Liu Dechang stared blankly at the familiar face he had missed for twenty years. He was suddenly at a loss, stumbling and shaking as he looked at her, his emotions almost collapsing as he spread his hands and questioned,
"Xiaoling? Is it really you? Are you still alive? Why don't you come to see me? Do you know how much I've missed you over the years?"
Meng Yue turned around and gave him a sad smile, then reached out to him, but was ruthlessly stopped by Meng Xin.
"Liu Dechang, don't come over. Xiaoyue is from Chu. She wants to stay with me."
Sina quickly came to her side, knelt down with tears streaming down her face, and cried loudly.
"Mom, what's wrong with you? Why is there blood coming out of your mouth? Why do you look so ugly? What happened to you?"
After she finished speaking, she looked up at Meng Xin again, staring at him with tearful eyes, and asked loudly with tears in her voice,
"All of this is your fault. Why are you so cruel to my mother? I've called you uncle for over twenty years, but only now do I realize that you're the villain who destroyed my mother's lifelong happiness. I hate you, I hate you..."
The queen standing aside saw this and strode forward, pulled Meng Xin up angrily, and screamed loudly,
"You've harmed her for twenty years. You've kept her from returning home, from seeing her husband, and from having a child. Now she's dying, and you're still so cruel as to deprive her of her last glimmer of hope? Meng Xin, it's time to let go."
The queen's words stunned Meng Xin for a moment, and tears fell from his red eyes. Seeing this, Liu Jin took the opportunity to step forward and, together with the queen, pulled him up.
Liu Dechang finally held Meng Yue in his arms. The moment Meng Yue looked up, she gave him a long-lost smile. She looked at him with blood on the corner of her mouth, then looked at Xina and said in a weak voice:
"Xina, haven't you always been curious about who your father is? This person is your father, and... and your sister Luo Lan, in the future... cough... in the future... cough..."
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Xina's cries rang out at this time. Liu Dechang called her twice urgently and picked her up. Looking at Meng Yue's familiar face, he could no longer control his emotions. He let the tears flow out crazily and growled in a choked voice.
"Xiaoling, I'll take you home. You can't die. I'll take you home."
A relaxed smile appeared on Meng Yue's lips, and then she lay in Liu Dechang's arms and fell into a deep sleep...
Meng Xin just watched Liu Dechang carry Meng Yue away from him, but Meng Yue didn't say a word to him. He felt a mixture of emotions in his heart.
This time, he chose to let go. The queen was right. He had controlled her for over twenty years. In order to resist, she would rather take poison than surrender to him. It was time for him to let go...
Liu Dechang held Meng Yue in front of Luo Lan with a dull look in his eyes, and sobbed to her in an almost pleading tone:
"Lan'er, please save your mother. Dad knows you are a skilled doctor. You must save your mother. I beg you."
Seeing Liu Dechang crying, Luo Lan's eyes suddenly turned red. The woman in his arms was the one who gave her this body. Although she was only occupying Shui Luolan's body, after experiencing so many things over the years, she felt that her soul had long been integrated with this body. To be more precise, she almost forgot that she was a person who traveled through time.
She nodded to Liu Dechang calmly.
"Dad, leave her to me. I will do my best."
Liu Dechang shook his head vigorously in agony.
"No, I want to stay with her. I was the one who let her down before, but now she's back with me. I'll stay with her no matter she lives or dies."
Seeing his father's firm attitude, Luo Lan pursed his lips, sighed deeply, and nodded to him, "Okay, bring her with me."
After Liu Dechang nodded, he held the unconscious Meng Yue in his arms, climbed onto the horse, and placed her on the horse's back to prevent her from falling. He used his arms to hold her in his arms.
Luo Lan nodded to Leng Yu seriously, then turned around and rode away with Ah Hong. Liu Dechang whispered a few words in the ear of the unconscious Meng Yue and followed closely behind.
It was not until Liu Dechang and Luo Lan disappeared into the darkness that Leng Yu spoke to Meng Xin again:
"I spent five years retaking all the cities you invaded from Daning State, bringing the people of Daning back under its jurisdiction. Now you have nowhere to retreat. It's time for you, the Chu people, to be punished for your despicable tactics. You now have only two options. First, follow me back to the capital, evacuate all your Chu people from the capital, take your people back to your Chu State, and never again invade a single blade of grass or tree in Daning State."
After saying this, he placed the tip of his sword on Le Tu's neck and said in a cold voice, "Second, we will kill all of you here, then go to the capital and kill half of your Chu soldiers and generals. After that, the Chu State will disappear from this world."
Either of these two paths would be equivalent to taking Meng Xin's life. How should he choose?
Meng Xin stood there with a grim face, staring at Leng Yu with bloodshot eyes, looking unwilling to admit defeat but helpless.
The queen standing beside him came to him anxiously, frowning and trying to persuade him with a complicated look:
"King, let's surrender. Tu'er is still in their hands. Even if you continue to fight, you will die in the end. It's better to surrender and save your life."
Meng Xin looked at Leng Yu with a ferocious expression, his face twisted with anger.
He looked at Le Tu, who was still tied to the horse and looking at him with longing eyes. His fists were clenched tightly in his sleeves and his eyes seemed to be on fire.
At this time, Meng Xin's eyes were blazing with fire and his whole body was trembling.
If he surrendered, he would not be able to face the Meng family's ancestors after his death, and he would also not be able to face people.
If they do not surrender, given the current state of siege on the Chu people, even if they fight to the death, there will be no good result.
He didn't know what to do, and he looked horrible...
Just as he was hesitating, Xiao Lingzi came hurriedly on horseback, came to Leng Yu and shouted:
"Your Majesty, people from the North Sea Kingdom are here..."
Before Xiao Lingzi could finish his words, Meng Xin suddenly became energized, raised the sword in his hand, and shouted desperately,
"Our reinforcements are here, charge!"
As soon as he finished shouting, he rushed out with bloodshot eyes, pointing his sword directly at Leng Yu, completely ignoring the fact that Leng Yu's sword was pointing at Le Tu's vitals.
Seeing this, Leng Yu quickly pulled back the sword pointing at Le Tu, jumped off the horse, and fought with Meng Xin.
No one took any action, just watching the two of them fight quietly.
Meng Xin's spirit was on the verge of collapse. In this battle, he used all his strength and showed an attitude of fighting to the death.
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