Chapter 413 I Didn't Find Her
Ignoring the pain in his ribs from being kicked by Gu Qianhan, Xiao Qingyuan followed closely behind and hurriedly went to save Lin Rouxin.
"Huo Yunzhou, you are not allowed to save her! Xiao Qingyuan, you are not allowed to save her either!"
Xiao Qingxi shouted at the two of them from the pleasure boat: "If you dare to save her, I will sever all ties with you!"
"You two idiots! Lin Rouxin jumped down on her own, it has nothing to do with me! You've fallen for my trap!"
Unfortunately, no one believed her, and Xiao Qingyuan and Huo Yunzhou did not stop searching for Lin Rouxin.
A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Qingyuan and Huo Yunzhou briefly touched heads: "I couldn't find Rouxin!"
"I couldn't find it either!"
"There are undercurrents in the river. Could she have already been swept away?"
"Impossible! Keep searching! I must find Rouxin, alive or dead!"
After they finished speaking, the two plunged back into the river to continue their search.
Half an hour later, they still hadn't found anything.
If they can't find her after so long, the chances of Lin Rouxin surviving are almost nil.
Shen Wantang and the others had already left and gone home.
Only Xiao Qingxi remained on the painted boat. She clutched her stomach, her expression pained: "Huo Yunzhou, my stomach hurts. I think I'm having another miscarriage. Please take me back to the Prince's mansion quickly. Our child cannot be harmed."
Huo Yunzhou stood before her, soaking wet, and said coldly, "Now you know how to worry about the baby? First you capsized someone else's boat, then you pushed Rouxin into the river. No wonder you're upset!"
"Now you're pretending to be worried about the child? Do you think I'll believe you? You've never really cared about our child. You don't love him at all. He's just a bargaining chip for you to threaten me!"
"You are insidious and vicious, without a shred of humanity! Does someone like you deserve to have children? Your child knows you are unfit to be a mother, which is why you have repeatedly chosen to leave you!"
"Xiao Qingxi, you brought this on yourself. You deserve it!"
Xiao Qingxi couldn't help but scream again: "Huo Yunzhou! Who am I doing this for? I'm doing it for you!"
Huo Yunzhou looked at her with disgust: "Xiao Qingxi, don't disgust me. I can't bear the infamy of killing someone under the guise of doing it for me!"
Seeing the look of disgust on his face, Xiao Qingxi's heart broke: "Huo Yunzhou, don't look at me like that! I don't like it! I didn't kill anyone! Lin Rouxin jumped down herself!"
Huo Yunzhou was furious: "I saw you push her down with my own eyes, and you still dare to deny it?!"
“What you see with your own eyes may not be true! This was all Lin Rouxin’s plan. She did it on purpose. She framed me! She suddenly grabbed my hand out of nowhere. I just wanted to shake her off. I didn’t push her!”
"You mean, Rouxin, a weak woman who can't even swim, jumped into this turbulent river to frame you? She's willing to risk her life to frame you?!"
Xiao Qingxi was speechless under his questioning. After a long while, she stammered, "I... I don't know what's going on. She must have a conspiracy. Yunzhou, you have to believe me. Lin Rouxin is really framing me!"
Huo Yunzhou's eyes were bloodshot: "I couldn't find Rouxin. She might already be... already dead in the cold river. No matter what you say, there's no way to prove it now. Xiao Qingxi, you're too cruel, too cruel! I hate you, do you understand? I hate you!"
"Yunzhou, I'm innocent! I—"
Huo Yunzhou suddenly interrupted her: "Xiao Qingxi, I don't plan to divorce you."
Xiao Qingxi exclaimed in disbelief, "Huh? This...is this real?"
"Of course it's true, because I want to divorce my wife!"
"What?! Huo Yunzhou, you dare?!"
Huo Yunzhou sneered: "You dare to kill someone, I'm just divorcing my wife, what's there to be afraid of? Not only will I divorce her, I'll go see the Emperor and accuse you of murder without cause! Even a prince is subject to the law! You can just wait to go to jail!"
Xiao Qingxi's vision went black, and she almost collapsed: "Huo Yunzhou, do you really hate me that much? Don't you have any feelings for me at all? You weren't like this to me before!"
Huo Yunzhou scoffed: "What past affection? I was only in love with you because you deceived me! I didn't know you were such a ruthless and vicious woman. If I had known, I would never have married you!"
A sudden surge of blood rose in Xiao Qingxi's throat, and she screamed shrilly, "Huo Yunzhou, you are heartless, ungrateful, and shameless! I don't need you to divorce my wife, I want to divorce my husband!"
Seeing that blood was already seeping from the corner of her lips, Xiao Qingyuan quickly helped her up and said, "Alright, Qingxi, don't talk anymore. We'll be ashore soon. Go back to the palace first and have the imperial physician examine you. Don't go out for the next few days."
Xiao Qingxi burst into tears: "Brother, Yunzhou doesn't believe me, but you should believe me, right? I really didn't push Lin Rouxin. It was that bitch Lin Rouxin who framed me!"
"this……"
"Brother, you don't believe me either?"
"Qingxi, you're so foolish. You shouldn't have pushed Lin Rouxin in front of so many people. You've already offended Gu Qianhan and Gu Qianning, and now you've given them leverage over you. They probably won't let you off the hook."
"Brother, I really didn't push Lin Rouxin! You're my closest person. Others may not believe me, but you have to believe me!"
"What good is it if I'm the only one who believes you? Does Huo Yunzhou believe you? Does Gu Qianhan believe you? Does Gu Qianning believe you? Even Liu Nanshi, does she believe you? If all these people testify that you killed someone, how can you prove your innocence?"
Xiao Qingxi's face was a little pale, but she still refused to bow her head: "Anyway, I didn't kill anyone. If these people don't believe me, so be it. As long as my royal uncle and royal grandmother believe me, I am innocent! No one can do anything to me!"
Xiao Qingyuan glanced at Huo Yunzhou, whose expression was icy cold, and sighed, "Let's hope so!"
If Xiao Qingxi had secretly killed someone, the Emperor and Empress Dowager would certainly have protected her. But this time she has caused quite a stir, especially since the Huo and Gu families are involved. The Emperor may not be able to protect her.
What's even more troublesome is that Lin Rouxin is not a maid, nor is she Huo Yunzhou's concubine. She is the last surviving member of the loyal and valiant Lin family, and now she is Xiao Qingyuan's sworn sister! She is not someone who can be killed casually!
The matter had far exceeded Xiao Qingyuan's ability to handle, and he began to panic: "Let's hurry back to the palace. We need to tell Father and Mother about this immediately. Oh, and Shen Wantang too. We need to get her on your side!"
The painted boat finally docked, and Xiao Qingyuan hurriedly left with Xiao Qingxi.
Huo Yunzhou did not leave. He didn't even change his clothes. He immediately hired a dozen or so boatmen and strong men who were good swimmers to search for Lin Rouxin along the river.
Unfortunately, they searched until late at night but still couldn't find Lin Rouxin.
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