"What?" Su Yingxue's heart jolted. She stared sharply at Chu Yihan. "What's going on? Why are you injured?"
She grabbed his wrist to check his pulse, but Chu Yihan responded, "There's no time. If you don't want to marry, would you be willing to leave with me?"
He was exiled by Chu Mingyuan—his refusal to flee was what led to his current state.
The one who brought people to arrest him was none other than Chu Chengye, the man who was supposed to marry Su Yingxue.
They wanted her life!
"No, they can't bully you like this!"
Su Yingxue's anger spilled into tears. She seemed ready to rush out and demand justice, but the moment she opened the door, she saw palace guards of the Marquis's Manor stationed all around the pavilion below.
"Are they confining me?"
Even Zhilan was nowhere to be seen.
All the guards from the Marquis's Manor were unfamiliar to her—they weren't people left behind by her mother.
Her father...
