Gu Qianying looked at the signal whistle in her hand, her eyes welling up with more tears.
"No, Su Cheng, I won't abandon you. I don't want you to leave me. You are my husband, the one I love the most. I cannot leave you. We have a child. Little Yi Hao also wishes to be with his father forever. You cannot leave me..."
Su Cheng couldn't hear these words clearly as his consciousness gradually faded.
His eyelids felt heavy.
He could feel Gu Qianying constantly by his side, but he could no longer hear what she was saying.
In truth, the moment he gave his brother the third hand, he knew his time was limited.
This was the first time in his life he had loved a woman, and it was this woman who gave him love he had never experienced before.
On the way to the inn with Gu Qianying, he had contacted the few hidden guards who followed him.
Those people were not his brother Murong Yun's men, nor were they from the Northern Ridge Kingdom. They were simply his subordinates.
His men, whom he had cultivated for many years, were very loyal to him.
While Gu Qianying was asleep, he summoned them and told them that from this point forward, Gu Qianying would be their mistress.
He instructed them to hide around the inn in case of any unforeseen circumstances.
He was very confident in entrusting Gu Qianying to his subordinates.
For some reason, Gu Qianying was currently completely weak and unable to exert any strength. He had consulted many physicians, but several of them were unable to help.
In such a situation, the safest course of action was for his subordinates to protect her and help her leave the Nan Yi Kingdom.
"Qianying, promise me you'll live well. Don't come back, okay?"
Su Cheng looked at Gu Qianying, tears also in his eyes.
He knew very well how loyal Gu Qianying was.
Under normal circumstances, Gu Qianying would definitely go to the imperial palace to rescue Grand Tutor Su and search for Meng Qinghua and Su Yuxi.
But it was precisely because of this that he couldn't rest assured letting her remain in the Nan Yi Kingdom.
His brother Murong Yun was very strong and cold-blooded, and anyone who stood in his way was killed by him.
If Gu Qianying continued to stay in the Nan Yi Kingdom, she would be in great danger.
Whether he was called selfish or heartless, he didn't care about others. He only wished for Gu Qianying to live well.
"You fool, you silly fool. You want me to leave you? Dream on."
The tears in Gu Qianying's eyes fell like pearls from a broken string.
At that moment, the inn door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.
A figure walked in.
"Brother, are you dying?"
A familiar voice sounded in Su Cheng's ears.
Su Cheng, his consciousness slowly blurring, bit his lip, forcing himself to stay awake.
His gaze turned cold as he looked towards the door and saw Murong Yun.
Murong Yun looked down at Su Cheng and Gu Qianying, who was beside him.
"Murong Yun! ...You!"
Su Cheng never expected Murong Yun to appear here. He had promised him that he would let Qianying go. How could he go back on his word!
Su Cheng supported himself on the ground, struggling to get up with all his might. He shielded Gu Qianying behind him and looked at Murong Yun, "Murong Yun, you... you actually lied to me. You are truly despicable!"
"Qianying, quickly blow it. Let them come and take you away."
While protecting Gu Qianying, Su Cheng turned back and urged Gu Qianying to blow the signal whistle.
He wanted to stall Murong Yun for a moment while he still had some strength, as long as Gu Qianying could leave safely.
"What? Looking for your subordinates? What a pity, they've all been killed by this prince. You have no one left to use, hahaha..."
As he spoke,
Murong Yun had the two people who followed him in carry several heads and throw them in.
Bloody heads rolled before Su Cheng's eyes.
Seeing those familiar heads, Su Cheng glared at Murong Yun, "Murong Yun... you... you deserve to die!"
From this moment on, Su Cheng regarded Murong Yun as his enemy and no longer called him brother.
It was also at this moment that Su Cheng regretted it. He regretted not killing Murong Yun back then.
"Brother, look at what you're saying. If I deserve to die, don't you deserve to die too? We are, after all, the same kind of people. You, on the other hand, have been doing good deeds and acts of charity since you were young. You don't consume the flesh and blood of your own kind."
"For your meager kindness, you would rather eat living things raised on your own blood than the blood and flesh of your own kind. Tell me, what has your kindness gotten you? Hahaha."
Murong Yun walked a little closer to Su Cheng.
He looked at the very weak Su Cheng with a gaze full of mockery. "Look at you, now you have nothing. Your own cultivated subordinates have become dead because of your cowardice, and you can't even protect the woman you love, hahaha, brother, you are truly useless."
"Speaking of uselessness, not only are you useless, but the Su family is also useless. I, your brother, gave them all a chance, but they still haven't killed Grand Tutor Su and the Empress for me. What a bunch of trash."
"Wu Cheng is dead, and Old Master Su has been captured, but it doesn't matter. My objective has been achieved."
"Within two days, the Empress of Nan Yi Kingdom will surely die, and the Grand Tutor will not live much longer. Soon... soon, Nan Yi Kingdom will be mine. I will soon ascend the throne of Nan Yi Kingdom, hahaha..."
He had placed ač on the old Mr. and Mrs. Su. What could the old couple do?
If they couldn't kill people, then bringing something poisonous into the palace to infect both the Empress and the Grand Tutor was the most suitable method.
It didn't matter to him who escaped from the palace.
What he wanted was the life of the Empress of Nan Yi Kingdom and the life of Grand Tutor Su.
As he finished speaking,
Murong Yun's subordinate brought a chair and placed it behind him.
Murong Yun sat down.
"My dear brother, in this world, the strong always rule. I, your brother, am a hundred times stronger than you. I am far stronger than you, so I should be the most powerful king in this world."
"And you, a weakling, dying is also because you are too useless. However, brother, for the sake of you being my brother, I will dote on Miss Gu well for you, hahaha..."
Brother will make her his Empress, and he will let her live well, hahaha...
"Murong Yun, you're dreaming! If you dare to harm Qianying, even if I become a ghost, I won't let you go!"
The hatred in Su Cheng's eyes was intense.
At this moment, he truly hated Murong Yun.
His hatred was boundless!
"Hahaha, become a ghost? Brother is so scared. Feng'er, you are a defeated opponent of your brother. Can you surpass your brother even after death? Even if you become a ghost, do you think your brother will be afraid of you? Hahaha, what a joke."
"Brother, I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I beg you, I beg you, please let Qianying go, let her leave, okay? I beg you."
His subordinates were killed by Murong Yun, and he himself didn't have much time left.
Even though his heart was filled with hatred, at this moment, he couldn't care about anything else. Dignity, self-respect, none of it mattered to him anymore.
He only wanted Murong Yun to spare Gu Qianying, the woman he deeply loved.
Su Cheng crawled with difficulty to Murong Yun's feet, begging him.
"Brother, I know you hate me, and I know you've always wanted me dead. Now you've succeeded. If you're still not satisfied, then cut off my hands, gouge out my eyes. Brother, whatever you do to me, I will accept it."
Brother, don't you like to eat the flesh and blood of your own kind? You can eat me, but I beg you, spare her. Your brother begs you, please, brother, please, spare her.
Su Cheng kowtowed before Murong Yun, again and again, his forehead bleeding.
But Su Cheng did not feel pain. No... it should be said that pain no longer mattered to him.
"Su Cheng... you..."
Gu Qianying looked at Su Cheng in this state, feeling heartbroken and deeply moved.