Chapter 37 The best is yet to come
Xie Shouzheng lowered his voice and whispered to Lin Qingyue, "Deputy Envoy Lin, isn't it inappropriate to use public power for personal gain?"
Lin Qingyue said indifferently, "I don't mind being a widow."
Xie Shouzheng: “…”
"Deputy Envoy Lin, although I understand you very well, our Xuanjing Division's duty is to exorcise evil spirits and suppress demons, and to protect the peace of this area at all costs. Even if the Prince of Jin is a jerk... he's still a life, and we must save him if we can. To be honest, our Xuanjing Division has been reported by the censors many times. If we receive more complaints, I'm afraid we'll be disbanded!"
"I'll count to three. If you still refuse to hand over my wife, then I don't mind sending Prince Jin on his way first." Ah Heng was giving his final ultimatum. He didn't believe that any princess would not care about her husband's life or death.
Dongfang Yan wanted to resist, but his mind was unable to control his body. He could clearly feel the cold blade against his neck. The feeling of his life hanging by a thread was truly unpleasant.
"one!"
Lin Qingyue, do you really hate me so much? Do you really want to be a widow?
"two!"
The sword moved closer again, and Dongfang Yan could feel the sharp pain in his neck - it was really frustrating to die like this.
But, will Lin Qingyue save him?
The next moment, Lin Qingyue said, "Bring Yuanniang out!"
Seeing Yuanniang come out, Ah Heng immediately asked with concern: "Madam, how are you? Did they hurt you?"
Yuanniang shook her head.
Ah Heng said loudly, "Prepare the carriage. Please, Prince Jin, escort us away. No one else is allowed to follow. If you find a follower, you know the consequences!"
Lin Qingyue said to the palace guards, "Let them go. The Prince of Jin is so precious, no mistakes can be made."
In this way, Ah Heng, who broke into the Prince of Jin's Mansion alone, took Yuan Niang away, and Dongfang Yan personally served as the coachman and drove the carriage to send them away.
As the carriage and the people drove away, the guard leader asked Lin Qingyue worriedly: "Princess, are you really going to let them go like this? If anything happens to the prince..."
"Don't be impatient." Lin Qingyue smiled gently, "The best is yet to come!"
In the carriage, Ah Heng repeatedly confirmed that Yuanniang was unharmed, and only then did he feel relieved: "Luckily you're okay, otherwise I would never let the Princess of Jin go!"
Yuanniang asked him, "Did you really use my mayfly silk to harm others? When did you infect the Prince of Jin with the mayfly silk?"
She was a little annoyed: "Ah Heng, why do you have such crooked thoughts?"
Ah Heng gently stroked Yuanniang's aged face. "Because I want you to stay young forever. We have the ability to achieve immortality and youth, so why not use it? Yuanniang, I do all this for you!"
"But you've made a big mistake!" Yuanniang sighed. "The people at the Xuanjing Division already know everything. They won't let you go. They've even concocted a scented pill to identify parasites."
"So what? The Prince of Jin's Mansion is heavily guarded, but we still managed to get out, right?" He pointed outside the carriage door. "Look, that revered prince is now our coachman."
The coachman prince: "..." I want to torture you to death!
Yuan Niang said, "But there are many masters in the Xuanjing Division, and I've heard that their demon-killing formation is particularly powerful. They probably haven't reacted today, so they've let us go for now. Besides, they have the entire country behind them! How can you and I resist them?"
"Over the years, I have kept a low profile, fearing that my identity as a monster would be exposed. We must remember that there are always people better than us, and the more we are like this, the more cautious we must be."
"But I didn't expect you to... Oh, you are so confused!"
"My wife, am I really wrong?"
Ah Heng panicked for a moment, then suddenly tightened his grip on Yuanniang's hand and said, "My lady, please take the life-extending thread that remains in my body! I know that it was because you gave it to me that you became weak and old. If the life-extending thread returns to you, you will be able to recover to your prime. Then, you will be able to protect yourself, and even the entire Xuanjing Division may not be your opponent."
Yuanniang disagreed: "If I take the life-extending thread, what will you do? You will die!"
Ah Heng's eyes were red as he said, "Twenty years ago, my life had already come to an end. It was you, my lady, who saved my life with the life-extending thread and made me eternally young. Now, I am simply giving everything back to you."
"Husband..."
"My dear, please don't cry. Seeing you cry is more painful than death. You should have been free. I'm the one holding you back in this world. After I die, return to the mountains and cultivate yourself. I will die with no regrets as I'm able to be your wife in this life!"
"But I can't watch you die! When your life was about to end, I couldn't bear to see you go. It's the same now. No matter how many mistakes you have made, you are still my husband. As long as you are willing to turn back, I will protect you no matter what."
As she spoke, she spat out a crimson bead and said to Ah Heng, "This demon pill embodies all my cultivation. When the demon pill and the life-extending thread are combined, you will possess all my power."
As the demon pill was spit out, Yuanniang became weaker and weaker, and she even had to gasp for breath when speaking.
"In this way, the people from the Xuanjing Division will never be able to catch you again."
Ah Heng's face was illuminated by the fiery glow of the demon pill, and the life-extending thread in his body seemed to sense something and emitted a warm breath, eager to combine with it.
The life-extending thread only lent the demon's life to him and gained some control over the mayfly thread. But if he got the demon pill, it would be completely different.
He can call upon all the infected people and even create more mayfly silk to infect more people.
The greed in Ah Heng's eyes flashed away, and was quickly replaced by worry: "My wife, if you give me such an important thing, what will you do? Will you... die?"
Yuanniang shook her head. "No. I've just completely turned into an ordinary old woman. I can barely hold on for another year or two. But you're different. If you return the life-extending thread to me, you'll die immediately."
"In that case, why not concentrate all my strength on you, Ah Heng, to help us escape from the capital. Once we leave the capital and it's safe, you can return the demon pill to me."
"My wife, this is really a best of both worlds solution!" Ah Heng praised and immediately swallowed the demon pill into his mouth.
My body was getting hotter and hotter, and it seemed as if an endless supply of power was surging out.
Yuan Niang continued to instruct, "You must learn your lesson this time. You must never use the Mayfly Silk recklessly again! And as for that prince outside, release him once we leave the capital. In fact, Princess Jin promised me that if we're willing to let go, she can ask the Xuanjing Division to release us..."
She said a lot, but Ah Heng no longer had the patience to listen and ordered Dongfang Yan: "Go to the east of the city!"
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