Chapter 663: Chapter 248: Xiao Jinxing Returns to the Palace (Four Updates)

Indeed.

King Chen’s foresight is truly divine.

Knowing that King Chu would stage a coup, he had him rush back early.

However, it was just a step too late.

The emperor had already passed away.

Yuan Wenkang stood up from the ground, looking at the frantic Zhao Mengyu.

Zhao Mengyu simply couldn’t accept this; the duck that was already cooked had flown away right from her lips!

How could Yuan Wenkang be in Xun City?!

How did he return under their watch?

"Wang Yaohong, obey my command." Yuan Wenkang shouted loudly.

"Your subordinate is here."

"Immediately go capture King Chu Xiao Jinsen, who murdered the emperor. We must see him dead or alive!"

"Your subordinate obeys!" Wang Yaohong quickly took his soldiers and left.

Zhao Mengyu heard Yuan Wenkang’s command.

She was shocked.

If Xiao Jinsen was really captured by Yuan Wenkang, then their effort would be entirely wasted!

The panic inside her suddenly calmed down at that moment.

Just now Xiao Jinsen had already left, and now according to Yuan Wenkang, Xiao Jinsen had not yet been captured. As long as his son was not dead, there was still a glimmer of hope, and she even felt that, unsuspecting as these people were, her son would catch them completely off guard!

It must be so.

It must be so.

Zhao Mengyu was comforting herself, now also becoming composed.

She said to Yuan Wenkang, "Lord Yuan, I know you are a man who understands the times."

Yuan Wenkang’s eyes rested on Zhao Mengyu, his features stiff, unmoved.

"If you put down your sword now and follow King Chu, I assure you a bright career. Whatever you want, I will agree to it!" Zhao Mengyu tempted him, "I can even give you the position currently held by Wu Xufan."

Yuan Wenkang’s facial expression changed slightly.

At hearing the name Wu Xufan, there was certainly some emotional fluctuation.

With such a major incident occurring in the Imperial Palace, why was Wu Xufan, the leader of the Imperial Guards, not inside the Imperial Palace?

If he were here, King Chu could not have succeeded.

The emperor would not have passed away like this.

"You see, Wu Xufan failed to protect the emperor. Whether for the late emperor or for King Chu, Wu Xufan will certainly be executed. His position, I assure you, will be yours," Zhao Mengyu, thinking Yuan Wenkang was persuaded by her words, tempted him even more vigorously.

"Where did Wu Xufan go?" Yuan Wenkang asked.

Thinking Yuan Wenkang was hooked, Zhao Mengyu quickly said, "For a woman, he abandoned his duty to protect. Such a person naturally deserves to die!"

"A woman?" Yuan Wenkang’s heart trembled slightly.

That moment, it was as if he had realized something.

"Princess Hezhen." Zhao Mengyu did not think to conceal it from Yuan Wenkang; to make him trust her, she obviously had to reveal everything, "Princess Hezhen was in trouble, so Wu Xufan left to save her and left the emperor behind. A person like him doesn’t deserve to be the leader of the Imperial Guards!"

Yuan Wenkang’s heart stirred.

Princess Hezhen had trouble?!

Was this issue also connected to Princess Hezhen?!

Seeing Yuan Wenkang’s face changing drastically, Zhao Mengyu quickly said, "If you release me, I promise you the position of the leader of the Imperial Guards! Since Xiao Jinxing cannot return from the border anyway, your best choice is to turn towards the light now..."

"What have you done to Princess Hezhen?!" Yuan Wenkang suddenly looked murderous.

Zhao Mengyu was frightened.

She did not expect Yuan Wenkang to suddenly be so terrifying.

"What have you done to Princess Hezhen?!" Yuan Wenkang repeated, each word distinctly cold and intimidating.

Zhao Mengyu was so scared that her expression changed.

"Imperial Concubine Shu, I ask you for the last time, what have you done to Princess Hezhen?!" Yuan Wenkang repeated.

Zhao Mengyu was truly frightened by Yuan Wenkang’s demeanor.

Yet in that moment, she cleverly realized, could it be that Yuan Wenkang has some unspeakable feelings for Princess Hezhen?!

She quickly said, "However, someone kidnapped Xiao Hezhen, threatening Wu Xufan."

"Where is the person?! Who kidnapped them!" Yuan Wenkang asked fiercely.

Zhao Mengyu observed Yuan Wenkang’s expression and answered, "Wuniang, Wu Xufan’s concubine, she belongs to my palace."

Yuan Wenkang clenched the treasure sword in his hand.

At that moment, he couldn’t help but want to chop Zhao Mengyu to death with one sword strike.

"Don’t worry, without my command, Wuniang wouldn’t dare to kill Xiao Hezhen. You just need to release me now, and I absolutely guarantee Xiao Hezhen’s safety!" Zhao Mengyu started to threaten using Xiao Hezhen’s life.

Yuan Wenkang looked fiercely at Zhao Mengyu.

At this moment, all that was in his mind was the scene of Xiao Hezhen being kidnapped.

Princess Hezhen, being royalty, how could she endure such treatment.

Thinking about everything Princess Hezhen is going through...

Yuan Wenkang was trembling, holding back his emotions.

"If it’s too late, perhaps Princess Hezhen might lose her life..." Zhao Mengyu intentionally threatened.

Unexpectedly.

Xiao Hezhen even became a good move in their game.

It was obvious that Yuan Wenkang cared deeply about Xiao Hezhen.

Listening to Zhao Mengyu’s words, Yuan Wenkang’s face contorted fiercely.

"Yuan Wenkang, if you want to save your beloved, you need to pay a price. Besides, this is not just a price, this is turning from darkness to light, just follow the King of Chu, and I promise you in the future, wealth and prospects of a high official position... Ah!" Suddenly Zhao Mengyu screamed.

She couldn’t believe it as Yuan Wenkang suddenly drew the treasure sword and fiercely stabbed it into her arm.

The pain made her scream hysterically.

"If anything at all goes wrong with Princess Hezhen, even if I am torn to pieces, I will make you accompany her in death!" Yuan Wenkang said each word deliberately.

Zhao Mengyu cried in pain.

She wanted to resist, but she was shackled and unable to move at all.

She thought Yuan Wenkang would be threatened by her.

But in the end, he chose loyalty.

Yuan Wenkang no longer looked at Zhao Mengyu again.

Right now, he was only waiting for King Chen.

The task given to him by King Chen, he swore to complete it to his death.

As for Hezhen...

He could only, trust Wu Xufan!

Yuan Wenkang endured to the extreme.

Until.

Xiao Jinxing actually appeared in the grand hall.

He walked with imposing aura, as if he carried the wind with him.

Accompanied by Bai Mowan and Ye Qichi.

And, countless soldiers of the Bai Family.

He surveyed everything before him, glanced at Xiao Zhanping lying on the ground, and then at the blood-covered Zhao Mengyu.

Zhao Mengyu, even though she was in unbearable pain, her face changed instantly upon seeing Xiao Jinxing appear suddenly.

She was so frightened she couldn’t even scream.

How could Xiao Jinxing have returned?!

Wasn’t he still on the frontlines fighting in the war?!

It’s impossible for the war to have ended so quickly.

There’s no way it finished so swiftly.

It must be an illusion caused by her pain, it must be.

It should have been her son, Xiao Jinsen, who came back!

Xiao Jinsen should have come back to catch them off guard!

Xiao Jinxing completely disregarded Zhao Mengyu’s emotions.

He commanded coldly, "Check on the emperor’s condition?"

It was directed to Ye Qichi.