The fog above the sea shrouded the deck like smoke.
Ye Bailu and Jing Qi quietly retreated, leaving only Shen Ling Jue and Feng Ning Yan staring at each other foolishly.
"When we were in the inn, you said that if we could survive, what would happen?"
Shen Ling Jue asked as he lightly caressed the silk-like hair on her back.
When Feng Ningyan thought back to that scene, her nose turned sour and she could not help but lower her head.
"I... I forgot. "
"Then let me guess," he faintly smiled, "If you can survive, you will have to become a true loving couple with me, never to be separated … Right? "
Feng Ning Yan's heart ached, she could only tightly hug him.
When she was awake, she would remind herself not to have any feelings for Shen Lingjue.
However, when the third Gu poison flared up, she thought that if she didn't say something, she would never have the chance to say it again. This was why she irresponsibly revealed her worries, wanting him to understand.
Now, the Infatuation Gu made her emotions impossible to hide, and Shen Ling Jue's life and death was not abandoned, forcing her to have no way out.
She was flustered and helpless, but she didn't know how to accept such an uncontrollable love that could make people forget about life and death …
Shen Ling Jue gently caressed her trembling shoulders, and said gently: "You also said, I'm not the person you love, but I still want to try. Now, what do you have to say for yourself? "
Feng Ning Yan silently cried as she hugged him even tighter.
"Have you ever thought about how much my heart hurts, how much you hate me, how much you regret and how many injuries you have sustained? I'd rather have nothing to do with you, love nothing, be alone to death... "As long as you are unharmed and in good health, you will be fine for the rest of your life …"
Shen Ling Jue lowered his head and kissed the tear stains on her cheek, a happy smile on his face.
"It is unknown where the emotions came from, but it goes deeper and deeper … Our destiny is fated by the heavens to be refused. Because from the moment you looked at me with tearful eyes in your dream, you fell victim to my infatuation. "
Feng Ningyan's heart was sweet and sad at the same time. She really wanted to scold him for his shamelessness, but when she thought about the look in his eyes when he had no regrets in his previous life, she could only be moved.
"No one knows where the emotions came from … "Yeah, when did it start …"
Could it be that she had really fallen in love with him long ago, all the way to her previous life? She had painted with him in front of the justice courts, and they had exchanged one last silent glance?
Had her tears stayed in his heart from that moment, and his smile had taken root in hers?
"It doesn't matter when it starts …" She murmured as she looked emotionally into Shen Ling Jue's eyes, "I only know that the nightmare has already dissipated like smoke. "In this life and for life, if you were the one beside me, things would never end like that …"
"Then, should I change my words?" Shen Ling Jue laughed.
Feng Ningyan stared blankly, her face red. "Truly following one's path …" "One yard goes to one yard. How could I, Feng Ningyan, lose without fighting when the time limit for the bet is before I return to the capital?"
Shen Ling Jue laughed lightly and picked her up, walking up the stage under the mast.
"We are already on our way back to the capital. We can't hide past the first day and we can't hide from the fifteenth. Let's see how long you can last."
Feng Ning Yan anxiously bit her lips and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"You also know that you are about to return to the capital. Hurry up and tidy up those evidence. I'm afraid that the crown prince has already assigned assassins to surround us and kill us to keep our mouths shut."
As she spoke, she looked down and saw the book on the table and the strange object she had found.
She quickly went down to the ground, picked it up, and examined it closely.
"You've studied it for a long time, do you know what this is?"
Shen Ling Jue said, "It is the device that fires the hidden weapon. Inside, there is an exquisite machine spring which emits a huge rebound force, shooting the hidden weapon that is the size of a jujube core. The furthest range is 300 steps, but its power is still not reduced … …"
"So powerful!" Feng Ningyan did not expect this to be a projectile device, and couldn't help but shiver. "Three hundred steps away, even if we're separated by a crowd of people, as long as we're accurate, killing them would be as easy as flipping our hand."
"Fortunately, it can only release one concealed weapon at a time. Otherwise, its might would be even more frightening …"
At this point, Feng Ningyan became incomparably happy. "When we return to the capital, we will have an explanation for His Majesty. "When the time comes, take out all the evidence of the Crown Prince and Shen Di will be finished!"
Shen Lingjue sat by the table, slowly flipping through the letters. He knew that his decision was correct.
The Crown Prince used these assassins to kill everyone else. There was no need to train so many people. He trained assassins on a large scale and picked elites. His ultimate goal was definitely not to assassinate one or two people.
As long as the emperor knew about this, the crown prince would definitely be crippled.
His gaze turned sharp as he closed the book, "Once the crown prince is crippled, the position of the crown prince will become empty. The powers in the government will reshuffle, and the battle for the throne will only just begin."
Feng Ning Yan sat down beside him, facing the incoming sea breeze.
"Shen Di is gone, and there is also Prince Cheng, Shen You Huang. He is extremely treacherous, and Hua Ruyu is by his side. We must be careful."
Shen Ling Jue held her hand tightly, turning his face with a smile: "No matter how the wind and clouds change, I only want you by my side."
Feng Ning Yan's heart was filled with sweetness. With a blushing smile, she leaned on his shoulder and clenched her fingers tightly. "This is also what I wanted to say to you …"
The two of them sat in silence for a while, before calling for Jingqi. The three of them tidied up the booklet and the letter, and only went to rest in the early hours of the morning.
At noon, from the bow of the ship, he could already see the Port of Shuntian.
Jing Qi ordered, "Hang up the banner of King Yu's Estate!"
The guards and sailors immediately placed their tall, bright flags around the side of the ship, and hung the banner of King Yu's Mansion on the top of the sail.
Shen Ling Jue and Feng Ning Yan stood side by side on the bow of the ship, holding onto the observation mirror as they looked at the situation at Shuntian Port.
He saw that there were already many soldiers lined up at the port, ready to fight.
"It's the Southern Ning Army!" Feng Ningyan said happily.
Shen Ling Jue smiled, "It's Father-in-law welcoming us."
"Yes, my dad said that he would lead the Southern Ning Army and wait for us to return victoriously. However, I didn't expect that he would come to Shuntian Harbor without Dragon Fang."
The boat sped up and soon reached the harbor.
When Shen Lingjue and Feng Ningyan got off the ship, the soldiers of the Southern Ning Army shouted loudly, "Welcome back, Prince Yu and the Young Marshal!"
Over and over again, they cheered, their heroic spirit soaring to the heavens and shaking the earth.
Feng Wei rode his horse over from the end of the line, jumped down from his horse, and knelt in front of Shen Ling Jue.
"Get up." Shen Ling Jue held onto Feng Wei, "We didn't get to Dragon Teeth, why is father-in-law here at Shuntian Port to pick up the ship?"
From the crowd, Chu Zhao, Ah Yao, and Lan Zhu all walked over.
Feng Wei laughed, "Jingqi, send a message to Chu Zhao and Ah Yao, ask them to quickly withdraw from the Southern Wilderness. They passed by the dragon's teeth and told him about your situation, and I figured that the prince would come ashore at Shuntian. "
When Lan Zhu saw Feng Ning Yan's spirited appearance, she believed that her Gu poison had been dispelled. She threw herself into Feng Ning Yan's embrace, and couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time.
"Miss, you're really alright now, Big Brother Chu and Big Sister Ah Yao didn't lie to me …"