She Rebuilt Her Fallen Country With Storage Space-Chapter 18 - The Crown Prince Woke Up

Xiang Li slowly opened his heavy eyes, momentarily dazzled by the brief light that discomforted him.

Gradually, his vision cleared.

The sight that greeted him was a delicate and gentle face, graced by a contented slight smile.

He was somewhat confused.

Hadn't he died?

His gaze drifted downward, and seeing himself undressed, Xiang Li tensed up immediately, and his thoughts became considerably clearer.

What had this girl done to him?

Just then, another stunningly beautiful and fair face appeared above him.

"Tsks, woken up already, it looks like you indeed have a good constitution," Xiang Ying remarked sentimentally.

Beside her, three little heads popped up one after another, each excitedly shouting, "Uncle, you're awake!"

Xiang Li was startled.

He propped himself to sit up, and Tao Xue hurriedly lent a hand to support him.

Xiang Li looked around. Soldiers were stationed not far away, patrolling and glancing over at them now and then.

And around them were the women and children from the families being escorted.

His gaze finally rested on his sister, Xiang Ying.

"Ayin, you're still alive?"

Xiang Ying arched her eyebrows: "Of course, the person capable of taking my life, Xiang Ying, hasn't been born yet."

Xiang Li's brows slightly furrowed.

Xiang Yuanshuo blurted out with his small mouth, "Uncle, she has already changed. She doesn't have the conditions to tease handsome men anymore; give her a chance to start anew."

Xiang Yuanlang and Xiang Xiuxiu nodded in agreement.

Xiang Ying's phoenix eyes lifted with a trace of coldness, and she pinched Xiang Yuanshuo's little face with one hand.

"What are you talking about?"

She turned her head and saw that Xiang Li's arm wound had split due to him sitting up, and fresh blood was oozing out.

Xiang Ying took out a handkerchief to wipe it for him, but Xiang Li grabbed her hand.

"Ayin, go summon the Military Supervisor in charge here. I have words to discuss with him." Xiang Li's lips were pale and slightly cracked, yet even now, in dire straits, he still maintained a dignified and composed demeanor.

Looking into his thin eyes, Xiang Ying guessed what he intended to do.

"What's the use of summoning them? You have nothing now, Ah Ge, what value do you have left to trade?"

Xiang Li pursed his lips: "I still have my life, which could be exchanged for you and Yuanxiao's freedom. At least you and the children could survive."

Xiang Ying abruptly stood up, her tone cold: "Nowadays, everyone's life is worthless. The Nanyue Emperor has gone through great lengths to capture us, these stateless slaves, fearing that Xizhou might be revived. Your life has long been in the hands of others."

A layer of sorrow surfaced on Xiang Li's pale face.

The expressions on Lin Lingxiang and the others were also heavy.

After a moment, Xiang Li spoke, filled with remorse: "It is Ah Ge's fault for failing to protect you all, I'm sorry."

The three children huddled around him and began to sob softly.

Xiang Ying didn't understand how there could be someone like Xiang Li in this world, filled with such a sense of responsibility?

Their Father, the Emperor, abandoned the nation and fleed, damaging the city gates on his way out, completely disregarding the lives and deaths of the Imperial Family kin.

Only Xiang Li, commanding the soldiers, resisted to the final moment, this unyielding Crown Prince, was mocked by Nanyue soldiers, left with a pair of crippled legs.

And the first thing, he does upon waking, he actually says sorry to her?

Damn it, Xiang Ying was inexplicably touched by this!

She lifted the three crying little ones, "Don't pressure your uncle's wounds!"

After that, Xiang Ying picked up the handkerchief again and continued to wipe Xiang Li's wounds, her phoenix eyes slightly lowered, her expression extremely determined.

"Forget about it, you concentrate on healing your injuries. And then, we will all go to Nanyue together, I promise, we will live well."

"What do you plan to do?" Xiang Li frowned, somewhat worried.

Xiang Ying, however, didn't plan to explain too much: "You'll know when the time comes, Ah Ge, I'm not the same as I was before."

Xiang Li watched her silently, clearly not quite believing.

Tao Xue by his side nodded continuously: "The elder princess is now exceptionally formidable, skilled in both literature and martial arts. The meals we eat every day are all thanks to the elder princess."

At this moment, the soldiers cracked their whips, and the Exile Team was about to set off again.

The two soldiers responsible for pulling Xiang Li's wooden cart came back, both with unpleasant expressions on their faces.

After all, in such scorching weather, they had to drag along a half-dead deposed Crown Prince, and there were no benefits to be gained.

One of them yanked the rope viciously, causing the wooden board to bump violently, with Xiang Li's body uncontrollably tilting and slamming into the side of the cart.

He groaned in pain.

Xiang Ying scolded: "Can you be a little more careful?"

It was not easy for her to have kept him alive!

The soldier turned around fiercely: "He's just a fallen Crown Prince, what kind of care do you expect from us? It's a grace from our Military Supervisor that he is not killed!"

His colleague immediately nudged his shoulder.

"Cut it down a bit, that woman is not to be trifled with. The team leader just got both his hands broken by her not long ago."

"I don't care about her, just a defeated slave, and still dares to make demands." Still, he became afraid.

His movements became more cautious, but he kept muttering curses under his breath.

Xiang Yuanshuo could not stand it and gritted his teeth: "Talking so indecently, you'll fall to your death one of these days."

The soldier turned around, rolling up his sleeves: "What did you say, you dead brat?!"

Xiang Ying pulled Xiang Yuanshuo behind her and faced up defiantly: "What, are you going to hit me?"

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Seeing the resolve in her phoenix eyes, the soldier, reminded of how adeptly she had skinned a bear, hesitated for a moment.

Then, a harsh voice rang out: "What's all the noise! If you don't get moving, just wait for death!"

Everyone turned their heads to look.

It turned out to be the new team leader.

Huang Huzi was barely alive, and this half of the Exile Team couldn't be without a leader's oversight.

Thus, the Military Supervisor assigned a new team leader, a man tall and burly, with a rough voice.

From his eyebrow to his forehead was a ferocious scar.

The troublemaking soldier, upon seeing him, cowered as if a mouse had seen a cat, and humbly saluted: "Greetings, team leader, this woman with children is causing trouble, I was just about to teach her a lesson."

Scar face looked towards Xiang Ying with a hostile gaze.

Xiang Li on the wooden cart propped up his frail body and sat up, pulling Xiang Ying and the children to his side.

It was clearly a protective stance.

However, scar face merely glanced once and then averted his gaze.

His voice thunderous, he scolded the Exile Team: "I am your new team leader; you may call me Scar Master!"

"I don't care about the former team leader's requirements, under my watch, no one is allowed to bribe, act independently, and after the evening command from the Military Supervisor to rest, no one is permitted to go out!"

"Violators, regardless of their status, I will execute on the spot, leaving no future troubles!" His last words were directed at Xiang Ying.

Clearly, what she had done the night before had spread throughout the Exile Team, and everyone was on their guard.

Scar face was full of authority, establishing his dominance upon arrival, and the cluster of women folk shivered in fear, nodding lightly.

At his command to move out, no one delayed any longer.

The two soldiers from before quickly took up the cart rope, pulling Xiang Li's wooden cart forward.

After a short walk, the soldier who had been shouting at Xiang Ying suddenly stumbled, plunging forward.

Before he could even let out a scream, he was motionless.

A series of shocked exclamations rose from around.

Scar face quickly came back from the front: "What happened?"

He turned the fallen soldier over, only to see a sharp stone embedded into his forehead.

He was already dead with eyes wide open!

Xiang Ying slightly furrowed her brows.

Could someone really be killed by a fall like this?