RMACAUH Chapter 43
by VolareChapter 43 Chapter 43 Today, you son of a bitch, I acknowledge…
“Si Ming, receive the decree.” Xu Baobao, with a face full of joy, proclaimed the imperial edict.
“I have heard that my virtuous nephew, the Xilan County Prince, is now of marriageable age, with both talent and appearance, and upright character. To consummate the beauty of a good match and strengthen the friendship with Nan Zhao, I bestow the Xilan County Prince to Si Ming, the Heir Apparent of Nan Zhao, to be wed on an auspicious day. Let it be proclaimed to the world! By imperial decree!”
Si Ming’s face was neither joyful nor worried. He stepped forward two steps, receiving the bright yellow brocade with both hands, “Si Ming, accepts the decree.”
Si Mo stood there, stunned, unable to believe what he had just heard. Si Ming was the Heir Apparent. How could the Heir Apparent marry a *ge’er*?
Wasn’t it supposed to be him?
Why wasn’t it him?
Seeing that Xu Baobao was about to leave, Si Mo rushed forward, stopping him at all costs, “Eunuch, isn’t there a mistake in the proclamation? My brother is the Heir Apparent, how could the Emperor bestow a *ge’er* to him in marriage?”
Seeing his agitated emotions, Xu Baobao forced a smile, “Our Guangling Prince set a precedent and created a beautiful tale. The world is ever-changing, why must the County Prince be confined to one pattern? We should abandon prejudice. Nowadays, *ge’er* can advance and defend the country like men, and retreat and manage the household like women.”
Having said that, Xu Baobao gave him a bow and quickly left the other residence with the palace servants.
Si Mo couldn’t accept this fact, striding forward to snatch the imperial edict from Si Ming’s hands.
“Si Mo, you are being insolent!”
Si Mo ignored him, domineeringly opening the imperial edict and reading it word by word. It was exactly the same as what Eunuch Xu had proclaimed.
“Why? Why is this happening?”
“Are you crazy? You even dare to snatch an imperial edict!” Si Ming angrily snatched the imperial edict back from his hands, only to see that he looked lost and despondent, and didn’t try to fight him for it again.
“I refuse to accept this!” Si Mo stopped Si Ming, pushing his shoulder, “Go tell the Emperor that you don’t like the Xilan County Prince at all, you don’t want to marry him!”
“Si Mo, do you know what you’re saying?”
“I know! I know…” Si Mo’s face was full of grief and despair, like a child who had lost everything, he pleaded, “I’m not asking for anything anymore, brother, can you give Xilan to me? Huh? I’m begging you! I like him…”
“You like him, so you must have him?” Si Ming stared at him almost cruelly, stepping closer and closer, “Si Mo, you are not qualified! A person who caused his mother’s death at birth and brought disaster to Nan Zhao, the only reason you’ve been allowed to survive until now is because of Grandmother’s kindness. Just be your useless County Prince in peace for the rest of your life, don’t fantasize about anything, do you understand?”
“You don’t like him at all, so why do you want to marry him? You clearly have someone you like in Nan Zhao!”
“Only children constantly say ‘like’ or ‘dislike’. In the adult world, the word ‘like’ is the most worthless thing. Si Mo, you’re not a child anymore.”
Si Ming pushed him away with disgust, turned and entered the house, instructing his subordinates to begin preparations to welcome the bride back to Nan Zhao.
From childhood to adulthood, Si Mo had never fought for anything, because those powers and favors were too far away from him, making him feel that he was unworthy.
But Xilan was different. From the first moment he saw him, his whole heart was beating for him, his blood was boiling for him. He wanted him, never so intensely.
Si Mo didn’t give up. He turned around and rode away from the royal residence, inquiring all the way to the Su Prince’s Manor.
Without a visiting card, like a boor who didn’t understand etiquette, he brazenly went forward and said he wanted to see the Xilan County Prince.
The guards at the gate almost chased him away, until he took out his waist tag, and they sent someone to report.
At this time, Feng Yue, the Xilan County Prince, was in the room, packing his dowry and the ceremonial robes for the wedding, half worried and half happy.
Fortunately, it wasn’t him and Si Mo who were being betrothed, but Si Ming, whom he liked. Otherwise, he would definitely hate it to death!
It was just that leaving his hometown and parents, he was terribly panicked. Once he left, would he ever be able to come back?
The maid guarding outside hurried in, “Your Highness.”
“What is it?”
“The Si Mo County Prince wants to see you outside the door.”
“I’m not seeing him! Tell him to get lost.” Feng Yue was fed up with him. Just thinking about his excessive behavior made him feel uncomfortable.
“Yes.”
Si Mo waited outside the door for a long time before he saw a little maid come out. He stood up and greeted her.
“Si Mo County Prince, please go back. My Highness doesn’t want to see you.”
“Why doesn’t he want to see me? I have something important to find him for, take me to see him!”
The maid saw that he wanted to grab her, wanting to force his way into the manor, and the guards next to her stepped forward, drawing their swords to stop him.
“Please don’t be presumptuous here, if you don’t leave, we will report to the authorities!”
Si Mo had to retreat into the alley, finding a corner to squat in to block the wind. Since he didn’t want to see him, he would always come out, right?
So Si Mo stayed at the entrance of the alley, never leaving for three days and two nights. No one’s persuasion or expulsion worked.
The Su Prince was quite frightened. He had never heard that this Si Mo had a mental illness, that his brain wasn’t working properly.
So he quietly sent a letter to Si Ming, telling him to take the person away.
Si Ming ordered people to knock him unconscious and forcibly take him away.
When he woke up, he was lying on the bed, staring wide-eyed, not eating or drinking.
Si Ming didn’t care about him either, the time was tight, and the departure date was approaching.
*
Feng Yue’s departing team traveled three hundred *li* outside the capital, setting up camp in a small forest in the suburbs, and sending a small team to a nearby town to purchase supplies.
Wei Xiaofeng had recently become obsessed with archery, and could already hit the eighth ring, although the probability wasn’t very high.
The water on the fire boiled, Butler Zhao made tea for their Prince. Seeing the sky darkening, the sunset falling on the distant mountains was as red as blood, tomorrow should be a good day.
Along the way, they had seen many beautiful sceneries, which had diluted Wei Xiaofeng’s sorrow of leaving his hometown.
“Xiaofeng, come over and drink some water to quench your thirst.” Feng Yue called out, beckoning to him.
Wei Xiaofeng had been playing around for a long time, with a thin layer of sweat on his body, only wearing a thin green shirt. His thick black hair was tied high into a ponytail, clean and neat, looking particularly pleasing.
He slung the bow behind his back and ran over happily. Feng Yue handed him the tea that had been steeping for a while and was still warm. The fine Mao Jian was like a cow chewing peony.
After drinking it, Wei Xiaofeng was surprised, “This is pre-Qingming tea, such a fragrant and rich taste!”
Feng Yue laughed, “You swallowed it whole, how could you taste it?”
Wei Xiaofeng put his hands on his hips proudly, “Why not? I’m good at eating, drinking, and having fun!”
Saying that, he unloaded the bow and arrow behind him, and sat next to Feng Yue, proudly saying, “Has my archery skill improved a lot?”
“Well, after all, I taught you, it wouldn’t make sense if you didn’t improve.”
“I’ve been practicing archery recently and I feel like my arms have muscles, touch them!” Saying that, he put his arm in front of Feng Yue, insisting that he touch it.
Feng Yue followed his shoulder and touched his arm, his technique ambiguous, but Wei Xiaofeng didn’t notice.
Until Feng Yue leaned close to his ear and whispered, “Take it off tonight, and let me touch it properly.”
Wei Xiaofeng’s face instantly turned red. Butler Zhao tactfully walked away, leaving the two of them to flirt here.
Along the way, Wei Xiaofeng had been sleeping in the carriage. The carriage was spacious enough, like a small mobile house, but tonight Wei Xiaofeng said he wanted to sleep in a tent.
Actually, he had wanted to sleep in a tent for a long time, but he was afraid that Feng Yue wouldn’t be used to it.
Who knew that Feng Yue was thinking the same thing, afraid that Xiaofeng wouldn’t be used to sleeping in a tent.
After traveling for so long, the accompanying team had already put up their tents and gone to sleep, leaving only a few dozen sentries, who lit a bonfire and patrolled back and forth nearby.
Wei Xiaofeng washed up and couldn’t wait to crawl into the tent. The fur cushions were very soft and warm. He wore a thin inner robe and rolled around in it several times, like a dog let out to run wild.
As soon as Feng Yue came in, he saw this scene and couldn’t help but find it funny, “Are you so happy to sleep in a tent?”
“This is the first time I’ve slept in a tent, ever since I was a kid!” Wei Xiaofeng sat up with an excited look, “Did you sleep in tents like this when you went out to fight wars before?”
“Well, the accompanying soldiers would bring tents, but they wouldn’t always set them up. It would be troublesome if we exposed our whereabouts.”
Feng Yue relaxed and lay down. The firelight outside swayed with the night wind, and roared when the wind was strong.
The shadows of the trees were reflected on the tent, dancing gracefully, all of which made Wei Xiaofeng feel very novel.
Feng Yue watched him with doting eyes as he ran around in the tent, sometimes sticking his head out of the tent, sometimes touching the reflected shadows of the trees with his hands, always full of energy, curious about everything.
With his movements, the thin and loose inner robe vaguely outlined the contours of his thin muscles. The exposed section of his waist was slender and supple, and white enough to be dazzling.
The clarity and beauty between a teenager and an adult male, grew on him so appropriately and impeccably.
This was the Xiaofeng he had spoiled, and he would only become more and more beautiful day by day.
Suddenly, Wei Xiaofeng felt a tightness around his waist. A strong arm wrapped around him, with a kind of irresistible dominance.
“Not sleepy yet?”
“I’m very energetic now, I can’t sleep yet.”
Feng Yue exerted strength in his wrist, and brought him into his arms. Wei Xiaofeng lay motionless in his arms.
Feng Yue’s large palm began to wander around his waist. He was very sensitive, both unable to withstand such touches and a little fascinated by his touches. He grasped Feng Yue’s mischievous hand, thinking of stopping it, but his body wanted more.
Feng Yue liked to see his face dazed, his eyebrows and eyes stained with desire, the innocence revealing a few traces of charm, it was simply deadly!
“Didn’t you want me to see your muscles? Take off your top, let me see, have you really developed muscles?”
Wei Xiaofeng was now dominated by desire and reason, looking at Feng Yue with deep and blurred eyes, sitting up and neatly taking off his top.
“Like this… is it good-looking?” Wei Xiaofeng’s ear tips were red, and he buried his head shallowly.
Feng Yue’s Adam’s apple rolled. He wanted to tease him for a while, but with this look, even gods couldn’t resist. He turned over and pressed Wei Xiaofeng hard under him, their thirsty and fiery lips and tongues intertwined.
The night wind in the forest devoured those ambiguous moans, and the shadows in the tent overlapped fiercely, never stopping for a long time.
At the second watch, the maid served hot water. Wei Xiaofeng was shy, and after it was over, he never allowed anyone to approach him except Feng Yue.
Feng Yue had long been accustomed to the work of cleaning up afterwards.
Although Wei Xiaofeng was still very shy, he was no longer as secretive as he had been at the beginning. He was just lazy all over, lying naked on the fur blanket, his skin like mutton-fat white jade covered with newly added marks everywhere.
Feng Yue carefully wiped his body, fearing that he would catch a cold, pulled up the quilt for him, and asked the maid to send some hot water over. Only after he washed up did he hug him and fall asleep.
In the wilderness, Feng Yue usually had very light sleep. This was a reaction developed by years of military service.
As soon as there was any disturbance, he would wake up the first time.
When the sky was about to dawn, it was the time when people slept the deepest. He heard the whistling of flying arrows through the air, and suddenly opened his bloodshot eyes, putting on his clothes and taking his Thunderclap Gun in the first time.
“Xiaofeng, Xiaofeng! Wake up! Wake up quickly!”
“Ugh… it’s not dawn yet.”
“Put your clothes on.” Saying that, he stuffed the clothes into his arms.
“What’s wrong?” Wei Xiaofeng rubbed his eyes and groggily started to put on his clothes.
“Stay here and don’t move, don’t come out without orders.”
Feng Yue told him, like a black panther hunting in the night, silently merging with the night.
Several of the sentries had already been killed, lying motionless on the ground, a strong smell of blood assailing his nostrils.
Damn it! He had already gone so far out of the city, but there were still people in the capital thinking of killing him!
Feng Yue observed in the dark for a while, found the positions of several assassins, and then ambushed them one by one from behind, but was discovered by the enemy when he killed the second one.
At this time, someone lit a torch and the horn sounded.
Mu Yunhua woke up from his dream, only feeling a little heavy in the head. He called the soldiers around him, but they were all fast asleep, with no reaction.
It should be sleeping pills!
Mu Yunhua couldn’t care so much. He picked up his knife and rushed out of the tent. At this time, the only soldiers not affected by the sleeping pills were the hundred or so guards near Feng Yue’s side.
Feng Yue and several people in the forest fought hundreds of moves, all of whom were masters of martial arts.
He initially estimated that the other side had sent a small number of people, but they were all elites.
The sentry shouted, “There are assassins, protect the Prince! Catch the assassins!”
Wei Xiaofeng, who had obediently put on his clothes and stayed in the tent, felt his whole heart hanging when he heard that there were assassins.
But he remembered Feng Yue’s instructions, not to go out without orders. He was afraid that if he appeared, he would become the target of the assassins.
These people were all well-trained top killers, a truly generous hand!
It seemed they didn’t intend to let him go to Guangling safely at all.
Hearing the fighting sounds in the forest, Mu Yunhua rushed up regardless of the danger, joining forces with Feng Yue. A burst of fighting sounds had already come from the other side of the forest, a tragic situation.
“Are you injured?” Mu Yunhua saw blood overflowing from his waist and abdomen, his eyes full of anger and fierceness, “I’ll kill them!”
“They are professional killers, you shouldn’t have come.” Feng Yue looked solemn, if one person escaped, the target was small, and there was still a chance to run away.
There were no masters around Xiaofeng who could protect him. The person Mu Yunhua should be protecting the most was Xiaofeng.
“I haven’t been afraid since I was a kid, come on!! Anyone who hurts my lord–dies!”
Mu Yunhua’s moves were all practiced to kill people, killing with every move, at an extremely fast speed, where either you die or I live.
Feng Yue held his breath, he was the shield, Mu Yunhua was the blade. So many years of cooperation and moments of life and death, their cooperation on the battlefield was seamless.
When he killed the sixth killer, Mu Yunhua’s attack speed obviously slowed down, and he also suffered large and small injuries.
Feng Yue could only ensure that no one could attack from behind, so that he could attack and kill the enemy without any worries.
Seeing that they couldn’t be taken down for a long time, the person behind the scenes couldn’t sit still anymore. A misty voice came from afar, as if from the sky, not from the mouth and tongue, but more like ventriloquism.
“A bunch of trash, so many people, can’t even beat two, retreat!”
The newcomer descended from the sky, with the face of a child and the hair of a crane, holding a black long sword, staring at Feng Yue’s expression, just like staring at a dead thing.
From the moment he received the assassination order, this person, in his heart, was already a dead man.
Mu Yunhua had never been afraid, but now he felt fear for the first time. The person in front of him had unfathomable inner strength, and he was afraid that he would be defeated.
“Lord, you go quickly, I’ll hold him back.”
Feng Yue said in a deep voice, “We’ll leave together if we’re leaving.”
In so many dangerous situations, Mu Yunhua had protected him with his life. They were comrades-in-arms and brothers who could entrust their backs to each other.
“My life is worthless!”
“Stop talking nonsense!”
That person was extremely arrogant, “Which of you will come forward to die first?”
“I’ll take your great-grandson!” Mu Yunhua slashed several knives at that person.
Feng Yue pierced the darkness before dawn with a spear, the two attacking from front and back, with a high degree of cooperation. If it were an ordinary person, they would have died many times over.
But this person dealt with it calmly, the sword in his hand was fast and ruthless, and there was no flaw at all.
Mu Yunhua took two swords from him, seriously injured.
The fighting on the other side had not stopped, and Feng Yue was even more worried about Wei Xiaofeng’s safety.
But now both he and Mu Yunhua were seriously injured and unable to escape.
Although the silver-haired man was temporarily entangled and unable to find a breakthrough, it was only a matter of time. Seeing victory in sight, they were about to give out.
Mu Yunhua roared into the air, “Eunuch Yuan! Are you really going to stand by and watch us die?!”
The silver-haired man sneered, “Do you think it will be useful to move rescuers? Let this seat kill you obediently, and you can suffer less!”
Mu Yunhua ignored him, “Eunuch Yuan, come out quickly! If you help us, I’ll acknowledge you as my godfather! No, as my grand-godfather!!”
A sharp, piercing laugh came from nowhere, “Today, you son of a bitch, I acknowledge you!”
The silver-haired man was shocked. There was actually someone else hiding here, and he hadn’t noticed it all along!
In mid-air, an old man in colorful clothes slowly walked over.
The silver-haired man held his breath. This person was very evil. At first glance, he thought it was some kind of evil thing. He could actually walk on air. Upon closer inspection, it was unknown when this person had laid a silver silk array in mid-air, like a net from the sky.
The silver-haired man clenched the sword in his hand. In the past twenty years, he finally had a hint of desire to win, “You have a net from the sky, I have a Cold Iron Sword, this seat wants to see, is your Thousand Machine Silk powerful, or is my sword powerful!”
Eunuch Yuan laughed softly, “This old one hasn’t met an opponent in a long, long time. Although your Cold Iron Sword is sharp, it’s useless to this old one.”
“You’ll know if you try it?”
“Hahahaha… After this old one left the world, the Cold Crow Fourteenth Floor actually became king and dominated, showing off in front of this old one, extremely ridiculous!”
“Who the hell are you?”
“Didn’t you want to try it? You’ll know when you come over and try it!”
As soon as the words fell, the two supreme masters began to fight.
Seeing Eunuch Yuan come over, Feng Yue already knew the result, put away the spear in his hand, and instructed Mu Yunhua, “I’ll go find Xiaofeng first.”
Mu Yunhua wanted to say a few words to him, but he swallowed them back after circling around in his throat, waving his hand helplessly, “Then you go quickly! It’s enough to have me and Eunuch Yuan here, I’ll watch the battle here, maybe I can learn something.”
Looking at Feng Yue’s back, running forward quickly with his body covered in injuries, Mu Yunhua thought, this married man really has something to worry about!
*
Seeing that Feng Yue hadn’t returned yet, Wei Xiaofeng didn’t know whether to wait for him or go out to find him.
Just as he was in a dilemma, Sang Cai found him in the chaos, pulling up Wei Xiaofeng, “Let’s go! They’re killing over here.”
“Ah Yue hasn’t come back yet!”
“Tsk, why are you worried about him?”
“He’s my husband, I naturally have to worry about him.”
“He’s a Prince, no one will die but him! Let’s go!”
When Wei Xiaofeng heard this, it seemed to make sense. Seeing that the guards in front could no longer stop them, Wei Xiaofeng bit his teeth and followed Sang Cai to the carriages behind.
Several guards brought them to the front of the carriage. Butler Zhao was still worried about the belongings in the cars behind, as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, “These can’t be lost, these can’t be lost! What will we eat and drink if we lose them when we go to Guangling?”
“Butler Zhao, you come with us to avoid it first!”
Butler Zhao supported Wei Xiaofeng, pushing them into the carriage, “Princess, you go first, this old servant will have to guard the family property of the Prince’s Manor even if I die!!”
The guards escorted the carriage to retreat first. After retreating about half a kilometer, the carriage suddenly stopped and didn’t move.
Wei Xiaofeng and Sang Cai curiously poked their heads out to look. It was unknown when the escorting guards had fallen to the ground, whether they were dead or alive.
The coachman on the carriage faced away from them, motionless, the atmosphere like a taut string, which would break with a slight pull.
Sang Cai whispered, “This coachman is not right!”
Wei Xiaofeng grabbed Sang Cai’s hand, “Don’t be afraid…”
As soon as the words fell, he pounced on the coachman from behind, hugging his waist for dear life, and shouted, “A’cai, you go quickly, I’ve caught him!!”
Sang Cai was so frightened that her soul flew away, “Don’t grab him!”
“You go quickly!”
The coachman revealed his true colors, finding their struggles before death also very interesting, “Struggle, die like ants, at the mercy of others.”
Wei Xiaofeng was about to die of anxiety, why didn’t Sang Cai run?
The coachman pulled out a dagger from his sleeve and stabbed Wei Xiaofeng hard.
“No!” Sang Cai’s heart rose to her throat, her peripheral vision staring at the black poisonous centipede on the carriage beam, hoping it would climb faster, faster!
That knife stabbed Wei Xiaofeng’s arm. In the past, he would be in so much pain from a needle prick, he couldn’t imagine that one day he would be stabbed by a dagger.
It hurt so much!
Ah Yue would definitely come to save them, he gritted his teeth hard in pain, cold sweat dripping down, he had to persevere! He had to wait until Ah Yue came to save him!
“Still not letting go?” The coachman sneered, his entire face twisted to the extreme, “Then take another knife!”
He raised the dagger high. When the knife fell, all that was heard was a crisp ‘clang’ sound. He only felt a burst of unbearable pain in his neck. When he subconsciously went to protect his neck, he only felt a sting in his palm. When he grabbed it and looked, it was actually a chopstick-long poisonous centipede.
Sang Cai took the opportunity to kick away the coachman, pulled Xiaofeng into the carriage, and whipped the reins to flee forward.
The coachman knelt on the ground on one knee in pain, unable to bear his hatred, forcibly tearing the poisonous centipede into two pieces. Green venom splashed everywhere. The coachman realized that this centipede was not ordinary poison.
Before long, the venom attacked his heart. Seeing that he was powerless to recover, the coachman threw a flying dart, hitting the horse’s hind leg. The horse was in pain, kicked up its front hooves and neighed, running forward madly.
The end of the side the horse was running to was a cliff a hundred *zhang* high.
Before his death, the coachman had a treacherous smile. The place where he was bitten by the centipede had already been eroded by the strong venom and had rotted into a small blood hole.
Pulling two people down with him before death was worth it!