"What's wrong?" Qin Ze asked, looking at Jin Changge who was in a daze.
"Miss?" Qing'er took two steps forward and tugged at Jin Changge's sleeve.
"Hmm? No...it's nothing."
The past has faded away, and as my gaze gradually focused, it finally settled on the face before me, a face that bore an 80% resemblance to the Tiger General in my memory.
Jin Changge was filled with a myriad of emotions. The events of that night when she entered the Qin residence seemed to be right before her eyes, but years had passed, spring had fallen and autumn had withered, and everything had changed.
Zhang Jian, the stubborn young man who was once swept to the ground by his own kick, had already fought to the death with the Hu people on the Beiku Grassland. His older brother, Zhang Ran, was highly skilled in martial arts, but he also died from exhaustion in the battle of Huichang.
As for General Huwei, his words that night proved prophetic; he died at sea in the final moments of his life, fighting against the Japanese pirates.
But Jin Changge now knows the cause and effect of that battle. If it was a battle without conspiracy, then General Huwei would never have died.
The person who brought about General Huwei's death was not a Japanese pirate from Fusang, but his own family.
A truly great hero does not die at the hands of the enemy, but at the hands of his own people whom he fought for.
What was General Huwei thinking before he died in battle? Did he never expect his end to be like this? No, perhaps he did expect it.
That night, he said he wanted me to pass on a message to his father, but after I asked what the message was, he fell into deep thought and in the end left without saying a word. He just smiled and said he would go to the Prince's Mansion in person another day.
But the plan to go again another day never came to fruition.
After leaving the Qin residence and returning home, his father flew into a rage, severely beat his second brother, and even ordered him to be confined to his quarters.
However, within just two days, His Majesty issued an urgent order for General Huwei to leave the capital and rush to the battlefield.
That night was the first and last time I saw General Huwei.
Although General Huwei returned to the capital several times afterward, his father kept a close watch on him, forbidding him from stepping out of the palace without permission, and even saying that if anyone helped him leave the palace, he would behead them.
At that time, I couldn't understand why my father did this, but now it seems that he had long regarded General Huwei as a thorn in his side and was just waiting for a good opportunity to remove him.
So absurd, so ridiculous, so chilling.
But what was it that General Huwei originally wanted him to bring back that night?
This remains an unanswerable conjecture; now that General Huwei has passed away, everything is beyond repair.
Fortunately, with the great efforts of the people, the Yan Kingdom is now free from conflict, and peace has finally been restored.
The general did not achieve his wish in his lifetime, but his son fulfilled his last wish. And now, he has uttered these bold words. General Huwei must be quite gratified in the afterlife.
Thinking of this, Jin Changge felt a sense of comfort amidst her grief.
Her face then displayed a mixture of joy and sorrow, which puzzled Qin Ze, who was looking at her.
"What are you thinking? Don't you think my approach is too reckless?" he asked.
Coming to her senses, Jin Changge gradually composed herself and calmed down. She shook her head: "No, this is not rash."
"This is the general trend of the times. They will not restrain their ambitions and will always come to our land to plunder. So we can't think about compromising. The best way is to fight them to the end," she said resolutely.
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Ze nodded and said:
"That's right, that's what I think too."
"However, with this naval battle over, the war can be temporarily put to rest."
"They can't come to our territory for the time being, so we're not in a hurry to fight them. In the meantime, we should rest and recuperate and make full preparations."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qing'er asked softly from the side, "Your Majesty, so now you are...?"
Qin Ze continued, "Come back to Jinling with me first thing tomorrow morning."
"I have been on the throne for several months, but I have been away all this time. Now that the war here is over, I should go back."
Upon hearing this, Jin Changge was taken aback, but inexplicably became nervous, and his face stiffened slightly.
Qing'er was overjoyed and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty!"
Seeing that Jin Changge's expression was strange and she remained silent, Qin Ze walked over and sat down in the chair next to her.
"What's wrong? Didn't you say you were going back to the capital with me? Now you don't want to go back?" He looked up at Jin Changge.
"Miss?" Qing'er asked in a low voice with a look of surprise. Qin Ze waved his hand at her, and Qing'er understood. She immediately bowed and left the room.
"No...no." Jin Changge lowered his head, like a child who had made a mistake, and said softly.
"Then why do you seem a little downcast? Like you're unwilling." Qin Ze scrutinized the girl in front of him.
Jin Changge sighed softly.
"Sit down and let's talk." Qin Ze reached out and pulled over a chair, which Jin Changge took and slowly sat down.
But she didn't speak after sitting down, and Qin Ze wasn't in a hurry, just quietly watching her.
After a long silence, the girl lowered her head and whispered, "Two years ago, in the Battle of Fusang, General Huwei..."
As she said this, she looked up at Qin Ze and saw that his face had indeed become serious.
"Yes, I know." Qin Ze replied first, sensing what the girl was about to say.
"He was killed by my family..." The girl took a deep breath and finally blurted out the words she didn't want to face.
Qin Ze bent down and said expressionlessly:
"So I will make them all pay with their lives."
“I have killed all the Japanese, and I will not let a single one of those who plotted to harm my father go.”
"Those people, led by Jin Fengluan, have all been brought back to Jinling. When I return to the capital, I will bring them before the people, explain their crimes, and make them pay for their sins."
"I will not tolerate this, and I will never forgive it."
"This is both a common hatred of the people and a personal hatred of mine."
At this point, Qin Ze's face twitched slightly, and his hands clenched into fists:
“My father spent half his life in the military. From the time he joined the army until his death, his original aspiration never changed. He did not love fame or fortune, nor did he care about any empty reputation. I don’t need to tell you why he fought all his life.”
"The whole world is watching."
"Actually, I told him long ago that if we continue fighting like this, the imperial court will definitely be wary of us."
“He understands everything, but he still does it because the world is not yet at peace, and he will never take off his armor.”
"Sometimes he's very smart, and sometimes he's incredibly stupid, like a stubborn and naive child."
"But a man like him shouldn't have ended up like this."
"This is not fair." With that, Qin Ze lowered his head to look at the ground, his shoulders trembling slightly.
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