allonlinenovel Chapter 292 Kill her
Chapter 292 Kill her
"what--"
Princess Guangning let out a short cry of surprise, but could not utter another sound as cold air filled her mouth.
Immediately afterwards, the person holding her fell onto the crooked tree, cushioning the fall, and then crashed to the ground with a muffled thud.
The impact made her vision go black, and she almost fainted. Her internal organs were displaced, and her chest and bones ached.
"Cough...cough..."
Princess Guangning coughed a few times. After recovering, she saw the person beneath her. Her pupils constricted, and she felt her hair stand on end. She rolled over and fell to the side.
Prince Yu coughed up a mouthful of blood, felt dizzy, and fainted.
Princess Guangning was terrified when she saw bright red blood flowing from beneath Prince Yu. She turned pale and sat up abruptly.
Only then did she realize that she and Prince Yu had not fallen to the bottom of the cliff, but had landed on a stone platform. Looking up, she could see the top of the cliff and a crooked tree.
A terrifying thought suddenly popped into her mind: Prince Yu had deliberately grabbed her and thrown her off the cliff; the height here, and even this crooked tree, were all part of his plan.
But she didn't know why Prince Yu would grab her and throw her off a cliff, deliberately injuring himself.
Is it to marry her?
The next moment, Princess Guangning denied it.
Prince Yu's intentions were definitely not limited to marrying her; there must have been other motives as well.
Thinking of this, Princess Guangning felt a chill run down her spine.
Such a person, who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, is dangerous and frightening to her.
Princess Guangning's first reaction was to flee, but there were steep mountain walls above and a bottomless abyss below.
She couldn't go up, and she couldn't go down.
Princess Guangning looked helplessly at Prince Yu, only to see him lying motionless in a pool of blood.
She was afraid that if Prince Yu died here, she would definitely not survive either.
She drew closer and called out nervously, "Your Highness, Your Highness?"
In his dazed state, Prince Yu heard a faint voice, as if it were ringing in his ears, or as if it were coming from the depths of his memory: "Young master, young master?"
He instinctively reached out and grabbed Princess Guangning by the neck, just as he had struggled to grab the hunter's neck years ago.
Prince Yu vaguely remembered that he had pulled Princess Guangning off a cliff, and it was as if he was back in the winter hunt when he was ten years old, when he chased a silver fox, fell down a hillside and was injured, and was taken in by a hunter.
The hunter, seeing his handsome appearance, bound his hands and feet with vines, leaving him naked except for a pair of underpants. He then used his filthy hands to caress and kiss him, causing him to vomit in disgust. The hunter's dignity as a prince and a man was shattered, and immense humiliation welled up within him. He wanted nothing more than to tear the hunter to pieces, but he was powerless to resist, forced to endure the abuse.
When the hunter took off his clothes, pressed him down, and tried to completely defile him, his fear and despair turned into intense hatred.
The vines on his wrists were finally worn away. He grabbed the hunter by the neck with one hand and a stone with the other, smashing it hard against the back of the hunter's head.
He continued to strike repeatedly, blood splattering on the hunter's face, but he remained oblivious until the hunter collapsed limply, still not stopping.
The hunter's pet wolf pounced on him and began to bite him.
When he was on his last breath, his father and mother came looking for him.
Prince Yu suddenly opened his eyes, the unbearable memories abruptly interrupted, and he saw his hand gripping Princess Guangning's neck.
Princess Guangning grabbed his hand and tried to pry his fingers open.
Prince Yu's eyes still held a hint of hostility. He wasn't sure if Princess Guangning had discovered anything, but he had no intention of letting her go, and he tightened his grip on her fingers.
Princess Guangning struggled to breathe, and the feeling of impending death surged through her, igniting a powerful will to live.
She didn't want to die here, she couldn't die here.
She recalled the look of fear, pain, and disgust on Prince Yu's face when he was unconscious, with a hint of despair in his eyes.
She almost guessed that he had a nightmare and was afraid that she would discover his vulnerability, so he wanted to kill her.
Princess Guangning stared at him with wide eyes, pretending to have recovered from the shock of being ambushed. The fear in her eyes faded, and her eyes were filled with gratitude towards him.
“I…I just wanted to…thank you…for saving me…” Princess Guangning squeezed out each word from her throat: “You are the only one who reached out to me.”
She deliberately reminded Prince Yu of his purpose in pulling her off the cliff. If she died, his goal would be in vain.
Princess Guangning gave up struggling and even stretched out her neck, as if she were offering her neck to be slaughtered, as if she really wanted to thank him and then submit to her fate.
Prince Yu looked into her eyes and saw his initial fear turn into gratitude, and now into composure, as if he were truly unafraid of death.
His fall from the cliff today was a carefully planned scheme, aimed at marrying Princess Guangning.
He was unwilling to marry her before because he was worried about affecting the selection of an heir apparent, and he didn't want to take on a troublesome situation.
Now he is carrying a case against the Ministry of War, and judging from the Emperor's determination to thoroughly investigate it, it is clear that he intends to punish him.
He and Princess Guangning fell off a cliff, and the fact that they spent a day alone together damaged Princess Guangning's reputation, leaving her with no choice but to marry him.
If the emperor has concerns, he will show leniency.
Furthermore, the Emperor is a man of great loyalty and righteousness. No matter how heinous his crimes may be, he is still the Emperor's son. Unless he has committed the grave mistake of plotting to usurp the throne, seeing him seriously injured, the Emperor would inevitably feel compassion.
Therefore, he specifically proposed the autumn hunt, providing an opportunity for the Northern Qi.
Because the Northern Qi had always wanted to marry Princess Guangning to the heir of the Prince of Zhenbei.
Northern Qi envoys rarely had the opportunity to meet Shen Du, and the autumn hunt was their only chance. After the hunt, the marriage alliance was almost finalized.
If the Northern Qi wanted to arrange the marriage between Shen Du and Guang Ning, they would definitely make their move during the autumn hunt.
When King Qi took Princess Guangning to plot against Shen Du, he lured King Qi away, pulled Princess Guangning off a cliff, and created an accident.
With this plan in mind, Prince Yu sent people to survey the terrain before the autumn hunt to confirm this location.
He personally came to check and ensured that at what height, one would not fall to one's death, but would only be seriously injured.
Unexpectedly, he fell and, in a daze, remembered that unbearable past, which was exposed to Princess Guangning. His only thought was to kill her.
But Princess Guangning's words reminded him.
He pulled her down the cliff in order to save himself.
Therefore, Princess Guangning cannot die.
At least I can't die now.
Prince Yu released his grip, and once the force dissipated, he could no longer muster any strength.
He gazed at the cloud-shrouded sky and remembered something else.
Judging from the timeline, Prince Rui should be heading to Fengxing Mountain soon, right?
Father will be very anxious when he hears this news.
When the news of his fall from the cliff reached the emperor, it conveniently provided the emperor with an excuse to order Prince Rui to search for him and prevent Prince Rui from going to Fengxing Mountain.
In this way, he also helped his father divert attention from the big trouble of Prince Rui. His father didn't want the secret of Phoenix Mountain to be exposed, so he would definitely not let Prince Rui investigate further and would most likely suppress his case.
Princess Guangning collapsed to the ground, the rush of air into her airway causing her to cough violently, her throat feeling like it was being cut by a knife.
She knew in her heart that she had only temporarily escaped disaster.
From the moment she fell off the cliff, her fate was intertwined with that of Prince Yu.
To survive, you must not be afraid of him, but accept him, and even love him.
"Your Highness, I...I'll bandage you..." Princess Guangning took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, looking at him timidly, still somewhat afraid, yet unable to resist wanting to get closer to him: "You're the only one who saved me, I...I want to help you..."
Prince Yu gazed into her clear, bright eyes, struggling to suppress his fear of her, yet also feeling a ridiculous obligation to repay her.
He had no time to delve into Princess Guangning's thoughts and said coldly, "No need."
Princess Guangning glanced at him worriedly, then shrank back, thinking to herself that she still had to be afraid of him, after all, she had seen him kill the rabbit with her own eyes and was almost killed by him.
Otherwise, it will arouse his suspicion.
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The news of Prince Yu and Princess Guangning falling off a cliff quickly reached Emperor Jing'an's ears.
"Your Majesty, the horses of Prince Yu and Princess Guangning have been found at the edge of the cliff. They are nowhere to be seen in the woods, as if they fell off the cliff."
Emperor Jing'an had many guesses in his mind, but he never thought that Prince Yu would fight to the death.
Just as he was about to give the order, a rapid sound of horses' hooves approached.
Immediately afterwards, the Imperial Guard dressed in flying fish robes dismounted and quickly came to Emperor Jing'an, kneeling on one knee and saying, "Your Majesty, Prince Rui, with people from the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review, is preparing to go to Phoenix Mountain."