STOP!!!THIS IS NOT HAPPENING!
That was what Xing"s thought as she saw the arrow entering Chenglei"s chest.
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Xing"s heart beat erratically and she felt a insufferable pain in her chest and she couldn"t breath.
DIDN"T HAPPEN! IT DIDN"T HAPPEN! THERE WAS NO ARROW THAT POKED CHENGLEI IN THE HEART. I MUST WAKE UP!
Xing who was too stunned to move looked around and she saw everything frozen.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
Prince Kang was looking at his wife with his mouth open with both of his leg above the floor as he was running towards her and Yunxi was stretching her hand at her husband with her waist bent towards him.
The torn curtain bellowing in the wind and the smoke from the incense, were all frozen. There was even a leaf blown inside the room suspending in thin air.
I"M DREAMING, RIGHT? THAT"S WHY ONLY I CAN MOVE! IT MUST BE ONE OF THOSE WEIRD DREAMS I USUALLY HAVE!
Xing gathered all the courage she had and she walked towards Chenglei who was looking at her. Half of the arrowhead had sunk into his chest and there was a small spread of blood visible around the wound on his white robes. That arrowhead must have at least grazed his heart or worse punctured it.
Why?
Why is he looking at me?
Did he miss the arrow coming towards him because he was looking at me?
NO! THIS IS A DREAM! HE IS NOT HURT!
Xing tried to compose herself but she could not. She could hear her breathing and the sound of her heart and no other noise. She held her breath to stop herself from hyperventilating and walked towards him.
PLEASE LET IT BE A DREAM!
As she walked closer, she could see the worry in his eyes as he was looking at the direction she was at some moment ago.
She stretched her hand towards him and seeing the arrow in his chest sent a s.h.i.+ver through her body and her hands trembled.
"Chenglei...", she tried to call him but a lump formed in her throat and she gulped as she stepped closer. Apart from the sound of her heart beat, there was no other sound and the entire place felt cold and isolated as if it was enveloped with a strong force.
Wait... I felt this before.... When?
Xing who still could not discern if this was reality or not tried to get a hold of herself. But this all felt too familiar. That"s when she remembered...
Isn"t this how I felt when Fei Lian stopped time when he helped me and Chenglei meet?
SO THIS IS NOT A DREAM?
TIME STOPPED FOR SOME REASON?
SO...
CHENGLEI IS HURT!
Xing wanted to faint. Her head felt heavy and her eyes blackened, she started sweating... Her entire body felt stiff.
Who froze the time? She looked around to get help but there was no one and not even a single movement was there. From the little ant crawling in the corner to the bug that was flying, everything was frozen.
Don"t tell me... I DID THIS?
I?
ME?
" Xing!", she slapped herself as she got her strength and confidence back. "You cannot lose hope now. You are the Prince of Heavens and Your husband cannot die!"
She got close to Chenglei with her eyes clear and focused and observed the arrow once again. If the arrow already punctured his heart, the moment the arrow is pulled out, he"d start to bleed out and it would be impossible to save him.
Please arrow.... Please don"t pierce deep...!
Also she smelt something weird on the arrowhead.
Don"t tell me... Poison? No way!
Xing"s face paled as she patted her chest to calm herself down.
This is an awful awful situation!
What should I do?
But... Isn"t Chenglei under Fei Lian"s protection...? So he cannot die, right?
But where is Fei Lian? Is he hiding his presence because he cannot come in front of me?
Whatever! I trust you, Fei Lian that you"d have protected my Prince"s life!
The arrow wouldn"t have gone deep... And this Poison won"t be effective!
Xing said that to herself and got to pull the arrow out. She couldn"t use her senses to see how deep the arrow has gone probably because time has stopped.
Her hands shook slightly as she held the shaft of the arrow.she needs to pull out the arrowhead along with the shaft. She really holds his life in her hands right now and that added to her pressure.
But what"s needs to be done must be done.
Xing took out the small porcelain jar where she transfered the white powder from the white peac.o.c.k feather and hold it in her right hand ready to apply it on the wound the moment she removed the arrow.
This should be an all-purpose medicine considering Chenglei has the Heavenly Emperor"s blood flowing through him.
Xing closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes, her eyes radiated confidence and determination.
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She is on her own and her husband"s life is in her hands.
With her left hand she plucked out the arrow and thankfully the arrowhead came along with it. As time has stopped, no blood came out and she saw the arrow had hit the bone and that too with not much strength and so he won"t be in any danger because of the wound but the Poison...
Xing undressed him and poured some of the white powder in her hands and gently rubbed it over the wound.
Heal! Please heal!
Xing didn"t know if the results will show in the frozen time but she slathered the white powder on the wound hoping for the best.
She stared and stared and stared for what seemed to be an hour for her while everything else was still.
"Yes!"
She screamed in happiness as she saw the wound closing on its own but she still didn"t know if the Poison is eradicated or not.
She carried him to the bed in their part of the building and covered him with a sheet and placed a kiss in his lips.
"Wake up soon, my Prince!", she held his hands for sometime. But he didn"t wake up.
Time tickled for Xing and somehow she liked the calmness with only him and her. But her mood spoiled as she saw him still not waking up.
She placed her ears on his chest and only then realised that time is frozen and only when she unfreezes it, his heart would start beating and only then she could find out if the poison spread or not.
Poison....
How dare they Poison my Prince!
Xing walked out and nothing moved and she got out of the room and walked outside to the garden to see at least a hundred men in dark clothes looking like dolls as the time has frozen.
How dare you touch my Prince! Her eyes were filled with malice and darkness.
She snapped her fingers and the hearts of every a.s.sa.s.sin around her courtyard burst and Xing could hear it.
She went back inside the common room and saw Prince Kang frozen as he was running towards Su Yunxi.
Would he have predicted it and have something to do with it? After all, if he arranged it and somehow make me believe the Emperor or the crown prince did it, won"t I eliminate them to avenge my Prince? It would help him greatly.
So do you have anything to do with this my supposed brother?
She walked closer to Prince Kang and took a good look at his expression. His mouth was wide open and his eyes were filled with confusion, fear and protective instinct and his entire focus was on his wife.
Nah! He didn"t know about this attack! He wouldn"t have put his wife in danger!
Xing went back to the room where Chenglei was and clapped her hands wis.h.i.+ng to unfreeze time. She didn"t know if it would work so she looked around.
The lamp beside the bed started to flicker and Xing could hear Prince Kang scream Yunxi"s name and several thuds of the a.s.sa.s.sins falling on the ground dead like dry leaves.
Xing didn"t care about other things and observed Chenglei to see if he wakes up.
"Chenglei", she called and since there was no movement, she placed her ears on his chest and only when she heard his rhythmic heartbeat, was she relieved.
She patted his cheek to wake him up, but that didn"t work either.
Well, seems like he is sleeping. I"ll wait!
Xing sat beside him on the bed and that"s when she heard footsteps of two people coming towards her room.
"What... What happened?", Yunxi was the one running in the front and as soon as she saw Xing she screamed out of shock.
One moment she was in the middle of flying arrows with Mingxia in front of her and not even a second pa.s.sed but Mingxia and her husband disappeared?
She looked around and only now came here to see if she was here and how come both of them are here?
" Calm down! ", Xing spoke in a calm voice as she was in a pretty good mood since nothing bad happened.
She didn"t want to explain everything to them as she didn"t know how to explain them that she froze time.
Prince Kang entered reluctantly after taking a look outside, since it was someone else"s room and he remembered Chenglei being hit with an arrow.
"Is he fine?", he asked Xing who was looking at Chenglei closely for some time.
"There was poison in the arrow. I don"t know if it spread.", Xing whose peace slightly got disturbed seeing Chenglei still not waking said biting her lips.
"I"ll take a look", Yunxi offered and Xing who knew of her medical knowledge agreed and untied his robes for her to take a look.
It"s not like she could trust the Imperial physicians of this palace considering the fact the a.s.sa.s.sins must be their arrangement.
Xing could see from the corner of her eyes Prince Kang glaring at his wife for looking at another man"s naked body.
"What? I"m a physician!", Yunxi glared at her jealous husband and he gave an unenthusiastic nod seeing his wife"s rebellion. This was the first time she raised his voice against him after all!
Yunxi checked the place of wound that has healed perfectly and miraculously and took Chenglei"s pulse.
"Your husband is fine, Mingxia!", she said with a smile in her lips. "He is in a deep sleep and he will wake up anytime soon"
Xing grinned ear to ear holding her hand above her mouth and she was really relieved.
"Who are they?" Xing asked Prince Kang who stood there leaning on the wall with his hands crossed over his chest.
"The Crown Prince"s people", he said as he took out a token from his sleeves and rubbed it between his fingers in deep thoughts.
"He does his father"s bidding without even being asked of him", Prince Kang added, "The Emperor wants you", he pursed his lips into a thin line showing his disapproval towards that act.
"So what? He thought he could take the wife by killing the husband?", Xing asked confused. Do people even do that?
Her confused expression turned surprised as she saw Prince Kang rolling his eyes affirming her suspicion.
Wow, there are such vile people alive too! But since he thought of hurting my Prince, he will have to pay the price.
Time pa.s.sed and morning came and Xing was still sitting beside Chenglei waiting for him to wake up.
Yunxi ended up sleeping lying on Prince Kang"s lap on the big couch in her room.
Xing who was looking at Chenglei without even blinking her eyes awaiting for him to open his eyes found her happiness gradually replaced by fear.
Why isn"t he waking up still?
Is there something else wrong with him?
"This looks weird," Prince Kang mumbled and Xing turned to see him having the arrow that hit Chenglei in his hand and he was holding it with a kerchief since it was poisoned .
"This arrow differs from the others..."
Xing stood up and swayed slightly as her legs had slept being in the same position for a long time and she stretched herself and walked to Prince Kang and got the arrow.
Indeed this arrow is different! It is made up of the material her divine sword is made of. How did I miss it?
No way... Why was Chenglei hit with a weapon from heavens? Who has access to those and who provided them with it?
No way!
No f*cking way!
That"s when she remembered the moments before Chenglei got hit... This arrow did not pa.s.s through before the barrier was put on by her, this arrow pa.s.sed through the barrier she put!
In the confusion she couldn"t differentiate but now when she thought back, she could clearly remember. She was someone with photographic memory afterall!
Why?
Who?
One person who is s.h.i.+fty enough to do this came to her mind...
ZHU RONG.
No.... No... No way!
"Chenglei", Xing called for him once more...
"Please wake up! Please... "
"Listen to my voice and come back to me..."
"Chenglei..."
"Come on, we were fighting. I was angry at you. You cannot go silent like this..."
"Chenglei..."
"You are my husband... I will tell the world that... Only if you wake up..."
"Wake up...."
"Please...."
"Please...."
"Why is that everytime you call for me it reaches me.... Your voice reached me in the Netherworld... But when I call for you, you aren"t there.... Why aren"t you hearing me...."
"Is my love negligible compared to your love?"
"What should I do?"
She shook him. She screamed, shouted, pleaded and cried. But he laid there as if he was in deep sleep.
Xing placed her head over his chest and his robes got wet with her tears. Her heart hurt and her eyes were blurry with tears and she held his hands and sobbed uncontrollably scaring Prince Kang and Yunxi.
"Don"t cry... He will wake up soon. There is no Poison in his system and his pulse is strong. He will wake up", Yunxi patted her back.
"No he won"t", Xing sat with her back straight.
"No he won"t", she repeated and her voice was filled with contempt.
"He will not wake up! He will be in a coma for the rest of his life!", she wiped her tears and a small smile bloomed in his face.
They promised to protect his life. His life is protected but he will sleep for the rest of his life...
Ha!
Ha ha ha..!
G.o.ds... G.o.ds... You stinky, despicable pieces of tras.h.!.+
I will not be silent...
No I won"t!