103: Chapter 95: Suo Hanyi Bereft of Pride!
Suo Lun’s Soaring Fighting Spirit!_4 103: Chapter 95: Suo Hanyi Bereft of Pride!
Suo Lun’s Soaring Fighting Spirit!_4 At this moment, Suo Hanyi felt like he had completely fallen into an ice cellar, his body devoid of any warmth, unable to stop himself from trembling all over.
“Committing adultery with a royal consort, and to top it off, putting a green hat on the King’s most beloved brother.
Is that enough to warrant death by beheading ten times over?” Zhi Ning said.
Shivering uncontrollably, Suo Hanyi then glared with unspeakable ferocity and hissed, “It was you who harmed me, you did this to me, I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you…”
Zhi Ning tilted her head back and said, “Kill me?
A frail woman like me would die with just a light squeeze from you.
Indeed, Suo Hanyi didn’t dare; even if he had tenfold the courage, he wouldn’t dare.
“No, if you could use this to kill me, why didn’t you just do that instead of sending an assassin?” Suo Hanyi said.
Killing you through Duke Zhi Ting would just take too long,” Zhi Ning said.
“In at most ten days, Suo Lun will return to Tianshui City.
What’s the point of killing you then?
It would only benefit Suo Lun.”
Yes, that was indeed the logic.
All of a sudden, Suo Hanyi was completely in despair.
His life and death were truly in the hands of this woman, whose beauty was like the bloom of peaches and plums, but whose heart was as vicious as a snake or scorpion.
“I can end your life at any moment, so why haven’t I done it?
It’s because you’re valuable.
Come, join the ranks of Zhi Li His Highness, future Lord Marquis, future Marshal,” Zhi Ning said.
Her words were like a dream, “You only need to do three things.
First, feign injury, and retreat from Tianshui City in defeat.
Second, kill Suo Lun.
Third, lead your troops and return to Tianshui City.
By then, you will become the only choice for Suo Ningbing, the savior of Tianshui City, the hero of the Suo Family.”
“There are two paths laid out before you: one is certain death, the other a broad and grand avenue.
You know very well which to choose,” Zhi Ning said.
Trembling, Suo Hanyi said, “I don’t trust you; if I really do this, you can betray me at any time, you can end my life whenever you wish.”
From now on, I’ll be by your side at all times.
The moment you feel that I intend to harm you, you can kill me right away.
With me as your hostage, you should feel at ease,” Zhi Ning said.
At once, Suo Hanyi’s heart was greatly moved.
This, this might be a foolproof plan.
“Until the royal family officially confers you the title of Earl of Tianshui, the Lord of Tianshui City, I will not leave your side, how about that?” Zhi Ning continued.
With that, the plan seemed even more foolproof.
Once again, Suo Hanyi’s heart rate accelerated, feeling an infinite temptation.
“Bang!” Just then, a noisy sound came from outside, as if a porcelain bowl had fallen to the ground and shattered to pieces.
“Who’s there?” Suo Hanyi cried out in alarm as he thrust the door open.
Immediately, he saw his wife Yang Hongyi standing outside the door, utterly pale, her beautiful eyes filled with complete disbelief.
How much she had worshipped Suo Hanyi, how much she had looked up to him?
She thought Suo Hanyi was just resentful that Suo Lun was not competing enough, but she never expected him to be so heartless and cruel.
As a dragon samurai, Suo Hanyi was always alert to any sound within a hundred paces.
However, his mind was in turmoil just now, and he had already ordered the guards not to let anyone approach within a hundred paces, so he had been completely unaware of his wife standing outside the door.
This moment, with his most hideous side exposed in front of his wife, he was immediately filled with utter dismay.
Yang Hongyi gave Suo Hanyi one final look, then dashed outside violently.
“You know that once she escapes the City Lord’s mansion, you’re truly going to be ruined, beyond redemption,” Zhi Ning said.
With a shocked cry, Suo Hanyi said, “Then what do you want me to do?
She is my wife, my childhood sweetheart, my sworn sister.”
“Assassins attempted to kill Suo Hanyi; his wife, Yang Hongyi, shielded him with her body and died from poisoning.
It should make for a very moving story that would touch everyone,” Zhi Ning said.
Suo Hanyi’s body shook.
“What man can’t replace his wife?
Besides, if she doesn’t die, how will you take Suo Ningbing in the future?
Surely you can’t divorce your wife.
Just consider this your first act of allegiance to Zhi Li His Highness,” Zhi Ning continued.
Suo Hanyi still stood there, struck as if by lightning.
Meanwhile, Yang Hongyi kept running desperately.
Her first goal was Yan Nu, and then to get Yan Nu’s protection to leave Tianshui City and tell Suo Lun everything at the earliest opportunity.
“Once she escapes the City Lord’s mansion, you’ll be completely ruined, dead without a place to bury you,” Zhi Ning said calmly.
“Even if she crosses this doorway, someone will see, and there will be no turning back.”
Suo Hanyi clenched his teeth tightly and his body shot out like lightning, delivering a forceful palm strike.
Suddenly, Yang Hongyi’s delicate body flew out like a kite, blood spewing wildly as she desperately turned her head, looking at her husband in agonizing pain.
“Brother, you’ve lost your way, wake up, wake up…”
With her last words uttered, Yang Hongyi’s eyes closed, and she collapsed, falling into unconsciousness.
At that moment, she was just a step away from the door.
And then, Suo Hanyi, unable to believe what he had just done, rushed over and held his wife Yang Hongyi in his arms, tears streaming from his eyes.
“Don’t blame me, don’t blame me, you forced me, it was all your doing…”
From that moment on, as the savior of Tianshui City, as the pillar of the Suo Family, Suo Hanyi was completely…
Zhi Ning watched everything without showing any emotion, only a brief flash of desolation in her beautiful eyes.
“Next, you must eliminate another person, the Deputy Commander of the Tianshui City Guard, your master Yan Nu,” Zhi Ning said.
“Even though Yan Nu has turned against Suo Long because of his niece Yan Nai’er’s incident, nearly killing Suo Lun, he remains fiercely upright and loyal to the Suo family.
Without his death, you will have difficulty taking complete control of Tianshui City.”