Dark clouds hung high in the sky, obscuring the sun and shrouding the green mountains on both sides in a hazy mist. A soaring black eagle swept down with the wind, emitting a piercing sound that cut through the sky.
As Chu Changning listened to his unrestrained words, the fingertips gripping the bow of the boat grew slightly cold and trembled.
Helian Ye glanced at the two of them a few times, then raised an eyebrow and sneered.
"Lord Yan's words are truly amusing. With such a lack of tenderness towards women, he is destined to be a lonely widow for life."
The sky was overcast, the water in the moat was deep and cold, and there were many warships. The entire river was covered with corpses and blood.
Yan Beimo stared coldly at Chu Changning, completely ignoring him.
The two men faced each other across the ship, locked in a silent standoff.
"Chu Changning, speak!"
Seeing how fierce he was, Chu Changning retorted sharply.
"Yan Beimo, your arrogant and hypocritical demeanor as a young nobleman is a perfect match for the noble ladies of Yandu."
Yan Beimo suppressed his anger with all his might, "And you, are you planning to live and fly away with that good-for-nothing beside you---"
"Take back those filthy thoughts from your head."
Chu Changning interrupted sharply, unable to hold back any longer, and spoke frankly.
"Don't forget, you personally stabbed me with three broken bone nails. How can you expect me to stay by your side willingly?"
Seeing his cold expression and his unmoved stance, she began to argue with him about each and every matter.
"You suspect me and attack me. I have no way to defend myself. I only ask for a divorce and to part ways with you."
"But you refused to divorce me and forced me to do so, constantly threatening and torturing me, forcing me to kneel in the rain as punishment, feeding me that poison to make me suffer the pain of abortion, making me smell that contraceptive incense without my knowledge, and even throwing me in Jiaqing's territory to lure enemy troops from the northern desert—"
As she spoke, her eyes welled up with tears as she looked at him.
"Yan Beimo, you have never considered my feelings. Even now, we are not equal. To you, I am just a plaything to please you and make you happy, without any dignity."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but laugh sarcastically, "With such a huge gap between us, how are we going to spend the rest of our lives together?"
"Compared to your great cause, I am utterly insignificant."
The air was thick with the pungent smell of blood, and wave after wave of troops pressed in from behind. Swords clashed and blood flowed like rivers on both sides of the river.
Yan Beimo looked at her, remained silent for a long time, and then spoke.
"So, you colluded with him time and time again to try and kill me?"
Under the cover of night, his face was cold and indifferent, and his eyes were dark and unfathomable.
Looking at his face, Chu Changning felt a mix of complex emotions welling up inside her, and a silent pain surged within her as if knives were slowly tearing her apart.
He always had this calm and indifferent demeanor, as if nothing could stir any emotion in him.
"Someone as cunning as you, when have you ever truly trusted me? Do you think I could kill you?" She paused, looking directly at him. "Yan Beimo, in this life, I only wish to never see you again."
"Never to see each other again?"
Yan Bei Mo sneered, a strange pain in his heart beginning to spread to his limbs, growing wildly.
Do you think you can leave today?
A massive, dark army swarmed in from both sides like locusts, encircling the city. The entire moat was covered with soldiers clad in armor and wielding weapons, their black armor gleaming.
Chu Changning glanced around, his expression calm and unwavering.
The night enveloped the entire moat, and a biting wind howled, chilling to the bone.
Yan Beimo stared at her, and she looked back at him.
The two locked eyes.
After a moment, he concealed the emotions in his eyes, his throat bobbed, and his voice had a slight, almost imperceptible stiffness.
"As long as you come here, I will forgive and forget what happened tonight. We can talk about what you said when we get back."
Before Chu Changning could even finish speaking, Helian Ye, who had been watching the whole thing unfold, clapped his hands a few times and burst into laughter.
"Brilliant! What a wonderful performance! How valiant Marquis Yan was in the southern desert back then, and today, we have the pleasure of witnessing it firsthand!"
Before he could finish speaking, a musket suddenly pressed against his waist from behind.
He paused, raised an eyebrow, and glanced at the person behind him.
"A-Wan is going to kill me?"
"Young Master had better keep quiet and not provoke him."
Chu Changning always knew that Helian Ye wanted to use her and that she would not have a good ending by staying by his side.
Now that the main army has arrived, the troops from Mo Nan are probably coming soon. All she needs to do is take Helian Ye hostage and provoke Yan Bei Mo, causing the two to fight, and she will be free.
"Young Master wants to use me, and I'll play along. But right now I have a stomachache, so please, Young Master, order a ship to take me away."
As she spoke, she glanced at Yan Beimo not far away, then deliberately moved closer to Helian Ye, obscuring the muskets behind them.
Hearing her words, Helian Ye clicked his tongue and smiled faintly, "Awan, you are mistaken. I did not use you; I just wanted to see him suffer."
Chu Changning didn't want to engage in verbal sparring with him, and said bluntly, "Even if the young master's men are watching me, I can't run away, can I?"
The two were in an ambiguous position. From Yan Beimo's angle, it seemed as if she was nestled in his arms, her profile gentle.
Yan Beimo felt an unprecedented murderous rage roaring through his body, and he raised his hand.
"Release the arrows."
Helian Ye instantly sensed the killing intent behind him, grabbed the waist of the person behind him, and dodged backward.
Arrows flew in and disappeared in an instant. In a moment, arrows flew down like wolves and tigers with overwhelming force, the clanging of shields against each other sending sparks flying.
Seeing this, Helian Ye took Chu Changning to a boat and ordered someone to send her away. As she left, he smiled.
"A-Wan, if I don't see you when I go back, they will all die, and I will find your corpse and tear it to pieces."
Chu Changning glanced at the battlefield in front of him and said calmly.
"I am powerless, and with the young master's men watching me, how can I possibly escape?"
Helian Ye's smile deepened. "Who told this princess from the Central Plains to be the most cunning?"
On the river, the sounds of fighting and the clanging of weapons rose up everywhere, and a rain of arrows swept past thousands of troops, flying wildly through the west wind.
On the high tower of Yanbei Mogao Station, watching a large ship sail away from the moat, his sharp eyebrows and eyes were filled with a sinister and gloomy look. He gave orders to those behind him.
"Go after them."
"yes."
Lightning tore through the sky, and black eagles swooped down, leaving the entire moat littered with corpses.
Steep cliffs on both sides of the river blocked out the towering mountains. As the ship sailed out of the pass, a group of people suddenly rushed out and fought with the soldiers from the Western Regions.
Dressed in black, Xiao Yan rushed in as soon as he saw the princess fall with a swift stroke of her sword.
The guards he brought quickly entangled the people from the Western Regions and escorted her into the mountains.
"Chase them, hurry and chase them!"
Chu Changning ran into the deep mountains and forests, the sound of swords clashing behind him. Before long, he was drawn away by someone.
Seeing the Imperial Guards following him, Xiao Yan asked suspiciously as he walked up the mountain.
"It seemed like there was someone else there just now."
He seemed to hear other voices different from those of the Linwei. Their attack speed was not as fast as the Linwei's, and they were skilled in cunning and had drawn away the people from the Western Regions.
Chu Changning clearly noticed something was wrong, and pursed her lips, "Let's go quickly."
The group walked along the steep mountain wall.
Her belly grew larger and she found it difficult to move, but fortunately, Xiao Yan protected her with his internal energy, and they moved extremely fast.
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