In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

"Third brother, I hope you are well. I never thought that you and I would be fighting at this moment. What's even more unexpected to me is that even the Queen is here." The fifth prince sneered at the mother and son not far away.

The Third Prince looked at the Crown Prince who was sitting in the seat that originally belonged to him, his face gloomy and distorted, "Fifth Brother, I also never thought that in the end, you would be the one sitting in this seat."

The Queen stood beside the Third Prince and whispered, "Don't get too entangled with him. He must be quite capable to be able to sit on the throne of Crown Prince."

The third prince nodded slightly, then looked at the fifth prince coldly, clenched the sword in his hand, turned around and went down the city wall, while the queen was looking at the ground from above.

Soon, the Third Prince led his army out of Xi City and confronted the Fifth Prince from a distance. For a while, the atmosphere became tense.

Before going on the expedition, the Queen and the Third Prince carefully listed the possible weaknesses of the Crown Prince of Daliang in preparation for any eventuality.

Soon, the third prince led the army behind him and rushed forward to fight with the fifth prince's men.

The Crown Prince's methods were even more brutal than those of the Third Prince. Soon, the two men started fighting head-on.

The third prince is slightly older than the crown prince. Before he followed the queen in her defection, his swordsmanship was much better than the crown prince's.

However, after not seeing each other for such a long time, the Crown Prince has developed to a level that the Third Prince could not imagine. In terms of swordsmanship alone, the Crown Prince can fight the Third Prince effortlessly. As for military operations, the army of Daliang is not inferior to the army of Dayong at all. It can be seen that the Crown Prince is good at commanding the army.

However, the stalemate between the two sides did not last long. In just a short time of an incense stick, the Third Prince was clearly at a disadvantage. Only then did he realize how stupid his choice was. When he wanted to say something, the Crown Prince did not give him a chance at all. Instead, he stabbed him with a sword, instantly ending the Third Prince's life.

The queen on the city wall could only watch her son lose his life and fall on the chaotic battlefield, being trampled by the people around him.

The queen could no longer suppress the grief and anger in her heart, and she actually spat out a mouthful of blood, which was shocking to watch.

But even so, the queen did not faint. Instead, she held on to her breath and walked step by step to the body of the third prince. With trembling hands, she held the almost unrecognizable body of the third prince in her arms. She could no longer suppress her emotions, and tears burst out. However, she paid no attention to the princes around her who were fighting against her.

The prince silently watched the queen's every move, but just when the surrounding soldiers were about to attack the queen, the prince stopped them, "Wait! There's no need to kill her, let's go into the city first."

After the death of the third prince, the soldiers of Dayong seemed to have lost their backbone and immediately collapsed. They were unable to withstand the offensive of Daliang, and Xicheng was easily taken over by the prince.

The prince turned around and left with his men. In the end, he was soft-hearted and spared the queen's life. The queen stood behind the prince, raised her numb pupils, and looked at the prince's back quietly, without any movement.

The management of Xicheng quickly fell into the hands of the Crown Prince. Seeing his men handling Xicheng's affairs in an orderly manner, the Crown Prince felt a little relieved. However, before he could rest for a moment, he heard a servant's voice outside: "Your Highness, the Queen requests an audience."

The prince was a little surprised, but he still had the queen brought in.

The queen dragged her heavy feet, not caring about the dirt all over her body, and finally knelt in front of the prince.

The prince just sat there, looking at the queen quietly without saying anything.

Finally, the Queen raised her head, looked at the Crown Prince, and said in a hoarse voice, "I know I have wronged Daliang, and I don't expect to return alive. But Dayong is not my home, nor is it my son's home. But now my son is dead. Your Highness, I beg you to take me and my son back to Daliang for the sake of our former brotherhood and mother-son relationship. Please, okay?"

The prince remained silent for a long time before he finally asked, "Why?"

The Queen paused, then smiled bitterly, "I know I made many mistakes back then. Back then, I didn't know what regret was, but after coming to Dayong, I still regretted it. I regret that even if I had been imprisoned in the palace by your father my entire life, even if I hadn't brought my son to Dayong, none of this would have happened. But now it's too late to say anything. I know very well that if my son were dead, even if I returned to the imperial city of Dayong, I still wouldn't survive. Instead of that, I'd rather you bring me back to Daliang and bury me wherever you want. As long as I don't die in a foreign land, that's all that matters."

The Crown Prince looked at the white hair on the Queen's temples and sighed deeply. "Well, since you have come to me for help, I will grant you this. I will take you and the body of my third brother back to Daliang. However, as for your life, the decision still rests with your father."

Seeing the prince agree, the queen also smiled, but the next second, a trace of blood flowed from the corner of the queen's mouth. The prince's pupils suddenly shrank, and he was about to call the accompanying doctor, but was stopped by the queen, "Xiao, Xiaowu, there's no need to call the doctor. I never thought I could go back alive. After all, I have let you down..."

The queen had already taken poison before she came to see the prince, and now it was too late to save her. The prince watched helplessly as the queen died in front of him.

The queen was dead, and the prince was also dead. There was no one in Dayong who knew the prince's weaknesses anymore. The prince took advantage of this opportunity and led his elite soldiers to attack Huanglong, bypassing several cities and heading straight for the Dayong Imperial City.

The Dayong people in the imperial city were not on guard at all. They never thought that the front-line defense would be broken so quickly.

In addition, Xie Chengjin cooperated with the prince in the imperial city, so the prince attacked the imperial city without any effort and successfully captured Dayong.

As for the emperor of Dayong, he fell into the hands of Xie Chengjin. Xie Chengjin found out that Su Zhizhi had been imprisoned in the sky prison in the palace since she was brought to Dayong. However, no matter how Xie Chengjin turned the sky prison upside down, he still could not find any trace of Su Zhizhi.