Yugong Liuli suddenly opened her eyes.
A handsome face that I had been longing for came into view.
"Revere... Exalted Emperor?"
Su Hang knelt on one knee, pried open Liuli's fingers, and pulled out the hairpin. "You all broke out in a sweat. If you had arrived a second later, it might have turned into a tragedy, with the black-haired burying the purple-haired."
"Am I... am I dreaming?"
With trembling hands, Yugong Liuli reached out and gently stroked Su Hang's cheek. "You... you're still alive?"
"Look at what you're saying," Su Hang teased. "Do you think the Exalted Emperor in front of you isn't a living person, but a ghost?"
" Exalted Emperor!!!"
Tears welled up in Yugong Liuli's eyes. She grabbed Su Hang's neck and buried her face in her hands, sobbing uncontrollably, "Thank goodness! You're alive! You're alive!"
"Yes, yes, she's alive, she's alive." Su Hang gently patted Liuli's back, his face tender. " Liuli, the chief vice-captain of Sovereign Dominion, has come back alive to rescue us."
"Damn it, you made my eyes water!" Hu Xiao, his eyes red-rimmed, waved his hand and turned around at the door, saying, "I'm too old for this kind of happy family reunion."
Looking at the Liuli porcelain Phoenix Crown and wedding gown, Huyan Lan was stunned for a moment. "This is what a proper lady should be like, with all the formalities of marriage, a ten-mile-long red bridal procession, Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes, an eight-bearer sedan chair, and a formal wedding ceremony."
"Ahem, although I don't want to spoil the captain's fun, but little sister Liuli," Yin Long rubbed his hands awkwardly, "Could you perhaps give me a few small coins in return for risking my life to save you?"
clang!
"Hey big-breasted girl, why are you hitting my head?"
"If you dare utter another word, I'll kill you."
After a long while.
Liuli wiped away her tears, her face flushed, and stammered, " Uncle Hu, Sister Xiao Lan, Yin Long, what brings you here?"
"Damn it, Liuli, Sovereign Dominion can do without anyone else, but not without you," Hu Xiao complained bitterly. "Without you, the team can't even function on its most basic daily routines."
Huyan Lan said half-jokingly, "Just as the West cannot lose Jerusalem, Sovereign Dominion cannot be without you, Liuli sister."
Yin Long clutched the back of his head and pouted, saying, "It has to be our captain. As soon as he heard your brother say that you were going to marry some god and commit suicide by poison, he immediately took the earliest flight to Kyoto to save you."
" Exalted Emperor."
Yugong Liuli looked at Su Hang, a blush rising to her cheeks, her heart overflowing with sweetness. "If all of this is a dream, please never let me wake up."
"I know you are a high-ranking priestess of the Yugong Family, bearing the fate of your family, but now that you have joined our Sovereign Dominion, you are a part of Sovereign Dominion's protection."
Su Hang took Liuli's small hand and said earnestly, "Are you willing to give up your past identity and live with me from now on?"
Yugong Liuli's heart skipped a beat, "I do!"
Su Hang took Liuli's small hand and walked towards the door without looking back, saying, "Then come home with me."
Yugong Liuli smiled through her tears, "Yes!"
Monitoring room of the Yugong Tower.
Why does Your Highness look so unhappy?
Seeing Yugong Youjing return, Xue Ji covered half her face with her wide sleeves and asked with a puzzled look, "Did you have a fight with Liuli Shrine Maiden?"
Yugong Youjing asked with a stern face, " Snow Woman, have you ever betrayed anyone?"
"Why do you say that, Your Highness?" Xue Ji asked, puzzled.
"I don't want your questions, I want your answer!" Yugong Youjing slammed his fist on the table and shouted, "Have you ever betrayed anyone?"
"You betrayed me!" Xue Ji knelt on one knee.
Who are they?
"Parents, relatives, friends." Xue Ji dared not hide it.
"Have you ever betrayed me?"
"Never, Your Highness." Xue Ji replied firmly.
"You can betray your parents, relatives, and friends, so why won't you betray me?"
"Your Highness's mother saved my life," Xue Ji said, enunciating each word clearly.
"If my mother didn't save your life, would you betray me?"
"No!" Xue Ji replied without hesitation.
"Why?"
"Because I... like Your Highness."
"My mother is, and so is Liuli!" Yugong Youjing roared. "Why are you the same now? Don't you know that the person you love will betray you?"
"Your Highness, please calm your anger." Xue Ji lowered her head.
"Lift your head up!"
Xue Ji quickly looked up.
Yugong Youjing into a rage. "I am the guardian of the illustrious young master Yugong, destined for a political marriage with the young lady of a prestigious family in Kyoto. You are a lowly death row inmate, you are not worthy of my affection, do you understand? Do you understand?"
"I understand, Your Highness," Xue Ji said softly.
"You don't understand anything at all! I would betray your love! I would marry a wealthy and noble lady and have children with her. Because you are my confidante, you would be secretly executed by your family, do you know that? Do you know that?"
"I know, Your Highness," Xue Ji said tenderly.
Yugong Youjing loaded a revolver. "Yeah, you were a death row inmate. My mother only saved you eighteen years ago because you were young and kind-hearted. Since you're going to die anyway, you might as well die in front of me now."
"Yes, Your Highness." Xue Ji took the fully loaded revolver, pointed the muzzle at her temple, and pulled the trigger without hesitation!
Bang!
A gunshot rang out.
The revolver was flicked into the air by the reverse-blade knife, fell to the ground, and slid to the door of the monitoring room.
After a long while.
Yugong Youjing sheathed his sword, his expression softening as he asked, " Snow Woman, when did you fall in love with me?"
Xue Ji said gently, "Eighteen years ago, the moment Lady Zhaoyan handed the infant prince to me, I knew that the prince was someone I would be loyal to for the rest of my life!"
Yugong Youjing scoffed, "That's loyalty, I'm talking about liking."
Xue Ji smiled gently and said, "Ten years ago, when Your Highness got me hooked on Honor of Kings and we became lovers..."
"So, you've only liked me for ten years." Yugong Youjing turned around and said, "Let me tell you, Snow Woman, perhaps in another ten years, I will get married and have children, but you must take care of my children the way you took care of me back then, understand?"
Xue Ji froze, tears welling in her eyes.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
At this moment.
A hurried shout rang out.
"Master Youjing!"
Great Tengu and Zashiki burst into the monitoring room.
Looking at Xue Ji kneeling on the ground, and the strange atmosphere in the room.
Should we step aside for now?
"Need not."
Yugong Youjing turned around and asked, "What happened?"
"Yes, Lord Youjing, Lord Kanzaki has arrived."
Yugong Youjing frowned and said, "Didn't they arrive a while ago?"
"How can I explain this to you?" Great Tengu scratched his cheek. "Now another limousine has arrived at the entrance of the building, and they claim that the person in the car is Lord Kanzaki."
"Um?"
Yugong Youjing was stunned.
"I checked with officials from the prefectural police traffic department with Great Tengu, and the vehicles waiting to pass through the building entrance are indeed the limousine carrying His Highness Kanzaki."
Zashiki hesitated for a moment before saying, "In other words, that welcoming car that claimed to have Lord Kanzaki in it ten minutes ago might have been fake."
"Fake?"
Yugong Youjing's expression changed drastically. " Snow Woman, quickly pull up the security camera footage from ten minutes ago at the entrance!"
"Yes, Your Highness."
Yugong Youjing stared intently at the monitor screen, only to see nearly a hundred Kyoto soldiers surrounding the ceremonial vehicles drop their weapons and kneel down in a flurry.
"Kneel?"
"No! Why would our soldiers kneel before the Kanzaki Clan?"
"You two, stop interrupting!" Yugong Youjing urged, pointing at the screen, "Enlarge the face of that person who claims to be the young master Kanzaki, and process it in high definition!"
"Understood, Your Highness."
After Xue Ji's actions, a high-definition close-up of Kanzaki's face appeared.
Yugong Youjing's pupils trembled from an earthquake!
"It was him?!"