She hugged young son tightly and took a few steps back. This was her chance to gain the favor of her cousin, she would never take the person who gave this little bastard to her master like this, even if she wanted this little bastard to die quickly in her heart.
"Give me the child."
Seeing that Xi Ya was not willing to let go, he took a step forward and extended her hand out to snatch the child back from Xi Ya. However, the two people who were originally fighting Liu Ruo Qing, after injuring him, quickly rushed over to their side.
The moment his hand touched the child, it was stopped by another hand.
Another person pulled at the child in Xi Ya's hands. Xi Ya hugged him tightly and refused to let go.
The two of them pulled with all their might, and the child was pulled until he was crying, but because his mouth was covered by cloth, he could not make too loud of a noise. Even so, Yan Yuan could still clearly feel the heart wrenching fear that was being emitted from his son's body.
Yan Yuan went forward and hugged the child. Coincidentally, that person kicked Xi Ya far away, and the child successfully landed in the hands of the black-clothed man.
"Give me the child!"
In Yan Yuan's eyes, a sharp killing intent flowed out, he casually pulled out the flexible sword wrapped around his waist, and aimed straight for the black clothed man's throat.
Seeing that person nimbly dodge to the side, he looked at Yan Yuan and sneered, then looked at young son who was in his arms full of fear and said: "I didn't think that this brat would be so quick. If you want him, just go after him."
He turned around and carried the child to the roof.
"Give the child back to me!"
Seeing the little guy being led away by the black clothed man, she mustered her strength from who knows where and forced herself up from the ground, directly flying to the roof, then chasing after him.
Yan Yuan was stuck on the black-clothed man who had injured Liu Ruo Qing in the beginning, unable to get away. He could only watch as Liu Ruo Qing chased the black-clothed man out of the courtyard wall.
When the guards of the Grand Princess Palace heard the commotion, they had already rushed over. Seeing the two black clothed men fighting, they saw Xi Ya climbing up from the ground with difficulty while clutching her chest.
"Eldest Miss!"
A few of them went forward to help Xi Ya up, and they only heard Xi Ya say: "Are you still not going to arrest them?"
"Yes sir!"
Afterwards, the guards flocked forward, and at the same time, separated Yan Yuan from the black-clothed man.
Because he was worried about his son's safety, Yan Yuan didn't keep fighting. Taking advantage of the moment the black-robed man was being held up by the guards, he leapt and disappeared from Grand Princess Palace.
Liu Ruo Qing chased after the black clothed man, not daring to fall down. Even though she had suffered heavy internal injuries, she simply did not dare to relax even a bit when she looked at her son's eyes which were filled with fear.
Her son was right in front of her. She gritted her teeth and gathered almost all of her inner force to block the man in black.
A surge of vital energy and blood rushed towards her throat.
"Puff …"
A mouthful of blood sprayed onto her mask cloth. However, she couldn't care so much anymore as she looked at the black clothed man in front of her and said, "Give me the child!"
A few sinister laughter came out from the black clothed man, "Collecting money to help others get rid of their troubles, this is the rule of our night gate. If the child wants it, then show us your ability."
After she finished speaking, a strong gust of palm wind rushed straight towards Liu Ruo Qing's chest. Liu Ruo Qing did not dodge, but instead directly rushed forward to receive this palm strike, which gave her the chance to approach his body, and while he was not in time to withdraw the palm wind, she snatched young son away from his hands.
The black-clothed man did not expect Liu Ruo Qing to take his palm head on. After staring blankly for half a second, the child had already been snatched into his hands by Liu Ruo Qing.
"I didn't expect you to give up your life for this child."
He did not attack immediately, and judging from this person's appearance, he did not have the chance to escape from his sight.
Liu Ruo Qing ignored him, holding onto young son who was crying in panic, she stood up to leave, but right then, she had used up all of her Spirit Qi, adding on to the fact that she took the palm attack from the black clothed man, it was already difficult for her to even get up, let alone a child.
She closed her eyes, unwilling to lose the ability to protect her son even at the last moment. Listening to her son's heart-wrenching cries, her heart ached so much that tears rolled down her cheeks.
She took off the mask cloth on her face, hugged young son painfully and said softly: "Good Heng Er, don't be scared, it's uncle, uncle is here to save you, Heng Er won't cry, isn't afraid, isn't afraid anymore."
She gently patted young son's body and comforted him softly. Her head was incredibly heavy, and her vision was sometimes blurry, and sometimes clear. She bit her tongue hard, and the pain that came from her tongue only cleared her mind a little.
Yan Yuan, come quickly, come quickly, I can't hold on anymore, come quickly …
Seeing that it was him, the little guy stopped crying as expected. Her short arm hugged Liu Ruo Qing tightly, "Uncle, Heng Er wants Royal Father, Heng Er wants Royal Father …"
"Alright, Heng Er won't cry, royal father will be here soon."
She turned her head to look at the black-clothed man and chuckled, "Wasn't it because of me that Ye Man took away your son? If you let this child go, I'll go with you."
"You?"
The black clothed man squinted his eyes, staring at Liu Ruo Qing thoughtfully for a while before saying: "My task is not you, and I will not help Ye Man do anything other than what he has paid me for.
Hearing this, Liu Ruo Qing subconsciously tightened his grip on the young son. Looking at the black-clothed man, he said, "How much does Ye Man want to give you?
A few chuckles came out from the man in black, sounding somewhat disdainful.
Liu Ruo Qing did not bother about it and continued: "Since you've accepted Ye Man's deal, you should know that this child is from the Crown Prince Jing. The price he offers you is not any lower than Ye Man's."
The black-clothed man nodded in agreement, and said: "What you said makes sense, but our night gate has a rule for business, once you take the money, you must complete the mission. We will take Ye Man's money, and the child will naturally bring it to Ye Man."
He crossed his arms in front of his chest and continued to speak with Liu Ruo Qing: "How about this, wait until I hand the child over to Ye Man, then you guys can pay. I'll help you guys take the child back."
MLGB!
Liu Ruo Qing cursed in her heart as she prayed for Yan Yuan to hurry over. She would be able to hold on for a little longer.
"I heard that the night gate is filled with the chivalrous warriors of the Jianghu. I never thought that you would even have to accept a mission to harm a child.
When she spoke, each word was spoken with great difficulty. She could only rely on biting the tip of her tongue to try and clear her mind.