Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 718 Grand Finale (22)
In the span of one day, the people of Luo County’s capital were in a state of panic as two significant figures were captured and their homes ransacked. The residents hurried home, bolted their doors, and awaited the unfolding events in silence.
The heads of the more influential and nobler families in the capital, too, declined visitors, shutting their gates tight and hiding at home while speculating about Prince Luo’s next move.
Xueyan Country
Upon learning that Nangong Xiu was none other than the surviving Prince of the fallen Luo Kingdom, plotting a rebellion, Dugu Chen dispatched his most elite Iron Cavalry Army at daybreak to capture Nangong Xiu.
Feng Xuxu, upon hearing this news, felt exceedingly uneasy. After all, if even masters couldn’t track Nangong Xiu, the Iron Cavalry Army, veterans of battle though they were, would likely struggle. She subsequently called for Xiaobai, Blue Fox, and Xiaojin to join forces and lend their strength.
After the Iron Cavalry Army had set out, Dugu Chen dealt with outstanding matters and made ready to head to the Nangong Residence himself.
"Yingsu, take the Crown Prince and the two Princesses to my palace immediately. Quick."
Seeing that her majesty’s expression was grave, Yingsu hastily complied and went to find the Crown Prince and the two Princesses with all due speed.
Caught unaware during their lessons, Qiqi and Yueyue were led by Aunt Yingsu to the Yangxin Hall, closely followed by Xiaoyu. Feng Xuxu waved away everyone else in the room and ushered the three of them into a space.
"Mommy has to step out for a bit. You all need to stay here and be good, understand?"
Qiqi and Yueyue nodded their heads frantically like pecking chickens, reassuring Feng Xuxu. She then turned to look into the bewildered eyes of her younger daughter and gently stroked her soft hair, "Xiaoyu is the best behaved. Can you play nicely with your brother and sister while you’re here?"
Xiaoyu looked at her brother and sister, then at her mother, blinked her small eyes, and nodded, "Okay."
"Mom, I’ll take good care of my sisters. You can go without worrying," Qiqi said, holding his sisters’ hands, making a promise to his mother.
Feng Xuxu playfully pinched her son’s little nose, "My son is all grown up. Alright, I leave your sisters in your care. Mommy will be back soon."
The three children watched their mother leave the space. Xiaoyu was about to cry when her mother’s figure vanished but was quickly distracted by something in her brother’s hand. Soon after, Xiaoyu had forgotten all about her mother.
Nangong Xiu stood within the Nangong Residence, covered in blood, while the Iron Cavalry Army surrounded the residence. At that moment, Dugu Chen arrived, alighting on the rooftop, and looked down at Nangong Xiu with a steely gaze.
Nangong Xiu, upon seeing Dugu Chen, leaped onto the rooftop as well. They stood opposite each other, staring intently, aware that missing any flicker of expression could prove fatal.
"Tricking the enemy, the old switcheroo, Nangong Xiu, you’ve played quite the game,"
Nangong Xiu, seeing the disdain in Dugu Chen’s smirk, the mockery in his words, and the contempt in his eyes, couldn’t help but laugh in response, "That sounds like envy to me."
"Envy? Am I envious of your dead-end situation? Or that your schemes have been exposed? Or maybe that you’re now like a homeless cur?"
"You... you’ve gone too far. Hmmph, whether I, Nangong Xiu, am truly the ’homeless cur’ you describe remains to be seen. Today, I’ll let you see what a ’homeless cur’ really is." Finishing his words, a malignant aura erupted from him, bursting through his blood-soaked clothing.
Dugu Chen, with his piercing eyes, watched astonished as Nangong Xiu’s entire body surged with rising Inner Strength. Not giving him a chance to gather more, he thrust forward with a palm strike at fifty percent strength. He watched Nangong Xiu stagger back several steps, but then his chest swelled larger and his eyes turned a sinister deep brown, with his lips turning a purple hue, as if poisoned.
