GBP Chapter 294 5 Finger Seal
Chapter 294 5 Finger Seal
The next day, Imperial Hospital, Zhu Xiaju.
Kang Xiaorong had just woken up, and before he opened his eyes, he felt two strange gazes coming from above his head. He thought he was dreaming and didn't pay much attention to it, but the feeling of being stared at became stronger and stronger, so strong that he had to open his eyes to see clearly.
"Brother." Before my eyes were fully opened, a simple word had already fallen into my ears.
The only person in the world who would call Kang Xiaorong "brother" is Concubine Kang Fangting.
How could I hear Kang Fangting's voice in my room at this moment?
Kang Xiaorong opened his eyes suddenly and sat up from the bed, as if he had seen a ghost. After seeing clearly that the person beside the bed was indeed his sister Kang Fangting, and not an assassin, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a frown, "Why is it you?"
Kang Fangting said solemnly: "Brother, I have been waiting for you here all night."
Last night, Kang Fangting broke into Kang Xiaorong's room in Zhuxiaju, the Imperial Hospital, despite the guards' obstruction. Kang Xiaorong was sleeping soundly at that time. Seeing that Kang Xiaorong was seriously injured, Kang Fangting could not bear to wake him up, so she sat quietly by the bed, waiting for Kang Xiaorong to wake up. Unexpectedly, she waited until the next morning.
Kang Fangting didn't sleep all night. There were two dark circles under her eyes as if they were painted with ink, and she looked extremely haggard.
After seeing Kang Xiaorong wake up, she immediately regained her spirits, sat forward, and almost fell on Kang Xiaorong.
After Kang Xiaorong was injured, his vigilance also weakened. Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for someone to break into his room without him noticing.
After hearing what Kang Fangting said, Kang Xiaorong scratched his hair irritably and asked, "What on earth do you want to do?"
In fact, I know without asking that it is probably related to my engagement.
Kang Fangting is Princess Tianning's best friend. She has always known that Princess Tianning likes Kang Xiaorong and often helps them to get together. On the other hand, Kang Fangting also knows who her brother likes in his heart. While helping Princess Tianning to get together, she is also worried that her brother will hurt Princess Tianning's heart.
She thought it would take at least five years for her brother to accept Princess Tianning. Unexpectedly, overnight, news came that her brother was going to be recruited as a consort. What was even more incredible was that her brother actually agreed.
Yesterday, when Kang Fangting heard the news of the marriage, she immediately got a pass to leave the palace and went home, but she didn't get any results at home. So she returned to the palace and went straight to Zhuxiaju where Kang Xiaorong was recuperating.
"Brother, why did you agree?" Concubine Kang went straight to the point without any unnecessary words.
Kang Xiaorong had just woken up and his mind was still fuzzy. When he suddenly heard such a straightforward question, he was unable to react for a moment and stood there in a daze for a long time.
Kang Fangting thought he was pretending to be stupid, so she asked more seriously, "Brother, why did you agree to this?"
At this time, Kang Xiaorong finally came to his senses, and angrily waved away Kang Fangting who was getting closer and closer, saying, "Can you please stop asking?"
For two days in a row, he was surprised every time he opened his eyes.
Yesterday, I was almost angered to death by the Empress Dowager's edict read out by Eunuch Lian, and today I was almost angered to death by my own sister's questioning.
Kang Xiaorong vowed that the first thing he would do after recovering was to increase the manpower in the Imperial Hospital and send more teams of guards to patrol and be on duty, so that no one could break in and harass the wounded.
Kang Fangting waited by the bed for a whole night, and finally waited until Kang Xiaorong woke up, and she would not give up until she got to the bottom of the matter. The more Kang Xiaorong pushed her away, the more she pushed forward. Kang Xiaorong's shoulder injury had not healed, and he had no strength at all. How could he be a match for the heroine Kang Fangting? He was subdued after two moves.
"Brother, you must tell me, were you forced? Do you like Tianning or not? If you don't like her, you shouldn't take advantage of her feelings like this." Kang Fangting interrogated Kang Xiaorong like she was interrogating a prisoner.
They have had a very good relationship as siblings since childhood, so they spoke directly without considering Kang Xiaorong's feelings at all.
Kang Xiaorong became more and more annoyed the more he listened, and he didn't want to explain anything. In Kang Fangting's heart, he had already become a liar who deceived Princess Tianning's feelings. Well, anyway, this was the fact, he was an emotional liar, knowing that marrying Tianning would only hurt her, but he still didn't insist on refusing the marriage.
"Brother, as long as you insist that you don't love Princess Tianning, this marriage can be canceled."
"Fang Ting, calm down, you know nothing..." Kang Xiaorong turned his head to face the wall because he didn't want to see Kang Fangting's face. If Kang Fangting was present when Eunuch Lian read the imperial edict yesterday, if she also saw the wine bottle and dagger left by Eunuch Lian, she would not have said what she just said.
"Brother, listen to me..." Kang Fangting turned Kang Xiaorong's face and forced him to listen to her.
Kang Xiaorong pushed her head away and growled, "That's enough, are you done yet? If you want to talk, go talk to Dad!"
"I've been there a long time ago!" Kang Fangting's roar was even louder than Kang Xiaorong's, shocking Kang Xiaorong.
"Brother, look here." Kang Fangting said as she gently pushed aside a few strands of hair that were blocking her left face.
Kang Xiaorong took a closer look and found that Kang Fangting's left face was slightly swollen, and there were a few faint red marks near the ear. Having grown up with these red marks, Kang Xiaorong recognized them at a glance. They were the marks of the general's slap.
In fact, before coming to the Imperial Hospital, Kang Fangting had already gone home to see the general. Not only did she not get anything out of him, but she also got slapped in the face for nothing. Otherwise, Kang Fangting would not have come to sit by Kang Xiaorong's bed all night.
She originally thought that Kang Xiaorong was forced, and that they could unite as a team and work together to persuade the general and the queen mother to change their minds. But after seeing Kang Xiaorong's evasive attitude just now, she finally realized that Kang Xiaorong was on the enemy side.
"Brother...are you really going to marry Tianning?" Kang Fangting subconsciously grabbed Kang Xiaorong's hand.
Kang Xiaorong was originally very annoyed, but after seeing the palm prints on Kang Fangting's face and knowing that she had been beaten for asking the reason, he gradually calmed down and could not bear to drive Kang Fangting out.
"In short, Fangting, I have my own difficulties." Kang Xiaorong didn't know how to explain to Kang Fangting.
Kang Fangting squeezed Kang Xiaorong's hand a little tighter and said sadly, "Brother, this is not what I want to hear... I want to hear you say that you were forced to do this, I want to hear you say that you don't want to marry the princess at all... But you said you have your reasons, does this mean that you have decided to become a prince consort? Have you decided not to resist anymore?"
"Resist?" Kang Xiaorong sneered. At this point, how could he resist?
"Brother...listen to me carefully. As long as you insist on refusing the marriage, the princess will never force you to marry her. In fact, the princess has already planned to give up on you." Kang Fangting assured Kang Xiaorong.
The reason why she was so sure was that Princess Tianning had already expressed her willingness to give up Kang Xiaorong. However, that night the princess was kidnapped by a fox demon and walked out of the palace. Not long after she returned to the palace, the empress dowager decided to grant her marriage.
It happened so suddenly that before Kang Fangting could even react, everything was already settled.
Such a blind decision will definitely make both of them regret it in the future.
Kang Fangting tried her best to persuade him, "Brother... as long as you object, the princess will definitely give you a chance to regret it. The princess likes you so much, she will never force you to do something you don't want to do."
Kang Fangting and Princess Tianning are sisters, and she knows Princess Tianning's temper best.
At this point, the person controlling the situation is no longer the princess, but the queen mother. Kang Xiaorong has no expectations of the queen mother. He shook his head and said, "Even if the princess is willing to give...but the queen mother is not willing..."
The Queen Mother had long known about the princess's feelings for Kang Xiaorong, but she had remained indifferent. Now that she suddenly announced that she was going to grant the marriage, it was probably a done deal that no one could interfere with.
Seeing that Kang Xiaorong had made up his mind, Kang Fangting reluctantly gave up the idea of persuading him to cancel the engagement and said, "Brother, if you really decide to marry Princess Tianning... can you promise me that you will love her well?"
"Love?" Kang Xiaorong still sneered. Being forced to this point, he could no longer distinguish between love and hate.
"You can't do it?" Kang Fangting's expression suddenly became serious.
"I can only give her a status at most, but I can never give her any feelings." Kang Xiaorong answered firmly.
Hearing such an irresponsible answer, Kang Fangting suddenly got angry and shouted, "Brother, if that's the case, why did you marry her? If you can't even love her, just reject this marriage as soon as possible. Otherwise, not to mention Princess Tianning, even I will hate you!"
Hate, what a harsh word. Hearing it from his sister's mouth, Kang Xiaorong felt like he was deeply stabbed in the heart.
He looked up at Kang Fangting and said calmly, "Fangting, if the hatred of the two of you can buy another person a chance to live... let alone the two of you, even if it's all the hatred of everyone in the world, I, Kang Xiaorong, would dare to carry it on my shoulders."
Although the voice of this sentence was not loud, it caused a roar in Kang Fangting's ears.
Kang Xiaorong had made it very clear what he said, he wanted to exchange Princess Tianning's feelings for Huarong's safety.
Kang Fangting subconsciously clenched her fists, stared at Kang Xiaorong and yelled, "Brother, you will not end well if you do this!"
"Then tell me how to have a good ending? Tell me! Tell me!" Kang Xiaorong could no longer bear it and started yelling at Kang Fangting.
The glares between the brother and sister almost sparked.
Soon, Kang Xiaorong suddenly lowered his head, covered his mouth tightly, and then burst into a violent cough.
"Brother..." Kang Fangting was stunned and subconsciously held Kang Xiaorong's shoulders.
At this time, Kang Xiaorong stopped coughing for a while, and when he let go of the hand that was covering his mouth, bright red blood appeared on his palms and corners of his mouth.
Unexpectedly, Kang Xiaorong was forced to vomit blood. Kang Fangting was so scared that she almost cried. She quickly took out a handkerchief to help Kang Xiaorong wipe the blood stains. She kept saying with a trembling voice: "Brother... I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."