Chapter 288 I'll be here waiting for him to come back!
Qin Zhen's hands hanging by her sides were shaking uncontrollably.
The hatred for Xiao Jue reached its peak at this second.
She slowly closed her eyes, seemingly finally giving in.
Lou Yan breathed a sigh of relief and slowly bent down, preparing to kneel down.
The accident happened at this moment.
Qin Zhen, who had been quiet all this time, suddenly pulled out the hairpin on her head and inserted it into Xiao Jue's neck with her backhand. Xiao Jue groaned, and the hand holding the dagger shook, and the dagger fell to the ground.
He stepped back a few steps, raised his hands to cover his neck, and stared at Qin Zhen with disbelief.
Qin Zhen said sternly: "Go to hell!"
The other two people reacted instantly after being stunned.
Lou Yan almost rolled over and rushed over. He protected Qin Zhen behind him, raised his hand to pick up the dagger on the ground and threw it towards Xiao Jue.
At this moment, Hongxue rushed out from nowhere, hugged Xiao Jue and blocked him.
With a squeaking sound, the dagger was inserted into Hongxue's vest, leaving only a bit of the handle outside.
Things happened in an instant, so fast that no one could react and acted almost subconsciously.
Hongxue spit out blood from her mouth, dyeing Xiao Jue's clothes red.
She pushed Xiao Jue and said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness, leave quickly! When you return to Shu, remember to tell His Highness the Fourth Prince that this is all I can do for him."
After saying that, his legs went weak and he knelt on the ground.
Xiao Jue had already reacted, and without saying a word, he turned around and ran away, covering his neck.
On this side, Lou Yan held Qin Zhen with one hand and covered Qin Zhen's bleeding neck with the other hand. He asked nervously: "How are you doing? Is there anything wrong? I..."
"Go after him!" Qin Zhen pushed Lou Yan away, pointed to the direction Xiao Jue left, and said quickly, "There are people outside the city to pick him up. Once he joins them, it will be extremely difficult for you to chase him back.
.Go after him and don’t let him escape. If he escapes, I will never rest in peace!”
Lou Yan gritted his teeth and finally said: "Wait for me."
After saying this, he turned over and mounted the prepared horse, chasing Xiao Jue in the direction he left.
As soon as Xiao Jue left, Yuan Chu and his men chased him out.
Seeing Qin Zhen, Yuan Chu asked: "Princess, are you okay? I will escort you..."
"Leave me alone and go after him." Qin Zhen said in a deep voice, "Protect him for me and don't let him get hurt."
Yuan Chu was silent for a moment, and then said: "Okay, I will protect him."
After saying that, he led a large army and chased after him.
After the dust cleared, Qin Zhen walked to Hongxue step by step, covering her neck.
Hongxue was lying on the ground with a dagger stuck in her vest. The clothes on her back were stained red with blood, and her body was also red.
Qin Zhen was extremely disgusted with such a scene, and even more disgusted with the lingering smell of blood.
She stood two steps away, looking down at Hongxue.
Hongxue was still breathing heavily, watching Qin Zhen's shadow approaching with hazy eyes, and then stopped again.
She opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say 'I'm sorry' again, but she felt that these three words were too weak. In the end, she said nothing, but used all her strength to turn her head.
direction so that Qin Zhen wouldn't see her face.
She really...had no face to face Qin Zhen.
After completing this action, all Hongxue's strength was exhausted, and her hanging breath also disappeared.
She has lived a miserable life, and now she is finally free. She hopes that in the next life she can be a flower, a tree, a cat... but not a human being.
Qin Zhen watched helplessly as Hongxue died in front of her.
She suddenly remembered the scene when she met Hongxue on the street.
A young girl was dragged by her father to be sold to a brothel. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and she felt helpless.
Later, she and Xiao Yao rescued the person on a whim.
At that time, her ability was limited when she first entered the capital, and Xiao Yao was still an idle prince who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, and even wanted to cheat him with the money for the drinks...
The two of them saved the person, but instead of sending the person to a clear path, they sent the person to a dead end.
Although Hongxue made her own choice in the end and volunteered to work for Xiao Yao, Qin Zhen didn't do a good job at the beginning.
Qin Zhen stood there and watched for a while, and then ordered the soldiers left behind by Yuan Chu: "Take her down and bury her well. Ask me to reimburse you for all expenses."
Now, this is the only thing she can do.
After giving her instructions, she turned around and left without looking back.
The soldier arranged for people to carry Hongxue's body away and promised again and again that it would be buried properly.
He asked Qin Zhen in a low voice: "Shall I take you back to the palace? You are still injured and need to be bandaged by a doctor."
Qin Zhen: "No need, I will wait here for the prince to come back."
That person was brought up by Lou Yan and was very loyal to Lou Yan. Now he did not dare to disobey Qin Zhen, the princess.
Seeing that Qin Zhen was unwilling to leave, the soldier had no choice but to bring a cloak to Qin Zhen and said softly: "It's cold at night, Princess, please put it on."
Qin Zhen: "No, I'm not cold."
But the soldier said: "This cloak belongs to the prince."
Qin Zhen was stunned for a moment, then looked back at the cloak and reached out to take it.
She put on the cloak and immediately felt much warmer. Lou Yan's breath still lingered on the cloak. Her whole body seemed to be wrapped in Lou Yan's arms, making her feel comfortable and safe.
My body and mind, which had been tense, slowly relaxed.
She didn't care about her image anymore and sat down directly against the city wall, looking straight at the direction they left.
She didn't want to leave, and the soldiers didn't dare to leave, so they had to stand guard around Qin Zhen.
Qin Zhen waited until dawn.
When the first ray of sunlight shone on the city wall, Qin Zhen finally saw the approaching black shadow in the distance.
First there were some very small black dots, then they became clearer and clearer as they got closer, and finally they could see the figures clearly.
The soldier who had been waiting with him all night shouted in surprise: "It's the prince, it's the prince who's back."
Who is the person who takes the lead, if not Lou Yan?
He rode his horse and ran at the front, while Yuan Chu and others fell behind more than ten meters away.
Qin Zhen saw Lou Yan's horse approaching and wanted to stand up to greet him, but she tried several times to no avail.
Her strength seemed to have been exhausted last night. At this time, there was no strength in her body, her legs were even weak, and she could not stand up.
Lou Yan originally thought that Qin Zhen had returned to the palace, and wanted to go straight to the city gate, but from a distance he saw a group of figures sitting at the base of the city wall, looking very familiar. Only when he got closer did he see clearly who this was not his princess.
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Lou Yan's horse stopped at the city gate, jumped off the horse and ran towards Qin Zhen.