Chapter 155 Part2 (2/2)

A soldier that Xiao He had never seen before turned around and saze was carefree and bright He so save Master, I will take a step first”[5]

And then he turned around and charged into the rain of arrows Countless arrows shot straight through his chest and head; he looked just like an arrow target, standing there in place, willing to die but not to fall

A piercing pain rose in his heart, Xiao He roared as he charged forward, his body strong and hard as he penetrated his way through the arrows

The young general crazily wielded his sword as he hurriedly charged forwards Arrows endlessly shot onto his body but he continued to attack without stopping The enemies hidden in dark and invisible places were shook A couple of enehtly stopped in their actions, sieneral howl and roar

And then suddenly, in that ht onto Xiao He's leg Xiao He's body staggered, and suddenly fell the ground with one knee He stared at the caht look appeared in his eyes What kind of a look was that, full of despair and unwillingness and a crazy anger His sight was like a sharp knife, scanning over the ene and armor Suddenly, a eneral stood up once again with incredible perseverance, and roared as he charged towards the: ”Who is it? Who wants to kill us?”

At the sa Xiao He to the ground You could no longer see his head, and could not see his face clearly A deep depression filled the sky and earth, cold rains continued to fall and watered onto the freezing corpses Fresh bloodthundered rolled its way across the skies Finally, not one corpse re

“Burn them”

A heavy and low co wooden buckets ran forwards, spilling pine oil onto the bodies of the soldiers who had just died The sy smell of blood had a smell that could cause one to vomit A torch of fire was thrown atop the oil-spilled corpses and a great fire suddenly rose in fla rains could not put out the fire at all The black-clothed soldiers stood in place, quietly staring at the great flaness

Yes, killing can not elihts and ideas, but it can eliminate the bodies that hold those ideas

The night of rain was still dark and cold; the soldiers turned around and marched towards Bei Shuo No one had the interest to look one more time behind them

The stars on the horizon were rising slohen a : ”Princess Huan Huan has already rushed to the city gates with her troops His Majesty has ordered that General head there as ith your troops

Killings had not yet concluded; everything was still continuing ”Master! There are people up in front, about three-hundred Theybattle horses Should we hide for the ti?”

Chu Qiao frowned The heavy rains had just paused, the dark clouds were slowly dissipating The sky and earth was now filled withas pale as milk Chu Qiao frowned even more as she looked afar, her eyes as sharp as those of a white eagle flying across the sky

”Master! It is Fire Cloud Ar after them It looks to be about five-thousand people!”

Chu Qiao raised her eyebrows, and commanded at once: ”He Xiao, immediately take some men to help Princess Huan Huan and to block the troops that are chasing after her”

”Yes!” He Xiao replied and ianized and led four-thousand soldiers to proceed as needed

Chu Qiao led the rest of her troops and followed from behind The horses trotted on top of the muddy path, and faint streaks of red could be seen in the muddy waters

The two armies quickly crossed weapons, and the defeated Fire Cloud Ar distance away, Chu Qiao could still see Huan Huan's red battle horse She quickly galloped her way towards the battle, but was shook by the scene in front of her

Huan Huan's clothes were already ripped adn tattered Her fiery red cloack was soaked in fresh blood An arrow had pierced into her lungs, and nu in the areneral, weakly breathing in and out

“What happened?” Chu Qiao jumped off her battle horse and half-kneeled in the htening wounds Chu Qiao turned her head and loudly shouted: ”Army doctor! Where is the army doctor?”

“Master Chu!” The feeneral looked at Chu Qiao as tears filled her eyes She cried: ”The Emperor wants to kill our Princess General Xiao He has already died in battle and Princess has also been ambushed……”

“Xiao He……” A weak voice suddenly sounded Following the s, a mouthful of fresh blood spurted froeneral quickly pressed her hand over Huan Huan's chest wound, but si

”Xiao He……” Huan Huan painfully frowned as she continued to lowly call out Her face pale and her mind was still unclear

Suddenly, she see one dream after another She seemed to see Xiao He's happy and hearty face, to see Xiao He telling jokes to her crying self as he carried her on his back across the snow plateau and repeatedly co: ”Huan Huan, you won't die, you won't die Whoever dares to come kill you, I will bite him”

”Xiao He, Xiao He……”

Tears fell fro her heavy breathing, fresh blood continued to bleed out as though it were a fountain that could not be stopped She helpless cried in her unconscious state, Xiao He has died, Xiao He has died, Xiao he was killed by him!

”Princess! Princess!” The feeneral held her as she sobbed like a mother bear whose bear cub had died

………

”Huan Huan, what are we going to do once the war ends?”

”When the war ends? Well, my older brother is the Emperor, so I must be a princess When the time comes, I can choose anyone in the world to beto find the most talented man to be my husband, haha!”

”You love-struck fool! You Ungrateful person, go find your man then!”

………

Sharp pains repeatedly attacked her body, and her heart and lungs felt as though they had been firmly pinched by soed her throat She opened her mouth, but could only voazed around with a confused look She saw the vast skies, bright red flowers, and pale white eagles flying across the sky

Yanbei, Yanbei……

I have struggled and fought for youme?

The puzzled young woman frowned and slowly turned her head around, and finally saw Chu Qiao Her mind suddenly seereat effort, see Chu Qiao suppressed her tears and hurriedly grabbed ahold of Huan Huan's hand and choked out: ”Huan Huan, you have to hold on A doctor will save you”

Huan Huan held Chu Qiao's hand with all her strength, and then suddenly lowered her head and ferociously bit onto Chu Qiao's wrist Fresh blood immediately filled her teeth and the subordinates on both sides panicked and shouted Chu Qiao numbly stared at her, only to see endless hatred in Huan Huan's eyes

”Why? Why?” Huan Huan howled, hertowards her: ”Why kill us? Why kill us?”

”Princess! Princess! That's Master Chu!” The feeneral loudly yelled as she held her But Huan Huan could no longer hear her as she crazily shouted: ”What did we do wrong? Why kill us? Devoid of gratitude! Ungrateful bastards!”

Chu Qiao blankly stared at her as a sharp pain throbbed in her wrist wound Her face pale as she recalled how Huan Huan looked when she first enerously giving her a gift She had waved her fist around saying that when they had won the war, she wanted Chu Qiao to acco A'Tu[6] to remember this moment as evidence for the future Her appearance seemed pampered and simple-h plains

”I hate you all!” Huan Huan yelled as another mouthful of fresh blood suddenly sprayed fro lower and lower as she lowly called out: ”Xiao He, Xiao He……”

Xiao He, Huan Huan wants to one?

Xiao He, I've co is injured, you have to carry me on your back

Xiao He, I have not eaten breakfast yet, can you roast a leg of lamb for me to eat?

Xiao He, Xiao He, Xiao He……

Huan's Huan's voice slowly faded away as she lied on the freezing surface of the ground, her fiery red dress like a flirtatious flour This year, she was still so young, only twenty years-old The eyes of the young are always bright, their skin pale as rounds of a place she had spent her whole life fighting for

Chu Qiao's heart was so nuedy had hit her and cut her into thousands of broken pieces She bit her lip as she stood there, staring at Huan Huan's corpse, her entire body feeling as though it had been thrown into a freezing abyss

Yan Xun, what have you done?

”Master!” He Xiao walked solemnly towards her, his face expressionless and heavily said: ”He has arrived”

She no longer wanted to call him His Majesty, even just once htly, and her arh The bright nificent ar Emperor was situated in the center, surrounded by his arold embroidered line pattern, his dark hair tied up, his eyes as cold as frost, his nose tall and straight His eyes squinted as he gazed at her from afar

Two years had passed and she finally saw hih she had never known him The person in front of her was so unfamiliar, his face, his status, his actions, his smell, all seemed so unfamiliar Suddnely, she seemed to understand The person in front of her was already the Yanbei E City who had depended on her and she on hi

”A'Chu,” a deep, low voice accompanied by cold winds blew itself into Chu Qiao's ears

Yan Xun stared at her, the look in his eyes like the deep pools of an ancient well Two years tied They ain, but in this type of occasion

Perhaps, there was nothing to do with fate, nothing to do with the world Their hearts' opinions towards human persistence and their attitude on life had already destined them to come across a path where they would face opposite of each other Yan Xun's heart suddenly turned into an e inside it He looked at Chu Qiao, wanting to say so, but eventually, sed his words Instead, he used the stature of an E to be enemies with me just for these irrelevant people?”

Irrelevant people?

A cold and sarcastic shtly at the corners of Chu Qiao's mouth

Without Mr Wu, hoould you have been able to obtain full monetary support froht years, while you were still being held captive in Zhen Huang?

Without Miss Yu, hoould you have escaped fro prison cell, and fir one of the most powerful rulers in the world?

And Huan Huan, she was your last blood-related family member She believed in you and followed you for er sister

Would it be that one day, I, Chu Qiao may stand in front of you and also become an irrelevant person?

She s coldly, she did not knohat other reactions she should do She was like a doll whose heart had been teared into pieces, her gaze coldly staring at hi at this man who she had previously used all her heart and blood to love and protect But now, the past all seemed like an unrealistic dream

She had used her loyalty and love in exchange for the present situation The man who had previously promised to love her and protect her for life had now raised a butcher knife above her head Watching her, suspecting her, using her, pushi+ng her out; this was all he had paid her back with He had thrown all sorts of wealth and status towards her, using these temptations to allure But he did not know that in her eyes, all that was sirass The beliefs and aspirations that she chased after and fought for were only a dismiss-able illusion in his eyes and were sinorant civilians

What about being the e thousands? In her eyes, he would always be someone she had previously wholeheartedly loved but had now completely failed her and let her down

He bla her affections elsewhere and for her changing heart But he did not know that if not for his coercion and planning, she would always be the A'Chu who loved and respected hie of heart and looked elsewhere It was he who had personally thrown her out step by step, forcing her to clearly see his true self How could this count as betrayal?

Yan Xun, I used ten years time to clearly see you, and also to clearly seein the past has already drifted away like the eastern winds To you, I no longer have any concern for All that is left, is countless bitterness and regret

Chu Qiao shtly replied: ”Since you have already abandoned our former dreams, then why should I continue to hold my promise to you?”

Yan Xun felt as though a sharp arrow had pierced his heart and cold wind had blown its way inside, bringing throbs of pain

Finally, she had said such words like these In the past, no ry, she would always hide those feelings within her heart, and quietly face everything about him But now, the world had turned lonely and miserable, and she finally said such words in front of his face

”Yan Xun, fro to connect us Whether you die or live, win or lose, none of that will have anything to do with er need you to interfere with

In that moment, Yan Xun suddenly realized, that perhaps he was bound to lose her forever This thought stirred and uncontrollable panic inside him as he asked in a heavy voice: ”A'Chu, must you be so heartless?”

”Yan Xun, do not speak of the word 'heart',” Chu Qiao indifferently gazed back at him, and calmly replied: ”You do not deserve to”

[insert soraphs that still have to be translated but there was no dialogue in thes LOL I will translate the to pass out and sleep]

Yanbei, in the end, you are not the place that I shall rest peacefully in I struggled and fought for you, exhausting all my efforts But in the end, I was only able to transfer you from one fire pit to another

Great winds blew, causing the s wo had becoe, why keep one's line of sight stuck in one place? If the heart is cold, then who can hurt you?

A'Chu, I will protect you……

Once upon a time, someone had whispered quietly by her ear?

A'Chu, believe in me……

She closed her eyes, suppressing the last bit of her tears When she opened theht

Yan Xun, farewell

FOOTNOTES:

[1] The phrase here used was ”魑魅横行, 魍魉安世” which exceeds my translation ability lol and even when I searched Baidu to look for a good explanation, I still had a hard tilish But in erous” suh for now

[2] Mada

[3] The Chinese characters used here are ”贱人” which has a very bad connotation in Chinese and when I stuck it into Google Translate and Pleco Dictionary, they both gave me ”slut” as the translation so I decided to use that

[4] Lan Building is the rooe

[5] “I will take a step first” was translated literally from the phrase that ritten here “我先走一步了” and what the soldierto take the first step towards death “I will take a step first” is basically synonymous to “I will die first”

[6] A’Tu is not important Just someone orked under Yan Xun’s family

Hoped you all enjoyed this update!! Again, apologies for updating this so late I appreciate all your comments, love, and support!! ❤

This was really long for et this out before Christmas!! So……happy early Christmas present??