The eldest daughter's scheming, the crown prince's exclusive favor to the venomous concubi

Bai Jianan smiled, cupped her face in his hands, and whispered, "But what's the point of living if I'm not by your side? Yueyue, I've said it before, you are my life. Without life, who can live?"

So don't worry about things that haven't happened yet. Jia Banwen's life was his own choice. Hei Feng and the others only lived so long because of this day. In their eyes, you are their salvation.

"What a loving couple! But it's a pity that you'll be heading to the Yellow Springs together soon."

Jian Yue suddenly looked up and saw Qiu Lingyu standing in front of her, glaring angrily. In her hand, she tightly clutched the blood-red coral that she had snatched from Jian Yue, and behind her stood the armored soldiers she had seen before, only twice as many as before, presumably the ones Lu Zhe had.

The sunlight shone on their faces, distorting their features with pain, yet they remained motionless because of orders.

Jian Yue asked, "What do you want to do?"

Qiu Lingyu sneered: "What do you think I'm going to do?"

Jian Yue frowned, and then saw Bai Jianan shield her behind him, saying, "Whatever you want to do, this is not a place for you to run wild. Don't think that just because you have control of the Ironclad Soldiers you can do whatever you want. I have doused this place with oil. If they make a move, I will burn this mountain to the ground."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Lingyu smiled slightly and looked at Jian Yue, saying, "Look, your lover is really protecting you. It's just a pity for the old and young in the mountains. This fire could burn everyone to death."

Upon hearing this, Jian Yue's expression remained unchanged. She said, "Qiu Lingyu, do you really think that all of this is under your control?"

Qiu Lingyu said, "Isn't that right? Your family has all betrayed you, and the Crimson Coral is in my hands. Do you think you have any chance of winning?"

Jian Yue shook her head and said, "No, you're wrong. Xiao Wan's betrayal was at my behest. I also asked her to take this blood-red coral. Giving it to you was just so that you would bring along the armored soldiers from the Gu Master's side as well."

Qiu Lingyu was stunned: "What did you say? How is that possible?"

Bai Jianan coldly replied, "Why is it impossible? Do you really think these people want to live with such an identity? Neither alive nor dead, like monsters?"

"So what if he's a monster? I like him, but you killed him. I thought he would be fine, but he's dead. How do you expect me to settle this? He's dead, so you have to pay with your lives."

Jian Yue was taken aback, and it took her a while to realize that she was referring to Lu Zhe. She couldn't help but say, "You like him, but does he really like you? He only likes himself. You know how many people have died at his hands over the past few hundred years, and what about us? If it weren't for him, how could we have ended up like this?"

Qiu Lingyu immediately roared, "I don't care, I can't care about all that. In my eyes, he watched me grow up and taught me everything. I just fell in love with him. I don't care if he's a monster or how many people he's killed. Whatever he wants, I'll give him. I just like being with him, so what? You don't understand him at all. You have no right to talk about him."

“I don’t understand, but I understand even more that without him, my mother and I wouldn’t have been imprisoned for ten years. My mother was tormented by the Gu worms until she was emaciated, unable to live or die, and she had to watch her daughter endure those inhuman treatments. How painful must it have been for her?”

And about the father you mentioned, I don't know what kind of person he really is, nor do I know if he really abandoned my mother as others say. But I think if he truly loved my mother, he would have missed her terribly all these years.

"If it weren't for the jellyfish, none of this would have happened, and we would all be happy. You say you don't care, you can ignore it, but you can't stop me from caring. What I want is a peaceful life, not this constant nagging and this so-called immortality that costs so many lives."

As Jian Yue finished speaking, her voice suddenly grew louder. Only after she finished did she breathe a sigh of relief and continue, "Xiao Wan, are all the armored soldiers gathered here?"

Bai Xiaowang arrived here at some point. Upon hearing Jian Yue's question, he immediately nodded and said, "Not a single one was missing. That coral is really amazing. It took less than a quarter of an hour to assemble the three things together, and all these people arrived. It's quite frightening."

Qiu Lingyu turned around and looked at Bai Xiaowan with a sharp gaze: "As expected, you really did lie to me."

Bai Xiaowan took two steps back in fright and said, "I have no choice. I'm really not the kind of person who forgets kindness, so I can only lie to you."

As she spoke, she carefully moved backward, quickly escaping the monster's attack range. At the same time, Bai Jianan, holding a torch, said to Qiu Lingyu, "You are Yueyue's older sister. I'll advise you one last time: end it!"

Qiu Lingyu sneered: "Don't even think about it."

As she spoke, she raised the crimson coral in her hand and laughed, "Today, no one is leaving."

However, the next moment, she suddenly froze and turned to look at the position of the armored soldiers.

On the armored soldiers' side, those belonging to Black Wind's subordinates suddenly disobeyed orders and quickly surrounded the armored soldiers who did not belong to their camp. Among them, the one who had knelt before Jian Yue said, "Miss Shangguan, set it on fire!"

Jian Yue felt a pang of pity and said, “Miss, if you don’t take action, we will be living a life worse than death. It would be better if the General were to die now, so that we could be reunited with my family.”

"Yes, young lady, let's get started."

"Girl, get to work."

As everyone was talking, Jian Yue closed her eyes, turned around, snatched the torch from Bai Jianan's hand, and threw it directly to the ground. Qiu Lingyu immediately stepped forward to snatch it back, saying, "No!"

Bai Jianan stopped her and said, "I told you, behave yourself, otherwise I won't let you off just because you're her sister."

As the torches slowly rose and engulfed all the armored soldiers, Qiu Lingyu collapsed to the ground in a disheveled state, crying out in anguish, "You know nothing! What do you know? It's all gone! Everything that belonged to him is gone! What am I supposed to do now?"

Qiu Lingyu's eyes were vacant. Jian Yue turned to look at her and said, "Some things are good just because they exist in front of you. You can keep them in your heart. Qiu Lingyu, this world should not have those illusory and frightening things. It should be plain, smooth, and follow a normal trajectory."

Therefore, the deaths of Jia Banwen and his sister brought the Shen clan into legend, the death of Lu Zheheifeng made immortality an illusion forever, and the Ironclad Soldiers should also disappear, leaving behind an era that did not belong to them.

You grieve for Lu Zhe's death, but have you ever seen the deaths of others? Today, the fire in Liangshan won't kill the people here, but if Lu Zhe were alive, this place would be devastated, barren and lifeless. Can you really bear to see that?

She didn't think Qiu Lingyu was that kind of person, which was evident from the fact that she repeatedly reminded herself that she was only forcing herself to be cold-blooded and give up everything because she fell in love with him.

Qiu Lingyu stopped speaking, staring at the ground without moving. Jian Yue stepped forward to help her up, but Qiu Lingyu pushed him away. Qiu Lingyu stood up and looked at Jian Yue, saying, "Even if you don't kill me, I won't give up."

Jian Yue shook her head: "If I kill you, I will be letting myself down. Go back to the Northern Desert and never come back."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Lingyu sneered: "You want me to listen to you? Is that possible? Shangguan Jianyue, you are not me, you have no right to make decisions for me. We'll meet again someday."

Qiu Lingyu left quickly, and the armored soldiers were all burned to ashes during this time. Bai Xiaowan squinted at the blackened area for a long time before saying, "They're all burned away. Does that mean there won't be any more of those disgusting bugs in the future?"

Upon hearing this, Jian Yue said, "It's alright now, but we can't stay on this mountain anymore. Let's inform everyone to go down the mountain."

Bai Xiaowan nodded and smiled, "The village at the foot of the mountain has been built long ago. I have already settled the people who came down the mountain before, and the rest have also gone over. It will be over in a day. But here, I am really a little reluctant to leave."

Jian Yue sighed and said, "What can we do even if we're reluctant? It's already burned to this state. Rebuilding would require manpower and resources, and so many people have died. It's better for us, the living, to move it so they can rest in peace."

This place will serve as their home, and they will finally no longer have to wander.

The year passed just like that. Bai Jianan didn't return to the capital after all. He received countless letters from Yan Xingzhi filled with resentment, but he ignored them all. He didn't even glance at them. He spent his days following Jian Yue around.

Jian Yue was already in a bad mood, and being followed like this for several days made her even worse. She couldn't get rid of him, so she angrily told Bai Jianan to brush the horse.

Since moving down from the mountain, the village has raised more than twenty horses, planning to set up a business similar to a security escort agency near Liangshan. After all, apart from a few elderly, weak, women and children, most of the people who came down from the mountain know martial arts, so this business is just right.

When Bai Jianan heard that he was going to brush the horses, he was immediately reluctant. However, he was intimidated by Jian Yue's "get lost if you don't brush them" look and had no choice but to go brush the horses. This gave Bai Haitang a lot of fun.

In the stable, Bai Jianan took off his white shirt and put on the coarse cloth clothes that servants wore. With a patience he had never used before, he bathed these unlovable foals. However, the foals seemed to know that the person in front of them did not like them, and there were always problems when they were bathed.

The first horse kicked Bai Jianan in the face with its hind legs, making Bai Jianan so angry that he wanted to stew horse meat.

Just then, Bai Haitang saw this and burst into laughter. Forgetting that the man brushing the horse beside her was her boss, she sat on the ground and laughed loudly, "Oh my! The young master is so handsome. I wonder how many young ladies he will charm in the capital."

With dark circles under his eyes, Bai Jianan glared at Bai Haitang and splashed a ladle of horse-washing water on her, instantly turning her into a drowned rat. Bai Jianan turned back to continue brushing the horse, saying, "Your appearance isn't bad now. Hurry back to the capital and see if you can charm countless young ladies!"