The Prince Wants to Assassinate Me Every Day-Chapter 1005 - 596: An Ning Admits: I’ve Fallen for Xiao Jinxing! (Fourth Update)
"So, An Ning, at this point, the only way I can protect all of you is by overturning Xiao Jinxing’s regime," Gu Xingchuan concluded, his tone brooking no dissent.
An Ning’s eyes reddened.
So, is it really no use to say anything at all?!
No matter how she persuades Gu Xingchuan, will he not back down anymore?!
How did it come to this point?
Is it all her fault?!
"Is it really impossible to give up?" An Ning asked him, deeply questioning him.
Even if it’s not what she wants, she’s already said so much to him, yet he still won’t let go?!
"No," Gu Xingchuan replied firmly, word by word.
"What if I really fell in love with Xiao Jinxing?" An Ning asked him.
Gu Xingchuan’s body visibly trembled,
as Xiao Jinxing was also looking at An Ning at this moment.
Looking at her, suddenly saying... that she loves him?!
"Weren’t you in love with Fu Xingyi?" Gu Xingchuan, after a moment’s daze, asked calmly.
"I once loved him deeply, but afterward, but now, it’s become gradually blurred, and I’ve slowly fallen for Xiao Jinxing," An Ning choked, "I just didn’t want to admit it, I didn’t want to admit that I could have a change of heart, could truly forget Fu Xingyi, thus I chose to leave Xiao Jinxing, to forget him to preserve the feelings between me and Fu Xingyi. In fact, at some unknown time, I’ve really fallen for Xiao Jinxing!"
"Ha," Gu Xingchuan laughed, seemingly sarcastic.
An Ning also felt that she was very ironic.
If she had admitted earlier, how would things have come to this?
If she had admitted earlier, how could she have harmed Gu Xingchuan, harmed Xiao Jinxing, harmed so many people!
Indeed, it was all due to her selfishness.
Her selfishness caused today’s unmanageable situation.
"I don’t believe it," Gu Xingchuan suddenly denied.
"How can I prove it?"
"No matter how you prove it, it’s useless! You’re only saying this to stop the war, you’re deceiving me. If you truly liked the Emperor, you wouldn’t leave him, wouldn’t do everything possible to leave him. An Ning, is it worth it to wrong yourself for the world? Is it worth compromising for someone who always hurts you, always threatens your life?!"
"What do I have to say for you to believe?!"
"I won’t believe!" Gu Xingchuan was resolute, "even if it’s the truth, it’s not important."
An Ning bit her lip.
"Whether you love the Emperor or not doesn’t conflict with whether I want to oppose him. I move against him not because of your love, but because he makes me feel powerless, he makes it impossible for me to protect you well!" Gu Xingchuan stated unequivocally, "And I can promise, without Xiao Jinxing, I can still make Daxuan’s kingdom thrive as before."
"Gu Xingchuan..."
"I said, I’ve had enough of being under someone else’s authority." Gu Xingchuan directly interrupted An Ning’s words, "That day, the humiliation you suffered on the day of your coronation, I’ll never forget it! Rather than saying it’s for your freedom, it’s better to say it’s because I want this supreme power, I want to wield great power, never to kneel under anyone, never to take orders from anyone again!"
An Ning actually knew.
Once Gu Xingchuan made a decision, once it reached this point, he couldn’t turn back.
The cost of rebellion was great, the cost of regretting even greater.
He might leave today.
But his Gu Family, the entire nine clans of the Gu Family, would inevitably be implicated.
And today persuading Gu Xingchuan was itself unfair to him.
If she persuaded him, it would only make Gu Xingchuan choose a path of no return, he couldn’t disregard the Gu Family and choose to survive alone, he would only choose to be buried alongside it.
And Xiao Jinxing couldn’t possibly spare both Gu Xingchuan and her while also sparing the Gu Family. As the sovereign of a nation, rebellion is the greatest offense to him, if he can tolerate it, how can he stabilize the world?
The royal family is most averse to the mercy of women!
So things have come to this situation today.
No matter who she persuades, she is harming them.
Whoever dies, she remains the eternal sinner.
For the first time, she deeply and truly felt that her existence had derailed the entire path of this story, she was not an outsider, she had truly become a person within the story.
It was herself who never wanted to admit it, always failing to recognize the truth.
"Do you really think you can rebel against me?" Xiao Jinxing asked coldly.
After An Ning and Gu Xingchuan had said so much, he questioned Gu Xingchuan.
Gu Xingchuan laughed, "I can."
Xiao Jinxing’s face turned dark.
In his eyes, there was a clear intent to kill.
"Because you trust me too much, you never guarded against me in the slightest." Gu Xingchuan’s smile was sinister, "And I’ve told you more than once, I am only loyal to An Ning. I have never been devoted to you!"
"Is that so?!" Xiao Jinxing responded icily.
"Now that military power is in my hands, with one command, they will follow my orders and capture you," Gu Xingchuan spoke plainly, "So I advise, for the King’s sake, the Emperor should not resist, but surrender directly, I promise you’ll die with dignity!"
"Gu Xingchuan, in the end, you’re just a subject, without the ability to command the country!" Xiao Jinxing stated firmly, "Since I could hand the military token to you, I can also take it back!"
"Yes, the Emperor can take it back, but that requires time! The Bai Family’s army could be roped in by you because you made preparations in advance. However, the local army won’t be, because you trust me, so you didn’t instruct the generals in advance. They now recognize only this military token in my hand!" Gu Xingchuan laughed mercilessly.
Such a clean and pure person, eventually stained by power beyond recognition.
Xiao Jinxing clenched his fist.
"But you also know, the local army is no match for the Bai Family’s army!" Xiao Jinxing threatened.
There was no hint of fear from Gu Xingchuan’s words.
"Do you think you can command the Bai Family’s army?" Gu Xingchuan sneered, "Yuan Wenkang is your man, but he’s now at the border holding back the Tartars, it’s impossible for him to come back to save you, distant waters can’t quench a nearby fire! And Xie Ruotong... do you think she will really stand by your side?!"
Xie Ruotong bit her lip.
The hand gripping the sword trembled.
Gu Xingchuan didn’t seem to want to make things difficult for Xie Ruotong either, he stated bluntly, "Even if Xie Ruotong helps you, with the current strength of the local army, how can you break through the encirclement?! Emperor, it’s only because your strategy used such a way to trap the Bai Family’s army in a deadlock, that they cannot break out! I am merely reaping the benefits of your efforts."
"Where in this world does a pie fall from the sky! Gu Xingchuan, there’s a saying that ’the clever are sometimes overreached by their own cleverness!’ I let the local army encircle the Bai Family’s army, to trap one Bai Family army, but now it’s two Bai Family armies that can be used by me!" Xiao Jinxing narrowed his eyes, "I can join forces with Bai Mowan again!"
