Tuoba Lie, you must never fall into my hands, Lu Jianxi, or I will, at all costs, take your life!
Over this period, Nan Feng had been continuously crying, and now it seemed like her tears had all dried up; she looked no different than usual.
“Jianxi, you’ve seen Ye Ge’s condition, right?” Nan Feng sat on the edge of the bed handing a chair over to Lu Jianxi, “Please sit down, I have a favor to ask of you.”
Lu Jianxi sat down and, seeing Nan Feng’s condition, couldn’t help but feel a wave of distress.
As Lu Jianxi saw it, although Nan Feng was not as fiercely strong as she, she was much stronger than the average woman, embodying a blend of toughness and gentleness. Yet, having not seen her for a short time, she had bee much thinner, lacking the fullness of a pregnant woman.
“Nan Feng, what is it? Please speak,” Lu Jianxi said.
Nan Feng kept looking at Ye Ge, and after a long time, she finally spoke with a choked voice, “I want to go to the military camp with you and use myself in exchange for Ye Ge’s antidote.”
Lu Jianxi instinctively stood up, “No, if you go to Dashun, I fear there might be no return. Even if you could secure the antidote, Ye Ge, upon waking, would feel just as guilty.”
Nan Feng shook her head, “But if I do not go, I will feel even more guilty. I cannot stand by and watch him die, cannot let the child in my womb be born fatherless. Jianxi, if you were in my place, you would do the same.”
Having said this, Nan Feng then struggled to suppress her pain, trying to appear relaxed, “I actually know Tuoba Lie quite well. He won’t take my life; I’ll be safe there. Moreover, if I managed to escape once, I can do it again. This time, I’ll definitely find a way to escape. If all else fails, Ye Ge can e to rescue me once he’s better. I believe he will find a way.”
“Nan Feng…” Lu Jianxi took Nan Feng’s hand, feeling a flood of emotions, yet unable to articulate anything.
Nan Feng was right; if she were in the same situation, she too would undoubtedly save Ye Ge. Even though they once vowed to die together, in the end, who can bear to watch their beloved die before their eyes?
You need to be alive to have hope.
…
In the Dashun Camp, Tuoba Lie looked at the delivered letter. After reading it, he first squinted his eyes, and then burst into triumphant laughter, tears streaming down his face, “Hahaha… what did I say… Nan Feng… she will definitely e, hahaha…”
But after the laughter, a wave of bitterness surged in his heart.
Finally, he crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it fiercely outside.
The messenger, however, remained confused about what Tuoba Lie truly meant.
The day they exchanged the antidote, under Lu Jianxi’s escort, Nan Feng slowly walked out of the city gates.
Outside, Tuoba Lie mounted on his horse, a smirk appearing on his face, his gaze lingering on Nan Feng from head to toe.
When Nan Feng reached the middle, Tuoba Lie signaled a nearby general, who then approached and handed a bottle to Nan Feng. After inspecting the bottle, she asked the general, “Is this the antidote?”
The general bowed, “Your Highness, the Second Empress, the Second Prince would never deceive you.”
Nan Feng handed the bottle to Lu Jianxi, then looking at him, “If Ye Ge wakes up, tell him… just say I had to go back to Dayi Village. Tell him to take care of his health and remember to e rescue me. I believe he can do it.”
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