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The accident happened so fast that Liu Yuansheng hadn't even had time to react before Xiao Jinghan swept her up in his arms and carried her to the foot of the mountain.

The assassins continued firing arrows. Xiao Jinghan shielded Liu Yuansheng as she mounted her horse, gently comforting her, "Don't be afraid, let's ride back to the inn first."

"And what about you?" Liu Yuansheng asked. "What will you do?"

"I always need to meet with the other party."

Xiao Jinghan said, "You can leave now."

After saying that, he slapped the horse's rump hard, and the horse neighed and galloped towards the post station.

Seeing that Liu Yuansheng had left safely, Xiao Jinghan shouted, "Come out, everyone!"

Jiang Yue, Jiang Hua, and Jiang Xue, the three bodyguards who had been secretly protecting Liu Yuansheng and Xiao Jinghan, stepped forward one by one and said to the assassin who was still shooting arrows at Xiao Jinghan, "Hey, you over there, stop shooting. With us here, you can't hurt him."

As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Yue swiftly grabbed an arrow that was aimed at Xiao Jinghan, and slowly walked behind him, standing still.

A moment later, the assassin hiding in the shadows emerged and sneered, "I can't kill you openly or secretly, Lord Xiao, you're really hard to kill."

Xiao Jinghan looked up at the newcomer and immediately recognized him as Jin Gongzheng, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

"It's been a long time, Lord Jin. How have you been while you were away?"

"Very well, very well indeed. In fact, all of this is thanks to you." Jin Gongzheng removed his mask and walked step by step toward Xiao Jinghan. "May I ask, Lord Xiao, who are these people beside you?"

"Are you asking about us?" Jiang Hua Yao Yao said from afar, "We are the four most famous assassins in the martial arts world."

"It really is you," Jin Gongzheng said. "Then Lord Xiao must be Jiang Feng, the leader of the Four Great Assassins?"

"It is indeed I," Xiao Jinghan said. "I know that Lord Jin has been trying every means to prove my identity. Very well, I will take pity on you and fulfill this wish for you before you die."

Jin Gongzheng suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"I knew it was you." He cackled, his laughter filled with hatred for Xiao Jinghan. "Xiao Jinghan, as an official of the imperial court, how could you secretly collude with the assassins of the Changfeng Sect? What are your true intentions?"

"You're asking me? I can only tell you that your death is imminent," Xiao Jinghan said. "As the saying goes, 'You choose the path to heaven but not the path to hell.' Now that you've escaped, you should hide yourself properly instead of using Jiang Zhihuan and Liu Yuansheng's past relationship to cause trouble and create problems for me."

Jin Gongzheng's face darkened upon hearing this.

Xiao Jinghan continued, "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. You think you can kill me here, but little do you know, we are also waiting for our chance to kill you."

"You guys?" Jin Gongzheng's gaze swept across the four faces. "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean? Don't you know what you've done for Prince Ming, you lackey?" Jiang Xue stepped forward and shouted, "Back then, in order to support his old lover's son to ascend the throne, Prince Ming ordered the Changfeng Sect to assassinate Crown Prince Li Zhaolin, who was at the height of his power in the court. My sect leader refused to comply, and Prince Ming pretended not to care, but afterwards he sent people to wipe out the Changfeng Sect to cover up his crime of trying to use the power of the martial arts world to eliminate a major threat!"

"And all of this was started by you. Back then, it was you who led the government troops to destroy our Changfeng Sect. Afterwards, you gained great fame in front of the Ming King because of this incident, and from then on, you rose rapidly through the ranks."

"Tell me, do you have a grudge against us?" Jiang Hua chimed in. "I'm not saying this lightly, but with such a deep-seated hatred, we could kill you ten times over and it still wouldn't be enough."

"Then kill him."

Jiang Yue drew her sword decisively and charged forward.

Three against one, the outcome was a foregone conclusion.

But Jin Gongzheng refused to admit defeat. He fought back fiercely, and even with only one breath left, he still retorted to Xiao Jinghan, "The victor is king and the loser is villain. I have never regretted everything I did for the Ming King, nor have I regretted my choice. If I were to be reborn, I would still climb up by any means necessary."

Before he could finish speaking, a thin silver thread tightened around his neck.

Xiao Jinghan held the other end of the silver thread in his hand. Seeing Xiao Jinghan make his move, the other three stepped back and stared at Jin Gongzheng with uncontrollable rage.

Jin Gongzheng's eyes were fixed on the silver thread in Xiao Jinghan's hand. "It really is you. It really is you."

"To die under my Heavenly Silkworm Silk is your good fortune," Xiao Jinghan said. "Tell me, who sent you here?"

"I deliberately concealed my whereabouts to see if anyone would come looking for me. Heh, it was Jiang Zhihuan, wasn't it? He was the one who told you I was at the post station."

"Xiao Jinghan, I'm not convinced that I lost to you." Jin Gongzheng didn't answer his question, but instead said in a mad manner, "I just lost to fate. I advise you not to be smug. As long as the Ming King is still alive, you people will be dealt with by him sooner or later."

After saying that, he closed his eyes, knelt on the ground, and died.

"Letting him die like this is too easy for him," Jiang Hua said. "What about Jiang Zhihuan? He has planted countless spies in your mansion. Should we arrest him?"

"It's not the right time yet," Xiao Jinghan said. "This person is a bit special. I need to consult someone before I can deal with him. You proceed according to the plan. Now that things have come to this, even if it's not the best time, we have to take action."

"yes!"

The three agreed and disappeared together. Xiao Jinghan withdrew the Heavenly Silkworm Silk and calmly returned to the post station.

Inside the post station, Liu Yuansheng paced back and forth like an ant on a hot pan.

She was terrified that something might happen to Xiao Jinghan and kept trying to get back to his side, but the horse wouldn't listen to her and galloped all the way back to the post station.

Upon arriving at the post station, the guards took her back to her room without saying a word, saying that Xiao Jinghan told her to wait there and not to go anywhere. She waited and waited, until her patience ran out, and finally Xiao Jinghan returned.

"Your Highness!"

Liu Yuansheng rushed towards Xiao Jinghan, looking him up and down. "Are you alright?"

Xiao Jinghan smiled and took her hand. "No, I just ran into an old friend and chatted for a bit. How could I be injured?"

Liu Yuansheng glared at Xiao Jinghan, then pulled her hand away and said, "Do I look that stupid?"

Seeing that Liu Yuansheng was getting angry, Xiao Jinghan hurriedly explained, "No, no, I was just afraid you would worry. Okay, I'll tell you, the person who came was Jin Gongzheng, but I've already dealt with him."

Jin Gongzheng?

Didn't he run away? Why is he causing trouble for Xiao Jinghan again?

Also, how did Jin Gongzheng find Xiao Jinghan?

The thought of Xiao Jinghan's dangerous situation made Liu Yuansheng extremely worried. "You'd better leave here quickly. I think it's very dangerous here."

As Liu Yuansheng spoke, she pushed Xiao Jinghan out, wishing he would leave the post station as soon as possible.

Xiao Jinghan obediently took a few steps back, then suddenly stopped: "Are you worried about me?"

Liu Yuansheng paused, "What?"

"Are you concerned about me?" Xiao Jinghan repeated, "From the moment you walked in until now, don't all your actions indicate that you care about me?"

Liu Yuansheng found Xiao Jinghan's behavior somewhat inexplicable.

Of course she cares about him.

She cares about everyone who is kind to her.

"Yes, I care about you, so could you go somewhere safe?" Liu Yuansheng craned her neck to look outside. "Where's your bodyguard? Tell him..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Jinghan suddenly grabbed her and pulled her into his arms.

Liu Yuansheng felt a sudden dizziness, and the distance between her and Xiao Jinghan could only be described as being right in front of her. She struggled uncomfortably, "Why are you hugging me? Let go."

"I won't let you go until you answer me," Xiao Jinghan said. "Now that things have come to this, I won't hide it from you anymore, Yuansheng. I love you, I want to be with you, and I don't want a divorce. Don't ask me for a divorce again, because unless I die, I will never agree to it."

Liu Yuansheng turned pale with shock.

"You, you... how could you think that?" Liu Yuansheng stammered. "Our marriage was a mistake from the start, you should..."

"Don't say anything about right or wrong anymore." Xiao Jinghan rudely interrupted Liu Yuansheng and said, "In your eyes, our marriage may be a mistake, an accident. I used to think so too. But since I got to know you, I have gradually fallen in love with you. I have found that our marriage is not an accident, but a gift from God, the best arrangement from God."

Xiao Jinghan looked directly into Liu Yuansheng's eyes and asked with deep affection, "Yuansheng, ask yourself honestly, since we got together, haven't you ever felt a single moment of attraction?"

Liu Yuansheng was stunned.

"Aren't you happier now that you're with me than before?"

"Don't even think about denying it, otherwise, from the day Jiang Zhihuan appeared, your heart, your body, and your eyes would all be focused on him, and you wouldn't notice me at all."

"But you didn't. You were just concerned about me, which means you've had me in your heart for a long time."

Liu Yuansheng was deeply shaken.

She has feelings for Xiao Jinghan? When did this happen? How come she didn't know?

She stood there, stunned and silent, but Xiao Jinghan pressed on, "Why aren't you saying anything? Did I hit a nerve? Yuan Sheng, you're always so slow to realize things. Think about it carefully, don't you also have feelings for me?"

Liu Yuansheng stopped retreating and stood frozen in place.

Her mind was in a complete mess, a total mess.

"No, you can't force me like this, you can't..." she said, sitting in the armchair. "My mind is a mess right now, a complete mess..."

"The chaos proves I'm telling the truth; otherwise, I wouldn't have made you so confused."

Xiao Jinghan knelt down slowly in front of Liu Yuansheng and said, "I don't know if it's too late to say these things now, but in fact, I've always owed you an apology. I shouldn't have hit you on our wedding night."

Liu Yuansheng shuddered.

Those past memories came flooding back, but strangely, she didn't feel wronged or sad.

But a dense, persistent pain will rise in my heart.

She subconsciously looked at the blood-red bracelet on her wrist. It was a gift from the old lady on the second day of her marriage. The old lady used the bracelet to cover the scar on her wrist, trying to tell her that everything in the past was over.

Is it really over?

Liu Yuansheng raised her hand, took off the Crimson Blood Bracelet, and stared directly at the scar.

The scar is quite faint; you can't even see it unless you look closely.

"What's this?" Xiao Jinghan asked, puzzled, having never seen the scar on Liu Yuansheng's wrist before. "How did a scar get here?"

Liu Yuansheng sighed and was about to explain when Xiao Jinghan suddenly became agitated, "Is it because of Jiang Zhihuan?"

"You didn't want to marry me; it was your father who forced you, which is why you married into the Duke of Zhenguo's family. To defy your father's orders, you chose to commit suicide, threatening to kill yourself, didn't you?"

Liu Yuansheng was stunned. She had only shown a scar, but Xiao Jinghan had guessed everything.

"Yes," she had no choice but to admit, "I did it so that I wouldn't marry you..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Jinghan suddenly stepped forward and kissed her lips forcefully.

Liu Yuansheng's eyes widened, unable to imagine what Xiao Jinghan had done.

She tried to hide, but Xiao Jinghan didn't give her a chance. No matter where she hid, he followed her closely.

"Don't be afraid," he murmured as he kissed her, "Accept me, I will love you forever."

Liu Yuansheng's eyes flickered, and in a daze, she was back at the bottom of that cold lake.

When she was on the verge of death, it was this same warm kiss that pulled her back from the brink.

It's him!

"It's you!" Liu Yuansheng forcefully broke free from Xiao Jinghan's embrace, stared into his eyes, and asked, "Before, were you in the lake, um..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Jinghan kissed her again.

She continued to resist, but gradually, she lost her strength and was picked up by Xiao Jinghan and carried to the bed...

Dawn was approaching, but Xiao Jinghan kept Liu Yuansheng's eyes covered, preventing her from distinguishing between night and day.

By the time they were completely exhausted, everything was already set in stone.

When she opened her eyes again, Liu Yuansheng was nestled in Xiao Jinghan's arms, pressed tightly against him.

Xiao Jinghan embraced him, his expression full of satisfaction. After being married for so long, they had finally become a real husband and wife.

Liu Yuansheng was in a lot of pain, but strangely, she didn't feel angry at all, and even felt very peaceful at this moment.

Xiao Jinghan played with her left hand, gently stroking the scar on her wrist, and said, "When we return to the capital, I will definitely find a way to heal your injury."

"Why bother with it?" Liu Yuansheng said, her voice unusually hoarse, which startled even herself. "It'll disappear soon."

"But I don't want it to stay in your hand any longer, not even for a moment." Xiao Jinghan held her hand tightly and said, "How are you feeling now? Are you awake?"

Liu Yuansheng glanced at Xiao Jinghan, unsure how to respond.

Was she awake? No, she had been tormented for so long that her bones felt like they were about to fall apart, and her head was spinning. How could she be awake?

But to say she's confused wouldn't be fair.

"It was all a bit of a mess," Liu Yuansheng said. "Anyway..."

"Anyway what?" Xiao Jinghan asked.

"It's all the same now anyway."

Xiao Jinghan was amused by Liu Yuansheng's words.

He sat up slightly and gently tickled Liu Yuansheng. "What do you mean, 'it's like this already'? Didn't I serve you well enough? Do you want me to serve you again?"