So what if she's my sister-in-law? You seduced me first.

Suddenly, someone grabbed his arm from behind. Xie Xun stopped in his tracks, his voice indifferent, "You want to save him?"

Ning Yu's face turned pale. "It has nothing to do with him. Don't take your anger out on others."

Xie Xun's suppressed anger had long filled his chest. The jealousy and hatred in his heart, like being carved into flesh, made him want to skin Shen Huijun alive when he saw the two playing around. He just didn't show it. She even dared to plead for him.

He didn't say anything, glanced at the bastard who was coveting his woman, and kicked the man in the head. Seeing the blood flowing out, he finally felt a little better.

If something doesn't suit your taste, you should destroy it.

Looking at Shen Huijun, who was coughing up blood again because of her, Ning Yu felt a suffocating despair that made it hard for her to breathe.

A trail of blood appeared on the ground, and his face was like a jade-faced demon in the night. "Ning Yu, you can't even protect yourself now, so don't try to anger me any further."

Ning Yu didn't know how to describe the turmoil inside her. The excruciating pain and hatred were destroying her reason like a destructive force, and power was like a bloody knife held to her neck, cutting into her heart.

Her hand, which was gripping his cloak, slowly slid down, and her body collapsed weakly at his feet. "Kill me first."

They actually threatened to kill him for such a piece of trash.

Xie Xun was consumed by jealousy and hatred. He didn't show it on his face, but his voice became even colder. "You dared to play me and deceive me. How can killing you like this appease me? You deserve to live a life that's neither dead nor alive."

"As for him," Xie Xun's voice was gentle, "he's not the eldest brother."

Unlike Xie Yan, he genuinely intended to kill Shen Huijun.

Ning Yu's face stiffened and her eyes reddened. She had already fled so far, hiding and unable to find peace, but he still wouldn't let her go, even trying to kill everyone around her.

Seeing Shen Huijun's body writhing in pain and unable to straighten up, and hearing his order to take the person away, she could only suppress her emotions and beg him.

"Speak louder, I can't hear you."

"Please, I beg you to let him go. It's my fault. I shouldn't have left the capital without permission, I shouldn't have lied to you and tried to escape from you."

Xie Xun sneered, "It's too late to realize your mistake now."

She dared to run away from the capital with her elder brother while he was in the palace, and even pretended to be husband and wife with another man to avoid being investigated. Just thinking about it made him want to strangle her. How could she dare to do that?

Ning Yu finally understood that her humble pleas to him were completely useless. If he got really angry, he would take someone else's life to pay for it.

Suppressed pain and inescapable despair surged like a tide. She staggered to her feet, drew her knife to block Qingfeng's movement, and looked at him with eyes full of hatred.

Xie Xun watched her resolute actions, his face gradually darkening. "You're threatening me with your life?"

I?!

Shen Huijun, who was lying on the ground and being pressed down, was momentarily confused. The one who could call himself "朕" (zhen, meaning "I" or "I") was His Majesty the current emperor.

The man before her was an emperor; Miss Liu's late husband was an emperor. How could he save her?

A mouthful of blood suddenly spurted from his mouth, his clenched fists were covered in blood and dirt, and he couldn't lift his head no matter what he did; everything went black before his eyes.

"It seems the governor has succeeded in his rebellion."

The outrageous words made everyone around them afraid to listen any longer, and they all silently lowered their heads.

Regardless of what they thought, Ning Yu stared at him fearlessly, her eyes bloodshot, "All women in the world are as beautiful as peach blossoms and plums, why won't you let me go?"

Why wouldn't he let her go? Xie Xun wanted to ask himself why he insisted on having her, but none of that mattered. He could get anything he wanted, and it didn't matter whether she wanted to or not.

"You've lied to me so many times, would it be too easy for you to just let me go like this?"

Ning Yu laughed hastily, "Then Your Majesty, kill me."

It felt like something was burning and churning inside his abdomen, making him want to take a knife and stab An Sheng.

Xie Xun suppressed his violent madness, his face calm as if he were a normal person. "Just because of that thing?!"

Ning Yu knew he was referring to Shen Huijun, but it wasn't because of Shen Huijun. She didn't want to return to the capital, didn't want to be entangled with him in this ambiguous way, and didn't want to live in constant torment.

"Xie Xun, you know in your heart that our relationship has always been a transaction. You broke your promise first, forcing me to leave the Xie family."

"You don't think I'm safe just because I'm hiding in the East Garden, do you? I want to have my own life. I don't want to be your concubine, and I don't want the young master to be pointed at and humiliated."

"Let me tell you plainly, I've always been hypocritical towards you, constantly looking for an opportunity to leave you."

Xie Xun looked at her face, his hand, which was clenching his knuckles, convulsed unconsciously, and the veins bulged. "So, you were lying to me all along."

"You're right. I was lying to you when I was in Dongyuan. I was lying to you from beginning to end. I never loved you."

With the tip of the knife pressed against his own neck, Ning Yu said, word by word, "Let me go, take your people and leave, or take my corpse back to the Xie family."

ho.

Xie Xun thought to himself that he really wanted to strangle her.

"You suddenly have such guts?"

Ning Yu, her eyes red, gritted her teeth and said, "Do you really want to hear those hypocritical sweet nothings? Do you really believe them?"

"You don't believe me, but you're willing to listen because you've never taken me seriously. To you, I just need to be a plaything that obeys your every whim."

"Why should I, Xie Xun, be your concubine? I'm a perfectly good princess consort. I've had enough. I can't serve your precious body, nor can I serve the masters of your Xie family."

She absolutely did not want to go back, absolutely did not want to be taken back by him in such a sorry state. She had already gone all out, and she dared not think about what would happen if she were taken back.

She was the first person in the world to dare threaten him.

Xie Xun stared at her and said in the gentlest voice, "I won't stop you, do it."

Her hand holding the dagger trembled. Hearing his cold words, Ning Yu felt utterly ridiculous. Tears welled up in her eyes. She was desperate. The blade in her hand resolutely plunged into her own neck.

A fierce glint appeared in Xie Xun's eyes as he watched the crimson blood flowing from her neck. Suddenly, a hidden weapon from his sleeve flew out, striking the target at an extremely fast speed.

Ning Yu's wrist jerked, the immense force causing her to tilt her body, and the hilt of the knife clattered to the ground.

The sharp pain in her neck made her feel dizzy for a moment. When she saw the man striding towards her through her blurred vision, she subconsciously took two steps back.

Xie Xun's mind was burning, and the intense emotions he had been suppressing were churning inside his abdomen, impossible to calm down.

She swayed violently and fell backward. He reached out and caught her in his arms, a familiar, oppressive, suffocating feeling instantly engulfing her.