vstars Chapter 165 Protecting her with his body
Chapter 165 Protecting her with his body
Seeing that Jiang Qingyue had fainted, the burly man who had been carrying out the execution turned to Qin Jinghao, awaiting his instructions.
"Splash her awake."
"Splash!" A bucket of cold water was poured over her, and Jiang Qingyue cried out in pain.
The pain and cold made Jiang Qingyue tremble uncontrollably. She had no strength left to support her feet, and her legs were bleeding from the pulling and tugging.
Qin Jinghao had no intention of letting her go.
He had Jiang Qingyue brought down, and propped himself up on his hands as he looked at her disheveled appearance. "Tsk tsk tsk, how pitiful! If you had been obedient, you wouldn't have had to suffer this pain. What a pity."
As he spoke, Qin Jinghao pulled Jiang Qingyue's hand. Jiang Qingyue tried to break free, but she had no strength at all and could only let Qin Jinghao hold her.
"What beautiful hands, what perfectly rounded nails..."
Qin Jinghao stroked Jiang Qingyue's hand, running his fingers over each of her fingernails.
"Ah~" The next moment, a heart-wrenching scream echoed throughout the dungeon as Qin Jinghao actually ripped off the nail of one of Jiang Qingyue's fingers.
Jiang Qingyue fainted again.
He took out a handkerchief, placed his fingernail on it, and said, "Go and deliver a big gift to my good uncle!"
"Yes." The burly man accepted the order and left.
At that very moment, a message came from the secret gate to Qin Xuanyu's side: the Crown Prince was no longer in the Eastern Palace, and they thoughtfully delivered this message to the Emperor.
The emperor was furious and immediately ordered Qin Jinghao to be arrested.
As for Qin Xuanyu, all he knew was that he hadn't found any trace of the assassins coming down the mountain; they were probably hiding somewhere on the mountain.
“Your Highness, this mountain has diverse terrain and numerous caves. If someone is hiding in a cave, it won't be easy to find them quickly. However, there used to be bandits on this mountain, but they were wiped out. Their stronghold was also on this mountain.”
Hearing this, Qin Xuanyu already knew what was going on.
If it were Qin Jinghao, he wouldn't be able to stay in a cave. Besides, with so many assassins around, a cave wouldn't be convenient either. Therefore, that abandoned mountain stronghold would be the best place for him to stay.
"Immediately mobilize troops and head to the mountain stronghold."
Just as Qin Xuanyu was arranging his men, someone shouted, "Reporting, Your Highness, someone has delivered a message."
Qin Xuanyu took the letter and immediately opened it. Inside was a piece of paper and a small handkerchief.
Qin Xuanyu opened the paper and saw that it read: "If you want Jiang Qingyue, come alone."
Qin Xuanyu's face darkened, and when he opened the handkerchief again, his pupils contracted, and he trembled with rage. "Qin Jinghao, you deserve to die!"
Shadowblade, who was standing nearby, also saw it and was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
This deposed crown prince is far too ruthless, and Miss Jiang...
Qin Xuanyu could no longer sit still and immediately prepared to rush out.
"Your Highness, please calm down!" Shadow Blade quickly intervened.
"How can you expect me to stay calm? Anyone who tries to stop me will die!" Qin Xuanyu's eyes were bloodshot; upon seeing the broken armor, he had completely lost his mind.
"Your Highness! You don't know the direction of the stronghold, but I've already had someone investigate, and the information will be sent over soon. I'll go and take stock of the troops and accompany Your Highness."
Just then, a soldier brought over a map. Shadow Blade was about to take it when Qin Xuanyu snatched it away first, leaving Shadow Blade with only his back turned.
"I will go alone, and no one is allowed to follow!"
Shadowblade couldn't stop him at all, so he immediately went to take stock of the troops. He couldn't possibly let the prince go on an adventure alone.
On the way, Qin Xuanyu was frantically rushing towards the mountain stronghold.
He was afraid; he was afraid that if he didn't do as Qin Jinghao said, Jiang Qingyue would suffer even more.
From childhood to adulthood, he had never truly experienced what fear felt like, and even when facing mortal danger, he never blinked.
However, when this person was Jiang Qingyue, his heart was completely in turmoil.
Qingyue, you must wait for me, I'm coming soon, you must hold on!
When he arrived at the mountain stronghold, Qin Jinghao was sitting at the entrance, seemingly waiting for Qin Xuanyu on purpose.
Seeing Qin Xuanyu's nervous expression, Qin Jinghao smiled and said, "Uncle, it's been a long time!"
"I'm here, where is she?" Qin Xuanyu didn't want to waste words with Qin Jinghao and asked directly.
"Why is Uncle in such a hurry? Aren't you going to catch up with your nephew?"
"Qin Jinghao, this is a matter between us, and has nothing to do with Qingyue. If you have any issues, come at me."
Qin Xuanyu suppressed the urge to go up and punch Qin Jinghao.
"Hahaha, unrelated? My current predicament is inextricably linked to her! If you want to see her, you can beg me! Imperial Uncle, if you kneel down and beg me, I'll let you see her, how about it?"
Qin Jinghao's face twisted in a smile.
Doesn't he like Jiang Qingyue? He wants to see just how much of that liking really is.
Qin Xuanyu stared intently at Qin Jinghao, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.
Without any hesitation, he knelt down directly in front of Qin Jinghao.
At this moment, for Jiang Qingyue, he completely bowed his noble body.
Seeing Qin Xuanyu kneel down without hesitation, Qin Jinghao was initially shocked, then burst into maniacal laughter, and as he laughed, tears welled up in his eyes.
"Qin Xuanyu, you've finally met your match! You actually bowed down for her! Hahahaha, Qin Xuanyu, you've lost!"
At that moment, Qin Jinghao burst into laughter.
He had put in so much effort to beat Qin Xuanyu, but he could never shake him.
Now, his wish has finally come true.
"Where is she..."
Qin Jinghao was very pleased and waved his hand, signaling someone to lead him inside.
When Qin Xuanyu entered the dungeon and saw Jiang Qingyue hanging there unconscious and covered in blood, tears welled up in his eyes.
He stepped forward, trembling, wanting to put Jiang Qingyue down, but he didn't know where to support her, afraid of hurting her again.
"Qingyue, I'm late, I'm so sorry, so sorry..."
He carefully put Jiang Qingyue down.
However, how could Qin Jinghao let it go so easily?
Just as Qin Xuanyu put his arm around Jiang Qingyue, he waved his hand, and the people behind him instantly raised sticks and struck Qin Xuanyu from behind.
With a "thud," Qin Xuanyu almost lost his balance, but fearing he would drop Jiang Qingyue, he held her tightly, taking the fall himself, and groaned in pain.
Then, one blow after another fell, but Qin Xuanyu protected Jiang Qingyue, bracing himself to prevent her from suffering any further harm.
These commotions woke Jiang Qingyue. She opened her eyes with difficulty and saw Qin Xuanyu protecting her.
Her tears finally spilled over, "Qin Xuanyu, no, go, go..."
No sooner had she finished speaking than Jiang Qingyue fainted again.
Seeing that the time was right, Qin Jinghao stepped forward, took the knife handed to him by his subordinate, raised his hand, and slashed towards Qin Xuanyu...