She is nothing more than a village doctor. She has no desire to rule the world or change dynasties! All she wants is to live a quiet life as a country doctor in this unfamiliar land!
He has spent his life surrounded by glory, power, schemes, and plots. He thought his life would always be this way, but an assassination attempt threw his grand ambitions into chaos. All because of something she said: “Even if the whole world betrays you, I’ll stand by your side and face all its betrayal with you!”
He Lian Yanxiao pulled her hand away, utterly unrestrained. “I’ve gone mad! If I hadn’t been hunted, that throne would be mine. Now someone has snatched the city I spent years building with barely any effort. How can I not be mad?” He rarely let his feelings show and had always been a reserved man. But as he looked into Tong Yige’s bright eyes and heard her sigh, it felt as though she could see every bit of his failure. He had lost. Utterly and completely. Even the concubines who had served him in his own city said they would rather stay behind and wait for the next prince when they heard he was going to Feng City. It was laughable. He was so laughable.
His eyes brimmed with the pain of thwarted ambition and rage. His feelings were so intense that Tong Yige had no idea what to do. She had never encountered emotions so powerful that she could read them clearly just by looking into someone’s eyes. She tugged even harder, pulling He Lian Yanxiao onto the bed. She wasn’t sure if he was on the verge of exploding, but he let her pull him down with ease. She reached out and cradled his head against her chest.
At Tong Yige’s embrace, some of the chill in He Lian Yanxiao’s body began to fade. His arms hung…
