Chapter 37: The Good Show is Yet to Come

Xie Shouzheng lowered his voice and quietly said to Lin Qingyue: "Deputy Envoy Lin, is it inappropriate to use public office for private revenge?"

Lin Qingyue said very indifferently: "I don't mind being a widow."

Xie Shouzheng: "..."

"Deputy Envoy Lin, although I understand you very well, our Xuanjing Division's duty is to drive away evil and suppress demons, and swear to protect the peace of one side. Prince Jin is a bastard... but he is also a life, if we can save him, we should save him. To tell you the truth, our Xuanjing Division has been impeached by the censors many times, if we are complained about again, I'm afraid we'll fall apart!"

"I'll count to three, if you still refuse to hand over my wife, then I don't mind sending Prince Jin on his way first." A Heng was giving the final ultimatum, he didn't believe that any Princess would not care about her husband's life or death.

Dongfang Yan wanted to resist, but his consciousness could not control his body at all. He could clearly feel the cold sword edge pressed against his neck, the feeling of being on the verge of death was really not good.

"One!"

Lin Qingyue, do you really hate this Prince so much, do you really want to be a widow?

"Two!"

The sword moved forward another inch, Dongfang Yan could feel the stinging pain coming from his neck—dying like this was really suffocating.

But, would Lin Qingyue save him?

The next moment, he heard Lin Qingyue say: "Bring Yuan Niang out!"

Seeing Yuan Niang come out, A Heng immediately asked with concern: "Wife, are you okay? Did they hurt you?"

Yuan Niang shook her head.

A Heng said loudly: "Prepare the carriage, trouble Prince Jin to send us away. No one else is allowed to follow, if any follower is found, you know the consequences!"

Lin Qingyue said to the Prince's mansion guards: "Let them go. Prince Jin is noble, there must be no mistakes."

Just like that, A Heng, who broke into Prince Jin's mansion alone, took Yuan Niang away, while Dongfang Yan personally acted as the coachman, driving the carriage to send them away.

Watching the carriage and people go far away, the guard commander asked Lin Qingyue worriedly: "Princess, are you really letting them go like this? If the Prince has any mistakes..."

"Don't worry." Lin Qingyue smiled lightly, "The good show is yet to come!"

In the carriage, A Heng confirmed again and again that Yuan Niang was uninjured, and only then did he feel relieved: "It's good that you're okay, otherwise I definitely won't let that Princess Jin go!"

Yuan Niang asked him: "Did you really use my Mayfly Silk to harm people? That Prince Jin, when did you make him infected with Mayfly Silk?"

She was a little annoyed: "A Heng, why do you want to have these crooked thoughts?"

A Heng stroked Yuan Niang's aged cheek gently: "Because I want you to have eternal youth too. Since we have the ability to obtain immortality and youth, why not use it? Yuan Niang, I did all this for you!"

"But you made a big mistake!" Yuan Niang sighed, "The people of the Xuanjing Division already know everything. They won't let you go. They even formulated incense pills to identify the parasitized."

"So what? Prince Jin's mansion is heavily guarded, didn't we still come out?" He pointed outside the carriage door, "Look, that noble Prince is now acting as a coachman for us."

Coachman Prince: "..." This Prince wants to cut you into a thousand pieces!

Yuan Niang said: "But there are also many masters in the Xuanjing Division, especially their demon-slaying array is very powerful. Today they probably didn't react, so they let us go for the time being. Furthermore, behind them is the entire country! Relying on you and me, how can we resist?"

"Over the years, I have always acted low-key, just because I was afraid of my demon identity being exposed. You must know that there is a sky beyond the sky, and people beyond people, the more identities like ours, the more cautious we must be."

"But I didn't expect you to... sigh, you are really confused!"

"Wife, am I... am I really wrong?"

A Heng panicked for a moment, then suddenly held Yuan Niang's hand tightly and said: "Wife, take back the life-extending silk left in my body! I know, you became weak and aged because you gave the life-extending silk to me back then. If the life-extending silk returns to your body, you can return to your peak period. At that time, you will have the ability to protect yourself, even the entire Xuanjing Division may not be your opponent."

Yuan Niang disagreed: "If I take it back, what about you? You will die!"

A Heng said with red eyes: "Twenty years ago, my lifespan had already reached its end. It was you, wife, who used the life-extending silk to save my life and made me eternally young. Now, I am just returning everything to you."

"Husband..."

"Don't cry, wife, seeing you shed tears is more uncomfortable than letting me die. You should have been free, it was me who dragged you down and made you stay in the red dust. After I die, you should go back to the mountains and practice well. Being husband and wife with you for this life, I have no regrets in death!"

"But I can't watch you die! When your lifespan was about to end back then, I couldn't watch you leave. It's the same now. No matter how many mistakes you have made, you are my husband. As long as you are willing to turn back, I will protect you no matter what."

As she said, she spat out a crimson bead and said to A Heng: "This demon pill condenses all my cultivation. When the demon pill and the life-extending silk combine, you can possess all my power."

With the spitting out of the demon pill, Yuan Niang herself became weaker and weaker, even breathing hard when speaking.

"In this way, the people of the Xuanjing Division won't be able to catch you again."

A Heng's face was illuminated red by the fire of the demon pill, and the life-extending silk in his body seemed to sense it, emitting a warm breath, eager to combine with it.

The life-extending silk just borrowed the demon's life for him and gained some control over the Mayfly Silk. But if he gets the demon pill, it's completely different.

He can mobilize all the parasitized people, and even manufacture more Mayfly Silk to infect more people.

The greed in A Heng's eyes flashed and disappeared, quickly replaced by worry: "Wife, you gave me such an important thing, what about you? Will you... die?"

Yuan Niang shook her head: "No. I just completely turned into an ordinary old woman, and I can barely hold on for a year or two. But you are different, if you return the life-extending silk to me, you will die immediately."

"Since that's the case, why not concentrate all my power on you, A Heng, to help us escape the capital. After leaving the capital and being safe, you can return the demon pill to me."

"Wife, this is really a win-win method!" A Heng praised, and immediately swallowed the demon pill.

His body became hotter and hotter, and it seemed that there was a steady stream of power surging out wildly.

And Yuan Niang continued to exhort: "This time, you must learn a lesson. Absolutely do not use Mayfly Silk indiscriminately! And that Prince outside, let him go after leaving the capital. Actually, Princess Jin promised me that as long as we are willing to let go, she can let the Xuanjing Division let us..."

She said a lot, but A Heng had no patience to listen, and ordered Dongfang Yan: "Turn to the East City!" ===== CHAPTER 38 =====