After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

Chapter 233 Alluring Fragrance and Assassination (Part Two)

Wushuang and Lin Yunche turned around and saw Ling'er standing behind them, covered in injuries.

Wushuang covered her mouth in surprise, then rushed forward to support Ling'er, who could barely stand, and asked, "Brother Ling'er, how did you get injured?"

"It's still this serious!"

Ling'er took out the key from her bosom and shoved it against Wushuang's chest, saying, "Don't worry about me! My injury is nothing, save people quickly."

"Saving the Princess"

Ling'er's injuries were too severe; he turned his head away as soon as he handed over the keys.

Lin Yunche reached out and checked Ling'er's breath, then shook his head at Wushuang, "She's gone!"

Wushuang put Ling'er's body down, took the key from her chest, and walked to the palace.

The door opened with a snap.

Wushuang and Lin Yunche immediately rushed inside.

"Wu Huan! Wu Huan!" Wu Shuang covered her mouth with her sleeve and rushed into the smoke, shouting.

He called out twice, but received no response from Wu Huan.

Lin Yunche grabbed Wushuang's belt and said in a low voice, "With such a big fire, he's probably already choked by the smoke."

"Let's look on the ground."

Wushuang grabbed Lin Yunche's arm and said, "No way!"

"Anyone could die in the fire, but Wuhuan won't."

“He must have hidden in a secret room, Mr. Yun, stay close to me.”

A secret room? Lin Yunche originally intended to go straight to the inner room to rescue Xueqiao after helping Wushuang find Wuhuan, but he never expected that there would be a secret room in this palace.

If there were a secret room, Xueqiao would definitely go there.

Lin Yunche followed Wushuang into the inner chamber of the palace. The more they walked, the hotter it got. For a moment, Lin Yunche almost felt the flames burning his face.

But Wushuang's steps did not stop, and so did his.

They walked for another half a quarter of an hour, and Lin Yunche felt the mask on his face begin to melt, revealing his original skin.

He had originally intended to try calling out "Peerless".

But as soon as he opened his mouth, a thick cloud of smoke would quickly fill his mouth and nose, scaring him so much that he dared not make a sound.

Fortunately, the suffocating situation did not last long. Wushuang was seen doing something, and the next second the two of them fell from their spot into the underground chamber.

A small amount of thick smoke followed them in.

"Cough cough cough!" Lin Yunche didn't catch his breath properly and coughed violently from being choked by the thick smoke.

Wushuang took out a pill from her bosom and timidly handed it to Lin Yunche.

“Mr. Yun, eat this, it will make you feel better.”

Lin Yunche took the pill, tilted his head back, and swallowed it directly.

Just as Wushuang had said, his cough gradually subsided.

Lin Yunche gently brushed his face and took off the mask. "Sorry, this mask got burned."

Wushuang shook her head slightly and took off her mask.

"It's alright. We just didn't want outsiders to recognize us."

“Now that we’re inside this secret chamber, the mask is no longer of any use,” Wushuang said.

Lin Yunche was somewhat surprised to see that Wushuang didn't care at all. These masks looked very difficult to make, but Wushuang could easily take out two of them and didn't seem to care at all about the damage.

This made Lin Yunche curious about Wushuang.

However, now was not the time to be curious. Wushuang led Lin Yunche along the underground passage, and soon a glimmer of light appeared in the originally dark passage.

Wushuang quickened her pace and ran towards the light.

Lin Yunche followed closely behind.

The two of them walked into the light and were stunned.

In the small, secluded room, Wu Huan lay in a pool of blood, covered in wounds, panting heavily.

Xueqiao was being held in a man's arms, her fate unknown.

Wushuang rushed to Wuhuan's side immediately and began to treat him.

The man turned his head slightly, saw Wushuang and Wuhuan, his eyes showing disgust, and a mocking smile appeared on his lips.

But when he turned a little further to the side and saw Lin Yunche, the disgust in his eyes instantly turned into anger.

"It's you?" The man put Xue Qiao down from his arms and slowly stood up to face Lin Yunche.

Lin Yunche did not recognize the man, but his eyes swept over Xue Qiao behind him.

The man quickly blocked Lin Yunche's view, slightly curled the corners of his lips, and the next second he threw a punch.

The man's fist was aimed directly at Lin Yunche's face, but fortunately Lin Yunche reacted quickly and dodged, causing the man to miss.

Realizing he had missed, the man raised his right leg and swept it towards Lin Yunche's lower body.

Lin Yunche jumped lightly, dodging the man's attack.

"Blazing Flame! Stop!" Wushuang called out to the man who was about to throw another punch at Lin Yunche.

Lieyan snorted coldly, withdrew his fist from Lin Yunche, and instead swung it at Wushuang. Wushuang had no martial arts skills, and he couldn't dodge the punch. He was knocked against the wall and coughed up blood.

Lin Yunche quickly stepped in front of Wushuang, fearing that Lieyan would make another move.

Lieyan looked at Wushuang lying on the ground and said coldly, "Wushuang, who do you think you are, daring to order me around?"

Wushuang wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and said with a light laugh, "I am nothing, of course, but I can save Xueqiao's life."

"Lieyan, you killed Xueqiao. Don't you want to save her life?"

Lieyan was slightly taken aback, then loudly retorted, "You're talking nonsense! I didn't hurt Xueqiao!"

"He killed Xueqiao. He was the one who tried to drug Xueqiao with aphrodisiacs." "He was the one who plotted against Xueqiao. He killed Xueqiao."

Lin Yunche and Wushuang were both taken aback by Lieyan's words. "What aphrodisiac? Who would use aphrodisiac on Xueqiao?" Lin Yunche asked.

With bloodshot eyes, Lie Yan glared at Lin Yunche and growled, "What? Mr. Yun, don't you even acknowledge what you did?"

"If you don't acknowledge it, don't forget that Ling'er will."

Lin Yunche still looked bewildered, which made Lieyan even more annoyed.

His Xueqiao, such a high and mighty queen, why is she so good to this boy?

She never expected that this guy was two-faced.

On the one hand, he outwardly rejected her kindness, while on the other hand, he used such despicable means to try and win Qiaoxue's heart.

"Pah!" Lie Yan gave Lin Yunche a disdainful look.

Lin Yunche had already understood what was going on, and he replied calmly with a blank expression, "I didn't!"

"Aphrodisiacs? I don't deign to use them."

Lieyan pointed at Lin Yunche's nose and cursed, "You disdain it? Then tell me, where did Ling'er get the aphrodisiac?"

"Why is Ling'er sneaking around the palace in the middle of the night?"

"Isn't it because you want to get the despicable tricks that Qiaoxue uses?"

"If you dare to do it, why don't you dare to admit it?"

Lin Yunche now understood what Lieyan was saying. It turned out that Qiaoxue had ulterior motives in letting him rest in the palace today.

This aphrodisiac wasn't meant for Xueqiao; it was meant for him.

However, due to a twist of fate, he was switched out by Wuhuan.
Thinking of this, Lin Yunche looked at Wushuang, wanting to know if Wushuang knew all this.
But the surprise on Wushuang's face told him that Wushuang and Wuhuan did not know about this!
Could all of this just be a coincidence?

Whether it's a coincidence or not, the most important thing now is to wake Xueqiao up.

"Lieyan! Step aside and let Wushuang take a look at Xueqiao." Lin Yunche did not answer Lieyan's question directly.

Lie Yan looked at Lin Yunche warily and shook his head, saying, "No need to look."

"why?"

Wushuang said he could cure Xueqiao.

Upon hearing this, Lieyan threw his head back and burst into laughter, "It's incurable! It's already incurable."

As Lieyan turned to the side, Lin Yunche and Wushuang saw that there was also a pool of blood flowing beneath Xueqiao.

"Hahaha! Xueqiao did this to save you!"

"To save someone like you, who was actually Wu Huan in disguise, he was willing to risk his own life."

"But why did it die my Xueqiao, and not you?"

Lieyan roared with heart-wrenching pain, then stumbled back to Xueqiao's side. He shouldn't have wanted to kill Lin Yunche; it was because he wanted to kill Lin Yunche that he did it.
Xueqiao will die!
Yes! It wasn't Lin Yunche, it was him, he killed Xueqiao.

Lieyan picked Xueqiao up again, holding her close to his chest. Then, he pulled out a dagger from somewhere and pierced Xueqiao's heart.

Xueqiao didn't move. Neither Wushuang nor Lin Yunche expected Lieyan to do this, and it was too late to stop her now.

Xueqiao died. Lieyan smiled slightly and plunged the dagger deeper. Slowly, blood seeped from the corner of Lieyan's mouth; he had actually pierced his own heart with the dagger.

Lieyan lowered his head, looked at Xueqiao in his arms, and smiled gently.

"Xueqiao, did you see that?"

"I am the one who loves you the most, and I am also the one who will die with you in the end."

"You can never love anyone else again, and you will never belong to anyone else again."

You belong only to me.

After saying that, Lieyan spat out a mouthful of blood and slowly stopped breathing.

Lin Yunche stepped forward and checked the two people's breaths. They were both dead. He could no longer get any information about Lin Sishu from Xueqiao.

Lin Yunche got up and walked to Wushuang's side to check on her condition.

Wushuang whispered, "I'm fine! This little injury is nothing!"

Lin Yunche nodded, then looked at Wu Huan on the ground, "Wu Huan is badly injured, I'm afraid we should take him out first."

“I know this secret room leads to another courtyard; we can go that way.”

So, Lin Yunche carried Wuhuan on his back and left with Wushuang. They walked along the secret chamber for a long time before Wushuang opened a panel above their heads.

"Mr. Yun, over here."

Lin Yunche first lifted Wuhuan on his back above his head and handed her over, then climbed out of the secret passage himself.

The two stood up, turned around and looked back; the raging fire behind them was still burning.

"Let's go quickly!" Lin Yunche said.

Wushuang nodded and searched for the exit in the courtyard with Lin Yunche.

They searched from the east side to the west side of the courtyard, and then from the south side to the north side, but they couldn't find a single door.

With no way out, Lin Yunche tried to push open the door to the house in the courtyard.

But to his surprise, these doors were also locked.

"Wushuang, you take Wuhuan and wait here for a while."

"I'll go check it out!"

Wushuang knew that Wuhuan's injury was not suitable for too much movement, so she nodded in agreement.

"Mr. Yun, be careful."

"Yeah. I know."

(End of this chapter)