"puff--"
Ling Zhenhou suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and then collapsed heavily to the ground.
Chang Qing practically lunged to the edge of the cliff, stretching out his hand but still unable to grasp that splash of bright red.
The sounds of fighting abruptly ceased, and a tear slid down the cheek of Wei Ruo, who was hiding among the wounded soldiers. "You wait here, I'll go out and check the situation."
"Master Wei."
Looking at the worried wounded soldier, Wei Ruo forced a smile, "The fighting outside has stopped. It must be General Chang and his men who have broken in. Don't worry about me, just protect the Marquis."
Every step she took outside felt like walking on a knife's edge.
Soon, Wei Ruo arrived at the cliff.
Lord Zhen fell into a pool of blood, the spearhead he had personally removed for the Empress embedded in his right chest.
The remaining Wei soldiers knelt on the ground and surrendered, while the Daqing soldiers behind them pointed their swords at them, glaring angrily.
Where is the Empress?
Kui Ruo didn't dare look down the cliff. He searched around but couldn't find the person in the red dress.
"Lord Wei, Her Majesty... has accidentally fallen off a cliff."
Overwhelmed by grief, Wei Ruo found it hard to breathe for a moment.
Good news came from afar: the capital of the Great Wei had fallen. From then on, there was no more Great Wei in the world, only the even more powerful Great Qing.
"Kill all these Wei soldiers."
Kui Ruo's emotionless voice rang out, and Chang Qing gripped the hilt of his sword tightly. "My lord, prisoners of war cannot..."
Prisoners of war are not killed; this is an unspoken rule on the battlefield.
"I will kill you if I say so, Chang Qing. If you don't kill me, neither of us can bear the consequences." Wei Ruo stared at Chang Qing, his face pale.
If the Empress falls off a cliff, how furious and grief-stricken would the Emperor be?
And that guy from Daning...
"kill!"
At Chang Qing's command, all the Wei soldiers were beheaded, their blood staining the cliff top red.
Kui Ruo mustered all the courage he had ever had to look into the endless abyss, and then strode away.
"Lord Wei, where are you going?"
"Go to the capital of the Great Wei."
Kui Ruo's hands, hidden beneath his sleeves, were already clenched into fists. He was determined to protect the Great Wei, which the Empress had fought so hard to establish.
Two hours later, a group of people as swift as swallows arrived at the village.
"The Dharma protectors don't seem to be waging war."
Ling Hai's eyes narrowed, and he followed the bloodstains on the ground to Chang Qing on the cliff top.
Where is the Empress Dowager?
"Who are you?" Chang Qing and the Daqing soldiers around him instantly became alert, but Ling Hai was colder than ever before. Almost instantly, his sword was pressed against Chang Qing's throat. "I'm asking you, where is your Empress Dowager?"
"Fell off a cliff...fell off a cliff."
A soldier spoke timidly, and Ling Hai froze.
"Everyone, go down the cliff and search."
Upon hearing Ling Hai's words, Chang Qing fell completely silent. Who exactly were these people? Below the cliff was a rushing river; even at the risk of his life, he had to find the Empress Dowager.
Watching Ling Hai and the others disappear before his eyes, Chang Qing reached up and wiped his face.
When did he start crying...?
......
On this day, torrential rain fell throughout Daqing, accompanied by thunder, as if weeping and grieving for Jiang Yu's fall from the cliff.
The urgent message was delivered to three different locations. The soldiers of Daqing silently guarded their weapons. Although they had won the war, no one could be happy.
Jiang He remained lying quietly in bed, seemingly oblivious to what was happening.
Both siblings from the Jiang family perished in this war.
The capital city.
The palace was in chaos, and Gu Qingyan coughed up several mouthfuls of blood after hearing the news that Jiang Yu had fallen off a cliff.
The imperial physicians went in and out, not daring to leave the Hall of Supreme Harmony even for a moment.
"Issue my decree, appointing Chang Qing as the commander-in-chief to immediately lead all troops to conquer the Eastern Qing Kingdom." Gu Qingyan struggled to speak, while Qin Wei quickly wrote down his orders beside him.
"Furthermore, Kui Ruo... I will entrust the conquered Great Wei and Dongqing Kingdom to Kui Ruo."
After saying that, he coughed up another mouthful of blood.
Gu Qingyan roared to the sky, the veins on his forehead seemingly about to burst.
Why? Why did Heaven treat the Empress Dowager this way?
In response to Gu Qingyan's roar, another thunderbolt struck. Gu Qingyan's eyes widened in fury, and he stumbled out of the Taihe Hall.
The heavy rain pelted Gu Qingyan, but he was completely unaware of it.
He pointed angrily at the sky, his eyes filled with fierce rage.
If his mother dies, he will kill everyone in the world to be buried with her!
Without his mother, all that talk about unifying the world meant nothing to him.
"emperor!"
Min Fu knelt at Gu Qingyan's feet and hugged Gu Qingyan's leg tightly. "Now the Jiang family only has Your Majesty as its sole bloodline. Can you bear to let anything happen to you?"
Gu Qingyan seemed to be brought back to his senses by these words, but the look in his eyes when he looked at Min Fu made Min Fu feel a chill run down his spine. "My mother and uncle will be fine."
If something happens to them, then something happens to everyone.
......
The message was delivered to Gu Lin by a secret guard from Lingxiao Pavilion.
"My lord!"
The guard didn't say a word and knelt on the ground without looking up.
"What happened? Speak!" Gu Lin seemed to sense something and quickly moved to the side of the guard. "What happened to Madam?"
"My lord, the lady was cornered at the edge of a cliff by Marquis Lingzhen and pierced his right chest with the muzzle of her spear." The guard trembled all over. "Then...then the lady fell off the cliff."
Gu Lin's eyes immediately turned bloodshot.
Chang Wuyou, noticing the unusual celestial phenomena, rushed into the hall. Looking at Gu Lin in this state, Chang Wuyou was at a loss for words.
"Your Majesty, a crisis has arrived; you cannot leave Da Ning."
"Da Ning?"
Gu Lin chuckled, "What is Da Ning anyway?"
The next second, Gu Lin's figure disappeared from Chang Wuyou's sight.
Looking at the rumbling thunder and the gloomy sky outside, Chang Wuyou sighed heavily. The world is in chaos, the world is in complete chaos...
The journey, which should have taken four days, was completed in just one day and one night by Gu Lin.
When Gu Lin appeared at the foot of the cliff, Ling Hai looked at him and forgot to bow. Not only Ling Hai, but all the secret guards of Lingxiao Pavilion were stunned.
The man before him had white hair, his eyes were so red they seemed to drip blood, and his robes were covered in scratches from tree branches, making him look disheveled and insane.
"Have you found her?"
Gu Lin's voice was extremely hoarse. Seeing Ling Hai's somewhat bewildered expression, Gu Lin slowly curled the corners of his mouth, "I want to see the person alive, or the body dead."
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