Chu Ruzhi had been practicing for many years, so her actions just now were really unexpected. At this moment, she had regained her composure. Seeing Su Bei and Chu Younan coming in, she sat back calmly, drank the medicine silently, and did not speak.

"Aunt!" Chu Younan stepped forward and said, "I have no choice but to expose Liuying. I am afraid that she will hurt you, so I did this..."

Chu Ruzhi waved his hand, "I have been staying in a quiet place for too long these years and have forgotten all those secrets. In fact, there has been something wrong with this child for a long time, but I just thought that way..."

How could someone who stayed together all day notice that Liuying was a little different? It was just that the child changed three times a day, and she didn't expect that someone who had turned into a baby could recover his previous memories.

Chu Younan hurriedly called over Little Baozi, who sniffed around Chu Ruzhi, opened her eyelids and looked at her, then checked her mouth, nose and ears, and then said like an adult: "It's infected, but it doesn't matter, this Gu is not strong, I can handle it!"

Chu Ruzhi's eyes flashed fiercely. She had waited half her life to finally marry Cheng Qiu, and having this child was even more difficult. She was always careful and attentive, fearing that something might go wrong with the child.

If it weren't for what happened today, she might not have been able to keep the child, which instantly shattered her feelings for Liuying.

"Is he dead?" she asked calmly.

Guessing that she was asking about Liuying, Su Bei quickly said, "She's not dead, but she's almost dead. It's said that unless all ten Yama Kings gather, she will have the intelligence of a newborn baby."

"Then give her to me!" Chu Ruzhi curled the corners of his lips.

Su Bei paused for a moment and nodded.

When Chu Ruzhi entered the palace, she and Liuying rode in the same sedan chair, but when she left the palace, she asked for a sedan chair from the palace and rode separately from Liuying.

Liuying cried heartbreakingly along the way. Chu Ruzhi wanted to stop her several times, but she touched her stomach and held back.

She wanted to take Liuying back and torture her to vent her anger, but when she saw Liuying turned into a baby and heard her crying all the way, it was as if she was back to the time when she first adopted her.

"Find a courtyard for her to live in, and arrange two people to serve her..." After arriving at the princess's mansion, Chu Ruzhi still softened her heart.

Just like that, Liuying lived in the most remote courtyard of the princess's mansion, and Chu Ruzhi never saw her again. She was three years old, but her IQ was only a few months, and she grew up to be eighteen years old...

This is a later story.

A few days after this incident, Yun Rou and Yuan Feng returned to Beijing.

They were returning to the capital with a large army, and were also escorting Bei Yanming, so the journey was much slower.

When he met the two of them, Su Bei and Chu Younan were together. When they met this time, Su Bei found that something seemed to be wrong with the two of them.

Yun Rou had never been so timid before, and seemed to want to keep a distance of three meters from Yuan Feng. Yuan Feng also seemed to be deliberately avoiding her. As soon as the matter was said, he showed his intention to leave.

If there wasn't something more important, Su Bei might have asked clearly, but what was more important right now was how to deal with Bei Yanming.

It would definitely not be appropriate to kill him directly, after all, he is the King of the North. But letting him go is also not appropriate. Based on Bei Yanming's character, he will definitely come back within two years.

"I'll go see him first." Su Bei temporarily forgot about the abnormality between Yun Rou and Yuan Feng.

Chu Younan stood up and said, "I'll go with you."

Yun Rou and Yuan Feng would definitely follow. Although they didn't say anything, you could tell something was fishy by looking at their evasive eyes.

Bei Yanming was an expert in martial arts, so during the entire escort, his hands and feet were tied with chains made of black iron, and he was locked in a cage made of black iron.

For Bei Yanming, who has always been high and mighty, this is a great humiliation.

"You can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you!" Bei Yanming said the calmest words in the most dejected manner. Even though his hair was disheveled and his beard had grown into weeds, his posture was still noble.

Su Bei stepped forward and whispered, "Uncle, we are of the same origin, why can't we live in peace?"

"Oh!" Bei Yanming glanced at her with disdain. "The king only cares about the world, where does all the affection for family come from? Today I am defeated, you can kill me or chop me up as you please!"

Su Bei curled his lips, turned to Chu Younan and said, "I tried my best."

I tried my best...

I just said that I tried my best...

It seems that Su Bei really wants him to die...

Bei Yanming was instantly choking on his breath. He thought that Su Bei would have to come and persuade them three, five, seven times, and then Beidi would give a piece of land to Wuguo as a token of respect, and the matter would be over.

Who knew that they would just say one sentence and say they had done their best...

Chu Younan did not give Bei Yanming a chance and said bluntly: "Then let's see how sincere the northerners are and whether they are willing to submit to the Wu Kingdom!"

He was not as naive as Bei Yanming thought. Letting Bei Yanming go back would be like letting a tiger return to the mountains. Another war in the future was a foregone conclusion. Therefore, he would only consider letting Bei Yanming go back if Beidi surrendered to Wu State.

If Bei Yanming causes trouble again by then, it will be considered treason and it will not be too late to kill him.

Bei Yanming was so angry at the couple that he almost couldn't breathe. When he finally caught his breath, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Chu Younan was not joking with him, so he went back and wrote a letter and had someone send it to the North. The letter stated a firm attitude, demanding that the North surrender before he would release Bei Yanming.

Before the letter was delivered to the North, Bei Yuanzheng and Imperial Concubine Ai Congrong had argued several times over the capture of Bei Yanming.

Bei Yuanzheng was a filial son. When he heard that Bei Yanming was captured, he wanted to save his father at all costs. He thought that Ai Congrong, as the imperial concubine, would fully support him, but he did not expect to meet with strong opposition.

Ai Congrong gave him the reason: "Your father has worked hard to build such a kingdom. If you surrender to the Wu Kingdom, I'm afraid he will not be able to rest in peace even after his death!"

Bei Yuanzheng was speechless after hearing these words. He knew Bei Yanming and knew that was indeed the case, but he could not bear to let his father become a prisoner in the Wu Kingdom.

Just when he was struggling, Ai Congrong gave him a new suggestion: "You are already the crown prince. You can ascend the throne now and make your father the emperor. He is useless to the Wu Kingdom, so the emperor of Wu Kingdom naturally does not need to embarrass him."

Bei Yuanzheng fell into deep entanglement again and did not respond for a long time.

But his seemingly sickly mother was not as weak as he thought. Within three days, a minister made the same suggestion during the court session.

Although Bei Yuanzheng strongly opposed it, more and more ministers agreed with this proposal, and he was drowned out by the voices requesting to ascend the throne...

His proposal to save Bei Yanming at all costs was also drowned out by the voices of "requesting the crown prince to ascend the throne"...