“Haha!”
Long Chi let out one last, brusque laugh. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and a tear fell from the corner of his eye right after that. The girl remained standing upright in his sight, so indifferent toward his death that it made his heart go cold.
“Lu Liangwei, you’re… so cruel!” His eyelids fluttered shut as he toppled backward.
Bright red blood pooled beneath him, and the smell of blood filled the room.
Lu Liangwei did not spare a single glance at the man lying in the puddle of blood.
She only felt relieved after Chu Jiu had confirmed that Long Chi was no longer breathing.
Finally—the male protagonist who eventually ascended the throne in the original story could no longer be a threat to her.
“Let’s go.” Clearing her mind, she turned and headed out into the courtyard.
Chu Jiu sheathed her sword and followed her out.
Long Xuan stood in place for a moment, his gaze fixed on Long Chi. Finally, he sighed and raced out after Lu Liangwei. “Royal Aunt, I have a presumptuous request to make!”
Lu Liangwei stopped in her tracks and turned to look at him. “What is it?”
Long Xuan met her gaze steadily and said earnestly, “Long Chi was my brother, despite everything. I know he deserved to die for all the evil he did, but I can’t bring myself to leave him in a foreign kingdom without so much as a proper burial.”
Lu Liangwei already knew what he was thinking.
“You want to take him back to Great Shang?”
“Yes.” Long Xuan nodded pleadingly. “I hope you can agree to it.”
Lu Liangwei did not really care. The man was already dead, anyway.
“If you don’t find it too much trouble, go ahead.”
“Thank you, Royal Aunt!” Relieved, Long Xuan performed a fist and palm salute to her.
“We’ll get going first. Finish what you need to do as soon as possible and catch up with us,” Lu Liangwei ordered, not wanting to delay their return to Great Shang.
“Yes, Royal Aunt,” Long Xuan replied respectfully, then said to Chu Jiu, “I’ll leave the Empress’s safety in your hands.”
Chu Jiu glanced at him and nodded coolly. “You’d better hurry.” They were still in the Yan Kingdom; although Long Chi was now dead, they might still have to face Wanyan Jin and Beitang Rui.
