Xue Zining looked towards the doorway, and a figure appeared: Li Chenxuan, with his handsome and clean face.
"Li Chenxuan, you are ungrateful," Xue Yan couldn't help but curse.
Li Chenxuan knelt on the ground with a thud, "Your Majesty, I am sorry, I deserve to die, but my sister is in her hands, I..."
He raised his head, his eyes filled with immense helplessness.
Xue Zining turned her face away. The person she trusted the most!
"Xue Zining, you cannot escape today." Chang An waved her hand, and the Xue family army outside surged towards her.
Feng Wu and Xue Yan exchanged a glance. Feng Wu whispered, "Xue Yan, take His Majesty and go first."
Xue Yan said, "Your Majesty, this servant will help you break through."
Xue Zining shook her head, "We can't get away. You are no match for the Xue family army."
Feng Wu started, "Your Majesty, how will we know if we don't try?"
Xue Zining shook her head and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. Xue Yan and Feng Wu were shocked. Xue Yan supported her, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
Xue Zining wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and asked, "Chang An, what exactly did you do?"
Chang An smiled and said, "Madam Li, won't you come out and enlighten the Empress?"
Jiang Xinqin walked out slowly, bowed, and said, "Yes, Your Highness."
She walked to a few steps away from Xue Zining and stopped. She took off her outer clothes and said, "These are the clothes I soaked in poison day and night."
Chang An sneered, "Chang Ning, how does it feel to smell that poison every day? That was the method you came up with to deal with the treacherous officials for our father."
"Jiang Xinqin, you... you are so vicious..." Li Chenxuan said angrily.
Jiang Xinqin turned to look at Li Chenxuan and sneered, "My lord, we are two of a kind."
"Xue Yan, take His Majesty away..." Feng Wu closed her eyes, then suddenly opened them and said coldly.
Xue Yan whispered, "Take care!"
Feng Wu nodded, and he suddenly rushed in, heading straight for Chang An.
Several people emerged from behind Chang An and surrounded Feng Wu.
"Take him down, don't let her escape," Chang An shouted coldly.
Xue Yan threw Xue Zining onto her back and soared into the air.
Xue Zining looked back and saw Feng Wu surrounded. She said, "Xue Yan, we can't escape."
"Your Majesty, how will we know if we don't try?" Xue Yan gritted her teeth and said.
"Xue Yan, don't waste your life for me, it's not worth it."
"Your Majesty, why are you saying such things? Xue Yan has known her duty since childhood: to protect you!"
"I..."
Xue Zining spat out another mouthful of blood.
Xue Yan's face became serious, "Your Majesty, what is happening to you?"
Just being poisoned shouldn't be this serious.
Xue Zining raised her head, her vision gradually blurring. That day in the Cold Palace, she felt that the Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart was inextricably linked to her.
The words of the storyteller in Yancheng had bothered her greatly. After returning, her chest would ache from time to time. She sent a pigeon to Qing Yi. Qing Yi replied that the poison master said that the opening of the Snow Country Divine Hall and the Cold Palace had changed her entirely, both physically and in her destiny.
She had a great tribulation in her destiny, and it was very close. She was powerless to change it and might as well let nature take its course, perhaps there was a glimmer of hope.
This was also why she was not fully prepared, but she never expected that this tribulation would be Chang An.
"Xue Yan, I've implicated you all," Xue Zining said slowly.
Her head rested gently on Xue Yan's back. It was so warm. She thought of Yan Zhao, and many other people.
Yan Zhao, I'm sorry, I might not live to see you marry me.
Snow Country
Yan Zhao, who was preparing the betrothal gifts, paused with his hand in mid-air. A pain shot through his chest, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Xue Song looked at Yan Zhao, who had blood at the corner of his mouth, and was greatly alarmed.
"Prepare the horses for Huangze, quickly..." Yan Zhao uttered these words.
Xue Song's gaze paused. He didn't ask why. "I'll go prepare the horses now."
Yan Zhao mounted his horse. Xue Feng couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, what about the betrothal gifts?"
"Leave them there. I have a bad premonition." Yan Zhao gazed into the distance. A Ning, wait for me...
"Xue Yan, put me down!" Xue Zining suddenly opened her eyes.
Xue Yan was startled. She looked behind her and saw no one pursuing them. She gently placed Xue Zining on the ground.
Xue Yan then noticed that Xue Zining's clothes were already stained with the blood she had vomited.
She grabbed Xue Yan's hand and pressed her handprint into Xue Yan's, saying, "Protect this well."
"Your Majesty, what's wrong? Don't scare Xue Yan..."
She smiled, "If only I could wait for him."
"Your Majesty..."
"Xue Yan, tell him that I loved him in this life, and I have no regrets in this life..."
Xue Yan trembled, and her grip on her hand loosened considerably, "Your Majesty..."
"Tell him, I will return..."
"Your Majesty..."
Xue Yan roared with all her might.
Her voice echoed across the land.
Xue Zining smiled and said word by word, "Xue Yan, don't be afraid, I... I will return..."
An Country
"Your Majesty, the Princess has woken up..."
A middle-aged man in a dragon robe looked at the girl who had opened her eyes with confusion and cried tears of joy, "An Ning, you've finally woken up."
"Who are you?" the girl asked.
An Huang was stunned and turned to ask the imperial physician, "What is going on? Why doesn't Princess An Ning recognize me?"
The imperial physician was frightened and quickly knelt on the ground, "Reporting to Your Majesty, Princess An Ning should have just woken up and forgotten past events."
"How... how could this be? How could my An Ning, who remembers everyone, forget me?" An Huang cried, his nose and tears flowing.
"Father, An Ning hasn't forgotten you." The girl sweetly called out to An Huang.
The girl's eyes were as clear as water, filled with brightness. An Huang felt his heart melt, "Good, my An Ning is finally back."
"Quick... quickly announce to the world that I will grant a general amnesty..." An Huang was so happy he was jumping for joy.
The girl's gaze lowered. She had truly returned.
"Princess..."
The girl looked up at the little palace maid in front of her and asked, "Who are you?"
The little palace maid bowed and said, "Princess, you can call this servant Rong Cui."
"Rong Cui, have there been any major events recently?" the girl asked.
Rong Cui was startled and said, "Your Highness, what major events would you like to hear about?"
"I heard that my father and the Crown Prince of Xue Country are fighting fiercely."
Rong Cui nodded, "Yes, but that was before. Six months ago, the Crown Prince of Xue Country suddenly proposed peace. It is said that the Crown Prince of Xue Country lost his beloved..."
The girl raised her eyes and asked, "Lost his beloved?"
Rong Cui nodded, "Yes, and the Crown Prince of Xue Country immediately broke off his engagement with the Empress of Huangze and swore to the heavens never to marry again."
The girl clenched her fists and asked, "Broke off the engagement?"
Rong Cui nodded, "Yes, it is said that the Crown Prince of Xue Country once fell in love with a woman, but that woman had a frail fate and perished. It is a pity that the Crown Prince of Xue Country is so devoted."
"What is the state of the world now?" the girl asked again.
Rong Cui said, "Now there are four countries standing, with Xue Country being the most dominant. Next are Huangze, An Country, and the newly established Hua Country."
"Hua Country?" the girl's eyes flickered, and she asked.