Chapter 30 (1/1)

Relieved, Wanyan Xu gave a long exhale but he did not relax his grip on the sword, not did the blade move even an inch away from the woman's jacket Glacially, he asked: “What do you promise me [1]? Say it yourself for me to hear”

As if all his strength had been drained, Su Yi collapsed in a pile on the floor, gazing at the blade in Wanyan Xu's hand with a lifeless look in his eyes His voice tre uncontrollably, he said: “I promise to becoradually got softer as he spoke Wanyan Xu was just beginning to feel elated when he heard a ”plop” sound Turning back to look, he saw that the cause was Su Yi --- unable to cope with the trauer, he had fainted even before finishi+ng his speech

Wanyan Xu's alarm was uncommon in its intensity, he hurriedly cast the sword aside and in a flash, he was by Su Yi's side Gathering Su Yi's lih in relief after he had ascertained for hi was even and steady Openly displaying affection towards thein his arms, he carefully wiped away the blood that had stained Su Yi's forehead When he saw that the wound on Su Yi's neck had also split open and was dripping blood, he hurriedly sent for Zi Liu and said: “Quickly, bring him to the residence and attend to his wounds carefully, aii, I had become muddle-headed in my haste, I should have waited until he had recovered before extracting his promise”

Zi Liu approached and exa: “Your Majesty, please do not worry, his wounds are not serious” Having said that, she called a few eunuchs over and had theether with Zi Nong, they hastily departed A curious thing took place, the crowd of people who had been held as hostages ran over, and a lively discussion ensued withBrother Su? Did he faint? Will he be alright?”

Wanyan Xu stood up, his face had long since lost the fierce andand said warmly: “All of you can relax, he will soon be my Empress, I anant lady suddenly stepped forward, gazing at Wanyan Xu with luminous eyes, she said: “Will you treat him very well? If not, ill have forced him on the road to ruin Our conscience will not rest easy in that case and ill surely curse you to come to a nasty end”

Beside her, somebody immediately shouted: “You are too brazen, how dare you be so rude to the Emperor?” Wanyan Xu only sone to so much trouble just so as to crown an Empress, it is certainly not because I wish for him to suffer You can be assured, after Su Su becomes my Empress, Jin Liao and Great Qi will be as one family I will not favour the people of my ethnicity and oppress the people of the Great Qi”

At this, that young lady finally nodded and said: “If you haven’t already shown that to be true, ould not have been able to make peace with our conscience and colluded with you to deceive Big Brother Su You have already given us your pro Brother Su well, a o back on his words, so you , she raised her hand and said: “Alright, you have also pro on a performance, so please do pay up now”

Wanyan Xu turned his head and called out to Zi Nan to go fetch silver pieces, only for Zi Nan to say: “Your Majesty, it would be better to wait Zi Nong is the one who is in charge of all one with Zi Liu to attend to General Su” Before she had finished, Wanyan Xu interrupted: “What does thathas some free time, you can report it to her and be reimbursed I know you can produce the silver required now” After saying that, he told the “hostages”: “All of you should follow her”

Zi Nan left in frustration Wanyan Xu was finally able to wipe off the cold sweat that had gathered on his brow A shtened his face and he said: “This approach was really effective, ah Su Su, I really did not e you” Before his voice faded, he could hear his son's voice ringing out froh he has proainst his oishes, since you used this method to compel him, he must hate you in his heart In addition, I know that you will never tell him the truth But even if you should tell him, he probably will not believe you If I were in his position, I definitely would not believe you”

Wanyan Xu laughed bitterly for a while before senti: “So what if it is love, so what if it is hate, as long as he has h In his heart, he has seen me as his enemy from the start”

Wanyan Shuo nodded his head, with a thoughtful look on his face he said: “So it is like this If one cannot make their beloved love them, then they should make that person hate them No et all about you after the passing of a few years Am I correct? Imperial Father”

Wanyan Xu was just about to reply in the affirmative, when his ain He scolded Wanyan Shuo: “”What can you understand at such a young age? All you are interested in is o and attend to your lessons! If I ask the Imperial Tutor and find out that you have not improved in your studies, see how I shall punish you!” After hearing what Wanyan Xu had to say, Wanyan Shuo stuck his tongue out before swiftly sca off At this juncture, Wanyan Xu rushed over to the palace where Su Yi was residing

Once he was in Su Yi's bedroo around Su Yi His wounds had already been properly cleaned and bandaged, but he was still unconscious Upon Wanyan Xu's arrival, the palace maids tactfully withdrew to the side of the roo his head, he asked Zi Nong: “Were the i foods?”

Zi Nong answered: “your Majesty need not be concerned about that, your huiven them such instructions” Wanyan Xu nodded and said: “previously, I let him starve to weaken his willpower, so that when coupled with that performance we put on it would be easier to make him comply I had no better alternative, if he had really been able to harden his heart and ignore the plight of those people, I really would have run out of options in dealing with him But nobody is to breathe a word of the truth to him Aii, I can accept that he hatesthat, he noticed that Su Yi's long eyelashes were beginning to flutter and he knew that Su Yi would soon wake He spoke no further on that : “Instruct the cooks to prepare his meal, remember, he should be restricted to plainer food for a while His food needs to be suitable for soreed and left to convey his instructions to the imperial kitchen