The first thing Mu Jingrui did after waking up was to gather all his trusted aides in the surrounding area to track down Shangguan Wanning's whereabouts and ask the government for cooperation.
As the days passed, Mu Jingrui's toxic attacks became more and more frequent, and he felt that he could not hold on any longer.
"puff!"
A mouthful of blood spurted out, Mu Jingrui looked down at his own shadow, his vision gradually becoming blurred.
Chu Xiaolian pushed the door open and was so frightened when she saw Mu Jingrui's appearance that her face turned pale.
She hurried forward and wanted to transfer her internal energy into Mu Jingrui's body, but Mu Jingrui grabbed her wrist to stop her.
“Your Majesty…”
"Don't waste your energy, it's useless."
Mu Jingrui could feel the changes in his body.
The toxicity is so severe that it cannot be alleviated by internal strength.
He had never felt death so close as he did now.
"Let me give it a try, maybe..."
Mu Jingrui pushed Chu Xiaolian away and barely managed to get out of bed.
He opened the window and looked at the blue sky. A few unknown birds flew slowly by, which reminded him of the ordinary days he once had.
"Still no news about Ning'er?" Mu Jingrui's voice began to become hoarse.
Chu Xiaolian's heart ached, but she still hid her emotions and comforted him, "There are already many people looking for her...it should be soon...just hold on a little longer."
Mu Jingrui closed his eyes gently.
"If... I don't get to see Ning'er for the last time... When you find her in the future, tell her... to live a good life."
Chu Xiaolian stared at Mu Jingrui's back.
She discovered that behind this man's strong appearance, he was actually so lonely.
He killed people like crazy, but in the end he couldn't avoid being tender towards a woman.
"I really envy her... You will always remember her..." Chu Xiaolian walked to Mu Jingrui's side and asked in a low voice, "If I die before you, will you remember me forever?"
Mu Jingrui did not answer, and did not even open his eyes.
His silence gave Chu Xiaolian the answer.
"But I hope you remember me..."
Chu Xiaolian's body was very light. As soon as she finished speaking, she reached out and pressed Mu Jingrui's acupoints.
"What are you doing?" Mu Jingrui frowned slightly and glared at Chu Xiaolian with dissatisfaction.
"Your Majesty, the happiest thing in my life is knowing you. The only thing I have chosen is to love you without regrets. It doesn't matter if you don't love me, as long as I love you, that's enough."
Chu Xiaolian carried Mu Jingrui to the bed, and she took Mu Jingrui's hand and placed it on her cheek.
"My Lord, I will not let you die before me."
A faint smile appeared on Chu Xiaolian's lips.
She slowly injected her internal energy into Mu Jingrui's body, and a warm current flowed in Mu Jingrui's dantian.
Mu Jingrui suddenly realized that Chu Xiaolian was not trying to heal him, but wanted to give him all her inner strength.
In this way, he would have more physical strength and time to suppress the poison in his body; however, Chu Xiaolian would die of exhaustion.
"Stop it now..."
Chu Xiaolian pressed Mu Jingrui's mute point again, preventing him from speaking.
"This is the last thing I can do for you. Please don't reject me again."
Chu Xiaolian didn't care whether Mu Jingrui was willing or not, she just wanted to do what she wanted to do.
Mu Jingrui gradually lost consciousness, and when he woke up again, he was the only one lying on the bed.
He got up in depression, opened the door and asked the guard standing by the door: "Where is Chu Xiaolian?"
"She came out of your room half an hour ago and seemed to have returned to the west wing..."
"My Lord, I have found the princess."
The guard came hurriedly to report, and Mu Jingrui was stunned. "Where is it?"
"We received a tip-off that it's in the next county."
"Leave immediately."
Mu Jingrui could not take care of other things. Before leaving, he told the guards: "Take care of Chu Xiaolian. We will talk about everything after I come back."
He rushed to the next county without stopping with a group of trusted guards and rushed into a seemingly inconspicuous courtyard.
The guards inside were tight and all of them were top-notch experts, which was beyond Mu Jingrui's expectations.
The sound of fighting brought Shangguan Wanning back from her sad thoughts.
"Master Sun, Mu Jingrui and his men have come to attack us. The master asked me to tell you to leave immediately."
Without being reminded, Sun Jinyao realized that the situation was not good.
He pulled Shangguan Wanning up and headed towards the secret passage.
"Brother Yao, please stop being stubborn. Can you please wake up?"
Shangguan Wanning didn't want to leave and struggled hard to break free from Sun Jinyao's grip.
How could Sun Jinyao give up easily?
He dragged Shangguan Wanning out of the room. Just as they walked into the yard, a flash of sword light made him close his eyes involuntarily. The powerful sword energy forced him to let go of Shangguan Wanning's hand.
Shangguan Wan Ning was blown away by the internal force and fell into the strong chest.
"Jing Rui?"
Shangguan Wanning was surprised and happy to see that Mu Jingrui was safe and sound.
"Mu Jingrui, you are still alive?"
Sun Jinyao was anxious and angry. He drew his sword and attacked Mu Jingrui.
Mu Jingrui was furious when he thought about how Sun Jinyao had forced Shangguan Wanning to marry him in front of him. His sword moves were as fast as lightning and each one was deadly.
Seeing that Mu Jingrui's sword was about to pierce Sun Jinyao's chest, Shangguan Wanning's mind flashed the scene of Lu Xiangzi's death.
"don't want!"
She rushed over and stood in front of Sun Jinyao.
Mu Jingrui was shocked and quickly retracted his sword, but the tip of the sword still cut Shangguan Wanning's clothes.
Seeing this, Sun Jinyao took the opportunity to jump onto the roof.
"Ning'er, I will definitely come back to find you."
Shangguan Wanning was speechless and could only watch Sun Jinyao disappear from her sight.
After a long time, she came to her senses and looked back at Mu Jingrui, feeling a little guilty.
"Jing Rui, I..."
"Do you know that if I had retracted my sword a little slower just now, you would have died."
Shangguan Wanning's scalp still tingles.
"Master is dead..." Shangguan Wanning choked and looked at Mu Jingrui with red eyes.
Mu Jingrui's heart softened instantly.
He walked forward and held Shangguan Wanning in his arms.
Shangguan Wanning leaned in his arms and burst into tears.
"Before Master died, he asked me to look after Brother Yao... He was the person Master cared about the most. He just made a mistake in a moment of confusion. Jingrui, he was taken advantage of. Please give him a chance to mend his ways."
Mu Jingrui felt that he had no way to refuse.
"I'll listen to you. Don't be sad, don't cry, it's okay." Mu Jingrui calmed Shangguan Wanning's emotions and looked at the direction where Sun Jinyao disappeared with some emotion.
It seems that there will be more troubles in the future.
"Ning'er, tell me first, what happened in the past few days?"
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