"What did you say?!"
Jun Wuyuan led his men and carried swords to ransack the entire Jiang Mansion. Jun Wuzhou led his troops to reorganize all the military camps in Liangzhou.
Thanks to Xiao Mingzhu's covert arrangements in Liangzhou before, Jun Wuzhou encountered almost no resistance when subduing the soldiers in the military camps.
Most importantly, half of the Liangzhou Guards painstakingly established by the old bald monk were executed and half were captured. It was truly a great victory.
Without the Liangzhou Guards and Liangzhou, the Wang Family was like a dying stray dog.
A toothless tiger that was unwilling to be at a disadvantage would have to fight to the death.
Jun Wuyuan's plan was to gradually erode the Wang Family's power and force them into a dead end step by step.
Otherwise, with the Queen Mother Wang as a towering figure, the virtue of filial piety would prevent Jun Wuyuan from completely eradicating them.
Unless...
The Wang Family and the Queen Mother Wang committed heinous crimes that were unacceptable to both man and god and impossible to escape punishment for!
Everything was within Jun Wuyuan's plan.
However, although Jun Wuyuan had planned everything well, he didn't expect that something would go wrong with Ling Shan.
Ling Shan, who should have withdrawn from the Jiang Mansion long ago and remained safe and sound, was actually still in the theater building?!
There were still dots of blood on Jun Wuyuan's cheeks. When he heard the secret guard's report, his eyes immediately turned cold.
Jun Wuyuan, who had been enjoying the ransacking just now, didn't care about it anymore. He ordered his men to continue ransacking the Jiang Mansion to the bottom and rushed to the theater building himself.
From afar, he could see the fire and hear the continuous sound of swords and sabers.
A trace of worry and regret involuntarily appeared on Jun Wuyuan's confident face.
He couldn't understand why Ling Shan was still in the theater building.
It wasn't until he rushed there and saw Ling Shan being held and then let go by Yu Shiwei that his heart finally settled down.
There were dead black - clothed assassins everywhere, along with the smell of blood, broken swords, and arrows, all indicating that a fierce battle had just taken place.
"Shanshan!"
Jun Wuyuan's heart was pounding wildly. From afar, he shouted loudly and quickened his steps. He came close and hugged Ling Shan tightly in his arms.
Yu Shiwei rolled her eyes silently and moved aside.
Don't think she didn't see Jun Wuyuan glaring at her just now.
Really.
It was just a hug of Ling Shan.
It was as if she was some wild man trying to snatch his wife.
Could the great emperor of the Yan Dynasty stop being so clingy?
"Your Majesty... Husband, why are you here?!"
"Why are you here? Are you injured anywhere?"
The two asked each other in unison.
Ling Shan was slightly stunned.
What did he mean?
Where else could she be if not here?
"I'm not injured. Husband, don't worry. Xiaoman and Shiwei are very powerful. I'm fine. They were the ones who got injured."
Jun Wuyuan hugged Ling Shan in his arms and looked around. Only then did he feel completely relieved.
"I'll take you home."
Jun Wuyuan picked Ling Shan up in a princess - carry, his face solemn.
Yu Shiwei: "..."
Xiaoman, who was silently letting the secret guard bandage and apply medicine on her back: "..."
Ling Shan: "..."
She didn't know what crazy stunt this guy was pulling.
Ling Shan showed an apologetic smile to Yu Shiwei and the others, but her mind couldn't help but wander.
What on earth had happened?
Jun Wuyuan's tenderness and doting in the past few days were like an oasis in the desert.
It was attractive and made people involuntarily get closer, but in fact, it was like a mirage, an illusory dream in the air.
You didn't know when it would come or when it would go.
You had it, but you could lose it at any time.
This kind of insecure relationship...
No, there was no such thing as a romantic or marital relationship between them at all.
Ling Shan didn't like it at all.
She still preferred the previous seemingly intimate relationship where she could be in control of everything.
Rather than the current situation where, under an already unequal relationship, she had to guess carefully and cooperate hard, constantly worried about losing it. This made Ling Shan's emotions extremely unstable.
Just like now, although Jun Wuyuan was holding her tightly, there was a deep - seated anger all over him.
It was like the overcast sky before a storm, with a heavy low - pressure that weighed heavily on people's hearts.
After leaving the Jiang Mansion, Jun Wuyuan carried Ling Shan on his horse and galloped towards Songyuan.
Ling Shan's lips gradually flattened. Unreasonable irritation welled up again, and her little head leaned on Jun Wuyuan's body and she fell asleep bit by bit.
When Jun Wuyuan noticed that the person in his arms had fallen asleep, his eyes softened involuntarily.
He quietly looked at Ling Shan for a moment. Her dress and makeup looked okay at first glance, but on closer inspection, the skirt was dirty, her makeup was messy, and a strand of her hair had come loose from her bun.
It was obvious that she had just experienced a fierce "slaughter".
At this time, Jun Wuyuan didn't know that Ling Shan not only stayed in the burning theater building and was attacked, but also fell into the trap and secret room in the Plum Garden, and it was she who set the fire in the theater building.
Just looking at Ling Shan like this, he felt heartache and self - blame. If he knew those things, he would probably be heart - broken.
Back at Songyuan, he drove out the confused Ban Chun, placed Ling Shan on the soft couch, fetched water, and gently wiped her bit by bit.
He took off her dress stained with dust, mud, and blood, put on a soft nightgown for her, and then hugged her and lay on the bed.
Ling Shan slept very soundly, which further proved that she had expended a great deal of energy today and was so tired that she didn't even wake up during all this commotion.
Jun Wuyuan couldn't understand why Ling Shan should have known how important she was in his heart.
She also knew that she was more important than anything else in his heart. They should have been in sync and she should have known that as long as she was okay.
Why did such a deviation occur?
Jun Wuyuan's fingers landed on Ling Shan's plump and soft lips and gently rubbed them. His eyes were soft but with a trace of doubt.
"Shanshan, what should I do with you?"
For some reason, Jun Wuyuan felt that invisible barrier between them again today.
It was as if no matter what he did, the intimacy of these days was just a fantasy of his own.
What exactly went wrong?
In the bedroom, the only sounds were the gentle breathing and heartbeat. Jun Wuyuan's eyes gradually darkened.
"Don't... Don't come near... Let me go..."
Jun Wuyuan, who was deep in thought, was awakened by a very soft but painful murmur.
The voice was very soft and she spoke too fast. He didn't catch it clearly at first.
A smile appeared on Jun Wuyuan's lips. He bent down and got closer, putting his ear next to hers to try to hear what Shanshan was saying.
"I don't want to stay here. I want to go home..."
The smile on Jun Wuyuan's lips immediately froze in place.