Chapter 109: The King Wants His Subject to Die, the Sun and the Moon Are Clear
Shang Yuwan's eyes were extremely cold.
"If I remember correctly, I also saved the Yue family's life."
"Eight years ago, your little daughter went to the temple to burn incense and was harassed by a few ignorant hooligans. She was just one step away from being devoured by those vicious wolves."
"It was me!" Shang Yuwan gritted her teeth, "It was me who saved her. It was me who took the fatal blow for her!"
"Over a dozen courageous individuals, both civil and military officials, have stood up to plead for our Shang family. Which of them can't see our Shang family's loyalty? Which of them can't see that we abide by the law?! But what about you?!"
"I begged you! I knelt on the ground and begged you! I begged you not to kill Qi'er, but you still shot him through with an arrow!"
Yue Zhu wanted to explain: "You have granted too many favors to civil and military officials. In the eyes of the emperor, this is tantamount to forming a clique for personal gain..."
Shang Yuwan's eyes were filled with hatred as he angrily said, "That's because he never thought of leaving us a chance to survive!!!"
Otherwise, why would she have started planning since she was five years old? A five-year-old child, a child whose father was not around and whose mother died early, surrounded by wolves, tigers and leopards, all with pairs of bloodshot eyes.
In order to keep the Shang family alive and well, what else can Shang Yuwan do besides studying hard, making friends everywhere, and putting on layer after layer of invisible protection for the Shang family?!
Yuezhu bowed its head.
After a while, he said:
"If the ruler wants his subject to die, the subject must die."
This sentence brought Shang Yuwan more stimulation than the arrow that pierced her chest. She suddenly laughed out loud and tears rolled down her eyes.
Twelve clenched his hands tightly, his knuckles turning white.
Xiao Qinggu grabbed a corner of the quilt, his face not looking very good.
Shang Yuwan laughed so hard that he started coughing with his head down, but suddenly he calmed down and seemed like a different person.
She raised her head and said calmly, "My second uncle said the same thing, right? On the day the Shang family was exterminated."
The Shang family has been an only child for generations, except for Shang Junhu's generation, who had a younger brother, Shang Junyan.
Shang Junhu has been strong since childhood, while his younger brother Shang Junyan is much inferior. Therefore, the latter was not forced to learn martial arts and was allowed to study literature and history which he liked.
On the day when the Shang family was exterminated, although Shang Yuwan did not see with his own eyes how Shang Junyan died, Shang Junyan was kneeling facing the direction of the imperial palace.
There were marks on his neck from being cut by a dagger, and blood was gushing out, soaking his white clothes with green patterns. A black-handled dagger and the imperial edict rolled together, and blood stained the edict, blurring the four words "collaborating with the enemy and treason" - Shang Junyan committed suicide.
If the ruler wants his subject to die, the subject must die. What a ridiculous statement.
Shang Yuwan lifted the quilt and insisted on getting out of bed despite Twelve and Xiao Qinggu's dissuasion, walking towards Yuezhu step by step.
"My Shang family is full of loyal and valiant men. Heaven and earth bear witness to this, as does the sun and the moon! What a shame that the Shang family didn't die charging into battle, or being annihilated by the enemy's iron hoofs. What a shame that I planned for so many years, yet was still destroyed by the emperor's ruthlessness and the frame-up of the royal family."
The sutured wound was gradually breaking apart, but Shang Yuwan seemed unaware.
"I finally managed to survive, but someone else deserved to die. Why should I die? Why should the Shang family be exterminated? Dayu was established over two hundred years ago, and my Shang family has defended Dayu for nearly a hundred years! The Shang family is a family of iron-clad warriors who fought their way through the battlefield. Do you think I'm just like you, someone who can only run away?"
Yue Zhu looked at her quietly, looking at this strange face, familiar eyes, and ferocious and resentful expression.
Every word was filled with tears and grief.
"The Shang and Yue families have always had a good relationship, and you and my father are also very close in private. Otherwise, you wouldn't have personally taught me your superb riding and archery skills - but you didn't! You didn't stand up and say a word to plead for my Shang family!"
Shang Yuwan reached out and grabbed Yuezhu's neck. Her eyes and brows seemed to be covered with frost, and hatred filled her entire chest.
"Why? Because of your mother?"
In Kyoto, everyone knows that the old lady of the Yue family values face the most.
"Does it hurt?"
Shang Yuwan was startled. Yue Zhu's calm face, which had a crack on it, was reflected in her incredible peach blossom eyes. "What?"
"He's completely changed his appearance, even his eye color has changed." Yue Zhu frowned slightly.
He still said what he wanted to say the most: "Wan'er, does it hurt?"
"......" Shang Yuwan twisted his neck like a wooden doll, and laughed out loud.
"You said that living is more painful than dying? Are you trying to kill me?"
She murmured, as if she had gone completely mad. Twelve and Xiao Qinggu stood behind her and could not see her distorted face.
"What if I refuse to die? Are you here to kill me now, Commander Yue?"
Twelve sensed something was wrong, and quickly drew out his dagger and pulled Shang Yuwan over to protect him behind him. Xiao Qinggu also stood up and protected Shang Yuwan in front of him.
"Commander Yue, I didn't touch you because of Lord Shang's face. Are you planning to bite me back now?"
Yue Zhu looked at Xiao Qinggu calmly, "Your Highness, are you doing this for her sake, or are you afraid that killing me will affect your plans for the throne?"
Xiao Qinggu's expression froze.
"Let's go, the farther the better." Yue Zhu stood up and rubbed his neck. "The emperor knows everything. When he returns to Kyoto, he will not let her and... Twelve, including Your Highness, go."
"Leave? Where to? Commander Yue is so brave! Aren't you afraid that the old man will punish the Yue family?!"
Shang Yuwan sneered, his face full of sarcasm, "Because of him, because of them! I have become what I am now! You want me to run away?"
Every bloody life she carried screamed at her all the time: Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!
"When did Commander Yue dream like this—" Shang Yuwan's head seemed to be hit hard, and he suddenly lost consciousness.
Twelve was immediately shocked and stretched out her arm to support Shang Yuwan, grabbing her wrist. The pulse at her fingertips made her face gradually become panic-stricken.
Shang Yuwan's pulse is getting weaker!
Xiao Qinggu was also startled. He stood up and ran to the door, opened it and shouted, "Ji Suxian!!!"
Ji Suxian had just finished testing half of the Nine Revolutions Pill and was excitedly discussing the pill's effects with Xiao Qingxu when Bai Xiaoye came to report, "Master, Commander Yue has entered Lord Shang's room."
As soon as she finished speaking, Ji Suxian suddenly heard someone calling her urgently. Her face changed and she took her medicine box and rushed to Shang Yuwan without stopping.
Xiao Qingxu's expression also tensed up, and he rushed towards the room where Shang Yuwan was.
Fortunately, Ji Suxian had booked the entire inn before, so no one with ulterior motives would hear him yelling here.
"Get out of here!" Ji Suxian got angry when she saw Yue Zhu's face. She pushed him away and went straight to Shang Yuwan who had just been put back on the bed by Twelve.
"...What did you say?!" Ji Suxian's fingertips rested on Shang Yuwan's wrist, his face horrifying.
Shang Yuwan, she is breaking down!
Yue Zhu was detained by Xiao Qingxu's order and remained silent.
Xiao Qinggu hurriedly asked: "What's wrong with her? Save her first!"
Ji Suxian first used silver needles to stabilize Shang Yuwan, then wrote down a prescription and asked Bai Xiaoye to boil it into a decoction and bring it over.
She took out a life-saving pill from the medicine box and stuffed it into Shang Yuwan's mouth, then took his pulse, and then took out a silver needle and pricked Shang Yuwan's body almost halfway.
"How is she?"
As soon as Xiao Qingxu finished speaking, Yuan Ji, Baili Pu and others heard the noise and rushed over.
"What happened to Xiaowan?"
Baili Pu saw Yue Zhu being escorted and asked anxiously, "What are you doing? Why are you treating Commander Yue like this?"
Zhu Hao followed behind Liu Mengyao, and Xiaotao secretly poked her little head out from beside Zhu Hao's hand.
Bailipu wanted to rescue Yuezhu from Louke, and Yuan Ji couldn't stop him. Lu Heying and others stepped forward to pull him apart.
Xiao Qingxu turned sideways, looked at the people in the room in chaos, and coldly spat out one word: "Get out."
The cold and gloomy aura made Baili Pudu's heart tremble. While he was stunned, Yuan Ji hurriedly pulled the people out, and Yue Zhu was also taken away.
"Yuezhu." At the moment when he was about to walk out, Ji Suxian gritted his teeth and said his name.
"What if she can't wake up." Ji Suxian stared at Yue Zhu with his bare eyes, his fingertips trembling slightly.
"I will definitely turn your entire Yue family into the second Shang family!"
Twelve suddenly grabbed Ji Suxian's arm, bloodshot eyes, "Lishemou consciousness (what do you mean)?!!"
Yue Zhu left silently, and Xiao Qingxu stood stiffly in place, his fingertips cold.
Xiao Qinggu was so anxious that she burst into tears. "Ji Suxian, what are you talking about? What do you mean you can't wake up?"
"Tell me everything you said before without missing a single word." Ji Suxian had a cold face.
Xiao Qinggu told the truth.
If the king wants his subject to die, the subject must die?
It's all fucking bullshit!
Ji Suxian took a deep breath and calmed himself down. "You all go out, just leave me and the host here."
Xiao Qinggu was reluctant, "But..."
"go out."
When Ji Suxian gets angry, he is as fierce as Xiao Qingxu. Seeing this, Xiao Qinggu doesn't want to keep him any longer.
Twelve suddenly turned around and jumped out of the window, jumped on his horse, and headed straight towards Langjiang.
Xiao Qinggu was startled, "Twelve!"
Ji Suxian felt Shang Yuwan's pulse and said, "Let her be."
Zhao Qinglian is in charge of Langjiang, so she won't make things difficult for Twelve.
Xiao Qinggu wanted to take another look at Shang Yuwan, but Ju Gongcheng came in and took him away.
Xiao Qingxu and Ji Suxian were silent for a long time.
"No."
Xiao Qingxu spoke with difficulty.
"With me here, she won't be unable to wake up."
"...So, what you mean is." Ji Suxian said in a deep voice.
"If she dies, you'll die too, right?"
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