Chu Hanfeng coughed up a mouthful of blood.

“Jing, Jing’er…”

When Yun Jing realized something was wrong, she turned around and saw Chu Hanfeng, who was covered in blood and gore.

"Ah—Chu Hanfeng—"

Yun Jing screamed in alarm, her face turning deathly pale.

Chu Hanfeng's gaze was still fixed on Yun Jing.

He never imagined that he would die so rashly here.

After a long while, Chu Hanfeng lowered his head.

Yun Jing stood between the corpses of Chu Hanfeng and Shen Yixiao, feeling as if she had been struck by lightning.

In her heart, Chu Hanfeng was still more important. After realizing this, Yun Jing immediately forgot about Shen Yixiao and ran towards Chu Hanfeng while crying.

"Chu Hanfeng!"

Unfortunately, just as she reached Chu Hanfeng's vicinity, a soldier casually swung his sword and beheaded her.

Yue Zeyuan had already explained that this woman was kept alive to deal with Chu Hanfeng. Now that Chu Hanfeng was dead, her life was naturally useless. Whoever killed her first would get more credit.

How could they possibly miss such an opportunity to make a contribution?

In the blink of an eye, three corpses lay lying in the middle of the valley.

The soldiers of Yue cheered and jumped for joy on the sidelines.

They killed the emperor of Chu, which was a great achievement!

General Shen and his entourage, who had rushed over, were already nearby when they heard the cheering noise. They immediately had a bad feeling.

General Shen thought to himself that it was impossible. They had only been there for a short time, and Chu Hanfeng's skills could not have prevented him from lasting that long.

But when they arrived, they only saw the ecstatic Yue soldiers and three gruesome corpses on the ground.

One was covered in spears, another was decapitated, and the third was struck by an arrow.

Chu Hanfeng, Yun Jing, and Shen Yixiao are all dead.

"His Majesty!"

As a subject, General Shen's first instinct was to rush towards Chu Hanfeng.

Even though Chu Hanfeng is dead, they cannot allow his body to be insulted and trampled by Yue soldiers.

General Shen led his men forward, and the Yue soldiers, seeing the Chu soldiers arrive, began to fight back.

Just as General Shen was fighting with bloodshot eyes, Yue Zeyuan appeared in the valley with Qi Ning.

Their arrival brought the fighting in the valley to a temporary halt.

General Shen pointed his knife in the direction of Yue Zeyuan.

"Yue Zeyuan, you despicable and shameless scoundrel, how could you resort to such methods!"

Yue Zeyuan stood with his hands behind his back, raising an eyebrow: "I am despicable? Doesn't General Shen know that all's fair in war?"

"Besides, you didn't keep your promise. You said only Chu Hanfeng was allowed to come, so why is General Shen here too?"

"you……"

General Shen was speechless.

That's right, all's fair in war.

If you lose, you lose.

But when General Shen thought of the Chu emperor, his own son, and the Yun king's orphaned daughter, all of whom were now dead here, he felt as if the sky had fallen.

But what he didn't expect was that something even more devastating was yet to come.

Yue Zeyuan smiled and said, "General Shen, you probably don't know this yet. My men only killed Chu Hanfeng and Yun Jing. Your son, Shen Yixiao, was killed by Chu Hanfeng. It has nothing to do with me."

"W-what?"

General Shen could hardly believe what he was hearing.

When Chu Hanfeng shot and killed Shen Yixiao, General Shen had not yet arrived and naturally did not see the scene.

He naturally assumed that Shen Yixiao had also died at Yue Zeyuan's hands.

But at this moment, Yue Zeyuan said that Shen Yixiao was killed by Chu Hanfeng.

General Shen had no time to think and went straight to Shen Yixiao's corpse.

He approached and knelt beside Shen Yixiao's corpse, and saw the arrow that had shot into Shen Yixiao's head.

The arrows of the Chu Kingdom all had markings on them, and Chu Hanfeng's own arrows were even engraved with unique dragon patterns.

The arrow embedded in Shen Yixiao's head had a clear dragon pattern, and it was indeed Chu Hanfeng's arrow.

In fact, General Shen knew very well that Chu Hanfeng would punish Shen Yixiao sooner or later because of Yun Jing's matter, but he did not expect Chu Hanfeng to act so quickly, and even personally.

"Xiao'er..."

Even the most loyal general could not bear to see his son die so tragically.

He had originally planned to seek revenge on Yue Zeyuan for them and fight him to the death, but now that he learned that Shen Yixiao had died at Chu Hanfeng's hands, who should he seek revenge on?

Seeing General Shen's tearful appearance, Yue Zeyuan spoke again: "General Shen, now that Chu Hanfeng is dead, the Chu Kingdom will sooner or later be mine. I advise you not to be so stubborn, so as to reduce some casualties."

General Shen understood that Yue Zeyuan meant for him to surrender.

He was struggling internally, unsure of what choice to make.

“But if General Shen is willing to risk his life for the Chu Kingdom,” Yue Zeyuan chuckled, “I will grant your wish.”

As soon as Yue Zeyuan finished speaking, General Shen sensed a series of footsteps with an overwhelming momentum coming from behind them.

General Shen looked back and saw a group of Yue soldiers flanking from that direction, joining forces with Yue Zeyuan's men to completely surround their Chu soldiers.

Now, they are at their wits' end and have no other choice.

General Shen's slightly aged eyebrows drooped.

A moment later, General Shen loosened his grip, and the broadsword fell to the ground.

Upon seeing this, Yue Zeyuan and Qi Ning exchanged a smile.

The Yue Kingdom eliminated Chu Hanfeng, the emperor of Chu, and forced General Shen, the commander-in-chief of Chu, to surrender. The Yue Kingdom won this battle against Chu almost without fighting, without expending much effort.

Yue Zeyuan led his troops into the territory of Chu, and using the map of the imperial city drawn by Qi Ning, he found a breakthrough through a side road and successfully attacked the city.

The Yue army marched into the capital of Chu.

Qi Ning knew that Yue Zeyuan was very busy, and she also happened to have something to do, so she had someone tell him and then went to the inner palace of the Chu Kingdom's royal palace with her people.

The Chu Kingdom's harem was in chaos, and Princess Chu Xiyue was in her palace.

Chu Xiyue knew that the Chu Kingdom had been defeated, and she also knew that the Yue Kingdom had invaded.

She did want to hang herself with a white silk ribbon to die with dignity, but ultimately she was afraid of death and couldn't bring herself to do it.

Qi Ning and his men kicked open the door to Chu Xiyue's bedroom, and Chu Xiyue, who was cowering in the corner, screamed in surprise.

After she slowly opened her eyes and realized that the person who came in was Qi Ning, she stood up while holding onto the wall.

"Ning'er, it's you!"

Qi Ning turned to Yu Lan and instructed her, "You and your men stand guard outside. I need to say a few words to her."

"Yes, ma'am."

Yulan quickly led her people out.

Only Chu Xiyue and Qi Ning remained in the bedchamber.

Qi Ning looked at Chu Xiyue, raising her eyebrows slightly.

"Chu Xiyue, you didn't expect me to be able to come back, did you?"

Chu Xiyue felt a bit more confident when she saw Qi Ning, probably because she still regarded Qi Ning as her former palace maid.

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