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Chapter 3443: 4.1043 Hatred

Empress Zhao, panting, reached out to support her. Grief welled up in her heart, and she couldn't help but say, "Mother, Mother, I don't fear death, but... but it's a pity that before I die, I won't be able to see my son again."

Empress Dowager Meng thought of that refined and unpretentious young couple, and tears also welled up in her eyes. She nodded repeatedly, "It seems we are to die in vain here today."

"You are all so young and don't fear death, what does an old woman like me have to fear?" Empress Dowager Meng couldn't help but sigh softly.

At the same time, Mo You seized the opportunity to drag back Mo Li, who was rolling on the ground, already scared into unconsciousness.

She looked back, quickly grabbed a fallen pink canopy from the side, tore off two pieces, and wrapped Mo Li's exposed body.

"Mo Li, Mo Li." She gently shook her twice.

Mo Li suddenly opened her eyes, revealing a terrified expression. She frantically waved her hands, screaming in alarm, "No, no, no, don't grab me, don't grab me."

"Mo Li, it's okay, Mo Li."

"Eighth Sister." Mo Li saw that it was Mo You holding her and couldn't help but burst into tears.

"You've been wronged," Mo You bit her lip, unable to bear it, and hugged her trembling body tightly.

"Eighth Sister, are we all going to die here today?"

"Crown Prince Brother won't come to save us, will he?"

"Crown Prince Brother is too far from us," Mo You said, holding her hands tightly. "Perhaps he hasn't received news of our peril yet."

"But don't be afraid. Our whole family is together. Even... even if we die, there's no need to be afraid."

Mo Li huddled in her arms, crying uncontrollably.

She was truly, truly terrified. At this moment, she couldn't help but resent the Qiao family.

If it weren't for these people trying to capture the Qiao family but constantly failing to break through their barrier and catch them, why would so many troubles arise and harm others?

What a bunch of troublemakers!

In her opinion, the Qiao family should have come out themselves to prevent this disaster from continuing.

If the Qiao family had even an ounce of conscience, they wouldn't have let these villains invade the palace and threaten their royal family, while they themselves remained like nothing was wrong, always hiding in their turtle shell without showing their faces.

Mo You helped Mo Li, wrapped in the canopy, to sit aside, unaware that her Tenth Sister was already harboring deep hatred for the entire Qiao family.

Concubine Xi quickly walked over and reached out to support her daughter.

But before her fingers could even touch Mo Li's arm, Mo Li flung her hand away.

Concubine Xi looked at her daughter, whose face was as cold as frost, with utter astonishment, speechless for a moment.

Mo Li glared at Concubine Xi with resentment and hatred.

Don't think she didn't see it just now. When she was seized and threatened to be taken away by that scoundrel, her mother didn't dare to show her face or save her, only hiding in the crowd. Her courage was even less than Empress Zhao's.

At the most critical moment, it was Empress Zhao, who had always been quite strict with her group of illegitimate daughters, who stepped in to save her, while her own birth mother couldn't help at all.

"Mo Li, Mother just... was... was..." Concubine Xi stammered, her lips trembling, unable to speak.

What could she say?

That she was constrained by the situation and dared not step forward to save her daughter?

Or that she was consumed by fear, barely able to hide herself, so how could she care about her daughter's life or death?

Mo Li turned around and, wrapped in the canopy, walked behind Empress Dowager Meng and Empress Zhao.