In the epilogue of Chapter 108, it seems he truly can't win her back.
Without even glancing at him, she stared warily at Dao Yidao Er.
The twins' hearts skipped a beat, and Dao Yi even stepped forward anxiously, saying, "Miss Yun Huang Yun Xi, please don't be impulsive."
The two had always stayed by Xiao Shenjing's side and had witnessed Yun Xida assassinate the emperor multiple times.
She's incredibly audacious and dares to do anything. If you really anger her, she might just drag His Majesty down with her.
Compared to the two men's shock, Xiao Shenjing, who was being held hostage, remained eerily calm.
He even found that his limbs were numb and stiff, and he couldn't exert any force.
Xiao Shenjing's voice was filled with anger, "Yunxi, what have you done to me?"
Yunxi said without any politeness, "It's a pity there's too little poison, otherwise..."
Otherwise, she wouldn't have needed to stall for time with him like this.
Realizing the unspoken words, Xiao Shenjing's mind went blank for a moment, and he felt his blood rush to his head again. Enraged to the extreme, the emperor had no choice but to grit his teeth and suppress his rage.
He endured it until the veins on his neck bulged.
He asked with utmost patience, "Are you still harboring resentment, thinking that I killed Fan Zishi?"
"I will investigate all of this myself."
Xiao Shenjing suppressed his anger and tried to explain and appease her, "I absolutely did not order them to be killed. Give me some time, and I will definitely investigate and find out the truth."
"Then I believe you. Will you let Xu Yuansi go?" Yun Xi was silent for a few moments, then suddenly asked, "Will you let him go, as if he never existed?"
“You know it’s impossible!” he interrupted her violently.
Yunxi remained silent.
"So, you'd do anything for him?" He closed his eyes awkwardly, his throat churning as if he were swallowing charcoal.
"You still don't believe me?" Yunxi's dagger was firmly pressed against his throat.
If it were just an inch closer, it could pierce the thin skin and flesh, and then plunge into the other person's blood vessels.
"Including dying with me?" Xiao Shenjing suddenly chuckled and asked.
"What are you saying?" Yun Xi frowned suddenly, a chill creeping over her. Xiao Shenjing's reaction was completely unexpected; there was no fear, only a kind of calm madness.
"Hahahaha!" Xiao Shenjing didn't answer, but suddenly threw his head back and burst into a deafening laugh. He laughed so unrestrainedly, so wildly, his body trembling violently, completely ignoring the dagger pressed against his neck that had already slashed through his flesh with his wild movements!
A trickle of crimson blood seeped out instantly, like an eerie red plum blossom blooming in the snow, meandering down his neck and spreading a small patch of dark red at his collar.
"Your Majesty!" Dao Yi and Dao Er exclaimed in unison, their voices filled with shock and fear. They instinctively wanted to step forward, but Yun Xi's cold gaze kept them rooted to the spot.
Xiao Shenjing, however, turned a deaf ear.
He stood in the biting cold wind and bitter snow, laughing so hard he was doubled over, the veins on his neck bulging like coiled dragons. He laughed like a complete madman, as if he were struggling to breathe.
"Archers!" he suddenly shouted, looking down.
The inspectors then seemed to wake from a dream and immediately took out their bows and arrows at the emperor's command.
The cold arrowheads reflected a suffocating glint in the snowlight; the bowstring was taut, and the arrowheads, gleaming with a deathly light, were aimed at the two men.
"What are you doing!" Dao Er's expression changed drastically.
The inspectors realized what they were doing and immediately put their bows and arrows down.
"Miss Yunxi, please don't get agitated!" Dao Yi was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he waved his hands repeatedly at Yunxi.
"Quickly, put down the bow and arrows!" Dao Er shouted.
"Who dares!" Xiao Shenjing glared at these people.
When the emperor is enraged, who dares to disobey? The inspector gritted his teeth and shakily drew his bow.
"Your Majesty, you mustn't!" Dao Yi and Dao Er knelt down on the ground with a thud, pleading.
There was a carriage behind Yunxi; she was not a woman who could not even kill a chicken.
She even possesses inner strength; even if archers have a chance to kill her, the blade in her hand will surely kill His Majesty before they even arrive.
Nobody wants to gamble.
He dared not gamble when it involved the king's command.
"Xiao Shenjing, since you're so eager to die, then I'll grant your wish." Yunxi immediately understood Xiao Shenjing's intention. The sharp blade in her hand, which had retreated half an inch, immediately and steadily moved closer.
The sharp point mercilessly pierced his neck.
Xiao Shenjing asked in a hoarse voice, "Then why haven't you made a move yet?"
"You're so eager to die because you think I'll die with you?"
Yunxi sneered. She stood barefoot on the biting snow, and her words were colder than the snow itself.
“I will not die with you,” she said resolutely. “I will use your corpse as arrows, and your body will be riddled with holes.”
Words devoid of any warmth are sharper than the sharpest arrow.
They shot into the emperor's body one by one.
It felt like a thousand arrows piercing my heart.
The pain caused Xiao Shenjing's eyes to glaze over for a moment.
As if unable to bear the intense pain, he slowly raised his head, letting the snowflakes fall all over his face, letting the coldness hit his face, as if only in this way could he endure this extreme pain.
"Do you hate me that much?" His voice was almost unsteady.
"It's not just hatred, I loathe you, I hate you, I wish you were dead."
It's so cold.
Xiao Shenjing felt as if the wind had passed right through his body.
He slowly turned his head, glanced at Yunxi, and said as if explaining to her, "I am the Emperor of Jing, and even if I die, I will never allow the future Turkic Khan to escape."
Realizing something, Yunxi frowned slightly, but the sharp blade in her hand didn't move an inch.
"He's truly heartless," Xiao Shenjing scoffed.
His voice was filled with sarcasm.
But it's unclear whether it's directed at him or someone else.
"But Yunxi, even so, I still can't bear to see you die." Xiao Shenjing tried to move his arms, but they seemed to be completely numb from the cold, devoid of any feeling. He couldn't struggle; even standing up was a struggle, his eyes bloodshot.
"As you said, use my corpse as arrows. You stay well behind me."
"I am tall enough to withstand all harm."
After he finished speaking, he turned his head sharply and shouted, "Release the arrows!"
These two words struck like a thunderclap.
"No, no, Your Majesty, please reconsider!" Dao Yi and Dao Er were terrified, almost collapsing to their knees on the cold snow, their voices filled with sobs and extreme fear. "Your Majesty! You mustn't! Everything is negotiable! Miss Yunxi, please put down your swords, and everything will be fine!"
However, Xiao Shenjing ignored him. His gaze was fixed on the archers who had drawn their bows but not yet released their arrows, as if he wanted to pierce their souls.
Because of his movements and agitation, the wound on his neck, slashed by the dagger, bled even faster, staining a larger area of his robe red.
"Fire! Arrows!" Each word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, filled with the stench of blood and the madness of mutual destruction: "If you dare not fire arrows, I will immediately exterminate your entire clan! Not a single one will be spared!"
The words "extermination of nine generations of relatives" were like the heaviest shackles, instantly gripping the throats of all the archers. The soldiers, who had been hesitating and whose arms were trembling, lost all color in their faces.
Fear overwhelmed everything.
The cold arrowheads regained their footing, the fingers that were pulling the string turned white from the effort, and the bow was stretched to its limit, emitting a faint, teeth-grinding groan.
The deadly glint of light, like the gaze of death, once again firmly locked onto the figure holding the emperor hostage, as well as the emperor himself.
"Don't move! Don't move!" Dao Er was almost going crazy.
"No!" Dao Yi's eyes were bloodshot. "Your Majesty, you must live for the people of Jing Kingdom, for the world! And the young master, and Yuanxiao, he is not even three years old yet, he doesn't understand anything. Your Majesty, you must teach him how to govern the country, otherwise, if something happens to you, the world will be in chaos, Your Majesty."
Lantern Festival.
Yunxi pursed her lips and suddenly spoke up, "You guys talk too much nonsense."
She held the sharp blade firmly in her hand and said to Dao Yidao'er, "Send Xu Yuansi to me immediately, and retreat fifty li."
"Fine." "You dare?"
Dao Yi's immediate agreement and Xiao Shenjing's angry shout rang out simultaneously.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being unable to comply." Dao knelt down, bowing to the ground. "You are the hope of the world, the hope of the people. You can cut off all our heads, but you must not die."
All the inspectors put away their arrows and knelt down in unison.
Xiao Shenjing abruptly closed his eyes, and then in the next instant, the extremely furious emperor, despite being paralyzed by poison all over his body, turned his head and rammed his neck into Yun Xi's sharp blade.
"Your Majesty!" Dao Yi and Dao Er's eyes were bloodshot, their souls seemed to have left their bodies, and their voices were so shrill that they were distorted!
This was completely beyond everyone's expectations!
Yunxi's expression changed. As she sheathed her blade, she used one hand to twist Xiao Shenjing's arm back, instantly immobilizing the poisoned man.
He wanted to die but couldn't.
This was undoubtedly a great humiliation for an emperor.
He was consumed by rage.
A metallic taste rose in his throat, which he forced down. He turned his head and glared angrily at Yunxi, "Didn't you want to kill me? Go ahead and kill me! Why aren't you doing it?"
"Kill me!" he roared, using almost all the last of his strength. His numb body couldn't keep up, making him look like a wild beast struggling for its life. "I'm willing to die by your hand. You'll remember me for the rest of your life, Yunxi, kill me! Kill me!"
The roar echoed through the wind and snow.
Yunxi pursed her lips and angrily said to Dao Yi, "Retreat fifty miles immediately."
"Bring Xu Yuansi to me." She narrowed her eyes, increasing her leverage. "You know what kind of person I am. If I can't save Xu Yuansi, I'll drag Xiao Shenjing down with me."
Dao Yi gritted his teeth and waved to the people behind him.
Everyone silently retreated, and soon they all disappeared from the spot.
Xiao Shenjing could no longer hold on and staggered.
His numb knees thudded onto the snow.
He was breathing heavily, his numb body making each breath extremely difficult and painful, and this feeling of physical loss of control only added fuel to the fire!
He stared intently at Yunxi's eyes, which remained cold and seemingly indifferent.
She could be soft on anyone, but she would never be soft on him, never on Xiao Shenjing.
She really hates him that much.
This is more painful than death.
"Yunxi, you won't kill me!" he sneered.
Even kneeling before her, the emperor remained aloof and disdainful.
"Because you're afraid," his voice was full of mockery, "afraid that if I die at your hands, that lowly barbarian will be torn to pieces and die right in front of you!"
Yunxi held him down tightly, looked into his bloodshot eyes, and remained silent for a moment.
"Do you know?" His voice slowly broke, filled with an unspeakable brokenness and sorrow, "What have I ever worried about you? I'm afraid you'll act impulsively, afraid you'll be hot-blooded, afraid you'll be stubborn, afraid you'll hurt yourself, afraid you'll hurt yourself for others, but you don't care about yourself at all!"
The emperor knelt on the cold snow, blood from his neck rolling onto the ground.
It resembles a withered plum blossom in full bloom.
"You don't care about anything, you did it all for him, for a foreign scumbag!" His throat felt like it had been slashed open, every word Xiao Shenjing uttered seemed to be stained with his heart's blood. "You risked your life time and time again, even your life, you didn't even care about the Lantern Festival!"
"Xiao Shenjing, if you care about Yuanxiao, you should stop." Yunxi was also furious, and the tip of her knife pierced deeper by an inch. "Let Xu Yuansi go, let me go. As long as you don't bother me again in this life, I can live a good life."
“But we could be together properly,” he growled hoarsely, his voice cracking from numbness and excruciating pain.
"Do you even understand? There's never any possibility between us in this lifetime." Yunxi interrupted him without any politeness.
Cold-hearted and indifferent, she was as cold as a block of ice that could never be warmed up.
He can turn into a warm spring breeze to anyone he meets, except for Xiao Shenjing.
"Why?" he asked with great difficulty, kneeling on the snow.
"Why?" Yun Xi's voice rang out above him, icy cold, devoid of any warmth, even carrying a sharp sneer. Her condescending gaze was as if looking at a stranger. "From the moment you abandoned me, there was no possibility between us! Xiao Shenjing, did you hear me clearly?"
Like a final judgment, with a resolute determination to sever all ties, she said, word by word, "You and I will never, ever be together!"
"forever"
boom!
In that instant, Xiao Shenjing's raised head seemed to be struck hard by an invisible hammer, drooping sharply for a moment before struggling to lift it again with great difficulty, as if on the verge of death.
The anger in his bloodshot eyes vanished, replaced by a vast emptiness. He finally realized with absolute clarity that he could never win back her heart.
It's no use doing anything now.
This realization was more painful than any knife to the neck or any deadly poison, causing him to feel as if he were being pierced by a thousand arrows, and to feel like he was dying!
How could he accept that?
He had lost her once before!
He had tasted that excruciating pain, those days spent lying awake on the cold imperial bed until dawn, that emptiness that even heavy official duties could not fill, that feeling of being worse than dead—it had almost drained him of all his vitality, turning him into a cold shell walking on the pinnacle of power!
How could he accept losing her again? How could he go back to that living hell where there was no light and only endless cold?
He knew he shouldn't say "Yunxi".
He knew perfectly well that this was the most despicable and inappropriate tactic!
But this was almost the last remaining connection between him and her.
If even this can't make her turn back, if he cuts off even this last bit of connection, then what else can he do? What else can he use to hold onto her?
"Yunxi, we still have a child."
He was breathing heavily, each word feeling like it was tearing his heart apart: "Can you please think about it again for the sake of the child?"
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