Chapter 1094: An agreement between men (2/2)

Long Feiye’s figure flickered out of sight before he punched Ning Cheng in the face. The impact sent him flying straight back onto the bed.

Long Feiye had been waiting for a long, long time to make Ning Cheng pay for tearing Han Yunxi’s clothes! He didn’t care how injured he was! Anyone who dared to bully his woman had to pay the price!

Ning Cheng spat out a mouthful of blood as he laid on the bed. Although he couldn’t get up, he somehow forced his body upright. As soon as he did, Long Feiye punched him back down again.

Ning Cheng got up again and Long Feiye punched him once more!

Three punches later, Ning Cheng was left sprawling on the bed, unable to rise. He had spat up a large splotch of blood that left his pallid face sickeningly white.

“Do you regret it?” Long Feiye finally asked.

“I regret it,” Ning Cheng replied honestly.

“This crown prince would rather you really teamed up with Jun Yixie,” Long Feiye said loftily from above. If that was the case, he could simply kill the man instead of thinking about the big picture.

Ning Cheng’s lips curved into a cold smile. “It’s a pity, but I didn’t!”

“If there’s a single battle lost during the northern expedition, this crown prince won’t be polite!” Long Feiye said. In other words, if Ning Cheng lost any battle, he wouldn’t agree to Han Yunxi’s offer to raising Ning Cheng to the title of king.

“Does this count as Your Highness Crown Prince avenging personal wrongs in the name of public interest?” Ning Cheng could still grin.

“Yes!” Long Feiye admitted it openly.

“Alright, I’ll remember!” Ning Cheng declared. Actually, he was very clear that if Long Feiye was sincere about abusing his powers to punish him, he wouldn’t even be alive today. If the man had wholeheartedly treated the Di Clan as his enemy, they wouldn’t have the chance to ally with East Qin, either. No matter how unresigned he felt, he had to admire Long Feiye’s magnaminty as a sovereign.

Although Northern Li’s political situation was chaotic and their troops had gained a huge advantage, how was it possible to guarantee victory at every turn? Only a miracle could make that possible. Long Feiye’s motives were clear: he wanted Ning Cheng to disappear from Han Yunxi’s sights forever after the war was done.

“Remember to return those violet robes to this crown prince!” Long Feiye still remembered that.[3]

Ning Cheng wiped blood from the corner of his lips and replied as usual, “Alright!”

As Long Feiye turned to leave, Ning Cheng suddenly called out, “Long Feiye!”

Long Feiye ignored him.

But Ning Cheng next said, “Long Feiye, after the war, do you dare to meet me in a drinking contest? If you win, I’ll leave; if you lose, I’ll stay?”

He wanted to stay, at least to give his brothers who had passed away in the Di Clan some sort of explanation. They were with him when he fought for the kingdom; they couldn’t very well be forgotten once the kingdom was won. Because the ones in charge of managing the Di Clan, there were plenty of silent, respected brothers within it. Once he left, all of his brothers in the Di Clan would disperse as well, relocated to different troops and pushed out of their own army.

He also wanted to stay because of Han Yunxi, his princess. After East and West Qin became one, there would still be different power factions. The Di Clan was the princess’s only backer. How could he set his cares aside and just leave her?

Long Feiye stopped and laughed out loud. “Ning Cheng, if you want to have a drinking contest with this crown prince, take down Northern Li first. Remember, this crown prince forbids you from having a single losing battle!”

This was Long Feiye’s terms and his bottom line.

“Fine, that’s settled then! If I have no losing battles, I’ll ask you to prepare some good wine!” Ning Cheng proclaimed loudly.

As soon as Long Feiye left the rooms, he couldn’t hold back and spat up more mouthfuls of blood. Long Feiye’s three punches had been intense and almost knocked him out. If he hadn’t been clenching his left palm hard enough for the needled embedded inside to stab him, he would have blacked out ages ago.

His useless arm was a representation of his dreams for reviving a nation; his useless hand was a piece of his deeply-hidden heart. When an iron-willed, ambitious man set all of his softer feelings on a single woman, there was no other choice for him. Besides the dead Jun Yixie, Uncle Cheng, and Bai Yuqiao; besides Ning An who had always kept watch in the Tianning royal court, who else understood Ning Cheng’s heart in this world? Even Han Yunxi assumed he’d affronted her just for the sake of figuring out her identity.

She was a woman he wasn’t allowed to love, but could swear loyalty to for a lifetime. Was this punishment or redemption?

Neither. It was simply life.

He was willing to accept his fate, but also risk his life to defy it!

Before Mu Linger could bring Jin Zi to him, Ning Cheng had already sent someone to find the man himself…

1. Literally “foot torture.”

2. To get pregnant, cough cough.

3. It was what HYX was wearing before NC tore it apart to check her birthmark.