She shouldn't have taken that risk.
She shouldn't have assumed that Huangfu Shaohua's assassination target was her.
She had anticipated that Huangfu Shaohua would target Ling Tianen, and therefore she should have strengthened security measures at the Ling residence.
While she was filled with remorse, Huangfu Shaohua was still fanning the flames.
"Your Highness, this is the consequence of your tyrannical and arbitrary actions!"
"I told you long ago that those refugees had ulterior motives, and there must be spies from enemy countries among them, but you didn't believe me!"
"Now that General Yue and General Qi's families have been implicated and are suffering, how will you explain this to the two generals?"
How do I explain this to the two generals?
Qin Yue Zhao slowly stood up and looked coldly at Huangfu Shao Hua.
"Yes, you are right. I should indeed give General Ling, General Yue, General Qi, and all the dead an explanation."
Upon hearing this, Huangfu Shaohua's eyes darkened.
"Does Your Highness mean to kill all the refugees in the city?"
"Kill all the refugees? Hahaha..." Qin Yue Zhao suddenly laughed, a particularly eerie laugh. "General Huangfu! I think the one who deserves to be killed the most is you!"
The words had barely left her lips when a flash of cold light appeared. Qin Yue Zhao's longsword whistled as it hurtled towards Huangfu Shao Hua's vital point.
Almost simultaneously, the gates of the Ling residence slammed shut, and all the Huo family soldiers drew their swords and charged forward.
Before the cavalry deputy generals could react, they were pierced through the heart by arrows from Zheng Hu and Huo Sanbao's swords.
The rest of the soldiers stood there dumbfounded.
Before they could react, Qin Yue Zhao had already severed Huangfu Shao Hua's throat with a single sword stroke.
Huangfu Shaohua gripped the sword hilt in disbelief, wanting to resist but it was too late.
He slammed to the ground like a wooden sculpture clutching its throat, raising a cloud of dust.
Blood splattered everywhere, and Qin Yue Zhao's voice was cold and stern: "Aiding the wicked, harming colleagues, and indiscriminately killing the innocent, Huangfu Shaohua deserves to die a thousand deaths!"
Turning to the stunned cavalry, her voice trembled with anger: "Do you still want to serve such a person as your commander and obey his every command?"
The cavalry soldiers looked at their general lying in a pool of blood, filled with both fear and anger.
"Your Highness, the families of General Yue and General Qi were clearly brought into the city because you allowed the refugees in, weren't they?"
"Yes, General Huangfu did nothing, why did you kill him?"
"We must inform His Majesty of this matter, so that he knows that you have harmed the families of the Xiaoji Army soldiers in Liangcheng and slandered the Xiaoji Army commander!"
Upon hearing this, Zheng Hu, who had been holding back, drew his sword and charged forward without saying a word.
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