Finally, unable to conceal the truth any longer, Minister Wang learned that Wang Suwen, Wang Lingyi, and Wang Xipei were all dead. Even his pregnant daughter-in-law, Zhao Xinran, was dead, the fetus having been cut out alive and stabbed to death.
Minister Wang's hair turned white overnight and he passed away suddenly.
Wenquxing is destroyed.
The group of small literary stars nurtured by Wenquxing could not withstand the evil spirit in the darkness, struggled and flickered, and were eventually destroyed.
Jiang Yan held his ground while Shangshu Wang was alive, but after Shangshu Wang's death, hesitant for two days and surrendered to Prince Guanghuai.
King Guanghuai resented He Qing for holding the northern border. Despite being attacked from all sides and lacking food and clothing, he had managed to hold off the Northern Huns.
The Northern Huns initially advanced rapidly due to the internal and external cooperation of King Guanghuai. Soon, He Qing, Ningyuan Hou, Ye Zhou, and the Duke of Fuguo who had retired long ago due to his son's heart disease also put on their armor again. The soldiers and civilians fought bloody battles, especially the troops led by He Qing, which had amazing combat effectiveness. They drove the Northern Huns back, took back inch of land, and suppressed King Guanghuai in his fiefdom.
Prince Guanghuai asked Jiang Yan to go to the northern border to deliver a batch of supplies to He Qing, and also gave He Qing several sets of inner and outer clothes and cloaks, saying that they were made by Madam Jiang.
He Qing never married, living with only his parents. He wore whatever he liked. The wives and concubines of Helan Cheng, Shang Huaitang, Jiang Yan, Ye Zhou, and others all made clothes for him. He Qing didn't suspect anything and immediately put them on. Ten days later, he died of poisoning.
He Qing was standing between the two armies when the poison took effect. Despite the excruciating pain and the black blood flowing from his seven orifices, he still issued four military orders and made final arrangements. Finally, he urged his horse to charge the enemy. His steed, the Black Panther, seemed to sense the situation, howling to the heavens and carrying its master forward. The horse, pierced by spears and arrows, continued to run until its master speared the stunned enemy general. There was no way this man and horse could reach him.
When He Qing died, both the Wu Qu star and the White Tiger star were destroyed.
The Duke of Fuguo rushed to the northern border to take over, but arrived too late and lost He Qing. The three generals of the Ren family army, father and son, were defeated. Except for the youngest son, who was both wise and brave and held the position, Ren Jiayong and the eldest son fell into a trap and died in battle. The two generals were annihilated.
Soon after the Duke of Fuguo arrived, the youngest son of the Ren family heard that Ren Jiayu had also passed away. He bid farewell to the Duke of Fuguo and retired to the underworld.
Jiang Yan returned home and drank day and night, while Mr. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang received letters from Helan City and Shang Huaitang.
Unable to believe that his son and husband were such people, Old Man Jiang asked Jiang Yan, and Jiang Yan admitted it.
With tears in his eyes, his father poisoned Jiang Yan's wine, summoned his wife, and explained his final arrangements, saying, "The Jiang family must give an explanation to the world. If a son is not well-disciplined, it is the father's fault." Old Man Jiang insisted on drinking and chatting with his son. The dishes were prepared by Mrs. Jiang, all of which were their favorites. Old Man Jiang took effect first, and as he passed away, he said, "This is better. I don't have to send off my young son with his old hair."
Before Jiang Yan died, he hugged Madam Jiang and told her the truth: his adopted son Tian Xiaoshi and his wife had surrendered to King Guanghuai. If he did not send those things to He Qing, Madam Jiang would be the one to die.
Mrs. Jiang then remembered that Tian Xiaoshi and his wife had suddenly come to her house and stayed for a while, helping her with work, chatting with her, and eating with her. The children were grown up and were living away from home, so it was nice to have someone to keep them company. They didn't leave until the day Jiang Yan came back. Now she knew that they had gone to Prince Guanghuai's fiefdom overnight.
She thought the couple had changed, but that was the case. She cried and said, "You are confused. Even if I die, He Qing must live. Now that you are dead, what is the point of me living?"
Jiang Yan said, "I was deceived by Prince Guanghuai. I didn't know it would cost He Qing his life. It's too late to regret now."
Jiang Yan died and the Tianqiao star disappeared.
Madam Jiang poured a bowl of hot oil on her face, disfiguring herself and causing her to gain thirty pounds. She entered the fiefdom of Prince Guanghuai and, three years later, found Tian Xiaoshi and his wife and poisoned them.
When he returned home, he murmured in front of Jiang Yan's grave, "I don't know if you can recognize me." Then he committed suicide.
Soon, another bad news came that the Duke of Fuguo passed away.
Ye Zhou led his two sons to fight against King Guanghuai, and now he can only rush to the northern border to provide assistance.
Upon hearing of the Duke's passing, the Northern Huns immediately launched an attack. To everyone's surprise, before Ye Zhou arrived, the Duke's son, who had recovered from his heart disease, had been quietly brought into the army by the Duke, steadily handling the situation.
Taking advantage of the fact that the Northern Huns thought that our army had no leader and underestimated the enemy's attack, he directly wiped out 100,000 Northern Hun soldiers. A great battle was fought, and the Northern Huns were caught off guard.
The star officials discovered that next to a general star that was destroyed after the death of the Duke of Fuguo, a new general star was shining brightly.
This is the first time a new star has lit up since the death of Xuanyuan Hao and Zhang Ru and the extinction of the Emperor and Empress stars.
Dong Rouer suffered from splitting headaches, and the last bit of clarity in her mind gradually disappeared.
There was only one thought in my mind: all these people must die. Once they die, the Xuanyuan Dynasty will be plunged into darkness, and my lord and my clan will be able to run rampant.
When that moment of clarity disappeared, her headache also disappeared: go find Ren Jiayu, and the first person to kill is Wang Xipei.
Wang Xipei, immersed in the joy of being rescued, did not know that after she left by boat, the dejected palace's light and dark guards were overjoyed because Xuanyuan Huaiyu had arrived.
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