MLIAM Chapter 102

Chapter 102: I’ll Admit My Mistake, Or Else I’ll Really Sell Myself!

Chapter 102: I’ll Admit My Mistake, Or Else I’ll Really Sell Myself!

The sound of hooves in the distance was particularly jarring in the silent night. The two sat side by side, neither choosing to stand up.

Yu Shuli shook his head at Wei Yan: “Wei Yan, actually, I’m not that stupid.”

“I couldn’t fully understand or accept Wanyan Jun’s thoughts at the time, but I could more or less grasp them.”

“But love isn’t about who comes first or last,” he took Wei Yan’s burning hot fingers in his own, “it only counts when two people truly love each other.”

“Since I’ve fallen for you, I’ve naturally made up my mind about you. You don’t need to compare yourself to him. Although I met him first, it was just a simple gentleman’s friendship and mutual appreciation, nothing more. Later, I met you, got to know you, became friends with you, understood you… and now, I love you. Our feelings have nothing to do with anyone else. So even if he’s better, I only want you. Besides, now we’re mortal enemies, we can’t even be friends.”

Being looked at so seriously by Yu Shuli, the gloom in Wei Yan’s eyes gradually dissipated. He gave a soft “Mm” and said, “Ji’an, then… I need to admit my mistake to you.”

Yu Shuli looked over.

“You asked me before, but I didn’t admit it. But… when he was going to confess to you, I really did deliberately pretend to be a palace maid to ruin his chances.”

Yu Shuli glared at him: “I guessed it all along!”

“I also guided him, step by step, to kill the Empress’s personal maid. The Censorate was involved when the Empress was attacked.”

“Back then, I cooperated with Zhao Lan to bring down Chou Wanshan. At that time, I wanted the throne, and the Second Prince wanted freedom. He promised me that he could protect you. So… I embarked on this path of a powerful minister at Zhao Lan’s suggestion. However, I was afraid that you would let something slip, so I didn’t dare to tell you.”

“I know, because I’m stupid, right?” Yu Shuli smiled frankly: “Okay, I can accept that for now.”

Wei Yan cautiously glanced at him: “There’s also…”

Yu Shuli raised an eyebrow, signaling him to continue.

“Also, when I was going through the capping ceremony and staring out the window in a daze, I wasn’t thinking about having power over the world one day, or being surrounded by wealth, or having pavilions and terraces at home, enjoying beautiful scenery all day long. Instead… I was thinking about being able to hold you in my arms one day, watching the clouds drift by.”

“Mm.”

Seeing that Yu Shuli was listening with satisfaction, Wei Yan’s eyes flickered, and he began to cautiously say some unpleasant things:

“The old poison that Emperor Zhao Wu gave me was neutralized after returning to the capital…”

“Mm?!”

“The poison from the Five Stone Powder… I neutralized it in a week… the rest was all a lie…”

“Mm?!”

“That signed copy… it was sold… and made a lot of money. Someone recognized your handwriting and knew our story… When people ran into me, I admitted it…”

“???!!!”

“Also… the illustrations you drew were included as a bonus at the end… they liked them very much…”

Yu Shuli was listening calmly at first, but when he heard the latter part, he couldn’t bear it any longer. He gritted his teeth and poked Wei Yan’s chest: “Wei Yan, how much more are you hiding from me?!”

Wei Yan smiled brightly: “This time… I’ve really confessed everything, there are no more secrets.”

Wei Yan’s eyelashes fluttered, and he put his hand in Yu Shuli’s. “Ji’an…”

“Get lost, get lost…” Yu Shuli waved his hand, “I’m still angry.”

“Also, I just lied to you just now.”

Yu Shuli suddenly turned his head, frowning: “What do you mean?”

“Wanyan Jun’s arrow… was poisoned.”

Yu Shuli was stunned. He stood up with a “whoosh”: “What?! Then what do we do?!”

“He definitely won’t give us the antidote…” He paced back and forth, muttering: “Otherwise, I’ll really go sell myself…”

“Ji’an…” Wei Yan looked at him like this and couldn’t help but find it a little funny: “It shouldn’t be a very strong poison. Besides having a fever, I don’t have any other special feelings. Imperial Physician Yang should be able to neutralize this poison.”

Yu Shuli glanced at him: “You might as well not have told me at all, I’d rather be poisoned to death.”

Wei Yan paused, then quickly tried to please him by rubbing his palm: “I was wrong, I’m now being completely honest. I just didn’t want you to worry.”

“Then what were you saying earlier, that there was no poison on the arrow, that Wanyan Jun had true feelings for me, and things like that…” Yu Shuli threw off Wei Yan’s hand and cursed: “You bastard, so you were testing me again?!”

He turned his head and asked unhappily, “If I said I was a little touched or something, what would you do? Hand me over to him?”

“Ji’an…” Seeing him like an anxious little rabbit, Wei Yan quickly hugged him to comfort him. “I didn’t mean to test you on purpose, I just wanted to know how much you really care about me…”

“I already know that you like me… but… I really don’t have the confidence, I don’t know how someone like me is worthy of you liking me so much…”

“How much more do you want me to like you? I’ve already let you sleep with me, don’t you understand? Someone like me… someone like me…” As Yu Shuli spoke, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he choked up: “I was originally a decent young man, how could I agree to be the one on the bottom? Isn’t it all because I like you, I love you?!”

Wei Yan’s face turned flustered, Yu Shuli’s tears and helpless appearance made him completely lose his composure.

“I… it’s my fault… I won’t try to figure out or test your feelings anymore…”

“It’s all my fault… you can scold me, and I’ll take it.” He knelt down and gently pressed his face against Yu Shuli’s hand, “I’ll kneel down and apologize. If you’re still not satisfied, then hit me to let off steam, okay?”

Yu Shuli pulled back his hand, ignoring him, only wiping away his tears.

Today, for some reason, the tears kept flowing more and more.

Wei Yan’s heart was filled with mixed feelings, he lowered his head, and tears involuntarily welled up in his eyes. “It’s my fault, please don’t be angry with me, Ji’an.”

Yu Shuli’s loud but ultimately weak crying stopped, and he looked at Wei Yan, whose eyes were already red.

His heart was suddenly pricked.

“Get up, what does it look like to be kneeling.” He half-pushed, half-pulled Wei Yan up, and said in a muffled voice, “You just had the arrow removed, and you have a high fever, if I punish you again, am I still human?”

Wei Yan followed his movements and stood up, his eyes flickering with tears: “Then don’t be angry, okay? I promise I won’t do it again…”

Yu Shuli was about to agree, but suddenly his eyes darted around, “Then after you go back… get better… and really try being on top once…”

Wei Yan’s smile froze, “This matter…”

“See, I knew you were just pretending earlier…” Yu Shuli sighed, disappointed.

“Ji’an.” Wei Yan put his arm around his shoulder and changed the subject: “Do you know what kind of medicine Wanyan Jun smeared on the arrow?”

“How would I know? I’m not familiar with him.” Yu Shuli quickly denied any relationship, to avoid Wei Yan getting jealous again. His gaze shifted, his expression complicated: “It wouldn’t… be Five Stone Powder again, would it?!”

“No…” Wei Yan shook his head: “Why would he use that kind of medicine on me? You have to think, if I was poisoned, and you were by my side, you would definitely have to help me detoxify, wouldn’t he be pissed to death?”

“Then… what else could it be?”

“I’m not sure.” Wei Yan said: “I thought that with your understanding of him, you should know his past habits when it comes to medicine.”

“Please, my understanding of him is all from years ago? People change.”

“Mm,” Wei Yan nodded: “It seems we can only take it one step at a time.”

The sound of marching hooves grew closer, and the firelight was almost upon them.

Yu Shuli stood up and pulled him: “Let’s go, I’ve rested enough, let’s deal with these pursuers first. You find a big tree first and hide for a while.”

Although Wei Yan didn’t stop him, he still frowned: “Are you confident?”

“Judging from the sound, there aren’t many of them, I think I can handle it alone.” Yu Shuli said: “The main thing is, they have horses.”

Their horses were released when they went up the mountain, and now without horses, it would be difficult for them to rejoin their own people just with their legs. So no matter what, they needed to get a horse.

Wei Yan nodded, not dragging things out, and simply found a hidden place to hide.

The smell of blood in the air could not be concealed. In order to prevent them from finding Wei Yan, Yu Shuli deliberately ran some distance to the open space next to him.

Before long, he heard several deafening shouts.

Immediately afterwards, a dozen fully armed cavalrymen emerged, wielding their whips like ferocious beasts, and surrounded Yu Shuli.

The moonlight was chilling.

Yu Shuli looked back, took out a Knife from his sleeve, and flipped it back and forth with his fingers.

He carefully looked at these dozen people, then smiled and beckoned: “Come on, all of you come at once, I’m in a hurry.”

The tense atmosphere in the air reached its peak, accompanied by a sense of suffocation.

“Are you Yu Shuli?!” The leader of the pursuers asked suspiciously.

“Your grandfather is.”

“Catch him!” Seeing how arrogant he was, the pursuers gnashed their teeth, their eyes full of ruthlessness, and rushed towards Yu Shuli.

Yu Shuli sneered: “Catch me? That’s a joke. You should pray that you can save your own lives.”

He stepped forward with his knife, his figure surprisingly fast.

The light of the knife met the edge of the sword, making a crisp metallic sound.

Overwhelming sword light came down, Yu Shuli dodged to the side, and kicked several pursuers around him away.

He gasped a few times, slowing down the effects of the medicine that had not fully dissipated.

Seeing this, the surrounding pursuers became even more aggressive, thinking that he was already at the end of his rope. They lunged forward, but were repelled by Yu Shuli one by one, causing the group to change their expressions.

Yu Shuli hooked his lips and taunted: “There are so many of you, fighting just me, and you can’t even touch the hem of my clothes, aren’t you too useless?” He skillfully dodged the endless attacks in front of him, turned around and deflected the sword tip of the person in front of him, and with a backhand twist, he thrust the blade into the person’s heart.

With a “poof” sound, a red light flashed, and the rising blood mist, accompanied by the person who suddenly fell, finally made these dozens of people feel frightened and fearful.

They looked at each other for a while, none of them daring to step forward.

“Scared?” Yu Shuli smiled: “Too bad, you can’t leave.” He wiped the blood on his face: “I alone… have surrounded… all of you.”

Suddenly, an ear-piercing cannon blast suddenly rang out behind Yu Shuli.

He looked up and saw that the withered branches and leaves were scattered all over the ground, and the yellow smoke from the mud and sand covered the sky and the earth.

After the wind and whistling subsided, what followed was hundreds of cavalrymen rushing out of the smoke.

The sound of reining in horses was clear in the night, and the earth still retained the aftershocks, making people’s hearts beat wildly.

Yu Shuli turned his head and saw that the place where he and Wei Yan had hidden was blasted into a pitted mud field.

In an instant, he felt a blankness in his mind, and he didn’t even notice Wanyan Jun, who was riding a tall horse towards him, staring at him with a complicated expression.