Shanhe Festival 187. Take You Home (Part 2)

"Ari, I'm here to take you home."

"Xiu Yao..." In the carriage, Ye Li looked at the man in green clothes who was smiling and holding out his hand to her in a daze. The faint slanting sun shone on him through the shadows of the trees in the forest. Through the faint halo, Ye Li could clearly see that his face was paler and thinner than before. Somehow, Ye Li felt a pang in her heart, and before she could stop the crystal tears from falling from her eyes. Looking at the elegant woman in the carriage, his eyes fell on the tears falling from her eyes. Mo Xiu Yao's eyes suddenly became a little panicked, but he still stubbornly stretched out his hand to Ye Li, "A Li...A Li, are you blaming Xiu Yao for coming too late?"

Ye Li's eyelids fluttered slightly, and she realized that she had already shed tears. She quickly wiped them away and reached out her hand to the man outside the carriage.

Mo Xiuyao carefully carried her down from the carriage, but he refused to let her go. It was as if the person in his arms would disappear if he let go. He raised his hand and gently lifted up Ye Li's disguised face. She was still gentle and beautiful, but a little different from her previous beautiful face. Mo Xiuyao took out the handkerchief in his arms and carefully wiped off the little bit of makeup that covered her beautiful face, revealing her familiar and beautiful face.

"Ali..." Mo Xiuyao looked at the person in his arms in a daze, his eyes full of tenderness and compassion, "Ali... I will never let you leave me again."

Ye Li looked up and immediately fell into those eyes full of tenderness and compassion. She immediately felt that the cautiousness of these days disappeared without a trace, and she just wanted to rest quietly in the arms of the man in front of her. She nodded gently and said, "Well, we will never be separated again in the future." Ye Li sighed softly, and Mo Xiuyao's eyes lit up. He carefully held her in his arms, rubbed his handsome chin against her slender shoulders, and smiled, "Okay, it's a deal. Never separate again..."

Being left out, Tan Jizhi stared at the arrogant couple in front of him with an ugly face, but when his eyes fell on the guards who fell not far away, the anger in his eyes was quickly suppressed. The guards who followed secretly had not reacted yet, and it was obvious that they had been restrained or eliminated before they noticed. And just now, Mo Xiuyao arrived later and even easily solved several guards who blocked the way. This skill alone was enough to make him arrogant. Tan Jizhi never looked down on Mo Xiuyao and Dingguo Palace. Otherwise, he would not have carefully hidden behind Mo Jingqi for so many years and secretly manipulated everything, because he knew that once he exposed himself, what awaited him would be a fatal blow from Mo Xiuyao.

Su Zuidie... this jerk? !

At this point, he became even calmer. Whether he was willing or not, he had to admit that Su Zuidi had betrayed him. Behind his back, Tan Jizhi clenched his hands tightly, thinking quickly about how to get out of this situation.

"We've met the prince and the princess." Qin Feng and the others dealt with the guards secretly arranged by Tan Jizhi, and waited in the dark for a long time, but still no prince and princess called them. They couldn't help it and had to show up themselves, and as they wished, they received a sharp look from Mo Xiuyao in secret.

"I have seen the prince and princess!" Many people were scattered in the woods in groups of three or four, and they all saluted the two people. The seemingly random standing positions completely blocked Tan Jizhi's retreat. Seeing this, Tan Jizhi's face changed, and finally calmed down. Taking a step forward, Tan Jizhi smiled and said, "I have seen His Royal Highness Prince Ding." Mo Xiuyao seemed to have just discovered that there were outsiders here, and paid a little attention to him. Glancing at Tan Jizhi who bowed to greet him, Mo Xiuyao asked calmly, "Lord Tan, where do you want to take my princess?"

Tan Jizhi's heart sank, and he was a little undecided whether to take the gamble. If he won the gamble... maybe he still had a chance to leave here safely, but if he lost... no, if he didn't take this gamble, he would not be able to leave here alive today no matter what. And judging from the look on Prince Ding's face when he looked at him, it didn't look like he knew about that. Soon, Tan Jizhi had made up his mind, and he bowed his hands and smiled apologetically, "It's true that I was greedy for a moment and was wrong. Since the prince is already here, I also wish the prince and the princess a reunion with their family. For what happened today... I hope the prince will forgive me."

"Forgive me?" Mo Xiuyao smiled lightly, but it made people feel cold. He nodded gently and said, "I remember that Lord Tan almost took away my beloved concubine, and I am in a bad mood. If I accidentally hurt Lord Tan, please forgive me." After saying that, he seemed to have no interest in Tan Jizhi at all, and waved his hand and said, "Take him away and kill him." Tan Jizhi's heart tightened. He didn't expect Mo Xiuyao to be so decisive. He changed his mind and said, "Don't you want to know what your majesty thinks?"

Mo Xiuyao sneered and said a few words lightly, "Qin Feng, kill." After that, he leaned over and carefully picked up Ye Li and turned to leave. Being picked up like this in front of so many people, Ye Li moved uncomfortably. Mo Xiuyao smiled lightly and said, "Ali, don't move..." Ye Li frowned slightly, vaguely feeling that something was wrong with Mo Xiuyao, but couldn't tell what was wrong for a while. But when she met his gentle eyes that seemed to be dripping with water, she didn't know why she couldn't say anything, so she had to let him hold her like this.

Seeing him leaving, Tan Jizhi knew that once Mo Xiuyao and Ye Li left, he would be dead. Glancing at Ye Li who was held in Mo Xiuyao's arms, Tan Jizhi suddenly said, "Princess, don't you want to know how to cure the poison in Prince Ding's body?"

Ye Li was startled, but Mo Xiuyao seemed to be indifferent and walked out of the forest. Tan Jizhi said loudly: "Princess, do you really not want to know where the Blue Sky Flower is? Or do you think that the Ice and Fire Lotus can cure the poison of Prince Ding?" Not many people know that Princess Ding secretly searched for the Blue Sky Flower and made enemies with the third master of the Yanwang Pavilion for it. Ye Li was stunned for a moment and said: "Qin Feng, take him back." Mo Xiuyao snorted lightly, but did not refute Ye Li's words. He carried the person and walked out of the forest without looking back.

Qin Feng and the others who were left behind watched Mo Xiuyao's back with grim expressions as he left. They were taken away by the prince before they could even say a word to the princess. However, none of them, who had been in an extremely subtle and dangerous atmosphere these days, had the guts to stop Mo Xiuyao and talk about anything important or unimportant. Waving his hand to have Tan Jizhi and Shu Manlin taken away, Qin Feng glanced at Mo Hua, who was standing aside with a hesitant look on his face, and asked, "What's wrong?" Mo Hua said in a deep voice, "The prince's health..." Today is the day of the full moon. The prince's attacks have become more and more serious in the past few months. The attack began at noon on the day of the full moon last month. According to Shen Yang's speculation, the prince is definitely not feeling well now. But now... Qin Feng glanced in the direction where Mo Xiuyao left, hesitated for a moment and said: "Is it... okay?" It's nothing special when it comes on, it's just painful, and with the prince's concentration, there's basically no danger to his life. Besides, any medicine is useless for this, so it doesn't matter where the prince is and what he's doing now. The most important thing is that no one dares to disturb them now, "I'll have someone protect the prince and the princess."

Mo Hua nodded. Although this should have been the responsibility of the Dark Guard, Mo Hua also admitted in recent days that Qilin was better than the Dark Guard.

Leaning in Mo Xiuyao's arms, Ye Li suddenly felt more at ease than ever before. Although she appeared calm and composed on the surface these days, she was very inconvenient to move because she was several months pregnant. How could she really feel relaxed and at ease in her heart? Especially when she was with Tan Jizhi, it seemed that every casual joke was carefully calculated and thought out. At this moment, she suddenly relaxed and felt sleepy. She rubbed against Mo Xiuyao's chest and felt a little drowsy. "Xiuyao... where are you going?"

Mo Xiuyao lowered his head to look at her half-closed eyes and smiled softly, "Go to sleep if you're tired."

Ye Li shook her head and forced herself to open her eyes to look at the road ahead that was getting more and more remote. If you pay attention, you will find that even Mo Xiuyao himself does not have a fixed goal. He just keeps walking forward on the secluded path. Ye Li does not know where Mo Xiuyao wants to take her, but she can feel the rare persistence and determination in Mo Xiuyao's eyes. She sighed and said, "Xiuyao, I'm a little tired. Let's take a rest before we go on, okay?"

"Tired?" Mo Xiuyao looked down at her and found that her thin face was tired and there was a faint shadow under her eyelids. Looking around, Mo Xiuyao took Ye Li up into the air and flew over the treetops on the roadside to the roadside on the opposite hill.

Behind him, Qin Feng quietly followed and grabbed Mo Hua who wanted to fly over. Mo Hua turned around and glared at him in dissatisfaction. Qin Feng shrugged and said, "Don't you see that the prince just wants to avoid us and keeps moving forward? If you follow him, the prince will have to move forward again."

Mo Hua stopped talking without saying anything, frowned and said, "The safety of the prince and princess..."

Qin Feng rolled his eyes at the sky, then picked a flat stone beside the mountain road and sat down. "The Mohist Army is all here at the foot of the mountain, and there are also secret guards and Qilin in the middle. If the assassins get in, we'll be dead. Let's jump down from here together."

Mo Hua was silent for a moment, and then quietly sat down on the stone beside him. Qin Feng leaned against the stone, looked at the azure sky and sighed happily: "The sky is so blue..."

Mo Xiuyao looked back at the opposite side, holding Ye Li, turned around the foot of the mountain and turned into another more remote path. Soon he found a secluded and flat place and sat down with Ye Li in his arms. Then he smiled triumphantly at her and said, "Finally got rid of them." Ye Li was speechless, and finally realized that she had felt something was wrong before. She had never seen Mo Xiuyao like this. In the past, even if Mo Xiuyao would deliberately tease her occasionally, he would smile triumphantly at her after success. But that smile was always gentle and confident, and even if it was gentle, it still made people feel strong and at ease. But now, Mo Xiuyao's triumphant smile carried a hint of willfulness and recklessness.

"Xiu Yao...what's wrong with you?" Ye Li frowned and raised her hand to touch his pale face. "I'm sorry for making you worry."

Mo Xiuyao buried his face in her hair and said in a muffled voice: "Ali, I want to kill them."

Ye Li was stunned. "They? Who?"

"Everyone!" Mo Xiuyao's voice was filled with murderous intent. He tied Ye Li tightly in his arms and said, "Kill everyone... Those who hurt Ah Li... They all deserve to die! And those annoying guys, I only want Ah Li... Everyone else should die!" Ye Li's heart trembled. She pushed Mo Xiuyao away slightly with some trembling, and raised his face that was buried in her hair, looking at the murderous intent and cruelty on Mo Xiuyao's face that had not yet been concealed. Mo Xiuyao also saw his own appearance in her eyes, and the gentleness he had pretended to be was gone. In fact... Mo Xiuyao had never been truly gentle, and he had never felt that there was anything wrong. But in Ye Li's eyes, he undoubtedly looked ugly. Ye Li easily took off the mask on his face. The slightly ugly scar on the left side of his face and the remaining ruthless murderous aura on his face made him look not like the gentle and cold Prince Dingguo in people's eyes in the past, but more like a deadly Shura from hell.

"Are you afraid of me, A-Li..." Mo Xiuyao stared at the woman in his arms, his tone was full of grievance and fragility, but the arrogance on his face was even worse. Gentle and indifferent, calm and wise, that was always a pretense. The real him always loved and hated clearly and acted recklessly. The former Mo Xiuyao was high-spirited in the capital, beating the dandy and the royal family with a long whip. The precious sword in his hand could kill gods and Buddhas. But now, Mo Xiuyao, without that layer of pretense, is already covered with wounds, full of hatred and murder. He is no longer the bright and beautiful boy like fire. He didn't know whether he should be glad that A-li had never seen his former glory or resentful that he could only give her the imperfect self he is now, "A-li..."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Ye Li sighed, sat up and kissed him gently on the lips. She didn't know how the man in front of her had been through the past few months, but she knew clearly that his worries, pain and resentment at this moment were all because of her. Holding his neck, Ye Li looked at him seriously and whispered: "Xiu Yao, no matter what happens, I will not leave you. Here..." She took his hand and gently covered the bulging belly, and said softly: "There is already our baby here. Xiu Yao... Soon, we will have a complete family."

Mo Xiuyao was stunned. In fact, he didn't notice the child at all from the beginning. Fortunately, he was too careful to hold Ye Li, so he didn't hurt the child. He stared at his subordinate's already big belly in a daze, and felt his subordinate's occasional slight movements. Mo Xiuyao frowned, hugged Ye Li in his arms again, and said sullenly: "I hate children! Ah Li, I only want you..." Ye Li blinked, looking at the willful man in front of her like a child, but couldn't say a word of anger. Mo Xiuyao never hated children. When they were in love, he also looked forward to the arrival of the child. Soon, Ye Li understood why he reacted like this. It was because she was inconvenient to move with the child that she walked slowly all the way when evacuating. Mo Xiuyao blamed her fall on the child. She helplessly comforted the man who was rarely in a bad mood, "I love him... He is our child..."

Mo Xiuyao's body stiffened slightly, and he raised his head again and stared at her closely. Ye Li looked at him puzzledly and asked softly, "What's wrong?" Mo Xiuyao pursed his lips and said nothing, just staring at her intently.

Ye Li sighed helplessly. It was hard to guess what a bad-tempered man was thinking. Mo Xiuyao looked at her for a long while, then moved his gaze to her round belly, his eyes filled with anger and jealousy. Ye Li was stunned, and couldn't help but smile when she recalled what she had just said. Reaching out and lifting Mo Xiuyao's face to face her, Ye Li smiled softly and whispered in his ear: "Xiuyao, I love the baby because... I love his father more... Do you understand?"

In an instant, it was as if spring had returned to the earth. The originally gloomy eyes were filled with soft starlight. Mo Xiuyao lowered his head and kissed the slightly sweet lips fiercely. He had never thought that there were such touching words in the world. He couldn't help but want to indulge in them and never wake up, "Ali...Ali, I love you...Mo Xiuyao only loves Ali in this life..."

Ye Li raised her hands to hold his shoulders and responded to the long-awaited kiss, "I know... me too..."

Under the setting sun, on the quiet hillside, the two who had reunited after a long separation exchanged their love and thoughts for each other. Their lips and tongues blended into one, and Mo Xiuyao tightly held the graceful woman in front of him in his arms, "Ari...Ari, no one can take you away from me..."

"Xiu Yao..."

The evening breeze blew gently, bringing a touch of coolness to the hot summer. Ye Li opened her eyes and looked at the man who was sleeping on the hillside with her in his arms, and couldn't help but smile. They were too tired. Two adults actually fell asleep sitting here without any protection. If their enemies knew about this, they would be so sad. Mo Xiuyao opened his eyes immediately when she moved, "Ali?" Ye Li smiled soothingly, "It's okay, rest for a while if you are tired, we will go back later." Since it was already so late, it didn't matter if it was a little later. Mo Xiuyao's brows were still wrinkled even in his sleep, which made Ye Li feel a little sad.

Mo Xiuyao closed his eyes again, buried his face in Ye Li's arms and inhaled the familiar fragrance. His wrinkled brows gradually relaxed, and the familiar pain gradually spread from his legs to all parts of his body, but he didn't want to pay attention to it. After these few months, he realized that the pain once a month was nothing at all. Sometimes he even looked forward to such pain. Because only when he felt such severe pain could he ignore the darkness and coldness in his heart that seemed like a bottomless pit. Only then could he suppress the crazy thoughts that wanted to destroy everything. Now it's like this... very good...

Ye Li lowered her head and gently flicked off the leaves that had fallen on his shoulders. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on his dark hair. Ye Li's hand paused for a moment, and her fingertips trembled slightly. She carefully touched his hair, and a wisp of gray was revealed between the dark hair. She raised her hand and gently stroked the hair, and her fingers were gradually stained with a light black color. Suddenly, her beautiful eyes were filled with water, and pearls slid down her cheeks like a broken string.

"Ali..." Mo Xiuyao called softly.

"It's okay, go to sleep. The wind is very comfortable." Ye Li smiled softly, and drops of crystal tears silently slid down, soaking the back of her hand.

"Um."