Chapter 73: Did the Pure and Innocent Shadow Guard Get Domineeringly Doted on by Your Majesty Today? p2
Yuan You’s head was turned to the side from the force. Five bright red fingerprints quickly appeared on her cheek, and the taste of rust also spread between her teeth.
“Did I allow you to die!?”
Huaguang’s voice trembled from rage and fear. She grabbed Yuan You’s collar. “You want to die that much? Huh?!”
Yuan You wanted to speak but held back. In the end, she squeezed out, “Your subordinate knows her mistake.”
Huaguang looked at her submissive appearance and completely went mad.
She untied Yuan You and dragged her out.
“Your Highness…”
Yuan You had just spoken when she was cut off by Huaguang.
“Shut up! I don’t want to hear a single word from you right now! You want to die! I’ll grant your wish!”
No one dared to block her along the way. Under the terrified gazes of countless palace attendants, Yuan You was dragged back to the bedchamber by Huaguang.
Then, she was thrown onto the bed.
The sound of fabric tearing sounded one after another.
Yuan You realized what her master was about to do and subconsciously wanted to curl up.
She couldn’t even take the gentle Huaguang, let alone such a rough one.
The moment Yuan You moved, she was held down by Huaguang.
“I’ve been too good to you! I’ve spoiled you so much you don’t know your place!”
Spoiled you so much you can just throw your own life away!
Huaguang was furious. She was determined to teach this person a lesson.
“Mmph!” Yuan You was scared. She didn’t understand why Your Highness was so angry.
She was just a lowly shadow guard. Her worthless life was not valuable. If she died, she died. Why would her master be like this?
Huaguang roared in anger, completely unable to calm down. “Why didn’t you resist? Why didn’t you come and find me?! You want to leave me that much?! Is that it?!”
God knows how scared she was! On the way to the Department of Punishments, her legs were weak!
Yuan You was soon streaming with tears, completely collapsed. She begged for mercy, “Your Highness… I know I was wrong! I was really wrong! Please let me go!”
Huaguang was still angry. “Answer my question! You want to die, don’t you! I’m granting your wish!”
Yuan You shrank back and explained intermittently.
“If I resisted, someone would definitely use it to make a big deal, saying that you have rebellious intentions. If they put the hat of disrespect on you, I’m afraid those treacherous ministers would cause a stir in the court, and the people would not be convinced! Your Highness… I can’t, I can’t implicate you…”
She had never thought of herself.
What she cared about was always Huaguang.
In an instant, all of Huaguang’s movements froze.
She met Yuan You’s tear-soaked eyes and slightly regained her reason.
So that’s how it is.
Yuan You was not indifferent to her; she was protecting her…
And what about her?
Constantly speculating about her, questioning her, and even hurting her in such a rough way…
Bastard.
She was a complete bastard.
Huaguang stopped all her venting actions. She lay on Yuan You and choked out, “I was wrong.”
She finally apologized.
She was angry because she was afraid.
Yuan You had unknowingly become the only person she could trust.
And also the person she truly liked, was in love with.
How could she not be suspicious?
Feeling the wetness on her neck, Yuan You was completely stunned.
Your Highness is crying.
Realizing this, Yuan You immediately forgot the pain in her own body. All her thoughts were on Huaguang.
“Your Highness, what’s wrong with you?”
Huaguang did not answer, but tightened her arms, and tightened them again!
She held Yuan You tightly in her arms. “You are not allowed to leave me! Do you hear me?! You are not allowed!”
Yuan You comforted her in return. “I won’t, Your Highness. I won’t… I will absolutely not leave you! I swear!”
No matter what excessive things you do to me, I will not leave.
Because I like you.
*
Outside the grand hall, the sound of killing was deafening.
In the firelight, the rebel army and the royal guards were fighting. Blood splattered on the window lattice. The last line of defense was about to be broken.
Huaguang had changed into a black dragon robe, hiding the bright yellow in her inner garment. Her entire aura had completely calmed down. She stood in the center of the grand hall, her face showing no expression.
She had been on the throne for three years, and she had been constrained by the deep-rooted forces everywhere. The old and powerful ministers of the previous dynasty, to put it nicely, were the pillars of the state. To put it bluntly, they were treacherous ministers!
Huaguang had endured for a long time and had finally decided to uproot them.
But she was not completely confident.
The rebel army’s attack was fierce. The royal guards outside the hall were already showing signs of defeat.
In the grand hall, the atmosphere was tense. The personal guards standing by Huaguang’s side had all drawn their swords, ready for a life-and-death struggle.
The hall door was being rammed by the rebel army.
Huaguang should have retreated through the secret passage, but she did not move.
She was calculating the time. In this life-and-death moment, her heart was as steady as a rock.
She was born to be a king.
She had long since stopped being afraid.
Her actions also infected her other followers. Even if the scales of victory had already tipped in the enemy’s favor, their morale did not diminish at all, and it even grew higher.
The two hall doors were being rammed so hard they were trembling. Before long, the rebel army would rush in.
Yuan You, who had always been half a step behind Huaguang, stepped forward and shielded her master.
She drew her sword. A cold light flashed. Her powerful internal force made the thin blade let out a clear hum.
Without a word, she stood there, a natural chasm that was hard to cross.
Want to touch Huaguang? You have to get past her first.
Yuan You was like a different person from her usual submissive appearance. The person who was so submissive she was a little pathetic was now standing with a sword, her fangs bared.
Huaguang looked at this person who was shielding her from the swords and swords, and love gushed out in the midst of the crisis.
She had long since fallen in love with the little puppy she had picked up.
One door had already been broken. Everyone held their breath.
Just as the rebel army was about to squeeze through the door, a more orderly sound of killing came like a tsunami!
“The Nine Gates Commander is late to the rescue!”
“Rebels! Kill without mercy!”
They’re here!
The huge rock in Huaguang’s heart suddenly fell.
She had won the bet.
The situation outside the hall was instantly reversed. The originally aggressive rebels were absolutely crushed by the orthodox imperial army.
After half an incense stick’s time, the rebel army was completely wiped out.
The Nine Gates Commander dismissed all his subordinates to show that he had no rebellious intentions. The woman knelt before Huaguang in a sea of corpses and blood and said respectfully—
“Your servant! Respectfully greets the emperor!”
Huaguang took a deep breath and said, “Open the door.”
Several personal guards used force at the same time and pushed open the two doors that had been stained red with blood.
Outside the door, corpses were everywhere, and blood flowed like a river.
Huaguang saw this scene, her face calm. She strode out and calmly stepped into the still-warm pool of blood.
The old order and these corpses were destroyed together. The new rules would be written by her own hand.
Yuan You had long since sheathed her sword and had returned to that silent but omnipresent shadow.
“To the court!”
Huaguang, facing the rising sun, stepped over the corpses, one bloody footprint at a time, and walked toward the dragon throne with composure, calmly accepting the worship of the hundred officials.
This time, no one dared to look down on this young new emperor.
…
After the court, Huaguang couldn’t wait to go and find Yuan You. Today was a good day. She was in high spirits. She had gotten rid of all the constraints. The emotions that had been suppressed for many years were finally released.
Yuan You, she could also give her a title!
No one would say anything anymore. No one would dare!
The palace attendants in the hall had long since retreated.
Yuan You was tidying up the desk. She had always only cared about whether Huaguang was happy and did not care about her own glory and official career.
Hearing the footsteps behind her, she knelt down obediently and said, “May the emperor be at peace.”
Huaguang looked at her, as if the sharp-auraed shadow guard was just an illusion. Yuan You had always been the obedient little puppy she had picked up from the palace corridor.
“Yuan You, do you want to be my empress?”
Huaguang was in a teasing mood.
Yuan You’s refusal blurted out. “Your subordinate! Dares not overstep! Your subordinate’s lowly body! How dare I defile the position of empress!”
Huaguang looked at her, who looked as if she wanted to commit suicide immediately to prove her innocence, and a hint of unhappiness inexplicably arose in her heart.
“You are my wife! You keep talking about your lowly body. If I mess around with you, what kind of lowly thing am I?”
She deliberately used the frivolous word “mess around.”
Yuan You was so scared she began to wave her hands and explained in a panic, “No! No! Your subordinate didn’t mean that! The emperor is the supreme ruler… wife… I… hmm?”
Wife?!
Did Your Highness just say she was her wife?! Isn’t she just a plaything for the bed?
She had always seen herself in this role.
Even if she had fantasized about the two of them getting married, she had never thought she could be a wife…
Yuan You was stunned, and even forgot to blink.
Huaguang both loved and hated her for this. She loved her for her wholehearted devotion, and she hated her for this deep-rooted humility and self-deprecation.
“Are you stupid?”
Huaguang directly pulled Yuan You up. “I was just teasing you.”
Hearing this, Yuan You’s expression changed several times.
That’s right… how could Your Highness see me as her wife…
It really was just a joke…
Yuan You let out a sigh of relief, but a hint of disappointment quietly arose in her heart.
Forget it. I was not worthy to begin with. Don’t be delusional anymore… to be able to stay by her side is already a great kindness from the heavens. If I don’t fight for it, I won’t be disliked…
Yuan You had already begun to convince herself, but Huaguang then said—
“To be an empress, you’re being wronged.”
“Ah?” Yuan You said in a daze.
Huaguang lightly pecked the corner of her lips. After teasing her until she was red, she said, word by word, “From now on, I want them to see you as they see me.”
Yuan You wanted to refuse again.
Huaguang touched her lips and said assertively, “I also want them to receive you when they shout ‘long live’.”
“Master…”
“I love you.”
“I love you too.”