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Li Yuxuan also collapsed to the ground with a thud: "It's him! It's him!"

Prince Xin and Xu Qingzhi were baffled by the two men's reactions and asked at the same time, "What is he? Who is he?"

"Hahahaha!" Li Yuxuan burst into maniacal laughter. After laughing, he rubbed his stomach and ran outside to continue laughing. He ran a little further away and continued laughing until he squatted in the corner and couldn't stand up, still laughing.

Xu Qingzhi and Prince Xin exchanged a worried glance, wondering if she had been overstimulated the night before, which was why her symptoms were starting to appear now.

Prince Xin staggered to her side: "Are you alright?" He reached out to help her up.

Li Yuxuan waved his hand: "I'm fine. I just got too excited thinking about some things. Don't worry about me. I'll get up on my own once my stomach cramps stop."

Li Xinyun swept out of the room like the wind, squatted down next to her, and said, "You brat, how did you know?"

"I'm crazy, I can predict the future."

"Then why didn't you smoke it sooner?"

"Hurry up...hurry up, I've been having cramps all day."

"What do we do now? He's already gone."

"According to the plot, you should be holding a martial arts contest to choose your husband—"

Is that okay?

"Very good, extremely good. You can drug anyone you want, just don't come to me again next time."

*Puff*—Li Xinyun swept up a cloud of snowflakes as she left, just like when she came. I forgot to mention, it was only then that Li Yuxuan realized the yard was a blanket of white, the sky was a blanket of white, and she herself was covered in white: "When did it start snowing?"

"Last night!" Last night?

"By the way," Li Yuxuan said, rubbing his stomach as he stood up, "who was the person who injured you last night? Why were they looking for you?"

"I don't know about that." Prince Xin gave her a deep look. "But you should thank them. Or perhaps they were lustful because of your beauty, and that's why they came after me?"

"Go ahead and make fun of me! I don't mind." Li Yuxuan walked past him toward the room. "But you'd better disappear before I reach my limit."

"I've spent my whole life hanging around in front of you." These words were spoken in a low whisper, which made Li Yuxuan tremble with fear and his lustful anger surge: "Go back to the capital and say these words to your bunch of concubines, beauties, and virgins! Don't pretend to be pure in front of me."

Thinking of this, she was furious and didn't bother with him. She walked towards Xu Qingzhi, who was standing on the steps, her eyes blazing with anger. "I'm practically performing the Eighteen Farewell Scenes for you! Do you really want to be like that idiot from Liangshan?" she thought. "He didn't even protect her during that critical time, just watching her fall into the abyss."

They're all dead, a whole bunch of dead people. How hateful!

If only Prince Xin didn't have so many concubines, and if he and Xu Qingzhi had switched identities, oh, how wonderful that would have been.

She stopped in front of Xu Qingzhi: "Brother Xu, I have something to tell you."

Xu avoided eye contact: "Speak."

Are we still good brothers?

A blush spread across Xu Qingzhi's face, but she remained silent.

"So, you said that if I were a woman, you would definitely marry me. Do you admit it or not?"

Xu Qingzhi turned his gaze to her face: "I admit it. But—"

"There are no 'buts' anymore. When we get back to the capital, I'll find a way to resign from my official post, change my identity, and then you'll marry me." This was practically forced marriage. The priority was to get rid of Prince Xin's feelings for her; as for the future, they'd take it one step at a time.

"Is that really what you think?" Prince Xin's low, hoarse voice sounded from behind.

Li Yuxuan ignored the slight hoarseness in his voice and nodded.

Xu Qingzhi shook his head, his voice equally hoarse: "I will not marry you. The three of us have been through thick and thin together. The prince treats me like a brother. I will not marry his woman."

"I'm not her woman!" Li Yuxuan was furious. If it weren't for the suppressed pain in his eyes, she would have really wanted to smash a brick into his blockhead. Calling him stupid, he really was stupid.

"No—!" Xu Qingzhi, who was facing her, suddenly glared and lunged at her from behind, followed by several angry roars.

She shuddered in fright and quickly turned around, only to see five men in black standing on the snow in the courtyard, attacking Prince Xin with all their might, each blow aimed at his vital points.

Xu Qingzhi lunged forward, only to be kicked to the ground by someone, and a gleaming blade was about to be cleaved in two at the waist.

Li Yuxuan was terrified at the sight and shouted, "Xinyun! Save Prince Xin!" He rushed towards Xu Qingzhi. This fool couldn't die; he still had elderly parents at home.

The man also kicked at Li Yuxuan. Li Yuxuan cried out in alarm, feeling utterly hopeless. Prince Xin was seriously injured and unable to protect himself. He feared that none of the three of them could escape this calamity.

The kick landed on her, but it didn't hurt as she expected. Instead, she felt a warm and comfortable sensation all over her body. She looked at the person in surprise, only to see that the person's face was contorted, and soon after, he collapsed to the ground, completely exhausted.

Li Xinyun rushed out of the room, and without distinguishing right from wrong, whipped the man until his mouth and nose bled. Li Yuxuan hurriedly shouted, "Save Prince Xin!"

Shocked, she moved her limbs and found herself feeling light and seemingly possessing inexhaustible strength. Recalling what Prince Xin had said about Xu Zhu saving her and transferring some true energy and internal force to her, she was overjoyed and danced with delight. This was the magnificent Northern Darkness Divine Skill! It could kill everything, big and small, and internal force alike! Hahahaha…

Xu Zhu, I love you to death.

She immediately grabbed at the back of another man in black: "The Northern Darkness Divine Skill is here!"

The man in black cursed under his breath, "You're asking for death!" He swung his knife at her hand, and she hurriedly pulled her hand back, falling backward. Although she reacted much faster than before, she was still a step too slow. The steel blade grazed her arm, and blood immediately soaked her clothes. She screamed in agony, tears streaming down her face. Seeing her cowardly state, the man in black snorted disdainfully, turned his knife to deal with Prince Xin, and kicked her as well.

This time she didn't dodge, but opened her arms to welcome it: "Come on, come on, let my magnificent internal energy come!"

Upon seeing the kick land on her, the two who were fighting desperately and bleeding profusely cried out in alarm. They saw that the man had kicked her, but she screamed as if she had encountered a ghost, a truly gruesome sight. The other three were shocked, not knowing what was going on, and all swung their knives at Li Yuxuan.

Life and death friendship

She had almost forgotten everything about "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils," only remembering that the Northern Darkness Divine Skill was an incredibly satisfying skill that could absorb other people's internal energy. However, she had no experience in actual combat. Her body was being absorbed by the internal energy coming from the leg and she couldn't move, watching helplessly as the gleaming steel blade was slicing towards her.

Prince Xin shouted, and Li Xinyun lashed out with her whip, rushing to her side. Their momentum faltered slightly as Prince Xin and Li Xinyun intercepted them, while the other man's steel blade continued its slash towards her chest, just as she usually did with a watermelon. Who knew what would be inside this watermelon? Her heart would surely be red, a red heart devoted to the Party. Perhaps she could even travel back in time to be a beautiful girl under her red flag.

What a tragedy! Just a moment ago I was ecstatic that I had the Northern Darkness Divine Skill within me, which would allow me to roam the martial world freely, but in the blink of an eye I've been spectacularly sliced into pieces.

Humans are strange creatures. Normally she was terrified of death because she had already died once and didn't want to die again. But now that she was really going to die, she felt calm. Her mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts, but none of them were about being afraid of death, escaping, or begging for mercy.

She stared wide-eyed as the steel knife fell, when suddenly everything went black as a figure appeared in front of her, blocking the steel knife from her view.

She heard a soft cry from the person in front of her, who collapsed onto her. The leg finally gave way and fell to the ground.

She hugged the body that was falling towards her, and even without looking, she knew from the breath that it was Xu Qingzhi, that fool.

In an instant, the world fell silent, with only snowflakes fluttering in the air.

She held Xu Qingzhi tightly and saw blood flowing freely on the snow behind him. Snowflakes covered the blood, a striking and eerie sight.

How can this be? How can this be? This is unacceptable!

Her body trembled, and she shook the body in her arms with all her might, screaming, "Fool, fool, you can't die, you can't, you can't die! You still have your ambitions, you still have your parents, you don't have a wife yet! You became the top scholar, but I ruined your life and you haven't had a single good day yet! You absolutely cannot die!"

She could still feel the heartbeat in the body she was holding, and with all her might, she slapped him twice across the face: "Wake up! Don't faint! People don't die that easily. You won't die! Hold on, Brother, Brother Xu, you can't die... How can I live if you die? You idiot, who told you to come save me? Didn't you know you should have taken the opportunity to escape and get reinforcements for us? How could you be so stupid—"

Tears streamed down her face like a burst dam. She put Xu Qingzhi down and wanted to check his wounds, but then she felt a pair of gentle hands embrace her: "You brat, don't be like this. We're safe now. Brother Xu won't die. Let's go inside first and have them take Brother Xu and Prince Xin inside."

"Prince Xin, Prince Xin is dead too?!" They're all dead? Li Xinyun's words were like a thunderbolt. Li Yuxuan felt as if the sky had fallen and the earth had collapsed. He was filled with despair and his body went limp, collapsing to the ground: "Then how am I still alive? How are you still alive?"

"I'm sorry, they're a step too late." Li Xinyun pointed to the courtyard, which was densely packed with Western Xia warriors. Yes, she was a princess; how could she be without protection?

But Prince Xin? What did she just say about Prince Xin? Through her tear-filled eyes, she glanced to the side and saw two people carrying Prince Xin into the room. She stood up and stumbled towards them, crying, "Ziqing, don't die! You can't die! What will I do if you die? I'll die too!" In her blurry vision, Prince Xin's face was ashen, his eyes were closed, and his usually slanted lips were tightly pursed, devoid of any color.

Li Yuxuan staggered back a few steps, then suddenly drew a samurai's curved sword and slashed it towards his own neck. "None of you can die! Let me die! This will settle all my grudges—the love I owe you, the debt of saving my life. In the next life, let's be true brothers again!"

Li Xinyun was directing people to carry Xu Qingzhi inside and to hurry to the palace to summon a witch doctor. Upon seeing Li Yuxuan's insane behavior, he was shocked and shouted at the warrior beside him, "Stop her!!" Fortunately, the warrior beside Li Yuxuan reacted quickly and struck her pressure points.

Li Xinyun let out a sigh of relief and angrily said to a warrior leader beside her, "Why did you take so long to show up? Did you want to watch this princess be killed by them?!"

"Your subordinate wouldn't dare. Your subordinate will immediately bring men as soon as you see danger."

Li Xinyun snorted and took the unconscious Li Yuxuan from the warrior: "Quickly send someone to deliver a message to Zhan Zhao, who is in charge of delivering the annual allowance, and tell him that Prince Xin and Xu Qingzhi have been murdered, and to come and handle the aftermath as soon as possible!"

"yes!"

"We've surrounded this place; no one is allowed to enter or leave!"

"yes!"

"You lot, you're infuriating! You call yourselves my guards, all you do is clean up messes!" A whip lashed at his feet. "Get out! Go back and kidnap the witch doctor, and while you're at it, bring Xiaolei to this princess!"

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Li Yuxuan floated in the darkness, feeling a sharp pain in her chest. Before her eyes were Xu Qingzhi, covered in blood, and Prince Xin, his face ashen, drifting and searching for her life. Their faces were sometimes gentle and sometimes ferocious, making it hard for her to breathe.

She couldn't breathe. No, she couldn't suffocate—

She tried her best to breathe, but felt a sharp pain in her hand, and then her breathing became easier. A voice sounded in her ear: "Princess, please be gentle..."

"How could you be gentler? This cut is so long, if it's not sealed properly it will leave a scar." Then a sigh followed: "This wound is bound to leave a scar no matter what."

The voice sounded familiar, like Li Xinyun's. She tried to move her eyes, and they moved. When she opened them again, a dazzling white light made her blink, and immediately a surprised voice exclaimed, "Princess, she's awake!"

"She wasn't supposed to die!" Even though she said that, Li Xinyun still looked at the awakened Li Yuxuan with a look of surprise: "You brat, you're finally willing to wake up?"

Li Yuxuan turned to look at the side. The familiar pit, the familiar decorations—she wasn't dead; she was still in this inn's room. Two smiling faces appeared in front of her: one was Li Xinyun, and the other was Xiaolei, the palace maid she had seen in the palace.

"Where are Brother Xu and Prince Xin?" She's not dead, so they must be too, right? Xu Qingzhi is a good person, he won't die so easily. A scourge lives on for a thousand years. Prince Xin shouldn't be dead, right?

Xiaolei tucked her blanket back in: "Don't worry, they're not in any danger, they've just lost a lot of blood and won't recover anytime soon."

"I knew it! It's not that easy to die. It's just an external injury, not a ruptured internal organ. Hehe."

Li Xinyun rolled her eyes at her, "Now you know how to laugh? I wonder who was trying to kill themselves back then, lying in bed and refusing to wake up even after the pressure points were released. I thought you were just going to keep pretending to be dead!"

"I wasn't faking my death!" This is a more serious issue than lying; I have to clarify: "I probably really wanted to die, so I pretended to be dead." This involves a series of biochemical reactions such as brainwaves and nerve reflexes, and no one would believe me anyway, so I'll leave it at that: "And what about them now?"

"She woke up earlier than you and is sleeping in the next room!"

"Since you're both here with me, who's taking care of them?"

Li Xinyun finished the last bit of medicine on her hand and tied it with a strip of cloth: "Your arm will be a disfigurement from now on. Brother Zhan and your guards have arrived. Are you worried that they won't have anyone to take care of them? I only brought Xiaolei with me because I saw that it was inconvenient for them to take care of you. You didn't even greet me when you woke up. You just talked about those two men."

Li Yuxuan blushed: "Isn't it because you're alright? If you were in trouble, I would still risk my life for you!"

"Pah! Stop being so glib! Xiaolei, go tell them that Lord Li has woken up."

Xiaolei agreed and went out. Li Xinyun smiled maliciously at Li Yuxuan and said, "I think those two boys treated you quite well. They were willing to risk their lives for you. I say, you're a loyal and righteous person, yet you wanted to commit suicide. Although I misjudged the gender, I didn't misjudge you. But you're in big trouble now. What are you going to do?"

"I don't know!" She was already overwhelmed, and now she was even more so: "Why did you choose me over one of them? If you had one of them, the world would be at peace."

"You brat, someone was just asking you a question out of kindness, and you're laughing at me. Fine, I won't interfere in your business anymore. Once you're better, just give Menglang back to me."

Xiaolei pushed the door open and came in. Neither of them spoke again. Xiaolei carried in two small bowls and said, “Princess, this is the bird’s nest that’s been warming in the kitchen and Lord Li’s medicine. Please give it to Lord Li to drink while it’s hot!”

Li Yuxuan kicked his legs under the covers. Fortunately, he could straighten and bend them. He moved his body and found that, apart from his injured right hand, everything else was normal. He then used his left hand to support himself as he sat up. "Xiaolei, give me the medicine."

After drinking the medicine and eating the bird's nest porridge, she felt that she was fine. Since Prince Xin and Xu Qingzhi were still alive, she didn't want to die either, so she went to see them!