Appointing a General as a Concubine: Where Can General Xiao Escape?

Chapter 159 Sacrifice for Love

As soon as he finished speaking, several thin arrows shot towards him from all directions.

He vomited blood, and after falling to the ground, his eyes were always on Qi Suyuan. After a moment, he closed his eyes with a faint smile.

Qi Suyuan leaned in Jiang Yunzhi's arms, watching "this scene" with complicated eyes.

He has hurt too many people over the years. If he were to repay his debt of love, it would probably take him several lifetimes to pay it off.

Thinking of this, he looked up at Jiang Yunzhi.

Jiang Yunzhi retracted his shocked gaze, lowered his head and met Qi Suyuan's eyes: "Your Highness..."

Qi Suyuan frowned, raised his bloody hand with difficulty, and gently stroked his cheek.

"Be good, don't cry. I've locked you up for so many years. Now you can finally be free."

"No, I don't want freedom, Your Highness. I don't want you to die."

Jiang Yunzhi grabbed his hand in panic and tilted his head to respond to his touch.

Qi Suyuan coughed a few times and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

The commander of the Royal Guards became anxious and suddenly thought of someone.

"Come here, quickly go and fetch General Xiao. This place is closer to the Prime Minister's Residence than the Imperial Palace. General Xiao's medical skills are no less than those of the Imperial Physician. If he arrives in time, Prince Su might be saved!"

Jiang Yunzhi was crying so hard that he was out of breath and couldn't utter a complete sentence.

"Your Highness, I don't want any freedom. I just want to stay by your side, even if it means I can become an ordinary person."

Qi Suyuan's breath became weaker and weaker, and his speech became less and less fluent.

"After I die, my father will pardon you. Then you can leave the imperial city and live an ordinary life wherever you like."

"No, I won't leave. You won't die. I don't want you to die. What should I do if you die?"

Jiang Yunzhi wiped the blood stains on Qi Suyuan's face bit by bit. Her tearful look made Qi Suyuan feel heartbroken.

"Yunzhi, I want to hear you call me Ayuan again..."

"Ayuan, Ayuan, you are my Ayuan."

"I'm sorry. I've done so many things that hurt you in the past. Forget about all those years between us and start a new life."

Qi Suyuan half-closed his eyes and spoke in a lower and lower voice.

Jiang Yunzhi burst into tears and shook his head vigorously: "No, you didn't hurt me, and I can't forget our past.

Those words I said to you before like I don’t love you were just to make you angry. I love you, A Yuan, I love you…”

He hugged the person in his arms tightly, but the person in his arms could no longer hear his voice.

At some point, Qi Suyuan had closed his eyes, and the hand that was tightly holding Jiang Yunzhi dropped down weakly.

Jiang Yunzhi looked ahead with empty eyes, and suddenly curled his lips into a smile.

"A Yuan, you said you couldn't live without me. I still don't dare to tell you that I feel the same way."

Everyone watched all this in silence, with expressions of varying degrees of complexity on their faces.

Jiang Yunzhi hugged Qi Suyuan like that for a long time. After he finished speaking his mind, he suddenly picked up Qi Suyuan's fallen sword and cut it fiercely at his neck.

Everyone gasped, but it was too late to stop it.

He lay down beside Qi Suyuan with a smile on his face, and before he lost consciousness, he put his arms around Qi Suyuan's neck.

"Your Highness, Yunzhi is here to accompany you..."

At the same time, two people hurriedly walked into the gate of the palace, one after the other.

"The Emperor has decreed that Young Master Jiang Yunzhi be pardoned from death!"

Qi Minxiu's voice was strong and powerful, but it could not bring back the two people who were sleeping in this world.

Xiao Mo was carrying a medicine box and just saw Jiang Yunzhi wiping his neck when she walked in.

She was startled for a moment, then quickly ran through the crowd towards Qi Suyuan.

Seeing them coming, the commander of the Royal Guards felt like he had found a life-saving straw and hurriedly followed them to explain the situation.

"I greet His Royal Highness Prince Chen. General Xiao, your medical skills are superb. Please see if Prince Su and Young Master Jiang can be saved!"

Xiao Mo walked forward and her heart skipped a beat when she noticed the postures of the two men and the lack of painful expressions on their faces.

It turns out that love does not only occur between opposite sexes.

She checked the injuries of Qi Suyuan and Jiang Yunzhi with a serious expression. Although she knew that they were beyond saving, she still treated their wounds carefully.

"Yun, gauze, quick!"

The blood on Jiang Yunzhi's neck couldn't be stopped no matter what he did, not to mention Qi Suyuan. Even pulling out the arrow with his bare hands couldn't make him react at all because he had already died.

After some trouble, Xiao Mo wiped the sweat from her forehead, turned around and announced to everyone that the two had passed away.

When the emperor heard the news of Qi Suyuan's death in the palace, he was furious and wanted to execute the commander of the Imperial Guards immediately. Fortunately, Qi Minxiu stopped him in time.

However, the emperor said that what he did was against the imperial decree, and he could escape the death penalty but could not escape punishment of life imprisonment, so he demoted him and sentenced him to flogging.

It was the next day when Donggong and Yongyang Palace received the news.

Qi Suyuan's funeral was held according to the highest standards for the eldest prince.

For this reason, the emperor suspended court for several days.

On the first day of attending court again, someone came forward and suspected that Xiao Mo had killed Qi Suyuan.

Fortunately, Xiao Mo had clear logic and she calmly got herself out of the situation with just a few words.

"Your Majesty is very perceptive. If it weren't for Prince Su's attendants and the Imperial Guards who came to the Prime Minister's Residence to look for me, I would not have known about what happened that night until the next day."

She glanced at the person who had come forward to complain: "When I arrived at Prince Su's Mansion, Prince Su and Young Master Jiang were already dead. Several people who were in the mansion at the time witnessed this."

The person making the complaint was relentless and aggressive: "Maybe when you go there, the person is still alive. It's you who is keeping him alive!"

"Master Governor, please think carefully before you speak. At that time, Prince Su's men had dozens of eyes staring at me. They knew better than you whether I was harming or saving people.

You keep saying that I killed Prince Su, but where are your evidence and witnesses? You're not just making up stories, are you?

Xiao Mo turned back to look at the emperor, frowned, and asked, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask, what is the crime of falsely accusing someone?"

The governor raised his eyebrows and glared, then walked to Xiao Mo's side in panic and knelt down: "Your Majesty, I have no such intention! I am just guessing."

Just now, he had been talking endlessly with his foul mouth, but now, after being questioned by Xiao Mo, he was speechless and could only admit his mistake.

But Xiao Mo had no intention of letting him go.

"How dare you bring up something without any evidence to trouble the Emperor? Do you think you can frame me and get away with it based on just a guess?"

The governor glanced at Xiao Mo in panic and then looked up at the emperor.

"I beg your Majesty to forgive me. I was overly anxious and worried that Prince Su would die in vain, which is why I made such an inference."

"Your Majesty, I have devoted all my efforts to rescuing Prince Su, but now I have been charged with such a crime. I ask Your Majesty to punish those who framed me according to the law."

Xiao Mo's words frightened the governor so much that he quickly begged for mercy from the emperor.

The emperor was gloomy and depressed throughout the morning court because of Qi Suyuan's matter.

After hearing what they said, he was so upset that he immediately ordered the removal of the governor from his post.

After the morning court session, the emperor called Qi Minxiu and Xiao Mo back to the Qinzheng Hall.

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