"Helian Ye?!" Chu Changning stepped back. "What are you trying to do?"
Seeing her evasive manner, Helian Ye raised an eyebrow. "What are you afraid of? I'll come and rescue you from that madman."
"Save me?" she sneered. "Now that seven cities in Beiyan have been captured, Young Master, you wouldn't be thinking of kidnapping me to get the Great Qi to send troops to help, would you?"
The cold wind howled, and the surrounding scenery flashed by like afterimages.
Helian Ye leaned down, a wicked smile on his face. "So what if Beiliang is destroyed? My Western Regions will always be the king of the Northern Frontier."
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, Mo Nan is just waiting to catch you."
Chu Changning pursed her lips and looked away.
The horse galloped incredibly fast, and the cold wind felt like knives scraping against the skin. The guards checking at the city gate saw the galloping horse and drew their swords to stop it.
All the civilians were driven away by the soldiers and hurriedly began to close the heavy city gate.
Just as Chu Changning was about to break free, her acupoints were suddenly pressed, and fine golden threads suddenly emerged from both sides of her, wrapping around her and brushing past her.
Screams erupted instantly. The city gates grew narrower and narrower. The horses neighed and leaped out.
"Still trying to run away? Going back to find that madman?"
His displeased voice came from behind.
Chu Changning was unable to move and did not want to speak.
With the pressure points released, she felt lighter and breathed a sigh of relief.
"I heard from the spies that you stabbed him and were imprisoned in the cold palace."
Under the cover of night, his pair of blue-green glass eyes smiled alluringly, like a bewitching enchantress.
Chu Changning said calmly, "Young Master dislikes Yan Beimo and opposes him, so you can go and attack his cities and seize his empire. Why do you always kidnap me?"
Helian Ye laughed upon hearing this, "I just want to see him suffer terribly."
"So, you kidnapped me and used me time and time again."
“A-Wan is mistaken.” He chuckled. “How can this be called exploitation? He is our common enemy.”
Chu Changning didn't want to talk anymore, and remained silent with a cold face.
Helian Ye wrapped his arms around her waist and chuckled, "You've lost so much weight. It must have been tough being in the Cold Palace."
"---"
Inside the Hall of State Affairs at the Liangzhou Imperial Palace.
The guards were taken away, and bright red blood stained the white jade steps below, filling the air with the stench of blood. The generals and officials on both sides were so frightened that they knelt on the ground.
Yan Beimo stood atop the high hall, looking down at the crowd below.
"Liangzhou actually allowed people from the Western Regions to break in. Haven't you had enough heads hanging around your necks?"
The governor of Liangzhou felt a chill run down his spine, and his hands, which were prostrate on the ground, were trembling.
"I have already dispatched troops to pursue them. Their direction is towards the Beiling area. I suspect that Your Majesty may have been abducted to Yanzhou."
With frequent wars in the north, the Great Qi has been secretly trying to recover lost territories in the north and is fighting fiercely with the Northern Liang. In this battle of Yanzhou, the Northern Liang lost several cities. The abduction of the Empress must be an attempt to hinder the Great Qi.
"Issue my order: gather 300,000 troops and attack Yanzhou at all costs. Three days from now, I want to see Yanzhou defeated and its city destroyed."
"yes."
For centuries, the northern lands had been divided. During the reign of the Great Jin Emperor, eight princes and members of the imperial family fought for the throne. They colluded with foreign tribes and joined forces with several major northern clans to launch an uprising in the north, splitting the country into various kingdoms, each claiming the title of king.
At that time, the barbarians invaded the area around Yumen Pass, and many aristocratic families migrated south and established regimes in the south. The four major clans of Yandu restrained the powerful families in the country, while the aristocratic families in the north were still nominally loyal to the emperor.
In the first year of Jianyuan, Beidu suddenly rose to power, and with the support of Libei, it almost swept across the north, destroying many countries and quelling much of the war in the north.
However, the Northern Liang and the Rouran in the south colluded, intending to unify the north and oppose the Northern Qi regime. The Yan and Beimo had been fighting for supremacy in the north for many years, so they naturally knew their intentions.
After ascending the throne, he secretly suppressed the northern gentry and also joined forces with the Northern Capital to destroy many small northern states.
After fighting for so long, the Great Qi had been observing the situation. However, at the end of August of the first year of Jianyuan, news of the Great Qi Emperor personally leading a northern expedition spread throughout Jiankang.
The Emperor of Great Qi was born into one of the four great clans of Yandu, so the northern gentry naturally dared not be too arrogant and openly colluded with Northern Liang, making the situation change rapidly.
Several powerful clans in the north responded to the imperial edict from the capital of Yan and sent troops to assist.
Yanzhou was captured in just two days, and all the desert troops who fled in panic were killed.
The Qi army launched a fierce attack, and within a month, they successively captured Tianshui and Yaojiang, and clashed with the Western Regions in the Sishui area.
Beneath the magnificent city walls, a massive army, as dark as locusts, swept across the land, their horses' hooves thundering through the sky. The two armies clashed in a breathtaking display of force.
Military camps within the city.
The high priest emerged from the inner tent, saw the young master guarding outside, bowed, and walked over.
"The girl was weak. The two poisons had been acting up in her body and she hadn't been able to take the antidote in time, resulting in poor blood circulation and stagnation."
Helian Ye frowned. "Speak like a human being."
"There are still residual toxins in this girl's body, and the medicine we sent before couldn't cure her completely."
Upon hearing this, Helian Ye sneered, "No wonder Yan Beimo is in such a hurry to go to the Northern Frontier. Do you have any ideas?"
The great shaman said, "This servant needs the sacred elixir."
The air fell silent for a moment.
Helian Ye glanced at him, "The Holy Elixir is the national treasure of our royal court."
"The sacred elixir grows in a cold pool and is nourished by fire lotuses for years, which can restore the girl's depleted body."
Inside the tent.
Chu Changning slowly woke up, looked around, and propped herself up to sit up.
Helian Ye lifted the tent flap and came in, only to see her staring blankly around, and a thought suddenly struck him.
He raised an eyebrow and slowly walked towards her. "Are you feeling better?"
Chu Changning was startled when she saw him.
After leaving Liangzhou, she was taken by Helian Ye to the Northern Liang palace. However, the Great Qi suddenly launched an attack on Northern Liang at all costs. They were traveling in a hurry, and she couldn't take it anymore, so she fainted. When she woke up, she was in the military camp.
Her chin was suddenly lifted, and she met his eyes.
"With you by my side, that mad dog went berserk and killed indiscriminately. I'm afraid Beiliang is doomed. I've suffered a huge loss."
Chu Changning uncomfortably shook off his hand.
"You're so stingy. I lost so much to save you, and you won't even let me touch your hand."
She frowned. "What exactly do you want to do?"
Helian Ye walked to the table, poured a glass of goat milk, and handed it to her with a light laugh.
"I'll take you back to the Western Regions; this is what you owe me."
Chu Changning didn't believe him and turned her face away.
"Don't force me to force you to drink it."
"---"
She pursed her lips, took the golden cup, and drank silently with her head bowed.
Helian Ye chuckled, leaned back on the small couch, and stared at her quietly, while also mentioning the war situation outside.
Chu Changning didn't want to hear it and automatically ignored it.
Seeing this, he didn't say anything more, but suddenly thought of some bad idea and smiled to himself.
"Back then, he caused chaos and misery for my thirty-six people in the Western Regions. How about A-Wan helps me get back at him before we return to the Western Regions?"
Chu Changning, "---"
"what you up to?"
He raised an eyebrow, about to say something, when suddenly the voices of soldiers came from outside.
"Young Master, the Little Khan has arrived and is waiting for you in the main tent."
Helian Ye paused, stood up, glanced at the person with their head bowed as he left, and spoke.
"Stay put."
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