Time ticked by, and it felt like an eternity to Lian Jingzhi, so long that it drove him almost mad. Why was it so far? He was going crazy; he was scared, truly scared.
"Please take good care of... Rong'er..."
'bite'
Time's up.
His breathing gradually slowed, and finally stopped. Lian Jingzhi stopped, stiffly lowered his head, and touched the tip of his nose with trembling fingers. One second, two seconds, ten seconds, one minute, two minutes...
There was no breathing.
Tears fell silently, landing on Shen Ye's lips, mingling with the blood to form a vibrant, alluring red, like a spider lily.
Shen Ye died.
Winter is almost over and spring is coming. Tree branches and grass are sprouting tender buds, and all kinds of flowers are vying to bloom.
Lian Jingzhi felt incredibly lonely this spring; the whole world seemed empty...
"So, you've been deeply in love with me all along, but I didn't know it. I thought my feelings for you were just a passing infatuation. Changjun, I don't want the imperial seal anymore, I just want you. Please don't leave me, okay?"
"I'll give you whatever you want, I'll grant you whatever you want to do, even if you want to be emperor, I'll conquer this empire for you..."
"Don't you dislike Han Yunqi? I'll divorce her and kill her, as long as you're happy. I beg you, don't abandon me."
"Didn't you say you loved me? Didn't you say you liked me? I like you too, I love you too, Changjun... Changjun, I love you too, can you hear me? I love you too."
When everyone finished cleaning up the battlefield and arrived, Lian Jingzhi was sitting on the ground holding Shen Ye, talking non-stop, but the person in his arms kept his eyes closed the whole time.
For a moment, the surroundings were eerily quiet. The deathly silence spread like a plague, permeating every cell of every person's body. The air was so heavy that it felt as if it were about to collapse, making it impossible to breathe.
Everyone was extremely careful, and no one knew how much time had passed—so long that everyone kneeling on the ground had numb legs.
He held him like that, and warm, liquid drops splattered down his face.
Chengqian and Xuanyin had never seen Lian Jingzhi like this before, but they vaguely felt that something had taken away Lian Jingzhi's soul.
"ah--"
The heart-wrenching roar stunned everyone; even Jingzhi's expression was one of terror, as if he had lost the entire world.
"You lied to me! You clearly said you loved me, you said it with your own mouth!"
Lian Jingzhi's roar was filled with sobs, panic, despair, regret, and helplessness...
The blood-red setting sun gradually sank in the west, painting the entire earth crimson and casting a long, somewhat lonely shadow of Lian Jingzhi.
"Xuan Yin." A cold voice rang out, and it was hard to imagine that the owner of the voice was the same person who had just shouted so heart-wrenchingly.
"Your subordinate is here."
“Go to Yu Changjun’s house, dig out the box under the bed, bring it to the palace, and hand it over to me.”
Upon receiving the order, Xuan Yin set off without delay.
"Xiao Zhuang, take Changjun back to the manor and take good care of her."
"yes."
"Chengqian, take my military tally and summon the army stationed outside the city to surround the entire palace; Chengjin, open the south gate and welcome Xuanyin." Lian Jingzhi stood up, his eyes bloodshot, his right hand dripping blood as he gripped his sword tightly, his bones protruding and his joints cracking.
"The rest of the soldiers, listen to my command! Follow me and force the emperor to abdicate!" As he said this, his eyes turned even redder, almost as if they were about to bleed.
Lian Jingzhi led a small number of soldiers straight to the palace. He killed the emperor because the emperor had killed his eldest son and therefore deserved to die.
He used the long-lost imperial seal to support a prince who was not favored to ascend the throne.
"Wait for me. No matter where you are, I will find you and follow you."
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