"Wan'er!"
"Sister-in-law!"
Xia Siheng and Xie Jinqian noticed what was happening and shouted in unison.
Jing Er was caught off guard. The force struck so swiftly and violently that, though he hauled hard on the reins, he was still too late.
He plunged straight off the cliff with the carriage!
Xia Siheng flew toward it as fast as he could. His fingertips had actually touched the carriage.
Yet he had still fallen just that tiny bit short!
Just that tiny bit!
He watched the entire carriage plunge off the cliff, his eyes straining as though they would split. Overwhelming terror swept through him, and every organ in his body ached!
Staring into the bottomless abyss, Xia Siheng felt his heart turn to dead ashes. His lips trembled.
Everything below the cliff was unknown. What if-what if Liu Wan still had a sliver of hope, but no one was there to save her?
He could not take that gamble.
He could not lose her again!
And so, without the slightest hesitation, he leaped over the edge!
"Your Highness!"
"Father!"
"Mother!"
Cries of alarm rang out at the cliff's edge.
The others broke free of the evil spirits' restraints and rushed to the edge, their sobs and cries rising one after another!
At the very instant Xia Siheng jumped, the evil spirits suddenly withdrew at astonishing speed.
Their objective had been achieved.
But Xie Jinqian's eyes were red, his heart trembling violently. He abruptly turned a bloodthirsty gaze on Commandery Princess Yan'er nearby!
Commandery Princess Yan'er stood rooted to the spot, her face deathly pale, at a complete loss.
She had just used her internal energy to give the carriage a shove.
But her strength alone could never have sent it moving so fast!
"You-you dared lay a hand on my sister-in-law!"