Xing took a deep breath of the fresh air outside and her dizziness got better a little bit. And the thought of Shengli near her made her ecstatic and that gave her a burst of energy.She saw her entire courtyard collapsing and felt her pockets where she had kept the Dragon Hairpin and the Jade Bracelet Shengli gave her and sighed in relief. Safe! Other stuff... Not important.
Xing walked towards the Emperor"s courtyard in fast paces as the words her master said echoed in her ears. "precious one... Despicable thing".. Will Shengli really kill the Emperor? Is this the show s.h.i.+hong mentioned before? Did he think that I would start hating Shengli if I see him killing his brother? Ha! How naive... I can never hate him!
Xing didn"t know if the direction she is walking is right because she had never been to the Emperor"s courtyard. Not that it would make a difference with her sense of direction...
Thankfully, she found the "Long Chao" courtyard. Master Yuan was right! Xing saw all the guards were dead and she hurried her steps in.
In the garden, she saw Shengli holding a sword against the Emperor"s throat shouting, "You let her die, so you die"
Xing could not explain the joy she felt to see Shengli again and hear his voice.
He is back! He is angry because he thinks I"m dead! He still loves me even though I"m in the inner palace! He is not mad at me!
She was overjoyed.
"Mingxia is not dead", the Emperor tried to explain when Shengli pressed the sword hard to his neck.
Xing looked at the things happening before her and she knew Shengli even under the influence of the spell didn"t want to kill his brother because she knows that if Shengli really wants him dead, the Emperor will be dead by now. Deep in his heart he knew she was not dead. He just wants his brother to fight back or run away from him.
"Let him go, I"m here", she told Shengli looking in his eyes and her voice trembled seeing him after such a long time.
Shengli looked at her and his eyes filled with tears and his usual smile bloomed on his face and that moment Xing knew he had recognised her. She saw his hand holding the sword trembling and his lips were shaking.
"My Xing is dead! You are not her!",
he spitted out these words and those words felt like a thousand needles p.r.i.c.king her heart.
But Xing knew it is not his words but the effect of the spell. She saw his eyes filled with joy but his hands were trying to kill the Emperor, like he was fighting a battle within himself.
Xing didn"t know what kind of spell it was but as her master said, if her blood could break all spells, how is she supposed to break his spell?
Well! Let"s give it a try... No one"s going to lose anything...
Xing grabbed the dagger she received from her master previously and walked near Shengli and pushed the sword in his hand away at the same time stabbed him over his heart not too deep but enough that her blood mixes with his blood, with the dagger soaked with her blood.
The moment Xing felt the tip of the dagger plunge into his chest she felt a sharp pain in her heart as if she was the one who was getting stabbed and her grip on the dagger got tighter and more blood seeped from the wound in her hand.
She saw Shengli"s grip on his sword loosening and she felt the spell is broken. Shengli lost his consciousness immediately and Xing felt her body getting weak again. But before she could compose herself, the Emperor who was watching the red color spread in his brother"s white robes, pushed Xing away and went to hold his brother.
"How could you do this?", he screamed pus.h.i.+ng her hard. Xing could feel he was enraged and his push was so hard and Xing lost her balance and she almost hit her head on a tree behind her.
"Mingxia! What happened? ", Rijun who ran towards her flabbergasted as he saw her stabbing Shengli, held her in his arms as she was about to lose consciousness,
"How could you hit my sister?", he gritted his teeth and scowled at the Emperor.
"She stabbed my brother... , in the heart", he shouted back.
Xing felt warm seeing these two friends fighting for their siblings and pulled Rijun"s collar. Rijun made her sit by the tree and got close to her as she seemed like she had something to say.
"Brother, he was under a spell and I"m poisoned. Don"t tell father", she mumbled in his ears. The last thing she"ll need is her father running amok.
Xing then felt tired all over and closed her eyes leaning on her brother as if she felt like she could rest at last....
Unable to hear her brother"s screams....
Mingxia... !
Wake up...!
Please....!
Mingxia...!