Chapter 237 Are you sure you want to help him?
Xiao Xuanyou was suddenly caught in the act, but he only half-opened his eyelids and looked at Xie Qi with a cold and piercing gaze, "You forced her?"
Xie Qi adopted a reckless attitude, "That's right, I was under the influence of the Entangling Silk, and I couldn't control the effects of the drug, which is why I took liberties with Miss Ji. She was forced. If Your Highness wishes to punish me, I dare not complain. Please do not implicate others!"
Xiao Xuanyou stood up and looked at him.
His phoenix eyes were deep and dark, with a faint blood-red hue around the pupils, making them sinister and terrifying.
"Fine, then go die."
He drew his sword and thrust it at Xie Qi without hesitation.
Xie Qi was stunned by Xiao Xuanyou's sudden action.
Although they were different as ruler and subject, they were also brothers who were blood relatives.
He actually wants to kill him now?!
Xie Qi drew his sword to defend himself when Xiao Xuanyou attacked, and the two exchanged more than a dozen blows in just a few moments.
Xiao Xuanyou exuded an imposing aura, his eyes were deep and unfathomable, and he showed no mercy in his attack without uttering a word.
He has lost his mind; his former facade of gentleness has been torn to shreds, and now he only wants to vent his anger and resentment.
The wound on his back had reopened, and his clothes were soaked with blood, but he ignored it all, as if he had lost all sense of pain.
Xie Qi was a veteran of many battles, so his martial arts skills were naturally no less than Xiao Xuanyou's.
But he only played defensively and refused to take the initiative to attack.
Xiao Xuanyou has lost his senses, but he hasn't gone mad yet.
If news of his attack on the Crown Prince gets out, the entire Marquis of Wuyi's mansion will be implicated!
While dodging Xiao Xuanyou's attacks, he glanced at Jiang Zhi on the bed.
Upon discovering that her clothes were only slightly disheveled and she had not suffered any real harm, he breathed a huge sigh of relief.
Noticing his distraction, Xiao Xuanyou's anger flared even more. "Xie Qi, do you think I really wouldn't dare to kill you? Fight back."
"If Your Highness wants to fight, this humble general will gladly oblige," Xie Qi said with a smirk. "Let's fight outside, and not damage her things here."
Xiao Xuanyou also had the same idea.
The two fought and retreated, quickly reaching the courtyard.
The sounds of weapons clashing were incessant.
Jiang Zhi carefully put on her clothes and, enduring the soreness, slowly moved to the door.
But Xiao Xuanyou and Xie Qi were already locked in a fierce battle, their metallic clashes causing the windowpanes to tremble slightly.
"Did you give her the medicine?" Xiao Xuanyou's sword was blocked by Xie Qi, and the blade was bent under the pressure.
Xie Qi, still breathing steadily, frowned and asked him, "What medicine?"
“Contraceptive medicine…” Xiao Xuanyou’s voice was as cold as ice.
They picked the frost-covered grass early yesterday morning, and a full day and night have passed since then.
If she hadn't taken the medication, Jiang Zhi would have been very likely to become pregnant.
This was the thing that bothered Xiao Xuanyou the most. Just thinking about the image of her lying on the couch with blood pooling around her made him lose his mind and he couldn't even hold his sword properly.
This matter almost became his obsession.
Xie Qi snorted coldly, "No, why would she take this kind of medicine?"
Even if he knew all along that Zhizhi couldn't get pregnant, so what if she did?
It's not that he doesn't want to marry her.
However, it was just one sentence that severed Xiao Xuanyou's last shred of reason.
He stared intently at Xie Qi, his eyes filled with nothing but overwhelming rage and uncontrollable obsession.
"Xie Qi, you deserve to die!"
He thrust his sword straight at Xie Qi's heart, his arm bulging with veins, determined to kill him with his sword!
Caught off guard, Xie Qi dodged several times, but a cut was still made on his arm, and blood flowed freely.
He immediately lost his temper, "Xiao Xuanyou, don't think I'll always give in to you!"
Xiao Xuanyou sneered, "When did I ask you to give way? Show me your true abilities, don't let me look down on you."
"Okay, you said it!"
Instantly, the sword light clashed fiercely, each attack carrying the force of thunder.
This time, there was no brotherly affection between the two.
Jiang Zhi never expected things to develop to this point.
Why did Xiao Xuanyou go mad?
Even if he cared about Xie Qi's reputation, he wouldn't be so angry as to risk his life.
Moreover, if they continue fighting like this, they will inevitably get injured, which will not benefit anyone.
"Stop! Stop hitting him!"
"Aren't you just playing right into Xiao Yunheng's scheme?"
Xiao Yunheng had been planning this for so long; if he were to see the two of them fighting like this today, he would probably wake up laughing in the middle of the night.
However, Xiao Xuanyou and Xie Qi were so engrossed in the fight that they couldn't listen to anything anyone said.
Both men had multiple injuries, and the bloodstains on the ground were mixed together, making it impossible to tell whose blood it was.
Jiang Zhi gritted her teeth and tried to step forward to persuade him, but after taking two steps she lost her balance and was about to fall when a pair of strong hands caught her.
Jiang Zhi looked up and met Lu Yuan's cold, deep eyes.
"What's wrong with you?" He frowned and asked Jiang Zhi, who was having difficulty walking.
Jiang Zhi looked him up and down, and couldn't help but feel a surge of joy. "Your poison is cured?"
"Yes, it's alright now," Lu Yuan nodded. "I have to thank you for getting the antidote from the assassin—what happened to your leg?"
To prevent Ye Qi from being punished by Lu Yuan, when Jiang Zhi gave him the Frost Balance Grass, she specifically instructed him not to tell Lu Yuan that she had picked the flower.
Lu Yuan assumed that Ye Qi had gone to Broken Bone Cliff alone, completely unaware that Jiang Zhi and Xie Qi had also gone.
When Lu Yuan asked her that, Jiang Zhi felt a pang of guilt.
"My legs are just a little numb," Jiang Zhi said, not daring to look him in the eye, and tugged at his sleeve, "Make them stop fighting, or something bad will happen!"
Lu Yuan was also puzzled. How could two people who were originally fine suddenly act like they had a life-or-death feud?
He nodded, first helping Jiang Zhi to sit down, then turned and joined the battle.
He drew his embroidered spring knife, separating the two swords that were clashing together, and said in a cold voice, "If you keep fighting, everyone in the General's Mansion will know that the two of you had a fight in her courtyard!"
Xie Qi didn't want to fight Xiao Xuanyou in the first place, so he took the opportunity to sheathe his sword.
But Xiao Xuanyou clearly didn't want to let him off so easily. After being separated by Lu Yuan, he turned around and thrust his sword at Lu Yuan again.
Lu Yuan frowned and dodged, only to see Xiao Xuanyou lunge at Xie Qi again.
"Your Highness, stop!" Lu Yuan stopped him again.
Xiao Xuanyou finally glanced at Lu Yuan, his scarlet eyes filled with bloodthirsty rage.
"You're going to help him?"
"He forced himself on her, are you sure you want to help him?"
The air seemed to freeze for a moment.
Jiang Zhi's face was pale, knowing that today's matter was unlikely to end well.
Lu Yuan slowly turned his head to look at Xie Qi, squeezing out syllables through clenched teeth, "What...did you say?"
Blood from Xiao Xuanyou's back wound was dripping down his arm from his fingertips, but his hand holding the sword remained steady, the tip of the sword pointing directly at Xie Qi.
“He took advantage of the fact that he was under the spell of the Entangling Silk and took liberties with… Miss Ji,” Xiao Xuanyou’s voice was unusually low, “If you have any conscience, then don’t stop me.”
Lu Yuan's expression changed instantly.
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