After saying that, Qiu Jie turned around and walked towards the rear camp.

Chu Yi said, "You go and rest first, I'll come to visit you later."

Qiu Jie smiled and said, "Your Highness doesn't need to worry about me. You should focus on dealing with Wei Jingzhuo."

Chu Yi gave a casual reply, and only after Qiu Jie left did he ask the guard with the curved sword, "You said you intercepted people trying to escape the city, who were they?"

The scimitar-wielding guard didn't recognize many people, only saying that they were all unarmored women, children, and the elderly. He then added, "Wei Jingzhuo's wife, Su Wan, personally went down from the city and rescued a young woman. Unfortunately, we were unable to capture her."

Chu Yi said, "You're not mistaken?"

"I am absolutely certain that I did not misread it."

“She really stayed at Xiping Pass,” Chu Yi turned around and muttered to himself, “Is she really so desperate that she wants to die with Wei Jingzhuo?”

No wonder Qiu Jie mobilized the scimitar-wielding guards to intercept them. She wanted revenge on Wei Jingzhuo and Su Wan. Was she even going to prevent unarmed people from escaping Xiping Pass for this reason?

The guard with the scimitar caught up with him and asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing," Chu Yi waved his hand. "You've all worked hard. Go and collect your rewards."

After dismissing the scimitar-wielding guards, he returned to his command tent and took off the cloak from his back, hanging it on a hook.

"Your Highness, is the siege going poorly?" Jiang Wenpei put down the medical book in his hand and stood up to greet him.

"I...I'm fine." Chu Yi pulled over a chair and sat down.

When Qiu Jie went to the capital, Jiang Wenpei stayed with her. He had no interest in warfare and killing, and spent his days reading medical books.

After resting with his eyes closed for a moment, Chu Yi opened them and asked, "Brother Jiang, do I have to marry Miss Qiu?"

Jiang Wenpei was pouring him tea when he heard the sound. He looked up and smiled, "Your Highness, you know this. This is the imperial will recorded in the ancestral precepts. It is the common wish of my patriarch and your father, and it is also the most important responsibility of the emperor of Southern Chu."

"Even if I think she's not suitable, it won't work?" Chu Yi put his hand on his forehead. "As far as I know, none of the previous goddesses... seem to have a personality like hers."

Jiang Wenpei said, "Miss Qiu is only focused on revenge. Helping her take revenge is Your Highness's business, and my role is to help Your Highness find the Goddess and bring her back to Southern Chu. Your Highness need not worry. Once Miss Qiu has taken her revenge, she should return to her original virtuous self."

Chu Yi smiled wryly, "Stop exaggerating. Just use the ancestral precepts to pressure me, and I, Chu Yi, will have no choice but to obey."

Jiang Wenpei smiled slightly, picked up the teacup, and handed it to Chu Yi.

Chu Yi drank half a cup of tea when a military officer entered the tent and said, "By order of Your Highness, the trebuchets have been assembled. Shall we still attack tonight?"

"Attack? How can we not attack?" Chu Yi stood up and smashed his teacup on the ground. "We have tens of thousands of troops who have crossed mountains and valleys to get here. Thousands of soldiers are watching me. How can I let them leave disappointed? Form ranks outside the camp."