"Back when you were a prince, you met me and Cheng Sanhe. You were good at recognizing and employing people, and you were kind and benevolent. The three of us became brothers and fought together in all directions, achieving great feats. This also made you more and more prestigious in the army and in the court. Later, we met Qi Baisu together and learned that she was the Grand Princess of the Great Sui Dynasty, who was traveling incognito."
His gaze softened.
A moment later, he lowered his head in shame.
"You knew my heart and encouraged me to bravely pursue my love. You even said that if I could marry Qi Baisu, the Great Zhou and the Great Sui could also be united in marriage forever. Cheng Sanhe devised plans for me and came up with many ingenious schemes. I became Qi Baisu's most favored retainer."
He looked up.
His eyes were red-rimmed.
“I truly saw myself as the scholar Su Bing. I was truly prepared to give up my identity as Su Weichuan, even the future I had planned for Chen Shi and my three daughters, to forever remain Su Bing, the son of Qi Baisu. But you told me that the Sui Dynasty delegation had killed the Emperor’s most beloved concubine, and the plan had to change. Only by destroying the Sui Dynasty could you ascend the throne. You summoned me back, you personally requested permission for me to lead troops into battle, you pledged your life as a military oath, and you made me gamble: choose Qi Baisu or choose you.”
He was agitated, but Mo Yunzhao interrupted him coldly.
“Su Weichuan, you’re not choosing me, you’re choosing the people of Great Zhou. You know very well that the Sui Dynasty is ambitious, and its military forces are invincible. Sooner or later, they will cross the border and march straight to the capital. You also know better what extraordinary abilities Qi Baisu and that exceptionally talented Imperial Advisor possess. You can abandon the Su family and the Chen family, but you cannot betray Great Zhou and turn it into a country of slavery, with corpses strewn across the fields and rivers of blood flowing down its slopes.”
Su Weichuan was stunned.
Mo Yunzhao slowly approached.
"Su Weichuan, it was you... who personally killed Qi Baisu! And it was you who caused Cheng Sanhe to die a gruesome death!"
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