Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

After witnessing the emperor's death with his own eyes, Mu Yuanzhi dropped the sword in his hand again.

With a clang, the sword fell heavily to the ground.

He slowly returned to the table, poured himself another cup of tea, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Your Highness, the imperial seal has been found."

Suddenly, the voices of soldiers came from outside the door, and they escorted Eunuch Li in.

"The imperial seal is in the possession of this eunuch. He said the emperor asked him to give it to Mu Nanqi."

Hearing this, Mu Yuanzhi's pupils shrank and he punched the table. The previous depression caused by patricide disappeared instantly.

He gritted his teeth and spat out a few words from between his teeth.

"Search for Mu Nanqi and Song Zhi with all your strength and make sure to catch them."

"Yes."

The soldiers left the hall in an orderly manner and went to the city to search with the cavalry. Only a few soldiers remained in the palace to finish the job.

Mu Yuanzhi's heavy gaze fell on Eunuch Li. "As for you, you have served the emperor for your entire life, so you should be used to it. So you should go downstairs and serve him."

After saying this, the soldier who caught him immediately stabbed him in the throat with a sword.

Eunuch Li fell not far from the emperor.

He was calmer than expected. Before dying, he tried to crawl towards the emperor, saying with his dying breath, "Your Majesty, I am here to see you."

He left a trail of blood under his body, but unfortunately he died before he could crawl to the emperor.

The cavalry and soldiers searched for Song Zhi and her companions everywhere in the blockaded city. The people woke up from their sleep and saw teams of soldiers searching for something in every corner of the city.

Mu Yuanzhi thought that the city gate had been blocked for a long time and they couldn't escape.

However, what he didn't know was that at this time, Song Zhi, Mu Nanqi and others had already swiftly left the capital from the tunnel in Gouer Lane with a space full of gold, silver and treasures and headed south.

Song Zhi did not tell the old monsters about the storage space, but only said that he had arranged for someone to deliver the wine safely to the border.

Also traveling with them was Dr. Jiang.

Doctor Jiang would not have gotten involved in such mundane matters, but when he learned that Taohua Niang had moved to the frontier, he decided to go with them without hesitation.

They hurried along, hardly stopping along the way.

Mu Yuanzhi discovered the tunnel in Gouer Lane three days later.

They dug deep into the entire capital and finally found the extremely hidden entrance.

It is said that Mu Yuanzhi was so angry that day that he almost smashed the jade seal. He urgently sent people to chase and kill him, but it was too late.

However, he still ascended the throne as planned, holding the imperial edict with his imitation of the emperor's handwriting and stamped with the jade seal. Although the court was puzzled as to why the emperor died suddenly and why he did not pass the throne to his favorite Mu Nanqi.

However, when everyone saw that Mu Yuanzhi was able to fully command the cavalry, they were smart enough not to question him.

Mu Yuanzhi thus became the new Emperor of Tianqi. He did not change the country's name, but simply asked the mayors of each city to come to pay homage.

Then he discovered another fact: there were only sixty cities left out of the seventy-two cities of Tianqi, and the other twelve cities had already been secretly taken over by Song Zhi and others.

He angrily kicked down the minister who came to report.

"Trash, it's all trash."

No wonder his tax increase was exposed so thoroughly. He originally thought that there were problems in only one or two cities, but he didn't expect that there were problems in more than a dozen cities.

The late emperor was so smart that he was confused for a moment. He was completely unaware of this.

That's right. In his final days, he focused all his energy on recognizing Mu Nanqi as his son. How could he pay attention to those city lords who were cooperating in the concealment?

He tried his best to suppress his anger, and his whole body trembled slightly.

It's okay, it's okay.

He kept comforting himself that the entire Tianqi had a total of 100,000 troops and 300,000 cavalry, and he could continue to recruit soldiers. Song Zhi and his men had only 12 cities, and they had no chance of winning against him.

Thinking of this, Mu Yuanzhi felt much better.

He ordered his troops to gather and attack directly towards the fallen city.

But since he had just ascended the throne, he still needed manpower to maintain stability in the capital.

So he only sent 100,000 cavalry and 100,000 ordinary troops, and at the same time recruited soldiers.

He would never touch the remaining 100,000 cavalrymen no matter what.

Song Zhi had just reunited with Xin Wanyun when he received news that the imperial court had sent troops to suppress the rebellion.

She now has an army of more than 300,000 troops, of which 150,000 are stationed in the first city on the border to prevent the Kingdom of Li from being suddenly attacked and caught off guard.

There are also hundreds of thousands of people who have been following them and fighting on the front lines.

Although there were still hundreds of thousands of women who came to join the army, most of them had not been trained and could not go directly to the battlefield.

Therefore, at present, we only have tens of thousands of troops that can directly fight.

These soldiers were trained by Xin Wanyun, so Song Zhi was not worried about facing the 100,000 ordinary troops of the imperial court.

What made her feel a little tricky was the 100,000 cavalry.

However, with the support of Mu Nanqi's tens of thousands of secret guards, there shouldn't be any problem.

Song Zhi made arrangements overnight, and the battle was about to break out.

Song Yang and Li Yan almost dropped their jaws when they saw Xin Wanyun who had 'come back from the dead'. They were shocked, but at the same time they felt more at ease.

The name Xin Wanyun and the person himself are a symbol of strength.

Only the late emperor would be so short-sighted as to hide her simply because she was a woman.

Xie Ting was still a chatterbox. After meeting, without Song Zhi asking anything, he told Song Zhi the whole situation in a whirlwind manner.

Meng Qi sneered from the side, "Flatterer."

Xie Ting didn't think that this was an insult at all, but rather felt that it was an affirmation of his ability.

He was so angry that he said, "I am a flatterer. If you have the guts, you can be a flatterer too. No way, no way, you can't even be a flatterer like me."

Meng Qi: “…”

The two bickered as usual, and Meng Qi was once again temporarily at a disadvantage.

When Mu Nanqi came over, Xie Ting instantly moved over.

"This must be the boss's husband, the former Third Prince. He is truly the boss's man. He is unmatched in the world. Not only is he good-looking, but his martial arts are also excellent. Not only is his martial arts excellent, but his talent is also remarkable. It's true that our boss is a very good person."

He couldn't stop talking. "I used to want the boss to let me be his concubine for fun, but now I think that was really overestimating my own abilities and bringing humiliation upon myself. With such a beautiful woman like you, there's no way the boss would be interested in a mediocre girl like me."

Meng Qi was stunned.

His understanding of Xie Ting's flattery skills has reached a new level. He really can't be a flatterer like Xie Ting.

He had to admit it.

Meng Qi silently gave a thumbs up, admitting defeat this time.

After temporarily understanding the situation of these twelve cities, Song Zhi was very confident in Xin Wanyun's abilities.

With so many people to support and her savings getting smaller day by day, Song Zhi immediately decided to secretly go to the gold mine that her mother-in-law had told her about.