The tip of the sword was extremely sharp, bringing with it a bone-chilling chill and slight pain.
She lowered her eyes gently and looked at the dagger stuck in her chest. Her eyes slowly moved and fell on the slender and beautiful fingers holding the dagger.
That was Chu Shaobai's hand.
She slowly raised her eyelashes and looked at Chu Shaobai opposite. He was still dressed in white like snow, with an elegant face that was unparalleled and spotless, but the dagger in his hand was stained with bright red blood.
"Xiao Bai, the Queen Mother sent you to kill me, right?" She raised her head and smiled at him, charmingly.
"...Yes." Chu Shaobai was also smiling, but there was pain in his eyes.
His hands were shaking slightly.
"I had already guessed that this would be the case. I have been waiting for this moment. I just wonder why you waited until now to take action." She continued with a smile, her voice was soft, and her eyes were calm and unfazed.
His hands trembled even more.
"Since you already guessed it, why did you come out with me?"
"Because I want to know whether you will attack me." She said calmly.
"Why aren't you afraid? Why don't you scream? Why don't you cry and ask me to spare you?" The smile on his face disappeared and his voice trembled.
"Why didn't you thrust it in harder? Why did your dagger only have a short tip? You know you can't kill me." She asked the question without answering, the smile on her face not diminishing.
"I..." Chu Shaobai gritted his teeth hard, suddenly dropped the dagger in his hand, hugged her, and said painfully: "You know I can't do it!"
He was shaking like a lost child.
Shen Ning stroked his hair and said softly: "Xiaobai, please kill me. I know that you have always been very filial to the Queen Mother. You have never disobeyed her orders. I can die in your hands." It's better than dying in someone else's hands."
She picked up the dagger he had dropped and placed it in his hand.
"No, I won't kill you! You know I would rather kill myself than you!" He threw the dagger far away.
"If you don't kill me, how can you respond to the Queen Mother's death?" she asked gently.
"I..." Chu Shaobai gritted his teeth, raised his head, his eyes became determined, "Ning'er, I want to take you away, far away, leaving Kyoto, leaving Xichu, never again in this life. Half a step into the Western Chu Kingdom! I don’t know why Grandma Huang can’t tolerate you, but I will never let you die!”
He leaned over and picked her up, striding towards the carriage.
"Ning'er, I have arranged everything. I have prepared this carriage a long time ago. The road guide, jewelry, banknotes and some clothes and medicines are all on the carriage. We have changed our clothes and changed our disguises. No one wants to He will recognize us, and in less than a month, we will leave Xichu safely. The world is so big that you and I can travel anywhere!"
Shen Ning struggled desperately in his arms: "No, I won't leave, Xiaobai, please let me down!"
She would rather die than leave. She didn't want to leave Mo Chuan!
However, the strength of her struggle became weaker and weaker, her limbs became more and more sore, and stars danced in front of her eyes, as if the entire valley was flying before her eyes.
"Did... did you drug me?" she asked breathlessly, remembering the bottle of wine she had taken two sips from.