elaborate phoenix coronet and embroidered robes, leaving only a bright red dress, as radiant as the morning glow.
Song Zhijing's gaze instantly turned venomous. "Li Ruo!" he said, his expression filled with a desire to tear her to pieces.
Li Ruo didn't even give him a second glance.
Song Zhijing's fists clenched so tightly they cracked.
Xie Xiao laughed wildly, "I say, Prince Jiangning, today is my big day, what do you mean by this? Are you here to congratulate me or to cause trouble?"
King Jiangning laughed heartily: "I admire Chief Xie for being able to remain calm and talk so amiably. I didn't want to ruin things for others, but Prefect Song said that your wife was forcibly taken by you and asked me to step in. How could I not come?"
Song Zhijing said resentfully, "Eunuch Chen, proclaim the imperial edict!"
"An imperial edict?" Li Ruo laughed, raised the megaphone and said, "Oh, so the Emperor is still alive."
Eunuch Chen's eardrums buzzed, and the imperial edict almost fell to the ground. "Insolence! How dare you despise the imperial majesty!"
Eunuch Chen quickly unfolded the imperial edict: "By the grace of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that there has never been a precedent in this dynasty for a woman to divorce her husband. Li Ruo, daughter of Li Honglie, shall remain the wife of Prefect Song. Xie Xiao of Black Wind Village forcibly abducted another man's wife and committed arson, murder, and looting. His crimes are heinous and he shall be executed without exception. This is the imperial decree."
Li Ruo was stunned.
Damn! These people's shamelessness is beyond her imagination.
Xie Xiao narrowed his eyes and shot a sharp gaze over, "Bullshit!"
Eunuch Chen stumbled, his neck stiff, "You...you...you dare to defy the imperial decree? Are you planning a rebellion?!"
Li Ruo laughed, "Go back and tell your emperor that I, Li Ruo, have long severed all ties with the Song family. Tell him to mind his own business and instead of wasting his time, he should keep an eye on his younger brother, the Prince of Jiangning, lest he snatch the throne from him."
Eunuch Chen: ...!
The Prince of Jiangning said coldly, "Li Ruo, don't talk nonsense and confuse the public. Today, the Emperor issued an edict because he knows that you used to be very fond of Prefect Song, but you were coerced by Xie Xiao. He will not hold it against you and will let you return to the Song family. Don't miss this opportunity."
What a silver tongue!
These words implied that the Emperor was unaware of the details of Li Ruo's rebellion, giving her a way out. If she was sensible, she could return to the Song family and remain the wife of the Prefect. At the same time, they also sowed discord between her and Xie Xiao.
Wow, that's brilliant!
Xie Xiao clenched his fist, intending to punch someone, but unexpectedly his hand was grabbed instead.
The woman laughed heartily, "Your Highness, you look respectable, but you're ruthless. Do you think the relationship between Xie Xiao and me is as fragile as that between Song Zhijing and Zhang Shuer, so easily tested?"
For some reason, the more I looked at Prince Jiangning's face, the more familiar it felt, except for his eyes...
Both Prince Jiangning and Song Zhijing were taken aback.
"What an arrogant woman!" Yang Huan cursed. "Don't be ungrateful!"
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