allonlinenovel Chapter 1014 Xiao Shang Collapses
Chapter 1014 Xiao Shang Collapses
Xiao Shang was completely devastated by their words. How could it be a dream? Perhaps unable to accept the fact that there was no resurrection technique, he rushed out to find Danji Mai and ask him for clarification.
Xiao Shang never returned after that trip.
Xiao Yu tried to stop him again, but Jiang Fenghua stopped him, saying, "Don't chase after him. Let's leave here first. Xiao Shang's wish is to obtain the rebirth technique and return to the future to be his emperor. He can't accept that, so he won't behave himself if he stays."
Xiao Shang's accomplice is the eldest prince of the Northern Xiao Kingdom, and his people have been secretly following him, so nothing will happen to him.
Xiao Yu nodded. He didn't dare to look Jiang Fenghua in the eye. They were both dreaming, and something must have happened in her dream too.
Did she dream that they got married?
Jiang Fenghua was just thinking that Danjimai might have been reborn like them, except that he was reborn from a thousand years ago into a woman's body, just like Xiao Shang entered Xiao Chuanyun's body.
She even wondered if Xiao Shang had entered Xiao Chuanyun's body, and if the real Xiao Chuanyun had died.
At this moment, the assassins of the Earthly Fiend Sect suddenly transformed into ghost soldiers, who had not appeared since Danji Mai and Yan Dinghai disappeared. Jiang Fenghua did not linger in the battle and directly left Xichuan with Xie Shang.
They met up with Shangguan Li, who was carrying the unconscious Ao Xue, whose hands and face were covered in smears. He said, "Ye Ying is dead again. Ao Xue was so heartbroken that she fought with an assassin and I knocked her unconscious."
"You said Night Shadow is dead." Jiang Fenghua had actually guessed it long ago; Night Shadow had saved them with the determination to die.
When Ye Ying brought them out, he showed her the paintings on the walls of the Xichuan Palace. Jiang Fenghua analyzed that they were all portraits of the Danji family, and Danji Mai probably wanted to build a king for the Danji family.
A thousand years ago, he conspired with two other tribes to murder the Queen of Yinchuan, but in the end, the position of Queen fell into the hands of Danji Aruan. He probably laughed in his sleep because he got the position of Queen so easily.
Nightshade said that Danjimai could actually communicate with crows, and that the crows he fed with human flesh were actually his eyes and ears.
No wonder such a large place like Xichuan has no secrets. The crows perched in the trees tipped him off, and no one who entered Xichuan could escape.
They traveled for a day and a night before finally leaving Xichuan and returning to the territory of the Great Zhou Kingdom.
Xie Shang's bleeding had stopped, but he remained unconscious with barely a pulse. Gongsun Lan continued to administer acupuncture to stabilize his heart. "His Majesty has lost too much blood and damaged his heart. Whether he can wake up depends on his fate. Based on my many years of medical experience, His Majesty's life is in danger. Your Majesty should make plans as soon as possible."
Jiang Fenghua held his hand and felt that his fingers were icy cold and his face was pale and bloodless. She said firmly, "His Majesty has a long lifespan. He will be alright. He will get better."
She didn't dwell on her grief at this moment. She quickly regained her composure and said to everyone in a deep voice, "Danjimai finally managed to trick us into the underground palace. We've been on the run for two days now, and he still hasn't caught up with us. Don't you find that strange?"
Xiao Yu and Jiang Jinyan exchanged a glance. Xiao Yu said, "It is indeed strange that the assassins of the Earthly Fiend Sect are suddenly acting like headless flies, hacking and slashing around without anyone intervening."
Jiang Fenghua said, "Danjimai's goal is to capture me. He mistook me for Danji Aruan and said he wanted Danji Aruan to continue being the Queen of Yinchuan."
She added, "As far as I know, Danjimai is actually an extremely selfish person. He doesn't treat his own daughter well, let alone love her. He can rule Yinchuan Kingdom, so he would never give the position of Queen to someone else. There must be some conspiracy involved."
Jiang Jinyan then asked, "What exactly happened after you entered Xichuan? Why did Xiao Shang say those things, about a dream from a thousand years ago?"
He knew his grandfather was trying to help Ruan Ruan out of a predicament, and his grandfather was acting mysterious. He told his grandfather everything, but when he heard that Ruan Ruan had lived two lives, he wasn't surprised at all. He just said, "Everything makes sense now."
Grandpa Feng wasn't idle either; he took Feng Qingyu around. The Feng family had been镖师 (bodyguards/escorts) for generations, so they had to go wherever they went.
On the other hand, Jiang Fenghua had no reason to keep it from Jiang Jinyan any longer and told Jiang Jinyan and Xiao Yu everything that happened in her dream.
Xiao Yu looked utterly dejected. "The Empress said that Baili Ayu from a thousand years ago is actually long gone. He died a long time ago and never married Danji Aruan. But why..."
Jiang Fenghua felt a little embarrassed when she thought about how she had changed Danji Aruan's fate. What did Xiao Yu see in his dream, or did he accidentally enter someone else's dream?
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Jiang Jinyan guessed, "Could it be that what Xiao Shang said was true, that you really did... a thousand years ago?"
Jiang Fenghua glanced at Xie Shang, who was unconscious on the bed, and said in a deep voice, "Brother, don't talk nonsense. We are not people from a thousand years ago, and they have nothing to do with us."
She hadn't expected that they would all enter her dream. Her decision to let Danji Aruan and Baili Ayu be together wasn't entirely for their relationship, but rather to prevent Aruan from becoming possessed by demons and from harboring resentment. She thought that this would break the curse of the other shore.
The curse between her eyebrows had indeed disappeared, but why had it grown back? She guessed that it might be because Danji Aruan's resentment still lingered in Xichuan.
If Jiang Fenghua wasn't so determined to marry into the royal family and become someone of high status, Jiang Jinyan secretly hoped she would marry Xiao Yu and live an ordinary life. At least Xiao Yu genuinely loved her. But now that things were irreversible, he didn't say anything more.
Xiao Yu knew that she was the ruler and he was the subject, and he could not damage the Third Miss's reputation. However, he was concerned about what Xiao Shang had said, that he would betray the Great Zhou Kingdom to avenge the Jiang family decades later. No wonder Xiao Shang always looked at him strangely.
At this moment, all three of them had their own thoughts.
Jiang Jinyan broke the silence, "Zhang Yumo also came to Xichuan with you, why isn't she with you?"
No matter what, she is his wife, and he should take care of her for the rest of his life. No matter what she becomes, she is Xiao Chu's mother, and he will make sure she lives a peaceful life in the Jiang family. Jiang Jinyan thought to himself.
Jiang Fenghua brought her out not to kill her, but to let her see the world and prevent her from using underhanded methods in the inner quarters.
She said, "Big brother, I'm sorry, I lost her."
Jiang Jinyan thought that Zhang Yumo might have followed Hongxiu and the others and had not entered Xichuan at all, but he did not expect that she would not be afraid of death and come along.
Xiao Yu quickly recounted what happened after meeting Zhang Yumo, "She was the first to join the Earthly Fiend Sect. We only saw her appear beside that old hag Danjimai. When Ye Ying came to rescue us, Qin Yunyan was drugged and fell to the ground, but we didn't see my sister-in-law."