Chapter 48 Chapter 48 Getting crazier!
On the night of Shangsi that year, Qujiang set up two lines of defense. The outermost line was managed by the Jinwu Guard, while the Yulin Guard was responsible for protecting the emperor and empress closely.
The Yulin Guard was different from the Jinwu Guard. The Yulin Guard was directly controlled by the emperor, so the captain of the guard that year was selected by him personally.
But who knew that before the order was issued, the person he chose was injured during training and he had to replace him.
As a result, the Yulin Guards failed to provide adequate protection on the cruise ship, allowing assassins to hide among the palace maids and easily board the ship with weapons.
However, all this was just the beginning. He saw with his own eyes that the Yulin Guards pretended to be in chaos in panic. He saw with his own eyes that the assassin stabbed him, but he was held by someone and could not move.
Under the water of Qujiang River, the same group of Jinwu Guards went in two directions, one to kill him and the other to save her.
Later, he struggled and climbed out from the lower reaches of Qujiang River, enduring the discomfort after being stung and poisoned.
At that time, his eyes were just like they are now, he could only see blurry things, so when he saw the group of Jinwu Guards coming, he did not see the murderous intent on their faces, he just thought they were here to save him.
He fought for a long and bloody time and his body was covered with wounds. If Gu Chou had not arrived in time, he would have died by the Qujiang Lake.
Later, he went to Wuyan Mountain to treat the poison, and we also heard about what happened after his "death".
First, the court welcomed his four-year-old nephew as the new emperor, and then the ministers who were on good terms with him were found to have "faults" one after another and were either killed, demoted, or exiled.
In fact, it only took him three months to collect all the evidence of that incident, but it took him a year to accept one thing - the person he loved betrayed him. During that year, his queen became the queen mother, and took over all the power of the Shangguan family from the harem to the front court.
She was present in all the links. When the captain of the guard was first decided, she was the only one by his side. Later, when the assassin tried to assassinate him on the cruise ship, she was the only one by his side. Finally, she was also present in the flow of benefits from the assassination of the king. Her seal of the empress even appeared in the cases of those wrongly accused court officials.
However, what is funny is that an hour before the incident happened, she was still smiling, and as if nothing had happened, she was using willow branches to purify him from disasters and wishing him "Changle and be healthy".
The first twenty years of his life could be said to be extremely smooth. He was born a favored child of heaven, blessed by his parents, cared for by his brothers, had good teachers and friends, and... his childhood sweetheart.
Moreover, his status was there, the crown prince of the dynasty, the young emperor, and everyone treated him with respect, so he naively thought that there should be many more good people in this world, at least those around him were sincere people.
But in the end, the people who harmed him were the ones around him, the Su Sangong whom he respected, the General Xue whom he admired, and the person he loved...him by his side.
That year, he failed in his attempt to remove the poison. At the critical moment of life and death, he realized one thing - it turns out that the more sincere and genuine one is, the more likely it is that others will trample on him as a weakness; the more unconditional one's trust is, the more likely it is that he will become a bargaining chip for others to calculate.
So after he came back, he no longer behaved like a gentleman. If those people acted without mercy, he would be more ruthless than them. If those people were full of hypocrisy, he would be more sinister than them.
He doesn't care what kind of person he will become. The person is gone, and those who were implicated because of him are what he cares about more on this trip. He wants to clear their grievances, he wants to clear their names in front of the world, and he wants to make those who did evil behind his back and deceived the world and stole their reputation pay the price!
As for the process of achieving the goal, what's wrong with treating others in their own way?
What's wrong with him becoming the kind of person he once hated the most?
But now she told him that she loved him...
He was in a trance for a moment.
Xu Qing'an focused his gaze, looked up at the person in front of him, and muttered as if he was lost in thought: "What did you say?"
Shangguan Xu thought he didn't react, so he repeated, "I said, I admire..."
But before he could finish his words, Shangguan Xu felt dizzy, his shoulder and neck were pressed down, and he was brought to the ground.
There was a blanket beside the couch, which lessened the force, so she didn't feel any pain. However, his scarlet eyes looking at her made her subconsciously feel scared.
Xu Qingan lay on top of her, his chest heaving, and his internal organs churning with energy and blood.
She adored him... She adored him?
How could she love him?
How could she love him!
In the past, Zhou Jingzhi, who treated her sincerely, was discarded by her. Now, Xu Qingan is just pretending to be nice to her and using each other, but she actually says that she loves him?
He laughed in his heart, but suddenly felt hatred.
It turns out that the so-called true feelings and purity are not as good as the hypocrisy in the sinister world!
It turns out that what she loves are those dirty things that are hidden in the gutter and cannot be seen in the light!
He really couldn't understand her, he really couldn't understand her!
For a moment, he really wanted to strangle her and kill her!
But when he really wanted to use force, he caught a glimpse of panic in her eyes through his blurred vision, and he couldn't bring himself to do it.
Her neck was so fragile... How could he...
Sometimes he really wants to end his life!
Why? Why did I have to be deceived by her again and again?
She is obviously a cruel person, why can't he give her a tooth for a tooth!
He hated himself.
Shangguan Xu looked up at his complicated expression. She didn't know if it was because his eye injury was too uncomfortable, but now she saw that his eyes were moist and there was a bit more pain in his expression.
She didn't know why he reacted like that. She said that just to lure him and make him relax, but who knew it would turn out like this.
Could it be that he really couldn't control himself anymore?
However, the next moment, she saw him chuckling, the laughter coming out from his chest, as if it was squeezed out, and it was trembling.
Shangguan Xu was increasingly unable to guess his thoughts, and his hands, hanging at his sides, unconsciously clasped the blanket on the ground.
"What's wrong with you?" she asked, trying not to tremble in her voice. "Do you want me to find a doctor for you?"
Xu Qing'an stopped laughing, his eyes tearing as he sneered, "Doctor? Doesn't Her Majesty know what medicine I'm taking? Didn't Her Majesty say that she loves me?"
Shangguan Xu swallowed hard, and said with a forced smile as usual, "Yes, I adore you, I adore Xu Qing, just like what you told me that day in the back hill of Jingming Temple." She slowly raised her drooping hands and hung them around his neck, "So Xu Qing... well!"
He suddenly leaned forward, sealing her lips and blocking all the words she hadn't finished saying in her throat. No matter what she wanted, no matter how sincere or insincere her words were, he just clasped his hands tightly around her shoulders and pressed his whole body down. His kiss was random, just biting and twisting, like a wild beast, as if he wanted to eat her alive.
Everything happened too fast. Shangguan Xu was stunned for a moment, and then he felt the pain after the violent bite.
His reaction didn't seem to carry any of the joy she felt after professing her love for him. Instead, it seemed to be filled with resentment and venting. Shangguan Xu thought that maybe it was related to the drug he had taken. But could that drug really make people hate each other?
The moment he attacked her, she subconsciously wanted to push him away, but then she thought of the "promise she made to him" that he kept saying, and she felt that it was only a matter of time, so she might as well take this opportunity to do him a favor and let him know how much she "admired" him, so as to ease his heart. As for the question she hadn't finished asking just now, it would be easier to get what she wanted when he was confused and lost.
Shangguan Xu closed his eyes, stopped pressing his hands against his shoulders, and tilted his neck back to endure his wantonness.
Xu Qing'an felt the change in her strength, and his heart was filled with sourness and hatred. He kissed her harder and harder, until he pinned her hands to her sides.
Getting crazier!
He didn't let go of her until he needed to catch his breath, just enough distance between them.
However, when he stared at her eyes that were filled with tears because of his bite, his hands did not stop moving. He roughly untied the belt around her waist, and then his hands went straight to her collar.
Shangguan Xu opened his eyes slightly, his misty eyes were so hazy that he could only see his outline.
She was stunned for a moment.
He really looks like him.
Originally, she wanted to break his heart, but now, seeing such a scene, her heart was shaken.
She controlled her eyes and didn't blink, not wanting to blink away the thin layer of tears, because through such a hazy vision she seemed to see him.
Before, when she said she wanted to give him perfume, she thought of this day. He had the same features as her and a similar temperament, so she wanted to give him the same perfume. With the ethereal fragrance of orchid, even the smell was the same. She could almost make out the real thing by closing her eyes.
She seemed to have really seen him. If she had not been sober at the moment, if he had not been so rude at the moment, she would probably have called out "Brother Jing" directly.
She even thought wantonly and dirty, why wasn't she the one who was poisoned by the drug? Maybe with the help of the drug, she would really be able to see him clearly. She really hadn't seen him for a long time, so long that she couldn't remember many details of his appearance, so long that whenever he appeared in front of her, he was always covered in a layer of fog, just like now.
His hands stayed on her collar for a long time, during which he deliberately pulled twice, but in return she slowly closed her eyes again and an inexplicable smile appeared at the corner of her lips.
The strength in his hands grew stronger, but his body trembled more and more.
“You…you…”
The person above did not move for a long time, but all that was heard was his trembling voice and words that were difficult to utter.
Shangguan Xu opened his eyes confused and saw sweat on his forehead, veins bulging on his neck, red eyes, and water vapor under his long eyelashes. His face looked painful and unbearable.
She didn't know what he was going to do next, so she just frowned and looked at him strangely, feeling that he was both crazy and... frustrated.
The next moment, Shangguan Xu's eyes widened, his lips bulged slightly, and his head tilted to one side.
With a "puff" sound!
In an instant, blood splattered on her side.
His eyes suddenly lost focus, his whole body seemed to have lost strength, and he fell towards her with blood on his lips.
He pressed on top of her, his head buried in the side of her neck.
She heard him say, "How could you do this to me..."
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