sbdcsierra Chapter 274 I love you
Chapter 274 I love you
The crown prince's figure was hidden in the shadows, and his expression could not be seen.
Hearing no movement, Supervisor Feng had no choice but to bend down a few inches further.
"Pei Ji, deliver the box of wound medicine we obtained last time to Eunuch Feng. It's getting late, I'm tired, let's go back," the Crown Prince said softly.
Pei Ji took out a box of medicine, walked over and handed it to Eunuch Feng, then silently turned around and pushed the Crown Prince away.
After everyone had gone far away, Supervisor Feng slowly stood up, looked down at the wound medicine in his hand and his hand wrapped in cotton, and sighed softly.
……
Lu Yangyang carried the pears out of the palace gate, boarded the carriage that had come to pick her up, and instructed Lin Feng, who had been waiting outside the palace, "Go to the Princess's residence."
Since leaving the palace last time, Li Duan has never returned to the Princess's residence. Zhou Mama also packed up all her daily necessities and took them with her.
With palace guards watching, she could only take Li Duan back to the Princess's residence first.
After returning to the Princess's residence, Lu Yangyang placed the pear on the bed and asked Lin Feng to fetch Sheng Junyao.
She had just drunk quite a bit of alcohol, but her mind suddenly became completely clear.
She didn't understand before why those princes fought tooth and nail for that position, turning brothers into enemies, and why they would incite war and sacrifice countless innocent people for their own selfish gain.
Crown Prince Chongwen willingly gave up the throne for the greater good, bringing peace and stability to the land.
But in the end, he and those who followed him north were imprisoned for half their lives, and no one cared for them for twenty-two years.
Lord Bo, at a young age, achieved the third-highest rank in the imperial examinations and married a princess. His future was promising, but for the sake of those he admired and for the greater good of the nation, reality extinguished his passion, and he died without ever getting justice.
So what is justice?
As the saying goes, even princes are subject to the same laws as commoners.
Why did no one dare to ask a single question when His Majesty personally killed the eldest princess?
Even the death of the eldest princess could not earn His Majesty's pity for her daughter. With just one word from His Majesty, Li Duan still had to go for the marriage alliance. Otherwise, from then on, she would be waiting for him at the ends of the earth.
My elder brother devoted himself to the stability of the Northwest, risking his life for it, but only earned the Emperor's suspicion.
Mingruo lived a life of loneliness and misery, never receiving any justice and not even allowed to mention his identity or name.
If she and Li Duan leave the capital, will they have to live in hiding forever, never having a peaceful day? Will they have to live in constant fear, wondering what their elder brother and the Crown Prince, who stayed in the capital to protect them, will do?
In the dream that awakened her, the Crown Prince would soon be deposed, exiled, and die on the way to exile. She used to think that the Crown Prince's deposition was perhaps due to his leg. She thought that if she healed his leg, there might be a turning point. But was that really the case?
The things His Highness the Crown Prince did were perhaps the root cause of his downfall.
So even if she could heal the Crown Prince's leg immediately, she couldn't save the Crown Prince, Li Duan, or her elder brother.
The capital city she longed to conquer was never what it appeared to be.
It wasn't what she had imagined.
She was like the most useless grain of sand; a mere gust of wind could turn her into dust.
So she didn't want it.
She wants justice, and she will fight for it herself.
Li Duan opened her eyes and woke up. Seeing Lu Yangyang sitting by the bed, she was still a little dazed. "Yangyang?"
Lu Yangyang turned her head and extended her hand to her.
"I'll pick you up."
"Whether I have a thousand troops to pick you up or just me alone, I will still come to pick you up."
Li Duan grasped her hand, and the two suddenly smiled at each other.
It was as if something collapsed and shattered in that instant, yet it took root, sprouted, and broke through the soil.
I'm just waiting for that day when I'll grow into a truly towering tree.
"Knock, knock," Lin Feng knocked on the door.
Lu Yangyang got up and went out, opened the door, and Lin Feng nodded to her.
Lu Yangyang turned around, went back to get a cloak from Li Duan, put it on, put on the hood, gave Li Duan a wink, and followed Lin Feng out the door, heading towards the courtyard where the princess lived.
Upon seeing this, the guards who had been following at a distance also left and stood guard outside the main courtyard.
In Li Duan's room, Sheng Junyao, dressed in a black outfit, pushed open the door, went in, and then turned around to close the door.
Li Duan got out of bed and walked towards him. Sheng Junyao quickly went over, and the moment their eyes met, Sheng Junyao wrapped his long arm around her, held the back of her head, and lowered his head to kiss her.
Li Duan felt enveloped by his excessively hot aura, her heart pounding so hard it felt like it was about to jump out of her chest.
She carefully grasped his clothes with her fingers, but Sheng Junyao pulled her into his arms tightly.
After a long silence, he finally spoke in a hoarse voice, "I'm sorry, I couldn't take you with me."
His hands trembled slightly as he pressed down on her shoulders, pulling her slightly away from his embrace, and looked deeply into her eyes.
"I don't care about chastity, just live well."
"I'll pick you up."
Li Duan looked up at him, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.
Sheng Junyao gently wiped away her tears with his fingertips. "At first, I always thought you were too young. Your feelings had nothing to do with romantic love for me. I had too many things to do. I could take responsibility for my future wife, but I never thought about what it would be like if one day I fell in love with a woman."
"I think you'll understand when you grow up that liking someone is not the same as being grateful or admiring them. I think you can seriously think about your feelings when that time comes."
"But that night, before I rushed to the battlefield, the moment you called me back, I clearly heard a voice, and I also heard my own heartbeat. I went there that day with the determination to die, and I even had a vague feeling that if I had been just a little bit off, I would have really died in that great battle."
"But my heart tells me that I believe in my sister Yangyang's medical skills, and I wanted to see you before I went to my death, and I wanted to come back to see you. There is such a girl in this world waiting for me to come back, and I must come back."
"I never knew what kind of girl I would fall for one day. Maybe she would be steady, maybe she would be beautiful, maybe she would be intelligent. But in that instant, all my assumptions turned into your image. Li Duan, I'm sorry it's a bit late, but I still want to tell you solemnly once again that I love you."
"I will never change this in my life."
He could give his life for her freedom, but he would prefer true freedom—the freedom to go wherever she wants and see whoever she wants to see, to be free to explore the world.
Just as she rushed to Yangguan City when it was in peril.
How could he not be tempted?
This time, it's his turn to go. If the road ahead is full of thorns, then he will cut through all the thorns.
Take her home.
Sheng Junyao cupped her tear-streaked face, pressed his forehead against hers, and their breaths mingled.
"There's one more thing I wanted to say, so don't be upset."
Li was deeply moved, her voice choked with emotion, "Hmm?"
"If you fall for someone else, don't wait for me. If not, then wait a little longer."
"And what about you? Will you fall in love with someone else?" Li Duan's voice was a little nasal as she looked at him expectantly.
"I like pear blossoms."