After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

Even though Xie Mingzhu had many men who liked her, in her heart, none of those men's affections could compare to that of Prince Jin.

Who is Prince Jin?

He is basically a man who is above all other men.

Xie Mingzhu was almost twisted with jealousy at the thought of such a man tenderly embracing and kissing Xie Xing.

Why?

Why why!

What does Xie Xing have that she doesn't? Why does she seem to have all the good fortune?!

Luo Hanfeng was also consumed by jealousy to the point of being twisted.

Luo Hanfeng's fingernails were digging into his flesh, leaving several deep crescent-shaped marks on his palms, but he didn't notice. He just stared at Xie Xing and Jun Lanjin's clasped hands with a gloomy gaze.

why?

She can be with anyone very easily.

Ghost King, Jun Lanjin, Song Ci'an, and even Xie Yuze and Xie Tongchen, who were born into the Xie family, could all speak to them politely.

Why him of all people?!

Luo Hanfeng kept his head down, the shadow above him falling on the upper half of his face, making it impossible to see his expression.

At this moment, Luo Hanfeng really wanted to kill everyone.

Xie Xing deserves to die.

The emperor deserves to die!

The palace deserves to be massacred by him.

The entire Xie family deserves to die, and Xie Mingzhu, that hypocritical woman who comes with an air of superiority and pities him, deserves to die.

Jun Lanjin was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he deserves to die!

He deserves to be executed by slow slicing, to be cut into a thousand pieces.

The system that controls Xie Xing deserves to die, everyone who has treated him unfairly deserves to die, and everyone in the world deserves to die!

Fate is unfair!

He deserved to be born to be bullied, he deserved to be a prince born from a lowly palace maid, he deserved to be unloved and disliked by everyone.

He deserves to be a rat in the gutter, racking his brains just to survive.

Just because!

It's simply because he's the so-called gloomy male protagonist, born cold-blooded and ruthless, who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

Just because this damned person is divided into different classes, he is inferior, he is a lowly bastard!

This damn world.

They all deserve to die.

[Ding ding ding, the male lead has turned evil.]

[Ding ding ding, congratulations host, the male lead's hatred value has mutated.]

The system exclaimed "Holy crap!"

[Damn it, host, the male lead's feelings for you have completely disappeared; now he purely hates you.]

[And the male lead has turned evil.]

Xie Xing paused for a moment.

【Huh? When did this happen? Did he find out I was the one who did it?】

System: [I don't know, it just came to me effortlessly.]

While everyone was still wondering about the unification of the world, Jun Lanjin straightened his robes without changing his expression.

He glanced to his side and saw the spot where Xie Mingzhu and Luo Hanfeng had been hiding, their merits and fame concealed.

It's simply using their own methods against them.

That's unbearable.

Is this the so-called "destined male lead," the male lead who has to step over him to rise to the top?

When the two reached the top of the cliff, Jun Lanjin pointed towards the forest where they had just been and said calmly, "Start the pursuit from that direction."

He slightly curved his thin lips into a smile. "Remember, don't kill them. It's best to let them return to Shengjing alive and in a sorry state."

"Yes!"

At that time, Xie Xing was with Xie Yuze and did not hear Jun Lanjin's voice.

This night marked the beginning of an unsettling month.

The military camps that the remnants of the previous dynasty had painstakingly built over more than a decade were destroyed in an instant.

Although half of them managed to escape, the other half were caught red-handed by Jun Lanjin and his group.

Of course, Grand Tutor Gu and others did consider resisting.

After all, how many of them were there, and how many of the Fenglang Army were there?

However, Jun Lanjin's Fenglang Army was renowned for its strength, capable of defeating thousands of enemies and invincible. Whether it was winning with more troops or with fewer troops, they had never suffered a defeat.

Secondly, they had all the advantages of timing, location, and popular support, and were completely unprepared.

Grand Tutor Gu was completely helpless.

In their plan, the rebellion was to wait until Jun Lanjin died from poisoning.

Instead of that day arriving, they faced the day when they had to cut their losses and survive.

Grand Tutor Gu was so angry he almost fainted.

……

With this victory, Xie Yuze was finally able to return to the capital with Jun Lanjin.

At the same time, the epidemic and famine were suppressed, Xie Tongchen returned to the capital in triumph, and the news that the Seventh Prince Luo Hanfeng had disappeared during the war was also brought back to the court.

Incidentally, Jun Lanjin and Xie Yuze brought back to the capital along with the captured remnants of the former dynasty.

The Chu Emperor was overjoyed.

This uncovered a number of ministers in the court who were colluding with remnants of the previous dynasty.

The Chu emperor had long been impatient with these ministers, confiscating their property and beheading them all; those who deserved exile were exiled, and those who deserved execution were beheaded.

As for the vacant positions of these ministers, the Chu Emperor promoted several ministers who had made meritorious contributions to disaster relief.

Song Qingyang made great contributions this time, but the emperor did not directly recruit him into the cabinet. Instead, he bestowed upon him the title of Grand Secretary and allowed him to marry a princess and become her consort.

On the throne room.

Upon hearing this news, Song Qingyang looked up in astonishment.

Jun Lanjin also frowned almost imperceptibly.

He glanced at the Chu Emperor and thought that the Chu Emperor was getting old and increasingly confused. Song Qingyang was such a talented person, yet the Chu Emperor actually rewarded him by asking him to marry a princess, making him a minister in name only.

Who wouldn't feel disheartened?

"Your Majesty! I come from humble origins and am unworthy to ask for the princess's hand in marriage. I beg Your Majesty to rescind your decree!"

The Chu Emperor looked somewhat displeased and said, "You are questioning my decision."

"Just because I think you're worthy, does that mean you are?"

"Do you look down on my princess?"

Song Qingyang kowtowed to the ground and said, "Your subject deserves to die ten thousand times over."

The Chu Emperor snorted coldly.

“Your Majesty,” Jun Lanjin stepped forward and said calmly, “The top scholar comes from a humble background. It would be an injustice to the princess to marry him.”

Upon hearing him speak, the expression on the Chu Emperor's face softened slightly.

But he still said, "I think that Minister Song is very talented and has made great contributions in this disaster relief effort. He is certainly worthy of marrying my princess and becoming the royal son-in-law."

Jun Lanjin glanced at Xie Tongchen to the side and said in a low voice, "I think it would be better to let General Xie marry the Fifth Princess. The Fifth Princess is of marriageable age. I have heard that the Fifth Princess has liked General Xie for a long time. Why not fulfill the Fifth Princess's wish?"

"A joyous occasion completes a perfect marriage, what does Your Majesty think?"

The Chu Emperor hesitated, his expression showing some hesitation: "This..."

"Your Majesty, the imperial son-in-law must not wield any power. After the marriage, General Xie should hand over the tiger tally."

The Chu Emperor's expression changed, and he said, "What Zhiheng said is absolutely right."

"As Zhiheng said, I will bestow the Fifth Princess upon Xie Tongchen, which will be a good marriage."

"Minister Xie, why haven't you received the decree yet?"

Xie Tongchen felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

He looked up in disbelief.

What does this have to do with him?

Xie Tongchen immediately knelt down with a thud and said loudly, "Your Majesty, I am only thinking about clearing the name of my family and have no intention of getting married!"

"Besides, the eldest brother is not yet married, so how can the second brother get married before the eldest brother?"

Xie Yuhe, standing in the court: ?