Chapter 137

Li Xusheng knew that by coming out today, he had already disobeyed the Second Prince’s orders, and the exposure of this matter also ruined one of the Second Prince’s plans.

When he went back, he would have to properly apologize to His Highness.

With this in mind, Li Xusheng’s intention to leave grew stronger.

“Hurry up!”

Mrs. Zuo was dragged and stumbled a step. She looked back at Zuo Anning, still uncertain.

Zuo Anning was still kneeling on the ground, her heart shattered.

Facing Mrs. Zuo’s gaze, she reached out, making one last plea, “Mother, once we leave, there’s no turning back! Please don’t go!”

Mrs. Zuo looked at her, then touched her own abdomen, ultimately turning away.

“Anning, you’re grown up now. Your grandfather and father will take good care of you. You should… you should consider me dead!”

After Mrs. Zuo finished speaking, she tightly held Li Xusheng’s arm and dared not look back anymore.

Hearing this, Zuo Anning’s outstretched hand suddenly dropped, as if all the strength had been drained from her body.

Seeing Zuo Anning’s lost and despondent appearance, Aunt Zhu’s heart ached sharply.

“Madam, how can you be so heartless!”

Just as Aunt Zhu spoke, Zuo Anning immediately snapped out of her daze, opening her arms to shield Aunt Zhu in front of her.

She raised her head and indeed saw Li Xusheng’s fierce face.

Mrs. Zuo knew that Aunt Zhu sincerely cared for Zuo Anning. After she left, at least Aunt Zhu would be there day and night to accompany Anning.

So she pulled Li Xusheng’s hand gently and whispered, “Xusheng, I don’t feel well. Take me away.”

Li Xusheng heard this and didn’t want to linger any longer. He pulled Mrs. Zuo and headed towards the door.

But just then, the door of the room was suddenly kicked open with great force, and a burly figure appeared in the doorway.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

Li Xusheng suddenly looked up, only to see Duke Yan standing at the door with a stern face, not knowing how long he had been listening.

Mrs. Zuo heard this voice and was almost paralyzed with fear!

“Duke!”

Aunt Zhu, seeing Duke Yan appear, burst into tears of joy on the spot.

Zuo Anning didn’t have time to rejoice. She got up with her hands and feet, dragging Aunt Zhu to the corner of the wall while everyone was stunned.

Aunt Zhu was still puzzled. Didn’t Duke Yan already come? Why did Miss want to hide?

At this moment, Li Xusheng suddenly turned around to make a surprise attack, intending to take Zuo Anning hostage and escape. But he failed miserably!

With a fierce expression, he looked up, only to hear Zuo Anning shouting from the corner of the room, “Grandfather, this man wants to harm Aunt! Quickly apprehend him!”

“Get him!”

Duke Yan waved his hand, and several secret guards surged into the room, surrounding Li Xusheng!

Duke Yan then strode into the room, shielding Zuo Anning behind him.

Zuo Anning, feeling relieved, choked up, “Grandfather, I’m sorry. I should have informed you earlier.”

She regretted it because, out of consideration for her mother’s wishes, she had not told her grandfather about her mother’s pregnancy.

Duke Yan, with his back to Zuo Anning, stared tightly at the defiant Li Xusheng, shaking his head. “Anning, you’ve done well today. Thanks to you, things turned out well.”

As both his son and daughter-in-law were useless, Duke Yan had often taken Zuo Anning with him since she was young, hiring a female teacher to teach her reading and writing, while teaching her the principles of being a good person himself.

Just now, he had clearly heard everything outside the door. Anning understood righteousness and remained calm in the face of danger, far beyond his imagination.

How could he bear to blame her a bit more, this obedient and sensible child?

It was his fault as a grandfather for not discovering the clues earlier and letting his granddaughter see such an unbearable scene.

Although Li Xusheng was skilled in martial arts, the space here was narrow, and he had to protect Mrs. Zuo. Soon, he was overwhelmed by the secret guards’ attack.

Mrs. Zuo saw this and felt utterly hopeless. She knew the capabilities of her godfather.

“Xusheng, go, don’t mind me! This is the end for us. The debt I owe your family from back then, if I survive, I’ll repay it with my remaining days.”

“If… if I don’t survive, I’ll repay you in the next life!”

“Shut up!”

Li Xusheng’s eyes turned bloodshot, veins bulging on his forehead, refusing to give up.

Seeing this, Duke Yan coldly said, “Li Xusheng, there are people arranged in all directions west of this teahouse. You have no chance of escaping today!”

Mrs. Zuo felt even more hopeless upon hearing this.

She never expected that inviting Li Xusheng out today would lead to his downfall like this!

Li Xusheng was clearly outnumbered, and soon he was overwhelmed.

“Aren’t you going to surrender yet?” Duke Yan suddenly shouted sternly!

Mrs. Zuo was so scared by this authoritative shout that she stumbled, and in his attempt to grab her, Li Xusheng exposed a fatal flaw in his defense.

In the next moment, the secret guards rushed forward, their blades at his neck.

Mrs. Zuo screamed in horror, almost fainting.

Seeing this, Duke Yan stepped forward, intending to disarm Li Xusheng, but he heard him sneer.

“Duke Yan! Although you didn’t kill the three members of my Li family personally back then, you are intricately linked to the twists and turns of my life.”

“I didn’t expect that after more than a decade, I, Li Xusheng, would survive to this day, only to fall into your hands!”

“Do you think I’ll surrender? Don’t dream of prying anything out of me! I, Li Xusheng, may have a worthless life, but I have my integrity!”

Mrs. Zuo heard this and immediately had a bad feeling.

However, before she could say anything, Li Xusheng pushed her away.

“You have no right to die with me. If you want to atone, give birth to the child in your belly!”

Li Xusheng stared at Mrs. Zuo fixedly, as if he wanted to etch her appearance into his soul.

In the next moment, without hesitation, he raised his hand and plunged the dagger deep into his own chest, without leaving any handle.

“Xusheng!!!”

Mrs. Zuo saw this scene, suddenly screamed, her eyes widened, her face twisted in horror.

Duke Yan’s brows furrowed deeply, and he turned around to block Zuo Anning firmly behind him.

Such a bloody scene must not be seen by Anning!

Li Xusheng felt a sharp pain in his chest. His vision blurred, and he faintly saw Mrs. Zuo scrambling towards him, in a miserable state.

In his final moments, he couldn’t help but smirk.

In the end, he still punished her with his life.

Seeing her in such agony, did she still have feelings for him?

He was about to die, and he didn’t know what his mother would do.

He had promised to go back and see her tonight. His mother should be sitting at the door, waiting for him to come back and eat tofu together, right?

He hoped that His Highness would remember his lifelong silence and send someone to accompany his mother to her last moments.

The one he owed the most in this life was his father.

If they met under the spring, his father would scold him for not having a conscience.

Fortunately, he left something for the Li family.

He didn’t know if he and Mrs. Zuo’s child were a boy or a girl.

Probably a girl.

He could see that Zuo Anning had been raised extremely well. If their child could be like Zuo Anning, that would be good…