Chapter 70 Chapter 70 Call me husband and let me hear it~
The bird circled back and forth between Yin Jingheng and the spider, constantly attacking the spider. The spider's body was covered with bird bite wounds.
She tried to regain control of the bird, but at this moment, the bird's eyes, like red gemstones, exuded a captivating murderous aura, and it only obeyed Hanyu's orders.
"Why is this happening? Quegu is the poison-controlling bird I raised myself, how could it obey your orders?"
The spider originally didn't want to hurt the bird she raised with her own hands, but in order to protect herself, she had to take out the dagger and wave it to drive it away.
What puzzled her was that the bird, which feeds on the heart blood of the Miao people and can only be controlled by people of Miao descent, suddenly obeyed Hanyu's control. Could it be that Hanyu was also a Miao descendant?
Even Hanyu herself didn't know the truth, so how could the spider possibly know? Furthermore, she had no time to speculate about Hanyu's past. The bird's attack was a hundred times more powerful than before, and its poison was corrosive to the skin. The spider's face had already been disfigured, and the wounds on her body were beginning to fester.
Taking advantage of the fact that she was unable to protect herself and had no other options, Hanyu strode towards Yin Jingheng, who was tossing and turning on the bed. She quickly pulled out the dagger hidden under the exquisite embroidered pillow and stabbed it fiercely into his chest.
The spider suddenly flew over and pounced on him, blocking the sword for him. Han Yu held the sword in both hands and stabbed it into the spider's chest.
She didn't understand why this woman was so stupid. Was it worth it to sacrifice her life for a man who didn't love her?
Even if she died for Yin Jingheng, he wouldn't even look at her. Instead, he pushed her away and shouted, "Help! Help! Someone! The Queen is trying to assassinate me!"
Han Yu hated the spider for blocking the sword for him, which caused her assassination attempt to fail. The palace guards would soon surround the entire Kunning Palace, and she would find it difficult to escape from the palace even if she had wings.
Yin Jingheng struggled to get up from the bed, holding his chest, and was glad that he was still alive. Although he was suffering from the heart-eating pain brought by the heart-eating insect, at least he was not stabbed by her dagger.
He glanced at the spider's corpse and sneered, "In the end, you saved my life? I take back your useless words. I will send someone to bury you with honor. Go in peace!"
Yin Jingheng drew the dagger from the spider's chest and approached Hanyu. He demanded, "I've treated you well, why do you want to kill me? Ah Yu, have you forgotten the loving days we spent on the snowy mountains?"
Hanyu immediately called on the Sparrowbone Bird to protect her and threatened him, "It seems you haven't yet fully suffered the pain of the Heart-Eating Gu. Do you want to feel it again?"
"Come on! It's just a little pain, why should I be afraid? But I advise you to stop as soon as possible. As long as you are willing to submit to me, I can forgive the past and you can still be your queen. But if you persist, my guards will be stationed outside the palace, and you will become their dead soul. Ah Yu, you are a smart person, you should know what to choose, right?"
"Don't dream of asking me to submit to the murderer of my father! Ah Jiang, you've been lying to me from the beginning. Your amnesia was a lie! Your love for me was a lie! Your rejection of the idol was also a lie! You've been full of lies, slaughtering my entire family and even chopping off my father's head in front of me! How can I let go of such a deep hatred? Do you still expect me to willingly submit to you?"
Yin Jingheng sneered and glanced at her: "So you know everything? But those were all in the past. I didn't kill your father this time. Why don't you forgive me?"
He hugged Hanyu tightly, not letting her escape, and roared frantically in her ear: "My amnesia is fake, but my love for you is real! I slaughtered the Tomb Guardians because they all deserved to die! I spared your father's life because he was your adoptive father! Ah Yu, all I did was to have a better future with you. I'm the Emperor, you're the Empress, and together we'll rule the world. Isn't that a good thing?"
But what he didn't understand was that she didn't want this huge world at all. She just wanted peace for her entire family, wanted her father to be safe, and wanted to be with the one she truly loved for the rest of her life.
"Just kill me!"
Hanyu silently closed her eyes, tears of grief streaming down her cheeks. She was truly tired of this. The fate of two lives must finally come to an end. Since she couldn't kill him, she could only choose death. She also didn't want another afterlife, didn't want to start over again and see Ajiang, whom she once truly loved, kill her loved ones.
At this time, the guards outside the palace broke into Kunning Palace without the emperor's order and surrounded the two of them.
Yin Jingheng ordered the general who led the imperial guards, "I didn't order you to enter the palace, how dare you barge in without permission? Get out!"
Those people didn't move at all, as if they didn't hear his order.
"What? You guys want to rebel too?"
The leading Imperial Guards commander suddenly raised his general's seal and ordered his men: "Capture Yin Jingheng!"
Dozens of palace guards raised their swords at Yin Jingheng. The sudden reversal of the situation caught him off guard. He had to let go of Hanyu for the time being, picked up the emperor's sword, and ordered these traitors.
At this time, a man came behind the guards, and this man was actually his father.
Prince Xian came over holding the spirit tablet of the late emperor and the edict of succession of the late king, and advised Yin Jingheng to stop.
"Heng'er! The ancestor of the Yin family, the emperor, is here, and you still don't repent? Do you think this throne belongs to you alone? It is the foundation laid by the emperors of our Great Yin Dynasty. How can your father watch helplessly as our ancestors' foundation is destroyed by your hands? Surrender! Return the throne to Emperor Xuan!"
Impossible! He couldn't fail! He couldn't fail in his grand plan for two lifetimes!
Yin Jingheng was unwilling to believe that these people were unwilling to obey his orders anymore, including the soldiers who had once served under him. They all urged him, "General Heng, stop!"
He took Hanyu's hand, trying to find the love he once had in her eyes, but her eyes were as cold as ice, with nothing but hatred in them.
If she had seen A Jiang's true face from the beginning, she would never have saved him by the cold river. If everything could be done again, she swore that she would never recognize the wrong lover next time.
Being deserted by his friends and family, his former lover regarded him as his enemy. This was not the result he wanted at all. Only at this moment did Yin Jingheng feel that the heart-wrenching pain in his chest was deep in his bones.
He raised the emperor's Azure Dragon sword in his hand and placed it across his neck, then looked at Hanyu for the last time.
Prince Xian cried out in alarm, "Heng'er, no! As long as you are willing to hand over the throne and the imperial seal, and I plead with His Majesty, you can be spared the death penalty!"
Yin Jingheng couldn't listen to what others said. He looked at Hanyu, who was standing with her back to him, with nostalgia in his eyes, wanting to take one more look at her before leaving.
He greedily wanted to hear words of retention from Hanyu's mouth, but it was all wishful thinking. Hanyu's back was cold and resolute, leaving him no room for hope.
In the end, Yin Jingheng committed suicide in despair, and his blood was scattered in every corner of Kunning Palace, but it could not flow into the heart of his lover.
Prince Xian could not bear the blow and fainted on the spot. He was carried back to the palace by his subordinates.
The new emperor, having ascended the throne for only two months, committed suicide in failure. Empress Dowager Chunyu, Princess Chaoyang, and others were stripped of their titles and fiefs and sentenced to life imprisonment for aiding the new emperor in usurping the throne. The evidence alleging treason against Prince Yin Jinglong was proven to have been fabricated by Yin Jingheng, and he was acquitted and his title and status as regent were restored.
As for Prince Muchi who had usurped the throne, Emperor Xuan, mindful of the friendship between the two states, did not want to cause a war between the two countries, so he simply drove him back to the Northern Desert and did not kill him.
On the day Yin Jinglong was released, Han Yu personally came to the prison to pick him up.
After the shackles on his limbs were removed, his legs were no longer able to support his body due to long-term torture. The moment the shackles were removed, his body fell uncontrollably.
Hanyu hurried forward to support him. He leaned on Hanyu's shoulder and heard Hanyu tell him: "It's all over. I will take you home."
Yin Jinglong questioned her in a hoarse voice: "I don't understand, does sister-in-law love me or pity me?"
Hanyu gently stroked his weathered face and kissed him on the lips. Yin Jinglong trembled, obviously not expecting her to respond to him in this way.
Under Hanyu's passionate kiss, he gradually sank into it, and the love Gu in their bodies resonated at this moment.
While panting, Hanyu looked at him affectionately: "Don't call me that, I have never been your sister-in-law."
"That's called Madam?" Yin Jinglong said with a wicked smile.
Seeing Hanyu lowering her head in embarrassment, he kissed the jade skin on her neck domineeringly, leaving a mark that belonged only to him, as bright red as the spider mark on her chest.
"lady?"
"Um?"
"Call me husband and let me hear you~"
"Well... you're not married yet, and I'm not married yet, so we can't be considered husband and wife, right?"
"Marry! Of course I will. I have long wanted to marry you as my princess."
"Hmm? How early?"
Hanyu pretended to be ignorant of the situation. She lowered her head shyly, not daring to look directly into his burning eyes.
"Very early on, on the day we first met in our previous life."
After saying this, Yin Jinglong threw his head back and laughed, his hearty laughter piercing the entire prison.
She hadn't seen his smile for a long time, and at this moment, both of them felt relieved. He held Hanyu's hand, and Hanyu also supported him. They walked out of the palace prison together and returned to Prince Yin's Mansion, where everything had changed.
The blood of many loyal servants of the palace had been shed here. Yin Jinglong suddenly sighed, thinking that if he had persuaded his brother to stop earlier, the ending would not have been so tragic.
He renovated Prince Yin's Mansion and began to prepare for his wedding with Hanyu.
Hanyu thought of his adoptive father who was still alone in the Snow Mountain tribe. Although he was still alive, the wound on his body from the spider's palm had not healed yet.
Yin Jinglong had already considered this matter. Without waiting for Hanyu to mention it, he had already sent someone to bring her adoptive father to the capital.
That day, Hanyu was directing the servants to decorate the bridal chamber when suddenly a familiar figure appeared outside the door. Her old adoptive father was standing at the door with a hunched back, calling her name.
"Father!"
Hanyu hugged him excitedly. They hadn't seen each other for many days, and she was worried about her father's health day and night.
Yin Jinglong walked in from outside the door, bowed and saluted her adoptive father.
"Father-in-law, please accept my humble greeting!"
When the adoptive father saw Yin Jinglong's face, he suddenly remembered the scene of Ajiang slaughtering his clan. His face turned pale and he repeatedly confirmed whether this person was Ajiang?
"Ah Yu! Dad, my eyesight is blurry and I'm afraid I've recognized the wrong person. Please don't make the mistake again this time!"
Hanyu shrugged and smiled, took Yin Jinglong's hand, and said to her adoptive father: "Don't worry, Dad! Even if I were to be reborn, I would never recognize the wrong husband again."
Yin Jinglong caressed Hanyu's face and said to her lovingly, "For the rest of my life, I don't seek power, nor do I pursue fame or fortune. I only want to be with the one I love forever, and never be separated!"
On their wedding night, red candles burned brightly, illuminating the vibrant colors of the wedding veils in the room. He took her hand, his fingertips caressing the shallow scar on her wrist. He whispered, "After all this hardship and suffering, you were the one who protected me in the end. I just feel like the rest of my life isn't long enough for me to love you."
She raised her eyes, smiling, and the golden hairpins on her temples made crisp sounds.
"Look at the entwined branches outside the window; they've already grown over the wall. There's an old saying in the Central Plains: 'If love is long-lasting, why should it be spent day and night together?' Our past life's missed opportunities have earned us this life's companionship. In the days ahead, I won't ask about the past or the future. I simply wish to spend every day and night with you to the fullest."
The night wind passed through the corridor, bringing the fragrance of early spring peach blossoms in the courtyard. In the distance, the night watchman struck the third watch. The red candle shed tears silently, but the inscription "Holding Your Hand" on the wall became clearer and clearer.
From now on, no matter what happens in life, I have my beloved by my side; even as the years pass, I have my deep love to rely on; just as the saying goes, "May I be like the stars and you like the moon, shining brightly every night."
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