Chapter 47 - Past Life. (2/2)
Clang!
The young lady dropped the dagger onto the ground and proceeded to punch him on his chest as she cried out pitifully, she scolded him for him madness and hated herself for her weakness, but how could she kill him? He was the brother she loved the most after all…
Yan Jing stayed silent as he allowed her to vent her emotions, but his lips had curved up into a tender and loving smile as he hugged her tightly.
In the later years, they fell deeply in love. But their love had violated the world’s ethics and the world did not treat them kindly, still, Yan Jing had never allowed his girl to be damaged at all. He had shouldered every single curse and rumors as he kept her safe within his arms.
They would embrace under the bright moon, or take slow walks through the gardens in spring. He would block her from the scorching summer sun, and take her out for hunting in autumn. He would find ways to keep her warm during the winter, even going as far as to serach and hunt for an albino fox, just so he would make her a fur coat, he had not spoken of his frozen legs, as her smile was everything he ever wanted.
The images sped up suddenly, only freezing at a red room. In the room, the young woman and the man who was hugging her from behind, were both dressed fully in a red wedding attire. They had crossed their elbows through one another and drank the couple wine in a single gulp.
“Ah Luan, you’re now my wife.”
“Husband~”
Warm and tender feelings spread through Yan Luan’s heart, to the point that she wished for this moment to last forever… But alas, it did not.
She was not a stranger to Yan Dao, who had appeared occasionally throughout the years, but unlike this life, he had always followed her silently, hiding the same love for her deeply within his heart as he protected her together with Yan Jing.
Whereas Chu YunShang, who had been enchanted by Yan Jing, had been ruthlessly ignored by the man of her dreams for many years. Her heart had blackened in despair and she had used her close relations with Queen Dowager Chu to finally become a high-ranked concubine of Emperor QiLing, thus beginning to cause troubles and picking fights with Yan Luan.
After conceiving the emperor’s child, she had immediately poisoned her husband and pushed the blame towards Yan Luan. She had even bribed many of the famous writers in history to write about Yan Jing’s blood-thirst and violence, finally forcing Yan Jing to rebel against his very own country.
In this troubled times, Yan Jing had acquiesced to Yan Dao’s existence, while Yan Luan was always protected by her two brothers. Many years later, Yan Jing had successfully won the battle and was crowned emperor.
But their efforts were all for naught, as Chu YunShang had managed to sneak into the imperial queen’s chambers and murdered Yan Luan in cold blood…
After suffering for years and finally holding the world within his hands, Yan Jing had broken down in tears as he held her corpse in his arms, choosing immediately to leave with her. Princess YongKang had knelt before him as she begged her own son to ascend the throne and protect the citizens of their country.
“Mother, if I am to protect the citizens, who would protect my Ah Luan? She is all alone, and the road to the underworld is too cold… If I’m not there with her, she would be afraid……”
Men do not cry easily, but as Yan Luan watched her brother weep in grief, she finally understood what was love. True love is carved into our hearts, unforgettable and unreplaceable, not even death could split them!
He was finally convinced, choosing a vengeful path and had ordered against House Chu’s existence.
In the later years, Yan Jing had became a qualified emperor, he had united the entire continent with an iron fist and was named the Emperor QiWu from history.
Meanwhile, upon receiving news of Yan Luan’s death, Yan Dao had captured Chu YunShang on the exact same day and had skinned her alive, and finally burning her bones into ashes. He had refused Yan Jing’s offer of giving him a title and had retired into the mountains, this was the reason why there were no records of him in the books after their sister’s death.
It took him three years to locate the great wizard in the northern BeiJiang and had presented Yan Luan’s white jade bracelet to him, begging the wizard to give all three of them a second chance to live. And perhaps lamented by the love story belonging to the siblings, the great wizard agreed.
Though, the price was Yan Dao’s life, which he had readily agreed, while Emperor QiWu, too, had fallen in battle on the exact same day.
And as the great wizard placed the bracelet into Yan Dao’s burning flesh within the furnace, the gears of destiny began to rotate once again……