The prince loves me like his life, but I force him to rebel

Gu Nianzhi and Sima Yao had already reached the edge of the reeds, which were close to the mountain. After pushing aside the reeds, they saw a very small and narrow cave in front of them, which was only wide enough for one person to pass through at a time.

Gu Nianzhi suppressed the fear in his heart and walked into the cave. Surprisingly, there was another world inside.

After passing through a narrow entrance of about two meters, there is a huge cave inside. There is a three-meter square hole above the head, which is like a skylight. The moonlight pours down, and there is actually some light in the entire cave.

Gu Nianzhi immediately returned to the entrance and asked Sima Yao to come in quickly.

Sima Yao covered his abdomen, hunched over, and used his spear as a crutch to force himself into the cave. Not long after he entered the cave, he fell headfirst to the ground.

Gu Nianzhi stepped forward and wanted to help him up, but her palm touched a warm and sticky liquid.

Gu Nianzhi trembled and put his hands in front of his eyes. His hands were full of blood.

Sima Yao was stabbed in the abdomen, the sword was very deep, and a lot of blood gushed out of the wound. Gu Nianzhi remembered that in the previous biology class, the teacher had mentioned that pressing would cause blood vessels to contract and could stop bleeding. She didn't care about being afraid, she lifted Sima Yao's clothes, looked at the bloody wound, but was hesitant to do it.

Tears blurred her eyes and fear occupied every inch of her brain.

She regretted why she didn't learn how to stop the bleeding.

Let’s treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

Gu Nianzhi knelt on the ground, pressing his hands around Sima Yao's wound. Not only did the blood not decrease, it seemed to be flowing even more violently.

Gu Nianzhi's arm was also injured. At first, he didn't feel it when he was trying to escape, but when he exerted force, blood actually flowed down his arm to his hand.

Gu Nianzhi slumped on the ground helplessly, the blood on his arm actually dripping from his fingertips onto the ground.

If she hadn't been wearing the breastplate given to her by Sima Yao, the sword that the man in black swung at her chest might have taken her life.

Gu Nianzhi was extremely scared when she saw Sima Yao, who was limp as mud in front of her.

He was afraid that Sima Yao would die, and even more afraid that he would be found by the men in black after Sima Yao's death.

"Fool, why are you crying?" Sima Yao said with difficulty.

"I'm afraid... I'm afraid you will die... If you die, I will die too. I'm still so young... I don't want to die..." Gu Nianzhi sobbed, as if she was saying her last words.

"I might really die, but you are blessed with a long life and will definitely survive..." Sima Yao stretched out his hand with difficulty, as if he wanted to take something from his waist.

"What do you want to take? I'll help you." Gu Nianzhi wiped her tears and put her hand to Sima Yao's waist. With her help, Sima Yao took out something.

It was the Phoenix-inlaid Kingfisher Hairpin that Gu Nianzhi lied that Concubine De asked her to pass on to Sima Yao!

"If...if you can live, keep this...find a chance...to return it to my mother. Tell her...I have always known that she left the palace...not out of capriciousness, but...in order to allow me...to live longer." Sima Yao's voice became smaller and smaller, and the pauses became longer and longer: "My son...is unfilial. There is no way...to let my mother...see me...get married and have children. Let this hairpin...let her...keep it as a memory..."

Sima Yao placed the hairpin into Gu Nianzhi's palm. After saying this, he seemed to let out a long sigh, and then his arm fell down weakly...

"Sima Yao, Sima Yao, wake up, wake up!" No matter how Gu Nianzhi called out and shook him, Sima Yao did not respond. Gu Nianzhi stretched out his index finger with a trembling hand and tested Sima Yao's nose. He was still breathing, but his current injuries meant he would bleed to death sooner or later...

There has never been a night as hard as this one.

During this night, Gu Nianzhi tried to smell Sima Yao's breath countless times.

She was very afraid that this breath would suddenly disappear.

I am very afraid that this person, with whom I have been for so long and have experienced so much together, will suddenly cease to exist.

The lofty words he spoke before crossing into the book became particularly ridiculous at this moment.

Not only did I fail to help him seize the throne, but I also shortened his life by more than ten years...

It was me who harmed him.

If I had assisted him wholeheartedly from the beginning, told him everything I knew, and not hidden what I knew because of my own selfishness and concerns, allowing them to be prepared, would the outcome be different now?

If I could choose again, I should have tried to help him get rid of the second prince from the very beginning.

……

My thoughts drifted further and further away, and my consciousness became blurred.

Gu Nianzhi fell asleep briefly.

Until the light from the hole on the top of the cave shone on her face.

Gu Nianzhi checked again and found that Sima Yao was still alive.

It's daybreak.

After dawn, those masked men will find this cave, and only death will await him and Sima Yao.

From the direction of the cave entrance came the rustling sound of reeds being pulled apart, and the sound of people talking.

"Here, there's blood at the entrance of the cave!"

"They must be hiding in there!"

Then came the sound of chaotic footsteps.

Although he knew that he was doomed to die, Gu Nianzhi still did not give up his final effort.

Gu Nianzhi pulled Sima Yao up, let him lean against the wall of the cave, and rest his head on his shoulder.

She held the Phoenix-inlaid Jade Hairpin in front of her eyes and said to herself, "I'm sorry, I can't do what I promised you. We died together, so we should be able to meet in the underworld, right? Then, I will explain it to you in detail."

There was the sound of someone stepping into the cave.

Gu Nian made up his mind, closed his eyes tightly, reached out to grab the spear beside him from the ground, and swung it fiercely towards the side of the cave entrance.

Even if I die today, I will never let you get away unscathed!

……

The expected wailing of the masked man did not come.

The pain of being stabbed by a sharp blade did not occur.

It seemed like only a few seconds, but also like a very long time had passed.

All the sounds around me suddenly disappeared in an instant.

The whole world suddenly became quiet.

So this is what death feels like?

It doesn't seem that scary.

Tears flowed from Gu Nianzhi's tightly closed eyes.

Do people cry when they die?

Since I'm going to die anyway, what else should I be afraid of?

Gu Nianzhi opened his eyes a crack, then slowly opened them again, and everything in front of him went from blurry to clear.

This... this is...