Your Highness, Please Love Me Tender

151. Xiao Shengnian Was Degraded (1)

Translator: Flying Lines

“Me?” Su Jie smiled and even his clear eyes were full of smiles. He said, “Xiao ShengXian, you’ve got the nerve to ask me to carry you. If I do that, when you return to the military camp, what will await you will be all kinds of vicious beating and torture.”

“Are you threatening me?” Xiao ShengXian frowned. He stared at Su Jie, the feeling of anger rising in his heart. The more he thought about it, the more furious he was.

Ever since he was a kid, Xiao ShengXian had not suffered much, not to mention being pissed off by anyone. Before he met Su Jie, Xiao ShengXian’s life was a smooth journey. Even his intelligence networks had spread State YanHui very smoothly. Of course he managed that as he had his father’s permission.

But after meeting Su Jie, Xiao ShengXian felt that his life was no longer wonderful. When he first met Su Jie in Prince Rui’s residence, Su Jie talked back to him and even hit him. At that time, he thought that Su Jie was annoying, but he didn’t take it to heart.

Later, when he found out that the Seventh Prince’s attitude towards Su Jie had changed, Xiao ShengXian became displeased with Su Jie. He regretted not killing Su Jie and instead he had let him stay with the Seventh Prince.

Later, after knowing that Su Jie was a Sharp Sword with Busha Pavilion, Xiao ShengXian became slightly interested in Su Jie. Because he was in charge of the intelligence organization, he had long heard of the Sharp Swords. However, he didn’t know how powerful he was and he didn’t know that he was good enough to kill hundreds of bandits all by himself.

Xiao ShengXian’s knowledge of the Sharp Swords was limited to rumors. He relied on the information on the paper to understand the Sharp Swords. When he suddenly learned that the young man beside the Seventh Prince was a Sharp Sword, Xiao ShengXian’s emotions were extremely complicated, and for the most part, he just thought it unbelievable.

In fact, he really wanted Su Jie to compete with Zhui Xing because he wanted to know how powerful a Sharp Sword’s martial arts were, and how he managed to be such a big name on his own.

It was a pity that Su Jie never got himself involved in anything else other than things related to Prince Qin and his tasks. And he had no idea what the word “Sharp Sword” represented in the martial arts community.

Xiao ShengXian meant to know more about Su Jie personally. After all, he was a Sharp Sword and Xiao ShengXian liked to explore the unknown. Of course, he wouldn’t go too far because Su Jie was one of his brother’s men.

However, before Xiao ShengXian could know Su Jie better, Su Jie became the prince of the previous dynasty of State YanLing who had the royal blood, and he reclaimed the lost land in the name of the descendants of God and unified the State of YanLing.

Su Jie’s identity changed so quickly that it made Xiao ShengXian feel that he was caught off guard. When he wanted to get to know Su Jie again, he was impressed by his identity.

At the same time, Xiao ShengXian felt pity for his seventh brother. As someone who knew Xiao Shengnian the best, Xiao ShengXian understood that once his seventh brother had an eye on something, he would never give up until he got it. His seventh brother had asked for the decree to marry Su Jie as his consort; it meant that his feelings for Su Jie were sincere, but the consort ran away before the wedding ceremony was even held. And when they two met again, their identities would become the greatest gap between them.

His seventh brother was both ambitious and competent. He was a qualified heir to the throne of State YanHui, but the consort that he had chosen took the throne of State YanLing before he did.

Xiao ShengXian knew that with his seventh brother’s personality, he would not let go of whatever he wanted. Moreover, Su Jie also loved him back.

Thinking about it, Xiao ShengXian calmed down. He knew that his request of letting Su Jie carry him was too much. After all, he was his seventh brother’s consort, and he was also the Emperor of State YanLing.

However, it was absolutely impossible for Xiao ShengXian to apologize. He didn’t have the habit of apologizing. Xiao ShengXian had the right to wield absolute power when he was in State YanHui. He could decide whether a eunuch or maid could live or die and no one dared to disobey his orders. So even if he felt that what he said were inappropriate, Xiao ShengXian would never admit it.

“Think about what the belief in State YanLing is. You dare to let me carry you. Even if I don’t mind, after returning to the military camp, the soldiers will surely come to you to settle the scores,” Su Jie said helplessly.

Su Jie didn’t plan to do anything to Xiao ShengXian. After all, he was also his brother now. On the land of State YanLing, he has the responsibility to protect him.

“Then what should we do? I can no longer walk on my own.” Seizing this chance to change the subject, Xiao ShengXian sighed in relief while he considered whether he should force himself to walk.

“Wait a sec. Yue Wanzhi will come with the backup. He will carry you.”

“That’s good,” Xiao ShengXian nodded but saw Su Jie walking towards him. Taken aback, Xiao ShengXian asked cautiously, “What’re you doing?”

Xiao ShengXian did not forget that Su Jie was once a Sharp Sword. Xiao ShengXian’s understanding of the Sharp Swords that they was cruel, bloodthirsty, and very powerful. It was likely that he would hit anyone whenever he felt like doing it.

“Dressing your wounds. You got those wounds yesterday, right?” Su Jie tore apart Xiao ShengXian’s pants where his knees were with his two hands. He put the rags aside casually, and without even frowning, he began to clean the wounds for him.

The accompanying elite soldiers placed the water, the medicine and other items next to Su Jie, and they formed a circle, sprinkled the yellow powder to drive the snakes away, and vigilantly paid attention to whatever was going on in the surrounding areas.

Xiao ShengXian got these wounds when he fell off the cliff yesterday, and he had been in pain ever since. However, Xiao ShengXian gradually adapted to the pain, and with his strong willpower, so he did not shout out loud.

“Brother, you’re pretty good at dressing wounds.” Xiao ShengXian was unwilling to let Su Jie clean up his wounds in this barren wilderness. After all, he was quite a particular person, but when he saw Su Jie applying the medicine gently and skillfully, Xiao ShengXian felt the pain had lessened. At the same time, he felt very proud, because very few people had enjoyed this treatment from the Emperor of State YanLing, perhaps even including his seventh brother…

Thinking of this, Xiao ShengXian couldn’t help but reach out and touch his smooth chin with a cheeky smile, but because his hand was badly mangled, the touch made the injuries on his hand hurt, causing him to groan in pain, and his chin also got dirty.

“Of course, if you can’t deal with your wounds when you’re out here, you’ll bleed all your way back, and you’ll not be far from death,” Su Jie snorted and said.

After Yue Wanzhi brought the troops back, Su Jie had already bandaged Xiao ShengXian.

“Jiale, you’re injured so seriously?!” Yue Wanzhi was dumbfounded. Xiao ShengXian’s clothes were not neat and his hands were bandaged into white dumplings. Both of his knees were bandaged and it seemed like Xiao ShengXian’s legs could no longer bend.

“Fortunately, I got someone to carry a light wooden bed over. Come on, lie on the bed. We’ll carry you back,” Yue Wanzhi said.

“…” Xiao ShengXian looked at the wooden bed and was speechless. He always felt that it would be strange for him to be carried back on a wooden bed. With such a strange mood, Xiao ShengXian was put on the wooden bed.

*

State YanHui.

Recently, the Emperor of State YanHui had become more and more irritable.

He often couldn’t sleep, and he often felt upset and dizzy, and sometimes his limbs were weak. For example, when he held court this morning, and when he was about to reach the throne, his whole body became soft, and he almost fell to the ground in front of all the officials.

This unpleasant experience made the Emperor of State YanHui even angrier. He had summoned all the imperial physicians, but the imperial physicians couldn’t figure out what was wrong with the Emperor. Only the most prestigious imperial doctor said, “Your Highness, may I ask if there’s anything upsetting you recently, which makes you lose your appetite and affects your body?”

The Emperor looked sullen and did not say anything. There were a lot of things that were upsetting him recently. First, the general who led the attack against State Liukong was killed, and the army failed to occupy State Liukong. Then, his favorite son, Xiao ShengXian, was still in State YanLing.

What’s good about State YanLing?

The Emperor of State YanHui was very dissatisfied that Xiao ShengXian hadn’t returned. In addition, he had been feeling upset recently. Seeing that those physicians all seemed to be at a loss, the Emperor said angrily, “Are you all good-for-nothing? You can’t even figure out what is wrong with my body. Are you all trying to piss me off?”

“Please don’t be mad.” The physicians broke out in cold sweat. They all knelt down because the Emperor’s symptoms were very strange. Originally, after their used the four ways of diagnosis – looking, listening, questioning and feeling the pulse, they found that the Emperor was just impatient and did not want to eat, so they prescribed some medicine that could help calm the mind. But who’d know that the Emperor’s symptoms hadn’t improved and were getting even worse.

However, after the symptoms got more serious, the pulse got calmer and more healthy.

This strange phenomenon made the imperial physicians uncertain about what was going on. If the Emperor were poisoned, they could not figure out what poison it was.

However, what they didn’t know was that the reason why the Emperor had these unusual symptoms was because he was suffering from the Guqin Master’s Gu. Previously, the Gu worms were still in their infancy and needed nutrition, so the Emperor was upset. However, now that the Gu worms had grown up, they had become much more peaceful. And they just became active occasionally and caused the Emperor to feel sick.

Among the imperial doctors, no one who knew the Gu technique. After all, Gu originated from State Liukong. It was said that the biggest family in State Liukong who could control the Gu worms is the Hu Family.

The imperial physicians were at a complete loss for the Emperor’s illness. They had tried everything they could, and they didn’t dare to give some of the prescription to the Emperor. After all, he was the ruler of the country. If his conditions got worse after he drank the medicine, they would all be beheaded.

Right now, the imperial physicians had no other option but to stay silent, as they didn’t dare to speak out their inner thoughts after the Emperor got angry. For the Emperor, he only cared about how his illness could be cured, instead of listening to the imperial physicians’ reasons.

One of the experienced imperial physicians wanted to mention the Gu poison, but he felt that it was not possible. Although State YanHui was attacking State Liukong and couldn’t take it for a long time, the Hu Family did not have much contact with the royal family of State Liukong, and it was unnecessary for them to trouble themselves to use the Gu poison against the emperor of State YanHui.

For safety reasons, that imperial doctor chose to remain silent. He didn’t know much about the Gu. In his early years, he had seen the way the Hu Family controlled the Gu, but he couldn’t remember it as it was a long time ago. He only remembered that the method of controlling and raising the Gu worms was very wonderful, which made him amazed and surprised.

Seeing that the imperial physicians couldn’t offer any constructive solutions, the Emperor snorted angrily and left.

“Summon Prince Rui to the Imperial Study,” the Emperor stepped out and ordered the eunuch behind him without ever looking back.