MLIAM Chapter 94

Chapter 94: Precious Treasure, Don’t Move, I’ll Take You Away.

Chapter 94: Precious Treasure, Don’t Move, I’ll Take You Away.

Zhao Xuan widened his eyes, his voice trembling: “You are… Yu… Yu Shuli?” He shrank back, trying to hide himself in the bedding: “I… am I not dreaming?”

“Not dreaming, I’m here to save you.” Yu Shuli found clean clothes from the cabinet beside him, turned his eyes away, and handed them to Zhao Xuan. “Your Highness, put on your clothes, and we’ll leave immediately. If we’re late, I fear we’ll be discovered by The Imperial Guards in The Imperial Palace, and then we won’t be able to leave.”

Zhao Xuan’s hand, as he took the clothes, visibly stiffened. “You want… to take me away?” He lowered his eyes, chuckled softly, “Where to?”

“Naturally, back to Da Liang.” Yu Shuli saw that he had taken the clothes but didn’t put them on, and was puzzled: “Doesn’t Your Highness want to leave this Xizhao Imperial Palace that confines you?”

“But even if I return to Da Liang, where can I go?” He sneered, raised his head to look at Yu Shuli: “According to them, now that my second brother has ascended the throne, and my eldest brother, as the crown prince, has been deposed, what awaits me when I return…?”

“Third Prince!” Yu Shuli took a deep breath, trying to make his tone amiable: “You should know the Second Prince’s character. He won’t do anything to you. If you go back, you can still…”

“You don’t need to try to persuade me…” Zhao Xuan wrapped himself tightly in the bedding: “I won’t go with you.”

Yu Shuli bit his lip, his voice becoming more urgent: “If you stay here, you’re just waiting for death!”

“If I go with you, that’s waiting for death!” Zhao Xuan slowly turned around, his eyes flashing with complex light: “I ask you, after returning, will you let me leave the Second Brother’s sight?”

Yu Shuli was speechless: “His Majesty will send people to protect you, but will definitely not monitor you, or restrict your freedom…”

Zhao Xuan suddenly smiled: “Do you believe that yourself when you say that?”

“Zhao Xuan!” Yu Shuli couldn’t bear it any longer: “Don’t mistake the enemy for a father, or be unable to distinguish right from wrong! Da Liang is your country! Do you think Wan Yan Jun is keeping you around for anything good?!”

“Of course I know he has bad intentions…” The corner of Zhao Xuan’s mouth curled into a bitter smile: “But… I’ve been living like this for so many years… It can’t get any worse than it already is…”

“Now that the two countries are at war, do you think you can still live as you did before?!” Yu Shuli’s voice was even distorted by his high emotions: “He will kill you!”

“If he wants to kill me, then death is death.” Zhao Xuan’s fingers tightly gripped a corner of the bedding, looking over: “Or do you think that, in my current state, I can be happy living?”

“There’s no difference between living and dying for me. Looking at me like this, you must find it very laughable and feel quite pleased, right?” He smiled bitterly: “The dignified Third Prince of Da Liang is living a life worse than a prostitute’s…”

Zhao Xuan lowered his head: “You go, I’ll pretend I didn’t see you today.”

“Zhao Xuan! Don’t be so stubborn!”

“Didn’t you hear me telling you to leave?!” Zhao Xuan raised his face, his eyes swollen and red like peaches, but suddenly he hooked his lips: “Or do you want to stay and sink with me? Then, of course, I would welcome that…”

He stretched out a pair of unclothed hands towards Yu Shuli, “You come, I can teach you…”

Seeing him acting promiscuously like this, Yu Shuli threw him off with a dark face, “Zhao Xuan, you can seek your own death, but don’t drag others down with you.”

“I’m seeking death?” He laughed loudly, his face suddenly becoming ferocious: “I don’t know how much I want to live! That’s why I’ve made myself so pathetic!”

“I’m just a A playboy with no threat! Is that not allowed?! Do you have to completely exterminate me?!”

“I told you, His Majesty doesn’t want to kill you! He’s looking for you to save you and bring you back!”

“Save me? How will you save me? I don’t think you have any good intentions towards me… Can’t you see what kind of ghost I’ve been turned into by this five-mineral powder?”

But Yu Shuli’s expression was serious: “As long as Your Highness returns with me, we will help you.”

“Help me?” Zhao Xuan glanced at Yu Shuli with some suspicion, seeing that he didn’t seem to be faking or talking nonsense, and a light suddenly appeared in his eyes: “Can you give me five-mineral powder?”

Yu Shuli sighed, a deep sense of powerlessness rising in his heart: “Third Prince, we will help you get rid of your drug addiction.”

“Get rid of it?!” Zhao Xuan’s face instantly turned pale: “No! It can’t be gotten rid of! I won’t quit!”

“It can be quit.”

Amidst their argument, the outside suddenly lit up, Yu Shuli knew it was the light of torches.

The surrounding noise grew louder, and the sound of soldiers’ footsteps could be faintly heard.

If they didn’t leave now, they really wouldn’t be able to!

Yu Shuli bowed deeply as a final courtesy, “Third Prince, I have already obtained the prescription. After research by the Imperial Hospital, an antidote will surely be made.”

Zhao Xuan’s dark pupils stared straight at him, looking him up and down again: “Are you confident?”

Yu Shuli felt a little uneasy under his gaze, and felt that Zhao Xuan was somewhat inexplicable, but he still answered truthfully: “Even if an antidote can’t necessarily be made, it can still be quit with the help of medicinal baths, as long as one has sufficient self-control. We already have successful cases.”

Zhao Xuan shook his head in a daze: “I can’t… It’s been so many years… I can’t!”

“Third Prince!” Yu Shuli interrupted him: “Do you want to live like this in a daze for the rest of your life?! The worth of a person lies in understanding how to respect and love oneself! Otherwise, what’s the difference between you and a wild beast? You’ve been a wild beast here in Wan Yan Jun’s place for so many years, don’t you want to be human again?!”

“To be human… to be human again…” He raised his eyes, tears in his eyes: “Can I… can I still do it?”

“You can.” Yu Shuli reached out his hand to him: “Your Highness, come with me, I’ll take you back, to live a free life.”

Zhao Xuan wiped away his tears and finally started to move, beginning to put on his clothes.

Yu Shuli saw him moving so slowly and urged him several times anxiously.

He could already hear the sound of weapons clashing nearby, probably Zhong Nian and the team they led were already fighting with the Xizhao soldiers.

If The Imperial Palace was now under martial law, it would be impossible for him to escape with a physically weak Zhao Xuan.

“Third Prince, please hurry, don’t take any belongings, you’ll have everything once we get back to Da Liang.”

“I know.” Seeing that Yu Shuli turned his eyes away and didn’t look at him, Zhao Xuan tied his belt in front of Yu Shuli even more slowly, saying as he tied it: “Yu Shuli, you’re so anxious for me, could it be… that you have feelings for me?”

“Have you and Wei Yan… broken up? He treated you like that back then, and you didn’t seem to be faking your affection for him. I thought you and him would end up together… After all, you two back then…” He hadn’t had anyone to chat with for a long time, and once he started talking, he was muddled and rambling, saying whatever came to mind: “Speaking of back then, I didn’t think so before, but now that I think about it, you’re always weaving between us brothers, could it be that you’re deliberately attracting our attention, wanting to climb up the branches and become a phoenix?”

Yu Shuli was speechless with anger.

He could still think about these things at a time like this.

Seeing Zhao Xuan’s lazy and absurd appearance, Yu Shuli was too lazy to answer, and too lazy to care about those proprieties. He saw that Zhao Xuan was dressed well enough, walked straight over, and quickly tapped his acupoints with his fingers to prevent him from fighting and entanglement.

Zhao Xuan’s face changed: “Yu Shuli, what do you want to do?!”

He struggled, only to find that he couldn’t move, and immediately started cursing: “You really still hold a grudge! I knew it… how could you be so kind? You must have thought about taking revenge sooner or later…”

“Why would I take revenge on you? I just think you’re too noisy.” Yu Shuli rolled his eyes at him, lifted him up horizontally, and carried him away: “Whatever it is, we’ll talk about it when we get to a safe place.”

Zhao Xuan waited for a long time, but didn’t wait for Yu Shuli to beat or kill him, and felt inexplicably confused in his heart.

Was he really too carefree, or had he forgotten everything from the past?

Even if he was carefree, he shouldn’t be completely unaware, right? It could only be… that he had forgotten.

Zhao Xuan’s mind was racing. *Fortunately, he forgot…*

He was now being held in place with his acupoints tapped, and he was indeed much more well-behaved, but his mouth still couldn’t be quiet: “You still dare to say you don’t like men?”

“If you don’t like men, why did you avoid my body when you saw it? Now you’re dragging me away, even avoiding my butt. What? Are you afraid to touch it?” He chuckled softly: “I’ve seen everything in Xizhao for so many years. It’s not like I haven’t slept with men, you don’t need to hide it.”

“I’m not interested in Your Highness’s body, it’s just that I already have a family, so I’m avoiding it.” Yu Shuli lowered his eyes and glanced at him: “And the person I like happens to be a man, that’s all.”

After explaining, before Zhao Xuan could ask further, Yu Shuli quickly tapped his mute acupoint.

The world finally quieted down.

Apart from the sound of the two eunuchs entangled together outside the bedroom, Yu Shuli listened carefully again, trying to discern the direction of the Imperial Guards’ search so that he could flee in the opposite direction.

He carried the person over the wall and was running towards the shadows when a light suddenly flashed before his eyes.

Yu Shuli’s footsteps stopped abruptly.

“Oh! Who’s the unlucky bastard who came to steal someone from The Imperial Palace at this time?” The person was tall and strong, with deep and three-dimensional features, his cold eyes squinting slightly as he raised his hand to block Yu Shuli’s path.

Behind him was a group of Imperial Guards with solemn expressions, and the guard who had been tricked by Yu Shuli earlier was glaring angrily, his anger at being deceived by Yu Shuli wanting to pierce through him.

It seemed that Yu Shuli had been inside for too long, and the guard had noticed something was wrong and brought a large force over.

Yu Shuli picked up Zhao Xuan, who was tucked under his arm, put him on the ground, stared intently at the man, and said nothing.

“This person…” The leader’s gaze followed and turned to Zhao Xuan’s face, and after recognizing him carefully, his expression changed and he sneered: “I wondered who was stolen, it turned out to be this whore… You’re not afraid of getting dirty.”

Zhao Xuan’s face turned even paler when he saw the man.

Even though he couldn’t move now, Yu Shuli could feel his body frantically wanting to shrink behind him.

“Who are you?” Yu Shuli stepped forward and stood in front of Zhao Xuan, blocking the ill-intentioned gazes for him.

“Ask who I am?” The man laughed a few times, suddenly changed his face, and glared fiercely: “Ask him, who am I?”

Yu Shuli pursed his lips and released Zhao Xuan’s acupoints.

But he suddenly saw him tremble and rush over, grabbing onto his clothes.

Yu Shuli could almost hear the sound of Zhao Xuan’s teeth chattering: “Take me away! Please! Take me away!”

Yu Shuli supported him and comforted him: “Don’t worry, I’ll take you away.”

“Today, none of you will leave!”

The man on the opposite side raised his arm, and the soldiers behind him stood ready, archers crawling onto the roofs from all directions, the silver arrows gleaming, eager to try, and as soon as an order was given, Yu Shuli and Zhao Xuan could be shot into sieves.

It was pointless to blame Zhao Xuan for delaying too much time now.

Yu Shuli pulled his arm back from Zhao Xuan’s hand, smiled faintly, and looked at the man on the opposite side: “If I’m not mistaken, you are the Xizhao First Prince, Wan Yanqi?”

The man raised an eyebrow: “You do have some sense.” He arrogantly raised his chin: “You don’t know me, and you haven’t seen me, so how did you guess?”

“The Xizhao Second Prince has feminine features and is not interested in politics, and you’re so big and strong, and you’re leading soldiers, so you’re clearly not him. I’ve met the Xizhao Third Prince – that is, your current Majesty. So, excluding those two answers, you must be – Wan Yanqi.”

“Not bad, not bad.” The man on the opposite side clapped his hands and applauded: “You do have some brains.”

“Unfortunately, you’re still going to die at my hands!” He shouted loudly: “Archers, shoot! Kill these two, no exceptions!”

Hearing this, Zhao Xuan fell to the ground, covering his face and crying: “We’re doomed!”

But Yu Shuli smiled and looked at the man on the opposite side: “Wait! Aren’t you curious about my identity?”

Wan Yanqi’s gaze swept over him: “You…?”

“I have an identity that you can’t touch.” Yu Shuli hooked his lips, “If you don’t believe me, try hurting me and see if your Majesty will chop off your dog heads afterward.”

Wan Yanqi looked at him carefully, and then his face changed drastically, gnashing his teeth and saying: “You… you are… Yu, Shuli?!”

Yu Shuli nodded: “It’s me, so what?”

“You have a lot of nerve, daring to break into the Xizhao Imperial Palace alone?! Now you’re an even more delicious *Xiang cake* than this whore, aren’t you afraid of never returning?”

“Afraid, but my skills shouldn’t be so bad that I can’t return…” Yu Shuli smiled.

“Then today… I really have to kill you no matter what.” Wan Yanqi revealed a mocking smile: “Wan Yan Jun wants this person, but I won’t let him have him. Do you think our Xizhao imperial family can put on a show of brotherly harmony for you? How naive.”

Yu Shuli shook his head: “Of course I know that the relationship between you brothers isn’t good either, and that the relationship between you and Wan Yan Jun is just about fighting for the throne.”

“Then why did you dare to tell me who you are?!”

“I’m not telling you, I’m telling the soldiers behind you.” Yu Shuli said lightly: “I told you who I am, so if you kill me today, there will be no accidental killing. As long as anyone present is greedy for wealth and reports this, Wan Yan Jun will definitely settle accounts with you one day. Or, do you have the ability to kill all these witnesses one by one?”

“You!” Wan Yanqi gritted his teeth: “You’re so despicable!”

He added: “How do you know that Wan Yan Jun will avenge you? I am, after all, his imperial brother… maybe, he doesn’t even…”

“Imperial brother? The kind of imperial brother who wants to kill each other at the slightest disagreement?” Yu Shuli suddenly laughed, interrupting him: “The importance of me to him, even if it’s not you, just ask any palace maid or eunuch in Xizhao, and they should be able to tell you the answer, right?”

He raised his eyes, his eyes shining brightly in the light of the torches: “Wan Yanqi, are you sure you want to gamble your life with mine?”

Wan Yanqi’s face was indescribably ugly.

He really didn’t need to gamble.

Wan Yan Jun was ruthless and vicious, and although he hadn’t treated his brothers too badly on the surface since ascending the throne,

The struggle for imperial power was not a matter of one day, and if he, whose wings had not yet fully grown, took the initiative to tear this facade, it would inevitably hurt his foundation.

He stopped the archers and shouted to the soldiers behind him: “Capture Yu Shuli alive! Present him to His Majesty!”

Yu Shuli hadn’t expected Wan Yanqi to let him go anyway, this was the result he wanted.

Capturing alive meant not being able to seriously injure him.

This would make the Xizhao soldiers restrained when they started fighting.

And it would give him a chance to escape with Zhao Xuan.

Yu Shuli hooked his lips, pulled Zhao Xuan over, and carried the weeping person onto his back: “Don’t move, I’ll take you away.”