HLnovel Chapter 928 My Princess
Chapter 928 My Princess
When she first came to marry him, she knew that life would be difficult, but the gap between her imagination and reality was still too wide.
Originally, Granny Zhou was going to come with her, but she was persuaded to stay and sent back. Besides the guards, she only brought Lin Feng and Lin Shuang with her.
They were people who grew up with her since she was little, people she could completely trust and rely on.
If she could have another chance, she would definitely, definitely not bring them along.
She wasn't initially hostile towards Helian Jue.
She had someone she loved and didn't want to be forced into a marriage alliance, but she knew that given her circumstances, this was the only path she could take.
Even so, she hoped that she could truly shoulder the responsibility for peace between the two countries, and she hoped to do her best to convey her goodwill to Helian Jue.
Even if they cannot become a close couple, she hopes that both sides can truly live together peacefully and respect each other for the sake of peace in both countries.
But she soon realized she was wrong, terribly wrong.
From the very beginning, Helian Jue only regarded her as a beautiful plaything.
Ironically, when she turned herself into a plaything in order to survive, he started demanding her true feelings again.
How ridiculous.
He thought that by making her submit and depend on him, he could win her heart and love. But what he didn't know was that she had received a lot of love since she was a child. What her mother taught her over more than ten years was to learn to love herself first.
Her sincerity will only be moved by sincerity.
Her love will only be for her lover.
Lu Yangyang hugged Li Duan tightly, hot tears falling one by one. She held Li Duan's hand tightly, and the two of them clung to each other just like the night before they came to Yanjing.
Behind the wall at the corner, Sheng Junyao stood there, not knowing how long he had been standing there.
The night wind dried his icy tears, and he felt as if a piece of his heart had been ripped out, blood spilling from the corner of his lips, but he was completely unaware.
As he pushed forward with all his might, he never realized that three years would be such a long time.
He finally reached her side, but he couldn't undo any of the pain she had suffered.
He turned around and left silently, found Yan Yue, asked about the location of the little girl Yin Yueling next to Yang Yang, and went there.
Yin Yueling was currently in the Hall of Longevity, which the Emperor of Great Yan had built for himself. The hall was warmed by an underfloor heating system, and even the wine in the wine pool emitted a warm, fragrant aroma.
Her giant python had to travel a long distance in such cold weather, and even with her specially made medicine, it couldn't withstand the cold temperature. She had to ask several palace servants before she finally found such a good place.
While letting Ajiao warm herself in the warm palace, she tied up several people and threw them onto the stage to use for making Gu poison.
When Sheng Junyao arrived with his men, Yin Yueling was leisurely lying on the soft couch, leaning against Ajiao and drinking tea. On the stage, a group of people were sprawled on the ground, writhing like maggots, each with a painful expression, looking very abnormal.
"What brings Brother Sheng here?" Yin Yueling shifted into a more comfortable position, blowing on the slightly hot tea in her hand, thinking to herself that the Emperor of Great Yan really knew how to enjoy himself; this place was very comfortable.
Sheng Junyao glanced around the stage. "Looking for someone."
Seeing that it wasn't for her, Yin Yueling yawned nonchalantly, "Then do as you please."
Sheng Junyao had Helian Jue dragged out. Helian Jue had already been seriously injured by Lu Yangyang today, and had been tormented by Yin Yueling with Gu worms. At this moment, he was barely breathing.
Sheng Junyao asked Yin Yueling, "How much longer can he live?"
Yin Yueling recognized the person, whose face was almost unrecognizable, as the one Lu Yangyang had captured earlier that day. She obligingly jumped off Ajiao, went over, and pinched Helian Jue's pulse, asking Sheng Junyao uncertainly, "Do you want him to live until tomorrow morning, or a few more days?"
“Live a few more days,” Sheng Junyao replied.
Yin Yueling understood, took out a small bottle from the bag hanging on her waist, poured out a pill and put it into Helian Jue's mouth.
Helian Jue took the medicine and quickly regained consciousness.
He opened his eyes blurry, and just as he could make out Sheng Junyao's face, Sheng Junyao grabbed Helian Jue's wrist and used a dagger to sever the tendons in his wrist one by one.
Helian Jue was in excruciating pain, but his dignity as a prince made him suppress his screams. However, Sheng Junyao showed no mercy. After severing one of his hands, he slowly severed the tendons in the other hand, and then his feet.
After doing all this, he expressionlessly removed Helian Jue's kneecaps, rendering him completely useless.
Helian Jue, as a prince of the Great Yan, was pampered since childhood. However, he was determined to make the Great Yan surpass the Great Zhao in both military and political power. Therefore, he had studied the cruel tortures of the Great Zhao in detail. However, he never expected that one day, these tortures would be inflicted on him.
But after being given the drug, he had no strength to resist, let alone bite his tongue.
After doing all this, Sheng Junyao calmly asked Yin Yueling again, "Can she still live?"
Yin Yueling's eyes sparkled as she examined Helian Jue, nodding excitedly: "As long as he doesn't have the strength to bite his tongue, living for ten or eight years won't be a problem!"
She happily suggested, "It's too much trouble to keep feeding him medicine, why don't we cut off his tongue?"
Sheng Junyao grabbed Helian Jue's chin, and Helian Jue struggled desperately to resist, his voice strained as he asked, "What...do you want? Why?"
He recognized Sheng Junyao. The Great Yan wanted to move south and annex the Great Zhao. Not only did they need to deal with the North, but the Northwest had always been a major threat to them. Therefore, he had sent people to fight against Sheng Junyao long ago, trying to take over the Northwest first and then further plot against the North.
He just didn't expect that Sheng Junyao, this seemingly scholarly general, would be such a tough nut to crack.
In previous years, small-scale provocations did not achieve any results. Later, Sheng Junyao single-handedly built the border trade market, winning over all the large and small tribes in the Northwest and creating an impregnable natural barrier. This forced the Great Yan to completely lose any further possibility in the Northwest, and even lose control over some remote tribes that were dependent on the Great Yan.
Even more so, the reason why Qinzhou was defeated this time was also related to General Nalan's last-minute change of heart. He later received news that General Nalan had agreed to the peace talks with the Crown Princess of Da Zhao, and the benefits he promised were the Northwest Trade Market.
Although Helian Jue had never had a direct confrontation with Sheng Junyao, he had a thorough understanding of and affirmation of the other party's character through several indirect encounters. This man was extremely upright and honest, and everyone who had dealt with him praised him as a true gentleman.
But this man, whom everyone praises as a gentleman, has now secretly subjected him to torture after he became a prisoner.
Helian Jue suddenly recalled the scene of Zhao He jumping off the city wall. He suddenly realized what had happened and looked at Sheng Junyao in disbelief: "You, you did it for Zhao..."
Sheng Junyao had already swiftly cut off his tongue.
"You are not worthy to mention your name, and you should never mention it again."
Helian Jue's eyes were bloodshot as he glared at him angrily, struggling to make a sound, "Hiss...private...torture..."
Sheng Junyao took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood off the dagger. "Before this, in my worldview, I really didn't think I would resort to vigilante justice for anything, but you have to endure it."
Sheng Junyao lifted his heavy military boots and stomped heavily on Helian Jue's lower abdomen. Helian Jue made a distorted sound from the pain, but it became strange and unpleasant because he could no longer speak.
"Jingchao, take him away and use the best medicine to prevent him from dying."
"He must live to see with his own eyes what my princess should be like."