Chapter 186 The Abandoned

The coal ball floated in the air without moving. It was not afraid at all and just stood there watching Xuan Lin stride towards it.

Xuan Lin had just taken two steps forward when the door of the palace was suddenly slammed open. The eunuch who rushed in was tripped and fell face down into the palace.

Xuan Lin frowned at the sight. Before he could say anything, he heard the old lady supervisor scream, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! It's bad... General Qi... General Qi has rebelled! The leader of the Muyuyi was on his way to support us, and he... he also fell into the trap and was captured alive!"

Xuan Lin was struck by lightning. He heard a buzzing sound in his ears, but he couldn't hear clearly: "...what?"

"Your Majesty...you should leave quickly...the city gate has been breached, and the army of Sheng has broken through the palace guards and is heading this way!"

The eunuch's voice was hysterical, and he was trembling obviously. Xuan Lin stared blankly ahead. The palace guards in the hall had packed up and fled at some point, leaving Xuan Lin alone in the huge palace.

Xuan Lin's face wrinkled. He pushed the things on the table down and roared, "Get out! Get out! Impossible! This is impossible!"

"The border had not been breached yesterday, how could the Sheng army reach the imperial city today?!" Xuan Lin muttered to himself. He staggered a step, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and suddenly raised his head to look up, "It's you again--"

The coal ball allowed Xuan Lin to grab its body and smash it to the ground. High-intensity electric current leaked out of its body, shocking half of Xuan Lin's body and making him almost unconscious.

Xuan Lin cried out in pain as he was tripped by the memorial on the ground and his forehead hit the armrest of the dragon chair.

"Luo Yuxuan." Three Chinese characters slowly appeared on the coal briquette panel. Its voice was mechanical and flat, without any extra emotion. "You are going too far."

Xuan Lin fell to the ground, and the noise of soldiers fighting outside came in. Layer after layer of sound poured into Xuan Lin's ears, but he seemed to have heard nothing at all, and just looked up at the coal ball in a daze.

"…What did you say?"

Coal Ball said nothing more.

"Luo Yuxuan...haha..." Xuan Lin didn't know what nerves were touched. He lowered his head and suddenly laughed, "You still remember my name is Luo Yuxuan? I thought you had forgotten me a long time ago."

Xuan Lin stood up with the help of the table. The sound of fighting outside was getting more and more intense, but he didn't care at all. He just held on to Meiqiu's body tightly, with bloodshot eyes.

"What the hell did you bring me to?! Tell me, what the hell did you bring me to?! You left me here alone, do you know how I survived these past few years?!"

Luo Yuxuan was not an ancient person. He lived in a metropolis where technology was developing rapidly. Although he was not a wealthy man during his lifetime, he had some money and bought a house in the city center.

He worked diligently and conscientiously throughout his life, but eventually died of overwork.

The coal ball brought him to this world. It was it that said that it would bring Luo Yuxuan to the pinnacle of his life, and it was it that said that it would turn Luo Yuxuan into a dragon among men.

But what is the result?

Luo Yuxuan had only been here for two or three days when Meiqiu abandoned him and left. He could not read or know anyone, and sometimes he could not understand what the ancients said. He dared to stay in his own bedroom all day.

There was still dead energy accumulated in Xuan Lin's body. After Luo Yuxuan entered this body, he suffered from illness day and night.

The empress is not his, and neither are his subordinates. The situation in Yue State is turbulent, and Luo Yuxuan is forced to replace Xuan Lin's identity to deal with the eunuchs. He is even assassinated and his life is hanging by a thread.

But how did the people around him treat him? Empress Zhaoxian was suspicious of him, and the rest of them were full of calculations, all ready to take over the throne under him.

...Who can help him?

Luo Yuxuan was terrified day and night. After he woke up from a serious illness and fell into a coma, he saw the person who was treating him by his bedside.

He was wearing a white jade robe, and his skin was as white as porcelain enamel. He lowered his eyes to treat Luo Yuxuan's wound. Perhaps due to the fatigue of many days, there were bruises under his eyes. He was unaware of it. His fingertips stayed on Luo Yuxuan's wrist for a moment and then pulled away. The only warmth left was that it continued to spread deeply on Luo Yuxuan's arm.

"Your Majesty, are you awake?" Seeing Luo Yuxuan awake, the man smiled at him. His thin lips curled slightly, and his eyes were filled with starlight.

Luo Yuxuan remembered that scene for many years.

If Su Yu was not the male protagonist, Luo Yuxuan might have tried to love him.

But he happens to be the male protagonist, and Xuan Lin's lifeless body can only be completely healed by drinking his blood.

They have come to this point because they are not destined to be together. The world has separated them, and Luo Yuxuan has to find a way to keep himself alive.

"What the hell is this place?" A sarcastic laugh came from inside the coal ball.

"Luo Yuxuan, in this damn place, you became the emperor without any effort. You are clothed in fine clothes and fed with delicious food, and you are worshipped by thousands of people. I told you all the news of this world, but how did you do it? Do you dare to say that you were forced to do those things you did to Shuyu?!"

"Isn't it?!" Luo Yuxuan's forehead was bulging with veins, "Isn't this your fault? You made me like this! All this is because of you!"

The coal ball was entangled with electric current. It knocked Luo Yuxuan away and floated into the air, muttering to itself: "Yes... yes... I was wrong..."

"This is all because of me...so I want to correct my mistakes."

Luo Yuxuan sneered: "What? You want to wipe me out? I tell you I didn't violate any rules, you can't wipe me out!"

The coal briquette stared at it without reacting.

The noise outside was getting louder and louder, and soldiers had already rushed into the hall.

Luo Yuxuan immediately changed direction upon seeing this. Xuan Lin had built a secret escape passage earlier. He pressed the hidden button behind the dragon chair and ran straight to the secret passage.

"You can't kill me... You can't kill me... I am the emperor..."

A secret door in the wall had moved back, revealing a gap in the secret passage. Luo Yuxuan strode towards it, beads of sweat dripping down his forehead, and suddenly stopped in front of the door.

"...Jade?"

Shen Yu was still wearing the palace maid's clothes he had borrowed when he was hiding. He held the sword in one hand and seemed to have been waiting for Xuan Lin for a long time. "Your Majesty, where are you going?"

Luo Yuxuan's lips turned pale, and Shen Yu's beautiful face appeared in his pupils. After a second or two of thought, he immediately ran in another direction.

“No…no…”

There is more than one exit from the palace, there are many other paths.

The folds of the imperial robe on Luo Yuxuan's body and the crown had been thrown to who knows where. His vision was hazy, the light and shadow on the coal ball mixed with purple, and the faces of all kinds of people passed by him, and he could hardly distinguish between illusion and reality.

"Xuan Lin...Luo Yuxuan...Xuan Lin..."

Luo Yuxuan staggered forward. The sound of the arrow breaking through the air buzzed in his ears for a moment, and he suddenly fell to the ground of the palace under the force.

The long arrow pierced his chest, and Luo Yuxuan fell to the ground, unable to help coughing up blood. He raised his head, only to feel his surroundings blurry, and he could no longer recognize the faces of the people who walked into the hall.

"Jade..." Luo Yuxuan chuckled. He widened his eyes, trying to see the figure of the man holding the longbow clearly.

White jade face, red phoenix eyes, dark black hair behind the eyes, thin lips yet still speak softly.

It was the same look that Luo Yuxuan had seen at first.

Luo Yuxuan seemed to be trying hard to recall the past, but when he looked to the side, he was frightened by the ghost-like raised scar on the right side of the man's face.