Moreover, her ability to escape the Li Family’s hold was due to someone secretly assisting her.

The place where Li Mengjun imprisoned An Ning and the others was deep in the mountains. It wasn’t a small location, well-constructed and populated, but judging from the traces around, much of it was quite recently built.

Including the dungeon An Ning and the others were held in, which had only been constructed recently.

Outside, there was already a cacophony of slaughter. The dense forest and all the buildings were completely destroyed. Peeking out from the stone cave and glancing outside, Li Mengjun was instantly filled with fear.

The entire ground was paved with red blood. An Bingfeng stood far away with his bodyguards, watching the massacre before him with a calm expression.

However, due to the disparity in strength, most of the slaughtered were their own people!

If this continued, it wouldn’t be long before An Bingfeng’s people could flatten this place.

Beside Li Mengjun, a masked man also stood firm, exuding a chilling aura, "An Bingfeng, after so many years, I am still defeated by you!"

Heaven, you are indeed unfair.

Li Mengjun turned her head fearfully, "What’s the use of saying this now? You should think carefully about how we can retreat. Most of our forces are already wiped out, yet An Bingfeng’s side has hardly suffered. If this goes on, once they come in, they’ll likely want our lives first!"

Li Mengjun didn’t even know who the man in front of her was; all she knew was that at her darkest times in the Li Family, this man approached her, offering to help her deal with An Bingfeng. As long as she cooperated, he could deliver An Bingfeng to her, letting her do as she pleased.

Li Mengjun indeed liked An Bingfeng, and her feelings hadn’t waned one bit.

If not, she wouldn’t have gone as far as to kill her fiancé, the young master of the Li Family, just to avoid marriage and stay at the Prime Minister Residence.

Over the years, just to remain at the Prime Minister Residence and watch him from afar, she had forced herself from a blossoming young girl into an old woman.

If An Bingfeng hadn’t been involved with any other women by his side, she might never have harbored any thoughts her whole life.

But he secretly married while he was away, had children, and the woman he married was merely an ordinary farmer’s daughter.

How could Li Mengjun willingly accept this?

If he didn’t want to marry and only wanted a son, she could also bear him one, so why did he have to go find someone else?

And he chose a woman who, whether in beauty or ability, was no match for her.

But clearly, no amount of love could outweigh the importance of life.

Faced with her imminent failure and the impending loss of life, she still felt fear and panic.

Compared to Li Mengjun’s tense fear of losing life, the masked man appeared much more composed.

Looking at Li Mengjun, there was no panic on his face, but rather a calm demeanor, and a faint hint of excitement in his eyes, "Retreat, you’re overthinking. It’s not over until the end, and the victor is still undecided!"

"What do you mean?" Watching the masked man leisurely stride inside, Li Mengjun was left bewildered.

He seemed so confident, could it be that he had already made other arrangements?

Turning her head again, looking outside, Li Mengjun clearly knew that their forces couldn’t hold out much longer.