After being reborn, I hugged the villainous boss tightly.

On the way back, Li Wenyue's carriage had been repaired. Knowing that people in ancient times liked to be reserved, she sat back in her own carriage.

Don't pursue someone too closely at the beginning; maintain some distance between you so that a man will be reluctant to leave you!

Having witnessed Ye Fuyao's alluring and affected manner so much, Ye Zhuxi could easily see Li Wenyue's current attitude towards Fu Jingyuan.

Her gaze repeatedly fell on Fu Jingyuan, her eyes filled with a determined look, making it hard for anyone not to notice her intentions.

However, Ye Zhuxi didn't care. It was normal for her to like Fu Jingyuan. As long as it wasn't Ye Fuyao, she didn't mind who it was!

Just as the two carriages were heading back one after the other, more than a dozen men wielding knives suddenly sprang out of the roadside bushes, startling the coachman into pulling on the reins.

The carriage suddenly stopped. Seeing that there was no movement for a long time, Ye Zhuxi curiously lifted the curtain to go out and take a look. But as soon as she poked her head out, a knife was pressed against her neck. If she moved even slightly, she would be decapitated immediately.

She looked up at Ye Fan, who emerged from behind several burly men, and instantly understood.

Lotus Leaf and the coachman had been captured, with knives held to their necks, and dared not move.

Lotus Leaf, pale-faced, looked at Ye Zhuxi and called out in a trembling voice, "Miss."

Li Wenyue was also suppressed. Her face was full of doubt. Before she could explain, she was dragged off the carriage by several burly men and pushed to the ground.

Ye Fan looked at Ye Zhuxi, smiled smugly, walked over and took the knife from her neck. With a slight force, she felt a sharp pain in her neck, and a bloody mark immediately appeared.

He smiled knowingly: "Ye Zhuxi, I've been waiting for you for a long time. You didn't expect to fall into my hands, did you?"

With her neck slashed, Ye Zhuxi dared not move, afraid of angering Ye Fan and having him end her life with a single blow. She had done nothing; she couldn't just die like this.

Seeing Ye Zhuxi's angry but speechless expression, Ye Fan couldn't help but laugh a few more times. He turned his head and shouted to Fu Jingyuan in the carriage.

"Fu Jingyuan, why aren't you coming out? What are you doing hiding in there?"

Fu Jingyuan lifted the curtain and saw Ye Fan holding a knife to Ye Zhuxi's neck. Seeing the blood seeping from her neck, his eyes flashed with a chilling coldness.

Upon seeing him emerge, Ye Fan pushed Ye Zhuxi backward, then moved the knife from her neck to Fu Jingyuan's.

Everyone was subdued by the people Ye Fan brought, and he laughed heartily with a look of madness on his face.

He shrugged: "You didn't expect to see me again so soon, did you?" As he said this, his eyes turned fierce: "Now we'll settle all our old and new scores together."

Ye Zhuxi stared intently at the knife he was pressing against Fu Jingyuan, and tried to persuade him.

"Even the emperor is subject to the law, just like any other commoner. Ye Fan, don't make any rash moves. If you kill our emperor, he won't let you off, and neither will my father!"

"Snapped"

Ye Fan raised his hand and slapped Ye Zhuxi hard across the face, knocking her to the ground. Her fair cheek immediately swelled up.

Fu Jingyuan tried to rush forward, but the knife to his neck stopped him.

"What is the emperor? Without my father's help, could he have secured that position?" Ye Fan said nonchalantly, or rather, he didn't care about the emperor at all.

Seeing Ye Zhuxi lying on the ground in a sorry state, he walked over in a good mood, grabbed her hair and lifted her up: "Ye Zhenyu is a bit difficult to deal with... but if no one saw it was me, how would he know!"

Ye Zhuxi bit her lip. She knew Ye Fan was serious, and if she wanted to escape today, she would probably have to suffer a lot.

This was the first time Li Wenyue had encountered such a situation. Having always lived a peaceful life, she had never seen anything like this before, and her legs went weak with fear.

Seeing Ye Zhuxi being beaten, she roughly guessed what had happened. She couldn't help but feel resentful. It was clearly Ye Zhuxi who caused the trouble, so why should she be dragged into it?

But she knew that Fu Jingyuan couldn't be harmed, otherwise she wouldn't be able to become empress. Now was the time for her to prove herself.

After thinking it through, Li Wenyue called out to Ye Fan, who was at the head of the group, with trembling hands, "Young Master, how have you been?"

When Ye Fan heard someone calling him, he turned around and saw Li Wenyue, the most talented woman in the capital. He was overjoyed and squinted his already small eyes as he walked towards her.

"Oh my, I thought it was someone else, but it's Miss Li!"

Li Wenyue looked at Ye Fan walking towards her with disgust, feeling a wave of nausea rising in her heart.

"Now that you know it was me, why don't you tell your men to put down the knife!"

Ye Fan solicitously dismissed his men, rubbed his hands together, and looked her up and down, finally fixing his gaze on Li Wenyue's alluring face.

Li Wenyue couldn't stand his blatant gaze and took a few steps back in disgust.

Ye Fan acted as if he didn't see the disdain in her eyes and said smugly, "I'll let you go back first. I'll come back to you after I've dealt with these eyesores, okay!"

This is an official road, and people often come and go here. Even if Ye Fan is arrogant, he would not dare to kill someone in broad daylight.

As he spoke, he gestured to his men to lead Ye Zhuxi and Fu Jingyuan into the woods.

Before leaving, he couldn't help but glance at Li Wenyue one last time, his eyes filled with naked lust.

Seeing that everyone had left, Li Wenyue's legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, a maidservant next to her helped her up.

With a pale face: "Let's go!"

She hurriedly climbed into the carriage and told the maid to quickly drive away from this troublesome place.

Although this is an official road, it is flanked by dense Pamir Mountains. Even if you accidentally wander in, it is difficult to get out, as the fog in the forest is so thick that you can easily lose your way.

As she ventured deeper into the area, Ye Zhuxi's heart pounded wildly with anxiety, and a thin layer of sweat beaded on her forehead.

She glanced at Fu Jingyuan, who was frowning, and her panicked heart suddenly calmed down. For some reason, she wasn't afraid anymore.

Only when they entered the depths of the jungle could Ye Fan finally unleash his full potential.

Ye Zhuxi had just regained her footing when he kicked her from behind, sending her flying. Her body crashed heavily into the banyan tree in front of her, and then she fell down, in so much pain that she couldn't get up for a long time.

Just as she was struggling to get up from the ground, a sharp pain suddenly came from her palm.

She looked up and saw Ye Fan holding a sword, stabbing it into her palm, with bright red blood continuously oozing from it.

Ye Fan gave a sinister smile and forcefully thrust the sword in.

"Ahhh"

Instantly, Ye Zhuxi's heart-wrenching screams echoed throughout the entire jungle.

Ye Fan looked at the sword nailed to her palm, his smile growing even more sinister: "Hahaha, Ye Zhuxi, you didn't expect to end up in my hands when you stepped on me before!"

Lotus Leaf was terrified. She opened her eyes wide with concern and cried out, "Miss!"

Ignoring the knife in his chest, Fu Jingyuan tried to rush forward to pull Ye Fan away, but was stabbed in the abdomen by someone behind him, and blood gushed out instantly...

"Fu Jingyuan!"

When Ye Zhuxi saw that Fu Jingyuan had been stabbed, she reached out and tried to pull the sword out of the back of her hand, but the sword seemed to have grown out of her hand. No matter how hard she tried, she could not budge it. Instead, the pain made her feel like she was suffocating!