"Miss Gu! Miss Gu, please save me, please, please save me!" The steward saw Gu Yingxue and knelt down to beg for help, as if he had seen a fairy.
"Get up and talk. Where's my sister? What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with her?" Gu Yingxue pulled the person up.
"Miss Cheng, she... she's with the prince and the others." The butler's eyes darted around, avoiding Gu Yingxue's gaze.
"Let me do it!" The man in white pulled Gu Yingxue aside, kicked the butler hard, then drew his sword and held it to the butler's neck.
Gu Yingxue stood beside the man in white, looking at the butler.
"Tell me, what is Cheng Huaiyu's current situation?" the man in white asked coldly.
"She...she...she was with the prince." Blood trickled from the corner of the butler's mouth as he trembled, a knife pressed against his neck.
"Cut off his hand and apply some medicine!" The man in white didn't waste any more words and directly ordered Bai Jiu.
Bai Jiu immediately stabbed the butler, then took out a medicine bottle from his pocket and sprinkled it on the butler's wound.
"Tell me everything that happened after Cheng Huaiyu left the royal city, word for word. If you conceal anything, I will make you wish you were dead!" the white-robed man said coldly.
"Speak, I'll talk, I'll talk!" The butler was terrified.
He endured the pain and answered truthfully.
Gu Yingxue's tears never stopped from the moment he answered truthfully.
Cheng Huaiyu has been discovered.
That day, she asked the housekeeper to take Gu Yingxue to Xie Nanfeng. After returning, the housekeeper sneaked into Cheng Huaiyu's room and was discovered by Peng Mu's maid.
The maid didn't expose it at first. They had already set off. Because Cheng Huaiyu was in Yun Na's carriage, Yun Na didn't care at all and directly started touching Cheng Huaiyu inappropriately. Peng Mu couldn't stand it anymore and was about to remind Yun Na when the maid stepped forward and told her about it.
They said Cheng Huaiyu had an ambiguous relationship with the housekeeper.
Peng Mu was furious on the spot and summoned the housekeeper to interrogate him, and he revealed everything.
Peng Mu tied up the housekeeper and went to question Yun Na about whether he had told Cheng Huaiyu the escape route and departure date. Upon hearing this, Yun Na no longer missed being alone; it was as if she were embracing a venomous woman.
It turned out that Cheng Huaiyu had learned the western language on his own and overheard Yun Na's conversation with his men.
Peng Mu was betrayed by Cheng Huaiyu for the second time, but he wasn't as frantic as the first time, not wanting to kill Cheng Huaiyu. He was quite calm. He just told Yun Na to remember the brothers after she had enjoyed herself.
Cheng Huaiyu tried to bite her tongue to commit suicide, but Peng Mu cut it out. Peng Mu told her, "You were destined to be mute for life. God gave you the chance to speak, but you didn't cherish it. Now God will grant your wish."
Thus, Cheng Huaiyu became a naked, guarded plaything for others to amuse themselves.
Before their troops could determine any other routes, Peng Erlang led the Great Zhou army to catch up with them.
The butler escaped death at this moment by pretending to be dead amidst the pile of corpses.
As for the rest, he knew nothing.
"You, when you brought me out of the palace, did you already have feelings for my sister...?" Gu Yingxue looked at the steward with red eyes and asked in a hoarse voice.
“Miss Gu, this is a very dangerous matter. Why would I do it if there were no benefit to it? You can think about what she has sacrificed. I have plenty of money. I've never been with a beautiful young woman her age. If I don't want her, what do I want?” The steward was desperate.
"You shameless!" Gu Yingxue punched the butler in the face.
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