The fire raged fiercely. For the moment, they couldn't get in, but the room was already filled with thick smoke.
Lianzi covered her nose and mouth, only watching the fire outside. She felt an even greater sense of unease deep in her heart.
She regretted it deeply. She should have never let the Crown Princess enter the room no matter what.
Now, both of them were trapped.
She was a secret guard, and her life had always belonged to her master.
Her death didn't matter, but the peerlessly beautiful Crown Princess couldn't die.
She had also promised the Crown Prince that she would protect the Crown Princess with her life!
"Crown Princess, I'll fight my way out now!"
Lianzi's eyebrows were knitted in anxiety, and her hands were already in an attacking position.
But deep down, she knew that with her skills, she couldn't break open the iron plates on the doors and windows at all.
However, Ning Yuwan wasn't as anxious as Lianzi had imagined. She gently patted Lianzi's shoulder calmly, "Don't be afraid."
Lianzi shook her head. "Lianzi isn't afraid. Lianzi is only afraid that the Crown Princess will get hurt."
She was really in a hurry.
She didn't even notice the contradiction in her words.
"Don't worry. I won't get hurt."
Ning Yuwan's eyes were full of tenderness. Even though the fire was extremely dangerous, she remained calm and composed, just like a cold and ethereal fairy, untouched by the dust of the world.
Their voices weren't very loud, but the people outside were constantly paying attention to their movements, so they naturally heard everything clearly.
Liu Ruyi thought that Ning Yuwan was still boasting even when she was about to die. She couldn't help but sneer. "What a pair of loyal master and servant. Dying together will really fulfill you. Big girl, you should really thank me."
The reason she kept being so noisy was that Ning Yuwan never showed the kneeling and begging for mercy and crying that she had fantasized about.
Just hearing Ning Yuwan's calm voice made her feel angry, but Ning Yuwan didn't seem to care at all.
She deliberately went against Ning Yuwan and even changed her self - reference to "this humble woman".
"Liu Ruyi, did you set fire to kill me for Ning Yuqin or for yourself, or because of Ning..."
Inside the room, Ning Yuwan's calm voice came out, but it deeply irritated Liu Ruyi.
Liu Ruyi was afraid that Ning Yuwan would expose her affair with Ning Fengchen, which might cause a rift in her cooperation with Ning Yuqin.
Her eyes darted wildly. She shouted loudly to cover it up and scolded to stop Ning Yuwan. "Bitch! You're still spouting nonsense even when you're about to die!"
Ning Yuqin didn't understand the hidden meaning in their words. She looked at Liu Ruyi suspiciously.
The latter immediately waved her hand. "Qin'er, everything I've done is naturally for you!"
It was really dedicated of her to still be showing mother - daughter affection at this time.
"Better be."
Ning Yuqin chose to believe her. She sneered and mocked. "Ning Yuwan, I won't believe your attempts to sow discord."
"Believe it or not."
Ning Yuwan really seemed to be kindly revealing something. Since Ning Yuqin wasn't interested, she took back all her words.
"Just... I hope you won't regret it later!"
Later?
Ning Yuqin scoffed. "Later, you'll turn into a charred skeleton."
Even if she regretted it, it wouldn't be Ning Yuwan's turn to see it.
The fierce fire was burning. The wooden doors and windows inside the iron plates made crackling sounds, and each sound made people's hearts skip a beat.
It made Ning Yuqin's face look even more sinister. "Ning Yuwan, enjoy your last moment before death."
In the sea of fire, Ning Yuwan seemed to reply to her.
But the sound of the fire was so noisy that Ning Yuqin couldn't hear a single word clearly.
To be precise, she didn't want to listen to the bravado of a dying person anymore.
She was about to turn around when she suddenly froze. She stammered, "Father?"
She didn't know when Ning Fengnian had stood behind her. At this moment, his face was as black as ink, and he was gnashing his teeth in anger. "Ning Yuqin!"
Liu Ruyi's eyes were full of the shadows of the burning fire. She didn't notice Ning Yuqin's movement at all.
It was only when Ning Fengnian patted his heaving chest and roared again, "Come here! Take this good - for - nothing away for me!"
that Liu Ruyi seemed to hear. She suddenly turned around and stared at Ning Fengnian in disbelief. "My Lord Marquis, why are you here?"
This was a small mansion secretly bought by Ning Fengchen.
How could Ning Fengnian be here?
How did he find this place?
"My Lord Marquis, please listen to my explanation."
Liu Ruyi faintly felt that things were out of control, but Ning Fengnian was approaching step by step. He slapped her across the face. "Bitch!"
He had seen and heard with his own eyes that Liu Ruyi wanted to burn Ning Yuwan to death.
"How dare you have such a vicious thought?"
Liu Ruyi felt a sudden blackout in front of her eyes, and her cheek instantly felt burning hot.
Seeing that there were few people behind Ning Fengnian, she simply hardened her heart and blocked Ning Fengnian's next slap. "Ning Fengnian, since you've come looking for death, then I'll grant your wish!"
She clapped her hands, and the people behind her came over with gloomy expressions.
"Do you still want to kill me to cover up your tracks?"
Ning Fengnian was so angry that he laughed instead. "Liu Ruyi, do you know the consequence of killing a marquis?"
His eyes glared angrily, and his beard swayed with his movements. "According to the laws of this dynasty, those who kill the noble relatives of a marquis will be punished by being sliced alive and burned in a sea of fire. Liu Ruyi, do you dare to violate the law?"
A look of panic flashed across Liu Ruyi's eyes, but when her peripheral vision swept across the people around her, she somehow gained more confidence. "I'll kill you tonight. No one will know. Who will punish me?"
She thought that this mansion was secretly bought by Ning Fengchen and few people knew about it.
And the people around were all Ning Fengchen's men, so she wasn't worried at all.
Ning Yuqin only wanted to burn Ning Yuwan to death, but she didn't expect that Liu Ruyi had such a sinister intention.
She took a stunned step back. "You want to kill Father?"
Ning Yuqin was cold - hearted and selfish. Naturally, it wasn't because of the father - daughter affection. She was just worried that after Ning Fengnian's death, she would never be able to be the honored girl of the Yongning Marquis Mansion again.
Liu Ruyi glanced at Ning Yuqin slightly. Since the truth had been forced to be revealed, she naturally didn't hide it anymore and didn't show much enthusiasm for Ning Yuqin either.
She pierced through Ning Yuqin's mind with a single sentence. "Kill Ning Fengnian, and there will be someone to help you become the only girl in the Yongning Marquis Mansion again."
The arrow was on the string. How could it not be shot?
Liu Ruyi's words were extremely tempting. Moreover, Ning Yuqin had no reason to turn back.
She made up her mind. When she looked at Ning Fengnian again, there was a cold threat in her eyes.
"Without me, do you think you and she can still stay in the Yongning Marquis Mansion?"
Ning Fengnian sneered with his hands behind his back. "You're daydreaming!"
"My Lord Marquis is really confident."
Liu Ruyi gently covered her mouth. Her movement was still as gentle and graceful as before, and her expression was also tender and pitiful, but the words she said were really cold and vicious.
"After tonight, the Yongning Marquis Mansion will change its owner. Even the wife that the marquis loves the most will become someone else's lover."
Thinking that both Ning Yuwan and Ning Fengnian were about to die, she was very proud and even said everything recklessly.
Because of her pride and arrogance, she obviously forgot the strange premonition that had been lingering in her mind.
"Presumptuous!"
Yuan Qingrong was Ning Fengnian's reverse scale. The last bit of guilt he had for Liu Ruyi also disappeared. "I'll see how the Yongning Marquis Mansion will change its owner today! And who dares to have thoughts about my wife!"
He gradually had an answer in his heart, but he just didn't want to believe it.
He wanted Liu Ruyi to say that person's name out of her own mouth.
Liu Ruyi fulfilled his wish. "Come here! Capture the Marquis of Yongning. If he resists, kill him on the spot!"