MLIAM Chapter 114

Chapter 114: I Beg You, If I Had Any Sense of Shame, I Wouldn’t Be So Shameless…

Chapter 114: I Beg You, If I Had Any Sense of Shame, I Wouldn’t Be So Shameless…

“The fall of Xizhao is imminent, you and I both know it. To have a wedding ceremony with you, Ji’an, is my only wish.” Wan Yan Jun’s gaze was fixed on the beloved person in front of him, “I only want a wedding ceremony, I don’t want any status… After my death, I’m willing to be reduced to ashes, never to be reincarnated. After you two pass away a hundred years from now, there won’t be my name on your tombstone either, you will still be a couple, is that… not even acceptable?”

Large tears fell from his eyes: “After I die, no one will know… I beg you… Ji’an. I know I was wrong, I know my sins are unforgivable, I don’t ask you to love me, pity me, I just want a little bit of sympathy… Your sympathy for a dying man…”

“Wan Yan Jun, why do you have to do this…” Yu Shuli frowned as he looked at him, never expecting that someone so ruthless towards outsiders would be so cruel to himself.

“There are only three of us here, the palace staff have long been dismissed by me… No one will know…” Wan Yan Jun’s face was twisted as he said, “You didn’t marry me, you’re just accompanying me to fulfill a wish… Let me die with peace of mind… Ji’an, you’ve always been kind-hearted…” He slightly bent his knees, no longer caring about any sense of shame: “Just… just consider it… me… begging you.”

“I don’t agree!” Wei Yan coughed, his face frighteningly gloomy: “Ji’an, don’t be fooled by his appearance!”

“Wei Yan!” Wan Yan Jun suddenly turned his head fiercely: “I’m begging Ji’an, what are you doing putting on an act at the side?! Do you think I really don’t know you were here last night?! I know everything that happened in your room! If I had attacked you last night, you would already be a corpse! Where would you have the strength to come here and shout?!”

Yu Shuli’s face paled: “So you really knew…”

Wan Yan Jun’s gaze towards Yu Shuli softened, and he said softly, “Look… even so, I didn’t send anyone to arrest him… If last night, I had appeared when you were making love, I would have been able to capture him alive. At that time, you would both be in my hands, and Xizhao might still have been saved. But I didn’t…”

Yu Shuli’s gaze towards him was complicated: “So what are you trying to say?”

“I know my limits, I won’t disturb you.” Wan Yan Jun seemed to be asking for credit: “Based on these things, can you… reward me…”

“Wan Yan Jun! Do you have any sense of shame?!” Wei Yan glared at him angrily, interrupting his words.

Wan Yan Jun laughed: “If I had any sense of shame, I wouldn’t be so shameless as to steal someone else’s love.”

“There are secret passages in the Xizhao Imperial Palace, you probably already know about them, and since that’s the case, you must be able to come and go freely. After the wedding ceremony, I’ll give you the antidote, and you can leave on your own.” He pursed his lips, still smiling as he looked at Wei Yan: “Practice makes perfect, Prime Minister Wei is very familiar with these secret passages, so I won’t see you off.”

He was planning to sacrifice himself for his country.

Yu Shuli should have realized that someone like Wan Yan Jun would not tolerate becoming a Da Liang prisoner again.

But such decisiveness… Yu Shuli hadn’t anticipated it. What’s more, he hadn’t expected that Wan Yan Jun could go to such lengths for this fleeting emotion that he had never truly grasped.

His voice was choked as he spoke: “Wan Yan Jun, not all lovers can be together… That’s why I was able to meet Wei Yan, and fall in love with him, even if it’s not fate, it’s the result of our mutual efforts… You falling in love with me was a hopeless thing from the start… I never intended to reciprocate your feelings… But in our youth, you were indeed a friend of mine… I really only agreed to have a wedding ceremony with you out of sympathy and selfishness. But for you personally, I have no true feelings at all…”

“Enough…” Wan Yan Jun lowered his head: “I don’t want to hear you say these things…”

“You want the antidote, I want the wedding ceremony, even if you consider this a transaction… is that… not acceptable?” His eyes were dim, and after he looked up, they were filled with tears: “I already said, after you leave, no third person in this world will know… you can continue to be affectionate…”

“Wan Yan Jun, matters of the heart can’t be calculated like this…”

The three argued incessantly.

Suddenly, “bang,” “bang,” “bang,” several sounds of dense knocking slammed against the main hall’s doors, and a raging fire suddenly erupted.

Accompanied by the sound of pouring oil and throwing torches.

A corner of the eaves was smashed open, and flaming arrows poured in from above at some unknown time, and the furniture around them caught fire and began to burn violently.

“Someone is attacking?!” Yu Shuli’s mind was blank.

Wei Yan and Wan Yan Jun’s expressions also changed. Neither of them had expected such a sudden attack.

Instead of fighting fair on the battlefield, they wanted to burn people to death in the main hall of their wedding ceremony using such despicable means, which was enough to surmise the degree of fear and disgust the person who started the fire had for Wan Yan Jun.

Wei Yan sneered and looked over: “You’ve done too many evil deeds in the past, and now everyone wants to kick you while you’re down, are you satisfied?”

Wan Yan Jun’s face was gloomy. He walked to the door and saw that the inside and outside had already become a sea of flames, with no way out.

The burning red door was creaking, and sparks instantly splashed onto his wedding robe.

Wan Yan Jun patted out the fire on his clothes, his face as black as the bottom of a pot: “It’s probably the doing of those vassal kings.”

“Isn’t that right? Your brothers were either killed by you or died in the previous wars, and now that you’re dead too, Xizhao has no clear heir, and they can compete fairly afterward.” Wei Yan smiled sarcastically: “Your idea of having a wedding ceremony in the midst of this chaotic war is still a good one, they must be very happy to know, like a turtle in a jar.”

Wan Yan Jun ignored Wei Yan’s sarcasm. He pursed his lips, knowing that today’s accident was all because he was too rash.

With great enemies in front and behind, he was still recklessly getting married in the palace, so it was right to be targeted.

But no matter what, he was unwilling to admit his mistake.

At least… at least during this time, he had really been happy.

Happy to the point that it felt like he had returned to the old days.

Even though this happiness came from him threatening Yu Shuli with the antidote, he had still… gained a lot of pity.

That was already enough… it was just that he was too greedy… greedy to the point of almost killing Yu Shuli.

Wan Yan Jun’s eyes were filled with the color of the fire, and after a moment of silence, countless thoughts passed through his mind.

Yu Shuli frowned: “The most urgent thing is for us to get out first, otherwise we’ll all be burned to death here.”

The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the area where the few of them could stand was getting smaller and smaller.

Wei Yan searched everywhere in the room for water, but only found a basin of water for washing hands.

That small basin was not enough for the three of them to pour on themselves.

Wei Yan glanced at Wan Yan Jun, and seeing that he had no objection, simply poured all the water on Yu Shuli.

Yu Shuli’s eyes widened: “What are you doing?!”

“We must rush out as soon as possible,” Wei Yan explained.

To rush through the door, they would inevitably have to cross the fire.

“Ji’an, if this water is given to me or Wei Yan, the other party will have objections, only if it’s all given to you, we won’t have any objections.”

Yu Shuli didn’t listen to Wan Yan Jun’s explanation, but just looked at Wei Yan, gritting his teeth: “I’m asking you! Wei Yan! You gave me all the water, don’t you want to live?”

“There’s only one basin of water, instead of dividing it among three people, where it would be useless for everyone, it’s better to pour it all on you and save you alone.” Wei Yan looked at Wan Yan Jun: “He agreed too, blame him if you want.”

Even at this juncture, he couldn’t help but stab at Wan Yan Jun.

Wan Yan Jun came over with a sword, the tip pointing straight at Wei Yan’s throat.

Water droplets dripped from Yu Shuli’s chin, making him look somewhat pitiful when he looked at people like this. “I don’t care, you must live.” He desperately tried to pull Wei Yan’s hand, and wanted to rub all the water on himself onto Wei Yan’s body: “Anyway, I won’t allow you to die.”

Seeing Wan Yan Jun coming to attack, he blocked Wei Yan in front of him.

Wei Yan raised an eyebrow and looked at Wan Yan Jun provocatively.

“You’re protecting him so much?” Wan Yan Jun’s eyelashes flickered, and his smile looked very sad.

He turned his wrist and slashed the sword towards the fire door behind the two of them, and the fire door made a loud “bang.”

Seeing this, Yu Shuli immediately realized that he wasn’t going to attack Wei Yan, but was going to smash the fire door, so he immediately followed suit and started smashing the door with something.

Smoke filled the air, and the heat was scorching, blurring the vision of everyone.

Several glass lamps shattered in the fire, and sparks flew out like meteors.

The scalding smoke choked them so much that they could hardly speak, but the door was very strong, and even with everyone’s efforts, they couldn’t easily smash it open.

If they waited until it burned to carbonization and could be easily smashed open, they would have either been burned to death or choked to death long ago.

Wei Yan staggered a few steps, his vision was blurred, and his palm almost pressed into the fire, but Yu Shuli anxiously grabbed it.

“Wei Yan, are you okay?” Yu Shuli took off his wet outer shirt and hurriedly covered Wei Yan’s mouth and nose.

Wei Yan raised his hand to refuse, indicating that he was fine.

Yu Shuli muffled a sound, and was about to use his inner strength when Wan Yan Jun held him down and warned, “You’ve used your inner strength several times already, if you continue like this, you won’t be able to undo the Five Stone Powder!”

“If I can’t undo it, then I can’t undo it.” He looked at Wei Yan: “Even if I can’t undo it, he’s my antidote for life anyway.”

Wei Yan’s expression was not good, and he didn’t follow his words.

On the matter of Yu Shuli’s body, he and Wan Yan Jun were ultimately on the same side.

“I’m fine, take care of yourself first, don’t use your inner strength recklessly.” Wei Yan pressed the wet wedding robe back on Yu Shuli’s face as it was, and only after confirming that Yu Shuli had covered himself well did he use his sleeve to cover his face and cough heavily through his clothes.

A trace of dark black blood Overflow from the corner of his mouth, but he casually wiped it away, and then looked at Wan Yan Jun: “Now is not the time to settle scores, let’s work together to find a way to rush out?”

Wan Yan Jun watched the two of them interact like this, and the hand holding the sword tightened even more.

He didn’t answer immediately, but suddenly said, “The wedding ceremony is not complete.”

As long as he left this place, he would no longer have Yu Shuli.

He would lose him forever.

So… even if it would make Yu Shuli hate him for the rest of his life, he could only take this chance.

Yu Shuli’s eyes widened, and he glared angrily: “It’s already like this, and you still have the mind to think about these things?!”

Wan Yan Jun was silent.

He knew that this was really taking advantage of the fire, but he couldn’t help it, this was his last chance.

Anyway… it wasn’t the first time he had played the villain, and he had long lost any dignity or image…

Therefore, although he felt embarrassed and miserable, he still stretched out his hand towards Yu Shuli.

Wei Yan narrowed his eyes, seemingly guessing what he was thinking, and pulled Yu Shuli behind him: “You can offer other exchange conditions, I can consider them appropriately, but don’t put your mind on Ji’an.”

“Going through the wedding ceremony quickly is very fast, as long as no one interferes, we won’t delay anything.” Wan Yan Jun said, “We’ve tried to open this door for so long and can’t, the outside must also be blocked by them with something. If we want to escape… I have a way…”

“I know… the mechanism for the only secret passage in this main hall.” He closed his eyes: “There’s only one condition. If you don’t satisfy me, then the three of us will burn to death here together.”

“Wan Yan Jun!” Yu Shuli’s eyes were filled with shock and anger: “Even now, you’re still so stubbornly persistent?”

“Wei Yan can’t hold on for too long, Ji’an. Are you sure… you still want to hesitate?” Wan Yan Jun coughed a few times from the smoke, and said, “After the wedding ceremony, I’ll give him the antidote.”

Wei Yan grabbed Yu Shuli’s arm and shook his head at him: “No.”

Wan Yan Jun smiled and walked over, pulling open the sleeve that was covering it.

On the sleeve was a patch of bright red and dark bloodstains. Under the firelight, it was eerie and desolate.

Yu Shuli’s eyes moved greatly, he slowly let go of Wei Yan’s hand, avoided his gaze, and finally gritted his teeth and said decisively: “I’ll do it!”

A pair of cold, hard hands separated him from Wei Yan’s side, and then those hands slowly supported his waist.

Wei Yan bent over, wanting to pull him back but couldn’t, coughing incessantly.

Yu Shuli’s eyes didn’t leave Wei Yan, but his body stiffened and turned around following Wan Yan Jun’s movements.

Most of the wedding silk had been burned clean, and the two of them couldn’t care about formalities. Wan Yan Jun took off his wedding robe and handed one end to Yu Shuli.

He smiled: “Husband and wife bow to each other.”

Just then, Yu Shuli suddenly turned his head to look at Wei Yan again.

The man who had always been as graceful as jade was now standing to the side, his body slightly hunched over, quietly watching, like a down-and-out, dying old man.

Yu Shuli didn’t need to look up to see into his eyes.

Yu Shuli had seen many colors in his eyes.

Angry, shy, hateful, disappointed, happy, seductive…

In front of him, he was going to have a wedding ceremony with another man, he should be sad.

But now there was nothing in his eyes, just an empty space.

He seemed… to be withering away.

Yu Shuli’s heart ached suddenly.

He suddenly threw down Wan Yan Jun’s robe: “Wan Yan Jun, I’ve changed my mind.”

He ran back to Wei Yan’s side, grabbed his cold hand, and smiled abruptly: “To embrace until death, with our ashes mingled together, wouldn’t be such a bad way to die, right?”