AGAIN or NEVER

Royals

Yin Chen eventually lost track of Wei Ying, disappointed he went back to Yinghua, Qi Ling knew that he lost Wei Ying, he smiled at him while giving him a hug. Yin Chen hugged back but they were interrupted by Lan Zhan, although asleep, streaks of blood fell from his mouth, his face is expressionless, neither calm nor worried, it's neutral. Just like a dead person, Yin Chen and Qi Ling nodded to each other, they joined their spiritual power and checked Lan Zhan thoroughly, but to no avail, everything is lost. Qi Ling couldn't find the memories they spent together traveling, Yin Chen also couldn't find Wei Ying in the memories but in a sudden turn, their spiritual powers suddenly backfired, like there is a seal in him.

Yin Chen and Qi Ling spat out blood, thankfully the kid just fell asleep or they made her fall asleep... 

~Imperial Capital~

Wei Ying wearing black clothes and a farmer's hat with a veil entered the capital. He only has one motive, KILL. Wei Ying came to an inn where drunkards are talking.

"Have you heard? General Zhou is staging a rebellion"

Wei Ying stopped in his tracks, he doesn't know why General Zhou is staging a rebellion, from the looks of Zhou Zi Shu, he doesn't seem like that kind of person but the person beside him at that time, Wen Ke Qing was definitely the opposite of it.

Now thinking back at that time when the new spread to the capital in two days' time, Wei Ying knew that someone was keeping an eye on them, he went back to his room and sighed. Taking off his veil while he locked the doors and windows. He took a bath and went to bed, tomorrow his plan will start.

The next morning at the third call of the chickens that aren't in the capital... When the sun rose on the horizon Wei Ying was already awake, he got ready and wore his black set of clothes, after that he threw away his veil and wore a mask instead.

Holding his sword, he sprinted towards the Palace where the Emperor lives, the emperor usually wakes up when the head-eunuch wakes him, but Wei Ying took the Emperor somewhere only he, Lan Zhan, and that person know.

He splashed water on the Emperor who woke up coughing out water.

"WHO ARE YOU!?" He exclaimed, but when he saw the sword who was half-unsheathed, he gulped his own saliva. "Chenqing?! You are Wei Wuxian?!"

Wei Ying sheathed his sword back, "The antidote!"

Long Yao knew that the last empress, her supposed to be mom stole the palace's poison, which led to her execution. But until now, no one has ever known where the poison was. 

Long Yao slowly said, "So it was you who was poisoned at that time? But how come you didn't die?"

Wei Ying chuckled, "Die? I cannot die yet, I have him, I need to protect him and make him mine, but because of that stupid poison, he doesn't remember me! He forgets me! And now... It's acting up again!" Sheathing his sword and pointing it out at Long Yao, "WHERE'S THE ANTIDOTE?!?!"

Long Yao slowly spoke up, "10 years have passed, a hatred from the last generation has nothing to do with me, but did you ever know that there is no antidote for the poison?" He slightly raised his voice.

Wei Ying took off his mask, "That bastard! He deserves to be cut in a million pieces, even when she'll die a million times, this will not end!" He looked at Long Yao, whose eyes showed fear. "TAKE ME TO HER GRAVE! NOW!" 

Long Yao saw deep black eyes, showing anger, hatred, worry, and sadness. He knew, he also loved someone but Long Yao also loved someone he can't just die yet, he sighed and led the way, cutting his finger and letting the blood open the royal grave.

Wei Ying sealed his acupoint making him unable to move, he then unsheathed his sword and tossed it in the air, when it came back to his hands. It was a flute, Long Yao thought he was having hallucinations, but then a deadly tune was played, he badly wanted to cover his ears but he realized that he wasn't affected by it. 

The tune's target was the old woman who was dead, soon the coffin opened and the woman stood up. A sword cut her to a million pieces, her cries can be heard pleading for mercy. But Wei Ying didn't show any mercy. 

Just as he was about to play another tune, he felt something in his chest, he felt lifeless, as he looked down his heart was pierced by a sword, looking back to who it was. It's Shi Jing Yao.

He pulled out the sword as Wei Ying spat a mouthful of blood, Shi Jing Yao unsealed Long Yao's acupoint, but he received a slap.

"How could you... kill him?" Long Yao said as tears fell from his eyes, "We are indebted to him and Lan Wangji so much. He took care of my brother's child and the last empress almost killed him. We owe him too much" He cried in Jing Yao's arms.

Wei Ying laughed sarcastically, "So, Wei Qiuting, the one I took as my daughter is also one of the royals." He laughed as the chenqing went back to its original form. "Brother, oh brother, my father, Wei Changze, and my mother, Cangse Sanren both of them were killed by a so-called accident. I grew up myself! It's all because of you royals!" He cried his heart out. "Lan Zhan... If he hadn't saved me at that time, he wouldn't be like this! Just how much hatred does that fucking woman have on my family?!" 

Jing Yao then looked at him, "Your mother is Cangse Sanren?" 

Wei Ying said, "You don't deserve to say her name! You all killed her, if it wasn't for the ambush you set up how will they two get exhausted and fall off the cliff with no corpse to be found?!"

Jing Yao let Long Yao sit down first, then he kneeled in front of Wei Ying and kowtowed three times. "Cangse Sanren brought me up. If it wasn't for her and her sick husband, I might be dead now."

Wei Ying slowly looked at him, he tried to stand up but failed miserably then he just talked, "They're alive? Where are they? How are they? Why didn't they come and find me?"

Wei Ying broke down while Long Yao was shocked to know that they really owe the Wei Family more than their lives. Jing Yao regretted stabbing the sword directly to his heart with no hesitation. Wei Changze and Cangse Sanren were just like his parents, and Wei Wuxian, he's like an older brother. But he killed him, soon the sky rumbled as dark clouds covered the sky. Wei Ying smiled, he shed one last tear and fell to the ground. "Don't tell Lan Zhan" Those were his last words. 

Jing Yao immediately came to his side, "WEI YING!" Long Yao passed out as it rained heavily. Jing Yao left there conscious. He went near Long Yao and took him to a safe place. But when he came back, Wei Ying's corpse was gone, the only thing left was his clothes, even the sword was gone. He went back to Long Yao crying, his brother didn't even leave a body only the clothes.

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Yin Chen brought the lifeless corpse back to Yinghua, Wei Ying was only wearing his inner robes, but Yin Chen wasn't in the mood to care about that. As soon as he arrived Qi Ling saw the lifeless body Yin Chen carried.

"Yin Chen... he.. he..." 

Yin Chen sent spiritual energy to Wei Ying and Qi Ling did the same, but before they could finish warm spiritual energy healed him, his wounds, the wound at his chest. Everything was healed as he started breathing again, yet they had another problem...