After conquering seven male favorites, the vicious heroine wants to run away

Chapter 270 You're all forcing me
The young girl circled around him triumphantly, stroking his strong arms, showing off her spoils to the noble ladies of the court.

"If you agree to become my male concubine, I will speak on behalf of my father and mother to ask them to forgive the Shan family and confiscate the property of corrupt officials to reward the Shan family's army with their wealth."

Dan Baiyu's face turned fierce, but the hardships of the northern frontier vanished in an instant. He knelt respectfully on one knee to express his gratitude.

"Shan Baiyu is willing to become Your Highness's male concubine. Thank you for your grace."

It was only natural for the royal family to distribute military pay, but instead they used the Shan family as a threat and as a bargaining chip.

The Shan family was full of loyal martyrs, but in the end, they met the fate of being discarded like dogs after the rabbits were caught.

Shan Baiyu straightened his back in humiliation. He could kneel, but the loyal and heroic Shan family could not.

The girl looked at her spoils with considerable satisfaction.

"Indeed, you will be my male concubine."

The Shan family has been stationed in the northern frontier for many years and is not allowed to enter the capital without being summoned. Therefore, there are no other people in the Shan family's residence in the capital, only loyal servants to guard the courtyard.

She heard rumors that the youngest son of the Shan family was handsome and had a graceful figure, and she began to have feelings for him.

Shi Nuanyu thought to herself with self-mockery that it wouldn't be an exaggeration for those actions to be despised by thousands.

As time went by, her long-buried memories gradually resurfaced, and she realized how many wrong things she had done.

"Ayu, stop fighting. This is pointless."

Looking at Shan Baiyu, who had collapsed before her again, Shi Nuanyu felt a deep sense of sorrow and helplessness.

Dan Baiyu put down his heavy sword and stood up. "It makes sense. If we don't fight for it, there will be no place for this general to stay."

In the vast capital, he could no longer find a place to belong, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers had nowhere to cry out for justice.

Why must General Shan be so persistent?

Fusheng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes to conceal the murderous intent within.

Having broken the precept against killing and entered the secular world, he was no longer a monk, yet he still couldn't forget the abbot's advice.

Staying true to oneself is the only way.

The familiar words startled her. The holy son, who was revered by the world during the day, had been kidnapped by her in full view of everyone and imprisoned in an empty meditation room. At that time, he was praying for the people of Nanyue and for the fate of the Nanyue Kingdom.

He should have been angry and disgusted by her behavior, but instead he patiently persuaded her to turn back from her endless suffering.

None of this happened. He sat quietly on the futon, chanting complex Buddhist mantras, unmoved by her threats.

She used to call him a clueless Buddhist monk, saying he was handsome but a blockhead.

He listened quietly to her rant until late at night before finally speaking.

"Your Highness, why be so persistent?"

Yes, why should she be so persistent? There should have been a clean break between them.

Dan Baiyu snorted coldly and charged forward with his bare hands, punching and pounding.

"I, the general, respectfully bid farewell to the Holy Son as he re-enters the Buddhist order. Do not, like the bald monk, spout dubious plausible arguments today."

Fusheng opened his eyes, his killing intent increasing rather than decreasing. "My name is Fusheng. General Shan may call me by my name."

Having long since broken free from the constraints of his Buddhist identity, he has no desire to repeat the same mistakes.

Having been tainted by worldly affairs and impure in the six senses, one is no longer connected with Buddhism.

The clash of their inner energies caused pear blossom petals to be swept up and float in the air.

Qinghe and Yu Changfeng fought fiercely, neither gaining the upper hand. Xiao Zhong's longsword pierced Qinghe's abdomen, while Yu Changfeng's palm surged with a powerful wind, striking Qinghe's heart meridian.

The four men's internal energy surged, and the acupoints sealed in Shi Nuanyu's body loosened. She drew the broken dagger from her waist and held it to her throat.

"Stop! I told you all to stop!"

A sharp dagger slashed a gash across the neck, and blood flowed down. Upon hearing this, the four men's expressions changed drastically, and they all stopped.

"Nuan Nuan, don't do anything foolish."

Qinghe threw down his flute and stepped forward to stop him, completely disregarding his injuries.

Qinghe stared intently at her hand, his usual composure vanishing.

“That dagger is coated with poison, Nuannuan, don’t be impulsive.”

He was intimately familiar with the poison he had concocted himself; the dagger was a dark purple, clearly a potent toxin. Yu Changfeng's face was grim. "Nuan Nuan, don't gamble with your life."

Dan Baiyu clenched his fists, afraid that she would be even more ruthless to him.

"Don't come any closer."

Shi Nuanyu roared, her hand gripping the short dagger trembling.

"You are killing each other, forcing me to make a choice. All the past affection is fake in your eyes."

She retreated step by step until she had nowhere left to go and was pressed against the boulder.

"You conspired to put on this show, leaving me heartbroken and exhausted. This is your revenge. Why should I be your pawn, the object you fight over?"

She doesn't deny that she made mistakes in the past.

Why force her to choose?

Shi Nuanyu's eyes were blurred with tears, making it impossible to see their expressions. She stubbornly held up the short dagger.

"No one ever forced me, Nuan Nuan, I never intended to force you."

Yu Changfeng tried to explain, but didn't know where to begin.

He never imagined she would threaten him with her own life.

Shi Nuanyu sneered, "I never forced you. What are you doing now? Your Highness, don't tell me that you think it's fun and are putting on a show with your own lives."

After Wei Shi was killed, she always felt strange. Shi's lightness skill was extraordinary. Even if he was ambushed, he could dodge. Why was he killed so easily?
Tao Huiyan had wanted to die before, but with his mother's matter unresolved, how could he bear to die?
Ah Ling survived being ambushed and seriously injured, so how could she possibly be killed by the defenseless Tao Huiyan?

Caught in the middle of a maze, obscured by the fog of uncertainty, Fusheng's words awakened her, and she stepped out of the game.

If Mello Manor had truly been massacred, how could there not be a trace of blood?

"What exactly is the meaning of your doing this?"

Shi Nuanyu questioned him, her heart pounding in her throat, her gaze fixed on Qinghe, trying to discern something from his eyes.

These people were either collectively deceiving her, or it was a warning.

Yu Changfeng's face turned ashen, and he inadvertently took a few steps forward.

"Nuan Nuan, we'll ask about this later. Put the dagger down first."

Who gave her that dangerous item? If he finds out, he'll grind that person to dust.

Qinghe, with his sharp eyes, recognized the dagger and calmed himself down.

"This dagger was given to you by His Majesty for self-defense. His Majesty would be heartbroken if he knew that Nuannuan used it on herself."

Shi Nuanyu raised her head even higher, her anger burning unabated.

"If you don't care about life and death, why should you care about mine? Let them come out."

She refused to believe they would die like that, and with a determined heart, she uttered a harsh statement.

“Since all three of them are dead, I, as their wife, cannot accept their deaths, so I will go with them.”

The dagger, which had been slightly away, moved closer again. Shan Baiyu could no longer restrain himself and went to the spot where he hadn't yet tried to lie down, kicking it a few times.

He coughed a few times and slowly woke up, asking questions in a daze.

"Is there a resolution to the matter?"

They nearly killed him with a palm strike and a sword strike, but thankfully he survived.

Shi Nuanyu breathed a sigh of relief; she had made the right bet.

These people were collectively deceiving her; if she hadn't noticed, she would have almost been fooled.

Dan Baiyu couldn't stand it and slapped him, then turned to look at Shi Nuanyu.

“They’re not dead. They took the Turtle Breathing Pill beforehand. Nuannuan, put down the dagger.”

They underestimated her after all, and now that their scheme had been exposed, there was no need for them to continue the act.

Shi Nuanyu refused to comply and gripped the dagger even tighter.

"You all have such clever schemes; you've fooled me so badly."