"I've never thought that I'll be the first one to find you, Li Yanyu."
The words that the general told me are still spinning inside my mind. It's really weird because it's the first time I've met him. And why Li? I'm a He, so why does he call me that name? And the first one does mean that there are more people who want to meet me? But why?
"Your highness, do you still want some grapes?"
I just nodded at her, and she immediately presented me with a pile of grapes, which I started eating.
The carriage that I'm in is a big and luxurious one. I wonder how much it is worth. When we first entered this carriage, Zi Yan was stupefied by the carriage, but I immediately shook away the thought from her.
"Your Highness, I can't believe that we're riding a very luxurious carriage, my how I hope that the emperor of the Lou empire will give my lady a proper respect and love."
I smiled at her and held her hand.
"Zi Yan, we can't order people to give love and respect because it is earned, so you don't need to worry about me, because even if the emperor of the Lou empire abandons me, just like my father emperor, I won't be lonely because Zi Yan is right beside me."
When I looked at her face, I smiled wholeheartedly when I saw the tears that were pouring from her eyes.
"Y... Your highness, don't worry, no matter what, I'll always take your side, and I won't ever leave you." I don't like this kind of conversation because it only makes me cry, but still, I love it because of the closure that we can get.
*Neigh*
When the Horse neighed, the carriage immediately stopped, and we didn't take the momentum, and Zi Yan and I immediately fell to the carriage floor. Then, after we felt the pain, someone knocked on the carriage window.
"Your highness, are you alright? " Someone who I think is a palace guard asked.
"We're fine, you don't need to worry." I immediately got up and tried to open the door, but before I could open it, Zi Yan immediately stopped me, and her look scared me.
Why does she look like something is going to happen?
"Zi Yan w.. What's wrong? " She hushed me, and she tried to open the window. When she opened it, we saw a person wearing a palace guard's uniform with a face that looked like it would bring menace.
But the thing that caught my attention is the surroundings outside; there is no one else other than him. Where's the general and the other palace guards?
"Tell me where everyone else is?" I asked, but I was taken aback when he suddenly attacked me and pulled me out of the carriage. Zi Yan tried to pull me, but her strength didn't do much against the stranger.
We were terrified when he suddenly brought out his weapon, and he immediately aimed it at me.
I have closed my eyes because of it and waited for the sudden death that I will become.
I tried to wait for it, but it didn't come, and what I saw after I opened my eyes had pierced through my deepest soul.
Zi Yan was one who was struck by the sword, and the worst of it's exactly where her heart is.
"My lady... You must run... " That's the last word she said before she collapsed on the floor.
À Suivre...