Xiao Qing said that the day before yesterday, Luo Qingyun led a group of people out alone to survey the terrain, but they were ambushed and died at Guimenpo.
Ever since Ji Ruchen and Luo Qingyun made peace and went to Beishan together, I knew that this day would come sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to come so soon.
Although I am a woman and know very little about the affairs of the court, I do know that the Yi Kingdom is already a mere shell of its former self.
Although Ji Ruchen's men were all heroes, they couldn't fight against overwhelming odds. Their fate was sealed the moment Ji Ruchen retreated to Beishan.
In the past three months, Anguo has swiftly and decisively destroyed six other kingdoms, its rise like wildfire, irreversible and inevitable. This is destiny, and there is no way to avoid it.
The general trend of the world is that after a long period of division, there will be unity; after a long period of unity, there will be division.
In recent years, the Kingdom of Yi has prioritized civil affairs over military matters, and power has been entirely in the hands of those decadent, boastful fools.
It was already like rotten wood, collapsing at the slightest touch. In fact, three months ago, when Ji Ruchen and I were imprisoned together, the Wing Kingdom had already quietly perished.
Ji Ruchen was unwilling to accept this and refused to admit it, so he led his few elite troops to Beishan, hoping to use the natural defenses of Beishan to turn the tide.
But in the end, it was nothing more than a death throes.
The Kingdom of Yi is now a mere shell of its former self, with most of its territory controlled by Gu Zian. Ji Ruchen has virtually no chance of turning the tide; he can only rely on his indomitable courage.
This outcome wasn't unexpected, but when it actually happened, I still couldn't bear it; my heart ached terribly.
Since Ji Ruchen crippled my martial arts, my body has become much weaker and I can no longer withstand any stimulation. When I heard the news of Luo Qingyun's death, I felt as if my heart was being torn apart and I was in unbearable pain. I never thought that I would have such deep feelings for my second brother whom I had taken in out of nowhere.
Luo Qingyun and I can't really be considered siblings. My stepmother was already pregnant with Luo Qingyun before she married my father.
Second Sister was from the South. That year, a flood occurred on the border between Jiang Kingdom and Yi Kingdom (Jiang Kingdom's Fuhuoling, Yi Kingdom's Gulang County), submerging 100,000 mu of forest and farmland, and hundreds of villages.
The two rulers disregarded the lives of their people, shifted blame to each other, accused each other of neglecting the lives of the people, and insisted on redrawing the border, making hundreds of thousands of disaster victims wait for them to remeasure the thousands of miles of Resurrection Ridge. This was truly absurd.
The relief grain from the imperial court was delayed for a long time, and within half a month, a famine broke out, with corpses everywhere and tens of thousands of people dying.
Half a month later, the bodies of those who starved and drowned could not be buried. In addition, the hot climate in the south led to a plague that killed tens of thousands of people.
Of the rest, some waited to die at home, while others fled to various places, but half of them died along the way, leaving only tens of thousands alive.
In an attempt to stop the spread of the plague, the King of Jiang ordered the burning of Resurrection Ridge, which became Death Ridge, and Gulang County ceased to exist.
My second aunt came to Minchuan around that time, and soon after she married my father. However, she gave birth to Luo Qingyun, the troublemaker, three months later.
Actually, Luo Qingyun was quite cute when she was first born, and everyone adored her. At that time, I didn't understand what it meant to suddenly become a big sister, and I cherished my handsome little brother who was so good-looking he could blind people.
I've loved beautiful things since I was born. Before Luo Qingyun was born, I had never seen such a beautiful baby. She was like a sculpture of white jade, a natural beauty.
But she completely captivated me.
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