He seemed not to have heard clearly and took another half step forward: "What did you say?"
"The Western Regions boast the vast grasslands, the Eagle Master Tribe's ten thousand warhorses, and your mother's beloved Moon Lake. Return there, no one can bully you anymore. You can ride wild horses across the land like a true descendant of the wolf tribe—isn't that better than being Emperor Chu's pawn within these palace walls?"
"But this is my home."
Chu Hong's voice was filled with loneliness. "I grew up in the Great Chu. I studied the military tactics of the Great Chu and guarded the borders of the Great Chu. The soldiers of Youzhou recognize me as the Wise King, and the people of the capital know who I am. No matter how beautiful the grasslands of the Western Regions are, to me they are just my ancestral home."
He met Amur's amber eyes and whispered, "Your Majesty may want a son who can inherit the throne of the Western Regions, but I only want to be Chu Hong."
Amur was confused.
He looked into Chu Hong's clear yet resolute eyes, and the blood that had just been boiling with ecstasy seemed to be frozen in an instant.
"Did the King of Chu threaten you and your son? I can send troops to attack Great Chu..."
"That's enough."
Chu Hong suddenly interrupted him: "What does your Majesty think this is? A joke?"
"Twenty years ago, you couldn't protect Mother. Twenty years later, do you think you can make up for it with just a few words?"
Amur felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He opened his mouth but no sound came out.
Chu Hong turned around and was about to leave, but stopped: "I came here today just to tell the king something."
He turned around and said in a clear voice: "My path as Chu Hong can only be chosen by myself."
Amur stood there in a daze, his face full of disbelief, until his back disappeared for a long time.
After a long time, he laughed bitterly, but that laugh was filled with endless cold anger.
"What a great King of Chu! It wasn't enough that he deceived me for twenty years. Now he's turned my wolf cub from the grassland into a house dog that wags its tail and begs for mercy!"
"If I don't avenge this, I, Amur, will not be a human being!"
He shattered the table with a sudden blow of his palm, and the anger accumulated from twenty years of fighting on the battlefield seemed to burst out at this moment.
"Batu!"
He shouted to the side.
Guard Batu came in and knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty!"
Amur pulled off the jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Batu: "Pass the order down and mobilize the royal cavalry immediately!"
Batu was startled and looked up suddenly.
"Your Majesty, please think again. Perhaps the little prince just didn't think straight for a moment..."
"Humph! The Emperor of Chu has taught him such bad things that he has forgotten whose blood is flowing in his body!"
He drew his scimitar, his face full of bloodlust: "The eagle of the grassland should soar into the sky, and the wolf cub should bare its fangs."
Then, Amur tore off a piece of his sleeve, bit his finger, and wrote a letter in blood on the cloth. He then ordered: "Send this letter to the State of Chen by a soldier, and tell him that if the King of Chen wants the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, he must cooperate with me."
Batu looked up in horror: "Your Majesty, this..."
"What? Even you want to disobey me?" Amur stared at Batu with a hawk-like gaze, and there was a terrifying rage in his eyes.
"I dare not!"
In the end, Batu had no choice but to grit his teeth and leave, and follow orders.
——
At the same time, Qin Yuan and his party finally arrived at the border of Da Chu.
When we arrived at a city, the sun was about to set.
Qin Yuan rode his horse and stood on the top of Youzhou Mountain, overlooking the city not far away.
As dusk falls, thousands of lights are lit around.
Is this the place she has governed for three months?
Stepping into the territory of Da Chu again gave him an extremely friendly and safe feeling.
It feels like coming home.
"How long will it take to arrive?"
Qin Yuan frowned and asked Li Linyuan who was standing beside him.
Li Linyuan unfolded the map in his hand, pointed at it a few times, and then said, "Your Highness, according to the walking distance, it is estimated to take another three days."
"Three days..." Qin Yuan muttered to himself.
Just in time for the birthday banquet of the Emperor Chu.
"Pass the order down, speed up!" Qin Yuan suddenly ordered.
He suddenly couldn't wait to see her.
However, at this moment, a guard came riding from behind to report.
"Report—"
The guard dismounted and knelt on one knee.
"Your Highness! We've spotted that witch's tracks at Black Wind Cliff, ten miles ahead!"
Qin Yuan's eyes flashed.
Gu Yanran was really lucky. She didn't die even after jumping from such a high cliff.
At this time, Li Linyuan stepped forward and suggested, "Your Highness, why don't you let me deal with that evil woman first, and then catch up and reunite with you."
However, Qin Yuan raised his hand to stop him.
"I will personally capture her and take her to the capital."
Gu Yanran is like a grasshopper, and she has evil skills. Ordinary people can't resist her at all. He can only feel at ease if he catches her with his own hands, destroys her skills, and pulls out her tongue.
The group quickly rushed towards Black Wind Cliff.
…
At the same time, Gu Yanran was dragging her broken body and walking hard on a small path.
The red clothes she was wearing were already tattered and scratched by thorns, leaving bloody marks. Her once charming and beautiful face was now covered in dirt, her exposed forehead was covered in fine lines, her lips were as dry as dead bark, and a wound on her left cheek that was so deep that the bone could be seen had begun to fester and was emitting a foul odor.
Who would have thought that a woman with this appearance was once a beauty that could make the nobles in the capital spend huge sums of money?
“Ahem…”
She spat out a mouthful of blood-stained saliva and dug her nails deep into her palms.
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