He had never hated this person so much before. Why did he always appear before him at the most inappropriate time? From the sea to the road, from Lin An to the Yanjing, from the Oolong Town to the Dongting Lake … How could he spend all his time on this? Didn't he need to do something? Was it the pleasure of his life to destroy himself?
She aimed at the other side, her hands trembling slightly as she held the arrow. Thousands of arrows shot out in her head.
He turned sideways, and her arrow lost its aim. It was completely defenceless, completely powerless, and it fell to the ground.
She was shocked.
He had actually missed at such a range. Only now did he understand how much he had wasted his life by immersing himself in grief and self-pity these past few days. It had nothing to do with Li Qiaoniang, and nothing to do with Yue Pengju either.
She stood there in a daze, as if her entire being was about to be crippled.
King Qin picked up the arrow on the ground and looked at it carefully. He walked forward with deep sympathy in his eyes. Little girl, she's the best and most proud of her shooting ability. Under such circumstances, wouldn't it be a huge blow to her?
"Little girl …"
Hua Rong panicked, as though she was an unarmed person, without any weapons, the enemy kept pressing on him. She abruptly took a step back. "King Qin, you are not allowed to come here, you are not allowed to speak, you are not allowed to say a single word …"
He had no choice but to speak. She looked at him warmly. It was unknown when it had begun, but in front of her, the dignity and intimidation of the past had disappeared. Their positions had been completely reversed. But he didn't notice at all.
"Little girl, Yue Pengju …"
She angrily raised her bow and shouted at him, "I told you not to speak …"
He did not dodge. Instead, he struck the bow on his shoulder, causing a burning pain.
She cried bitterly as if she had suffered a great grievance. She hugged the big tree beside her, and like a child, she rammed her head against the tree trunk. "It's your fault. It's all your fault …"
He reached out and clamped his arms around her from behind. She could no longer bang her head on the trunk. In a moment of desperation, she turned her head, treating him like a tree beside her, and started beating him up.
Perhaps it was due to the decadence of the past few days that she didn't have much strength left. After a while, she got tired and was imprisoned in his embrace. Her entire head was buried in his chest as she cried in grief.
His chin pressed against her unkempt hair, his leopard eyes, as he slowly quieted down, but at that moment she felt that her crying was her own joy. However, she was completely oblivious to it. In this moment of reliance, she could only grieve over the years of wind and rain. With so many years passing, there wasn't even a single period of peace and happiness. Sometimes they were homeless, sometimes they were being chased, sometimes they were escaping from marriage, sometimes they were trapped … He had thought that he had arrived at a safe haven, only to find out that after walking so much and drinking so much water, he could not even see the color of the clouds in the sky.
King Qin did not comfort her in the slightest, his gaze landing on her light grey clothes. The tentacles were made of slightly coarse, fine cloth, instead of a sleek green top quality silk shirt. The sunlight was so bright and beautiful that it shone on her forehead. This scene, that had been etched into her mind for many years, would never occur to her, and she would never forget it. He sighed in his heart. On the island, he still had a few boxes of clothes he had snatched from her. Some were green, some were yellow, some were red, some were blue.
He reached out his hand to feel her red forehead, which was covered with gray marks from the tree trunk. A strand of hair was let down, covering his forehead, and he said in a low voice, "Little girl, look how much pain you have suffered! "In all these years, I've never had a good life …"
"It's all your fault. It's all your fault for harming me. It's all your fault …"
"What a pitiful girl …"
She suddenly rubbed against his chest, causing his body to be drenched in sweat. It was unknown if it was because of the perspiration or tears, she raised her head and looked at him fiercely: "Who are you calling pitiful? "You are gloating!"
His voice was rough and rough. "I have long said it before, this Yue Pengju brat is cunning. He is not a good person, do you not listen …"
"He's better than you! "Scram!"
She stretched out her hand and used all her strength to push against his firm chest, but she felt that the man in front of her was extremely hateful. She didn't want to show any weakness in front of him and make him laugh.
"Which part of him is better than laozi?"
"He's better than you! It's better than anything else! "
King Qin was angered until he started laughing: "Yue Pengju is heartless and shameless, you married him, today you deserve it, you really deserve it! I already knew that he would definitely take in a concubine. Look at the generals, how many of them don't accept concubines? What good thing is he, Yue Pengju? Lust of the mind, new love forget old love. You are a few years older than him, and you can't have children. Once a woman is old and weak, he is still young and does what he should be doing. "Little girl, you are blind. Serves you right. I don't pity you at all …"
However, after such an insult, which added fuel to the fire, Hua Rong suddenly stopped crying and stood up while looking at him coldly: "King Qin, are you waiting for me to make a fool of you?"
"Yes!" This is your retribution, your retribution for marrying someone else! I, your father, have personally witnessed the grandeur of Yue Pengju's concubine, and it was much more luxurious than when you were married. Even the imperial government sent Kanggong to congratulate them. Li Qiaoniang is an intelligent person, and she also has the support of the empress dowager. If you still want to be your Madame Yue, don't be angry. Just obediently go back and live in harmony with her. Maybe, Yue Pengju considered the fact that it was only for his wife's sake, he might still be able to give you a place. However, you still have to be careful. If Li Qiaoniang gives birth to her son and she is so much younger than you, Yue Pengju might not pamper you anymore no matter what … "
"Are you trying to agitate me?"
"I'm not trying to provoke you!" Do you think I don't know? Yue Pengju had long ago stopped putting you in his heart, if not you would not have been forced to pawn better clothes and accessories. Tsk tsk tsk, look at your Madame Yue's glorious name … " His gaze fell on her Jing Chai cloth skirt, and her face was full of disdain, "Is this the result of how many years you have served Yue Pengju? In order to take in concubines, you even have to flatten your wife's private money. It looks like Yue Pengju doesn't put you in his eyes at all … "
"No!" Penga's salary s were all subsidized by the military. All these years, I have been managing his salary. I am the clearest about how he uses it, and I have been handling every stroke. If I want to eat well and dress well, wouldn't it be easy? "
"Subsidized military supplies?" He snorted. "Only a stupid woman like you would believe that. Look at what Li Qiaoniang is wearing. Look at the marriage dowry that Yue Pengju had arranged for her? It was a man's nature to let his beloved woman live a good life. Why was Li Qiaoniang able to live a life of luxury? Why do you have to go with him? There is only one reason why he doesn't allow you to live a good life, and that is because he doesn't even place you in her eyes, or treat you as a man. She is only a man who works hard for Zhao Deji with him, not a woman, not his wife … "
Hua Rong's vital energy and blood surged, "You think Pengju is you?! He didn't! He's always been good to me. What do you know? "Besides, I didn't eat Fuyan Vegetables!"
"You want to compete with him? Was he worthy? I, at least, do not have a concubine. "
These words were like the stabbing of a sharp arrow's heart. Hua Rong was flustered and exasperated, she felt that the demon before him was just spouting nonsense, only hoping that the world would not fall into chaos and turn around to leave.
"Where are you going?"
She suddenly stopped in her tracks. "If you dare to follow me again, if you dare to say another word, I'll kill you!"
King Qin laughed out loud. "You really are a stupid girl, I am just waiting to see how you will be abandoned, if even Yue Pengju doesn't want you, do you think I will take you? I chased you all the way here just to say, 'Serves you right, this is your retribution.' Now that I've said it, I don't want to waste my time talking to you anymore. I, your father, will also go back, hahaha, Little girl, your father will not care about your life and death anymore! "
After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked away, his figure quickly disappearing in front of him.
Hua Rong was startled in place and was speechless for a long time.
The King Qin was clearly ridiculing him in a vicious manner, but she didn't feel much sadness. He subconsciously resisted it in his heart, as if he himself was even more displeased the more someone else was slandering Yue Pengju. He said to himself: "I don't believe that Peng Ju is such a person! "Bah!"
In the end, he felt depressed and at a loss. However, he felt that the men beside him had all changed their expressions like they were flipping through books. Jin Wushu's vicious torture, Yue Pengju's ungrateful fate, King Qin's schadenfreude … Everyone says I love you, but what about you? How much did he really have?
She lingered on the horse for a while, then spurred it forward again. He took a few steps forward, but felt that there was something bulging out of his chest. He stretched out his hand and touched it; it was actually a scented sachet. Opening it, he saw that it was the turquoise bottle inside. The green liquid inside was crystal clear. It was the medicine sent from King Qin thousands of miles away. It was most likely what the King Qin had secretly stuffed into his body when he was crying crazily earlier.
She remembered that she had thrown it into the lake. King Qin, when did he go and salvage the place? Such a small thing like the vast lake, how much attention had he expended on it? Holding the bottle in her hand, she couldn't help but to turn around and recall the scenes from the past decade like lightning. Rescue at the ends of the earth, follow closely after life and death, one by one, one by one … Every time he said that he would never care about his life again, but every time he was at his worst, who was by his side? Even if it was just mocking!
Tears seeped into his eyes.
How could the most heartless person not be the most affectionate person in the world?
His good points and bad points were far more than a hundred times greater than the various wounds on his body. Like a burning red brand, he once again covered his head with a bloody hood!