"Young Hero Lu, Young Master Huang, now that we have reached Song territory, could you return my wife and son?"
Wanyan Honglie called out to Lu Chen and Huang Rong from afar, clinging to a sliver of hope.
Even now, he did not know that Lu Chen and Huang Rong had joined Prince Zhao's Manor with ulterior motives from the start.
He still believed that Wanyan Kang had acted rashly, setting up a killing trap against them, and that they had turned against him in fury, broken Wanyan Kang's legs, and captured Princess Zhao in retaliation.
Thus, Wanyan Honglie was still trying to plead for mercy.
"My son is unruly and offended the two of you. He was in the wrong. I beg you both to show magnanimity. In consideration of how respectfully I have treated you, please spare him this once!"
Hearing Wanyan Honglie's call, Lu Chen looked at Bao Xiruo.
"Princess, do you wish to return?"
Bao Xiruo's eyes now held only Yang Tiexin. Upon hearing this, she shook her head decisively.
"Young Hero Lu, please do not call me Princess again. Since reuniting with Brother Yang, even if I die, I wish to die with him..."
Lu Chen nodded, then looked at Wanyan Kang.
"Young Prince, what about you? Do you want to remain a young prince in your adoptive father's home, or return to your hometown with your real father and mother to farm?"
Return home to farm?
Wanyan Kang froze. He even forgot the pain in his knees and instinctively wanted to refuse.
But as the words reached his lips, he suddenly shuddered. He secretly glanced at Huang Rong, swallowed, and was about to say that he was willing to return home with his birth parents when Lu Chen suddenly said,
"You have already been