Li Yong was so angry he was practically fuming, wishing he could gag them both. Zhao Moyan remained silent, returning to her room as soon as they reached the military camp. Li Yong wanted to say something, but seeing the two drunk men on him, he shook his head, sighed, pushed them away, and went back to his room. The two men lying on the ground were still sighing, "Madam! Amazing! What a pity! My lord! My lord, don't be sad!"

Zhao Moyan returned to his room and took out the military treatise written by Tian Yu. Thinking of Tian Yu's ruthlessness, why did she treat him this way? Was everything before a lie? Even if there were difficulties, they could face them together. For her, he could give up everything, but she wouldn't give him that chance. He remembered seeing her on the city wall when he left; he thought she still cared for him. At that moment, he so wanted to hold her in his arms and tell her to wait for him to return.

But everything changed in just a few months. He should have let go the moment he learned she was pregnant with the Crown Prince's child, but he couldn't give up. When he heard they were getting married, he actually tried to steal the bride at all costs. Thinking about it now, it's really laughable. Fortunately, Prince Wu stopped him. Recalling all this, Zhao Moyan chuckled to himself, then found the poems written by Tian Yu, pulled out the hairpin from his hair, and threw it into the brazier along with the military book. Zhao Moyan didn't dare to look at the raging fire behind him, afraid that he would be unable to resist picking it up again. He clenched his fists, looked up at the roof, and his disheveled hair made his already thin figure look even more haggard.

In the days that followed, Zhao Moyan seemed to have returned to his original self. However, once some things are changed, they are hard to bring back. Everyone believes that time will heal all wounds, but sometimes they forget that time can also prove everything.

Zhang Zhan and Lu Da, both with limited literacy, became obsessed with reading because of Tian Yu's two books. They could be seen everywhere, pulling out books to read whenever they had a spare moment. Li Yong had initially listened to their advice to make Zhao Moyan forget about Tian Yu, but seeing their current behavior—constantly referring to her as "Madam" and "Mr. Tian"—it seemed they were poisoned, even more so than the Marquis!

That day, Zhao Moyan stumbled upon the two discussing Tian Yu again. Li Yong quickly explained, "Brother, don't mind them. They just idolize your wife too much. If you don't like it, I'll tell them to get lost."

"Never mind, it's nothing, you can go now!"

"Okay, is that guy really going to let go?"

"What's the meaning?"

"Brother! I'll always stand by you and sister-in-law. I still don't believe that sister-in-law is a vain person. Should I send someone to investigate again?"

"No need, it was her own choice. She already told me, but I just didn't believe her."

"How could my sister-in-law do this?!" Li Yong still couldn't believe it, but the facts were undeniable: Tian Yu was now the Crown Princess and had a child. He had heard that the Crown Prince treated her very well.

With Zhao Moyan letting go, it seemed the matter was over. He decided to stay in the northern border region to guard the frontier and gather intelligence on the Zhao family's past. He also discovered that the Mongol Kingdom had been involved and planned to investigate further. News kept coming from the capital. Although Zhao Moyan told himself he had let go, when he calculated the time and learned that Tian Yu's child hadn't been born yet, his heart sank. He had kept making excuses, telling himself that everything would be clear when the child was born, but with the day approaching and no news of Tian Yu's delivery, Zhao Moyan could no longer deceive himself.

Just then, a scout reported finding clues in Mongolia about their past collusion. Upon receiving this news, Zhao Moyan's first reaction was to go to Mongolia himself, but Li Yong stopped him, arguing that it was too dangerous for him to go alone. Zhao Moyan also felt that receiving this news at this time was somewhat suspicious, but since it concerned the Zhao family's reputation, he hesitated. Just then, news came from Mongolia that those who had colluded with Wu Kingdom years ago had recently re-established contact with Wu Kingdom.

That very night, Zhao Moyan led his men to investigate. They encountered an ambush as soon as they left the city gate. Li Yong and his men were initially able to quickly defeat the enemy, but one of the enemy soldiers fighting Zhao Moyan whispered to him, "Don't you want to know whose child the Crown Princess is carrying?"

Zhao Moyan thought he had let it go, but when someone suddenly brought it up, even though he knew it was a trap, he didn't have time to think and jumped on his horse to give chase. When they reached a canyon, many masked assassins suddenly appeared. After several exchanges, Zhao Moyan was certain that these people were not from Mongolia, but they looked very much like the people who attacked Tian Yu before.

Another round of attacks ensued. Zhao Moyan, surrounded and wounded, finally collapsed. The leader of the men in black, seeing Zhao Moyan fall, shouted, "Stop! Bring the goods over! The boss said to leave someone alive!" When Li Yong and his men arrived, all that remained was a headless corpse dressed in Zhao Moyan's clothes. Li Yong held the body and wept for a long time. The entire army in the northern frontier was thrown into chaos by Zhao Moyan's death. Fortunately, Li Yong and several veteran generals stabilized the situation, waiting for the imperial court to send someone to take charge.