Chapter 86 (1/2)

On the third night, Meng Fuyao started having a fever and cough Zhan Beiye went sleepless that night to gather the necessary redients, and he stayed by her side to cool her body heat and treat her He found joy in it, but Meng Fuyao woke up to see the popping veins in his eyes and felt sorry

”It's tiet a wife, Prince You look unsatisfied Do you need er the prince stuffed a fruit into herher acupuncture point at the sao back to, but you don't want to You chose to have us sleep outdoors with the wolves, you stubborn wo Fuyao

Zhan Beiye stared at her flushed face and carried her over his shoulder without a word

”Accounts should be calculated, and debts should be repaid”

He carried Meng Fuyao down theback to the city”

When they reached the botto the streets in welco, and the people ere awaiting their arrival stood in rows outside As Zhan Beiye's troop approached frohtly stirred After all, it was natural to feel uneasy upon spotting a foreign ar Fuyao, as in Zhan Beiye's arms, they quieted down

It was their athered courage and wisdouys couldn't muster under such circumstances, endured criticisenerals, only to be forced to a corner by her own people

The strength of character she possessed did not fall short of men's, and the injustice they had served her with made it hard for them to look her in the eye

Zhan Beiye slowed his horse, passing through the crowd as the citizens eyed the balled-up girl in his embrace Her face was abnormally red, her collarbones more prominent than a few days before, and her exposed wrists frail and full of wounds Eyes turned red while some let out lohimpers

A youth plopped onto his knees suddenly He was the youth who had s's head with a stone, also the uy, who had thrownFuyao's face

He lowered his head as the springish breezehis eyes There was even a subtle se of war

Lives had been invaded and wiped out, but certain imprints that had been carved into the people's heart were a challenge to erase

More started kneeling down before their uilt Their voices were stuck in their throats, and no words of apology could nity aside and kneel

Before righteousness and the glory of conscience, pride was nothing

Zhan Beiye advanced sloith Meng Fuyao in his ar in a woround These were the fully arht before the heavens They had actually knelt down for the mayor they had attenored the citizens but halted his horse before the soldiers He looked at Meng Fuyao, noting the fluttering of her eyelids She ake but unwilling to open her eyes Feeling his eyes on her, Meng Fuyao lifted her lids a little and shook her head

Their gazes hts

”Get up,” he said, eyeing the people ere kneeling in sha by protecting the city You did no wrong by standing your ground and not following her to surrender In fact, you carried your responsibilities out well It's always aFuyao rolled her eyes, thinking about how ”blessed” she was indeed, and at the prince's talent in stirring and buying the hearts of the people

The youth, who couldn't stop crying, started knocking his forehead against the grainy ground, quietly chanting, his voice echoing in the breeze: ”I'll work till death for the mayor”

”I'll work till death for thea resounding wave that rolled across the southern part of the city and austs

Zhan Beiye looked around in satisfaction, nodding his head Unable to take it any longer Meng Fuyao shot hilare and pinched hirown ?'

A pity Zhan Beiye's skin wasthe pinch at all he s to thankwill truly belong to you fro Fuyao turned her head 'Thethe shorter end of the stick,' she thought

Zhan Beiye entered the city and was greeted by a whole crowd Tie Cheng was at the front, supported by a crutch, s for theuilt, so naturally, he was feeling

When Zhan Beiye carried Meng Fuyao in, he cast Tie Cheng a side glance ”Your bones are pretty strong, but you're too weak How are you going to be a guard? Co was startled He had witnessed Zhan Beiye's irave if he were to train with a ht about the offenders who had done Meng Fuyao wrong but weren't being punished, and then about how unlucky he, the only supporter, was Heaven knows no logic

Meng Fuyao glanced over at Tie Cheng This silly felloas lucky enough to gain the support of Zhangsun Wuji first, and then Zhan Beiye He was going to be a lihter Aye, envious she was