Not long after, the Seventeenth Master, escorted by the Black-Clad Hall Master, arrived at Zhu Wanqing's hiding place. The Seventeenth Master looked around and found that only Zhu Wanqing was there, and the rest were all women dressed in black. He asked, "Witch! Where is my Fourteenth Brother? Isn't he with you?"
Zhu Wanqing, heavily pregnant, sat on a rock and glanced impatiently at Seventeenth Master. The black-clad leader immediately grabbed Seventeenth Master by the neck and roared, "How dare you be disrespectful to our leader? I'll kill you..."
Seventeenth Master couldn't breathe, his face turning red from suffocation. Zhu Wanqing frowned, and the black-clad hall master immediately released his grip, glaring fiercely at him and threatening, "Behave yourself..."
Seventeenth Master's breathing immediately became easier, and he gasped for breath. He stubbornly raised his head and said to Zhu Wanqing, "Witch! What have you done to my Fourteenth Brother? If anything happens to him, I will haunt you even as a ghost!"
Zhu Wanqing covered her mouth and sneered, "Hmph... What's with this act of brotherly affection? When he was trapped in that secluded courtyard, why didn't you say a single word for him?"
Seventeenth Master was speechless for a moment, glaring angrily at Zhu Wanqing. Zhu Wanqing raised an eyebrow and said with a wicked smile, "You care so much about your Fourteenth Brother, but your Fourteenth Brother is already busy escaping for his life, how could he care about you..."
Upon hearing this, the Seventeenth Master was stunned, then secretly delighted.
"You're saying Fourteenth Brother ran away?" Seventeenth Master asked, suppressing his excitement.
Zhu Wanqing laughed, "What? You don't believe me? Then go and see for yourself where he is." Seventeenth Master muttered to himself, "So, you're not with my Fourteenth Brother?"
Zhu Wanqing, supporting her pregnant belly, slowly stood up and walked to the Seventeenth Master's side. She whispered to him, "Your Fourteenth Brother has long forgotten about you. Once the great battle is triggered, both of us will be in danger. The Fourteenth Master will naturally prioritize saving his own life..." As she spoke, she gave the Seventeenth Master a provocative look and laughed, "What? Now you realize what kind of person your Fourteenth Brother is? You were eager to go to the island to save him back then, but now you repay kindness with enmity and abandon him..."
The Seventeenth Prince lowered his head. Zhu Wanqing, thinking her words had hurt him, smiled contentedly. The Seventeenth Prince slowly breathed a sigh of relief. His greatest worry wasn't his own safety, but the Fourteenth Prince's. The Thirteenth Prince's army was landing on the island and would soon conquer it. If Zhu Wanqing were to take the Fourteenth Prince hostage then, the Thirteenth Prince would be in a difficult position. Now that he knew the Fourteenth Prince was free from Zhu Wanqing's control, it meant the Thirteenth Prince had nothing left to worry about outside.
Seeing that the Seventeenth Prince remained silent, Zhu Wanqing chuckled and asked, "Are you regretting it?"
The Seventeenth Prince raised his head and looked at Zhu Wanqing, his eyes revealing a decisiveness and firmness that Zhu Wanqing had never seen before. Zhu Wanqing couldn't bear such a look, and in a fit of anger, she slapped the Seventeenth Prince across the face.
“You shouldn’t have come here! You shouldn’t have appeared in front of the Fourteenth Prince… If you hadn’t been talking nonsense and bewitching the Fourteenth Prince, he wouldn’t have left me…” Zhu Wanqing shouted hysterically.
Blood trickled from the corner of Seventeenth Master's mouth. He turned back and glared at Zhu Wanqing, coldly saying, "You were never meant to be with Fourteenth Brother. He's ended up like this because of you! You vixen, Fourteenth Brother should have seen through you long ago..."
Zhu Wanqing burst into laughter, muttering to herself, "Witch? You call me a witch? I've sacrificed so much for him, and he's heartless and ungrateful, abandoning me like that. Was it my fault or his heartlessness?"
Looking at Zhu Wanqing's belly, Seventeenth Master felt a pang of pity, thinking of the child that was inside his future nephew: "So what if you're carrying Fourteenth Brother's child? You're still a heretical witch!"
Zhu Wanqing's eyes were already red with anger. She took a deep breath and gritted her teeth, saying, "You'd better worry about yourself first. I can take your life at any time!"
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