kvmb Chapter 270 Inconvenient
Chapter 270 Inconvenient
Mingruo even laughed out loud.
"Your Highness, I would like to ask you, when you enjoy this peaceful and prosperous era, have you ever thought about how this peace came about?"
This time, Lu Yangyang showed no mercy and slammed her hand on Mingruo's injured leg. Mingruo's face contorted slightly in pain, but she gritted her teeth and didn't look at Lu Yangyang.
Instead, she stared coldly at the Crown Prince.
"You're not all of them, so how do you know they've all forgotten? Back then, Duke Rong lost 100,000 soldiers on his way north to rescue people, and his entire family was punished for it. Weren't the lives of those 100,000 soldiers lives? Weren't the lives of Duke Rong's entire family, young and old, lives? Sure, some have forgotten, but there are always those who remember, and there are always those who strive for it year after year, generation after generation! Crown Prince Chongwen went north for the sake of peace in the land, and those border soldiers who shed their blood and sacrificed their lives were also for the sake of peace in the land. How can you say they've forgotten!" Lu Yangyang was furious. She had known too little about national affairs before, but she knew that people like the Crown Prince, and people like her elder brother, people like Magistrate Ling when she was in the countryside, people like Yan Yue who went to the frontier without hesitation, and the soldiers she saw guarding the borders in the Northwest—everyone of them, with the world in their hearts, was protecting this land in their own way!
Crown Prince Chongwen was unable to return to his homeland for twenty-two years, perhaps due to political interests. However, the peace of this country and the people's peaceful life have always depended on the joint efforts of countless people!
“Besides, do you know that the eldest princess…” Lu Yangyang turned her head away and didn’t continue.
Wasn't the eldest princess's life also one of being trapped in a cage?
She never forgot for a single moment.
Mingruo's eyelids trembled, and she lowered her eyes.
But he stubbornly remained silent.
"Fairness is scarce in this world. You can seek revenge, or drag those you hate down to hell, and I will only save you this once. As Yangyang said, it is precisely because there is so much injustice that people strive so tirelessly. Ultimately, it is a personal choice. Your fate is your own; take care of yourself." The Crown Prince's voice was calm and emotionless as he looked at Mingruo with a detached gaze.
“My aunt has taken good care of me over the years. I’m only saving you for this reason, there’s no other reason.”
After the Crown Prince finished speaking, he withdrew his gaze from Mingruo and looked at Lu Yangyang with a gentler expression. "I've left some people in the courtyard. You should leave before dawn, and they will handle the follow-up matters. I'll head back now."
Then he called out, "Pei Ji!"
Pei Ji walked in and pushed the Crown Prince away.
Lu Yangyang wanted to chase after her, but after thinking about it, she stopped. There were still things to do, and it wasn't the time for idle chatter.
She turned around and continued to treat Mingruo's wounds with a blank expression. Mingruo fell back to her original spot, closed her eyes, and asked Lu Yangyang again, "Now that you know what kind of person I am, why are you still helping me?"
“I am a doctor. His Highness asked me to treat your wound. This is what I should do.”
Lu Yangyang was still angry, and her tone was harsh as she replied.
“He’s right, I do hate it, I hate all the injustice. I’ve buried it all in my heart. I hate that I don’t even have a chance to live. Before I met you, I only had one path to death in front of me. You gave me a little hope, but fate still dragged me into the abyss.” Mingruo had never told anyone his secrets, because as long as he was alive, no one was willing to listen to his secrets.
He survived by the skin of his teeth, struggling to live on, enduring the torment of being covered in poison day after day, suffering the double torment of his body and hatred. All of this was caused by the peace talks twenty-two years ago. He was supposed to have a family, but it was destroyed before he was even born.
The only time in his life he was with his parents was when they died in front of him.
When Lu Yangyang told him she could cure his poison, he longed to live. However, his father's hatred, the very culprit behind his tragedy, forced him to make a choice. So he thought, let's just die together. He knew his father himself wanted to die, to see his mother one last time before he died, and to ask the emperor, in front of the civil and military officials and foreign envoys, if he still remembered those people from Northern Yan who were held hostage.
Those who have long since been buried in foreign lands.
He couldn't stop it, so he could only follow him to his death to fulfill his last wish.
After his parents died, he had nothing left to do. He refused to confess during interrogation, simply because he had no intention of implicating his mother any further.
He knew that the emperor would definitely implicate the Immortal Music Pavilion, and at least none of them would be able to return alive; that was the power of the emperor.
He never expected the Crown Prince to save him in this way.
“I told you last time that most of the remaining toxins in your body have been cleared. Even if you stop acupuncture, if you follow the new prescription I gave you for a year or two, you will be completely cured. You can live for several more decades without any problem.” Lu Yangyang’s hands didn’t stop moving, but she was no longer as careful as before. She secretly thought that if this person wasn’t afraid of death, then he certainly wasn’t afraid of pain. “If you want to die, that’s even simpler. No one will stop you. What happened before is in the past. At least from now on, your life is your own. You can die whenever you want.”
For patients who do not cherish their lives, we will not be lenient at all.
Lu Yangyang unceremoniously sprinkled the wound medicine powder directly onto his wound.
……
Before dawn, Lu Yangyang quietly left and returned to the Ming Mansion. In the mourning hall, Li Duan had already woken up.
Perhaps because she had cried so much the night before, she seemed to be in slightly better spirits. Following the instructions of the person in charge of the funeral, she personally performed the ritual of breaking the coffin and starting the procession for her mother. The princess only had her as her daughter, and even though it was against the rules, she insisted on doing it herself and did not let anyone else do it for her.
Until the coffin was laid to rest, she did everything perfectly, as if she had suddenly grown up. The natural arrogance in her eyes and brows had been smoothed out overnight.
Lu Yangyang did not see Mingruo and did not know if he had come. She knelt with Li Duan in front of the grave, kowtowed to the princess and offered incense, wishing her a smooth and safe next life.
The funeral was kept simple. After it was over, Sheng Junyao went to arrange the follow-up matters, while Lu Yangyang accompanied Li Duan back to the Ming Mansion.
When they arrived at the door, they encountered a very unexpected person.
It turned out to be Helian Jue, the Prince of Northern Yan.
When Helian Jue saw Li Duan, his eyes lit up for a moment. He waved his hand and ordered his servants to present the gifts. "I have heard that the custom of the Great Zhao is to send condolences to the deceased. I would also like to express my condolences. I hope the county princess will not find it offensive."
His expression was sincere, as if he had truly only come to deliver the funeral gifts.
Li Duan bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, King Yi."
Seeing that Li Duan had accepted the gift, Helian Jue looked towards the door and asked, "May I come in and sit for a while?"
"It's inconvenient." Sheng Junyao came out from inside and refused coldly.