AWB Chapter 451 The Princess's Maid (55)
Chapter 451 The Princess's Maid (55)
Yun Jing turned her head to look in Shen Yixiao's direction and saw that his neck was cut by a knife and was bleeding. She burst into tears instantly.
"No."
Even if Chu Hanfeng risked his life to rescue her alone, so what? She hadn't forgotten how Chu Hanfeng had treated her back then.
Chu Hanfeng humiliated her, loathed her, and forced her to go to Yue Kingdom in place of his imperial sister for a political marriage.
She couldn't forgive him so easily.
But Shen Yixiao was different. He truly cared for her, and she couldn't just let him die like that.
"No, I can't just abandon Shen Yixiao like this."
Suddenly, taking advantage of Chu Hanfeng's momentary lapse in attention, Yun Jing forcefully shook off his hand and ran towards Shen Yixiao.
Caught off guard, Chu Hanfeng saw Yun Jing running towards Shen Yixiao.
He never expected that after risking his life to save Yun Jing, she would still be so ungrateful.
Chu Hanfeng watched Yun Jing run towards Shen Yixiao's back, and sneered inwardly.
It's for Shen Yixiao, right?
At this moment, anger filled Chu Hanfeng's mind.
He had originally planned to get rid of Shen Yixiao, and since Yun Jing had betrayed him for Shen Yixiao's sake, he didn't mind taking matters into his own hands now.
Without much thought, Chu Hanfeng took the bow and arrow from his horse, drew the bow, aimed at Shen Yixiao's head, and shot the arrow.
With a whoosh, the arrow overtook the running Yun Jing and flew forward first, piercing straight into Shen Yixiao's head right in front of Yun Jing.
Shen Yixiao groaned, and then blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
Yun Jing stared at the scene before her in disbelief.
"Shen Yixiao!"
The two soldiers holding Shen Yixiao instinctively let go, and Shen Yixiao immediately collapsed to the ground.
Yun Jing staggered forward.
She knelt beside Shen Yixiao and shook his body.
"Shen Yixiao, wake up! Don't die!"
But Shen Yixiao just stared wide-eyed, showing no reaction whatsoever.
Yun Jing reached out with trembling hands and tried to check Shen Yixiao's breath under his nose, but he was already lifeless.
Shen Yixiao is dead.
"Shen Yixiao, don't die..."
Yun Jing knelt beside Shen Yixiao's body and burst into tears.
Chu Hanfeng stood behind Yun Jing, watching her.
Unbeknownst to them, at that very moment, Qi Ning and Yue Zeyuan were standing atop the valley, looking down at the scene below.
"Chu Hanfeng is quite ruthless."
Qi Ning sighed softly, a smile in her eyes.
"Yes."
Yue Zeyuan responded and watched the scene below with amusement.
Qi Ning and Yue Zeyuan were standing on high ground, so they could naturally see far.
On Chu Hanfeng's side, a group of people were hiding in the bushes on both sides of the valley entrance, slowly making their way towards Chu Hanfeng and his group under the cover of the bushes.
The person leading the team was General Shen.
Chu Hanfeng was, after all, the emperor of Chu. Even if he was determined to rescue Yun Jing alone, his subordinates would not agree.
Of course, Chu Hanfeng himself would not risk his life.
Therefore, while they outwardly agreed that only Chu Hanfeng would attend the meeting, they actually had General Shen lead men to ambush him, ready to come in and help Chu Hanfeng at any time.
However, there was no cover where Chu Hanfeng picked up Yun Jing, and they were afraid that Yue Zeyuan's people would discover them and do something dangerous to Yun Jing and Chu Hanfeng. Therefore, General Shen led his men to ambush at the entrance of the valley.
General Shen and his men waited for a while, and seeing that Chu Hanfeng had not yet brought Yun Jing back, they slowly made their way over.
Qi Ning tugged at Yue Zeyuan's hand: "Look, Shen Yixiao's father is here."
Yue Zeyuan also saw General Shen and the others.
He smiled sarcastically: "Shen Chuan probably doesn't know yet that Chu Hanfeng, whom he's been protecting so much, just shot and killed his own son."
"you do not say."
Qi Ning smiled and said, "Now is the perfect time; we can make our move."
"Hmm." Yue Zeyuan nodded slightly.
Chu Hanfeng had arranged for men to lie in ambush, so Yue Zeyuan certainly couldn't have only arranged for those few soldiers.
He had others lie in ambush, simply waiting for the right moment to let Chu Hanfeng and the other two fight amongst themselves.
Now that Chu Hanfeng has killed Shen Yixiao, General Shen is about to arrive, and the timing is perfect.
Yue Zeyuan gestured to the back, and his men sounded the signal. The Yue soldiers who were lying in ambush in the valley rushed forward.
At this moment, Yun Jing was still lying next to Shen Yixiao's body, crying and shouting. Chu Hanfeng was originally staring at Yun Jing's back until he heard a whistle and a series of footsteps approaching from afar.
The footsteps didn't come from behind him, but from the trees on both sides of the valley and across the river.
Chu Hanfeng's heart skipped a beat. He immediately stepped forward and forcibly pulled Yun Jing up from the ground: "Quick, let's go, someone's coming!"
"I do not go!"
Yun Jing struggled desperately with both hands and feet, glaring fiercely at Chu Hanfeng with eyes full of hatred.
"Chu Hanfeng, you killed Shen Yixiao! You killed Shen Yixiao!"
"I hate you! I will not go with you!"
"Hurry up, or it will be too late!" Chu Hanfeng roared.
Just as the two were struggling, Yue Zeyuan's men appeared and attacked them.
"kill!"
In fact, Chu Hanfeng's skills were quite good. If he were to deal with these men alone, even if he couldn't completely defeat them and escape, he should be able to hold out until General Shen arrived with his men to help.
But unfortunately, he had Yun Jing with him, and she was very uncooperative.
Yun Jing hated Chu Hanfeng because of Shen Yixiao's death, so she was unwilling to leave with him.
The two were quickly surrounded.
With one hand holding Yun Jing and the other wielding his sword, Chu Hanfeng fought his way out of the encirclement.
The sound of fighting continued.
General Shen, who was rushing over here, vaguely heard the commotion and immediately felt something was wrong.
"Oh no! Something's happened to His Majesty! Go and protect him!"
They immediately ran towards the direction of Chu Hanfeng and the others.
However, Pengsha Valley is very long and narrow, and the entrance to the valley is quite far from where Chu Hanfeng is now. It will take some time to get there, and he won't be able to get there in a while.
General Shen could only hope that Chu Hanfeng could hold on for a little longer.
Chu Hanfeng naturally wanted to hold out until General Shen arrived with his men, but just as he was pulling Yun Jing along while dodging and fighting, Yun Jing happened to see the rushing men step on Shen Yixiao's corpse.
For some reason, she suddenly bit Chu Hanfeng's wrist.
Chu Hanfeng felt a sharp pain in his wrist and subconsciously released Yun Jing.
Yun Jing ran towards Shen Yixiao's corpse again.
"Jing'er!"
Chu Hanfeng turned around and looked at Yun Jing.
Distracted by Yun Jing, his sword was knocked from his hand.
In an instant, countless spears and arrows pierced Chu Hanfeng's body, turning him into a bloody, mangled hedgehog.
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