Chapter 92 Breakdown and Crying: Is This How You Speak to Your Wife...?
"I have been traveling alone, and as a man, I dare not show my true face for fear of attracting trouble. That's why I put on some makeup to make myself look uglier."
Yu'er's mind worked quickly. Although her explanation was still full of loopholes, it was at least a rough explanation.
Yuan Yan found it inexplicably amusing to see him racking his brains to cover up his lie, and the slight upturn of his lips softened the coldness on his face.
"So, Yu'er has really gone through a lot of hardship these past few months in his pursuit of his wife."
Yu'er sensed Yuan Yan's change of heart and breathed a sigh of relief.
"As long as I can see Your Highness, this little hardship is nothing." He pressed his cheek against Yuan Yan's palm, gazing at Yuan Yan with affection in his eyes, and said in a soft voice.
Yuan Yan smiled, stroking Yu'er's smooth cheek, then changed the subject, "But seeing Yu'er working so hard, I can't help but feel a little worried."
"It has been a dangerous journey of searching for you for thousands of miles. I must check on you to see if you are injured."
A physical examination? What kind of examination?
Alarm bells rang in Yu'er's mind immediately, and she forced a smile: "That won't be necessary, Your Highness. You need not worry, Yu'er is really fine."
"That won't do. If Yu'er is alright, why would she be afraid of me checking her?"
As Yuan Yan spoke, with a "rip" sound, he casually tore off a piece of cloth from Yu'er's body, used it to bind Yu'er's arms, and pressed him down onto the table.
This sudden action caught Yu'er off guard. She opened her eyes wide and looked back at Yuan Yan in disbelief.
Yuan Yan reached his hand inside his clothes, carefully feeling around inch by inch.
"No, ah..."
Yu'er's breathing quickened, and she began to writhe and struggle under her palm, not knowing where Yuan Yan had touched her.
Suddenly, I felt light on my body; my outer garment was gone.
With another tug, the inner garment floated lightly to the ground.
"Your Highness... no, my mistress..."
"There really is no injury, don't look anymore... ah..."
Before they even found anything, Yu'er was already panting heavily, drenched in sweat. Her face was flushed, her eyes were misty with tears, and her black hair was soaked with sweat, making her look pitiful and disheveled.
Anyone who didn't know better would think that Yuan Yan had done something to him.
Yuan Yan remained unmoved by his cries, his hands continuing their work without pause.
With each breath taken in, Yu'er's clothes became less and less.
With a crisp thud, a silver hook fell to the ground.
Yu'er felt a chill run down her spine, as if something she had been hiding had been ripped off. She couldn't help but open her eyes wide and look down.
Yuan Yan saw the gleaming silver hook and a slight smile appeared on his lips. "A beauty carries a silver hook with her?"
Before the words were even finished, the silver hook that had just fallen seemed to act as a fuse, triggering a chain reaction of falls.
Clang, clang.
Daggers, silver needles, hidden weapons...
Countless dangerous objects lay scattered on the ground, gleaming coldly in the sunlight.
The scene fell silent instantly.
It's over. It's finished.
Yu'er's breath hitched. Looking at the mess Yuan Yan had found on the ground, she wished she could just roll her eyes and faint.
"What are these things? Does my beauty have anything to say to me?" Yuan Yan's gaze shifted from the ground to Yu'er's face, his voice revealing neither joy nor anger.
"Your Highness, these captives can all be explained..." Yu'er said awkwardly, her smile extremely forced.
"Fine, then go to jail and explain yourself."
After Yuan Yan finished speaking, he gave an order. Immediately, someone picked up Yu'er and locked her in the private dungeon of the Prince's mansion.
In the dark underground private dungeon, Yu'er's belongings had been stripped off, and all the sleeping pills and daggers were now in Yuan Yan's hands.
He was now only wearing a thin, light undergarment that barely covered his body.
He was bound tightly to the rack, waiting to be personally interrogated by Yuan Yan.
Yuan Yan casually picked up one of the instruments of torture that had been prepared in the prison, and found that it was a whip.
System's comment: [It's the whip again. Why do I sense a subtle tendency in you, host...]
Yuan Yan ignored it and looked at Yu'er with both eyes.
"From now on, you will answer whatever I ask. If you answer incorrectly, my whip will not be merciful."
Yu'er: "..."
Given the current situation, where we are at their mercy, does he still have the right to say no?
Because of her posture, Yu'er's eyes were red, and she was forced to look at Yuan Yan, her eyes hiding a hint of suppressed humiliation.
Yuan Yan: "Speak, didn't you run away last time? What do you want to do in the Phoenix Kingdom this time?"
Upon hearing this, Yu'er's pupils contracted, and she immediately shook her head, "The captive didn't escape. It was just too chaotic that time. There were assassins everywhere, and the captive was caught off guard and got separated from His Highness's people..."
"Crack!" The sound of the whip striking Yu'er was followed by Yuan Yan's cold voice.
“Lying,” she said succinctly.
Yu'er felt the pain all over her body and couldn't help but want to cry out.
But he held back, forcefully suppressing the shout that was about to escape his lips.
“The enemy really did get separated by accident, otherwise why would they come looking for Your Highness?”
This time, Yu'er was noticeably more careful with her words, observing Yuan Yan's expression as she spoke.
Yuan Yan wanted to hear what other stories he could come up with, so he didn't immediately start whipping the whip.
"Oh, then what brings you to me now?"
Yu'er paused slightly, "The reason the enemy came looking for Your Highness is... someone wants the enemy to kill Your Highness."
The system was stunned: [Host, he's going to kill you?]
Yuan Yan was amused by it: "Otherwise what? Did he come to reminisce with me, carrying sleeping pills, a dagger, and hidden weapons?"
[Host, please stop telling hellish jokes, you're scaring me...] The system shrank back.
"Continue." Yuan Yan used the whip to lift Yu'er's chin, squinting as he stared into his evasive eyes.
Yu'er feigned pitifulness: "But Lu is still His Highness's man, how could he really bear to lay a hand on His Highness... Because he is being controlled, he can only pretend to agree, but Lu actually wants to remind His Highness after they meet."
"So, I should thank you." Yuan Yan chuckled and tapped the whip in his hand slightly, causing Yu'er to tense up immediately.
"No, that's not what I meant. I wouldn't dare." He shook his head repeatedly.
"Let me guess. The one who wants to kill me is none other than your mother, the Empress of Wu."
Yuan Yan spoke indifferently, too lazy to beat around the bush any longer, and directly revealed Yu'er's identity.
At that instant, Yu'er's heart stopped, her pupils trembled, and the shock on her face was completely undisguised.
"Mother Queen... no, how did you know?!"
His desire to maneuver with Yuan Yan vanished abruptly. He became agitated, struggled violently, and kept asking Yuan Yan questions.
"You actually know who I am? When did you start...?"
Yu'er's beautiful face flushed red with intense emotions, looking as radiant as a peach blossom, glowing with a rosy light.
Yuan Yan: "What do you think? Would I, the king, allow someone whose background I don't even know to stay by my side?"
Yu'er's mind was buzzing. "So, you knew from the beginning that you were just putting on an act with me!"
So, during that assassination attempt, Yuan Yan insisted on bringing him along because he knew his identity?
Yu'er originally thought that Yuan Yan had pretended to be a playboy to send him away when he was in Chuzhou, because he was wary of him being a man of the Chuzhou officials. She never expected that he had known his identity since then.
Yu'er felt like a clown, having been teased by Yuan Yan for so many days. Even after returning to Wu Kingdom, she would think of him from time to time. However, Yuan Yan saw through her long ago and always pretended to be friendly with her.
Unable to suppress the surging emotions within her any longer, Yu'er couldn't help but shout out.
Yuan Yan, somewhat impatient with the excited shouts, raised his hand and lashed out with his whip again.
"Shut up, is this how you speak to your 'wife'?"
Yu'er's shrill scream came to an abrupt halt.
But large tears rolled down his cheeks like pearls.
"Yuan Yan, you lied to me, you lied to me! I even thought you had a shred of sincerity towards me, and I risked my life to come to the Phoenix Kingdom again for you..."
At this moment, Yu'er was completely acting out her emotions, crying her heart out. Her eyes were red and swollen, and she was sobbing and screaming. If she weren't so tightly bound, she would probably have pounced on Yuan Yan and started hitting her with her fists.
It turned out that Emperor Wu was furious when he learned of Yuan Yan's great victory over the Wu army. He was also deeply wary of Yuan Yan after hearing about his deeds in the Huang Kingdom.
There are concerns that if someone like Yuan Yan were to ascend to the throne of the Phoenix Kingdom in the future, the Wu Kingdom would be seriously threatened.
Therefore, Emperor Wu ordered the Dark Guard to be dispatched to eliminate Yuan Yan in one fell swoop.
Yu'er was not originally on the assassin list.
When he heard that his mother was going to kill Yuan Yan, he hesitated for a long time, but still couldn't help but run out. Despite the ridicule from others for his repeated failures in missions, he asked his mother to let him participate in the assassination.
Yu'er didn't know why she was doing this. Didn't she also hate Yuan Yan?
Why did his heart clench so suddenly after he learned that the Empress had ordered the Dark Pavilion to mobilize its entire force, and that Yuan Yan was certain to die this time...?
Before she could figure it out, Yu'er rushed out and approached Yuan Yan before the rest of the Dark Pavilion's subordinates could, making a gesture as if she was about to take action, forcing the others to step back and give him a chance.
"I was so stupid. I was clearly the enemy, yet I came here to walk right into your trap..."
Yu'er was immersed in her own emotions, crying and struggling, and could no longer hear Yuan Yan's words.
"Bang!"
The frame binding him collapsed due to the excessive force of the movement.
Yu'er writhed on the ground like a worm, her rope causing Yuan Yan's temples to throb with fury.
Unable to bear it any longer, Yuan Yan stepped forward and abruptly lifted Yu'er off the ground.
Yu'er was held by her inner garment, and met Yuan Yan's sharp eyes.
"Have you calmed down yet?" Yuan Yan asked him.
Yuan Yan couldn't take it anymore and summoned the system.
“This person is completely unable to understand human speech. Do you have any tools to control people and make them obey? Exchange one for me,” Yuan Yan said.
[Yes.] The system perked up immediately upon hearing that Yuan Yan was finally going to spend money.
[Let me see. Among the eligible items, the cheapest is a pair of mother and child Gu, costing only 3000 achievement points.]
"Host, plant the mother Gu and then plant the child Gu in this person. After that, as long as you activate the mother Gu, he will be under your control and obey your commands." The system said while reviewing the information.
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