Chapter 94 Chapter 94 As long as you take her now, you will never...
Just as Duan Wenpei's men were searching for Li Zhan's whereabouts, the people sent out earlier also received a letter from the capital via carrier pigeon. Dozens of miles away, thick orange smoke was burning on the top of the mountain, confirming Yin Ruizhu's words.
Duan Wenpei could no longer sit still, so he jumped on his horse and was about to go back. Since it concerned their mistress, Liu Hui and Yu Rong did not dare to persuade him, but Xie Jin and Xiao Jing had no such concerns.
"Huaizhou, business is more important. We cannot delay the mission entrusted by His Majesty. Nanxu is just an insignificant woman. Besides, she and Li Zhan have a special relationship. Nothing will go wrong. We can enter Shu first and then try to rescue her."
Although Xie Jin did not like the phrase "insignificant woman", he agreed with Xiao Jing's idea.
"We've finally made it this far. If we go back now, we'll easily alert the enemy and your Majesty. How about this? I'll send a few people with yours to see if we can rescue my sister-in-law. Miss Yin also said that the master of the Marquisate is on his way. Li Zhan has been delayed outside the capital for so many days, and he's a scholar, so he can't walk fast. The master of the Nan family will definitely catch up, so you don't have to worry."
In the final analysis, although Nan Xu married Duan Wenpei, few people around Duan Wenpei really took her seriously.
Seeing the two men pulling the reins on the left and right, Duan Wenpei suddenly felt a fire burning in his heart.
He glanced at the two men coldly and whipped the horse hard. The horse raised its hooves in pain, shook off the two men, and ran away.
Xie Jin rubbed his palms, which were scratched red by the reins, and muttered to Duan Wenpei as he left, "He values women over friendship!"
"I don't think he's putting love before friendship. He's really in love with her." Xiao Jing murmured, with unconcealable jealousy in her lonely look.
It would have been fine if she hadn't said anything, but once she did, Xie Jin got angry. "Hey, Commander Xiao, have you been in the Dark Guards for too long? Your brain isn't working very well. You're talking about an insignificant woman. How could Huaizhou not be angry when you say that? She's his wife in name only, how dare you be so mean to her?"
Because of Duan Wenpei, the two of them are old acquaintances.
Xiao Jing looked him up and down for a moment, then, imitating a boudoir woman, she pinched her handkerchief to cover her nose as she walked away, retorting as she went, "What do you care? You should think about how to explain to my brothers why the young master of the Xie family, who should be in Jiangdong, is here for no reason."
Without waiting for Xie Jin's reaction, she lifted her skirt and mounted the horse, dragging Yin Ruizhu, who was still a little dazed, to her front. After shouting a few words, she led a few secret guards to chase Duan Wenpei.
Xie Jin scoffed behind her and raised his fists twice. He and this tomboy were bound to have a good fight one day!
The owner refused to listen and everyone had no choice but to give up their original plan and try to avoid being seen and heard and go back.
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Nan Xu naturally had no idea that someone would drop everything to save her.
At this moment, she was forced to kneel outside the house where the cold wind was blowing, wearing only a thin outer garment.
Yuan Yaoniang squatted down, lifted Nan Xu's chin and took a look, then said, "She's not that good-looking," and stood up and stood under the eaves. Looking at Nan Xu shivering with cold, she leisurely drank the hot tea that the shopkeeper had sent her.
Nan Xu looked at the steaming tea longingly, then lowered her eyes silently. When the morning light was just beginning, someone came out and took her into the room on the second floor.
The room was warm, but Nan Xu felt cold sweat on his forehead and felt drowsy.
"What are you standing there for? Why don't you get a chair for Madam Bo?"
Jingyi sat at the top, lecturing the palace maid beside her in a domineering manner, but her eyes were fixed on Nanxu who was kneeling on the ground.
Li Zhan sat next to her with no expression on his face. His swollen cheeks showed what had happened before Nan Xu came in.
No one brought her a chair. Nan Xu shook her head and stood up with some difficulty. "Your Highness, must things get to this point? I am the wife of the Marquis of Weiyang, a consort of the imperial court. If anything happened to me, how could Duan Wenpei let you go?"
"We are all women, why should we make things difficult for women?"
If she fell into Li Zhan's hands, she might just be imprisoned, but if she fell into Jingyi's hands, Nan Xu didn't know what would happen to her.
After all, her disgust and hatred for her were fierce and inexplicable.
She didn't want to think about it before, but now she can't help it.
Jingyi hated to see her acting like a noble lady even though she was under someone else's roof. She waved her hand, and the palace maid behind her kicked Nanxu in the knee. Nanxu's weak body tilted and she fell to the ground.
This time, not only did my head feel dizzy, but the things in front of my eyes also became increasingly blurry.
Li Zhan wanted to get up and take a look, but because of Jingyi's previous words, he had to suppress the worry and heartache in his heart.
Jingyi noticed Li Zhan's little movements, slowly stood up, and squatted in front of Nan Xu. "I don't want to make things difficult for you." She brushed the messy hair away from Nan Xu's face, scratched her face with the back of her hand, and smiled softly, "But, after all, the Concubine Dowager is your aunt. Who made that old woman love her daughter so much that she was so heartless as to lock her own daughter in the cold palace, while pampering you, a bitch with no blood relationship, to the skies, even giving you the horn crossbow that I had been eyeing for a long time."
Her hand slowly moved down, lingering on Nan Xubo's neck with warmth, "Nan Xu, you took away something that should have belonged to me. If it were you, would you feel resentment, hatred, or want to kill that person right away?"
As if seeing fat meat in her mouth, Jingyi could no longer hold back and grabbed Nanxu's neck tightly with her five fingers.
Her neck, as delicate and smooth as white porcelain, made her hands look even rougher and shriveled. No amount of pearl and jade cream could restore her hands.
At this moment, all his anger was vented on Nan Xu.
Nan Xu curled her lips and didn't struggle, letting the hand continue to exert force. This undoubtedly angered Jingyi. She tightened her fingers almost frantically, exerting force, and then more force...
Li Zhan finally couldn't bear it anymore, walked forward, pushed Jingyi aside, and took Nanxu in his arms, "Don't forget, Zhao Huaijue's life is still in my hands, that's enough!"
That’s enough...Hahahaha, Nan Xu laughed silently, and laughed so hard that she coughed uncontrollably. She laughed so hard that she broke free from his arms and fell to the cold ground.
Li Zhan was about to step forward when Nan Xu picked up the tongs used to add fuel to the fire and held them across his body, angrily shouting, "Don't come over here!"
"Ah Xu, be obedient."
Nan Xu shook her head, retreated to the corner, and looked warily at Li Zhan and Jingyi who slowly stood up.
"You said I stole something that belonged to you. How ridiculous." Nan Xu touched the pinch marks on her neck, feeling that her body was no longer her own. "The late emperor had so many princesses, countless of whom were favored by the emperor. If Your Highness hates them so much, why not kill them? I forgot, how dare you? Your half-sisters have either married outstanding men early or have fiefs. No matter how much you hate them, you dare not set your sights on them. After all, if you harm your siblings and murder the princess, I'm afraid even if His Majesty loves you, he can't protect you."
With every word Nan Xu said, Jingyi's expression grew uglier. By the end, she was already furious. "Shut up! Bitch! What are you still standing there for? Tear her mouth apart for me!"
The palace maids rolled up their sleeves and were about to take action, but were stopped by Li Zhan.
"Your Highness, Ah Xu is right. Why are you so angry?"
Li Zhan was a man after all, and was much stronger than a woman. He wanted to protect Nan Xu, so the palace maids could not get close to him. Those who occasionally ran over were beaten out by Nan Xu with pliers.
Nan Xu felt indescribably happy. She was innocent, but was implicated one after another. Now that she couldn't escape anyway, she might as well kill Jingyi's arrogance first.
"In the final analysis, you're just picking on the weak, thinking I'm easy to bully. Don't you think about the fact that the late emperor is dead? Even if you kill me a hundred times, what's the point? Coming out of the cold palace alive is not easy. With His Majesty's apology for you, you could have chosen a suitable man from the court, but out of jealousy of me, you insisted on marrying Li Zhan."
"Do you think I would be sad for Lord Li Zhan? Your Highness is wrong. I am now married to Duan Wenpei and living a happy life. A villain like Li Zhan who goes back on his word is a perfect match for Your Highness."
Nan Xu supported herself and spoke it all out in one go. She was not afraid that Li Zhan would hear it. On the contrary, she hoped to arouse Li Zhan's self-esteem and let him understand that she was no longer the Nan Xu of the past, and he was no longer the humble young man of the past.
He should face reality.
Unfortunately, Li Zhan didn’t think so. He had never figured it out, just like now.
"That's enough." Li Zhan stopped the last maid who rushed over and turned around to look down at her. "You know whether Duan Wenpei treats you well or not. Why are you deceiving yourself, Ah Xu?"
Nan Xu shook her head, not quite understanding. "What are you talking about? My husband and I...our relationship...how much can the Prince Consort know..."
"Of course we know." Seeing that Li Zhan finally stopped protecting Nan Xu, Jingyi moved lightly and stood beside Li Zhan arrogantly, looking resentfully at the woman in the corner who seemed to be about to break at the slightest touch. "I also know that you and Wei Yangbo have not slept together until now. If he truly loved you, how could he leave the famous beauty of the capital and become a monk? Besides, I heard Guo Huai say it from my brother, and Wei Yangbo said it himself, that you and he were just a chance acquaintance, and he has no feelings for you as a couple, only the loyalty of a couple. Nan Xu, you have also truly loved someone before, so why don't you admit that your husband doesn't love you?"
Her voice was gentle, but every word pierced her heart. Nan Xu wanted to refute, but the scenes before Duan Wenpei left Beijing kept flashing in her mind with every word she said. A voice in her heart told her that she must not fall behind at this time. She used the pliers as a crutch to support her body that could fall at any time. She was about to speak, but was shocked to the spot by Jingyi's next words.
"What should I do, Prince Consort? She's still stubborn and refuses to give up. Then I'll tell you one more thing. That day at the Big Buddha Temple, I had a maid named Yuming buried alive. Hey, Nanxu, why are you looking at me in such shock?"
Jingyi covered her lips and chuckled, "I thought Duan Wenpei had told you, but he hasn't said a word? Oh, it's really heartbreaking to see you like this. Wei Yangbo is the same way. His subordinate Yu Rong must have found out about this for nearly half a month. He actually watched you grieving over that maid alone without saying a word."
"Tsk tsk tsk, really, what can I say... But you have to understand him, he is just a dog under my brother, how dare a dog bite his master..."
Nan Xu watched her lips opening and closing, and there was a buzzing sound in his ears.
Crying, laughing, affectionate sounds, and all kinds of other sounds rushed in.
She told herself not to listen to her, but the voice in her heart kept arguing against her over and over again.
He promised, he clearly promised, he would find the real culprit who hurt Yuming and give Yuming justice.
He is Duan Wenpei, the powerful Wei Yangbo. There is nothing he can't find out or do. He clearly promised her!
Nan Xu could no longer hold on, and fell forward with paleness, numbness and doubts. Before she fell to the ground, she struggled to throw the pliers in her hand.
It hit Jingyi, it hit the murderer...
"Are the bathing utensils ready? And the medicine, are they ready?"
Nan Xu heard someone say that everything was ready.
She heard Jingyi urging her to bring the medicine to her quickly. The moment the "medicine" slid into her throat, Nan Xu tasted a sticky sweetness.
Then I fell into that familiar embrace filled with styrax.
Nan Xu thought that if she could live for the rest of her life, she would never like Styrax again...
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Li Zhan took two steps holding Nan Xu, then suddenly stopped. He was both excited and uneasy. "Will Ah Xu blame me when he wakes up?"
Jingyi looked at her nails painted bright golden, and whispered in his ear, "How could it be?"
"Think about it. Duan Wenpei didn't love her in the first place. She endured countless lonely, sleepless nights. You and her were childhood sweethearts, and she has you in her heart. As long as you take her now, then from now on, no one can separate you from her."
"No more."
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