Shangguan Wanning sat in the carriage, holding the dagger given by her father, with a lot of thoughts in her mind.
She lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at the western horizon. The setting sun gradually disappeared behind the mountain. The sunset glow dyed the sky red, like bright red blood.
She seemed to see the fierce fighting on the battlefield.
"Miss, we're here."
Shangguan Wanning came back to her senses and slowly got off the carriage with the help of the guards.
She looked around but didn't see Sun Jinyao.
She walked towards the Moon-Watching Pavilion and stood inside waiting for Sun Jinyao.
She secretly observed the guards who accompanied her. They all looked around vigilantly, their hands hardly leaving the hilts of their swords.
Suddenly, Shangguan Wanning smelled a familiar scent.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
With a few loud bangs, the rocks near the Moon-Watching Pavilion were blown into pieces, and the debris flew everywhere.
Shangguan Wanning was also blown several feet away by the powerful airflow.
But before her body hit the ground, she fell into a strong chest.
"Brother Yao?"
"Walk!"
Sun Jinyao carried Shangguan Wanning in his arms and used his lightness skills to move away quickly. The archers who were ambushing in the dark were either injured or killed, and the rest were poisoned by the Ecstasy Powder and fell unconscious.
"Ning'er, hold me tight."
Sun Jinyao and Shangguan Wanning jumped onto the horses that had been prepared long ago, and rode away.
Everything happened in a flash, and by the time Shangguan Wanning reacted, they were already far away from the Moon-Watching Pavilion.
"Brother Yao, where are we going now?" Shangguan Wanning asked in a low voice, leaning on Sun Jinyao's broad back.
"Leave the capital first, and then... I'll take you wherever you want to go."
Sun Jinyao galloped all the way until midnight, when the horse could no longer run. He stopped in a nearby woods, found a slope sheltered from the wind, tied the horse to a tree trunk not far away, gathered some dry branches, and lit a bonfire.
"Are you hungry? Eat something first."
Sun Jinyao handed Shangguan Wanning a steamed bun and a bag of water. "Please bear with me for a while. When we get to the next town, I'll take you to eat something delicious."
Shangguan Wanning felt sad. She lowered her eyelids to hide the tears in her eyes, took the steamed bun and took a light bite.
"Brother Yao, since you have already left Xiao Beiming, why bother to come to me?"
"Because... I still owe you an apology." Sun Jinyao sighed softly, "If I hadn't been blinded by jealousy, the old monster..."
Shangguan Wanning felt heartbroken.
She held Sun Jinyao's hand and shook her head with tears in her eyes. "Brother Yao, I'm so sorry... about what happened in your family... I really..."
"Forget it, it's all in the past." Sun Jinyao held Shangguan Wanning's hand, "Ning'er, let's stay away from the capital together and never care about the court again."
Shangguan Wanning looked into Sun Jinyao's affectionate eyes and recalled the carefree time they spent in Yaowang Valley.
If Lu Xiangzi were still alive and could see Sun Jinyao getting back on the right track, then... how great it would be.
"Brother Yao, let's all get some sleep. We may have to travel a long way tomorrow."
Sun Jinyao smiled slightly, and waves of joy surged in his heart.
He felt that this meant Shangguan Wanning agreed to go with him.
The night grew darker, with only the bonfire burning, dancing in the breeze.
There was dead silence all around.
Shangguan Wanning closed her eyes, but couldn't fall asleep.
Finally, she couldn't help but look at Sun Jinyao.
He was sitting cross-legged by the campfire with his eyes closed, apparently asleep.
Shangguan Wanning grasped the dagger in her sleeve and remembered what her father had said to her.
She tried her best to hold back her tears and approached Sun Jinyao cautiously.
After a long time, she still couldn't bear to stab the dagger into Sun Jinyao's chest.
Finally, Shangguan Wan Ning stood up and ran in another direction.
She didn't know how long she ran until she had no more strength left, she stumbled and fell to the ground.
The palm of his hand was scratched by small stones and bright red blood oozed out.
She endured the pain and cried silently.
A figure stood in front of her.
"Brother Yao?"
Sun Jinyao squatted down and helped Shangguan Wanning up, then took out the dagger from her sleeve.
Shangguan Wanning stepped back guiltily.
"Why didn't you do it just now?"
"You know everything?"
"Um."
If he didn't even have this little bit of vigilance, how could he have survived until now?
"Then why don't you expose me?"
"I believe that my Ning'er will not hurt me." Sun Jinyao reached out and tidied up Shangguan Wan Ning's messy long hair.
"I'm sorry, Brother Yao..."
"I don't blame you. In fact...even if you didn't kill me, I wouldn't be able to live much longer."
"What?" Shangguan Wanning was shocked. "Brother Yao, you..."
"The poison that Xiao Beiming used to deal with Xiao Yujue on the common people was developed by the old monster. At the beginning, he did everything he could for my safety and followed Xiao Beiming's requirements completely, just because he didn't want others to be able to detoxify it."
"In order to find a solution, I had to keep trying different drugs. I did develop an antidote, but... the toxins accumulated in my body could break out at any time."
Shangguan Wanning was terrified and she hurriedly took Sun Jinyao's pulse.
Just as he said, multiple poisons were piled together.
She was suddenly flustered.
"Brother Yao, it's okay...it's really okay. Let's find a way together, and you will be fine."
"Fool, even if the old monster comes back to life now, I'm afraid he can't save me."
"Why? Why are you doing this?" Shangguan Wan Ning finally couldn't hold back her tears, "Why didn't you come to me? I know how to detoxify, I know..."
Shangguan Wanning threw herself into Sun Jinyao's arms and burst into tears.
Sun Jinyao gently stroked Shangguan Wanning's long hair and said softly, "Ning'er, actually... it really doesn't matter anymore. As long as I can save you from the clutches of the devil and send you to a safe place... that's enough for me."
"No... I don't want you to die... I don't want you to die..."
Shangguan Wanning tightly grasped Sun Jinyao's arm. At this moment, she was really afraid that she would lose Sun Jinyao forever.
Sun Jinyao's heart twitched violently and it hurt as if it was being scraped by a knife.
He was reluctant to do so, but there were some things he could not do anything about.
Suddenly, he felt a murderous aura coming at him.
He picked up Shangguan Wanning and flipped in the air to avoid it. When he regained his balance, he found that the grass and trees where they had just stood had withered.
Then, four people holding different weapons surrounded them.
Sun Jinyao immediately protected Shangguan Wanning behind him.
"Princess, the prince is worried that you will not be able to do it, so he specially sent his subordinates to help you."
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