It is a fact that the Duke of Keguo favored his concubine over his wife, and now that wife is dead.

Not all the servants were beheaded; Emperor Mingyang changed their punishment to exile.

Whether they can survive until they reach their place of exile is another matter entirely.

Yu Shuo did not stay in the palace for long. He took Chongyang to Xishan to dig up Qin Su's body and take it to the frontier.

Wherever he is, his SuSu will be there too.

In the years that followed, Yu Shuo's methods became extremely bloody, although this was only applied to the battlefield.

Just three years later, Yu Shuo led his men to the capital of Yuehai Kingdom, but before they could fully plant the Da'an flag, they were stopped by the abbot of Xishan Temple.

The abbot of Xishan Temple said, "The fate of the Yuehai Kingdom has not yet run out, and it cannot be destroyed."

Yu Shuo's hair was gray, and he looked very old. "My queen's lifespan shouldn't have been so short. Didn't she die too? So the destruction of Yuehai Kingdom was inevitable."

The abbot chanted a Buddhist mantra, "Please refrain from committing acts of killing."

Yu Shuo wanted to send people away, but the host had no choice but to say, "Princess Consort Chen's fate is indeed not yet over, but if His Highness Prince Chen destroys the Yuehai Kingdom today, Princess Consort Chen will truly be beyond saving."

"What do you mean?" Yu Shuo swatted away his men and grabbed the host by the collar.

The abbot knew that he was very emotionally unstable, so he didn't argue with him and simply said, "What this humble monk means is that Prince Chen and Princess Chen still have a predestined relationship for another lifetime."

He doesn't care about any romantic relationships right now; all he wants is for his Susu to be well.

"Bury Princess Chen's body in the Western Hills. Seven years from now, there will be an answer."

Yu Shuo believed it.

He abandoned his plan to destroy the Yuehai Kingdom, and instead supported a weak young prince to become the new emperor of the Yuehai Kingdom.

Whether what the host said is true or not is not important. What is important is: maybe? Should? Probably?

He would try even if there was only the slightest possibility.

Yu Shuo took Qin Su and Nannan's bodies back to Xishan, where he built a thatched hut and lived there for seven years.

Seven years later, on that day, Yu Shuo came to the grave. He saw nothing, but as soon as he got close to the grave, the life force in his body began to drain away rapidly.

The presiding official reappeared, sat cross-legged in front of the tomb, and said, "If we want Princess Consort Chen to live, we can only sacrifice His Highness Prince Chen. Is His Highness Prince Chen willing?"

"I'm willing." He sat down cross-legged, his body looking like it was about to die.

Two days later, monks from Xishan Temple arrived on orders. Their task was to collect the bodies of Yu Shuo and the abbot, as instructed by the abbot beforehand.

The gears of fate began to turn.

【over】