Staggered light and shadow cast on the carpet at the door.
Li Xuanzhen smiled sadly: "Qiniang, you won't forgive me in this life?"
Yaoying didn't look at him, and said: "You hate my mother, you have harmed my mother and brother, you have harmed me, and then you saved my brother, you saved me... You and me are separated by the hatred of the parents. , After so much, I have nothing to say with you."
Li Xuanzhen closed his eyes, "Then Li Zhongqian wanted to kill me, why did you stop him? You really only hate me?"
Yaoying said indifferently: "Because you are the prince of the Wei Dynasty after all, if you kill you, he will be chased by Li De."
The light in Li Xuanzhen's eyes gradually dimmed, and his expression was lonely.
"I can wait for you to forgive me, even if I have to wait for a lifetime."
Yaoying has no expression on her face.
"Eldest brother..."
She said softly.
Li Xuanzhen trembled all over when he heard this name.
"I gave the eldest brother a chance. I think the eldest brother was only blinded by hatred for a while... You have driven my brother to a dead end again and again. I have to learn to fight Wei Ming and learn to deal with the difficulties of the East Palace. You and My brother leads the army together. As a prince, you have enough money and food, and you need to have reinforcements. My brother wants to ask for reinforcements. The difficulties are even more difficult. Everyone with a discerning eye knows that my brother will be embarrassed by you in the future. He led the troops to attack the most. In a strong city, the results of the battle will be divided among others, and his subordinates are often not promoted, so he can only recruit some three schools of thought..."
"Brother has a very hard life, because he can't escape Li De's palm no matter what, he can only stick to it."
Yaoying looked at Li Xuanzhen: "Whether you hate us or let go of the hatred, I don't want to have anything to do with you anymore."
There was a damp light in Li Xuanzhen's eyes.
"You gave me a chance...then give me another chance! I can go back to longevity, I will make up for all my faults and give me a chance!"
Yaoying shook her head: "You don't bother me and my brother's life anymore, it's the biggest remedy for me."
Li Xuanzhen was silent for a while, a haze flashing under his eyes.
"Qiniang, I can't do it."
Yaoying frowned.
Li Xuanzhen laughed at herself: "Look, I am such a person."
"Before Aniang died, I just wanted to live with Aniang in the troubled times. Later, Wei Jun was attacked by the enemy, and our mother and son suffered a lot..."
Li Xuanzhen closed his eyes in pain.
The experience of his mother has been buried deep in his heart. For the sake of his mother's reputation, he has never confided this matter to anyone, nor will it be in the future.
"Later...Aniang died in front of me, just to keep my crown prince, what can I do?"
He was tied to the torture stage, and he must live for his mother's dying wish for the rest of his life, otherwise, he would not know what he should do.
For the sake of his mother, he secretly accumulated his strength, waiting to assassinate Li De and target Li Zhongqian.
He protects Zhu Luyun for the eternally dissatisfied hole in his heart.
For the trust of his subordinates, in order to calm the troubled times, and to reduce the number of women like his mother in this world, he led the army to fight.
Now, he wants to get back to himself and make up for his past mistakes. He once had the opportunity to be like an ordinary person. She showed him hope, and he chased that beam of light in the dark.
It is like Kuafu chasing each day, either fulfilling his wish or dying on the way of chasing, there is no other choice.
He died with him long ago on the day his mother died.
"Qiniang, I met you and experienced so much with you, you are still alive, I am still alive..."
He smiled bitterly, his eyes were gloomy and crazy.
"I admit it, this is my life, Li Xuanzhen."
He sighed long, bitter and sweet.
"When I first met you, I thought I could get along well with you. I didn't expect you to be my enemy. I hate and humiliate myself. I hate you, and hate the self who is soft to you. I condone Wei Ming to get rid of you. , And then found out that I regret..."
"Qiniang, I don't want to regret anymore. Since God wants to play with me like this, then I simply indulge myself! I am brazen. I know you look down on me and hate me. I have no other choice. As long as I have a breath, I won't Will give up."
Li Xuanzhen sighed quietly, the hostility in his eyes became deeper and deeper, and she suddenly sat upright, grabbed a dagger, and stuffed it into her hand.
"Do you hate me? Do you have to kill me to forgive me? Well, you kill me."
He held Yaoying's hand tightly and sent the dagger into his chest.
The dagger was sharp, and a wound was quickly drawn, and blood beads appeared.
Yaoying was startled and wanted to get away from his hand.
Li Xuanzhen clenched tightly, staring at her fiercely, looking crazy, as if he could not feel any pain, the dagger continued to pierce in, and his chest was bloody.
"Qiniang, this is me!"
He hissed, his eyes red.
Yaoying's hair is horrified.
The next moment, Li Xuanzhen let go of her hand, raised her arm to embrace her, and drew her closer to him, his face covered with deep sullenness getting closer and closer.
Yaoying was caught off guard and stared at him blankly.
Gloomy and passionate desires surged in the long and narrow phoenix eyes.
Yaoying's eyes widened, and she was stunned for a long time.
"You are crazy!"
She suddenly reacted, pushing Li Xuanzhen away, and suddenly stood up, with a feeling of uncomfortable feeling in her heart, goose bumps all over her body, as if the place he had touched burned.
Li Xuanzhen fell back on the couch, her face twitched a few times with pain, blood was gushing out from under the gauze, her face was dumb, and her phoenix eyes looked straight at her.
"I'm not crazy."
Other ways.
"Li Yaoying, I want you."
As if Jiao Lei blasted in her ears, Yaoying's heart surged with nausea, and she lifted her foot and walked out.
He is her elder brother, and she thought that his guilt came from his repentance and the love he had met in the past, but she did not expect that he would have such thoughts on her, which is simply unreasonable!
Li Xuanzhen smiled bitterly at the back of Yaoying's determination to leave.
"Yaoying, you are not the daughter of Li Dehe Xie Manyuan."
Yaoying's mind was buzzing, and she immediately calmed down after hearing the words, and her steps stopped.
Li Xuanzhen endured the severe pain of the wound and got up: "I sent someone to check it and confirmed again and again that Xie Manyuan was not pregnant back then. Because my mother died, she lied about her pregnancy, and Xie family helped her to hide it. Li De often left home. There is no doubt...You are the abandoned baby Xie Wuliang picked up on the battlefield, and Gong Pei's letter can confirm your identity."
Yaoying turned her back to him and was silent for a long time.
"I didn't lie to you, I am not your brother."
Nor is Li Zhongqian.
So when Li Xuanzhen first found Yaoying, he didn't dare to tell her the truth, because at that time he had to return to Liangzhou to preside over the overall situation and could not stay for long.
Now he must tell her the truth. She came to the royal court secretly, and it must be for the regent Sultan Gu.
"so what?"
A faint question broke the silence, Yaoying turned her head and looked at Li Xuanzhen, her face as usual.
"You are not my elder brother, so everything between us is wiped out?"
Li Xuanzhen was stunned.
Yaoying's lips twitched, "Even if I'm the child picked up by my uncle, A-niang will take care of me. Brother-in-law raised me and we depend on each other. Whether brother and I are related by blood will not change this point. I and you What happened in between will not be erased in a single stroke, nothing will change."
She turned around and left.
Li Xuanzhen recovered and called her to stop: "What if you still have relatives alive?"
Yaoying's back came to a halt.
"Yaoying, I know who your biological father is, and that you still have blood relatives alive...You don't care about your life experience, what about Li Zhongqian? He knows that you are not his biological sister, what would he think?"
Yaoying smiled and turned her head: "Do you want to use my life experience to threaten me?"
Li Xuanzhen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No, I just want to remind you that Li Zhongqian doesn't want to know your life experience... You believe me, I don't want to hurt you."
He looked into her eyes.
"I just want to start over with you."
Yaoying looked at him: "Who is my biological father?"
Li Xuanzhen said a name.
Yaoying's hands in her sleeves clenched tightly and turned to leave.
The soldier stood outside waiting for her. Seeing that her face was ugly, he asked quickly: "Qiniang, what's the matter?"
Yaoying couldn't recover for a long time, her face was pale, and after walking far away, she suddenly stopped.
"Send the prince to the silk shop and arrange for someone to send him back to Gaochang. This is the secret of Alang. Don't let Alang meet the prince."
The personal soldier is unknown, so it should be.
Yaoying looked in a trance, went back to the house, withdrew her soldiers, and said, "I am unwell. I need to sleep for a while. If I have anything to do, I will report it when I wake up."
The personal soldiers retreated.
......
An hour later, several soldiers rushed into Li Xuanzhen's house, forcibly supported him, and took him out.
Li Xuanzhen was about to struggle, and the soldiers held his arm, bowed his head, and pulled off his scarf.
"His Royal Highness, it's me."
He has a respectful tone.
Li Xuanzhen was startled, her phoenix eyes widened.
The visitor quickly put on a scarf: "Whatever your Royal Highness wants, we can do it for you."
Half an hour later, a carriage surrounded by curtains drove out of the courtyard. The guard knew that Yaoying was going to send Li Xuanzhen away, checked the carriage, and raised his hand to let it go.
In the afternoon, Li Zhongqian hurried back to the courtyard, went into the house to see his sister, knocked on the door for a long time, and there was no movement inside. He frowned, pushed the door in, and lifted the quilt on the couch.
Under the quilt, there is only one stack of clothes.
Li Zhongqian's face suddenly changed: "What about people?"
Everyone was shocked and hurriedly called the guards everywhere. Only after this inventory did they find that some people were missing, and Yaoying was nowhere to be found.
Li Zhongqian was furious: "Why can people disappear if Mingyue slaves haven't gone out?"
The soldiers looked around, remembering that the carriage that Li Xuanzhen was riding was the only one to go out today, sweating in cold sweat.
At this time, a sharp roar came through the air, and a feather arrow rushed into the courtyard, pierced into the soil wall, and its tail clank.
Li Zhongqian drew out the feather arrow with a calm face and took off the letter on the arrow. After reading it, his body trembled and his eyes were fierce.
"They took away Mingyue slaves and warned us not to leak the news, or they would kill people."
The faces of the soldiers changed drastically.
......
Wang Temple.
Tamara Gha was dressed in a snow-white robe, sitting in front of the book case.
The Guardsman Zhonglang Jiang and him reported the turmoil in the city and promised to carry out a thorough investigation, and the celebration activities will continue in the future, and there will never be another crime in the city.
He listened quietly.
"King!"
Yuanjue rushed into the meditation room, out of breath.
Bi Suo signaled that Zhong Lang would withdraw.
When the others left, Yuanjue quickly said: "The princess is gone!"
The Zen room suddenly quieted down.
"Duke Wei Guo was suddenly furious, and left with the princess and his guards. The little one couldn't stop him no matter what."
Bi Suo was dumbfounded.
The Tamaraga flicked the bead with his fingers, without saying a word.
......
Outside the holy city.
When Yaoying woke up, she found herself in a dim carriage, her hands and feet tied with ropes, soft cloth in her mouth, and the bumpy carriage made her dizzy and nauseous.
She remembered that she was taking a nap on the couch in the house, who took her away?
A whisper came from the side: "Are you awake?"
Yaoying has awakened, and she faced a pair of crimson eyes covered with red blood.
She tried to sit up and couldn't move. She wanted to bite the rope in her hand with her teeth. The rope was leather and couldn't bite.
Li Xuanzhen lay beside her, groaning a few times, suppressing the pain, and whispered: "Don't break your teeth, you keep biting."
Yaoying gritted her teeth: "What do you want to do?"
Li Xuanzhen smiled bitterly: "I didn't do anything..."
"Who was the one who kidnapped me?"
The person who can take her away under the eyes of the guard must be a Han Chinese.
"It's Li De."
Yaoying's thoughts were teleported, "Impossible."
Li De planned a lot. He wanted to regain the Western Regions, attract people's hearts, stabilize the court, and consolidate his position. The restoration of the Western Regions is a great achievement that will shine in the annals of history, and the wealthy families of the Western Regions do not trust the Wei Dynasty. He was completely disheartened, and he did not dare to easily break the current balance. The decreed canonization of Yaoying was to appease her and show his favor to the wealthy family. Right now, it is impossible for Li De to send someone to arrest her.
Li Xuanzhen coughed a few times and said weakly: "It was not Li De's order, but a dead soldier sent by Li De. I recognize their leader. They were ordered to arrest me back to Chang'an. I fell into their hands and escaped several times. They mixed in the mission and followed to the Wang Court. Seeing that I sacrificed my life to save you, they guessed that you were the reason why I came to the Wang Court, so they wanted to take you back and return to life together."
"These dead men have been trained since they were young. They only have tasks in their eyes, and they don't care about the overall situation."
Yaoying asked anxiously: "Did they do anything to my brother?"
Li Xuanzhen looked at her.
Even if she knows her life experience, she still cares about Li Zhongqian so much.
"No, they didn't dare to make too much noise, Wang Ting must have not discovered that you were kidnapped, and Li Zhongqian was fine."
Yaoying breathed a sigh of relief, thinking about the way to get out.
She is gone, do you know Tamara Gha? If he knew, would he be anxious?
He is ill and has to worry about her...
Yaoying was thinking about how to escape, while worrying about Tamaraga and Li Zhongqian, she tried to rub her head and found that the hairpin in her hair had been pulled out, kicked, and the dagger hidden in her boots was gone.
"Don't move, don't hurt yourself..." Li Xuanzhen quietly comforted her, "Li Zhongqian must have caught up. I will find a way to hold them, you find a chance to escape."
Yaoying was silent.
Li Xuanzhen smiled, "You don't believe me?"
He sighed and looked at the roof of the car.
"Qiniang, I really want you, I will do whatever I can, but I know that once Li De gets in, you are in danger...I can't let him find that I like you."
Yaoying did not say anything.
I don't know how long it took, the carriage stopped suddenly, and Li Xuanzhen signaled Yaoying to bite the soft cloth and pretend to sleep.
One person opened the curtain and glanced inward, and said, "His Royal Highness, we have arranged several other carriages to lead Li Zhongqian away. Don't worry, we won't have to cover up when we leave the palace."
Li Xuanzhen's heart sank.
If Li Zhongqian is led away, Yaoying will not be able to escape even if he drags the dead men away, and he is now seriously injured and can't even hold the knife.
"How did you get into the Holy City? Who is the internal response?"
The dead man smiled and said: "This is not to worry your Royal Highness. Money can make ghosts tortured. A year ago, the Holy Spirit asked us to bring His Royal Highness back to Chang'an. We have followed His Highness for a year, and His Highness has always refused to go back. Now that we are holding the princess, your Highness should not run away, otherwise, we will be rude to the princess."
Li Xuanzhen sneered: "The princess is now the leader of the Western Army. How did you tell her to the Saint when you moved her?"
The dead man grinned: "We don't care who she is! As long as we can bring His Royal Highness back, we will not worry about the next thing!"
As he spoke, he raised his knife at Yaoying.
Li Xuanzhen's face was gloomy: "Don't move her!"
The deceased man smiled, put away the knife, and lowered the curtain: "Then, your highness, stay calm and don't force us to do it."
......
The yellow sand rolled on the avenue, and the horse was like a dark cloud, and the horse's hoof was like thunder.
Li Zhongqian rushed for dozens of miles with his soldiers, and finally found the traces of the horses and horses, chased them up, and surrounded the horses.
The people who drove the car shivered and rolled off the shaft of the car.
"Mingyue Slave!"
Li Zhongqian raised the curtain of the car and glanced at the carriage. A woman with a veil on her face was hiding in the carriage, looking at him in horror.
He sighed in his heart and his face was blue.
"This is also fake."
The group of people immediately drove their horses and turned their heads and chased them in another direction.
......
The other direction.
The carriage is speeding.
After spending a long time, Yaoying finally bit the rope on her hand, quickly untied the rope on her feet, and then put the rope loosely on her wrists and legs so as not to be seen by the dead.
She is desperate.
Li Xuanzhen's face became paler and paler, he vomited a few mouthfuls of blood and trembled.
Yaoying rolled her eyes and drank the dead man: "The prince is injured like this, and you still keep changing his dressing? If he has any shortcomings, how can you return to Chang'an?"
The dead men would be suspicious and lift the curtains to look in.
Li Xuanzhen understood Yaoying's plan and trembled in cooperation.
The dead soldier followed Li Xuanzhen all the time. He saw the wounded him guarding Yaoying's knife. He hesitated for a moment, fearing that there was something wrong with him, so he stopped the carriage and changed his medicine.
After finishing the bandage in a hurry, continue to hurry.
Yaoying looked disappointed, she thought she could delay for a while.
The sky dimmed and the wind was howling.
In order to avoid the inspection, the dead men chose to walk off the beaten track. There was a wasteland around, and there was no way to drive at night, so the carriage finally stopped.
The temperature dropped sharply at night, the cold wind was biting, and the car curtains were rustled by the wind.
Li Xuanzhen sat up with difficulty, raised the curtain of the car, glanced outside, and said, "Let's grab a horse later and run. Don't look back. Run to the south. They are very cunning. Instead of going east, they're going north. ."
He looked back at Yaoying.
She looked nervous and watched the movements outside with all her attention.
After discovering that she was arrested, although she was anxious, she did not panic. She must have been accustomed to this kind of life when she was living in the Western Regions.
He feels unspeakable.
The two waited patiently until midnight. There was no star or moon, and the wilds were dark. Li Xuanzhen struggled to get out of the carriage, saying that he was going to the toilet and didn't want to dirty the carriage. The dead man laughed and helped him walk away.
In the dark night, Li Xuanzhen's eyes turned black, her hands and feet trembled, and after waiting for half a cup of tea, she bit her tongue, twisted her body, and drew out the dagger from the waist of the dead soldier who urged him to stab the dead soldier. Throat.
In the carriage at the other end, hearing the commotion, Yaoying hurriedly got out of the carriage, took a breath, and ran wildly, turning on her horse, lifting the horse's rein, and rushing into the night.
The dead won't kill Li Xuanzhen. Li Xuanzhen has no fear of life. She must escape as soon as possible. Even if she fails and gets caught, she can delay for a while or leave a trace.
Yaoying's heart is like beating a drum, clenching the reins, and galloping in the dark night.
Soon, there was a crowd of horseshoes and the shouts and curses of dead men behind him.
Yaoying gritted her teeth and urged her horse to speed up.
The dead soldier got closer and closer behind her, so close that she could see the gleaming long knife in their hands, shouts and shouts sounded in her ears, and a dead soldier opened his big hand and grabbed her arm.
There was a sharp whistle.
An iron arrow pierced the dark night and shot out from the dark night. The arrow was attached to the inner strength, with a powerful momentum, and directly pierced the arm of the dead soldier.
The dead man screamed and fell off his horse.
Iron arrows shot out in succession, swish after another, like a long rainbow circling the sun, screaming everywhere, several dead men fell to the ground one after another.
Yaoying panted like pulling a bellows and raised her head.
There are faint shadows floating in the dark night ahead.
Riding out from the darkness, the man on the horse wore a blue shirt and a white robe on his shoulders, standing tall, holding a long bow, wearing a quiver at his waist, and drew his arrows calmly. The arrows are like electricity, fierce and domineering, There is a kind of compassion.
Several dead men fell on horseback.
Dark clouds were surging, and the night was thick, and the cold light of iron arrows reflected on the man's face, reflecting the cold blue eyes under the face towel.
Yaoying opened her mouth and her eyes became hot.
Between heaven and earth, only the sound of his hoofs galloping toward her was left.
Behind him shouting and killing, the dark horse galloped up to him in an instant, the man held a bow in one hand, and held her waist in the other. With a light force, she hugged her into her arms, she stretched out her hand and hugged him tightly. On his neck, he felt that he was resting on the horse's back steadily.
Yaoying was trembling all over.
Tamaraga unwrapped her white robe, wrapped her in, and looked down at her.
Yaoying's tears filled her eyelashes, and she trembled: "You are crazy."
The three words that are the same as the evaluation of Li Xuanzhen, but they have completely different feelings.
The horse galloped wildly, and during the bumps, Tamara Gya didn't say a word, put her hand on her neck, and pressed her tightly into her arms.
Yaoying heard his heartbeat, still slow and calm.
Monk, you are crazy.
Yaoying smiled, tears flickering, shocked, sour, sweet, happy, distressed, worried... all kinds of feelings were boiling, and her heart slowly settled down.
......
Not far away, the sound of hoofs thundered, and more dark shadows approached them. The headed man had a pair of violent eyes full of violent eyes. He slid forward and raised his sword. He saw Tamaraga and Yaoying embracing on horseback. Frozen for a moment.
"A Lang! I found Qiniang!"
The soldiers called him loudly.
Li Zhongqian lowered his face, glared at Tamaraga, and rushed forward immediately.
Forget it, this Sultan is very smart, knowing that he and Yaoying will not leave the holy city for no reason. Something must have happened. He found him and went around looking for the traces of the dead. Thanks to his familiarity with the terrain, They can catch up, and he has all the credit for the hard work... I will find him tomorrow to settle the account!
The dead man did not expect to be overtaken so soon, he decisively turned his horse's head and returned to the fire to let others lead Li Zhongqian away, grabbed Li Xuanzhen himself, and fled.
He whispered.
The dagger pierced directly into the flesh and blood.
There was severe pain, and the dead man lowered his head and looked at Li Xuanzhen, unable to believe it.
"Prince, Li Zhongqian is here, if you kill me, you are not afraid that Li Zhongqian will kill you? We are now grasshoppers on a rope!"
Li Xuanzhen's eyes were cold, raised his dagger, and once and again, he stabbed the dead man's chest without mercy.
The dead man screamed, and the two fell from horseback together.
Li Xuanzhen rolled on the ground a few times, and saw the dead man stand up while covering his wound, flew forward, and hugged the dead man's leg. The dead man staggered and fell, he climbed up, and his dagger pierced the dead man's throat.
The dead man stared at him, never staring at him.
Li Xuanzhen threw away the dagger.
"Anyone who wants to hurt her... can't stay at all..."
These people have a way to communicate secretly. They can pass on information without knowing it, and they can't keep any of them.
Never let Li De know his thoughts.
Li Xuanzhen collapsed to the ground and closed his eyes.
......
Li Zhongqian took his soldiers to solve the remaining dead soldiers, and turned his horse around.
"Mingyue Slave!"
He yelled far away.
"Are you okay?"
Yaoying came back to her senses and leaned out of Tamaraga's arms, "Brother, I'm fine. How about you? Are you injured?"
"I'm fine."
Li Zhongqian shook his head, said, looking at the arms of Tamaraga holding Yaoying, he felt uncomfortable.
The soldiers brought Li Xuanzhen, who had fainted, over, "A Lang, how do you deal with him?"
Li Zhongqian raised his long knife.
Yaoying thought for a while and said, "Brother, he is not in the same group with those people."
Li Zhongqian snorted coldly, put away the long knife, "carry it back, you guys look at it yourself, there is their internal response in the Gaochang mission, you remember, you don't want anyone who is unsightly."
Everyone got the order.
Li Zhongqian asked the soldiers to bring Yaoying a horse.
Yaoying got out of Tamaraga's arms, he said nothing, unwrapped her white robe to cover her, and watched her get off the horse.
She climbed onto another horse, clenched the rein, and whispered to Li Zhongqian: "Brother, General Su has injuries on his body. I don't worry about him. I will follow him first. When I go back, I will tell you about today's affairs. ."
Boss Li Zhongqian was unhappy, but seeing Yaoying's face turned anxious, her eyes flushed, and she couldn't bear to embarrass her, so he hummed and said, "It's okay."
He felt a little guilty in his heart, and his subordinates drove away the royal guards, so that these dead men would come in.
Yaoying separated from him and drove the horse to follow the Tamaraga who was walking alone.
The wind howled, she wrapped her white robe tightly, approached him, and wanted to speak, but her eyes turned red before she opened her mouth.
With a bang, Tamara Gha suddenly fell off the horse's back. The steed took a few steps forward, noticed the movement, turned his head, and circled him.
"Luo Jia!"
Yaoying pulled on the reins, got off her horse, rushed to his side, and turned him over.
The veil on his face fell, and his eyes looked up at her.
"you are leaving?"
He asked softly, his consciousness dim.
Yaoying seems to have been severely slashed, and she feels very embarrassed.
Didn't you get angry and ignored people for a few days and forced me to leave?
Didn't you say that I can leave if I want?
You are thoughtful about everything, and you don't want to belittle me. You know that all love is illusory. You can think thoroughly about everything, why are you still clinging to me?
Yaoying's tears are welling up, but the corners of her mouth are slightly raised, holding Tamaraga's cheeks in her hands, bowing her forehead against his forehead.
"I am here, monk."
Tamaraga looked at her face close at hand, her breath blended.
He stunned and said: "I am the Buddha of the Royal Court...my illness will not get better."
Yaoying smiled with tears: "It doesn't matter, we will treat it slowly. As I said, it doesn't matter if you are a monk, you don't have to go back to the secular regime."
No matter how long the treatment is, no matter what the outcome is.
Give it a try, there is always hope.