vstars Chapter 292 A Glimmer of Hope
Chapter 292 A Glimmer of Hope
Chapter 292 A Glimmer of Hope
The carriage sped along, the interior silent. Shi Nuanyu sat in the center, with the unconscious Tao Huiyan to her left and the sleeping Fule to her right.
They came to save someone, but lost their life in the process. It's ridiculous.
Zhenbao held onto Fule's hand tightly, silently lowering her head.
After a long while, Shi Nuanyu spoke slowly, looking at the sleeping Fule, unable to shed another tear.
“Treasure, protect Fule, and send Fule back to the capital.”
She had never hated anyone in her life, but now she hated the Second Prince of Dongchen to the core because he had ruined the two people she loved most.
Do you want revenge?
Yes, she wouldn't be satisfied without revenge. Even if she killed Zhuang Wenrui, it wouldn't be enough to appease Fu Le's soul.
He doesn't deserve to see her.
Treasure shed tears and wiped them away with her sleeve.
“Princess, Treasure will stay with you, Treasure will never leave you.”
Fule is gone. She can't bear to lose anyone else. The princess is her lifelong faith, and she can't let anything happen to her.
Shi Nuanyu patted her head, "Silly girl, I'll only feel at ease if you escort Fule back. Be good, okay?"
To reassure her, she continued.
"After you have settled Fule, bring your troops to find me."
“Princess,” Jewel said, taking her hand, “you must wait for Jewel.”
Shi Nuanyu nodded and assured her, "I promise, Zhenbao and Fule are entrusted to you."
Without giving her a chance to refuse, he gave instructions to the untested person outside the car.
"Ashi, send a pair of men to escort the treasures and Fule back to the capital."
When A-Ling arrived, she brought a message: Fu-Sheng was waiting for them in a small border town near the southern frontier. They had to go there; A-Yan needed to be treated.
Before they could even exchange glances, Hua Lingyan and the two quickly separated their forces.
More than a dozen martial arts masters also went back, and in total, they divided up a force of seventy or eighty people.
Shi Nuanyu ignored the tearful treasure and ordered it to be sent away.
The carriage sped along. Yuecheng was located at the border of Nanyue and Dongchen, the very city they had won together. It would take three days to get there at full speed.
For the past three days, Shi Nuanyu prayed constantly that Tao Huiyan would be safe and sound. Every time she mustered the courage to touch his neck, she was terrified.
"Ah Yan, you must hold on."
He was so badly injured that he could only be fed water for the first two days, but on the third day he couldn't be fed water at all.
"Nuan Nuan, we've arrived in Yuecheng."
Hearing the familiar voice, she hurriedly peeked out and saw people standing at the city gate, finally seeing hope.
“Faster!” she shouted at Fusheng. “Fly over here quickly!”
A few breaths later, Fusheng used his lightness skill to land steadily on the carriage. Without daring to delay, he took the pulse and used silver needles to seal the acupoints.
Shi Nuanyu watched nervously, not daring to disturb Tao Huiyan, and held her hand tightly, not daring to let go.
Ah Yan, you must hold on.
The carriage swayed into the city, and the officials who came to greet them were turned away by Wei Zengshi and Hua Lingyan.
"Boss Tao still has a glimmer of hope."
Fusheng took out a small bottle, poured out the pills inside, and stuffed them under Tao Huiyan's tongue.
"There is still hope!"
Shi Nuanyu repeated these words in a trembling voice, then, feeling dizzy and unable to hold on any longer, she collapsed.
Before she fell into a deep sleep, she heard their shouts.
But she was too tired to respond.
News of the arrival of the Crown Princess of Nanyue in Yuecheng spread like wildfire, and many people came to pay their respects every day, but Hua Lingyan turned them all away.
He then took over Yuecheng and began to deploy its troops.
"You idiot, what are you going to do?"
Inside the camp, Wei Zengshi, Hua Lingyan, and a group of generals stood before a sand table, examining the terrain. Yuecheng was surrounded by no defenses, and the enemy attacked from all sides, leaving them vulnerable to attack from the rear.
Moreover, Shan Baiyu defends the southern border against foreign enemies, and the combined forces of more than ten small countries amount to more than 300,000 men.
He was too busy to come and help.
Hua Lingyan looked at the sand table and pointed to the gap on it.
“A squad of elite troops is lying in ambush here. When the Dongchen army attacks, they will come with me to the enemy camp.”
Unexpectedly shocked, she slapped him on the back of the head.
"Are you crazy? Breaking into the enemy camp is a one-way trip. Do you want to die there?"
"You should try to persuade him."
The generals looked at each other, and they had to admit that when attacked from both sides, the safest, but also the most risky, method was to storm the enemy camp directly.
Yuecheng's current force of 100,000 is no match for Dongchen's 300,000-strong army.
The combined military strength of Dongchen and the surrounding small countries amounted to more than 900,000.
Three hundred thousand troops were deployed to attack the southern border, another three hundred thousand to attack the northern border, and the remaining forces were used to attack Yuecheng.
Yuecheng is closest to Dongchen and far from the southern border. If Dongchen attacks, Yuecheng will be the first target.
"No, what will happen to the Crown Princess if you die? I don't think I'm that important to her. If Dongchen really attacks, I'll go and raid the enemy camp. You stay in the military camp to guard it."
Hua Lingyan said to him in a serious tone.
"The Crown Princess has you in her heart."
Nuannuan has rarely visited him these past three days; she must be blaming him for being late.
He didn't even try to see that his eyes weren't eyes, his nose wasn't nose, and he just snorted angrily.
"You're the most important person in that poisonous woman's heart. She thinks about you everywhere she goes, afraid that someone will kidnap you."
"Warmth, you're in my heart."
"She doesn't have me in her heart, she only has you."
"Warmth, you're in my heart."
The two initially exchanged polite words, but eventually they couldn't stand each other and began to fight, which eventually escalated into a duel in the ring.
They hadn't finished fighting yet, and the soldiers below the stage were itching to go up and have a match with them.
Two days later, Shi Nuanyu woke up in the prefect's mansion. She opened her eyes groggily and looked around blankly, calling out subconsciously.
"Ah Yan, Ah Yan."
Fusheng paused in his hand, which was twisting the handkerchief, and walked to the bedside to sit down and wipe her face.
After wiping her face with warm water, Shi Nuanyu regained most of her senses and grabbed his hand.
"Fusheng, how is Ayan? He..."
I couldn't ask any more questions, nor did I dare to utter a single word.
A pang of heartache flashed in Fusheng's eyes. He held her hand to comfort her, but did not intend to hide anything from her.
“Nuan Nuan, Boss Tao’s injuries are too severe. He was previously possessed by Gu worms, and this injury has damaged his foundation. This time, we need to see if he can survive tonight.”
He has been receiving treatment for three days, but his high fever persists every day. As the saying goes, a heart ailment is hard to cure. Although his physical injuries look frightening, they are nothing compared to the wounds in his heart.
"Let's see tonight."
Shi Nuanyu murmured to herself, "Ayan, why don't you want to live? Is it because of that divorce agreement?"
It was her fault. She shouldn't have acted impulsively, and she never intended to harm Ah Yan.
Unable to bear the repeated blows any longer, tears of grievance and regret streamed down her face.
"Fusheng, Fule is dead, Ayan is seriously injured. I have harmed them. Am I a bad person?"
They're so bad that they can't even protect one person, yet they shamelessly claim they want to save them.
“Fule died right in front of me. Fusheng, she did it to save me. That arrow should have been in my body.”
Tears welled up and she could no longer hold back. Shi Nuanyu tightly gripped his arm, and the pain in her heart surged forth as well.
"Before Fule died, she told me that she wanted to live with me in Nanyue. She also said she wanted to go to school. I originally planned to let her just be Fule after everything was over, and let her grow up happily. But I didn't expect her to die."
"It's all because of me."