Chapter 194: Matters of the Past
He was awakened by a woman as beautiful as an Immortal Fairy. The rain was heavy, the sky was filled with thunder and lightning, and a large tree not far away had been struck by lightning, breaking in two. She was frightened, her beautiful face pale, and she mentioned a cave nearby, leading him there to shelter from the rain.
That cave was a place she used to take shelter from the rain when she went up the mountain to gather medicinal herbs. There was straw inside that she had brought up from the mountain foot.
As she used the straw to start a fire to warm them up, unexpectedly, a snake was hidden in the straw, and she was bitten.
He quickly reached out and grabbed the snake by its vital point, but to his surprise, the snake’s tail was also a small snake head, and it also bit him.
His hand hurt, and he subconsciously flung the snake away. The snake quickly slithered away.
Outside, the wind was raging, and the rain was too heavy. They wanted to go down the mountain to find a doctor to detoxify the venom. Just as they were about to walk out of the cave entrance, lightning would strike the cave entrance, causing rocks to roll down and trees to break.
After several times, the cave entrance was half blocked by boulders and branches!
They didn’t dare to go down the mountain to find a doctor, otherwise, they might be struck by lightning before they even died from the venom.
They could only suck the venomous blood from their own wounds.
But soon he discovered that the poison was not right!
This was not normal, deadly snake venom, but a kind of poison that seemed to induce passion.
Because he found that his whole body was starting to heat up, and the woman opposite him also started to blush unnaturally.
In the end, he couldn’t bear it any longer, and if they endured any further, they would definitely explode and die. However, as the Crown Prince of Jin Kingdom, he felt it was shameful to do such a thing to a strange commoner woman who had saved his life. He could only choose to marry her and save both their lives.
So, before they exploded and died, he held her hand, already delirious from the poison, and they bowed to heaven and earth. With heaven and earth and thunder and lightning as witnesses, they made a blood oath, with his jade pendant as the betrothal gift, and he took her as his wife.
When the princes of Jin Kingdom marry their principal wives, they all have this blood oath ceremony. In this way, they both have each other’s blood on their bodies, symbolizing that the husband and wife are one and will be together forever.
Later, the rain stopped, and when he woke up, he vaguely sensed that the assassins were coming for him.
He woke her up, whispered to her to wait for him to come back for her, and then went out to lure the assassins away.
Later, he was hit hard on the back of the head by an assassin. Before he fell, the people who came to rescue him arrived. After he woke up, he only remembered that he had escaped into the forest to avoid the assassins, and then he was hit on the head by an assassin and passed out.
He had lost the memory of her saving him, taking him to the cave, and being poisoned by the snake.
No wonder, for the past ten years, countless ministers had advised him to establish an empress, but he always resisted in his heart.
He always felt that none of the women in the harem were the empress in his heart.
He always felt that the empress position belonged to someone, but he didn’t know who that person was.
So it remained vacant.
It turned out to be the woman he made the blood oath with!
Thinking of what the Third Prince said, she was pregnant out of wedlock, couldn’t find the adulterer, and was taken by her fiancé’s family to be drowned in a pig cage, which scared her out of her wits.
His daughter was called a bastard since childhood because her father was unknown.
The Jin Kingdom Emperor directly crushed the paperweight stone on the dragon desk!
His long-awaited princess had actually lived such a miserable life?
“The address!” The Jin Kingdom Emperor looked at Shen Hanyu, his fox eyes hiding a sharp light.
Seeing this, Shen Hanyu understood. He knew that only their family’s children could have such beautiful fox eyes!
“Don’t worry, Father Emperor, I will go and bring Imperial Sister back to the palace immediately!”
Shen Hancheng also understood. He immediately said, “I will go with Third Brother to pick her up personally!”
As the eldest brother, he was bestowed the title of Crown Prince, but over the years, seeing his younger brothers one by one free and unrestrained, traveling around the various countries, it was simply too carefree!
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And he could only stay in Jin Kingdom, accompanying his father to govern the country! Enduring the tyrant’s temper, in such a comparison, his life was no different from a prisoner in jail!
The only difference was that his cage was bigger and the food was better!
This was a rare opportunity, so he naturally wanted to take this chance to take the Crown Princess out for a walk!
Most importantly, he needed to cultivate a good relationship with his imperial sister as soon as possible. In the future, she would be the one to bear the brunt of the tyrant’s mood swings!
The Jin Kingdom Emperor: “No need! I will go and pick her up personally. You stay here and oversee the country.”
This was what he owed them, mother and daughter.
Moreover, his precious princess had suffered so much. If he didn’t go to pick her up himself, what if she didn’t want to be close to him as her father?
Just thinking that he actually had a daughter, and that he had actually missed her for seventeen years, he wished he could fly over there immediately, bring her back, and compensate her well!
Oversee the country? Was overseeing the country as good as making money everywhere? Shen Hanyu immediately said, “Father Emperor, you don’t understand Imperial Sister. You have made their mother and daughter suffer so much. If you rashly go to pick her up, I can guarantee that Imperial Sister will definitely not come back with you! She might even not recognize you! After all, Imperial Sister’s abilities are very great now! On the other hand, Imperial Sister and I have known each other for a long time, and we have even cooperated to open a restaurant. We have a good relationship! I will accompany Father Emperor. We will definitely be able to persuade Imperial Sister to come back with us!”
Hearing this, the Crown Prince immediately said, “More people, more power. I will also go and help! Nothing is more important than bringing our sister back!”
The Jin Kingdom Emperor nodded upon hearing this: “Alright, Third Prince will go with me. The country cannot be without a ruler for a day! Crown Prince, you are the heir apparent. While I am away, you will handle the state affairs on my behalf! I will go with Third Prince to bring your imperial sister back to the country!”
He had never thought that Xingnong and Shen Ruoxi would not want to return to Jin Kingdom with him.
Shen Hancheng: “…”
Who would want to be this Crown Prince?
It’s better not to be this Crown Prince!
There’s no freedom at all!
Full of responsibilities!
The Jin Kingdom Emperor stood up directly and said to Shen Hanyu, “Let’s go!”
In the past two years, in order to train the eldest son, many state affairs had been handed over to him to handle. He was clear about all the state affairs, so there was nothing to explain. He could safely hand over the entire country to the eldest son.
The eldest son was the most stable of the children.
Shen Hanyu smiled and said to Shen Hancheng, “Thank you for your hard work, Imperial Brother! We will bring our sister back as soon as possible!”
Shen Hanyu had great respect for Shen Hancheng. After all, without him staying behind to bear the brunt of the tyrant’s temper, they, the younger brothers, would not be able to live so happily and freely.
Shen Hancheng: “Third Brother, remember to be quick!”
Shen Hanyu sighed: “I can’t guarantee that. You don’t know our imperial sister’s temperament. She is very independent! She loves freedom and doesn’t like to be restrained. She may not be willing to come back. After all, life in the palace, you know, Eldest Brother…”
Shen Hancheng: “…Life in the palace is indeed difficult! But Imperial Sister has lived outside for many years and suffered so much. We must bring her back. All of us, her imperial brothers, will compensate her and not restrain her!”
She must be brought back. He didn’t want to be urged to have children anymore!
Moreover, he was still thinking about whether he should just remain childless and then take the opportunity to give up the position of Crown Prince and travel around the world with the Crown Princess!
Shen Hancheng paused at this thought. This idea seemed quite good!
Very good!
Great, once Father Emperor brings Imperial Sister back, he will no longer be the Crown Prince!
He had to plan this well. At least, he had to first trick the Second Prince and his wife, who were hiding somewhere, and the Fourth Prince back, so that someone could take over his position as Crown Prince.
The reason to trick them back was ready-made. They had an imperial sister who had been living outside!
Once they knew, they would definitely rush back as fast as they could!
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