The Emperor's heart is won, she sits on the Phoenix Throne! The Divine Physician's Eldest

With the marriage alliance over, Wen Yuan had to leave the Great Zhou.

He seemed to be possessed, determined to take Song Siyao with him.

The only solution now is to ruin Song Siyao's reputation, leaving her with nowhere to stay in Da Zhou, so that she will have no choice but to go with him.

So, he came up with a plan.

He invited Song Siyao out for a trip, which ruined Song Siyao's reputation.

He inquired with the people at the academy and learned that Song Siyao had taught her students how to save drowning people.

One of these is mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

He had to drown so that Song Siyao could save him using this method.

Little did he know that Song Siyao had already discovered he was faking drowning when she rescued him underwater.

After rescuing him ashore, Song Siyao checked him again before pricking him with a needle.

Meanwhile, when Shen Pei inspected the breach in the ship, he discovered that it was man-made and immediately ordered Wei Xin to thoroughly investigate the matter.

Wei Xin found the boatman, and the boatman confessed during the first interrogation.

"Your Highness, do you have anything else to say?"

Song Siyao stared at Wen Yuan, who was still floating in the water, his expression turning several degrees colder.

"If you say now that the marriage alliance between the Great Zhou and the Yan Kingdom will continue, but wait until I present all the evidence to the Yan Emperor, and the marriage alliance is destroyed, then you, King of Chu, will be the sinner of the Yan Kingdom."

With things having come to this point, Wen Yuan's plan had failed, and his illusions had been shattered.

He looked at Song Siyao, this woman who was like light, but ultimately, she was someone he could never have.

But he will not give up.

Not to mention that Song Siyao is not yet married to Shen Pei, he still has a chance.

Even if Song Siyao gets married in the future, he will never abandon her.

He's going to take her away from her!

If he couldn't take her, he would wait for her to die.

Even if Song Siyao dies, he still wants her!

His desire to stay with Song Siyao forever was not a whim, but his lifelong obsession.

“Princess Youfeng, I take responsibility for my actions. Today’s events were indeed orchestrated by me. Is it wrong for me to want to marry you?”

“That’s wrong!”

Song Siyao's eyes were icy cold. "You had the boatman stab the boat. Almost none of the people on board can swim. If someone falls into the water and someone dies, you will be the murderer! If you want to marry me at the cost of someone else's life, I will kill you!"

Hearing Song Siyao's cold and ruthless words, Wen Yuan was shocked and felt ashamed.

He is not worthy of Song Siyao's views on love.

Wen Yuan was in the wrong, felt ashamed, and was speechless.

"Wen Yuan, I treated you like a brother, I never thought you would be this kind of person!" Huo Ye retorted to Wen Yuan.

Wen Yuan scoffed, "I dare to boldly pursue the person I like. Do you dare to pursue the person you like? You only dare to hide behind the scenes like a coward. Although I failed, I don't regret it. At least I tried. I'm better than you!"

Huo Ye's face turned bright red with rage, but a moment later, his anger vanished, and his tone became extremely contemptuous.

“I am not you. I would not use such despicable and underhanded means to pursue her. I would be open, respectful and devoted to her. As long as she is happy, I would do anything.”

Wen Yuan retorted sarcastically, "Do you even know what someone like you is called?"

Huo Ye looked at Wen Yuan, puzzled.

Wen Yuan continued, "You're a dog! A simp! In the end, you'll have nothing!"

Everyone looked at Huo Ye, expecting him to fly into a rage, but to their surprise, he just smiled, looking completely carefree, and said, "It's my choice, what's it to you?"

Wen Yuan originally wanted to vent his anger by mocking Huo Ye, but Huo Ye was shameless. His heavy punch was like hitting cotton; he didn't vent his anger at all, but instead felt even more frustrated.

Shen Pei watched Wen Yuan and Huo Ye, who were fighting fiercely, but they looked like clowns.

"Yaoyao, let's go."

Song Siyao glanced at Wen Yuan and warned, "King of Chu, you should go back to your own place and act accordingly. In the Great Zhou, you'd better behave yourself!"

After she finished speaking, she turned around and left, getting into the carriage with Shen Pei.

Huo Ye glanced at Wen Yuan and then left without lingering.

The boatman was taken back to the city, punished with one hundred strokes of the cane and fined two hundred taels of silver, and was banned from boating ever again.

Wen Yuan floated on the lake, watching people leave the shore one by one. He was all alone, looking both ridiculous and pathetic.

"Your Highness, the lake water is cold, please come aboard first," Wen Yuan's trusted aide reminded him.

Wen Yuan knew the water was cold, of course, but in that situation, he had no face to swim up.