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

Mu Yuanzhi had never led a large army, but that did not prevent him from directing the army and advancing according to his own wishes.

At present, most of the soldiers under his command are cavalry. He does not care about ordinary soldiers, and he does not have enough food and fodder to feed so many people.

So along the way, all the Tianqi troops combined only had tens of thousands of cavalry.

When he lived in the palace before, he didn't know the miserable conditions in the world. But when he came across the miserable conditions along the way, he was shocked.

But he was not saddened by the tragic deaths of the people; he was worried that his kingdom would become ruined.

It turns out that this famine is not something that can be easily overcome. He had always thought it was too simple.

He finally began to panic. He was afraid that the empire he had just conquered would be destroyed, but he had no way out now and could only move forward.

On the way, he lifted the curtain on his horse and looked at the prison van beside him.

"Second brother, I have allowed you to live until now, you should be very happy, look, there are people dying of starvation along the way, but you are safe and sound."

The person in the prison van was the disheveled Mu Yunhe.

Since the death of the previous emperor, Mu Yuanzhi secretly took Mu Yunhe out of the clan residence and imprisoned him in the dungeon of the imperial study.

He would only feel at ease if he kept under his watch anyone who posed a threat to his throne.

Even though the Second Prince Mu Yunhe was already isolated and helpless, he would not leave him alone because he had royal blood and there were people who once supported him to become the emperor.

Listening to Mu Yuanzhi's words, Mu Yunhe humbly begged for mercy: "Sixth brother, we are of the same origin, why are you so anxious to hurt me? There has never been any major conflict between us. Now that you are the emperor, please let me go. I promise that I will never appear in the capital again, let alone affect your throne."

"The throne?"

At an angle that Mu Yunhe couldn't see, Mu Yuanzhi smiled self-deprecatingly.

Why did he suddenly feel that the throne was meaningless when looking at these dilapidated cities?

But what does it matter if it is meaningless? He is still the emperor.

As long as he is the emperor, he is the winner, and that is enough.

"Second brother, you've been pampered since childhood and have never suffered any grievances, but God is fair. The hardships you didn't suffer in your childhood will naturally be made up for now."

Mu Yunhe's face turned pale. "What do you want?"

Mu Yuanzhi smiled lightly, "I don't want to do anything, I naturally hope that you live a long life, second brother, after all, we are brothers."

"Since we are brothers, please let me go. I really won't compete with you for the throne again."

"Rob? Do you have the guts to rob me?"

Mu Yuanzhi suddenly sneered, "Second brother, you should call yourself my younger brother. How can you say 'I' in front of me?"

After saying that, he winked at the cavalryman next to him, and the cavalryman immediately whipped Mu Yunhe in the face.

A scarlet whip mark instantly appeared on Mu Yunhe's face, and there was a faint tendency for blood to seep out.

He didn't dare to scream, so he could only bite his lips tightly and endure such humiliation.

After humiliating Mu Yunhe, Mu Yuanzhi finally felt better.

Along the way, he relied on this method to relieve the discomfort in his heart.

After a few days, they finally arrived at the next city of Wucheng.

This place is called Canglan City, and it is still a tragic scene.

There were many people starving to death, and people were dying everywhere due to lack of food.

When they saw Tianqi's troops, everyone thought that support from the court had arrived, and they happily opened the city gates to welcome them in.

But they were so happy that they didn't expect that what they were waiting for was not support, but even more terrible plunder.

Mu Yuanzhi didn't care about the deaths of these ordinary people at all. Not only did they not provide any food to the people, but they looted Canglan City from beginning to end, and took back all the remaining food and stored it for themselves.

The people were desperate. They cursed and resisted, but in the end they were all killed.

With the threat of death as a deterrent, no one dared to continue resisting.

But they all packed up their bags and quietly left Canglan City overnight and rushed to Wu City, preparing to go to Huang Kingdom for refuge.

When Mu Yuanzhi learned that all the people had fled, he didn't take it to heart. Anyway, these people couldn't contribute anything during the war, so he didn't care at all.

When Song Zhi saw groups of refugees appearing at the city gate, there were so many of them that she almost thought they were Tianqi troops coming to attack the city.

As a result, the group of people knelt down quickly, interrupting her guess.

The people all knelt on the ground and begged Song Zhi to take them in, saying tearfully that they would starve to death if they didn't eat. If the Phoenix Kingdom took them in, they would be loyal to the empress wholeheartedly in the future.

Song Zhi asked Meng Qi and Xie Ting to check them carefully, and after confirming that they were really just refugees, they let them all in. Anyway, Wucheng was almost a deserted city now, so there was no need to worry about so many people having nowhere to live.

The people did not expect that Song Zhi would actually take them in and be willing to feed them. In the past, they had only heard that the Queen of Phoenix Country was beautiful, kind-hearted, and loved her people like her own children. Now they saw that it was really as the rumors said.

Surviving the disaster made them feel endless gratitude towards Song Zhisheng and endless resentment towards Mu Yuanzhi.

As expected, Song Zhicai is more worthy of being the ruler of the world, and they did not come in the wrong place.

After they recovered, they all expressed their willingness to join the army to attack Mu Yuanzhi.

After selection, Xin Wanyun picked out 20,000 soldiers who were eligible to join the army.

They hated Mu Yuanzhi's banditry more than anyone else and strongly demanded to take the lead.

Of course Song Zhi agreed.

After everything was integrated, Song Zhi asked Xin Wanyun to take the lead in attacking Tianqi.

Mu Yuanzhi was hiding in the City Lord's Mansion, with Mu Yunhe crawling at his feet and handing him tea.

Hearing that Song Zhibing was approaching the city, he calmly kicked Mu Yunhe away and went to the top of the city wall.

When he saw Song Zhi again, his eyes were filled with amazement.

Song Zhi has changed.

Her whole temperament changed, becoming more imposing than him. Her little face was still as pretty, but revealed an indescribable sharpness.

He couldn't help but think, how nice it would be if a woman like this belonged to him.

Mu Yuanzhi's eyes were steady as he said, "Zhi'er, we are finally reunited. You didn't know that I was thinking about you the whole time I was in the capital, and now I finally see you."

Song Zhi frowned silently.

"Child, you must have been bewitched by Mu Nanqi, so you became this useless woman and attracted the abuse from the outside world, right? Don't be afraid, as long as you surrender to me, I will make you the happiest woman in the world and never let you show up in public like this. Think about it, if Mu Nanqi loved you, why would he let a woman like you come to such a dangerous place like the front line?"