CHAPTER 209: CHAPTER 145: THE BEST REVENGE IS TO MAKE THEM SUFFER THROUGH A PAINFUL AND LONG LIFE

Otherwise, which soldier with achievements overshadowing their lord can be as carefree as he?

"Unreasonable! Simply unreasonable!"

Thinking over and over, Yelyu Erlun couldn’t figure out what this woman was making a fuss about!

Ayimu had long known it would be like this, hoping for such an arrogant man to awaken was probably a dream!

This dream had lasted twenty-six years, and after tonight, it would be twenty-seven.

It’s time to wake up.

"Yelyu Erlun, find the one at fault and make them bear it, don’t let my son take the fall for you anymore."

He glanced at the woman on the other side, her face covered in blood, and the corners of his mouth curved upward in irrepressible delight...

Of course, everything happening at Heyong Palace was unknown to Yun Chunnuan, who had been brought out from the royal banquet by the Barbarian General.

The man draped a prepared cape over her shoulders, pure white, with fox fur lining from the collar to the front, and wide sleeves, both beautiful and warm.

Yelyu Lie slipped his large hand into the sleeve of the cape, holding a small, soft hand.

Throughout, Yun Chunnuan said nothing.

She thought of his fierce appearance, and the drawn, cruel, bloodthirsty arc of his lips...

After, the cat went mad.

She only saw it climb onto Yelyu Nalan, and after that, she was led by the hand by the man, leaving the royal palace from Heyong Palace.

"Nuannuan..."

"Husband..."

Both spoke simultaneously, Yelyu Lie lowered his gaze, looking indulgently at the delicate figure beside him.

Yun Chunnuan looked at him and smiled, her plump lips curving sweetly and softly, "I’m your wife, you should yield to me, so you speak first~~"

"Uh." Yelyu Lie was momentarily stunned, "Yield, shouldn’t it be the lady first?"

His expression and demeanor had returned to the one she was most familiar with.

In her heart, Yun Chunnuan quietly exhaled, her crescent moon eyes sparkling as she said with a smile, "Alright then, I’ll let you have it as the Princess!"

Recalling what she wanted to say, Yun Chunnuan felt a bit nervous, "Do you think I was too much? I just wanted to be a little assertive, I never intended to confront the King, if not for..."

"Nuannuan, thank you."

While Yun Chunnuan worried if she had caused him trouble, he held her hand tightly, his eyes sparkling under the lamplight.

Tonight, he was especially gentle.

"Thank you for letting me... wake up. I always complained about my mother, feeling she was too sentimental. Her temperament was only tolerated by my father. I never understood why she was always angry, after all, my father did everything he should have done.

Those mistakes were beyond his control and weren’t committed by him personally, so why did my mother always harp on them?"

Saying this, he sneered at himself, "I even thought my father really cared for me, that he wasn’t indifferent to those who bullied me, just caught between opposing interests, without being able to do anything.

It wasn’t until today that I realized, I was never cherished by him; at best, I was just a mere footstool, trampled underfoot, unnecessary to cherish, yet able to carry him a thousand miles...

The words he once used to comfort my mother ’it’s just child’s play’—I thought they were genuine comfort, that he must have stopped it, right? Haha... Foolishness was mine alone..."

He slightly tilted his head back, not letting the moisture in his eyes spill out.

That person isn’t worth it.

Not worth his endeavor, not worth his trust, even less worth his continued silent sacrifice, merely for his peace of mind and comfort.

"Husband~"

A soft voice came from beside him.

A delicate figure tugged on his hand, turning nimbly into his arms.

His large hand paused on her slender shoulder before tightly enclosing her within his embrace.

The dainty face looked up, her eyes filled with admiration, "My husband is not foolish, that’s called kindness, do you understand?

In his heart there is no shadow, he won’t speculate maliciously about others’ intentions, which is why he grew to become the mighty Yelyu General!"

Kindness...

Yelyu Lie’s eyes shone as he looked at the delicate girl.

He quickly turned away, not daring to look further at that pure and beautiful face.

"Nuannuan, if one day, you discover that the mighty Yelyu General you admire isn’t that kind, will you... still love him?"

Yelyu Lie knew well that what made the delicate girl fall for him so quickly was that he had never shown her the other side of himself.

Before her, he was gentle and kind.

But... he wasn’t.

His heart was large, vast enough to contain all things in the world.

But precisely because of this, there was nothing particularly cared for.

Even for his mother in the royal palace, he probably harbored both love and hate.

But this doesn’t mean that his heart was without lines, without scruples.

All his ferocity was reserved for the battlefield.

If anyone crossed that line in his heart, he would unhesitatingly and ruthlessly crush the offender.

Since his delicate girl appeared, Yelyu Lie realized, his heart wasn’t broad; instead, it was too small, allowing for no one and nothing else besides her.

In his heart, he set up a defense for her.

This defense was very high, and he thought that no fool would attempt to cross it.

Who would have known that fools would keep delivering themselves one after another?

Dying is meaningless; suffering through a long, painful life is the best revenge, isn’t it?