kvmb Chapter 307 I'll Fight Back with His Highness
Chapter 307 I'll Fight Back with His Highness
The crown prince looked down at her earnest expression, and his heart softened.
Love arises from nowhere.
He first noticed Lu Yangyang because of her vibrant eyes, her excessively vigorous vitality, and her tenacious and stubborn nature, like wild grass that grows all over the ground when the wind blows.
After his life underwent a major upheaval, he knew better than anyone what he might face and how his surroundings would be thrown into turmoil because of his misfortune.
He coldly observed everyone and everything, slowly isolating himself from the world.
Until she suddenly burst in, it was like a handful of sweet rain sprinkled on his gradually withering life, making him suddenly wake up.
He wasn't a self-pitying person, but when a person faces collapse, it's like a boulder crashing down on his legs. The boulder is removed, but the pain remains, and day after day, he rebuilds another boulder with increasing intensity.
He will also feel lost, in pain, and disoriented.
He encountered a violent storm, and in that storm, she broke through the soil and grew vigorously.
It resided firmly in his heart.
He couldn't help but reach out and take her hand, squeezing it slightly.
If he could, he would wish that when he had the ability to protect her, he could tell her, "I love you."
But now, all that lies before him is an even more precarious future, or perhaps no future at all.
No one can truly calculate without error, not even him.
They can't offer any promises, they're just a burden.
The wedding he ultimately went through with her, out of his own selfish motives, was probably God's final chance to say goodbye to her.
"Yangyang," the Crown Prince said hoarsely, "do you know what will happen to you and me after the Crown Prince is deposed?"
"Throughout history, few deposed crown princes have had a good ending, and I will be no exception."
"If I still had freedom of movement, I might have been able to save my life, but now, there is probably little chance."
"We've known each other for a while, and I don't want to end up dragging you down."
The Crown Prince slightly averted his eyes, not daring to look into Lu Yangyang's eyes, afraid that if he looked at her for even a moment longer, he would be reluctant to let go.
Before Lu Yangyang could speak, he pulled a dagger from his sleeve and shoved it into her hand.
"Kill me and you will be free."
Lu Yangyang looked at the dagger shoved into her hand in shock and asked in a trembling voice, "Your Highness, what are you saying?"
“Listen to me,” the Crown Prince gripped her hand tightly, “Father has no intention of letting me live, nor will he let you go. Once you enter the Eastern Palace, your life and death are no longer in your own hands. Your only chance is now. Pretend to assassinate me, and I will arrange for someone to take you away. Father will not allow such a thing to become public, so he will not dare to openly send people to hunt you down. The longer he remains suspicious of your actions, the safer you will be.”
"And what about you?" Lu Yangyang couldn't help but ask.
“The deposed crown prince won’t be so quick. There’s at least ten days to two weeks left. He won’t kill me directly; he’ll probably exile me. If I’m seriously injured, I probably won’t survive the journey to exile. Then everything will fall into place, and he won’t pursue you anymore.” The crown prince whispered his advice. “Leave the capital and go to the southwest. Don’t go to the northwest to find A Yao. A Yao’s place is full of his spies; it’s not safe there.”
Lu Yangyang understood; he was arranging a way out for her, and he was giving her his last words.
He had wanted her to leave the capital and get away from this place of trouble from the very beginning, because he knew from the start that His Majesty would definitely depose the Crown Prince.
She didn't listen to him; she insisted on staying and coming to his side.
He knew all this, but even now, all he could think about was how to find a way for her to survive in this situation.
Lu Yangyang gripped the dagger tightly, her gaze fixed intently on the Crown Prince.
A moment later, as if she had made up her mind, she pressed down on his leg, lifted up his trouser leg, and plunged the dagger into his calf.
Blood flowed down his calf, but the prince's gaze remained gentle, yet tinged with reluctance and anxiety.
He wanted her to escape according to his plan.
But all she wanted was to escape with him.
"Your Highness, does it hurt?" Lu Yangyang asked him.
The crown prince shook his head.
“Over the past few years, I’ve searched through countless medical books and discussed this with my master countless times. There is indeed a way to help His Highness stand up, but that method would shorten his lifespan. Even if His Highness could stand up, he still wouldn’t be able to ride horses, hunt, run, or walk quickly. Every step he takes would feel like stepping on steel needles, excruciatingly painful. In cold, damp weather, this pain would be amplified countless times, like poison seeping into his bones, making him wish he were dead.” Lu Yangyang gripped her dagger tightly, looking up at the Crown Prince. “I’ve always been reluctant to tell His Highness this because I can’t bear to see such a good person like him suffer like this. I think if I had a little more time, I should be able to find a better way, and I should be able to help His Highness stand up completely, just like before.”
"To heal Your Highness's leg is my lifelong wish."
“Your Highness, when I first came to the capital, I had nothing and no one to support me. Whether it was the young master of the Su family, or the Sixth Princess and the Fifth Prince, any one of them could kill me with a single word. I didn’t even have a chance to defend myself. If Your Highness hadn’t stood up for me, I wouldn’t have met Your Highness later.”
“When I was made difficult by the Duke of Sheng, it was Your Highness who came to uphold justice for me. Those were minor matters for Your Highness, but for me, they changed the course of my life.”
“I’ve thought about it countless times. If I hadn’t had the opportunity to learn medicine from a young age, and hadn’t unleashed my power when I was on the verge of death, what would have happened if I had stayed in the countryside for more than ten years and then returned to the Duke’s mansion? I would have been very jealous of Sheng Yunzhu, and I would not have understood why my biological parents didn’t love me or give me any favoritism. I would have been living in that kind of emotion day after day, and I would have become unrecognizable. In that case, no one would like me and would only think that I was vicious and unreasonable.”
“No,” the Crown Prince interrupted her, saying firmly, “No. As long as it’s you, as long as your heart remains unchanged, no matter what you do, good or bad, someone will eventually see your true heart, uphold justice for you, and give you the fairness you deserve. Even if it’s a little late, even if you don’t know it, there will definitely be someone who will remember you.”
Lu Yangyang smiled brightly, "If Your Highness knew about my affairs and what I had been through, you would surely uphold justice for me and give me a fair chance."
"Therefore, I am also willing to go to Your Highness's side and stand with you through thick and thin."
"What is the deposed crown prince? What is the capital? What is exile? I will fight my way back with Your Highness. In this world, as long as we live, there is nowhere we cannot go."