While Li Qiji and his group were engaged in a fierce battle, Guan Zhiyue was having a very pleasant time.

Guan Chengheng ran out of the military camp and saw his sister, who was sitting alone by the fence, looking at the sea that was so close yet so far away.

"Hey girl, what are you doing?"

Without turning her head, Guan Zhiyue asked, "Second Brother, where do you think the Emperor and the others are now?"

Guan Chengheng didn't know how to answer this question. He scratched his head a little dumbfounded, looked up at his sister, and said, "Hey, sister, how about I take you shopping in the county town?"

Guan Zhiyue sighed and refused, "No, why would Second Brother have time to come looking for me?"

"Hehe, I just wanted to keep you company because I was worried you'd be bored."

Guan Zhiyue yawned and then said, "What could I be bored about? I'm just thinking that I don't have any businesses here yet!"

"I was even thinking of having Lan Shanqi open a shop here!"

Guan Chengheng's lips twitched. Why did his sister's thoughts jump around so quickly?

"Ah! Sister, weren't we talking about the Emperor and the others? What? Now you're bringing up shop-opening stuff?"

Guan Zhiyue rolled her eyes and then said, "I'm not the kind of woman who only depends on men for a living. I naturally have my own way of living."

The reason I asked you this is to see if you know roughly where they are.

"Okay, I don't know!"

"But why did you choose to cooperate with Young Master Lan?"

Guan Zhiyue was speechless. Her second brother was really adorable! How could he be so simple-minded?

"Because I don't know how to do business. Do you know how?"

"Besides, I don't have time to come out and see, so it can only be the big imperial merchant Lan Shanqi who comes. I'll just wait to collect the money and then give some advice."

Guan Chengheng didn't quite understand, but he didn't ask anymore, because he couldn't understand what his sister was saying.

"Second brother, is there anything you want to do?"

Guan Zhiyue turned her head to look at the man who was both a bit silly and a bit roguish. He had bronze skin, which he had only recently acquired after coming to Guantao County. However, the bronze color was not quite the same; it was just a little darker than the usual yellow.

Guan Chengheng thought about it very seriously.

"I don't know, I just want to do my best to earn merit and earn military merit for myself."

"A true man knows what to do and what not to do! Second brother, you must think this through carefully before making a choice."

After Guan Zhiyue finished speaking, she suddenly thought of something and added, "Sigh, I just don't know how long it will be before I can see my second sister-in-law again."

Kwan Sing-hang: This is a sad topic!

"Little sister, I think there might be some problems with this question!"

Guan Zhiyue turned her head to look at Guan Chengheng, sizing up her second brother. Her second brother was in the prime of his youth, twenty-one or twenty-two years old. In modern times, he would be an innocent and naive college student, but what about in ancient times?

At fifteen or sixteen, they had already entered the battlefield, witnessed the cruelty of war, seen the annihilation of humanity, and experienced the hardships of life. Their eyes were filled with longing for a happy life in the future.

"Second brother, you're twenty-one this year. You should start thinking about your future wife. It's a pity our mother passed away early. But if you have a girl you like..."

"You can tell your sister, and she can propose marriage to your second brother." Guan Zhiyue's voice was faint, yet strangely tinged with a hint of sadness.

Guan Chengheng blushed and looked a little embarrassed after hearing what his sister said.

"Big brother is already twenty-three this year! He hasn't married sister-in-law yet! Why don't you care about him, little sister?" Guan Chengheng's shy appearance was hard for Guan Zhiyue not to love.

"But my older brother isn't here with me. If he were here, I would have said the same thing!"

"Judging from your behavior, Second Brother, could it be that you already have a girl you like?"

Guan Chengheng blushed even more when he said that. He said he hadn't known any girls. He had been in the army all along.

The girls I know most are just distant relatives. As for the others, I've only heard about them. How would I know what they look like?

Seeing her second brother acting this way, Guan Zhiyue didn't want to tease him anymore, afraid that teasing him might make him angry.

The brother and sister chatted about a few other things before turning and heading towards the military camp.

Meanwhile, Ji Shang and his group were hurrying along the road. There were no women in their group; they were almost all riding horses at breakneck speed, all because they wanted to return to the capital as soon as possible and hand over what they had to the current Prince Xiaoyao.

"Seventh Prince, can you still hold on?"

Ji Shang looked at Li An, who was panting slightly, and asked as he tightened the reins.

Li An reined in his horse and said wearily, "I'm exhausted. It's been a long time since I've traveled such a long distance. I need to rest for a bit, or I'll have to throw up all the seafood feast I had last night."

Ji Shang, standing to the side, was speechless. He rolled his eyes and, without saying anything, reined in his horse, dismounted, and looked at the distance they had covered.

Li An took the water from the horse's back and started gulping it down, even letting out a rather unladylike burp, "Burp~~~"

"So satisfying! Little Yue'er is truly a beauty!" Li An exclaimed while drinking water, his lewd expression making Ji Shang glance at him again.

The other guards who were hiding in the shadows also grimaced in disdain when they heard what the Seventh Prince said.

They traveled at a leisurely pace, stopping frequently along the way, and a day was quickly spent. Meanwhile, Li Qiji and his men, who had been engaged in a fierce battle at sea for half a day, were now cleaning up the battlefield in large quantities.

This time, all the corpses, whether from Japan or Nanding, had to be thrown into the sea.

"Your Majesty, are you alright?" Ji Wu had his left arm bandaged and draped around his neck. What could he do? His left arm was injured.

The emperor was also slashed in the back, but fortunately it was only a superficial wound that only required some medicine.

While no vital organs were damaged, one of their warships sustained some damage and could only be used as a support vessel, placed at the very back.

"Has the casualty count been completed?"

"Your Majesty, the count has been completed. The total number of dead is 980, the number of injured is 1,500, of which 300 are slightly injured, 1,000 are moderately injured, and 200 are seriously injured."

Li Qiji nodded to indicate that he understood, then glanced at Ji Wu and said, "Take care of yourself. Swords have no eyes!"

"Yes, thank you for your concern, Your Majesty!"

Then Li Qiji waved for Ji Wu to leave, as he was about to begin his debriefing.