Having just experienced what happened, the remaining soldiers under the Second Prince's command were exceptionally obedient, offering no resistance and allowing Tu Shanyu's soldiers to tie them up.
Aside from sending some people to monitor the situation, the humans began clearing the battlefield, treating the wounded, and so on.
As for the body of the King of Liang, it was simply collected and buried like the other fallen soldiers, and no one gave him a second glance.
While assigning tasks, Qin Guangyuan also specially dispatched several teams of scouts to patrol the perimeter to prevent any accidents from happening again.
Seeing how well he had arranged things, Zu An nodded in approval. Even with such an absolute advantage, he had not become complacent, which was indeed the quality of a worthy general.
Zu'an was relieved and took Tu Shanyu back to the tent to heal her wounds.
In the human army camp, Murong Qinghe suddenly whispered, "That Qingqiu king really has a close relationship with Brother Zu. Just now, he almost snuggled into Brother Zu's arms."
Xie Daoyun hummed in agreement, her expression somewhat wistful.
"Sister Xie, aren't you angry?" Murong Qinghe couldn't help but ask.
"Why should I be angry? What right do I have to be angry?" Xie Daoyun sighed softly. "Besides, the ruler of Qingqiu is indeed extremely beautiful. If I were a man, I would also find it hard to refuse him."
Murong Qinghe nodded: "That's true. Before, the King of Liang acted as if he wanted to swallow the King of Qingqiu whole."
Hearing her say that, Xie Daoyun became even more annoyed, quickened her pace, and stopped listening to her nagging.
Murong Qinghe looked at the other person's back, a little confused on her face: "Why am I also a little unhappy?"
...
Inside the main tent of Qingqiu Kingdom, Tu Shanyu sat cross-legged at the front, feeling the continuous heat emanating from her back. She suddenly spoke:
"Miss Xie seems to like you quite a bit, young master."
"What nonsense are you talking about? We're just friends." Zu An sighed. Actually, it was hard to say that he and Xie Daoyun were just friends anymore. However, after experiencing the blows that Chu Yan and Hong Lei suffered, he really wasn't in the mood for romance.
"Friends..." Tu Shanyu chuckled, her expression clearly disbelieving. However, seeing that the other party wouldn't admit it, she considerately refrained from further arguing. "Besides Miss Xie, I think that young Miss Murong also seems to like you quite a bit."
Zu An was taken aback, then shook his head and said, "Impossible. She likes the third young master of the Chu family, who is her childhood sweetheart, and only sees me as an older brother."
“That’s not the way you look at your brother.” Tu Shanyu smiled faintly, not revealing the truth.
She could tell that the young girl might not even understand her own feelings at that moment, and perhaps the young master was enjoying this ambiguous, close yet distant feeling.
After a while, Zu An withdrew his hand: "Your injuries aren't serious. I just used my internal energy to heal you. You'll recover after a period of rest."
"Thank you, young master~" Tu Shanyu looked at him with her big, bright eyes.
Zu An smiled slightly: "We don't need to be so formal. You can call me Brother Zu, or you can call me A-Zu."
"No, people just like to call you Young Master. The first time you called him that, they'll call you that for the rest of their lives." Tu Shanyu snuggled into his arms, rubbing against him like a cat, her eyes seemingly veiled with a misty haze.
After a while, she said softly, "Is something on your mind, young master?"
As the queen of the fox clan, she has always understood men's hearts best. She quickly noticed that Zu An was preoccupied during their first contact, so she thoughtfully stopped teasing him and instead gently massaged his shoulders.
Zu'an inwardly praised Tu Shanyu, who always made people feel relaxed and considerate: "Some things happened in the sealed land before..."
"Young master, could you tell me about it?" Tu Shanyu's eyes were full of expectation, and her charming appearance made it hard for anyone to refuse.
After a moment's hesitation, Zuan gave a brief account of what had happened in the sealed land.
At first, Tu Shanyu's eyes lit up with admiration, but later she became saddened: "Sister Chu and Sister Qiu are really brave, they are truly admirable."
In fact, as the ruler of a country, she was older than the two women from Chu and Qiu, but she called her "elder sister" so naturally, as if it represented something else entirely.
"It's my fault for not protecting them well," Zuan said in a low voice.
“Young Master, there’s no need to blame yourself. You defeated such a powerful extraterrestrial demon and saved the entire world. You’ve done a great job. Your two elder sisters are also heroes who saved the world. I’m sure they wouldn’t want to see you so down.” Tu Shanyu picked up a handkerchief and wiped the fine sweat from his forehead. “Besides, judging from what you just said, your two elder sisters haven’t really died. We will definitely be able to save them.”
"That's right, we must save them!" Zuan's expression hardened.
...
Early the next morning, Zuan bid farewell to everyone. Now that the matter of the sealed land had been resolved, there was no need for the human reinforcements to continue north.
Zu'an ordered the Qin brothers to lead the main force back, while Tu Shanyu escorted the rebel army back to the royal court.
"Where does Brother Zu plan to go?" Xie Daoyun asked, while Murong Qinghe looked at him with a strange expression.
The army was gossiping about the relationship between Zu'an and the Qingqiu King, but last night he stayed overnight in Tu Shanyu's tent without any hesitation, and the Qingqiu guards seemed to take it for granted without making a fuss.
Alright, no need for gossip now.
Previously, that lecherous old man, Liang Wang, fawned over him and jumped around all the way, but he couldn't even step into Tu Shan Yu's tent. Now it seems that he was indeed destined to die.
“I’m planning to go to Baiyujing.” Seeing the strange looks in everyone’s eyes, Zu’an knew exactly what they were thinking.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com