Chapter 90 Reunion (Part 9) Escape...
Li Yunru and her group found Yan Ning in a bandit's den in the mountains.
When they found him, he was already unconscious, his face was pale, and he was lying motionless on the bed.
"What did you do to him?!"
Wang Wu pressed his sword against the bandit's neck. The man cried out, "Don't talk nonsense! He became like this on his own; it has nothing to do with me!"
Wang Wu considered this a mere excuse and was about to teach them a lesson when he heard Yan Sheng say, "My brother's poison has taken effect."
She took off a jade pendant and put it into Yan Ning's mouth, saying, "This poison is dangerous, especially the first time it takes effect; it's particularly vicious. It's not suitable to go down the mountain to deal with it now."
Without hesitation, he said to Wang Wulang and Lu Wulang, "Please, brothers, guard the door for me. No one is allowed to enter until we are out of danger!"
After giving his instructions, he said to Li Yunru, "Sister-in-law, stay and help me."
"good."
At the moment, Yan Ning's illness was the most important thing, and no one had the mind to care how he got here or what those bandits had done to him.
Wang Wu and Lu Wulang cleared everyone out, leaving only Yan Sheng and Li Yunru inside the room.
"How can I help you?" Li Yunru asked.
Yan Sheng said, "Give me your hand."
"Um?"
Li Yunru was puzzled, but she did as she was told. She handed her hand to Yan Sheng, who took it, grabbed her wrist, and with her other hand removed the gold hairpin from her hair. She raised it and pierced the tip of Yan Sheng's index finger, from which a drop of blood seeped out.
She was terrified of pain, but the man moved so fast that she hadn't even had time to react before her hand felt a wet, sucking sensation.
“Everything is interconnected. Since it is under your control and influence, your blood is naturally the best antidote,” Yan Sheng said.
oh.
That's how it is.
Fortunately, we can still use what we have on hand, so we don't need to go through the trouble of looking for anything and wasting time.
"Wouldn't one hand be enough? Perhaps you could poke a few more fingers."
Yan Sheng: "..."
"It's okay, go ahead and stab me." As she spoke, she actually held up two more fingers for Yan Sheng.
Yan Sheng tucked it away, saying, "No need, this is fine."
They poked multiple wounds into her body. Who knows what will happen when her brother recovers? What if he curses at her?
It's rare that she's willing; if she's not, then so be it.
Li Yunru didn't force him, so she found a place to sit down and obediently let Yan Ning bite her. The blood was fed into Yan Ning's body little by little, and it seemed to have a very good effect. Before long, her face became more rosy, her tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed, and her taut body began to regain consciousness and was no longer so stiff.
Seeing that things were improving, Li Yunru was delighted and no longer cared about the slight pain in her finger. She completely relaxed. The wound was small, and the bleeding stopped after washing it for a while. She then pricked it herself and had someone suck the blood. She didn't know how much time had passed like this.
Li Yunru fell asleep and knew nothing more. When she woke up again, it was already the next morning.
The weather is lovely today, unlike yesterday, when it was all gray and gloomy, with occasional showers that would then dissipate like the wind.
She got up, stretched lazily in front of the window to face the sunlight, and saw a group of people gathered outside. In addition to the Wang and Lu families, there was a completely unfamiliar face. He was wearing a black and red official robe with a qilin pattern and a red tassel at his waist. He was quite far away, and even though her eyesight was good, she couldn't see him clearly, but he was definitely a person of high status.
They commanded troops and also held official positions.
Li Yunru suddenly thought of Yang Yan, the governor of Anzhou, who had been delayed in coming yesterday.
As it turned out, Li Yunru's guess was correct; the person was indeed Yang Yan.
Yesterday, he deliberately feigned illness to delay his arrival, but when he heard that they had ventured into the mountains alone without even asking him, he chased after them under the pretext of suppressing bandits, intending to hold them accountable. However, he was instead punished by Wang Wu and others.
"When I return, I will submit a memorial to His Majesty, and he will decide everything!"
"His Majesty!"
Yang Yan scoffed, "Hmph, what's so great about an emperor who rose to power by relying on our Yang family? Without our Yang family, he would have been a pile of bones long ago at the foot of some mountain!"
Although this is something everyone tacitly agrees on, no one will say it out loud. Just like the centralized power of aristocratic families, they control the court, but none of them want to ascend to the throne themselves.
It's not that I don't want to.
The ruler of the world wields immense power, and anyone with even a modicum of ambition will have designs upon him.
However, in addition to their thoughts, there were also the constraints of social order and ethics.
A family with a history spanning centuries cannot allow itself to be labeled as a rebel; otherwise, how could it face its ancestors in the afterlife?
Therefore, they would choose to push one easily controllable emperor after another into power amidst the chaos, and once they discovered that the emperor had escaped their control, they would decisively remove him from power.
They have great chemistry.
Even if the families usually have many disagreements, they will all forgive and forget at this time.
In short, no matter how incompetent an emperor is or how little real power he has, they will still put on a show of respect. People like Yang Yan, who are so arrogant and outspoken, are probably just missing something in their brains.
Such people who lack certain qualities are not uncommon in the entire Great Jin Dynasty. After all, under the rule of aristocratic families, the selection of officials is more about family background than talent, virtue, and character. Even a mentally challenged person can rise to a high position if they come from an aristocratic family. They can decide the life and death of a large number of people with just a word.
Wang Wu was a smart man. He didn't argue with him about these matters, but he didn't back down either. His attitude was calm yet firm, preventing anyone from stepping into the area.
Despite being a rising star, the Yang family was ultimately outmatched. Even the foolish Yang Yan dared not openly arrest two scions of prominent families, so he could only lead his men and slink away in disgrace.
Looking at the scene before him, Li Yunru inexplicably thought of Yan Ning. If it weren't for her, he might have been a respected and feared young man like Wang Wu, full of vigor and ambition. He wouldn't need many words; a simple sentence or a glance would be enough to intimidate everyone. Instead, he was now despised by the aristocratic families and arbitrarily plotted against...
She touched the small wound on her knuckle and lowered her eyelashes.
"What are you thinking about?"
While I was lost in thought, Yan Ning came in from outside carrying a basin of water.
Li Yunru was still lost in thought and didn't realize something was wrong. He had just recovered from a serious illness, so why was he doing this kind of thing himself? The other person went along with his words and said, "I feel... I'm very sorry to you. You deserve better, whatever it may be, but now you're in this state. You always think of me, as if I'm the one who puts you first in everything, but I don't seem to be able to be as pure in my feelings for you. Take yesterday's incident, for example. You were clearly in extremely dangerous circumstances, yet I was still weighing the pros and cons..."
As she spoke, her voice choked with guilt, "I don't know how I became like this. I wasn't like this before."
In the past, she never considered the consequences of her actions or decisions; she did whatever she wanted. But now…
"Yan Changjun, I think I've become bad."
"The princess hasn't turned bad."
Yan Ning put down the basin, walked to her side, took her hand, and hugged the pitiful girl in her arms. She wiped away the messy tears on her face and said, "Princess, you haven't turned bad. You've just been forced to grow up. That's how the adult world is. You always weigh the pros and cons before making a decision."
"It's just that the world is a bad place."
He was comforting her.
Is he an idiot?
They must have really gone mad.
She was completely honest with him, saying that she hadn't intended to save him at first, but he wasn't angry at all, saying it was a different issue and not her fault.
But then again, it wasn't her fault to begin with.
If she had remained as reckless as she was at the beginning, she probably would have died countless times along the way.
But listening to him say that, she couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat, and she reached out and wrapped her arms around his waist.
He's lost a lot of weight; you can feel his bones when you touch him, and they're hard to the touch.
She suddenly understood why Yan Ning could tell at a glance whether she had lost weight as soon as he got a little closer to her.
People who care too much about her will have an implicit scale in their hearts for everything about her, and will unconsciously compare her in every interaction.
“Yes, it’s the world’s fault,” Li Yunru said, looking at him. “This world is terrible.”
Yan Ning kissed her hair. "Yes, this world is terrible, but the princess is very kind."
He said, "I am very grateful to the princess."
Li Yunru was amused by his words and said, "I've already weighed the pros and cons and don't want to save you anymore, yet you still think I'm good and are grateful to me. Have you really gone crazy from your illness?"
Yan Ning looked at her and smiled, saying, "Yes, I want to be the princess's fool, so that the princess won't abandon me so easily."
His words plunged both of them into silence. The air in the room was unusually quiet, with only the rustling of leaves in the wind.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Yunru finally spoke: "Yan Changjun, I know everything you've done, but I want to..."
"Are you hungry? Why don't you go wash up? I'll go out and have someone bring you some food."
He was about to leave when he removed her hand from his waist, but Li Yunru called out to him.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about! Running away won't help!"
"Liyang".
Yan Ning turned around and looked at her. She was still a little pale, having just recovered from a life-threatening poisoning attack.
He clutched his chest and said, "I'm not running away, my chest really hurts a bit, it might be the Gu poison acting up, I'm not completely healed yet."
Li Yunru initially thought he was running away, but seeing him like this, she realized that he was someone who couldn't lie!
It might indeed be a problem with Gu poison.
Yesterday it was so serious, I almost died, how could I be fine all of a day later?
"Serves you right!"
She muttered a curse under her breath, but walked over and helped him sit down. "I'll go call Ah Sheng over to take a look at you."
"No."
He took her hand and said, "When I came over just now, I saw her packing her things, so let's not disturb her."
"You stay with me, I'll rest here for a while."
"Alright."
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