They had thought they were merely slaves brought from places like the mines, with lives as worthless as grass. With Li Ruo standing in front of them like a towering mountain, it would not matter even if these people died.
Who could have expected them to be so unlucky as to run into Prince Rui?
This was over. It was completely over.
Even if they did not die now, they would certainly face severe punishment after they returned.
After scolding them, Su Qiao turned and fixed a frigid gaze on Li Ruo. "The one who deserves to die most is you!"
"You're simply audacious beyond belief! How dare you lay a hand on a prince of another kingdom? Is your Li family trying to provoke a war between the two kingdoms? Do you want to plunge the soldiers and people at the border into misery?"
She had been humiliated and had begged for mercy, yet Prince Rui still refused to let her off. Li Ruo knew that she had been utterly ruined today.
She gradually calmed down.
Thinking of the uncle in the palace, a surge of courage suddenly came from somewhere.
"Ye Lihan is nothing more than an unfavored Hostage Prince. He's been in our Huangming Kingdom for twenty years, and Dongjin has never asked about him at all. So what if he dies? Do you really think Dongjin will go to war with our Huangming Kingdom over him?"
"Our Huangming Kingdom has powerful troops and strong horses. Why should we fear Dongjin?"
Su Qiao narrowed her eyes and slowly walked toward her with her hands behind her back. "It seems you're very dissatisfied with me."
"What exactly has given you the nerve to be so arrogant? The Empress? Or your own maternal uncle?"
"I..."
Li Ruo was, of