HCB Chapter 290 It's good that you know it hurts
Chapter 290 It's good that you know it hurts
Zhai Rong cried out in pain, about to chop the damned Jun Jingheng in half with her hand, when she suddenly heard an anxious shout from ahead.
"Very well! I agree!"
Zhai Rongyu looked at Jun Ce with some surprise.
[Did Ah Xu... agree?]
Jun Jingheng was also somewhat incredulous.
He paused for a moment, then curled his lips into a sinister smile, his expression a mix of joy and anger. "To think that I would see Uncle Wang like this in my lifetime."
"That's truly a strange story."
He lowered his eyes to look at Zhai Rongyu, his gaze dark and unfathomable. "I didn't know you had such abilities, capable of overthrowing empires and captivating people's hearts."
Zhai Rongyu stared blankly, saying nothing.
Her eyes, clear as a pool of water, were fixed on Jun Ce's anxious face, and she even forgot the pain in her neck.
Jun Jingheng shouted, "Uncle, words are meaningless. Hand over the tiger tally first!"
Jun Ce glanced sideways at Fei Ying.
"Give him the tiger tally."
"Your Highness!" Fei Ying exclaimed anxiously.
"give him!"
His deep, cold voice brooked no argument.
Fei Ying gritted his teeth and tossed the tiger tally from his bosom over.
Jun Jingheng raised his hand and caught it in mid-air.
He looked at it from side to side, a smug and sinister smile spreading across his face. "Good...good! It really is true!"
"Uncle Wang truly keeps his word..."
Before he finished speaking, Jun Ce and Zhai Rongyu exchanged glances.
It's too late to say.
Zhai Rongyu slightly turned her neck, and a bolt of lightning struck Jun Jingheng's wrist with lightning speed.
His fingers trembled, and the dagger fell to the ground.
Jun Jingheng was shocked. He immediately used his inner strength to strike Zhai Rongyu on the back, pushing her away.
"withdraw!"
He leaped away in the opposite direction, leaving behind only one sentence.
"The Tiger Tally is now in my hands! If Uncle Wang fails to fulfill his promise to destroy the evidence for me in three days, Long Yan will surely stage a coup!"
The group quickly disappeared without a trace.
Fei Ying was about to give chase when Jun Ce stopped her.
"No need to chase."
He lightly touched the ground with his toes, leaped forward, and held Zhai Rongyu firmly in his arms.
"Rong'er, does it hurt?"
Jun Ce landed on the ground, his dark pupils fixed on the beads of blood rolling down the girl's neck, and said in a hoarse voice.
Zhai Rongyu gripped his collar tightly and shook her head gently.
"Ah Xu, you're trembling."
His fingertips trembled slightly as he held her.
Jun Ce remained silent, his dark eyes swirling with emotion.
He tightened his grip slightly, his Adam's apple bobbing softly. "Promise me, you won't joke about your own safety again."
Zhai Rong buried her head in his chest and murmured, "Mmm."
"Never again."
She already knew her importance in his heart.
"Will Ah Xu think I'm being dramatic?" She looked up at him, somewhat cautiously.
"How could that be?" Jun Ce sighed, lowered his head and pressed his cheek against her forehead. "I have never been a kind person."
"If you are not here, what does this world have to do with me?"
What he wants to protect is the world that belongs to her.
If he can't even protect her, how can he talk about protecting the common people? He wouldn't lie to himself, much less force himself to be a hypocrite with a sense of righteousness.
All he wanted was her.
As Zhai Rongyu listened to the beating of his chest, the words "togetherness" inexplicably popped into her mind.
Her eyes suddenly welled up with tears, and she buried her head in his chest again.
Fei Ying rushed forward anxiously, "My lord, the Tiger Tally has fallen into the hands of the Fifth Prince. He has long harbored the intention to betray the country. If we do not cede Nansang, I'm afraid war will be inevitable! Then it will be the common people who suffer."
"Furthermore, the tiger tally is lost; if His Majesty were to investigate..."
“Feiying,” Jun Ce interrupted him in a deep voice, “you’ve been talking too much today.”
Fei Ying pursed his lips, "This subordinate has overstepped his bounds."
The Misty Butterfly Powder has lost its effectiveness.
Zhai Rongyu regained her mental strength, lifted her head from Jun Ce's embrace, and stared at him intently.
“Since A-Xu is willing to give up the world to protect me, I will help A-Xu guard this world.”
Jun Ce lowered his eyes to look at the girl in his arms.
Her almond-shaped eyes curved into crescents, and her dimples bloomed at the corners of her lips, as if they were filled with endless warm sunshine, making people feel warm from the bottom of their hearts.
Your plan is now in motion.
His Rong'er also loved him without reservation.
His eyes darkened.
In that instant, I felt the heavens and earth roar, all things were rejuvenated, and the mountain flowers seemed to burst into flame.
"You're going to steal the tiger tally?"
His voice was hoarse yet restrained.
Zhai Rong nodded emphatically, "Don't worry, this time, I won't put myself in danger."
[I was tricked by the Five Kings when I was weak, which is why I was poisoned by the Mist Butterfly's powder.]
Now that my mental strength has recovered, the impact of the Broken Dream is not as significant anymore.
Stealing a tiger tally is no problem.
Jun Ce pursed his lips and remained silent.
After a stick of incense.
He pressed Zhai Rongyu down onto the couch in Cangxin Pavilion.
"hiss--"
"Be gentle...it hurts..."
Zhai Rongyu's eyes were filled with tears.
The rough, warm fingertips, coated with the cool ointment, rolled over her wound, sending a shiver down her spine.
Zhai Rong's neck hair stood on end.
Seeing the girl's face scrunched up, Jun Ce felt a pang of tenderness. "It's good that you know pain."
"Next time, let's see if you dare to do it again."
Although his tone was fierce, his movements became gentler.
He lowered his eyelashes and stared at the wound on her neck.
The blood droplets on it had been wiped clean, leaving only a bright red scratch.
Her skin was delicate, and the cut on her fair neck looked particularly alarming.
Jun Ce's heart was in his throat.
He pursed his lips tightly, his throat tightened, and his movements became increasingly careful and gentle.
Seeing his expression, Zhai Rongyu realized she was in the wrong, so she stopped moving and obediently tilted her head to the side, letting him apply the medicine.
"Did Ah Xu agree?" she asked tentatively.
"Promise what?"
"Let me go steal the tiger tally."
Jun Ce paused in his work, then lifted his eyelids to look at her. "Now you know to ask for my opinion."
Zhai Rongyu tugged at his drooping sleeve with her fingertips and shook it gently.
"Is that okay?"
She deliberately softened her voice.
Jun Ce swallowed hard. "Being coquettish won't work."
Zhai Rongyu pouted, her almond-shaped eyes welling up with tears, and then shook his sleeve. "Are you really useless?"
"Please~"
Jun Ce's eyes were dark as he grabbed her fingertips and moved closer to the girl. "If I don't agree, are you planning to go secretly?"
"Hehe..." Zhai Rongyu chuckled dryly, then looked away somewhat guiltily.
"I told you that."
“Then it doesn’t count as sneaking off,” she muttered softly.
knock knock --
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Jun Ce released Zhai Rongyu's hand.
Feiying pushed open the door and entered.
“My lord, Zhiying has already received sixty lashes and is now insisting on kneeling outside the door…” He lowered his head and bowed, glancing at Zhai Rongyu, “saying that he wants to apologize to Miss Zhai.”
Jun Ce's eyes darkened slightly.
"Let him kneel."
"Why did you hit him?" Zhai Rongyu stood up slightly, but when her wound touched the medicinal wine in Jun Ce's hand, she recoiled in pain.
Jun Ce glanced at her and continued applying the medicine to her.
"He deserves it, and so do you."
He was somewhat dissatisfied, and his grip became rough.
Zhai Rong let out a soft hiss, "I'm fine, why make things difficult for him?"
She glanced at Fei Ying and said, "Tell him to go back and recover from his injuries."