Her poor child!
If Heaven could protect her Ji’er from danger and keep her safe, she would willingly give up ten years of her life. In fact, she would not even hesitate to sacrifice her entire life!
“If you’re tired, just sleep for a while. I’ll wake you up when we get there.” Long Yang pressed his lips to her cold forehead and murmured in a husky voice.
“Thousand Feet Cliff,” she whispered before turning and burying her head into his chest.
Long Yang’s heart was finally somewhat eased.
He had been afraid that Weiwei would hate him and keep her distance from him because of Ji’er.
Now that she had chosen to snuggle into his arms, it meant that she no longer resented him that much.
Behind them, Zhao Qian and Chu Jiu were also relieved to see the Emperor and Empress riding together.
Chu Jiu had been worried that Lu Liangwei would not be able to stand the exertion, but thankfully, the Emperor had caught up with her.
Seeing that Manna had fainted, she narrowed her eyes, and all of a sudden, she drew her sword and jabbed the hilt into her back.
“Ahhhhh!” Manna awoke with a scream. Drenched in sweat from the pain, she shrieked at Chu Jiu, “Why don’t you just kill me already?”
“Don’t worry. I won’t let you die so easily!” Chu Jiu sneered, a murderous look in her eyes. As she spoke, she even used her free hand to sprinkle a bottle of wound infection medication on her severed arm.
One of her arms was already gone, and although her other arm was still intact, all five of her fingers had been cut off, which rendered that arm pretty much useless as well.
It was already daybreak when they arrived at Thousand Feet Cliff.
Despite their fatigue from a whole night of non-stop traveling, none of them were in the mood to rest.
Once they reached the cliff, Lu Liangwei slid off the horse without waiting for Long Yang to carry her down.
Long Yang jumped down after her in alarm, but before he could reach for her, she raced toward the edge of the cliff.
Long Yang immediately dashed after her.
Chu Jiu and Zhao Qian followed closely behind while holding onto Manna.
At the sight of the bottomless cliff, Zhao Qian gasped sharply. Whipping around, he gave Manna a hard slap, his eyes almost bulging out of their sockets. “You threw the Third Princess down from here?”
The impact sent Manna reeling sideways, but when she saw Zhao Qian’s exasperation, her face twisted into an ugly grin. “Yes, I threw her down from here! Chu Qi chased me all the way here, but he was still a step too late. When he saw me throw the Third Princess off the cliff, he actually jumped down after her to save her. He did manage to catch her, but he was falling too fast to fly back up. I watched both of them plunge into the depths. I bet they’ve already become a pulp, falling from so high!”
“You monster!” Zhao Qian’s heart hurt with rage.
The Third Princess was just a newborn baby, and Lil Qi was just a young boy who had not even gotten married!
However, they had fallen off just like that.
How would anyone be able to survive falling off a thousand-foot cliff?
“Curse me all you want, but it won’t bring them back from the dead. If they were lucky, they might have already been reborn.” Cackling maniacally, Manna shouted into the void, “Princess Luosang, you can rest in peace now. I’ve avenged you. Do you see how miserable Long Yang and Lu Liangwei are, now that they’ve lost their beloved daughter? This suffering is even worse than death for them!”
“AHHHHHH!” Lu Liangwei suddenly let out a piercing shriek.
Her shrill cry echoed in the valley, the distress in it bringing tears to everyone’s eyes.
Long Yang’s heart hurt so much it felt like it was going to break, and he quickly wrapped her in a tight embrace.
“Weiwei, Weiwei…” he called her name again and again. “Please don’t be like this. It makes me sad.”