"Are you...going to die?"
Yan Li was silent. Even breathing was painful for him, and every word he spoke was extremely difficult.
Hua Ling stirred the meat porridge in her bowl and spoke slowly after a while, "I'm used to living here and don't want to go out and face the chaos outside."
Yan Li raised his head and said in a hoarse voice: "You...can't survive."
Hanabishi suddenly dropped the spoon.
"You were the one who told me to give birth before leaving. Why don't you keep your word?"
Yan Li lowered his eyelids, his heart filled with pain and reluctance, his voice so soft that it seemed as if only he could hear it: "I thought... I could wait." But the price of betrayal was too high, and now he could not bear it anymore.
Hua Ling couldn't help but tear up. After spending so many days together, she had feelings for him. Among the four of them, he was the only one who was polite and not obsessed with money.
Tears welled up in her eyes, her lips trembled slightly, and Hua Ling choked out, "Where are you sending me?"
Yan Li restrained the urge to reach out to her: "Your Majesty will not hurt you."
But Hua Ling smiled bitterly and shook his head: "But he will hurt the baby in my belly."
Yan Li was stunned. He raised his head suddenly, clutching his chest, and trying hard to suppress the fishy-sweet taste in his throat: "The child in your belly...isn't it His Majesty's?"
Is it the Regent's? Or Xiaowu's...
Hua Ling wiped away a tear and said, "I have recovered my memory. That night in Ning Huan Palace, an assassin broke in and forced me. I'm not sure if it was your Majesty."
Yan Li's heart was filled with shock. He had heard that there was an assassin in the palace. His Majesty had sent out the twelve guards but failed to catch him. It turned out to be... He clenched his fists and felt sad for Hua Ling.
Yan Li wanted to say that he could avenge her, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly realized that he was in danger and his life would not last long, so he swallowed his words dejectedly.
He is a waste now.
Hua Ling seemed to see through Yan Li's thoughts and said softly, "Actually, I'm very grateful to you for letting me spend such a peaceful and tranquil time. Because of your care, my pregnancy went very well."
Hearing these words, something seemed to be quietly melting in the depths of Yan Li's dull eyes.
He raised his head, stared at Hua Ling, and responded with a slightly trembling voice: "As long as you don't resent me, that's enough..."
He stood up, took out a package from the room and handed it to her.
"This is the money I saved as a secret guard. It's not much, but I hope it's useful to you."
Li Yan, who once thought that 50 taels of silver from Wangxianlou was too expensive, wanted to give all his savings to her.
Hua Ling was touched: "I don't need your money. Do you have any relatives in the world? I'll give it to them for you."
Yan Li shook his head. He was an orphan adopted by the organization and had no relatives alive.
"Take it, pack your things, I'll take you out." He opened the exit mechanism.
"I..." Hua Ling clutched her stomach, "I'm afraid I can't leave."
Yan Li was shocked: "Are you going to give birth?"
Hua Ling nodded, her eyes revealing fear and helplessness about childbirth, and her body trembling slightly with pain.
Yan Li looked at Hua Ling's painful expression, and panic surged in his heart. His already pale face turned even paler. He didn't know where to put his hands, and seemed extremely bewildered.
"Don't panic!" Yan Li held on, "Lie down first. No, did your water break?"
Seeing that Hua Ling didn't understand, he ignored his shyness and explained, "It's just something like water flowing out."
Hua Ling: "No."
"Then go for a walk first, and give birth quickly."
After struggling for an hour, Hua Ling took two pills while Yan Li was boiling water.
"Wow--"
"It's born..." Yan Li threw the firewood away and staggered into the house.
Another baby cried, and Yan Li held his breath and became flustered.
Hua Ling was actually pregnant with twins, both boys, one looked like the emperor, and the other... looked like the regent.
Yan Li suddenly realized and clenched his fists. It turned out that he was the assassin that night.
Hua Ling was very weak after giving birth. Yan Li felt that he could not afford to die, so he was trying his best to stay alive every day.
Until one day, a civet cat broke in, followed by a dozen people.
"I never thought there would be a hidden world here. If the beast hadn't accidentally broken in, we would never have found this place."
"Look, what a beautiful woman! Let's capture her, rest here tonight, and reward our brothers!"
Yan Li's body was already at the end of its strength, and he could not resist more than a dozen strong men. He said anxiously: "Take the child and leave here quickly."
"I can't leave." Tears welled up in Hua Ling's eyes. She was surrounded by more than a dozen people. How could she run away, not to mention that she had two young children with her.
Seeing that Hua Ling was about to be abducted by these people, Yan Li felt a mysterious and powerful force surge from somewhere.
His body seemed to be on fire, bursting out with astonishing explosive power. He moved through the crowd like a ghost, and instantly cut the necks of more than a dozen people. His movements were so clean and neat that they were jaw-dropping.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Li's body fell down with a loud bang as if it had lost its support.
Bright red blood gushed out of his mouth.
Hua Ling was terrified and tried to wipe the blood from his mouth, but no matter how hard she tried, the blood continued to flow and could not be wiped away.
"Don't cry..." Yan Li raised his hand with difficulty, wanting to wipe the tears from Hua Ling's face, but Hua Ling held his hand tightly. Her beautiful face was already soaked with tears.
"Please don't die, okay?"
Yan Li used up his last bit of strength and smiled gently, but this smile was filled with endless bitterness and helplessness.
As the corners of his mouth twitched, more blood gushed out of his mouth, staining his pale lips red.
"I'm...very happy..."
He slowly closed his eyes, and the hand that Hua Ling was holding lost its strength and fell limply to his side.
"Yan Li, Yan Li!"
Yan Li died, and Hua Ling sat there blankly, staring at his corpse with empty eyes, as if she had lost her soul.
"Oh right, the magic bag... the magic bag..."
However, she searched through the brocade bag and found no usable pills inside.
Just as Hua Ling continued to be sad, "Bang!" something hit her head.
Hua Ling picked it up and asked, "Resurrection Pill?"
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Before the ice and snow melted, Fang Yunheng captured two more cities.
"Your Highness, someone came here with a child, saying it's..." The deputy general glanced at Fang Yunheng cautiously, "They say it's Your Highness's child."
Fang Yunheng's body shook.
Deputy General: "That man claims to be Li Yan, and he is now outside..." waiting.
Fang Yunheng rushed out like the wind with his sword in hand, and immediately saw the lonely figure outside the military camp, with his unsheathed sword placed on his shoulder.
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