Ziyuan rushed in and saw Emperor Zhou holding the corpse of his mother...
Emperor Zhou actually... strangled Empress Yang to death!
"This... I didn't expect things to develop this way."
Hua Rong opened her eyes in the Qing Shui Pavilion.
She just remotely brought Ziyuan into her dream.
The reason for this idea is that when they were creating memories for the two of them, they accidentally discovered that Ziyuan seemed to have a long-forgotten memory.
Moreover, those memories were sealed away by external forces.
She had suspected Emperor Zhou before, and now that it has been confirmed.
Sure enough, her suspicions were correct.
"Unexpectedly, Ning Zixuan's father, Ning Zhan, and the empress whom all the people of Zhou remember fondly have such a past."
Hua Rong thought that this should have been mentioned in the novel as well.
She simply didn't know because she was too lazy to read the whole book.
"No wonder, old-fashioned romance novels would indeed depict the grudges and entanglements between the male and female protagonists and the parents of the male and female supporting characters."
Actually, it's not just old-fashioned romance novels; isn't modern literature like that too?
Ziyuan opened his eyes. His eyes were dark and deep, with a coldness that no one else could understand.
"Your Highness, an envoy from Da Yue has come to visit."
Ziyuan sat up and said while dressing, "Summon General Ning to come with me to see the envoy from Great Yue!"
Shen Yue's "birth" was actually Hua Rong making an incision in her abdomen, taking him out, and then the wound instantly healing.
She even shielded herself from pain, and in this way, Hua Rong successfully hatched Shen Yue.
That's right!
Hua Rong felt that giving birth to Chen Yue was like hatching a chick, without any pain.
After Shen Yue was born, Hua Rong hired a wet nurse for him and then left him alone.
It was on the very day Shen Yue was born that Da Yue suddenly switched sides and joined forces with Da Zhou to attack the capital of Da Yan.
The day Shen Yue was born, the Great Yan Kingdom was destroyed.
Hua Rong looked at the silly, grinning Shen Yue in the swaddling clothes and said, "With your luck, if it weren't for me, this world probably wouldn't be able to withstand it. Look, one dragon vein is gone today."
After saying that, Hua Rong disappeared from the room, leaving only the infant Shen Yue in his swaddling clothes, playing with his hands, oblivious to the hardships of the world.
Hua Rong went to Dayan, but it wasn't yet a scene of utter devastation.
It seems that the Emperor of Yan cares about the people; otherwise, the Great Yan would not be in such a good state now.
Hua Rong didn't concern herself with the aftermath; she simply took the weakened dragon vein away.
After that, chaos broke out inside Dai Viet.
The day before the Da Yue army arrived in Kyoto, the male protagonist Zhao Xuan kidnapped Jiang Rong and, together with his men, occupied Kyoto.
Even the Yue emperor was drugged and lay unconscious in bed.
Jiang Rong secretly yawned.
"What, aren't you afraid at all?" Zhao Xuan looked up at Jiang Rong, glancing at the letter in his hand.
At this moment, he removed the human skin mask that the Spirit King had worn, revealing his true appearance.
Because he had fewer clothes on his body and because he hadn't seen the sun for so long, his face looked exceptionally pale.
At first glance, it looks like a vampire!
Jiang Rong's face immediately showed fear: "I'm scared."
Zhao Xuan looked at her silently for a while, then asked, "Has anyone ever told you that your acting is bad?"
Jiang Rong: "..."
Yes, bro, there's more than one person!
Jiang Rong was somewhat discouraged.
She felt her acting skills were passable, so why did everyone else say they weren't good enough?
Is she destined to be nothing more than a pretty face?
"Whether you're scared or not, you have to do what I tell you to do obediently. Otherwise, you can just die."
Jiang Rong rolled her eyes: "How could anyone give up their empire for a woman?"
Zhao Xuan: "Perhaps Han Ling would be willing?"
Jiang Rong pouted.
Perhaps Han Ling would have done it if she hadn't gone on an expedition, but now that she's been on an expedition for half a year, she won't.
Jiang Rong has always had a clear understanding of things.
Because she sees things so clearly, she can be so cold-hearted.
"Whatever makes you happy." Jiang Rong shrugged.
Zhao Xuan looked at Jiang Rong and frowned. After a while, he said gently, "Don't worry, I will protect your life when the time comes."
Jiang Rong rolled her eyes inwardly: "You don't even know if you can save your own life, let alone save mine."
Jiang Rong scoffed, her face showing a perfunctory expression of gratitude: "Hehe, thank you."
Zhao Xuan didn't care about her attitude, and took her to the city wall the next day anyway.
Jiang Rong was still asleep, so she simply leaned against him and continued to sleep.
Even though she knew that the person outside the city walls was Han Ling.
After being separated for half a year, does she miss Han Ling?
I didn't actually feel anything.
Han Ling's letters to her went from once every three days to once every two weeks, then to once a month, and eventually stopped altogether...
This shows the change in Han Ling's mindset over the past six months.
In truth, this is a good thing for a man destined to become an emperor.
"Han Ling, if you don't kill yourself, this woman will die!"
Zhao Xuan glared at Han Ling with a sinister smile on his face.
Han Ling couldn't actually see Jiang Rong's face clearly, since the city wall was very high and he was standing far away.
But in that instant, he remembered her face.
The longing and emotions he thought he had forgotten flowed through his heart.
"Let's attack the city, Your Highness," his lieutenant said from the side.
Han Ling likes Jiang Rong.
However, he couldn't possibly disregard the lives of so many soldiers behind him, or even the entire population of Da Yue.
During the six months he spent living and eating with these soldiers, he came to understand the responsibilities of being a king.
He had also witnessed the human tragedy of the people being displaced after the fall of the Great Yan Kingdom.
He couldn't possibly put so many people in such a predicament for the sake of Jiang Rong alone.
He said, "Zhao Xuan, you know this is impossible."
Zhao Xuan was not disappointed. He looked down at Jiang Rong and said, "It seems you guessed right."
Jiang Rong opened her eyes, her expression calm: "So, this is what you wanted me to see. You wanted me to see how heartless His Highness the Crown Prince can be?"
"That's right, so what exactly do you like about this man?"
Jiang Rong sneered: "It's precisely because he's not the kind of person who would disregard millions for a woman that I like him! You want to use my abilities to gain this empire, don't you?"
Zhao Xuan frowned, then said, "That's right, this man treated you like this, don't you want to get revenge?"
Jiang Rong pouted: "I'm just an ordinary person."
An ordinary person?
He doesn't believe it!
Thinking of this, he took out a knife and stabbed it into Jiang Rong's heart: "Then let's try it."
"Pfft—"
The sound of swords piercing flesh.
Zhao Xuan stared wide-eyed at Jiang Rong, whom he had stabbed to death: "No—"
He doesn't believe it!
He took such a risk because he was betting on Jiang Rong's abilities.
So now you're telling him that Jiang Rong was killed so easily?
"God, you are unfair!"
Zhao Xuan looked up and roared at the sky!
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