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

Chapter 272 Love Me First in the Next Life

He stopped, pursed his lips, protected Concubine Liang behind him, and stood in front of her with mixed emotions.

Now that it has come to this, let's take a gamble and see if she has any feelings for him.

Qi Yue was facing the direction where the arrow came from, looking at Xiao Mo with a faint expression as she pulled the bowstring again.

Although he couldn't see her face clearly, he could still feel that she was looking at him.

Seeing that she was holding the bowstring and was reluctant to let go, he laughed out loud from the bottom of his heart.

Just when he was happy that she still had him in her heart, a long arrow pierced through the crowd and shot straight into his heart.

He looked down at the arrows on his body, then raised his eyes and looked in disbelief at the person in the distance who had put down his bow and arrow and was walking towards him.

Just when I was wondering why she didn't continue shooting arrows, I saw that the quiver on her back was empty.

Xiao Mo had a gloomy face. She picked up the long sword that was casually thrown on the ground and walked towards Qi Yue and Concubine Liang step by step.

Concubine Liang hid behind Qi Yue, her forehead covered in sweat, her vision so blurred that she couldn't see things more than three meters away.

Her breathing became heavier and she slowly curled up on the ground. The pained and hideous look on her face made Qi Yue realize that things seemed not simple.

Suddenly, he thought of a possibility, frowned and looked back at Xiao Mo in disbelief.

"The arrow is poisoned?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt as if the strength in his body was instantly drained away, and a trace of black blood flowed out of the corner of his mouth uncontrollably.

Xiao Mo walked up to him and looked coldly at Concubine Liang who was almost dying behind him, with a slight smile on her lips.

"Yeah, very poisonous."

Qi Yue endured the piercing pain from his internal organs and gritted his teeth to pull out the arrow.

But the next second, because of the poison in his body, he had to hold on to the stone pillar beside him and slowly kneel down on one knee.

"Ah...ha!" Xiao Mo couldn't help but frown when she heard the muffled groan he couldn't help but let out because of the pain.

His current disheveled appearance reminded her of how high-spirited he was when they first met.

If he hadn't fallen in love with her, if he was still Prince Jin, perhaps they could have become good friends.

But there are no ifs in this world.

Qi Yue covered the wound on his chest, and black, sticky blood flowed out uncontrollably through his slender fingers.

He raised his head and looked at Xiao Mo, and suddenly curled up the corners of his mouth and smiled very beautifully.

"Amo, I lost."

Xiao Mo looked at his sparkling eyes and didn't know what to say for a moment.

After a brief silence between the two, Qi Yue sighed heavily.

"Before you die, Amo, I hope you can answer me a question honestly."

"You ask."

Xiao Mo thought he would ask about the war, but she didn't expect that the first thing he said would make her confused.

"Before you fell in love with Qi Minxiu, did you ever fall in love with me? Even for a moment, just a split second."

Qi Yue looked at her expectantly, hoping that she could give him an answer that would make him rest in peace.

But contrary to his wishes, Xiao Mo did not answer his question, but just looked at him deeply.

He understood the answer in her eyes and laughed at himself: "I don't understand how I am worse than him, and I don't know how you fell in love with him when I was pestering you every day.

Or, in other words, he was still a cripple at the time, so what on earth did you see in him? "

To be honest, even Xiao Mo herself hadn't thought about this question in detail.

She lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, and when she looked at him again, the indifference in her eyes faded a little.

"I don't need a reason to like someone. I like him because he is who he is, just like you like me. I am who I am, and no one can replace me."

Qi Yue raised his head, placed one hand on his bent knee, and bitterly suppressed the faint smile on his lips.

"So this time, are you avenging him or is it because of our father's last wish?"

"Neither. I'm avenging my master, Nie Changyuan."

Xiao Mo looked at him expressionlessly, and a flash of pain passed through her heart when she said this.

Her master raised her with great difficulty, taught her martial arts and medicine, and was more kind to her than even her biological father. Yet, in the end, he was killed before he could even see her get married.

Whenever she thought of this, she felt extremely wronged. It would be more accurate to say that she felt extremely guilty rather than wronged.

Qi Yue frowned tightly. The pain in his body made him close his eyes. Only deep breaths could make him feel more comfortable.

"So you deliberately fell out with Qi Minxiu and approached me after Qin Shan was massacred?" He raised his eyebrows and asked tentatively.

Xiao Mo opened her mouth and wanted to ask him why he wanted to kill Nie Changyuan, but he slowly lowered his eyes and interrupted her softly in a weak voice with a hint of grievance.

"Do you know how difficult it is to let you go? I finally persuaded myself to forget you and forced myself to see you and him together with blessing.

During that time, in order to divert my attention, I deliberately put pressure on myself and assigned myself endless national affairs to deal with every day.

Just when I had already numbed myself, your sudden approach completely broke down the last line of defense in my heart."

As he spoke, he paused, the corners of his mouth twitched in a smile, and then he continued what he had not finished saying.

"This kind of closeness is like a fire in the cold winter, burning my heart warm. Do you know how happy I was at that time?"

The more he spoke, the more aggrieved he felt, and finally his eyes began to turn red.

"At that time, I didn't notice the abnormality of your temperament change, but later I gradually understood the reason.

But even so, I still chose to make the best of it, thinking that as long as I treat you well, what if you change your mind..."

As he was speaking, he covered his chest and suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood. When he wanted to say something, he found that he didn't even have the strength to make a sound.

Seeing the person in front of her being tortured beyond recognition by the poison in his body, Xiao Mo's resolute heart was finally moved.

But she didn't show it, and her words became even colder.

"Stop pretending. If you hadn't killed my master, I would never have gotten close to you."

Qi Yue bared his lips and pinched the wound hard to force himself to stay awake: "I didn't kill your master. I found out about this after Qin Shan got into trouble."

His words instantly reminded her of the conversation between him and Concubine Liang that she had overheard in Yongyang Palace.

"Yes, you didn't do it yourself, but you are the culprit." Xiao Mo's expression changed slightly, and she stared at him without moving her eyes or head.

He stared into her eyes for a moment, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and finally he closed his eyes tiredly.

For some reason, the man in front of her was obviously her enemy, but when she saw him die in front of her, she felt a little scared.

Just as she was lamenting that people's fate was not in their own hands, the person with closed eyes in front of her slowly opened them.

He looked at Xiao Mo with a dazed look and stretched out his hand to her with difficulty: "Amo, in the next life, can you like me first?"