When the white mist dissipated, Chen Heng found herself on the city wall. Before she could see the situation clearly, a piercing shout came from below the wall: "Shoot arrows at me, shoot arrows at me, my dear, kill me, kill me——"
Not far away, a young man was tied to a chariot with the two big characters "Northern Qi" written on the chariot's flag.
The sound of a bow being drawn.
Shen Heng saw an old general with half white hair standing next to her. The old general pulled the arrow with his tiger arm and it shot out from the string.
"No——" Liu Yu, wearing armor, ran up from the bottom of the city wall.
But it was too late. The arrow hit the young man tied to the chariot and killed him instantly.
"Dying for righteousness, bones lying on the battlefield, morale boosted. Your Highness, this is the destiny of a soldier." Even though the old general had tears in his eyes, his voice was still sonorous and powerful when he spoke to Liu Yu.
Is this the battle for Wanzhou and Northern Qi? Shen Heng looked at the old general with a resolute face. This was General Gongsun, who had personally shot and killed General Gongsun, who had been betrayed by a spy and captured.
At this moment, the scene changed again.
In the military camp at night, the soldiers happily talked about going home to marry wives and reunite with their families after winning the battle. However, the next day, these young soldiers died in the war.
While watching these scenes, Chen Heng looked for Liu Yu.
The scene changed again, showing the alleys of the imperial capital. Liu Yu, accompanied by Master Liu, watched the busy people. The master took him to the broker market. Here, there were parents selling their children, men selling their wives, and even women selling themselves.
"Your daughter is pretty. If you can sell her to a brothel, I can give you an extra ounce of silver," said the broker.
"Dad, please don't sell me to a brothel." The thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl cried.
The old man hugged his daughter and cried bitterly, but in order to prevent his family from starving to death, he finally reluctantly sold the girl to a brothel.
"Lord Lu, you keep talking about justice, but there is no sympathy for them on your face." Liu Yu said coldly.
Lu Ji comforted Xu Zi and said gently, "I brought the young master here because I felt pity for them."
Liu Yu was stunned.
The scene changed again.
In the palace, Liu Yu played with the former queen and the sixth princess.
The former queen had a loving face. When she saw that Liu Yu was tired from playing, she would hold him on her lap to make him laugh. However, this warm scene only lasted for a while. Soon, the eldest prince died. The former queen treated him harshly.
Little Liu Yu went from crying constantly to seek the queen mother's love to becoming numb. When he received the cup of poisoned wine and his closest person wanted to poison him, he didn't even think of resisting. He just drank it and ended it all. In the end, he was taken away by the Sixth Princess, who exchanged her life for his own.
When he was desperate about life, Qin Shangshu appeared. No, he was just a small minister at that time. He coaxed him to be happy, said that he would be loyal to him alone, and said that he would be loyal to him only for the rest of his life. He stayed with him like this for more than ten years.
As the crown prince, he indulged him and let him go, which gradually fostered the minister's greed. The greater his power, the greater his greed, which led to his tragic end.
The images kept turning, all of them were the Eight Sufferings, some of Liu's own, some of others': birth, old age, sickness, and death, failure to obtain what one desires, and separation from loved ones...
Chen Heng suddenly realized that this man could never find a way out of facing herself, the world, and everyone else.
At this time, the witch doctor's voice came: "Madam Xie, time is running out. You must bring the emperor out quickly. Otherwise, you will be injured."
How to take him? She couldn't even find him.
"Liu Yu? Liu Yu?" Shen Heng shouted.
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