Chapter 1358

At the beginning, he had resisted with all his might.

But as he spent more time with Kangxi,

he was gradually subdued by his great talent and bold vision.

Yuan Chengzhi did not have the courage and determination to save the world and the people.

Nor did he inherit Yuan Chonghuan's legacy of resisting the Qing.

But he did have an upright and kind heart.

In his view,

Kangxi could bring the people of the Qing Guo a happy life of peace and prosperity.

Oboi treated the Han people within the Qing Guo borders with cruelty and violence.

Therefore, Yuan Chengzhi agreed to help Kangxi kill Oboi.

Kangxi was naturally overjoyed upon seeing this.

He became increasingly close to Yuan Chengzhi and also loved his martial arts and wit.

Kangxi did not hope to let him leave after Oboi was killed.

He had the idea of truly subduing him.

Therefore, he decided to marry Jianning off to him.

Jianning's appearance naturally could not compare to Wen Qingqing's.

Moreover, her personality was willful and capricious, making her hard to please.

But Yuan Chengzhi was unexpectedly very interested in the status of a princess.

In the dark, he felt that he would have an entanglement with a certain princess.

Therefore, he followed his intuition and agreed.

His requirement was that his identity could not be exposed.

Clearly, he was still concerned about his reputation and the views of the Huashan Sword Sect.

Kangxi did not mind this either.

He promised to arrange an identity for him when the time came.

However, to avoid alerting the enemy, all of this would only be established after Oboi was killed.

Jianning said with disgust:

"I have nothing to get familiar with you about, and I will definitely persuade Emperor Brother to retract his order."

Jianning's reaction was actually not strange.

Yuan Chengzhi's dark face and ordinary appearance—

how could Jianning possibly like him?

Moreover, Yuan Chengzhi's personality was introverted and restrained, old-fashioned and pedantic.

Princess Jianning, with her willful, shrewish, and reckless personality, was even less interested in him.

As for the Yuan Chengzhi of "Sword of the Blood-Stained Royal," being able to gain the favor of so many women, besides the setting of being at his peak from the start, was more due to the protagonist halo.

But Jianning had nothing to do with "Sword of the Blood-Stained Royal."

Naturally, she would not be influenced by the so-called protagonist halo.

Yuan Chengzhi didn't really like Jianning either.

It was just that being rejected so bluntly turned his unwillingness into rebellion.

Yuan Chengzhi said gloomily:

"His Majesty's words are golden and his promises are weighty. How could he easily change his decision? Princess, it is better to accept your fate early."

Gu Hanyuan's expression suddenly became strange upon hearing this.

Yuan Chengzhi's changes were actually this great.

His life trajectory had deviated very far because of Gu Hanyuan.

What should have been a process of showing off at his peak from the start had been hit hard in his self-confidence.

Even Kangxi being able to subdue him so easily had a part in this reason.

From a hero resisting the Qing to Kangxi's running dog,

Gu Hanyuan looked at this leek that had grown completely crooked, and his gaze became increasingly playful.

Although Jianning was willful and not considered intelligent, she was not stupid beyond redemption.

How could she not understand such a simple truth?

It was just that she was unwilling to accept it.

She scolded with hatred:

"Get out of here, I don't want to see you!"

Yuan Chengzhi's face turned even darker upon hearing this.

He also had no intention of sticking his hot face to a cold butt.

He snorted lightly and said:

"Princess, take care of yourself; I will take my leave."

Seeing Yuan Chengzhi leave, Jianning immediately sobbed aggrievedly.

It took a good while for her to calm her mood.

She muttered to herself:

"That Yuan Chengzhi isn't even as interesting as the dead eunuch I saw a while ago; I absolutely will not marry him. It seems I can only go find Mother. Mother loves me the most and will absolutely not let me suffer."

The "Mother" she spoke of was Mao Dongzhu, who was disguised as the Empress Dowager.

Mao Dongzhu was a mole sent by the Shenlong Island to scout for the whereabouts of the "Forty-Two Chapters Sutra."

Jianning was not a true Qing Guo princess either,

but the illegitimate daughter of Mao Dongzhu and the Thin Monk.

Mao Dongzhu naturally loved her own biological daughter dearly.

Even Jianning's willful personality was raised by her doting.

Jianning did as she thought.

Regardless of the fact that it was late at night, she was going to find the fake Empress Dowager.

However, just as she was preparing to act,

she was so frightened by a suddenly appearing figure that she didn't dare to move.

She saw that the person was wearing a Shura mask, dressed in black, and had an aura that was eerie and terrifying.

It was Gu Hanyuan, who had changed into his Wutian attire.

Jianning asked in terror:

"Who are you?"

Gu Hanyuan said in a cold voice:

"This seat is Wutian."

However, what was unexpected was

that Jianning actually showed a look of surprise and shouted:

"You are Wutian? That Wutian from the 'Luo Wang'?"

Gu Hanyuan was also a bit confused by her reaction.

Shouldn't a normal person be terrified?

How could she be so excited?

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Gu Hanyuan said in a deep voice:

"Don't you fear that I have come to kill you?"

Jianning curled her lips upon hearing this and said:

"I am just a princess who knows nothing; what meaning would there be in killing me?"

Gu Hanyuan was even more surprised.

He didn't expect Jianning to have such self-awareness.

Jianning asked excitedly:

"I heard you killed two Earth Immortals of the Southern Shaolin; is it true? Your 'Luo Wang' also made the Song Guo restless. By the way, it is said that a while ago, our Qing Guo also discovered traces of 'Luo Wang's' actions. Are you planning to stir up trouble?" ===== CHAPTER 1360 =====