Chapter 70 Encounter on the Flower Boat: Brotherly Discord + Prince Yong and the General's Rivalry + ...

The love system just stood up for him, and that thunderbolt was far more powerful than the one that struck him at the bandit stronghold in Luoshan.

Once a sweet-talking person releases an excessive amount of hype, they will fall into a long period of silence.

With the war raging, we are in dire need of manpower.

Ying Xi must keep it running smoothly; no one knows if he will die if the romance system shuts down. He can't abandon the mission.

System notification: Alarm! Alarm! Please recharge immediately!

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Sweetly, her voice barely a whisper: "Your Majesty..."

"Put down your bow and arrows," Ying Xi said.

The soldiers were shocked, and none of them knew what was going on.

However, it was common knowledge in Chang'an that the emperor indulged Prince Yong, and it was also an indisputable fact that Prince Yong acted eccentrically and had a bad reputation.

Even an upright official finds it difficult to settle family disputes, so the soldiers had no choice but to stop. The large ship lowered its ropes, and Ying Xi boarded.

As soon as Ying Xi stepped onto the deck, the smell of alcohol in the painted boat was stronger than he had imagined. Prince Yong staggered a few steps, his eyes glazed with drunkenness!

Beyond the railing is the water.

The current was swift, so Yingxi had no choice but to block the drunkard. But the drunkard pinned her against the railing! Her back and lower back were terribly pressed against it!

He supported himself on either side of Ying Dang's arms. The smell of alcohol made him cough.

"Cough, cough, cough cough."

Ying Xi raised her eyes to meet Yong Wang's mesmerizing phoenix eyes. Yong Wang's pupils revealed a dangerous emotion that could drown a river.

Ying Xi's heartstrings tightened instantly.

The Longwu soldiers below the ship were simple-minded and assumed that Prince Yong was drunk. They became increasingly worried about the emperor's safety and wanted to board the ship one by one.

Prince Yong pressed Ying Xi firmly against the railing, the pressure making it seem as if the two bodies were about to merge.

In that position, Prince Yong drew his sharp dagger. Ying Xi frowned slightly, but the tip of the dagger bypassed his body, and Ying Dang cut the hemp rope.

The heavy hemp rope fell into the small boat, and the soldiers looked at each other in surprise.

Ying Xi was in so much pain that he couldn't breathe. His mind was racing, fearing that Prince Yong might say something immoral that he wouldn't be able to cover for him, and he also had to consider the emperor's reputation.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Dragon Martial Army had not noticed anything amiss, Ying Xi ordered, "You all return to the camp first. I and Prince Yong will return shortly..."

The soldiers cried out, "Your Majesty!!!"

"The emperor's command is not to be disobeyed." Ying Xi emphasized, after all, he couldn't control whether Ying Dang would do something in public: "Go quickly!"

"Yes...as you command."

The small boats drifted away, leaving ripples on the water.

The ship's silhouette had not yet disappeared from view.

Ying Dang looked down at Ying Xi and saw the vast river as the background, with the dim lamplight casting a blush on Ying Xi's face.

The elder brother, worried about being seen by his subordinates, showed a hint of panic, softening his usual aloofness. The distance between them was only slightly closer than before, which was enough to move Prince Yong.

Ying Dang pressed down and pulled Ying Xi into his arms!

“Brother, you’re so handsome. From this angle, you’re more handsome than I’ve ever seen you before…”

“I often find a substitute for you in brothels. Those courtesans are afraid of me, but you are not, brother.”

“I told them to do what you do, but none of them dared. In bed, they could only tremble and beg.”

The dazedness made Ying Dang's tone very slow, and although his unrestrained words were masked by the river and the wind, they were still clearly audible.

Ying Xi couldn't bear to listen any longer. Her ears were being repeatedly brushed by the hot breath of the alcohol, and a wave of overwhelming shame and indignation washed over her.

Ying Xi tilted her head back forcefully, but the distance between them did not increase; their bodies remained pressed tightly together, and half of her body was already hanging over the edge of the boat!

"You... let go..."

Even though Ying Xi now knows that it was years of protection followed by a sudden, inexplicable neglect that caused Ying Dang to accumulate disappointment and eventually develop obsessive feelings for her.

But he couldn't reciprocate those feelings, while Dang'er became lost and deeply entangled in them.

Ying Xi was tightly held by Ying Dang's arms, their lips brushing against each other. He bit down hard on Ying Dang, and the strong taste of blood suddenly spread along his lips.

Prince Yong was suddenly stung for a moment. He was stunned, and a little blood appeared on his lips. Under the red lanterns by the boat, Ying Dang's face showed a strange and eerie appearance, but he was still drunk.

That deep, textured voice went mad because of his brother's aggressive response.

He tried to press his lips against Yingxi's soft lips again.

But every time he encountered his brother's canine teeth, which made him instinctively disappointed and frustrated, until his lips were covered in blood!

He deliberately rubbed his bloodied lips against Ying Xi, adding a touch of his own crimson color to his brother's jade-like face.

As Ying Dang gazed at Ying Xi, whose face was stained with blood, his own eyes were also filled with the crimson of blood and lamplight.

"Brother, brother..."

Prince Yong's trip to the south to seek confirmation raises the question of whether there are other hidden secrets within the Fangzhi Palace.

But ever since escaping Chang'an, the closer Ying Dang got to Guangling County, the more he thought about his parents' deaths, and he suffered greatly.

On the other hand, there was a hidden sense of shame. If the truth was that his elder brother truly had his reasons, then what had he been seeking revenge for all these years?

He upset his brother, angered him... and made the person he cared about most feel bad.

So he drank as he walked.

The alcohol completely numbed Ying Dang, making him even more frantic and chaotic than usual.

His voice suddenly rose several octaves, his fingers tightened, almost digging into Yingxi's skin, the pain causing both of them to tremble.

Ying Xi felt a renewed sense of urgency, as if the other party wanted to forcefully merge the two of them into one. He was speechless, his lungs feeling like they were about to be emptied of air.

“I sometimes doubt whether I am his biological son. Brother, I don’t look like you, nor like our father and mother.”

"If I weren't their child, not born of the Yongning Prince's family, and had no relation to anyone, wouldn't I... not be in this kind of pain now?"

"Father is dead, mother is gone, brother betrayed them, brother doesn't want me anymore, I'm all alone in this world, the vast universe holds only me!!!"

Ying Dang's voice, which sounded like a mix of laughter and tears, echoed through the river, both mournful and bitter.

But the corners of his mouth and eyes were always turned up, forming an indescribable strange expression.

At this moment, Ying Xi was not only in pain all over her body, but her heart was also being torn apart.

Having come to Chang'an ten years ago, I've changed more than just myself.

And his younger brother.

They escaped imprisonment, but one became scheming and the other went astray!

Thinking of this, how could Ying Xi not feel guilty towards Prince Yong?

“But even if my brother doesn’t want me, I still want him. I’ve done so much just so you can see me, brother.”

"I want you, I'll always want you, brother."

Prince Yong suddenly became ruthless!

Before him still stood Ying Xi, but Ying Xi was like an obsession he had to hold onto, causing two words to repeatedly echo in Prince Yong's mind: brother, grasp, grasp, brother...

He wanted to merge with Ying Xi forever, and he wanted to hold Ying Xi close to him.

The scalding threat made Ying Xi tense up immediately!

That trembling reaction drove Ying Dang even crazier, making him want to treat what was to come as a ritual to confirm ownership.

Ying Xi anticipated that things were about to spiral out of control.

Ying Xi gritted her teeth and kicked Ying Dang from a tricky angle!

When the other person is in pain, separate them.

He barely managed to stand firm, and with all his might, he slapped Ying Dang hard across the face!

Snap!

The sound of the river was not as loud as the sound of a slap.

The blows were so severe that Ying Dang, a martial artist, had his head tilted to one side, and blood slowly trickled from the corner of his mouth.

The emperor rubbed his numb and sore hand and said sternly, "If I had known you would become such a disgrace, I should have slapped you every day when you were a child!"

"Don't overthink it, you are the second legitimate son of the Yongning Prince's Mansion."

“You are a man, and so am I. The only surviving brothers of the Yongning Prince’s Mansion commit adultery. You can do it, and I will never give in, even if it means my death. Our parents in the afterlife would be even more ashamed of this!”

"Take back those thoughts you shouldn't have. Either stab me with a knife, or stop pointing your thing at me!"

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The system could not recognize the opposite of what was said, so the task was deemed complete. Sweetie fell into a deep sleep.

This slap demonstrated the elder brother's authority, and Ying Dang regained some of his senses.

Ying Dang stared at Ying Xi, as if trying to see her more clearly. He couldn't believe that Ying Xi, who was so dignified and elegant, had spoken so bluntly and shrewishly.

Ying Dang stroked his cheek: "Father, Mother...you just said, you just said our father and mother...Brother, you still acknowledge our father and mother, right? We are still the closest family, right?"

Prince Yong asked again, bewildered.

For ten years, he had never heard those two words from Ying Xi's mouth again.

Now that Emperor Yuantai is dead and Shadow has left Chang'an, there is no longer anything in this world that could threaten the brothers' lives.

Ying Xi readily admitted, "I am the eldest son of the Prince of Yongning. If given the opportunity, I will acknowledge my ancestry and have my parents enshrined in the imperial mausoleum."

"Ha, ha ha, ha ha ha..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ying Dang suddenly burst into laughter, his laughter filling the river and causing the entire pleasure boat to sway with his movements.

The emperor's promise fueled Ying Dang's joy and temporarily curbed his obsession.

As if he had suddenly found his lost brother, Ying Dang once again had a complete family.

He pressed his hands heavily on Ying Xi's shoulders, forcing her to look him in the eye. Her eyes reflected the light, and her expression was extremely excited!

His hands and arms seemed to be out of control.

Amidst that excitement, there was also a sense of desolation, a feeling of being anxious and uncertain.

Ying Dang said sadly, "Brother..."

--"elder brother!!!"

Ying Xi was embraced by Prince Yong.

His call to her completely stirred her emotions.

Ying Xi wanted to comfort his younger brother who had suffered for many years, so he reached out his hand. However, Prince Yong took advantage of the situation and buried his face in the crook of his neck.

Prince Yong finally regained some composure and leaned in to sniff Ying Xi's body carefully. However, he soon frowned because he smelled a bitter scent on Ying Xi that did not belong to him.

That smell made Prince Yong feel extremely uncomfortable!

Prince Yong raised his eyebrows warily, his gaze trying to pierce through Ying Xi.

Just moments ago, he was overjoyed and had almost let down his guard, only to be doused with a bucket of cold water by Ying Xi.

A feeling of being deceived slowly crept in. Until it lingered in my heart!

He gritted his teeth and stared intently at the surface of the cloak illuminated by the dim lamplight, carefully examining the garment, which was embroidered with a unicorn pattern in silver thread.

The Qilin is majestic, and its light is so bright that it hurts to look at people's eyes.

The cloak draped down to Yingxi's ankles, completely enveloping her, only allowing her slender and delicate face to be exposed. Although the ribbon at the top of the cloak had been loosened during their intimacy, one could still imagine how securely it had been tied in the first place.

The clothes are not my brother's.

Yet, as if declaring sovereignty, it completely covered his brother's body, allowing his brother to be permeated with his own scent—Xie Qianli's clothes.

The trust that had just been built crumbled in an instant.

Prince Yong's hand, resting on Ying Xi's shoulder, gripped the fabric tightly.

The crunching sound of flesh and bone rubbing together is enough to make your teeth ache.

Suddenly he remembered Fangzhi Palace. He had spied on his brother many times by climbing over the wall. The person who led his brother out, the person who played with his brother, and the person who made his brother wait at the door—it was all this person.

My brother deceived me...

Ying Dang erupted with resentment, his possessiveness driving him to hysteria.

At that moment, he wanted to drown himself and his brother, but he suppressed his urge to die together.

That ornate voice had completely lost its original timbre: "As men, we cannot be bound by love. Incest between brothers is against the will of Heaven."

“My brother would rather be stabbed to death than be touched by me.”

“But that man surnamed Xie is a man! He is a subject! And the nephew of that dog emperor! My brother is having an affair with the son of our enemy, and even kept his chastity for him, while he beat me, his own relative.”

"The elder brother is closer to his family after all. What about the younger brother and parents?"

Ying Dang then handed the knife to Ying Xi.

With the blade pressed against his own body, Prince Yong grasped Ying Xi's hand and plunged it into his chest: "Brother, you despise me. Kill me, tear open my heart, devour my flesh, let me become a part of your body, etched into your mind, so that we may be together forever..."

He's serious.

Ying Xi was shocked, and a sticky, hot liquid flowed from her fingertips.

Yingxi's fingers couldn't move!

He never expected that the cloak he was wearing would disrupt the newly eased situation and cause Ying Dang to make unfounded misunderstandings.

This jealousy has no basis whatsoever.

Koma would overreact whenever he got close to a man.

Ying Xi forcefully pulled the knife back: "Don't talk nonsense. Put down the knife. I have no ill relationship with Xie Qing. He never meant that."

However, Prince Yong laughed wildly, as if he felt no pain at all: "I think he has harbored this intention since he was a child! He has always had this intention!"

"His Majesty--"

"His Majesty……"

"We are here on the orders of the Duke of England to welcome Your Majesty once again. Your Majesty—"

On the pleasure boat, the two brothers are locked in a stalemate.

As night fell, the small boats that had just disappeared suddenly expanded and returned towards the pleasure boat.

Long Wujun shouted from the ship.

The loud voice temporarily diverted Ying Xi and Prince Yong's attention, allowing Ying Xi's heart to relax for a moment: it must be that Ju'er had failed to find the shadow, contacted the fleet, and then heard that he had been detained by Dang'er, so he came to rescue the emperor again.

Ying Xi breathed a sigh of relief without making it obvious.

His body suddenly lifted into the air!

It turned out that when Prince Yong heard the words "Duke of Yingguo," his expression changed several times. He then grabbed his armpit and jumped off the pleasure boat.