Chapter 94 I'm helping you, but your service skills are really poor.
The fire prompted Yu'er to turn her face away, and as if venting her anger, she bit Yuan Yan's shoulder.
Are you born in the Year of the Dog?
That bite had no strength at all, like a puppy grinding its teeth. Yuan Yan was unfazed, glanced at him indifferently, and then reached out and slapped Yu'er.
"Stop when you're done." Yuan Yan withdrew his hand from his body and prepared to get up and leave.
Yu'er let out a muffled groan, and the red at the corners of her eyes became even more vibrant, like a continuous stretch of crimson clouds.
He clearly heard Yuan Yan's words, but seemed completely oblivious, burying his head in Yuan Yan's arms, hugging her waist, and pulling her back onto himself.
By the time everything finally came to a stop, an unknown amount of time had passed.
Yu'er's face was still flushed, but her feverish and stagnant mind was finally starting to function again.
Recalling his shameless actions, his face flushed red and then turned pale, and his voice became unsteady.
"What kind of drug did you give me?" Yu'er was initially annoyed and embarrassed, but she became agitated as she spoke.
"I came to kill you, how could you... how could you just take me like this?" His eyes were bloodshot, and he felt the continuous soreness in his body. His voice was hoarse with intense emotions, no longer as clear as before.
"You think I wanted this? Your service skills are truly terrible. You have no manners and even dared to bite me in bed. If I had known this medicine would have such consequences, I would have preferred not to use it."
Faced with Yu'er's excitement, Yuan Yan only replied with a simple sentence, but those words made him feel humiliated.
Yu'er's eyes reddened almost immediately, and a feeling of grievance surged up like a tide.
"Yes, I'm just not good at serving people! If you're so capable, then don't want me, go find your chief minister..."
Yuan Yan retorted, "If I really didn't want to care about you, would you still be alive today?"
These words were like adding fuel to the fire, further agitating Yu'er's already fragile nerves.
"Are you trying to control me? You're clearly trying to get information about the Dark Pavilion from me!" He lunged at Yuan Yan again, smearing her with his tears.
"Yuan Yan, you big bastard! You deceived me and then took me for granted, what do you take me for...?"
Yu'er's voice was choked with sobs. He clutched Yuan Yan's clothes tightly, nestled in her arms, and banged his head against her chest.
Yuan Yan pulled him out of his arms, forcing Yu'er to face everything.
"No matter what you consider me to be, you are now mine. If anything happens to me, you won't fare any better. You'd better think about how to resolve the current situation."
Yu'er's face was lifted up by her, but she turned her face away again, "I don't care... they want to kill you, not me."
Despite saying that, his tone was noticeably calmer, as if he had also thought about the Dark Pavilion assassins' impending attack on Yuan Yan. His breathing was also not as smooth as before, and he paused for a moment.
The system whispered: "[But if the mother Gu is harmed, the offspring Gu host will definitely not survive either...]"
Yuan Yan heard the system's words. However, because she keenly sensed certain areas in Yu'er's body where she could break through, she didn't rush to use this to threaten him, nor did she activate the Gu worms to control Yu'er.
She wanted to hear Yu'er's true feelings.
Yu'er said, "This time, Mother is determined to kill you. This is the first time in all these years that I have seen Mother send so many people from the Dark Pavilion to assassinate the same person."
“A top-tier assassin’s methods are unpredictable and far superior to those of a half-baked assassin like me. Although I don’t know how you recognized me, they are not like me. Even if you are in the palace with guards and soldiers protecting you, there will inevitably be times when you are careless and it is impossible to guard against them.”
Yuan Yan: "This is the Phoenix Kingdom, not your Wu Kingdom. I'm afraid your mother queen doesn't have that ability."
She looked at Yu'er and said something.
Yu'er had only heard a few words when she practically jumped off the bed.
"This is impossible... You want me to help you deal with the Empress?" He shook his head in disbelief, trying to break free from Yuan Yan's arms.
"Why not? If your mother truly valued you, would she let you do such dangerous things?"
Yuan Yan still remembered the conversation he overheard between Yu'er and her subordinates that day. A slight smile played on his lips as he restrained Yu'er's struggling movements, pressing her arm down even tighter.
Yu'er was held in Yuan Yan's arms, and a continuous stream of warmth emanated from her clothes and flowed into him.
Yuan Yan's overly blunt words made Yu'er slowly stop struggling. Her lips parted slightly, and her expression was complicated.
That's right, he really isn't important to the Empress. Yu'er thought to herself.
His biological father was of lowly status, merely a hairdressing servant to Feng Qing. One day, after Emperor Wu drank too much, he was fortunate enough to be favored and not given a contraceptive potion, resulting in Emperor Wu conceiving Yu'er. Not long after, the jealous and resentful Feng Qing sent the father and son to live in an abandoned side hall, out of sight and out of mind.
Emperor Wu was not short of sons. Before Yu'er even came of age, there were already several sons in the palace. Before Yu'er had fully grown up, Emperor Wu had no idea that he even existed.
Years later, as Yu'er grew up, her beauty became striking. Emperor Wu saw her by chance at a banquet and thought that her face could be useful in the future. So he moved her and her father from the side hall, which was comparable to a cold palace, and gave her the treatment of a royal son.
Later, in order to make life better for herself and her father in the palace, Yu'er voluntarily took over the Dark Pavilion and did some shady things for her mother, the Empress.
These were words he should have kept buried in his heart. But for some reason, Yu'er felt compelled to speak them today.
“You’re right. My father’s rank is low, my birth was just an accident, and my mother doesn’t care about me at all…”
His eyelashes were wet, and a faint smile appeared on his lips, but he seemed somewhat powerless.
Upon hearing about Yu'er's background, Yuan Yan did not offer any comfort, but instead spoke.
"If the Emperor treats you this way, you should know in your heart what he will do if he knew that your assassination attempt had failed again."
"Why not heed my suggestion? I've always been generous to my men. If you serve me, I can give you far more than your mother could."
"Even for your own future, you should take the gamble, shouldn't you?" Yuan Yan's words were laced with coaxing.
Let's take a gamble...
Yu'er's heart trembled slightly. Did he really have the opportunity to decide her future?
He didn't speak for a moment, and a silent silence filled the space between them.
“I’m fine with doing things for you, but what if things get exposed? What will happen to my father? He’s still in Wugong.” A struggle flashed in Yu’er’s eyes as she bit her lip.
"After this is done, I will find a way to bring you and your father to the Phoenix Kingdom and protect you."
Yu'er rarely heard Yuan Yan speak to her in this tone. The spot where the virginity mark had just disappeared began to feel faintly hot again.
A voice inside him said, "You can give me anything. But will you give me the position of Chief Minister?"
But judging from Yuan Yan's expression, Yu'er couldn't say anything.
"I'll help you."
Yu'er heard herself finally say this.
...
Yuan Yan had arranged his men and was just waiting for Yu'er to bring the people from Wu Kingdom over.
Just before setting off, Yu'er suddenly turned around and asked her a question.
"Just now... why did you stop using the medication to control me?"
"Because I know you won't refuse me."
Yuan Yan's words startled Yu'er slightly, then she chuckled softly.
“You know what? When I woke up, I thought that if you had continued to force me to do things, I would have chosen to end my own life. But thankfully, you didn’t actually do that to me.”
"Ah, you can't stop someone who wants to die. If that's the case, it's actually possible..." The system broke out in a sweat.
It took out the product description again and examined it carefully, then told Yuan Yan: "By the way, host, the 'child gu' needs regular care; it can't be away from you for too long."
"How long is too long?" Yuan Yan asked it.
"It says the maximum is one year," the system said.
Yuan Yan raised his head and spoke to Yu'er as if making a promise.
"I will bring you back within a year."
Yu'er's heart skipped a beat at the sight of her expression. Under the watchful eyes of the guards, he suddenly turned around, took a few steps back, and pressed his lips to Yuan Yan's ear.
"Remember, my real name is Tuoba Yu'er."
His warm breath gently brushed against Yuan Yan's ear. After speaking, he smiled brightly, ignored Yuan Yan's reaction, and turned to leave.
This time, Yu'er is really gone.
...
Back at the secret hideout, Yu'er told the others that the Prince's mansion was heavily guarded and he had not been able to find an opportunity to make a move.
“Your Highness, you should refrain from interfering in the assassination. Let us handle it,” said the “music hall master” from before.
“Since the Prince’s mansion has so many people, why don’t we make our move on the road? I don’t believe that the Prince of Qin always has so many guards with him when he’s out,” one of the assassins said.
Soon, after discussion among the members of the Dark Pavilion, they selected a location for the ambush.
When the carriage from the Prince of Qin's residence came out, the assassins from the Dark Pavilion appeared on the street and fought with the guards and soldiers of the Prince's residence.
"Assassins! Protect His Highness Prince Qin!" Xue Lang and Che Ju calmly drew their longswords and shouted.
In the fierce fighting, assassins who approached the carriage were constantly killed, and the guards of the Prince's Palace were also injured or killed.
The music hall owner gritted his teeth inwardly, thinking, "Why are the guards around the King of Qin so troublesome?!"
By the time they finally managed to stab the people inside the carriage, nearly half of the assassins had already been lost.
Seeing that the King of Qin had failed to resist and had fallen silent, with blood gushing out and staining the carriage red, the assassin felt much more at ease.
She personally plunged the longsword into the heart of the King of Qin. At that moment, the King of Qin was absolutely beyond dead; even if a god or Buddha were to come back to life, there would be no way to save him.
"The King of Qin is dead!" the assassin signaled, and quickly fled.
The guards of the Prince's Palace chased after them, killed a few more people, and then turned back.
Xue Lang and the others also gathered around.
"Alright, that's enough. The noise is too loud and giving me a headache."
One of the guards sheathed his blood-dripping sword, looked up, and silenced the crowd's shouts.
Looking at that face, it was none other than Yuan Yan, who had just been "assassinated".
"Your Highness."
When Yu Liu saw that his lord had spoken, he smiled apologetically, "If you're going to put on an act, you have to go all the way. I was thinking that if I screamed more pitifully, it would be more believable."
Xue Lang shook his head: "Your voice is really loud. Not to mention His Highness, even I was stunned by it."
The other guards continued their performance, shouting, "Quickly, quickly escort His Highness back to his residence!"
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