Both worlds are like dreams

"Princess Changle, why do you want to sacrifice your life in vain?" The second prince said, "If you surrender, I can promise that I will never harm the lives of your Guigu Sect, and your cousin can also leave safely."

"Can you make the decision?" Xue Huang asked indifferently.

The second prince's face froze. "At a time like this, you are still so arrogant. I once sincerely invited you to cooperate, but you rejected me and refused to give me even the slightest chance. Now you are about to become the fish under my knife, are you still insisting on your ridiculous sincerity?"

"I once thought you were the one who could shoulder the responsibility, but as time goes by, you are still the most sanctimonious person. You call yourself a gentleman, but in fact you are better at weighing the pros and cons than anyone else."

"What's wrong with weighing the pros and cons? If I don't fight, I will die. Besides, all this should have belonged to me, but he took it away from me!" The second prince looked at Mo Ruilin angrily.

"So, you don't deserve it!" Xue Huang said bluntly, "How dare you say that you didn't contribute to the death of the former crown prince? Did your mother poison your father? You forged an imperial edict and colluded with the rebels to usurp the throne. You are doomed to lose!"

A hint of murderous intent flashed in the second prince's eyes. Being exposed so bluntly by Xue Huang, he was filled with anger.

The people behind him launched a full-scale attack, and Xue Huang used the Mysterious Ice Curse again to block the next round of attack.

But her internal strength was almost reaching its limit. At this moment, the phantom killer under Shen Congfeng suddenly rushed out and slashed towards her with the knife in his hand.

Xue Huang frowned and was about to use her internal energy to resist, but she saw the killer in front of her fall to the ground.

It turned out that he was shot in the back by an arrow and died instantly.

Xue Huang looked in the direction where the arrow came from, and saw a group of black-armored soldiers rushing in from the palace gate, instantly turning the tide of the battle.

The leader came on horseback, his red clothes fluttering, and he was still drawing the bow and drawing the arrow in his hand.

Xue Huang was really surprised. The reinforcements that Mo Ruilin mentioned turned out to be Mo Yunchen. Didn’t he return to the North?

Before she could think about it, Gu Qinglan suddenly rushed over and hugged her, using his body to block the enemy's sneak attack arrows.

Xue Huang repelled the enemy with one palm, and before she could check the wound on Gu Qinglan's arm, she saw Mo Yunchen suddenly draw the bow and arrow again, but he was aiming at Gu Qinglan in front of her.

Xue Huang's eyes changed, and without any hesitation, she turned around with Gu Qinglan and stood in front of Gu Qinglan.

The next moment, Mo Yunchen's arrow grazed their bodies and hit another killer who wanted to launch a sneak attack.

"Xue Huang?!" Gu Qinglan was horrified. "You are kidding! Who asked you to block for me?"

"You were the one who started it." Xue Huang also frowned and looked at him. Although she was distracted just now, she could still handle it. It was only because he was injured that she was distracted.

Gu Qinglan didn't say anything. He let her go silently and looked behind her.

Xue Huang turned around and took a look, and saw that Mo Yunchen's eyes were terrifyingly gloomy.

She had no time to care and helped Gu Qinglan pull out the arrow. Fortunately, no vital parts were injured.

Mo Yunchen's black-armored army directly controlled the situation of the war, and now the fish on the chopping board became Shen Congfeng and Mo Zhenyu.

Shen Congfeng was also incredulous. "You clearly returned to the Northern Territory, why are you here? For them, you are willing to disobey the order?"

"Returning to the North is just an excuse to let you relax your vigilance," Mo Yunchen said calmly. "If I don't let you feel that you have a sure win, how can you fight to the death?"

"Your Highness is indeed a scheming man. You must have done more than just this to plan for today. The letter from the credential, the testimony, and the evidence of the disaster relief money were all your work, right?"

"General, you might as well think about what I have done."

"I really regret letting you go and giving you the opportunity to grow. You should have died on that battlefield like your father."

"Do you regret it?" Mo Yunchen sneered, "It's too late!"

Shen Congfeng sneered, "Do you think that if you help them defeat me, you can replace me? If I die, the next person to be pushed to the execution ground will be you."

"Do you think I care?" Mo Yunchen sneered, "Besides, you and I are different after all."

“Hahahaha…” Shen Congfeng laughed, “Don’t make yourself sound so noble, Mo Yunchen. Even if you have the upper hand today, so what? I have the imperial edict to change the crown prince in my hand. You are the ones who are not in the right.”

"Really?" Mo Yunchen smiled, "How can a forged imperial edict shake the great unity?"

Xue Huang stepped forward and said, "His Majesty is in the palace, why don't we ask him?"

Shen Congfeng and the others' faces changed and they looked at Xue Huang in disbelief.

Mo Ruilin supported Ling Huang and walked out slowly. At this time, Ling Huang's body was trembling, and there was no trace of blood on his face, like a walking corpse.

But he still held on and looked at Mo Zhenyu, "Rebellious son! You actually conspired with Shen Congfeng to rebel. You have wasted my expectations and teachings on you..."

Mo Zhenyu was sad and angry, "Father, you gave up on me first."

Emperor Ling was extremely distressed, "How can I watch you brothers killing each other?"

Mo Ruilin said, "Second brother, stop it."

"At this point, is there any chance for me to turn back?" Mo Zhenyu sighed.

"If you stop now, it's not too late." said Mo Ruilin.

"Since I have chosen this path today, I have made preparations. The winner will be the king and the loser will be the bandit. It's either you die or I die." Mo Zhenyu said resolutely.

Emperor Ling was extremely distressed. "Come here, take down this traitor. If anyone resists, kill him without mercy!"

The sky of the imperial city seemed to be dyed red with blood, and the rebellion gradually subsided.

In the end, Mo Ruilin couldn't bear to kill all his brothers and relatives, so he had Mo Zhenyu captured alive.

The people under Shen Congfeng were killed one by one, and he was the only one left struggling to hold on.

"General Shen, why don't you surrender?" asked Mo Ruilin.

"I'm going to die anyway, so what's the point of surrendering?" Shen Congfeng laughed. "I've fought hard all my life and achieved great success, but now I'm defeated by you. How can I accept this?"

"For more than twenty years, you have controlled the government, stirred up trouble, harmed the people, and committed numerous crimes. Now is the time for you to plead guilty," said Mo Ruilin.

"Confess? What crime have I committed?"

"You are the one who instigated the tragedy of the destruction of Beiyuan. You embezzled disaster relief funds, assassinated hostages, exchanged letters of credence, disobeyed the imperial decree, and massacred innocent people. You deserve to die!"

"You assassinated the crown prince and court officials, and colluded with other countries to disrupt our government. You deserve to die!"

"You privately forged weapons, raised private soldiers and assassins, committed treason, and attempted rebellion. You deserve to die!"

"You have committed many crimes. Today is your end!"

Shen Congfeng laughed coldly, "That's right, it's me, it's all me! The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit, I have nothing to say! It's impossible for me to surrender!"

"If you resist stubbornly, you will be killed!" Emperor Ling said coldly.

Xue Huang, Wei Yunzhou and Xu Yao attacked at the same time, and the sword intent of the three swept across the sky.

The sword intent was like weeping blood, sad and magnificent, and seemed to end Shen Congfeng's life with a deep cry.

It started to rain in the sky, I didn't know whether it was sad or happy.

Xue Huang stood in the rain, looking at Shen Congfeng's body. He died just like that. It was really too easy for him.

He should kneel before the souls of those who died in Beiyuan and repent. His evil deeds should be made public and condemned by all.

What he did was inhumane and he deserves to be cut into pieces.

Emperor Ling could no longer hold on and fell down.

At this point, Shen Congfeng completely fell.

In the spring of the 781st year of the Liuyun calendar, after the Qingming Festival, Emperor Ling passed away.

Prince Mo Ruilin succeeded to the throne, and the remaining followers of Shen Congfeng were cleared out with lightning speed.

All those who participated in the treason were killed.

The Second Prince's faction was no exception, but Mo Ruilin chose to show mercy and spared the Second Prince's life, but demoted him to a commoner and exiled him to the southwest. The rest of the people were punished according to their crimes.

For a time, the court was in panic and unrest.

But Murilin was clear about rewards and punishments. Those who plotted rebellion were severely punished, those who had made contributions were heavily rewarded, and those who were loyal were promoted.

In a short period of time, the overall situation was decided.

The most surprising thing was the third prince, who had already planned a retreat and passed on the news of Shen Congfeng's rebellion.

It was because of him that Wei Yunzhou was able to send people to intercept Shen Congfeng’s private soldiers in the first time.

Shen Congfeng's crimes were made known to the world, and Beiyuan's old case was also rehabilitated.

Mo Ruilin ordered the reconstruction of an imperial temple for the king and ministers of Beiyuan who had died unjustly in the past. It was named Donglin Temple, and all the tablets under Jingmeng Garden were enshrined there.

After two months, everything was settled.

During the summer solstice, Xue Huang, Wei Yunzhou, Xu Yao, and all the descendants of Beiyuan went to Donglin Temple to pay tribute to their deceased relatives.

The bells rang long and the incense smoke curled. The 19 years of national hatred and family feuds finally came to an end.

Xue Huang, Wei Yunzhou and Xu Yao personally lit the eternal lamps for their relatives, added incense, then knelt silently on the ground and burned countless paper money.

There were a few more paintings on the wall, which were portraits of the king and ministers of Beiyuan that some old ministers had asked painters to paint based on their memories.

Xue Huang saw her mother, she was very beautiful. Xue Huang did look a lot like her, but it was half and half. Her eyebrows and eyes were exactly the same as Jing Chen and Emperor Yuanwen.

She looked for a long time, and before she knew it, tears welled up in her eyes.

When she was very young, she also asked Mr. Guigu and Rong Yu who her biological parents were and where they had gone, but they just sighed and shook their heads.

At that time Xue Huang understood that she must be an orphan.

But when she saw other families enjoying themselves, she still hoped in her heart that one day she would also have such a simple and happy moment.

But this day will never come.