After being thoroughly violated, he ran away with the enemy emperor's child.

And he did just that.

"Aci, don't be angry anymore, okay?"

Chu Junci turned his back to him, closed his eyes, and pretended not to hear.

The hall fell silent for a moment. Mo Yan leaned against the headboard, his gaze still fixed on his back.

Time passed second by second, and Chu Junci gradually drifted into sleep. Behind him, Mo Yan suddenly felt an itch in his throat, and he forcibly suppressed the blood that was about to spit out.

Carefully stepping off the bed, Mo Yan leaned against a pillar, his forehead covered in sweat.

He moved very quietly, without waking the sleeping people, but the lotus fragrance on Aci's body was constantly tempting him, making him want to devour him.

He endured for a long time, but finally couldn't help turning around to look at the person on the bed.

His gaze swept over Chu Junci's thick hair. Mo Yan took a few steps forward and leaned down to gently sniff Chu Junci's neck and shoulder.

The lotus fragrance grew stronger, and he licked his lips, suddenly having the urge to bite Aci's throat.

His eyes lost their daze once more, the fragrance relentlessly enticing him. Unlike before, when he wanted to kiss Aci, this time…

He wanted his blood.

Realizing what he was thinking, Mo Yan was startled and quickly moved away.

He pressed hard on his wound, and the intense pain brought him back to his senses. He quickly returned to the Zichen Palace.

Wu Xu was pacing at the door. When he saw him, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty has finally returned."

Mo Yan remained silent, his expression unusually grim.

"Invite Physician Liu here."

"Yes."

A moment later, Imperial Physician Liu appeared in the Zichen Palace: "Greetings, Your Majesty."

When will the prescription be written out?

"Your Majesty, ...it will take some time."

The Gu poison that Mo Yan was afflicted with was inherently stubborn; otherwise, it wouldn't have remained for over ten years without being eradicated. Now, with the remaining poison fully manifesting, in fact, Physician Liu had no confidence in its effectiveness...

Mo Yan pressed his temples and instructed Wu Xu, "Tie Chu Li up as soon as possible."

The snow lotus in the Yong Kingdom's treasury is now his only chance.

He subconsciously dismissed the antidote the imperial advisor had suggested; in his heart, Chu Junci was more important than him.

Wu Xu stood to the side, looking worried: "Your Majesty, what if Yong Kingdom also has no snow lotus..."

After all, it happened eighteen years ago. If someone had already consumed the snow lotus back then, what would His Majesty have done?

Even if Chu Li is kidnapped, what can be changed...?

"Tie them up first, then we'll talk."

Mo Yan didn't want to think about anything else. "No matter what, make Chu Ling hand over the Snow Lotus."

"If not, let him go find it. As long as he wants to save Chu Li, he will obediently search for it for me."

The Yong Kingdom also has a national advisor. The location of the snow lotus back then was the location predicted by the Yong Kingdom's national advisor. Now that Mo Yan has gathered the strength of the Yong and Zhao Kingdoms, he will surely greatly increase his chances of success.

"Yes." Mo Yan acted arbitrarily, and Wu Xu had no choice but to do as he was told.

Several pigeons flew from the Zhao Kingdom's palace to the Yong Kingdom and landed in a courtyard in the Yong Kingdom's capital.

One of them took the note from the carrier pigeon's leg, unfolded it, and said, "His Majesty has ordered us to tie up Chu Li."

"Success must be achieved within three days."

Chu Li was in the palace at the moment. He was sitting in the imperial study with a letter and several brocade pouches on the table.

The brocade pouches were all given to him by his elder brother before he left the palace. There were five in total, one of which contained information about the secret passage in the artificial hill of the Zhao Kingdom's Imperial Garden.

Several days ago, he passed the message to Xie Yunzhou. After waiting for so many days, he thought he could successfully rescue his elder brother, but unexpectedly...

"Damn Mo Yan!"

Chu Li gritted his teeth. The letter Xie Yunzhou sent back indicated that his elder brother and he had already left the city, but Mo Yan chased after them. Since they outnumbered him, his elder brother chose to go back with him.

If it weren't for Mo Yan, he would have reunited with his elder brother long ago! Why is he sighing and complaining here?

In this world, he only had his elder brother as family, and he would do anything to bring his brother back, even if it meant his own death.

As for Mo Yan... he only wished he could kill him as soon as possible.

If he gets the chance, he will make him experience the most cruel tortures in the world in order to avenge his brother.

Chu Li closed his eyes, suppressing his resentment. He wrote down some other information in the remaining brocade pouch, including where Mo Yan would be hunting this year and what loopholes existed in the hunting grounds.

He had already passed on the message to Xie Yunzhou, hoping that his elder brother would return safely from the Zhao Kingdom hunt next month.

Tears welled up in her eyes, but he forced them away. Chu Li put away the brocade pouch and began to review the memorials.

With his elder brother away, he must manage the country well for him, and everything will be fine once his brother returns.

Everything will return to normal, and he and his elder brother will be able to live together again.

……

Chu Li thought about many things. As darkness fell, he finished reviewing the last memorial and returned to the Prince's residence.

When he reached a quiet place, he realized something was wrong.

It was extremely quiet all around, so quiet that you could only hear the wind.

suddenly!

Several assassins in black jumped down from the wall and began fighting with the bodyguards who were protecting him in the shadows.

"Your Highness, let's go!"

Amidst the flashing swords and the clash of blades, Chu Li hurriedly mounted his horse and galloped towards the palace.

He was alone today, as his few remaining guards were all tied up with assassins.

Several assassins dressed in black emerged from the long street and shot the black horse beneath him dead with an arrow, causing Chu Li to fall to the ground.

He rolled on the ground a few times, his robes stained with dust. Just as he raised his head, a long knife was held to his neck: "Come with us."

"Are you from the Zhao Kingdom?"

With his lips pressed tightly together, Chu Li hated himself for not knowing martial arts. As a child, he always slacked off when practicing martial arts because his older brother was around.

Normally, he would be surrounded by guards when he went out, but today he wanted some peace and quiet and wanted to wander around without his guards following him. Little did he expect that this momentary lapse in attention would allow the people of Zhao to take advantage of him.

You'll find out later.

After uttering these words, the man in black slashed straight at the back of Chu Li's neck. Chu Li groaned and collapsed to the ground unconscious.

"Take it away."

He was carried to their hideout in Yong Kingdom. Almost as soon as they left, several squads of guards rushed over, but they were too late.

Looking at the signs of a struggle on the ground, they stood there, stunned, not knowing what to do.

In the end, one of them gritted his teeth and said, "Seal the city gates and quickly write to General Xie!"

Xie Yunzhou received the message the next day. Looking at the words, he wrote slowly and deliberately: "Mo, Yan".

"It's you again!"

He slammed the letter on the table, and his other subordinates asked him, "Young General, what happened?"

"The prince has been kidnapped by Mo Yan's men!"

"What?"

The crowd gasped in shock, then fell silent. There were only two members of the Yong Kingdom's royal family, and now they had both fallen into Mo Yan's hands.

Their voices were hoarse as they asked, "Young General, what should we do now?"

"Have them search house to house. They must rescue the prince, or else..."

Otherwise, how could he face His Majesty when His Majesty regains his memory?

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I've seen some people asking when Aci will regain her memory. It'll be soon!

Mo Yan will soon be an unwanted emperor.