Chapter 493 Don't Let Me Down
Some people say that the highest level of love is heartache.
Yan Shijiu felt something was wrong.
The highest level of love is to be willing to give up everything for her.
After twenty days of hesitation, between "Yun Chen" and "unifying the world", Yan Shijiu finally chose Yun Chen.
After Concubine Zhao and Yan Lang left, Yan Shijiu closed the letter sent by Jiao Zuotai requesting a war and stating that he was fully prepared to send troops at any time, and gave up the plan to order the Black Scale Cavalry to attack Kyoto and seize the throne of the Nan Kingdom.
That's it.
While Yun Chen still doesn't know who the real master of the Black Scale Cavalry is and what caused the chaos in the world, take her back to Dongyan. No matter how she cries or makes a fuss, he will no longer insist on destroying her will and trying to control her.
He will spend the rest of his life to tolerate and comfort her, and use his long life to love and accept everything about her, waiting for her love and response.
He believed that if he used the energy he used to conquer the Three Kingdoms to conquer Yun Chen's heart, he would eventually succeed.
It is easy to say that leaving is easy, but actually leaving is not easy.
After so many years in Nan Country, there are still too many people and things to take care of.
Nan Lijun is not an easy person to deal with. The aftermath must be handled properly, and all of Yun Chen's family members who were exiled back to Youzhou must be transferred away, so as to prevent Nan Lijun from knowing the truth and turning against the Yun family and punishing them.
With the company of his family, Yun Chen will definitely adapt to his life in Dongyan more quickly.
Yan Shijiu informed Wan Chen and a group of secret guards of his decision to return to Dongyan.
Although everyone was surprised by the suddenness of the incident, they could not hide their joy. For them, there was nothing more gratifying than ending their life full of dangers in a foreign country and returning to their hometown.
Everyone quietly took action under Yun Chen's nose, busying themselves with matters such as selling houses, shops and land.
Wan Chen began to lead several of his most trusted people to move the vault, arrange the route and return trip.
By the beginning of spring, apart from the Yan Mansion still standing, the secret room had not been cleaned out. After setting off, he would arrange for his confidants to light a fire and burn it clean.
All other traces of Yan Shijiu have been cleaned up one by one.
Wan Chen reported all the matters to Yan Shijiu and estimated the time. He found that they could set off in five days at the earliest.
The next step is how to deal with Yun Chen.
Yan Shijiu smiled at her and said, "We agreed to go on a trip with me, and now it's all canceled. But because we had to cure your sleepwalking, we can't go to the Forbidden God Mountain. The snow has all melted, so it's boring. How about we go to Dongyan for a trip? We can also visit Concubine Zhao and Yan Lang, how about that?"
Yun Chen had no objection. Because of the new law that women in Nan Country had no human rights, she was now like other women. Except for accompanying her husband on trips when he was in a good mood, she spent most of her time stuck in the house.
She has always been a lively and unrestrained person. When she heard that she could go on a trip, and thought that the border of Guangyu Lanzhou was very close to Youzhou of Nan Kingdom, maybe she could visit Yun Wang and the others on the way, so she agreed immediately.
She didn't know that she would never come back after this trip, so she happily asked the groom at the mansion to make new horseshoes for the Swallowing Cloud Beast and the Slaughter Wolf Colt, and she wanted to take the horses with her.
Yan Shijiu stood by silently, smiling at Yun Chen's happy expression, and felt more and more that his decision was correct.
Five days later, Nan Lijun, Huo Gannian, the court of Nan Kingdom, and the chaos in the world will no longer have anything to do with him, Yan Shijiu.
He will run towards his future with Yun Chen without any regrets.
The more Yan Shijiu thought about it, the more excited he became, and his mood was hard to calm down. He suddenly realized that it was only five days, and why was the waiting time so unbearable? He simply joined the team to arrange the itinerary himself, and discussed with Wan Chen such small matters as accommodation along the way and transferring A Ling.
He wanted to keep himself busy so that the day of departure would come sooner.
Perhaps Yan Shijiu was too immersed in returning to the country to make arrangements, and all the secret guards and bodyguards were also impatient. Yan Shijiu also withdrew half of the imperial guards outside the palace under various excuses to facilitate evacuation in five days.
This made the guards in the entire mansion much more lax than usual, and Lu Liang could easily sneak into Yun Chen's bedroom under the dark and moonless night.
Lu Liang climbed in through the window carefully. Although his movements were very gentle and smooth, he still woke up Yun Chen who was lying on the couch.
When Yun Chen's dagger was across his neck, Lu Liang was sitting on the narrow and cramped window, in a dilemma.
Yun Chen was surprised: "Lu Liang? How did you get in? Is something wrong with An Nian?"
Lu Liang quickly gestured to Yun Chen to lower his voice, and awkwardly asked her to move aside, then jumped into the house and took two steps with his legs apart before he calmed down.
He took out a handwritten secret letter from Huo Gannian from his arms and said to Yun Chen hurriedly, "This is given to you by the young master. Be sure to burn it after reading it!" Then he climbed out the window again and his figure quickly disappeared into the night.
Yun Chen was worried about Huo Gannian's safety, so he quickly lit the candle, blocked the light with his body, and hurried to open the secret letter.
The letter paper was narrow and small, with only two short lines of words on it, but Yun Chen's scalp tingled and goose bumps appeared all over his body.
"Chen'er, on the 17th day of the first month at midnight, I saw you by the Green Water Pond east of the city. You flew away together, never to return."
Yun Chen muttered the last two sentences, his breathing became rapid, and the hand holding the letter began to tremble.
This means Huo Gannian wants her to elope with him!
Let's leave Kyoto! Fly away together! Never come back!
Yun Chen held the letter to his chest, tears welling up in his eyes.
She knew that her Anian would not give up!
Anian, the best person in the world, will never sit still and wait for death. He will try every possible way to escape from the current predicament day and night!
She had been waiting with such confidence, practicing martial arts non-stop, and forcing herself to eat, drink and sleep well every day.
She wanted to keep her body and mind in the best condition so that she could respond to his call at any time.
As expected! This moment is finally here!
Since Huo Gannian was able to ask Lu Liang to send this secret letter, it means that he has already arranged everything for the future, including how to escape, where to leave, and how to prevent his family from being implicated?
Given Huo Gannian's meticulous nature, she must have arranged everything before asking Lu Liang to deliver the letter to her.
Thinking about the physical suffering he had endured in the past few months while planning his elopement, Yun Chen felt extremely distressed. He had never missed Huo Gannian so much as he did at this moment.
January 17th was exactly the day she had agreed to go out with Yan Shijiu, and they were heading east to Dongyan!
She would definitely take the opportunity to escape and be with her Anian, even if it meant embarking on a journey of escape!
The more she thought about it, the more excited she became. Yun Chen felt a wave of sweat on her body. Suddenly, she heard the outer door being pushed open and Yan Shijiu's footsteps walking in. In a panic, she hurriedly stuffed the letter into her mouth.
When Yan Shijiu stepped forward and patted her shoulder, he asked curiously:
"It's so late, why aren't you sleeping yet?"
Yun Chen chewed the dry paper, swallowed it with a "gulp", and smiled with a guilty conscience:
"Well...I'm hungry, let's find something to eat."
Yan Shijiu shrugged his shoulders: "It's just right, I can't sleep either, let's go together."
A sumptuous midnight snack was soon set up outside the dormitory.
Under the bright light, Yan Shijiu and Yun Chen sat opposite each other at a low table.
He took the initiative to pour himself a glass of wine, his eyebrows curved, and he looked at Yun Chen with a smile, his heart full of his future with her, his tone full of joy and deep meaning:
"I'm about to leave for Tomyam. I'm so excited. Let's have a drink today!"
Yun Chen was also extremely excited, his mind full of Huo Gan Nian. He used all his strength to control himself from laughing, but he still grinned, nodded heavily, and clinked glasses with Yan Shijiu:
"I'm so happy too. I won't go home until I'm drunk tonight!"
The two of them chatted and laughed while eating and drinking.
The light cast the figures of two people, one tall and one thin, on the window frame. When they clinked glasses and drank, their long arms overlapped, like swans embracing each other.
A long time later, Yun Chen could no longer clearly recall how the night ended.
She only remembered that in the end, she was drunk and it was the first time that Yan Shijiu drank too much in front of her. His cheeks were red and he kept grinning foolishly. He fell drunk on the table with a big bump on his forehead.
She took a deep breath and felt her head buzzing. She felt sorry for him and quickly put a handkerchief under his forehead to make him feel better.
He took advantage of this opportunity to grab her hand, looked at her sideways, the corners of his lips raised high, and in a drunken state, he called her coquettishly:
"Yun Chen, Yun Chen... I'm so happy, Yun Chen..."
She patted his face gently: "Let go! If you don't let go, I'll bite you!"
"No!" he said stubbornly in a childish way, and suddenly said:
"Your fifth lower tooth on the left is so sharp it makes my tongue numb."
"Huh???" Yun Chen's eyebrows and nose wrinkled together, like a Shar Pei dog. "You've had too much to drink? What kind of naughty dream are you having?"
Yan Shijiu stopped talking and just kept laughing.
Yun Chen cursed, "It seems I can't drink with you anymore. You're such a bad drinker." Then he gathered all his strength to pull his hand out, but Yan Shijiu suddenly let go. She was pulled out by her own strength and fell on her butt, seeing stars.
She was about to curse, but when she opened her eyes, she saw Yan Shijiu pounced on her at some point, like a vegetable cover, covering her body in his favorite position.
His eyes were bright and soft, his expression was gentle and contented, and he laughed endlessly, not knowing what he was happy about.
Yun Chen felt uneasy and kicked him: "Stop being so naughty, get out of here, I'm going to sleep!"
Yan Shijiu surprisingly did not insist, but actually moved aside obediently, not teasing or blocking him. This made Yun Chen even more uncertain, and he pointed his thumb towards the inner room:
"I really fell asleep, are you sure you don't want to join me? Ugh!"
What she actually wanted to say was, are you sure you won’t harass me?
Yan Shijiu squatted on the ground, looking like a mighty big dog, and shook his head obediently to indicate that he didn't.
Yun Chen didn't know what was wrong with this guy. He looked back every few steps and walked towards the inner room cautiously.
At this moment, Yan Shijiu suddenly said behind her:
"Yun Chen, have you ever thought about this? We are a couple that has been sworn in by heaven and earth—even God has witnessed it. We will be together for the rest of our lives."
Yun Chen subconsciously wanted to retort, "It's just a bullshit pretend marriage," but then he thought that since she received the secret letter, she was determined to elope with Huo Gannian and had never thought about Yan Shijiu at all. She was really ashamed of his thoughtful care and help over the past six months.
Thinking of this, Yun Chen felt guilty. She turned around and walked back to Yan Shijiu, and pulled him up from the ground with great effort. As she walked towards the study where he slept, she muttered:
"It's inhuman not to repay a favor, Yan Shijiu. The person I feel most sorry for in this life is you. Logically, you've been good to me, so I should be good to you as well. From now on... Alas, if I have failed you in this life, I will repay you in the next."
Yun Chen supported Yan Shijiu and staggered into the study. He threw him on the couch like a sack, hesitated for a moment, took off his shoes for him, endured the dizziness in his head, and boiled hot water for him, first wiping his feet and then his face.
Yan Shijiu closed his eyes and did not move, letting her move obediently, looking like he was asleep.
When she covered him with the quilt and turned to leave, he suddenly and gently pulled her.
He wrapped his hot palm around her slender wrist and said to her word by word in a humble, pleading and trembling voice that she had never heard before:
"Yun Chen, you will never know what I gave up for you... I only have one request, Yun Chen... please don't let me down..."
Yun Chen agreed readily, nodded perfunctorily, pulled his hand away and stuffed it back into the quilt.
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