Internal force
A series of sobs woke Gu Youan. She slowly opened her eyes and saw the Fifth Princess crying beside her. Gu Youan looked around warily, touched her hair, and said, "I'm fine, you don't need to worry."
The Fifth Princess's tears soaked her blanket. She helplessly touched her hair, thinking, "She's still just a child!"
Xiao Junqi walked in from outside the door. Gu Youan gently grabbed her hand and looked at him warily, asking, "Where is Sheng Jingche?"
Xiao Junqi stared intently at her, then lifted the Fifth Princess with his right hand and said, "She's perfectly fine, so why are you crying here? Little Fifth, do you want Father to lock you up?"
Xiao Junqi raised an eyebrow at the Fifth Princess, who was startled and stopped sobbing.
Gu Youan struggled to her feet, grabbed the Fifth Princess's hand, and said, "What are you doing? You've scared her."
"Xiao Wu, go back, I have something to talk to her about."
The Fifth Princess glanced back at Gu Youan, who nodded. She then retreated, turning back to look at Gu Youan repeatedly.
The door slammed shut, and Gu Youan leaned against the bed, looking at him defiantly, saying, "Your Highness, you've come with ill intentions!"
Xiao Junqi suddenly moved closer to her, and Gu Youan's pupils constricted. She shrank back and leaned back.
He chuckled softly and said, "So even princesses have fears?"
Gu Youan turned her head away from his eyes and said, "What do you want to do?"
He suddenly grabbed Gu Youan's neck fiercely and said, word by word, "He suffered torture for you, and you still bit him. Gu Youan, do you have no heart?"
Her head was pressed against the wall, her vision went black, her eyes were bulging, and she desperately pounded on Xiao Junqi's hand, saying, "Let me go!"
In the chaos, Gu Youan twisted the bracelet on her wrist, and a silver needle flew out, piercing Xiao Junqi's shoulder. The restraint on his neck instantly disappeared, and Xiao Junqi slowly lay down on the ground.
Gu Youan was panting heavily, her hands supporting her on the couch, her right hand touching her neck.
Sheng Jingche kicked the door open, and Gu Youan looked up at him. She actually saw a hint of panic in Sheng Jingche's eyes.
He smiled and looked down, saying, "You came just in time?"
Sheng Jingche reached out and stroked Gu Youan's neck, his hand pausing in mid-air. He paused for a moment, then said, "I'm sorry."
Gu Youan pushed his hand away, and Sheng Jingche suddenly fell to the ground.
Gu Youan looked at him in confusion and said, "Why are you so weak? Where is your internal energy?"
She reached out to examine her internal energy, then looked at Sheng Jingche in shock and said, "You gave me your internal energy?"
Sheng Jingche shook his head and said, "It wasn't me, it was Jiannan. It was Jiannan who gave you his inner strength."
Gu Youan smiled and said, "So that's how it is. No wonder Xiao Junqi wanted to kill me!"
She looked down at Sheng Jingche and said, "I want to know what exactly happened on the Emperor's Ship of Sheng Kingdom?"
Her eyes were dark and slightly oppressive.
She grabbed Sheng Jingche's hand and said, "Are you still going to hide it from me?"
Gu Youan smiled and said, "Everyone here wants to kill me. I am one of the twelve envoys of the Emperor's Ship. Even you are my assistant. Are you still not going to tell me the truth?"
With tears in her eyes, she used both soft and hard tactics, pulling out the hairpin from her hair and holding it against Sheng Jingche's neck, saying, "Here, I have the right to execute you."
The mark on her neck was still faintly burning. She touched the back of her neck and smiled, saying, "I am the guardian of the Emperor's Ship. After Boyan's death, I can take command of the Emperor's Ship."
The mark on the back of her neck is the mark of the strongest of each generation, and today this mark has appeared on her body, which means that she is the only one left of the twelve envoys of the same generation.
"Jiannan is dead forever, Sheng Jingche, how long are you going to keep this from me?"
Sheng Jingche stared at her blankly and said, "Are you going to kill me?"
Gu Youan shook his head and said, "I will only kill traitors. The Sheng family betrayed the Emperor's Organization, and Empress Mingzhao, as a member of the Emperor's Organization, turned against her own comrades. What do you think I should do?"
Gu Youan's eyes held a ruthless glint, which momentarily stunned Sheng Jingche.
“From the moment I first met you, you were Jiannan. But Jiannan didn’t know you existed, while you knew of Jiannan’s existence. Sheng Jingche, how exactly did Jiannan die? What happened after the Zhao Huai case? How dare Xiao Junqi kill me?”
Sheng Jingche moved his lips, and Gu Youan smiled. The phoenix totem on the back of her neck flashed red, her bloodline awakening. She looked down into Sheng Jingche's eyes, which were filled with timidity. She stroked his face, smiled, and said, "Don't you just want me to deal with the Xie family?"
With a loud bang, she slapped Sheng Jingche away. Gu Youan put on a red mink coat and walked out the door step by step. Her true energy was surging wildly. She felt like a fireball was about to explode inside her body. She smiled slightly. Sheng Jingche moved back step by step. Xiao Junqi rushed out of the courtyard and stood behind Sheng Jingche.
Both of them noticed Gu Youan's abnormality. Ye Qingchen quietly told his son that the three of them looked at each other in dismay and realized that they had gone mad!
Gu Youan possesses the internal energy of many masters from the Emperor's Army. With Sheng Jingche and Xiao Junqi severely injured, Gu Youan's skill has reached its peak, and no one can rival her.
Her hair was loose, and her bewitching eyes looked at everyone for a moment. Sheng Jingche slashed his own neck, and Xiao Junqi blocked his way, saying, "You are not her drug user, your blood will never run dry."
Sheng Jingche said in a calm voice, "If I don't save her, she will go mad from her cultivation."
Several streams of internal energy surged within Gu Youan's body. Xiao Junqi's appearance stirred up Gu Youan's inner emotions. If blood could stabilize her, she was willing to shed all her blood.
With each step he took forward, he was repelled by Gu Youan's internal force. Xiao Junqi and Ye Qingchen exchanged a glance and stood guard for Sheng Jingche.
Finally, Sheng Jingche approached Gu Youan and hugged her in her arms, bringing her neck close to her face. Gu Youan nestled against her neck and gradually calmed down.
As her inner energy dissipated, Gu Youan fainted in Sheng Jingche's arms. Sheng Jingche held her face and sighed.
The worry in Ye Qingchen's eyes gradually dissipated, and Xiao Junqi breathed a sigh of relief. If Emperor Huaming had known about what happened tonight, who knows what kind of bloody storm would have been stirred up.
Sheng Jingche coughed up a mouthful of blood. Ye Qingchen stepped forward to support Gu Youan and said, "You should go and rest. I'll protect her."
Sheng Jingche shook his head and said, "Only my internal energy and hers are of the same lineage, and only I can calm her down."
He carried Gu Youan into the room, leaving Ye Qingchen and Xiao Junqi to clean up the mess.
Xiao Junqi stared in astonishment at the two departing figures, and hesitantly asked, "Is this appropriate?"
Ye Qingchen lowered his eyes and said, "As long as it can save Miss, everything is reasonable."
"But..." He didn't want Gu Youan to appear in front of Sheng Jingche, but every time he pushed Gu Youan in front of Sheng Jingche. Jiannan and Gu Youan were partners, but Sheng Jingche always favored Gu Youan, even though he was the one who was supposed to spend his life with Sheng Jingche.
Ye Qingchen noticed Xiao Junqi's emotions and after a long while said, "Don't hurt Miss, or I will kill you."
Xiao Junqi smiled gently and said, "Ye Qingchen, you are just a guard of Princess Hezheng. Remember your place."
Xiao Junqi turned and left. Ye Qingchen quietly watched the people in the room. Snowflakes fell on his hair. Ye Qingchen stood guard outside the door.
True energy gathered towards the roof, and many people were unable to sleep that night.
As dawn broke, Sheng Jingche dragged his weary body open the door and said, "She's fine now."
Ye Qingchen hurriedly went in. Gu Youan was lying peacefully on the bed with a rosy complexion. The bloodstains in the bowl on the table were still wet. He frowned and put the blood bowl away.
The bond between Sheng Jingche and Gu Youan was deeper than she had imagined; if this entanglement continued, it would inevitably lead to a lose-lose situation.
Three days later, Gu Youan finally woke up. She looked at Ye Qingchen's excited face and smiled gently, saying, "What's wrong today?"
Ye Qingchen's tears fell instantly. He lay on Gu Youan's quilt and said, "Your internal energy is running wild. I'm very worried about you."
She shook her head, seemingly not remembering what had happened, and softly asked, "Where did my mother go?"
Ye Qingchen paused for a moment and said, "Madam has already returned. Miss, don't worry. We will return to Dayong once you recover!"
Gu Youan smiled slightly. She knew that Ye Qingchen was trying to comfort her, and that Emperor Huaming would not let her leave.
She sighed and said, "You and the wedding party should go back to Dayong."
Ye Qingchen held her hand and said, "I won't go back. I want to stay with you forever."
Ye Qingchen lowered his head. The two of them had become thinner and thinner, having been locked in a dark and sunless dungeon.
She touched his face and said, "I am the guardian of the Emperor's Ship. Staying here means I have a fate to bear. But you are not a member of the Emperor's Ship. Leave here, Ye Qingchen. Go back to Dayong. Jiannan and I saved you back then, not so that you would die in Sheng Kingdom."
Ye Qingchen's tears fell drop by drop, landing on the back of Gu Youan's hand. Gu Youan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Don't be sad, don't be upset. You shouldn't have come here. This is not your destiny."
This is the Sheng Kingdom's palace. They can only leave with Emperor Huaming's decree. She cannot leave until the letter from Dayong arrives, but Ye Qingchen can.
She looked up and smiled, "Only when you leave can I feel at ease."
As long as Emperor Zhaoyuan does not issue an edict to strip her of her princess status, she will still be Princess Hezheng. Dayong and Shengguo have been enemies for many years. War is cruel, and a wise ruler does not want to bear this infamy.
She is now in an awkward situation and dares not implicate others anymore.
She comforted him, saying, "The spies have already sent the news back to Dayong. His Majesty wants me to commit suicide. With the princess sent for a marriage alliance dead, he will have a legitimate reason to send troops. It's killing two birds with one stone. The Gu family knows about this. My mother wants to take me away, but it's not that easy. I can't be a burden to her. I need you to go back and tell His Majesty to protect me. I can help him conquer the Central Plains."
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