Not necessarily next time

[The tall man forcefully grabbed your head, which was fixated on the beauty, and twisted it toward them.]

[You said with a straight face,]

["Two handsome brothers, you brought me here to..."]

[The tall man snorted.]

["Didn't you hear everything? We need your help. After it's done, you must pretend that nothing happened today!"]

[You asked tentatively,]

["She is a princess?"]

["Absolutely genuine!"]

["Then will I still be alive after it's done?"]

[The short man sneered.]

["If you don't unsheathe your sword to help, you won't survive this moment!"]

[You were speechless.]

[Tonight, you had planned to unsheathe your sword to help the girls at the brothel.]

[Who would have thought that you still had to unsheathe your sword, but the target had turned into a princess of a nation!]

[Is this even right?]

["Is there really no other way?"]

[The tall man said,]

["The Love Flower poison can only be cured through unbridled passion. If there was any other way, do you think we would let you take advantage of the princess?"]

[The short man urged,]

["Cut the crap! Saving her life is what matters! I'm telling you, you are not allowed to have any wicked thoughts! You must treat yourself as a doctor; this is to save a life! My divine sense is locked onto you. If you show even a hint of wicked thoughts, I will blow your head off!"]

[You were speechless again.]

[This was way too difficult.]

[How could anyone not have wicked thoughts while doing that kind of thing?]

[It was too contradictory!]

["Enough idle talk. We will give you the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. Lao Ai, let's go!"]

[One incense stick's time? Who are they looking down on!]

[You sat up straight, looking at the woman agonizing in pain before you, and said very seriously,]

["Miss, I don't know if you are a princess, but I feel that in the current situation, that point is not so important.

What's important is that I am being forced.

I just wanted to come out for a walk tonight, but I didn't expect to be forcefully brought here by your two guards and assigned this task.

However, I don't like forcing others. If you are unwilling, the worst that can happen is that your guards kill me.

What is there to fear about death? My bottom line absolutely cannot be broken!"]

[At this moment, the scent of the supreme treasure you smelled became extremely rich.]

[Could the treasure be on this princess?]

[The princess answered you with her actions.]

["Mmm..."]

[In the midst of your busy efforts, you used 'The Only True Seer' to verify the identity of this princess.]

[Oh no, she's a bad person!]

[You figured that after she was cured of the poison, she wouldn't let you off either.]

[This was the normal plotline; she would definitely silence you to keep her secret!]

[Since it was a dead end anyway, you simply threw yourself into it completely.]

['Swimming Dragon Playing with Phoenix' began to show its power.]

[A decisive battle until dawn!]

[The early morning sunlight shone into the cave. You and the princess sat embracing each other on the stone bed.]

[You now had two questions.]

[After the battle ended, you used 'The Only True Seer' to verify this princess again, and surprisingly, she showed up as a good person.]

[What did this change represent? It was so hard to guess.]

[The other question was, since the two of you had already met each other with absolute honesty, and you had even searched through her clothes, finding nothing inside.]

[Where was the treasure?]

[Could it be inside her body?]

[After the princess woke up, she talked a lot with you.]

[You learned that her name was Li Lingyue, and she was granted the title of Princess Baihua by the current emperor.]

[The reason she appeared here was that she was passing by on her way to the Dashi Kingdom in the Southern Borders for a political marriage.]

[But she was unwilling to marry the King of Dashi, that old, fat, and ugly guy.]

[So she used a little trick midway and escaped from the bridal escort.]

[Unfortunately, the two close-combat guards assigned to her by the Emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty were both experts in the Spirit Condensation Realm, so she was still caught.]

[Princess Baihua was unwilling to submit. Seeing a poisonous herb, Heartbreak Grass, nearby, she pulled it up and ate it, wanting to end her life.]

[Unexpectedly, she misidentified the herb. It wasn't Heartbreak Grass, but the Love Flower, which looked very similar to Heartbreak Grass.]

[After that, it was what happened yesterday.]

"The princess going to the Southern Borders for a political marriage?"

Chen Yi had an impression of this.

In the second simulation, after Sun Chengen's border army was annihilated, the Dashi army drove straight in and occupied Suzhou by force.

The Emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty arranged a political marriage and ceded territory, attempting to exchange for peace.

It turned out that the princess who was married off was the one right in front of him.

"She truly is the number one beauty in the Five Regions. Even I couldn't control myself, tsk tsk tsk..."

[Princess Baihua blinked her big, watery eyes and looked at you.]

[She wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, she still didn't speak.]

[You were also a smart person and guessed what she wanted to say.]

["Do you want me to take you away?"]

["But you are not a match for Uncle Gao and Uncle Ai..."]

["Not necessarily next time."]

[Your words left Princess Baihua scratching her head.]

[The voices of those two guards rang out from outside.]

["Princess, may we come in?"]

[You and Princess Baihua put on your clothes and stood on opposite sides of the cave.]

["Come in."]

[The short guard came in and took a glance at Baihua. Confirming that she was safe and sound, he threw a punch at you.]

["Stop!!"]

[The softness Princess Baihua had just shown vanished completely, and her tone became sharp.]

["Princess! We absolutely cannot have the benevolence of women. This concerns the dignity of the royal family; this boy absolutely cannot be kept alive!"]

[Princess Baihua sat on the crude stone bed, faintly exuding the majesty of a ruler.]

["The dignity of the royal family? Hmph! A royal family that trades women for peace, what dignity do they have left! Haven't they long become the laughingstock of the world?"]

[The tall guard lowered his head and cupped his fists.]

["Princess, now is not the time to talk about politics. If this boy is not eliminated and today's scandal is spread out, your life will also be in danger in the Southern Borders!"]

["Scandal? What scandal? Chen and I are mutually in love. How is it a 'scandal'?"]

[You felt that Princess Baihua was now firing on all cylinders with her aura, completely different from the weak little woman just now.]

[In the end, you managed to save your life.]

[Princess Baihua forcefully protected you.]

[But you felt that you couldn't stay in this place anymore.]

[These two men agreed to Princess Baihua on the surface, but it wasn't certain whether they would strike in secret.]

[Princess Baihua still had to continue her journey for the political marriage. When parting, her eyes were filled with tears, as if she had truly fallen in love with you.]

["With this parting, I don't know when we will meet again..."]

["It won't be too long."]

[That was true for you; wouldn't you be able to see her in the next simulation?]

[But for Princess Baihua, it would be a long lifetime after lifetime.]

[Year Seventeen, thirty-four years old.]

[You replaced 'Swimming Dragon Playing with Phoenix' with 'Demonic Aura'.]

[You replaced 'The Only True Seer' with 'Spider Sense'.]

[You finally reached the crucial turning point of this life.]

[You traveled from Dongchi Town and finally arrived at Old Liu's hometown, Hongtong County.]

["Myriad Soul Banner, here I come!"]

[Following the route in your memory, you arrived near the graves of Old Liu's family.]

[From afar, you saw Old Liu kneeling in front of the tombstone, wailing in mourning.]

["Father! Mother! Sister!! You died so tragically!! Damn this cursed world!!"]

[Just as he was crying, the grave suddenly exploded!]