Late at night, Yuwen Ningyue came to Prince Heng's residence alone. She still looked beautiful and noble, and her expression was still indifferent. The only thing that revealed her nervousness was her tightly clasped hands in her sleeves.
"Xie Yong, I'm here, if you have anything to say, say it quickly!”
Xie Yong was lying comfortably on the bed, eating the lychee that the maid had peeled for him while caressing another half-naked woman kneeling in front of him." What's the hurry? Come here and sit, I have something good for you to try!”
Yuwen Ningyue didn't move at all. There was no expression on her face." I came out behind the Queen's back. If I delay for too long and the Queen can't find me, then it won't be good. So please speak quickly."”
Xie Yong looked at Yuwen Ningyue and said after a while,"Alright, then I'll be frank. I'm going to execute Chu Yunxuan tomorrow.”
Hearing his words, Yuwen Ningyue's body shook slightly," Tomorrow? Why? Didn't you say ten days?"
Xie Yong carefully observed Yuwen Ningyue's expression," Tomorrow is the tenth day, have you forgotten?”
"Is that so? So fast? "Tomorrow is the tenth day…" Yuwen Ningyue muttered to herself.
"Yes, because tomorrow is the tenth day, I called you here to ask if you want to see him.”
A light shone from Yuwen Ningyue's indifferent eyes," Can I see him?”
"Of course. No matter what, you were once his fiancée. How can I not let you see him? Besides, you still love him, right?"
Yuwen Ningyue said coldly,"Whether I love him or not has nothing to do with you. You don't need to know."”
Xie Yong smiled," Don't say that. I'm your man after all. What do you mean by saying that?”
Yuwen Ningyue's eyes widened." You!!”
"Did I say something wrong? Didn't you cancel your engagement with Chu Yunxuan because of me? Or do you have other reasons?" Xie Yong looked at Yuwen Ningyue with an evil smile.
" Xie Yong, you…" Yuwen Ningyue was so angry that her entire body was trembling, her chest heaving up and down violently.
Xie Yong got up and stepped forward, reaching out to caress her beautiful and flawless face, and then sliding down her neck," Seeing that you once loved him, I'll let you see him, but only for two hours."”
"What do you want to do?" Yuwen Ningyue frowned in confusion.
"I just want you to see him, okay?”
"You've always been a ruthless person. You'll do anything to achieve your goal. It's impossible for you to suddenly be merciful and let me see him. Tell me, what do you want?" Yuwen Ningyue turned her head and spat.
Xie Yong lowered his head and covered her mouth, sucking heavily." What a smart woman. No wonder the Queen likes you so much." You're right. I do have something I need your help with. Can I?”
Yuwen Ningyue turned her head away," What do you need my help with?”
"I want you to go see Chu Yunxuan, and you will help me find out the whereabouts of the Nine Phoenix Ring and that girl.”Xie Yong pulled her head back.
"You can ask him yourself."
"I've already asked him and searched him. I've even sent people to interrogate him day and night, but he won't say anything. I'm afraid that if this continues, I'll kill him before I get the thing, so I hope you can help me ask him before the ten days are up. I'll let you see him and catch up with him, okay?”Xie Yong smiled and touched her face.
" I…" Yuwen Ningyue frowned and struggled.
"I knew you would agree. After all, you like him so much. How could you bear to see him suffer?”Xie Yong pulled her into his arms and unceremoniously tore off her clothes, caressing her smooth and beautiful skin," But before that, let me take a good look at you, hmm?”
He took out a medicine bottle from his pocket and shook it." I've made a medicine that will make you lose your mind and forget your surname. Try it!”
He poured out two Nine Revolutions Harmonizing Pills and forcefully stuffed them into Yuwen Ningyue's mouth. Then, he carried her up and placed her on the bed." Since the first time I touched you four years ago, I couldn't forget you. So, I specially asked someone to refine the medicine. I wanted to reunite with you and go to the Wushan Mountain together. Now, my wish has finally come true."”
Yuwen Ningyue closed her eyes and did not look at Xie Yong's ugly face. Crystal tears slid down her cheeks and dripped onto the pillow.
On the execution platform, Chu Yunxuan was tied to a pillar that was several feet high. Beside his feet were piles of firewood, branches, and buckets of lamp oil.
Needless to say, it was used to roast Chu Yunxuan alive and turn him into a roasted bird.
Even so, Chu Yunxuan was still calm and collected, as if the wounds on his body and the firewood by his feet had nothing to do with him.
In fact, he still felt the pain from his wound, and he knew that Xie Yong would burn him alive at dawn, turning him into a roasted bird. However, he wasn't nervous at all because he knew that Yun Xiuyi would definitely try her best to force Nangong Wujiu to save him.
As for what method Yun Xiuyi would use, that was not something he could predict. However, he could imagine Nangong Wujiu's miserable state. He could even imagine Xiang Xuehai's row of trees being played by Yun Xiuyi like a stick.
Humph! He deserved it. It was good to let that person who could betray his own brother taste the pain. Who taught him to betray his loyalty? Chu Yunxuan couldn't help but smile when he thought of how Yun Xiuyi had humiliated Nangong Wujiu.
At this moment, a woman's gentle voice sounded." You're thinking about her, right? When a man showed such a loving, pitiful, and helpless smile, he must be thinking about his sweetheart. So you must be thinking about her, right?”
Chu Yunxuan was stunned. He immediately recognized the person who came to see him before dawn. It was Yuwen Ningyue.
"Yuwen Ning Yue, you…what are you doing here?”
Yuwen Ningyue smiled faintly and didn't answer him. She took out a small bottle from her pocket and prepared to apply the medicine on Chu Yunxuan.
"Don't touch me!" Chu Yunxuan shouted.
Yuwen Ningyue was slightly stunned and looked up at him," You blame me, right?”
Chu Yunxuan smiled coldly," Blame you? Why would I blame you? After Xie Yong inherits the throne, you will be the queen. How can a commoner like me blame you? I'm afraid I'll stain your hands."
Yuwen Ningyue trembled, her white jade-like teeth biting her lips," I know you think that I'm a filthy woman when I'm with Xie Yong, but I…"
"I wouldn't dare. Back then, when you wanted to cancel the engagement, you made it very clear that you wanted fame, status, and wealth. These were not things that I could give you, so how could I dare to think of you? I just don't understand, fame, status and wealth can really blind a person's conscience and eyes, making you completely unable to see Xie Yong's shortcomings, and willing to do evil for him?”Chu Yunxuan stared at Yuwen Ningyue.
Yuwen Ningyue smiled bitterly," How could I not know that Xie Yong is a despicable and hateful person!”
"Since you knew, why did you help him?”
" I had to help him, because he…" Yuwen Ningyue paused, hesitating if she should say it out loud," He threatened me, if I didn't help him, he would….."
"What about you?" Chu Yunxuan asked.
Yuwen Ningyue closed her eyes and said in one breath," I told the Queen that I lost my virginity to him. I also said that with his identity, he could enter and leave the palace at will. If I didn't help him, not only would there be one of me, there would be a second and a third of me. Even the Queen would suffer.”
Chu Yunxuan froze on the spot as if he had been struck by lightning." What?"”
Tears rolled down Yuwen Ningyue's face," Tell me, can I not help him?”
"You…you can tell me. You don't have to bear all of this alone.”
"How can I have the face to tell you about this? Moreover, the Empress Dowager had said a long time ago that she wanted you to stay in Dunhuang and not get involved in the matters of the royal family. So, how would I dare to tell you? And you…you don't love me, do you?”Yuwen Ningyue said sadly.
Chu Yunxuan was speechless." I…"
Yuwen Ningyue continued," I originally hoped that you would at least have a little bit of feelings for me, but when I saw the kind of life and death commitment you had with her, unwilling to easily break away from each other's feelings, I knew that you had never loved me. The reason why you were engaged to me was to follow the Empress Dowager's wishes, right?”
Chu Yunxuan didn't say anything, which undoubtedly proved that Yuwen Ningyue was telling the truth.
"If that's the case, why did you come to me again?" he asked after a long while.”
"Because I want to save you, I don't want Xie Yong to get the Nine Phoenix Ring.”Yuwen Ningyue stared at Chu Yunxuan.
"Why?"
"I thought that as long as I promised Xie Yong to follow him, at least he would be content with the current situation and would be a little more restrained. I didn't expect him to be so unsatisfied that he became even worse. Not only did he have his eyes on the Yun family's Third Young Miss, but he also wanted to use the name of the Nine Phoenix Ring to harm you.”Yuwen Ningyue picked up the bottle again and poured some medicine on her hand. She carefully applied the medicine for him," I know that he has always been ruthless and unscrupulous to achieve his goals, but I never thought that he would actually beat you up like this. Does it hurt? If it hurts a lot, I have some medicine given by the imperial physician. Can you take two?”
Chu Yunxuan shook his head. After knowing the truth, his hatred towards Yuwen Ningyue had turned into sympathy." It's okay, these are just superficial wounds, it's not a big deal." Right, does Xie Yong know that you came to see me?”
Yuwen Ningyue smiled lightly and stuffed the pill into his mouth. She then took out a water bottle from the bamboo basket and poured some water for him to drink." He knew that I was coming to see you. Actually, he asked me to come."”
"Xie Yong asked you to come?" Chu Yunxuan frowned," Let me guess, he wants you to ask about the whereabouts of the Nine Phoenix Ring and Xiu 'er, right?"”
Yuwen Ningyue nodded," He has been thinking about it day and night, thinking about how to obtain the Nine Phoenix Ring and the Yun family's Third Miss. Unfortunately, I have tried everything I could to stop him but I still couldn't. Instead, I have implicated you."”
"Don't say that. Even without you, with his character, he would still think of ways to capture Xiu 'er and me. Otherwise, why would Xiu-er run away from home and hide outside alone?”Chu Yunxuan comforted her.
Yuwen Ningyue nodded and took out a small dagger to cut off the rope on his body," You should leave quickly. Leave before the sun rises. Don't bother about Xie Yong anymore."”
" But…" Chu Yunxuan hesitated.
"No buts, hurry up and leave. If Xie Yong finds out that I let you go, then it won't be good.”Yuwen Ningyue urged.
"Since you want to leave, then come with me. I can't keep you by Xie Yong's side.”
Yuwen Ningyue shook her head and tears fell," I'm very happy that you have this intention. Besides, you already have Yun Xiuyi by your side, why do you need me?”
Chu Yunxuan held her hand and said sincerely,""But according to Xie Yong's personality, he definitely won't let you go, so you'd better come with me.”
" Yun Xuan, I…" Yuwen Ningyue wanted to say something but stopped.
"Don't say so much. Come with me!”
At this moment, countless torches lit up the surroundings. Archers pulled their bows and aimed at Chu Yunxuan and Yuwen Ningyue on the execution platform. Xie Yong's cunning voice sounded at the same time," Both of you stay here, no one is allowed to leave!”
Yuwen Ningyue turned pale with fright," Xie Yong, you!!”
Xie Yong walked towards the execution platform with a sinister smile," Are you surprised that I came?”
Yuwen Ningyue didn't say anything. She just coldly looked at this ugly man who had stolen her innocence and ruined her happiness.
Xie Yong continued: " No need to be surprised, I already knew that you only have him in your heart. Since you want to see him so much, I might as well be merciful and let you see him. Perhaps…I can even let you go with him, but the condition is the Nine Phoenix Ring." As long as I get the Nine Phoenix Ring, you can go with him and not stop me, how about it?”
Yuwen Ningyue sneered," What Nine Phoenix Ring? I don't know anything about the Nine Phoenix Ring."
Xie Yong laughed," I forgot, the Nine Phoenix Ring isn't yours, it's useless to ask you.”He turned to Chu Yunxuan," Little granduncle, let me ask you again, where is the Nine Phoenix Ring?”
Chu Yunxuan stared at him coldly, not even bothering to say a word.
Xie Yong could only threaten him," Little Granduncle, I know you don't care about your own life and death at all. Plus, that girl Yun Xiuyi isn't by your side, which makes you even more fearless. But what about Yuwen Ningyue? Are you completely ignoring her?"
Chu Yunxuan was stunned." You…"
"I know that Yuwen Ningyue broke off the engagement with you because she let me play with her too much. She felt that she had let you down, so she broke the engagement. If I were to give her to all the soldiers present, who would be the one to let down who?”Xie Yong sneered.
Chu Yunxuan was furious." You dare?"
"Why wouldn't I dare? Anyway, she has nothing to do with you anymore, remember?”Xie Yong raised his eyebrows and laughed sinisterly.
"You!"
"Granduncle, although Yuwen Ning Yue is no longer your fiancée, you were once engaged. Are you really willing to give her away to so many people? Wasn't this like a fresh flower stuck in cow dung?”The more Xie Yong talked, the more vulgar he became.
Chu Yunxuan was so angry that his entire body was trembling, and his facial features were almost dislocated.
He looked down at the soldiers who were like wolves and tigers, then looked at the miserable Yuwen Ning Yue who was now filled with regret and shame. He couldn't help but waver.
Could he sit back and watch Yuwen Ningyue encounter such a thing? It was fine if he didn't know the truth in the past, but now that he knew, how could he watch her be bullied? No, he absolutely could not allow such a thing to happen! Thinking of this, he nodded,"Alright, I'll tell you where the Nine Phoenix Ring is, but you have to let Ning Yue go first."”
Yuwen Ningyue was shocked." Yun Xuan, you can't promise him. He's a scoundrel who doesn't keep his word. You can't believe his words.”
Chu Yunxuan smiled bitterly," Of course I know I can't believe his words, but if I don't tell you the whereabouts of the Nine Phoenix Ring, won't I be harming you?"”
"Yun Xuan!" Yuwen Ningyue shouted, her eyes filled with tears.
Chu Yunxuan held her hand and was about to call Xie Yong up when suddenly, a voice that he had been waiting for a few days, even in his dreams, came from afar.
Brother Yun, I'm here to save you."
Chu Yunxuan was slightly stunned. His vision blurred, and Yun Xiuyi's small body flew through the air and threw herself into his arms.
"Brother Yun, are you alright? Are you hurt? Did Xie Yong, that rotten egg, secretly bully you when I wasn't around?”
Chu Yunxuan hugged her, wondering how this girl's qinggong became so good. He could actually soar into the sky and hit his target directly? He remembered that she could only jump around like a stupid bird, but now…
As he was thinking, Yun Xiuyi saw the wounds on his body, big and small. There were whip wounds, arrow wounds, and knife wounds." Scarred " and " covered in bruises " were not enough to describe him. If he had not been young and learned martial arts, he would have died long ago.
Yun Xiuyi's face contorted in anger." Xie Yong, you rotten egg! How dare you bully Brother Yun when I'm not around? What kind of man are you?" What kind of hero is that?"
Yun Xiuyi grabbed the pillar beside Chu Yunxuan with both hands and forcefully pulled it up, which required a few men to carry, and threw it directly at Xie Yong's head." I'll smash you to death, you rotten egg! I'll beat you to death, you big bad guy who doesn't know right from wrong, who dares to offend his superiors, and who bullies his elders!" You can go die. Even if you die a million times, it won't be enough!”
Xie Yong, who was below the stage, saw that something was wrong and hurriedly dodged to the side. The pillar fell towards the group of archers, knocking several of them unconscious on the spot.
"Yun…Yun Xiuyi, you'd better not try to be brave. Don't tell me you want to experience the feeling of being pierced by thousands of arrows?" Xie Yong shouted in shock.”
Yun Xiuyi bared his teeth and made a face at Xie Yong," Miss, I just want to show off. What about you? Do you dare to come up and catch me?"
Xie Yong forced a smile," I won't go up to catch you, but do you dare to come down?”
Yun Xiuyi glared at him." Why should I go down? So that you can kidnap me to threaten Brother Yun?”
"Don't talk about threats. You know I like you. As long as you're willing to come down, I can agree to all your conditions. I won't even pursue the crimes you've committed before.”Xie Yong coaxed.
"I've committed a crime? Strange, why didn't I know I had committed a crime? Brother Yun, do you remember what crime I have committed?”She came to Chu Yunxuan's side and hugged him affectionately.
Chu Yunxuan patted her head lovingly." I don't remember either. It's probably the one where you hit him and threw him into the manure pit, not allowing him to come up, right?"”
Yun Xiuyi nodded as if it was a serious matter," Hey, Xie Yong, if you're here because of the incident where I threw you into the manure pit, then I admit that I'm guilty, but so what? You can't possibly execute me just because I threw you into a manure pit, right?”
When the group of soldiers below heard that the usually awe-inspiring prince had actually thrown a little girl into a manure pit and was not allowed to come up, they whispered and almost laughed out loud.
Xie Yong suddenly felt embarrassed and flew into a rage out of humiliation." Yun Xiuyi, don't refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit. Do you think I really can't bear to kill you?"”
Yun Xiuyi placed his hands on his hips and shouted fiercely,"I want to drink the punishment. If you want to kill me, just do it. Do you think I'm afraid of you? If I was afraid of you, I wouldn't have come!”
"You!" Xie Yong knew that he couldn't convince this unreasonable and fierce little girl, so he turned to Chu Yunxuan," Little granduncle, I think you should give the Nine Phoenix Ring to me. You can't bear to see these two delicate beauties die for a small jade pendant, right?"”
Chu Yunxuan frowned," Xie Yong, the Nine Phoenix Ring is actually just a protective jade pendant that the Vermillion Bird Goddess gave us. It doesn't have the incredible magical power you think it has, nor does it have the treasures that the outside world has rumored. Besides, if the Nine Phoenix Ring really has any magical power, it will only be useful to the Nine Phoenix of Dunhuang."”
Chu Yunxuan paused and continued,""In other words, the Nine Phoenix Ring can only display its power in the hands of the Dunhuang Nine Phoenix. If anyone else takes it, it's equivalent to getting an ordinary jade pendant, so you don't need to go through so much trouble.”
"I don't believe it! If the Nine Phoenix Ring is really an ordinary jade pendant like you said, why would so many people want to obtain it? If the Nine Phoenix Ring was really only useful to the Nine Phoenix of Dunhuang, why would Nangong Wujiu spend so much effort to get it?”Xie Yong shouted.
At the mention of Nangong Wujiu, Yun Xiuyi couldn't help but argue,""Brother-in-law has his own reasons for doing things. How can a mediocre person like you, who only thinks about gold, silver, jewelry, and women's rotten eggs, compare to him? Save it, Big Brother Yun will not give you the Nine Phoenix Ring. Even if you bring all the soldiers of the Wu Kingdom over, Big Brother Yun will still not agree to it!”
Xie Yong still did not give up." Granduncle, what do you think? Are you willing to watch them die with you? Or do you want to personally see the woman you love become a fallen flower like Yuwen Ningyue and be ridden by a man?”
Hearing this, Yuwen Ningyue's face turned pale and her body swayed.
Chu Yunxuan's expression was extremely ugly. His hands were clenched into fists, showing how angry he was.
But Xie Yong didn't care at all and continued to say proudly: "I don't care at all! After all, a woman like her who pretended to be cold on the surface would still be in a heated state after taking off her clothes. She would scream louder than anyone else. That's why I thought that Yun Xiuyi, this little girl, was already as passionate as fire. If she took off her clothes, she would definitely…"
Before Xie Yong could finish his sentence, Yun Xiuyi couldn't hold it in any longer. He took down the wooden board on the execution platform and threw it at Xie Yong." You bastard, why didn't you say that when you were thrown into the manure pit, you screamed louder than anyone else? You even said that as long as he can save you, no matter who it is, you're willing to call him 300 great-grandpas?”
Xie Yong's eyes were sharp and fast, and he had already dodged far away, but his eyes were filled with anger," You little brat, you won't be arrogant for long. I don't believe that you alone can resist my archers and defeat my army.”
"Of course I can beat your archer. And if I can't win, there's still Brother Yun. Brother Yun's martial arts are very powerful!”
Xie Yong smiled scornfully," Really? If he was really as powerful as you said, why was he captured by me and beaten black and blue all over?”
Yun Xiuyi was so angry that smoke was about to come out of her head." That's because you won with numbers. Shameless! If you were to fight him alone, even a hundred of you wouldn't be a match for him.”
"I don't care about this. I only ask you, do you want to hand over the Nine Phoenix Ring?”
"No! If I don't hand it over, Brother Yun won't either!”Yun Xiuyi refused loudly.
"What about you, Granduncle?" Xie Yong asked Chu Yunxuan. Aren't you going to hand it over?"
Chu Yunxuan didn't answer, but his gentle and deep eyes flashed with a strange light.
Xie Yong advised again," Little Granduncle, it's not that I want to lecture you, but think about it. Yuwen Ningyue is already a fallen flower. It doesn't matter if she has one more or one less man." However, Yun Xiuyi is different. She is your beloved woman and Chu Fengyi's sister. Even if you are skilled in martial arts, can you defeat these archers? Can you really protect her? If you could really protect her, how would you be like today?”
At this moment, a man's cold voice came from afar." If you include me and my 100,000-strong army, do you think it's enough to protect this fierce little girl?”
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of war drums could be heard, and the shouts shook the sky. Emperor Yu's 100,000-strong army had already quietly arrived at the city, surrounding the entire manor…No, it should be said that the entire Wu Kingdom was surrounded.
Xie Yong's legs instantly went soft, and he was so scared that even his pants were wet.
Du…Dugu Han? The legendary Emperor Yu, Dugu Han, who was said to be invincible, invincible, and had almost never lost a battle. Even the four emperors of Qilin were afraid of him?
Dugu Han was riding on a horse, holding a long sword in his hand. He stared at Xie Yong majestically from top to bottom." Xie Yong, do you want to commit suicide, or do you want me to do it?”
Seeing Dugu Han's dignified appearance, and then looking at the orderly and densely packed army of a hundred thousand behind him, Xie Yong really peed his pants.
"Where…where's Uncle Wang?" Xie Yong asked while trembling.
"Are you asking about Wu Wang?" Dugu Han raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, how is Uncle Wang?"
"Foaming at the mouth, I was scared to death!" Dugu Han curled his lips in disdain.
Hearing that Wu Wang was scared to death, Xie Yong's entire body trembled, and he fell to the ground and fainted!
"Evil people have no guts." Dugu Han snorted coldly and handed the sword to the guard. He jumped off his horse and came to Chu Yunxuan's side." Are you alright?"”
Chu Yunxuan nodded," I'm fine." By the way, why are you here? I remember that you promised Xia 'er that you would never send troops again. Why…"
Dugu Han glared at Yun Xiuyi, who was punching and kicking Xie Yong." Seven or eight of the stone lions at the palace gate have been broken, and ten or twenty trees in the imperial garden have been uprooted. If I didn't come, I was really afraid that my You Feng Lai Yi would be torn apart by that little girl. At that time, where would Xia 'er and I live?" Where did you find this strange little girl with infinite strength? He actually asked Nangong Wujiu to bring her to see me. Don't you know that I hate him the most?”
Chu Yunxuan laughed." A little girl with infinite strength? You haven't seen her unique skills of dismantling the door and pretending to be a little stupid ghost! If you had seen it, you would laugh until you couldn't eat for three days.”
Dugu Han nodded, and a rare smile appeared on his handsome face." To be honest, I've seen so many women, but I've never met someone as pure and innocent as her. When she was happy, she would jump around. When she was unhappy, she would find someone to fight and vent her anger. When she saw someone doing bad things, she would immediately beat that person to death and cry for her parents. Therefore, Xia 'er liked her very much and had already recognized her as her sister!”
"Is that so? She was indeed pure and honest. She was even willing to do anything for her loved ones without even frowning. Even men were inferior to her in terms of boldness.”Chu Yunxuan smiled in admiration.
"What do you mean by helping others? Tell me about it." Dugu Han asked with great interest. He was now extremely interested in this little girl. Suddenly, his expression changed and he shouted at Yun Xiuyi,""Not good, girl, be careful!"
Yun Xiuyi was having a great time fighting, so she didn't hear Dugu Han's warning. She raised her head and smiled at him. At this time, she suddenly felt a chill in her chest, as if something had pierced through it.
She blinked and looked down at Xie Yong, whose face was covered in blood and had a strange smile on it. Then, she looked at herself. A sleeve arrow had shot into her heart, and the feathers on the arrow were still slightly trembling.
Chu Yunxuan's face turned pale and he rushed forward to hug Yun Xiuyi." Xiu-er, Xiu-er!”
However, before he could hug her, Yun Xiuyi fell to the ground with a bang, and black blood flowed out of her chest.
It was a poisonous arrow that was dipped in poison!#
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