Two streams of despair flowed from Lin Jiaoyun's eyes. Her pounding hands slowly fell to the ground, and the arrogant light in her eyes faded...
The door to the bridal chamber was tightly closed.
The candlelight illuminated two figures in a passionate embrace.
The person Lin Jiaoyun had hoped for did not come to the Qin family to rescue her.
Zhou Cheng did not force the door open.
None of her fantasies came true. Lin Jiaoyun, who had decided to cherish this relationship and vowed never to act recklessly again, ultimately failed to wait for Zhou Cheng to turn back at the moment of repentance.
"What time is it now?"
"Your Majesty, it is now the hour of Hai (9-11 PM). According to the Qin family, the moment the auspicious hour arrived, Young Master Qin and the Lin family's daughter had already... consummated their marriage. They have probably already gone through three rounds."
"Bang—!"
Emperor Yan, seated in the sedan chair, felt his brow throbbing violently. He slammed his hand on the armrest, his chest filled with rage: "The Qin family didn't make a single move the entire time?!"
"Where is Zhou Chengren? Where is he?!"
The head of the secret guards said in a chilling panic, "Zhou Cheng has not shown himself, and everything at the Qin family is as usual."
Never appeared before!
These four words carried a tremendous impact, so powerful that they seemed to freeze the chill in Emperor Yan's eyes.
Since Zhou Cheng did not arrive in the capital last night, Emperor Yan could comfort himself that it was not the right time yet, and that he would definitely wait until noon on the wedding day to abduct Lin Jiaoyun during the wedding ceremony.
He and the court officials waited and waited until noon. The ceremony was over, the banquet was finished, but Zhou Cheng still hadn't arrived!
good!
That's fine!
And the wedding night!
Emperor Yan had placed all his hopes on this moment, but now the wedding night was over, Lin Jiaoyun had been fondled by Young Master Qin, and Zhou Cheng, who should have come to steal the bride long ago, was nowhere to be seen.
"Could it be that Zhou Cheng isn't going to come and steal the bride...?"
Emperor Yan found it hard to believe.
Emperor Yan grinned and chewed his teeth.
Emperor Yan was furious: "This is impossible, this is impossible! How could Zhou Cheng not come to the capital! I have dispatched more than 100,000 elite troops to the capital to besiege him. If he doesn't come, wouldn't all that I have done be a joke?"
"The secret letter from the border commander clearly states that Zhou Cheng rushed out of Jiangling City without stopping on the very day he received the letter from the Lin family woman pleading for help."
"Even when surrounded by 20,000 troops, they did not give up on entering the capital!"
"He cares so much about the Lin family's daughter, traveling thousands of miles to come here. He was already near Liaowang City a few days ago. He was obviously waiting for an opportunity to enter the capital. How could he not show up!"
"What on earth is Zhou Cheng up to?!"
Emperor Yan was now both angry and panicked, and had a bad feeling.
The expected result did not occur.
Zhou Cheng, who was supposed to go to the capital at all costs to die, didn't even enter the city gates. What happened? How could Zhou Cheng bear to leave Lin Jiaoyun unattended?
This is unrealistic!
Even the ministers present lowered their heads in alarm, not daring to stand out at this crucial moment, for fear that Emperor Yan's anger would fall on them.
However——
Just when Emperor Yan and his ministers were completely baffled!
"Da da da—"
Several fast horses galloped towards them at the same time.
Emperor Yan looked up following the sound of hooves and saw that the approaching force was the cavalry from the six cities near the capital. Each of them held a secret letter addressed to the prefect, and their faces showed varying degrees of anxiety.
"Report!!"
"By order of the Prefect of Lincheng, I have come to the capital to report to His Majesty that the granaries, treasuries, weapons depots, and supply depots of Lincheng have been attacked and have now been occupied by the Zhou family's troops!"
"Report!!"
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