Huang Xie couldn't bear it and said, "I hope Your Majesty takes care of your health!"

The eunuch beside him shouted, "Hurry up and call the imperial physician! Call the imperial physician!"

Seeing this, Mi Xiong waved his hand, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said in a deep voice: "I am fine! Where is Qu Yuan? When will he return home?"

Huang Xie said, "He's probably on his way now."

Mi Xiong snorted coldly, "It was he who proposed the resolute peace talks with Jin. Now Jin has blatantly ignored the alliance between the two countries and announced its withdrawal, putting our Great Chu in a passive position.

Someone must take the blame for this! Tell Qu Yuan that he should know what to do and doesn't need to return to Taijing City.

Even if the State of Chu survived this disaster, it would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

What will people say when they bring up this matter in the future?

Would they say that he was a useless emperor? A tyrant?

Therefore, he must give an explanation to the people of Chu.

The reason why the State of Chu fell into its current situation was because of the breach of contract by the State of Jin.

They accepted money from the State of Chu but did not work for the State of Chu.

Although Huang Xie also wanted to form an alliance with the State of Jin, he still needed Huang Xie's help at the moment.

If he had to make a choice between Huang Xie and Qu Yuan, he would only choose the former.

The latter was on his way back to Tai'an City. When he passed a place called Miluo River, he received an order from Mi Xiong.

At this moment, he suddenly became distraught because he understood everything.

All the members of the delegation looked at him.

He tightly grasped the imperial edict in his hand, looked up at the sky above, and muttered, feeling helpless and melancholy:

"I hate my Great Chu, but I didn't get the chance. I hate my Great Chu, but I cut off my own path to survival! Alas!"

The next moment, he came to the Miluo River alone, took a sip of wine, and laughed like a madman:

"Jin and Chu are so foolish, how can they talk about strengthening the country? Since they won't listen to advice, let it go. The whole world is muddy, but I am alone in being clear; everyone else is drunk, but I am alone in being sober. With such a world like this, I don't want to wait any longer, I don't want to wait any longer."

On the fifth day of the fifth month of the seventh year of Chengping, Qu Yuan jumped into the river.

Afterwards, the State of Chu announced to its people that the former court official Qu Yuan had committed suicide by jumping into the river out of fear of punishment.