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Chapter 217 Yuan Tianxiong, Terrified

"what!"

Just as Yuan Tianxiong was about to lift the sedan curtain, Yu Jie suddenly grabbed him with both hands, crying and questioning him.

"You've taken my innocence, and you think you can just leave like this? Are you even a man?"

Yuan Tianxiong was taken aback by her sudden action and immediately sat back down in his previous seat, desperately trying to explain to her.

"Don't misunderstand, I really... I really didn't do anything."

Did you touch me?

Yuan Tianxiong hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"I touched it, but I only touched it..."

Before he could finish speaking, Yu Jie interrupted him.

"So, did you hug me?"

"Yes, I hugged you, but because you said you were cold..."

Yuan Tianxiong, still looking aggrieved, tried to explain, but was interrupted again by Yu Jie.

"You touched me, you hugged me! How am I supposed to get married now? I don't want to live anymore, I don't want to live anymore, mmm!"

She rested her head on her knees and began to sob.

Yuan Tianxiong was terrified that the coachman and the two maids outside would hear, and he was at a loss for what to do.

“My little darling, don’t cry. I really didn’t do anything. You have no idea how serious your condition was. You had a fever and were unconscious. Your two maids were too scared to touch you, so I… I used alcohol to bring your fever down. I really didn’t do anything…”

"You touched me, you hugged me, what else do you want to do? Yuan Tianxiong, I really didn't expect that you, a great general, would do such a despicable thing. You ruined my innocence, how am I supposed to get married in the future? I might as well die."

Yuan Tianxiong was truly frightened by Yu Jie's words. Sweat began to bead on his forehead, and he felt uneasy all over. He realized that he had really gotten himself into trouble this time.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, muttering something under his breath.

"Then...I'm sorry...I'm sorry, I...I was wrong, please...please don't be angry...please...please don't tell...please don't tell the Emperor about this."

Seeing how frightened he looked, Yu Jie chuckled to herself, then looked at him seriously and said solemnly:

"What if I never get married? Why don't you marry me?"

"What?"

These words were even more terrifying than Yu Jie's cries.

Startled, Yuan Tianxiong leaned back, waving his hands and shaking his head frantically.

"Princess, spare me! This is no joke."

Yu Jie held her forehead with one hand. Although her head still ached a little, she forced herself to lean slowly towards Yuan Tianxiong...

"Princess, what are you doing?"

Yu Jie kept getting closer, and Yuan Tianxiong was so frightened that he had nowhere to escape.

He braced himself with his hands on his chest, eyes tightly shut, and kept begging for mercy.

"Princess, have mercy! I was wrong, I was wrong, I will never dare to offend you again."

"Then do you like me?"

Yu Jie stopped when her face was only a hand's width away from his, narrowed her beautiful eyes at him, and questioned him again.

Do you really hate me?

Yuan Tianxiong swallowed hard, his Adam's apple bobbing as he shook his head violently.

"No... I dare not."

"Is it that you're afraid to hate me, or afraid to like me?"

"None...none dare."

"So you like me?"

"I……"

Yu Jie pressed on relentlessly, until Yuan Tianxiong had nowhere to retreat. He simply closed his eyes tightly and shouted loudly:

"I can't like you. You're a princess, a noble princess, and I'm just a homeless orphan. I have no right to like you..."

"Um……"

Before he could finish speaking, Yu Jie's lips suddenly covered his. Yuan Tianxiong immediately stopped speaking, standing there like a wooden statue.

He dared not open his eyes to look, nor dared he ask any questions. He just kept his eyes closed and remained motionless, as if time had stood still.

Seeing how nervous he looked, as if he wanted to disappear into the ground, Yu Jie liked him even more.

She swayed her head from side to side, watching his face contort with tension, pursed her lips, and reached out to pry open his eyes.

"Yuan Tianxiong, you call yourself a general, how can you be so cowardly?"

Yuan Tianxiong squeezed his eyes shut, shaking his head as he tried to avoid her hand.

"I am a general who failed to defend the city and suffered a defeat. I am a useless person. Please, Princess, spare me."

"What do you mean by that?"

Yu Jie stopped what she was doing, frowned and glared at him unhappily.

"You just told me to let you go? Does liking you mean it's making things difficult for you?"

At this moment, Yuan Tianxiong opened his eyes and shook his head vigorously.

“That’s not what I meant. What I meant was…you are a princess, and I am just a defeated general. I have no right to be liked by a princess. Please take back what you just said.”

"So do you like me or not?"

Yu Jie was getting anxious. She just wanted to know what Yuan Tianxiong was thinking. She desperately wanted to know his feelings. If he liked her, she could ask her father to grant them their wish. She would do anything to ask her father to grant them their wish.

Yuan Tianxiong shook his head without hesitation.

"No, no, no, please spare me, Princess."

After saying those words, he suddenly stood up and jumped off the still-moving carriage.

Seeing this, the coachman quickly tightened the reins, and Ah Zhu and Cai Feng, who were running at the front, also turned their horses around and quickly returned.

"General Yuan, what's wrong?"

Yuan Tianxiong glanced at the carriage, then waved his hand.

"Princess Yujie has woken up. You should all go to the carriage to keep her company!"

Ah Zhu and Cai Feng exchanged a puzzled look, then dismounted. Yuan Tianxiong, as if fleeing for his life, quickly mounted his horse and was about to ride away when Ah Zhu called out to him.

"General Yuan, are you returning to the capital?"

Yuan Tianxiong nodded.

"Let's go together then, so we can look out for each other."

Yuan Tianxiong hesitated for a moment, just about to refuse, when Caifeng quickly followed up:

"It's at least three days' journey from here to the capital. None of us know martial arts. What if we encounter danger? General Yuan, since we've met by chance, please accompany us for a while!"

Since they'd already said all that, how could Yuan Tianxiong possibly insist on leaving?

He had no choice but to nod in agreement, then mounted his horse, and Cai Feng and A Zhu also climbed into the carriage...

……

Traveling with the enemy made Wei Jianning feel ashamed, and he remained silent the whole way.

Despite Lan Zhi's kind words of persuasion, he remained unmoved.

"Husband, please don't always be so gloomy, okay?"

Wei Jianning frowned and shook his head, saying:

“These past few days, Zhu Kui has been getting close to Huo Jinzhou. Sooner or later, he will be a scourge to the Northern Wei Kingdom.”

"Since Hawking has agreed to shake hands and make peace with us, what's the point of him trying to get on their good side?"

"Huo Jinzhou is an old fox. His agreement now may just be a delaying tactic. Once he takes Mao Mao away, there's no guarantee he won't come back with a vengeance."

Wei Jianning's words caused Lan Zhi's brows to furrow instantly.

"So... what do you mean?"