Li Jie accepted the fact about Li Wei's condition. He didn’t know when will the poison kill every cells in Li Wei's body. However, as long as there is hope, he said to himself that he'll definitely find a way. It's a regret that he didn’t encountered this type of poison in his previous life, he may have find a way if that occurred. Right now, Li Jie suppressed the poison through his new invented medicine. Although it couldn’t kill the poison, it could still help Li Wei prolong his life.

Li Wei was deeply gratified by his master. Although his master looks weird, sometimes he speak words he couldn’t understand, sometimes he's a bit paranoid, but his master could see the way he cares about the people he loves. Maybe, that’s why…

Jiao-long likes him. He's not blind. He knows that the person he likes was in love with his master. Every time, he saw Jiao-long looks at his master, it was as if Li Jie was the only person existed in Jiao-long's eyes. He couldn’t help but to get jealous because of that. But, Li Wei never hated his master by such stupid things. He know that his master loved his own husband, although he hates that man a bit in behalf of his master.

He really have one wish. Apart from the happiness from his master, he wants to be a part of his loved one's life.

He wanted to be with that person before he leave.

“Master? It's been a while since I saw you and the General sticky to each other. Did you two had a quarrel?” Li Wei asked as he munched the loquats Li Jie gave him. Li Jie, who was avoiding Delun these past few days let out a light cough and said, “No, we’re just busy. That’s all.”

Li Jie kept lowering his head, pretending he was examining Li Wei's blood from his wooden petri dish and suddenly quieted.

“Really? But, master you have been avoiding him. Is there something wrong?” Li Jie sighed and slumped himself on the edge of the bed, looking at his frail disciple/servant. His mind were occupied by thoughts in which he never wanted to think. But, he couldn’t help it.

“Nothing. You know that our marriage aren’t temporary right? I'm afraid, if I showed up to him, will he divorce me just like what we have planned a long time ago?”

Li Wei stared at his master in disbelief and almost blurted out an ‘idiot' as he said exasperatedly, “You both love each other. Why would you have to do such a thing? You both confessed right?” Li Wei rolled his eyes in a sassy way and munched his loquats. At this time, Li Jie thought about the same thing and his eyes lit up in excitement.

“Delun loves me! Of course he couldn’t bear to leave me! I'm such a fool!” Li Jie exclaimed and giggled, cupping his red cheeks.

“Haha.” ‘Good that you know.’ Li Wei ridiculed his master deep within his heart.

Li Jie was deeply comforted by his disciple/servant without knowing that Li Wei ridiculed him for being stupid.

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The General was responsible for beheading the criminal of the Empire after extracting some news about why he wanted destroy the Royal Palace. Although he didn’t said the whole thing why, but the people who worked under Minister Liu exposed him in fear of death. The people who worked under him were now slaves in the border. They knew that their lives would not be that easy anymore but they would do anything as long as they remained alive.

They exposed the Minister from the spot and couldn’t find a way to back out. They even involved his deep secrets.

Who would’ve known that Minister Liu didn’t love his wife all along, and all this time he lived deceiving people around him. Minister Liu only married his wife for the sake of having an heir. But, his wife didn’t gave birth to a son but to a daughter instead. Liu Ming despaired, hoping that the second time they will have a son. To his disappointment, his wife couldn’t give birth anymore.

His plan is to have a son strive for the throne, but he wasn’t blessed with the opportunity. So, he wanted to get his throne to himself. He thought, he could strengthen himself by finding allies in the neighboring states, but his allies backed out as soon as he was captured. He was hopeless.

Liu Ming scoffed grudgingly as he heard the news. He knew that those bloodsucking peasants will soon leave him when they know they couldn’t get out of the situation. Now, he didn’t care anymore. But, he only wished for one thing.

That is to let her daughter to be spared. Although he didn’t love his daughter's mother, he still love his daughter as his own. As to why Liu Ming hated the Fengs and the Royal family, there are two things to describe.

Liu Ming was ambitious, he wasn’t contented of what he have. He wanted more wealth, power, and fame. That’s why, he hated the Royal family. For the second reason, he once loved a lively young maiden. Her name was Lu Jinyang. Lately, she was named Feng Jinyang after she married Delun's father, Feng Weiyuan. He hated Feng Weiyuan, the one who stole Jinyang from him. He once wanted to kidnapped Jinyang for the sake of himself, but Weiyuan always ahead of his plans.

Before, he had once almost achieved his plan. He accidentally eavesdropped from Wenyan and the former Emperor’s conversation about the jade pendant. Later when he knew that the pendant was in Wenyan's hands, he silently ambushed the Feng manor and killed almost all people inside. As vicious as he was, he accidentally killed Jinyang whom he didn’t want to even pluck a single hair. That was his biggest mistake.

All he did was an impulse, his hatred, his anguish ambitions that led him shattered. And no matter what he'll do, he couldn’t turn back into the past.

He died pitifully in front of the border, and his entire family had been banished from the empire.

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After the execution, Delun went home exhausted. He was drained from the thoughts of the past that he couldn’t managed to absorb it all. As he went to the bedroom, he saw his beautiful little wife waiting for him on the bed.

“Honey?” Delun said lovingly as he straddled his steps towards his wife.

“Hmm.” Li Jie hummed as he dragged his husband’s body to the bed and hugged it tightly.

Delun couldn’t react at first, he was stunned. Li Jie had been avoiding him in these past few days, it's a miracle that he had caught Li Jie's attention.

“Why are you avoiding me recently?” Delun stroke Li Jie's soft and glossy hair as they laid down the bed. As he questioned Li Jie, Li Jie buried his face into Delun's neck and rubbed it like a purring cat.

“I…” Li Jie hesitated, he was quite scared but he recalled Li Wei's words and finally felt relieved.

“I'm afraid. What if you'll di… di… you know? Our agreement before remember?” Li Jie stuttered as his heterochromia eyes glistered with his tears. Upon seeing this, Delun couldn’t take it anymore and cupped Li Jie's cheeks, staring at his heterochromia eyes. Delun showed his gentle smile and wiped his tears with his thumb. Placing a deep, pure kiss on Li Jie's forehead, Delun hugged him and said dotingly, “Honey, about our previous marriage, we have married through a contract and didn't involve romance. I... want to divorce with you.”

“What?! Just because you're done with the things you wanted and now you want to leave me!?” Li Jie almost put a dagger on Delun's throat if Delun wouldn’t locked his hands with his own.

“Baby listen to me first!” With that, Li Jie calmed down and sat beside him, puffing his cheeks.

“It's not that I divorced you doesn’t mean that I don’t love you. Honey, I want to ask your hand in marriage again. I will give you my heart, my soul, myself and… I want you to accept my flaws. I'm not a good man, I’ve hurt a lot of people. And I admit, I am such a big scum before. However, that changed until you came. I know it sounds crazy, but that’s just how it is.

Have I told you that I feel upset when I imagined that you’re not with me? Because, I feel tormented when I thought that way. So, I want be marry you for the sake of love, and not for the sake of need.”

Li Jie nearly teared up as Delun said his heartfelt confession. Delun stood up and knelt in front of him. He offered his right hand to Li Jie and bowed, he said with deep bliss and satisfaction, “A-jie, as an ordinary man living in this humble manor, as an imperfect human being who truly loves you most, can I pursue you again?”

Li Jie cried with happiness as he leaped and launched himself to Delun's arms, punching Delun's chest lightly.

“Fool, how could I dare refuse?”