Zhao Yue obediently followed Shangguan Jie, who took her to the Yan Kingdom's military camp.

The imperial physician was summoned to examine her arm and prescribed some herbal remedies to be applied to the abrasions.

As Zhaoyue was painstakingly applying medicine at night, Shangguan Jie suddenly burst in, "Ayue, our bonfire party..."

He choked on his words, staring at Zhaoyue's forearm with disbelief.

"Ah Yue, where's your... virginity mark?"

Shangguan Jie's voice trembled.

Zhao Yue was furious at his sudden outburst. Ignoring the herbs she had applied, she pulled the cloth over to cover herself.

His tone was cold and hard: "I am the Empress, Shangguan Jie. Don't be so naive."

Shangguan Jie's rationality crumbled. "That day in the brothel, what was the Empress doing pretending to be a chaste and virtuous woman?"

With red eyes, he lunged at her.

Zhao Yue was confirmed.

The Shangguan Jie of today is no longer the Shangguan Jie she would risk her life to protect.

Zhao Yue dodged in time, causing him to miss his target.

"I will be your queen sooner or later."

Her trembling fingertips betrayed her fear, but her tone remained unusually calm, "Why did you have to be so hasty when I was injured?"

Shangguan Jie was comforted by her words and apologized softly.

Zhaoyue felt no tenderness, only fear and unfamiliarity.

"Card!"

The director was in a bit of a hurry, and as soon as he called out, Xu Zhaozhao was surrounded by two doctors from the crew.

"Miss Xu, are you alright?"

"Does your arm hurt from the impact?"

She received greetings in her left and right ears in succession, and the two doctors immediately separated her from Yu Yao.

Xu Zhaozhao's fall from the horse was real; some pain was inevitable, but most of the pain was just an act.

Is this the protagonist's halo? Even a simple fall requires two doctors to take turns looking after him?

"Shall we wipe off the props first? Let's take a look."

Xu Zhaozhao repeatedly declined, saying that she still had scenes to film and wanted to avoid any continuity errors.

It took a lot of effort to get away from the two enthusiastic young ladies, and then he saw Gu Qingyan standing to the side with a cold face.

Xu Zhaozhao finally understood!

He lowered his voice and said to the two girls, "You guys go back, I'm going to beat up Gu Qingyan!"

The two finally stopped bothering her with questions. Xu Zhaozhao, looking disheveled, approached Gu Qingyan and said, "Are you sick?!"

Despite his obsessive-compulsive disorder, Gu Qingyan showed no disgust and reached out to touch her wound, saying, "Let me see."

It was knocked off by Xu Zhaozhao, leaving a dark mark on his fair skin.

"Get out of here, there's no virginity mark."

His hand stopped, and Xu Zhaozhao pouted, "You had more screen time than anyone else in the entire 'Crossing the River Moon'."

Just after they finished complaining, Yu Yao and the director came to their side.

"Zhaozhao, is your hand alright?"

Yu Yao also spoke up, "Sister, did I pinch you too hard?"

Xu Zhaozhao quickly stopped Gu Qingyan from moving forward, saying, "It's okay, it's okay."

"Director, let's hurry up and shoot the next take, then I can remove these herbs."

Quick, take a picture! These two guys are about to fight!

"Okay, okay."

The director hurriedly returned to his directing position.

And so, Zhao Yue's final scene began to be filmed.

He half-heartedly pushed her to the bonfire party, and before she could even get close, the lively bonfire began to stir.

"Enemy attack—!"

Zhao Yue was in pain from being bumped by them, but Shangguan Jie didn't have time to pay attention to her. A soldier rushed up to him anxiously.

"General, an enemy force of 30,000 is approaching! Please give instructions!"

"Ready to meet the enemy!"

Shangguan Jie's words revealed his resentment towards Shangguan Du.

He had only taken two steps when he remembered Zhaoyue. "Ayue, quickly get on your horse and follow me!"

"Okay," Zhao Yue agreed, her face pale.

Watching his departing figure, Zhaoyue ignored him and went straight to his tent.

Inside his tent was a huge map, with some places marked.

Although she couldn't understand it, her practice since childhood had made her extremely good at copying.

Despite the pain in his arm, he copied the defense plan from the map on the wall.

She stuffed the cloth into her chest and ran towards her horse.

By the time she found the horse, the Yan army was already preparing to advance.

Shangguan Jie looked at her impatiently, "Zhaoyue, when did you become so weak? Are you making us all wait for you?!"

She was already a lamb to the slaughter, and Shangguan Jie could no longer even put on a pleasant expression.

Zhaoyue reluctantly mounted her horse and followed behind Shangguan Jie.

Isn't this also a form of surveillance?

The enemy launched a night attack, and the Yan army retreated overnight, only to be surrounded by the enemy at the edge of a cliff.

There was no fighting, no clash of swords, just an encirclement; this night raid was unusually harmonious.

Shangguan Jie knew the reason, of course—Zhaoyue was in his team, and swords and spears had no eyes; Shangguan Du couldn't bear to see her get hurt.

The wind on the cliff edge ruffled Shangguan Jie's hair, and he laughed unrestrainedly, "Where's Shangguan Du? Come out and chat with your brother."

Da da da...

The rhythmic sound of horses' hooves rang out, and the elite troops surrounding them parted to make way for them.

A man clad in golden armor, riding his Akhal-Teke steed, leisurely appeared in their sight.

Everyone's eyes were on him, but his gaze followed only Zhaoyue.

His gaze was sharp, and his voice was calm and deep, "Release my wife, and I will spare your lives."

"Ouch~"

Shangguan Jie said sarcastically, "The Emperor and Empress's love is stronger than gold, and I'm so moved I could cry."

“Who said our love is stronger than gold?” Zhao Yue interrupted him from behind.

Driving her horse slowly to the front of the procession, she said, "Shangguandu, you know, what I hate most is war."

She sneered, "Brother Du, take good care of my horse."

The next second, the horse beneath Zhaoyue galloped off towards the edge of the cliff.

"Ah Yue!!!"

"Empress!!!"

Two heart-wrenching voices roared behind her, but she, riding the fine steed given to her by the new emperor, could not catch up.

At the edge of the cliff, the horse reared up and neighed sharply, coming to an abrupt halt. The man in black then plunged off the cliff...

thump.

A loud splashing sound rang out.

Both groups of people looked toward the cliff, and time seemed to stand still at that moment.

"superior!"

Someone shouted, and the two sides clashed.

thump.

Another splash.

Having just subdued the Yan army, the imperial guards who had captured Shangguan Jie alive were in a panic.

"Save the Emperor! Save the Empress!!"

...

"Cut! That's a wrap. Zhaoyue's filming is complete!"

The staff on site cheered before they realized what had happened.

Zhao Yue has already wrapped filming?!

Then they started complaining again.

"Director, why did you add a bE?"

"Director, director, please make some changes. Let's get Zhaoyue out of the water. Can we do it?"

The director looked towards the "pool".

Why don't you ask the screenwriter? He and the female lead are soaking in the water.