Women disguised as men went to the battlefield and the emperor bowed down in submission.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect you to be such a romantic, Baili Heng. Very well, let this prince see just how devoted you are." Ouyang Huaide squatted down, took out a dagger, and stabbed it into Baili Heng's right arm.

Baili Heng grunted and tightened his grip on Lin Ruoshui's wrist.

"Oh, not bad, let's do it again!" Ouyang Huaide pulled out his dagger and stabbed Baili Heng's arm several times, finally leaving a deep, bloody gash.

He stuck two fingers into Baili Heng's wound and twisted them violently. His face contorted with rage as he said, "Hahaha, Baili Heng, you have guts! You won't let go even after all this?"

Lin Ruoshui's head, face, and chest were dripping with Baili Heng's blood, and his right arm was a bloody mess.

But his hand didn't loosen at all; I don't know how he could endure such excruciating pain.

Baili Heng trembled all over, his clothes soaked with sweat. He said to Ouyang Huaide, "Release her, and name your terms."

Ouyang Huaide raised an eyebrow and chuckled: "What else do you have? The emperor of Lanling Kingdom is currently under our control, and the entire court has changed. Only you are still foolishly fighting a war."

You, a fallen prince, are not even as good as a stinking beggar on the street. What right do you have to negotiate with me?

Baili Heng and Lin Ruoshui were incredulous, unaware that such a major incident had occurred in Lanling Kingdom.

Ouyang Huaide brandished the knife in front of Baili Heng and said, "Oh right, you still have a face, a face that can drive women crazy. Today I'm going to destroy it, hahahahaha." After saying that, he started slashing wildly on Baili Heng's right cheek.

A short while later, Baili Heng's face, like his arm, was covered in blood and gore.

Lin Ruoshui couldn't stand it anymore. She shouted, "Baili Heng, let go! If you don't let go, we'll all die together in the end. Let go, and then kill him to avenge me."

Baili Heng said, "I would rather die than let you go. You are the only person I have ever loved in this life. How could I bear to let you die!"

Looking at the disfigured Baili Heng, Ouyang Huaide licked the blood from his fingers and said, "Since you don't want him to die, I'll help you save him."

After she finished speaking, Lin Ruoshui was pulled up by a gust of palm wind, and Baili Heng was also lifted up by her. The two of them fell heavily to the ground. Lin Ruoshui felt a dull pain in her lungs and spat out several mouthfuls of blood.

Baili Heng, on the other hand, was taking in more air than exhaling, and was lying on his back on the ground.

Lin Ruoshui lay on the ground, gritting her teeth as she said, word by word, "You—grand—scum!"

Ouyang Huaide approached her, pinched Lin Ruoshui's chin, and stroked her face with his fingers. He asked curiously, "Your skin doesn't look like a man's."

After saying that, he forcefully ripped open Lin Ruoshui's clothes, revealing her gender through the inner garment she was wearing.

Ouyang Huaide's eyes lit up, and a lewd expression appeared on his face.

He turned to the soldiers behind him and said, "Brothers, this person is a woman. Let's all have some fun today. Let me go first."

Lin Ruoshui pulled out a dagger from her waist and struck suddenly, cutting off the two fingers that were gripping her chin in an instant.

Ouyang Huaide clutched his finger, writhing in pain as he backed away. Taking advantage of the moment, Lin Ruoshui placed a dagger against his neck and said to the soldiers behind her, "Don't come any closer, or I'll slit his throat right now."

Ouyang Huaide trembled all over in pain. He never expected that he would be ruined by a woman. A disabled prince would definitely have no chance of becoming emperor.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He felt that his dream of becoming an emperor had been shattered. He was filled with murderous intent and quickly mobilized his inner strength to send Lin Ruoshui flying.

Lin Ruoshui landed and spat out another mouthful of blood.

Ouyang Huaide shouted viciously, "Go over there, strip her naked, and have your way with her. After you're done, chop off her hands and feet and turn her into a human stick." After saying that, he trembled as he picked up his fingers from the ground.

The soldiers behind her swarmed forward, lifted Lin Ruoshui up, and began to strip her clothes off.

Baili Heng struggled to his feet, wanting to go forward to save Lin Ruoshui, but he was already vulnerable. A soldier saw him get up and kicked him to the ground.

Lin Ruoshui was lifted up, and she was terrified. She didn't want to experience the pain she felt before dying in her previous life again, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably.

The lewd soldier pinched her face and said, "Scared? Now you know you're scared? Hahaha... Look at this delicate little face, it's so beautiful..." As he spoke, the soldier was about to start tearing at Lin Ruoshui's inner garment.

Before he could even exert any force, the soldier collapsed to his knees, bleeding from all seven orifices, and the other soldiers followed suit.

Then came a cacophony of sounds that echoed through the mountains and forests: the roars of wild beasts, the wails of soldiers, the cracking of bones, the slurring of food...

Lin Ruoshui squatted on the ground, trembling. Xiu Yi came over and hugged her, saying, "Don't be afraid, I'm here. It's my fault for finding you so late."

Lin Ruoshui came to her senses and looked at Xiuyi in front of her, saying, "Master, Master..." Then she burst into tears.

Xiu Yi felt a dull pain in her heart; she had arrived too late and had frightened her woman.

Xiu Yi hugged Lin Ruoshui tightly, comforting her repeatedly, saying, "I will never leave you from now on, I will stay by your side and never leave you for a moment."

The battle between humans and wild animals on the hillside has ended. The scene is gruesome, with severed limbs and many wild animals still gnawing on the corpses and enjoying a delicious meal.

Lin Ruoshui and Baili Heng were sent to the Chu King's Mansion by Xiuyi.

Lin Ruoshui's heart meridian was damaged and has not yet recovered. Now she has broken ribs and pulmonary hemorrhage.

With a solemn expression, Physician Li released Lin Ruoshui's wrist and said to Xuan Yuan Yu, "Your Highness, the princess will need to stay in bed for a month and will require proper care in the future, otherwise she may suffer from chronic illness."

Xuanyuan Yu held Lin Ruoshui's hand, his heart aching with unbearable tenderness. He cared for Lin Ruoshui tirelessly, while Xiuyi watched them silently from the side.

Three days later, Lin Ruoshui slowly woke up. She was startled to see the unshaven man in front of her and teased him, "Uncle, who are you?"

Seeing that Lin Ruoshui had woken up, Xuanyuan Yu quickly took her hand and asked, "How are you? Where does it hurt?"

Lin Ruoshui moved and said, "It hurts everywhere!"

Xuanyuan Yu kissed her hand hard and said, "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, it will all be alright. When you feel better and can sit up, I will use my internal energy to heal you. You will definitely be fine."

"Did I break a rib?" Lin Ruoshui asked.

Xuanyuan Yu said gently, "Yes, so you shouldn't move. You need to rest and recover from this injury."

Xiu Yi stepped forward and said calmly, "It's good that you're alive, otherwise everyone in Lanling Kingdom and Longquan Kingdom would have been buried with you."

Although Xiu Yi spoke softly, Lin Ruoshui and Xuan Yuan Yu both felt that he wasn't just boasting, but was certain he could do it.

"I'm not dead, am I? What happened to Longquan Kingdom? What does it have to do with them?" Lin Ruoshui asked.

“Ouyang Huaide is the third prince of Longquan Kingdom,” Xiuyi said.

"He doesn't deserve to be a prince. Once I recover, I'll definitely kill him," Lin Ruoshui said angrily.

Xuanyuan Yu patted her head and said, "Leave this matter to me. You're injured like this, I will make him pay a hundredfold."

"Where are Baili Heng? Where is Ouyang Huaide? Where are Yingyi and the others?" Lin Ruoshui asked.

“Bai Liheng and Ying Yi were both injured and are receiving treatment at the Chu Prince’s residence. Ouyang Huaide was rescued by reinforcements, but it’s better that he’s gone. Letting him die directly would have been too good for him,” Xiu Yi said.

Xuanyuan Yu said, "You should rest well and recover your health. Leave the matter of revenge to me."

Xiu Yi asked, "How do you plan to take revenge?"

Xuanyuan Yu said, "Exterminate their entire family!"

"So you're planning to destroy the Longquan Kingdom?" Xiu Yi asked calmly.

"He touched my woman, shouldn't he be allowed to?" Xuan Yuan Yu said coldly.

"Alright, now no one should make any rash moves. If you're going to take revenge, you have to include me," Lin Ruoshui said.

"No!" Xiu Yi and Xuan Yuan Yu said in unison. Realizing they had said the same thing, they glanced at each other and then looked away.

Lin Ruoshui pursed her lips and remained silent.

The unlucky boy, Baili Heng, was badly injured.

The poison in my left arm wasn't very potent, and with timely detoxification, I was fine.

His right arm was severely injured, almost crippling him. When Physician Li declared it beyond saving, Xiu Yi intervened and reconnected his tendons, thus saving his life.

The arrow wound on his left back was also properly treated. Fortunately, his heart was on the right side, otherwise he would have died twice.

The wound on my right cheek is very deep and won't heal anytime soon; it's a temporary disfigurement.

Baili Heng, who was almost crippled, didn't care about any of that, because he had been in a coma for half a month before waking up, and some of his injuries had already healed.

After Baili Heng woke up, he summoned Xuan Yuan Yu. The two talked for a long time. That night, Meng Tuo, the Ningyuan General of Lanling Kingdom who was stationed outside the city, was secretly invited into the Chu King's Mansion.

After Baili Heng woke up, he never mentioned Lin Ruoshui again, nor did he secretly visit her.

……

Lin Ruoshui, who had been lying in bed for a month, felt like her bones were about to fall apart. Her waist had also thickened, and she could vaguely see a double chin.

Lin Ruoshui, who had secretly gotten out of bed, looked at her round face in the bronze mirror, took a deep breath, and began to resent the two zookeepers.

Xuanyuan Yu fed her various nourishing soups mouth-to-mouth every day. If she didn't drink them, she would have to accept a different kind of punishment, which made her extremely anxious.

Finally, that damned man stood up, sighed, and left without a second thought, leaving her to lie in bed reciting the Heart-Cleansing Mantra.

Whenever Xuan Yuan Yu was away, Xiu Yi would feed her all sorts of strange animal organs, and the key point is that they were eaten raw, causing her to vomit violently.

After vomiting, Xiuyi had a perfectly valid reason for helping her clean her body.

In the end, to avoid being cleaned up again, Lin Ruoshui ate animal organs and stopped vomiting, enduring the discomfort no matter how painful it was.

Day after day, her face grew rounder and rounder, like an inflated balloon.

Every day, she lay in bed hoping to recover quickly and stop being tormented by the two men in turn.

A month later, she jumped out of bed and said to the two men, "You don't need to take care of me anymore. I'm all better now and can take care of myself completely."

Xuanyuan Yu picked her up and put her on the bed, saying, "From now on, you can only be active for a maximum of one hour a day. You need to rest in bed the rest of the time."

Xiu Yi said, "You should continue to eat the internal organs, twice a day, for another month. I guarantee that your heart, ribs, and lungs will all be healed."

Lin Ruoshui covered her mouth, hid behind Xuan Yuan Yu, and said, "I'm not eating anymore, it's disgusting, Xuan Yuan Yu, save me!"