76: It's true that he used his position to settle personal scores... but who saw it?

It was as if to verify Mo Yingqi's words; by the time the carriage was forced to the edge of the cliff, the Xu Family's guards had been reduced to only three, including the coachman.

"It's about time..." Mo Yingqi wanted to get off the carriage. "Sister Yongan, Sister Yongning, wait for me. It's not convenient for you to come over for this matter."

"Hmm, alright, we'll listen to Yingqi." Luo Yongan didn't mind; it really wouldn't be appropriate for her and Luo Yongning to go over with a group of men. "Aunt Ying Hong, arrange a few capable guards to go over with Yingqi, will you?"

"Ah, there are guards?" Mo Yingqi was stunned for a moment. "How did I not notice... Never mind, it's fine."

Mo Yingqi was originally quite surprised, because apart from Aunt Ying Hong with her maids and a few imperial attendants, he really hadn't seen anyone else. It wasn't until he saw a troop of Imperial Guards riding over from not far away that he felt he had been foolish.

How could the Legitimate Princess travel without Imperial Guards following her? Yet, he clearly remembered that when they left the palace, it was only them, right?

"I feel like my brain has been a bit sluggish lately..." Mo Yingqi shook his head. "Could there be something wrong with me?"

Luo Yongan and Luo Yongning exchanged a glance, and a meaningful smile appeared on both sisters' faces simultaneously. This stage was normal; while Mo Yingqi himself noticed it, he wouldn't discover anything.

Did he really think they were dragging him into intimacy day and night just because they loved him too much and wanted to possess him? Of course, that was indeed a large part of the reason...

However, it was mostly to facilitate the effect of 'Love Follows'. This would just make Mo Yingqi's reactions sluggish, so he wouldn't be as suspicious, that's all.

After all, they didn't dare to gamble. If Mo Yingqi knew he had been poisoned with a Gu, even if this Gu had no negative side effects... although that was what they believed, they weren't sure if Mo Yingqi would think the same.

So, it had to be this way; it was definitely not for their own pleasure, really... it wasn't, okay?

Luo Yongan and Luo Yongning thought this while looking at Mo Yingqi with smiles on their faces. He didn't know why, but being looked at by the two sisters like that made his back feel a little cold.

It should have been just like normal, right... Mo Yingqi shook his head. Whenever he was with the two of them now, he was in a state where his brain just didn't work well enough.

"Sister, we didn't go too far, did we?" Watching Mo Yingqi get off the carriage and leave, Luo Yongning lowered her voice and turned to ask her sister. "Yingqi is bearing double the effect, I'm afraid..."

"Don't worry, it won't happen. Although the effect of 'Love Follows' has doubled, but... you know, there are two of us, aren't there?" Luo Yongan seemed quite confident. "As long as he leaves our certain range and isn't affected by the mother Gu, his sluggishness will disappear, and he won't discover anything either."

Thinking about it, Luo Yongan actually laughed out loud: "Although if Yingqi became silly and dazed, just like when he was a child, I might be happier, but no, I won't do that, and neither will you, Yongning... Poisoning him with the Gu is already the most hurtful thing I can do to him. Anything more... I really can't bear to."

"Alright, Sister, since you said so, I'm relieved." Luo Yongning sighed. "But how much longer will this have to continue?"

"It'll be soon, maybe a few more days? These days, whatever Yingqi wants to do, as long as we are by his side, it will be fine." Luo Yongan pondered for a moment. "Grandmother once mentioned to me that 'Love Follows' is a unique Gu with special effects. For those who are heartless or indifferent, this 'Love Follows' is not even worth as much as a chicken rib... but for you and me, it is a treasure..."

What exactly the two sisters were plotting, Mo Yingqi really didn't know at all. Even after leaving the sisters, he returned to his usual self from when he was in the Pacification Bureau, with that faint, elusive smile always hanging on his face.

He was almost completely unaware of his own changes, or perhaps... he had noticed, but his subconscious believed that this was right, or he felt that this was how he had always been.

"Imperial Son-in-Law, the Flying Fish Guard have already forced Xu Fengzhang to the cliff." An Imperial Guard spoke up. "It's just that the Xu Family's guards are still putting up a desperate resistance, and the Flying Fish Guard are not in a hurry to make the arrest. Your subordinate is worried that Xu Fengzhang will be driven to desperation and jump off the cliff..."

"Rest assured, he won't." Mo Yingqi shook his head. "I know this person. He looks overbearing and arrogant, but in reality, when he truly reaches the brink of life and death, he is nothing more than a cowardly straw bag. But this is also good... letting him die would be letting him off too easily."

The Imperial Guards looked at each other, and suddenly they seemed to understand why The Two Highnesses had fallen in love with this handsome, picturesque Imperial Son-in-Law. This seemingly normal, refined Imperial Son-in-Law was probably not a normal person either!

However, just as Mo Yingqi had said, at this moment, Xu Fengzhang had already been forced to a desperate situation. The carriage had been abandoned to one side, behind him was a sheer cliff, and in front of him, three guards were holding weapons, facing off against dozens of expressionless Flying Fish Guard on horseback.

In fact, Xu Fengzhang knew very well that this time he could not escape no matter what. Whether he died under the volleys of arrows or the xiuchun sabers of the Flying Fish Guard, or was sent to the Imperial Prison, it was actually not as good as just jumping down directly.

Not to mention the one-in-ten-thousand chance that he might not die, at least this way he could still be decent, and he wouldn't have to enter the Imperial Prison, that place worse than death.

Yet he had wanted to jump several times, but in the end, he stopped because of fear. This point did not surprise Mo Yingqi. They had dealt with each other back in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang region, and this kind of person... was actually very easy to understand.

"Yo, Young Marquis, why are you standing on the edge of the cliff?"

Mo Yingqi rode over with the Imperial Guards, and the moment Xu Fengzhang saw Mo Yingqi, his heart was filled with extreme manic rage, but even more so... it was despair.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Young Marquis, you should just jump." Mo Yingqi pointed to the Flying Fish Guard on the side. "Do you know why they haven't made a move? Because someone wants to personally drag you back to the Imperial Prison. These brothers know this very well, which is why they forced you here."

"Mo Yingqi, the current Marquis Yongding, good, very good!" Xu Fengzhang's lips were pale and trembling. "My ancestors fought for the empire alongside the founding Emperor, and my family has the iron certificate of immunity. I don't believe for a damn minute that you can do anything to me!"

"If that were really the case, then why would your father send you out of the capital?" Mo Yingqi smiled playfully. "Young Marquis, to say something disrespectful, regarding your family's iron certificate of immunity, if The Emperor acknowledges your Xu Family, then it is a golden plaque of immunity."

"If The Emperor doesn't acknowledge it, it's just a piece of scrap metal, the kind that people wouldn't even glance at if thrown into a pile of antiques. The Emperor gave your Xu Family chances, more than once, but your Xu Family... is like mud that cannot be plastered onto a wall."

Mo Yingqi's voice was not loud, but when Xu Fengzhang heard it, the panic in his heart became even more intense. He knew very well that he now had absolutely no way out, and no one would come to save him, but he was unwilling to accept it.

He was clearly golden and precious, clearly he was the future Marquis, but why had he reached this point today?

"Forget it, looking at that expression of yours, I know that you don't even know where you went wrong at all..."

Mo Yingqi looked behind him, then waved his hand: "Old Lu, the person still needs to be brought back to the Imperial Prison, but whether he is brought back in one piece or not, you decide."

"Thanks, Marquis!"

Lu Qianyuan, while riding his horse, gave Mo Yingqi face by responding, while staring fixedly at Xu Fengzhang. That gaze made him, who was already injured and now on the verge of collapse, feel even more desperate, but even more so, confused.

"Let me remind the Young Marquis, you and this brother of mine have quite a significant personal grievance." Mo Yingqi tugged on the reins. "Actually, I'm not afraid to tell you, we men are just settling a private score today..."

"But, don't worry, because no one saw it. What do you say, brothers?"