TRT -Chapter 59 Elopement

“Actually, this princess is someone you know,” he said with a smile, leaning close to my ear. “Guess who she is?”

I shook my head blankly. Since when did I know any princess?

A crafty glint flashed in his eyes. After a pause, he said, “It’s Yue Luo.”

“The one coming for the political marriage is Fairy Sister?!”

“Hahahaha…” I couldn’t hold it in anymore and bent over laughing.

My strange laughter left Big Fox completely confused. “What are you laughing at?”

I looked at him happily, my heart suddenly calm. All my worries disappeared the moment I heard this.

First, she’s totally the wrong type. White Hair likes lively, fiery girls. If it were some unfamiliar beauty, I’d be worried. But since it’s shy, delicate Yue Luo—who stays indoors all day doing embroidery, brewing tea, and handling herbs—hahahaha…

Second, changing jobs isn’t that easy. With his deep devotion to Fairy Sister, how could he let a “duck already in his mouth” fly away? Now that Yue Luo was going to marry someone else, he definitely wouldn’t sit by and watch. If I guessed right, he’d probably already followed her here!

Excited, I patted Big Fox on the shoulder.

“Thanks so much! Thanks for coming all this way to comfort me! Our friendship wasn’t in vain! Come on, let’s get ashore. If we soak any longer, we’ll swell up!”

Big Fox darkened, wanting to say something, but soldiers had already spotted us. They hurried over and pulled us out.

After changing into dry clothes, I sat cross-legged on animal skins, drying my hair. Suddenly, something struck me as odd.

If Yue Luo was the emperor’s biological sister, then Wu Ti—who called Yue Luo “Aunt”—wasn’t she the emperor’s daughter?

So Wu Ti was actually a princess?!

Then why was she serving as the Left Protector of the Wuji Sect?

Was it really, as Yue Luo said, that she left home young to roam the martial world?

Hmm… Something was strange about that sect.

Just as I was thinking of asking Fairy Sister about it, an unfamiliar young palace maid entered and respectfully handed me a letter.

“Princess Yue Luo invites you.”

I opened it.

Only one short sentence, but it made me jump.

On the perfumed stationery, in neat brushstrokes, were the words:

“Young Master Ying is in danger.”

I followed the maid to the side palace where Fairy Sister was staying.

All the guards inside and outside were asleep.

Yue Luo was kneeling by a couch. Lying deeply unconscious on it was—

I rushed forward. “What happened?!”

“He has taken a secret medicine,” Yue Luo said softly. “He’s in a state of fake death. His body is no different from a corpse. But once he takes the antidote, he’ll wake up.”

Her gaze lingered tenderly on his face, as if she were dreaming.

“Mimin…”

She glanced at me, and half my bones instantly turned soft.

Then—thump—she knelt down before me.

Now the other half shattered in shock.

“You—get up! What are you doing?!”

“Mimin, please help Young Master Ying and me leave this place. You’re the only one I can ask. If you refuse, I will kneel forever.”

I was dumbstruck.

After a long while, I slowly sank down beside her and sighed.

“You know this is eloping. You’ll ruin the alliance between two countries. You’ll be cursed for life.”

Yue Luo’s eyes were cold and resolute.

“I know this is reckless and unforgivable. But… I’ve had enough.

Since childhood, I lived for royal dignity and the people. When my father was alive, because I was talented, I was sent outside the palace to study medicine under the Immortal Doctor. I wasn’t allowed back until sixteen.

Others may think that’s nothing. But I’m a princess too. I’m someone’s child.

I couldn’t see my parents growing up. Who knew my loneliness?

My master was cruel and temperamental. Beatings were normal. He often tested medicines on me.

Do you know how it feels to be poisoned, unable to move, lying all night in an icy mud pit, crying?

That night was Mid-Autumn Festival. Did my father think of me then?

He only remembered me when he needed poisons or medicine. My brother was the same.

Escaping the palace and meeting Young Master Ying were the happiest days of my life.

You never truly believed me, even when we joked together. But I truly love him.

We planned to wander the world collecting herbs, living peacefully.

But I was brought back and sent to marry politically. And he was trapped by demons from the Weiyang Sect to practice forbidden arts.

Now we’ve finally tricked Luo Chuan. We’re one step from freedom.

If I can’t travel the world with him, I’d rather die than live like a walking corpse.

Please, Mimin… fulfill my wish.”

She started kowtowing again.

I sighed inwardly.

Every family has its own suffering.

With her beauty, talent, and status, Yue Luo still lived such a tragic life.

Her childhood was ruined. Her youth was miserable. If she married White Hair, her future would probably be the same.

Too pitiful.

I hurriedly pulled her up.

Honestly, I was going to help them anyway. He was my good brother, after all.

I just didn’t expect the usually gentle Yue Luo to be the one taking initiative.

No wonder they say quiet people are the most decisive when they explode.

Seven Days Later

“Princess Yue Luo fell ill and passed away overnight.”

Doctors found nothing unusual.

A funeral was held the same day.

All regions mourned.

The Bazang Festival was postponed by a month.

The Chasing Wind King, honoring their friendship, posthumously granted her the rank of empress and buried her on the grasslands.

Friendship eternal. Blah blah blah.

Royal Cemetery

“Damn! It’s all dirt! Spit—spit! Why don’t I even have a coffin?!”

“You’re not royalty! Where would I get one? I couldn’t hide you in the palace, so I just dug a hole!”

“…You’re ruthless.”

“Shut up! Digging you out was exhausting! My arms are almost broken! If it weren’t for fellow transmigrator solidarity, I’d—!”

“This time, we owe everything to Miss Mimin. We’ll never forget this kindness.”

“From now on, you can’t say ‘Yue Luo’ ever again! Hurry and change clothes. The horses are ready!”

Ying handed me medicines.

“These are from that old monster. Three pairs of poison and antidote left. Be careful.”

“This bottle neutralizes Wu Ti’s whip poison. You were injured before—just in case.”

“I can’t betray my family. I can only give you these medicines. I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine. Thanks. I didn’t even know her whip was poisoned!”

“Mimin, take care of yourself.”

He handed me something.

“If you ever get tired of this political mess, come find us.”

“By the way… don’t you miss modern times? Don’t you want to go back?

I still haven’t decided. If things get unbearable, I might use the Hun-Tian Pearl to find Master Mingjing.”

He looked at me, as if seeing modern life through me.

Finally, he sighed softly and smiled.

“I love Yue Luo. That’s enough.”

He cracked his whip and rode away.

One firm, one gentle.

Two golden souls.

Shared ideals. Passionate love.

Healing each other’s loneliness.

Riding alone across the world, smiling.

Even with hardship and hunger—

Wasn’t that happiness too?

Lyrics

(Love till the end of the road…)

(Even when buried by dust…)

(Love without regret…)

(Believe in miracles…)