Ye Beihan: "I understand."
Ye Beihan looked at the person lying there, but she didn't react at all when she heard that Nangong Chiyu had come back to life.
Isn't Nangong Chiyu the man she loves most?
"Your Majesty, His Majesty has received military reports that Nanning is using gunpowder in its attack this time, and its advance is unstoppable. It is taking one city a day, and it will reach here in a few days."
Ye Beihan paused in preparing the medicine, then continued selecting the herbs.
“Go back and tell His Majesty that he is the ruler of the country, and he can make the decision on such matters. There is no need for him to come to me again.”
The guard's eyes fell on Su Luo, and he clasped his hands in farewell before taking his leave.
...
Five more days passed. During these five days, Su Luo witnessed Ye Beihan using medicine to save her, and how he bled her every day.
For the next three days, he started adding the poisonous blood from his body to the medicine, refining it into pills. As long as Su Luo added one of his pills to the medicinal soup she needed, she wouldn't need to cut her palms anymore.
For five days, someone came to report to him every day that Nangong Chiyu had reached some point in Beiliang.
Su Luo also knew that Nangong Chiyu was getting closer and closer to her; he was coming to take her home.
"Report... Your Majesty, the Nanning army is at the city gates. The Emperor is guarding the capital, but he is about to lose control."
Su Luo couldn't get out of the space, but had Nangong Chiyu arrived in Beiliang and was already outside the imperial city?
They're fighting so fast, they're trying to annex Northern Liang.
"You can't defeat him, so let His Majesty descend."
"But……"
The guards were only there to convey Ye Yueze's orders. The people of Beiliang never lose their fighting spirit; they would rather die on the battlefield than surrender to anyone.
"But what? Can the poisonous insects I gave Your Majesty withstand enemy fire? Tell Your Majesty to surrender first. With me here, Northern Liang will not perish."
"yes!"
The guards saw that the regent's face was completely pale, and they really didn't know what other way he could protect Beiliang.
Outside the imperial city, all ten cities of Beiliang have fallen, leaving only three cities remaining. The imperial city is the lifeblood of Beiliang.
Ye Yueze couldn't protect it at all; the Chiyu Army had two fire support teams, armed with firearms, capable of killing people invisibly.
Not to mention they also have cannons; they could conquer a city in less than a day.
Ye Yueze stood atop the city wall, below which lay a field littered with corpses.
"Your Majesty, the Regent says, surrender..."
"What did you say? My brother told me to surrender?"
As the emperor, Ye Yueze was unable to protect his people, and since he was also unskilled in martial arts, he felt like a complete waste.
"Your Majesty of Northern Liang, listen to my command and release our Deputy Minister of Agriculture, or don't blame us for razing the entire Northern Liang to the ground."
It was Chi Yi who stepped forward to challenge them. Lian'er returned and said that the princess was covered in blood and had suffered serious injuries.
The prince couldn't wait a moment longer after waking up; he immediately submitted a memorial to the court while simultaneously gathering troops.
Using the weapons left behind by the princess, they wiped out the Northern Liang forces and reached the Northern Liang capital in just half a month.
This time, Northern Liang had no way out.
"What should we do, Your Majesty? Should we really surrender?"
All the military officers who remained in the capital knelt before Ye Yueze and asked this question.
Ye Yueze was also in a dilemma. He didn't want the people in the city to get hurt, but he also didn't want to give up Beiliang just like that.
It's not terrible that he becomes a sinner for all time, but the destruction of Northern Liang in his hands—how can he face his ancestors in the afterlife?
"What else did my brother say?"
The guard clasped his hands in a fist and said, "The Regent also said that he has a way to protect Northern Liang and that His Majesty can surrender at will."
Ye Yueze always listened to Ye Beihan. He believed that as long as his brother was there, and his brother said that Beiliang would be preserved, then it would definitely be preserved.
"I surrender..."
Chi Yi returned to Nangong Chiyu's side and saw the white flag raised on the wall.
"Your Highness, they have surrendered."
Nangong Chiyu's complexion had almost recovered, but all he wanted to do was see Su Luo as soon as possible.
Although he was unconscious, he was still conscious. Every day, as Chi Yi told him how dangerous Su Luo was in Bei Liang, he wished he could wake up immediately.
"Bring the Emperor of Northern Liang down to see me."
"yes!"
Nangong Chiyu ordered a halt to the siege, the surrender of the Northern Liang ruler, and the prohibition against killing innocent civilians—this was an ironclad rule of military operations.
Soon, Ye Yueze came down from the city gate holding a white flag and slowly walked to Nangong Chiyu.
"Prince Yu, I never imagined we would meet in this way in the end."
Nangong Chiyu raised his eyes disdainfully: "If you knew this would happen, why did you do it in the first place? Where is my queen? Where is she?"
Ye Yueze lowered his head. When they were in Nanning, Su Luo had treated him very well. He didn't want things to turn out this way.
"I……"
"explain!"
Nangong Chiyu roared anxiously.
"Didn't you two get divorced? The Deputy Minister of Agriculture is now..."
He wanted to say that Su Luo was now the Regent's Consort of Beiliang, and had nothing to do with Nangong Chiyu.
“If you don’t tell me when I will divorce my queen, I will kill you.”
Ye Yueze must be patient; he has his brother behind him, so don't be afraid.
"The Deputy Minister of Agriculture is at the imperial palace, and he's still alive!"
Accompanying Nangong Chiyu was the Imperial Advisor, who stepped down from the carriage and nodded to Nangong Chiyu.
Go ahead, she's waiting for you.
Nangong Chiyu climbed onto the carriage. The Imperial Advisor had foreseen Luo Luo's great calamity, and this time Luo Luo was likely in grave danger.
"Chi Yi, tie up the ruler of Beiliang for me. If anything happens to Luo Luo, I will make the entire Beiliang pay with its life."
Nangong Chiyu was clad in full armor. He dared not delay for even a moment. Luoluo had done such a dangerous thing for him, and he was restless day and night, not daring to linger for even a moment.
The area outside the imperial city was left to Chi Yi, while Nangong Chiyu and the Imperial Advisor led a team of gunmen into the city and headed straight for the imperial palace.
The guards inside the palace did not stop Nangong Chiyu when they saw him, but instead stepped forward to lead him in.
"Prince Yu, our Regent has been waiting for you for a long time."
Nangong Chiyu and the Imperial Preceptor followed the guards inside, and as soon as they arrived at the palace, they were greeted by a strong smell of medicine.
The main hall had practically turned into a pharmacy, where Ye Beihan calmly prepared the medicine.
Nangong Chiyu's gaunt face was filled with rage as he walked over, drew his sword, and pointed it at Ye Beihan.
"Ye Beihan!"
When Ye Beihan faced Nangong Chiyu, the two of them had long lost their former high spirits.
"Where's Luo Luo? What did you do to her?"
Ye Beihan straightened up and pushed away Nangong Chiyu's arrow with one finger.
"She's still alive, come with me..."
Since Su Luo couldn't wake up, all he could say was that Su Luo was still alive.
Following Ye Beihan inside, Nangong Chiyu finally saw the person he had been longing for day and night.
He sheathed his sword at his waist, sat down beside Su Luo's bed, and took his wife's hand in a short, clumsy motion.
"Luo Luo, it's me. I'm late, I'm sorry!"
Nangong Chiyu placed Su Luo's hand on his face; the feeling of having lost it and then regained it terrified him.
"Luo Luo, it's my fault, I didn't protect you well..."
Tears streamed down his resolute face; at that moment, all he wanted was to kill Ye Beihan.
Su Luo spent countless days and nights in the space before she was finally able to see Nangong Chiyu.
"Nangong Chiyu... Nangong Chiyu... Chen Huaixu..." Su Luo shouted, even though she knew that Nangong Chiyu was outside and couldn't hear her at all.
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