Huyan Longhao felt that he must have had a feud with Wei Ying in his past life!
Either he had snatched Wei Ying's wife or exterminated his whole family!
Otherwise, how could he have been so badly deceived by Wei Ying in this life!
If Huyan Longhao claimed to be the second greatest strategist in Xiliang, no one would dare to claim the first place!
But now...
Now he had been toyed with by the Prince of Ning of the Great Yan Kingdom until now!
He had been deceived and even stabbed!
Only now did Huyan Longhao realize what had happened. He felt a suffocating knot in his chest.
Wei Ying had deceived him about his fake death, cheated him out of his money and war - horses, and in the end, even had someone impersonate to deceive his feelings!
He had even thought that bringing Xiao He here was a secret, an important chess piece in his hand!
But in the end... this chess piece still belonged to the Prince of Ning?
After all his painstaking efforts, he only then realized that from beginning to end, in the other person's eyes, he, Huyan Longhao, was just a clown!
The more proud and happy he had been before, the more indignant and embarrassed he was now!
Thinking of this, Huyan Longhao was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood.
The pain from the stab in his chest was nothing compared to the humiliation of being treated like a fool. It was really killing him!
At the moment of falling from the city tower, he suddenly felt so tired.
If there was an afterlife, he hoped he would never meet the Prince of Ning and his wife again!
They were complete liars!
Seeing Huyan Longhao fall off the city wall, Wei Ying didn't hesitate for a moment and rode his horse to his side.
The blood - covered Huyan Longhao was lying on the ground. His somewhat hollow eyes didn't seem to be looking at anything. Only the slight rise and fall of his chest proved that he was still alive.
Wei Ying dismounted and tilted his head slightly. He looked expressionlessly at the man on the ground and said coldly, "Do you have any last words?"
Hearing Wei Ying's voice, Huyan Longhao slowly blinked his eyes. Then, gasping for breath, he said, "You... You're clearly not from the Great Yan. Why... Why do you still go to such lengths for them... for the Great Yan... Do you really have no ambition at all?"
When Wei Ying heard what Huyan Longhao said, there was no look of surprise on his face. He still replied calmly, "What's so great about this country? People will eventually turn into a handful of dust and take nothing with them. If the things we gain in life could still be enjoyed after death, then I would definitely have ambition. But in the current situation... it's better to live a carefree life. As for why I'm so dedicated to the Great Yan... After all, I like the people here."
Huyan Longhao didn't seem satisfied with this answer. But when he tried to frown, he didn't have the strength.
He didn't believe that Wei Ying really had no ambition at all.
Although he seemed to be dying, but...
Suddenly, Huyan Longhao showed a strange smile. He stared fixedly at Wei Ying with his eyes and then, as if using all his strength, slowly said, "Do you think... that after I, the prince, die, things will come to an end?"
"Oh?" Seeing this, Wei Ying couldn't help raising his eyebrows.
"If you... don't kill... me, I, the prince, will... tell... Ah!" Before he could finish his sentence, Huyan Longhao opened his eyes wide in shock.
Wei Ying retracted the long knife that had cut Huyan Longhao's throat. A proud smile spread across his lips:
"To cut the grass, one must remove the roots. I've always disliked leaving any potential troubles. As for whether things have ended or not, I'm sure I can handle it."
The second prince of Xiliang finally died in the hands of the Prince of Ning.
...
In the imperial palace of the Great Yan Kingdom.
The emperor, sitting in front of his desk, looked at the stack of letters in front of him and frowned, "Why are they all piled up like this?"
Eunuch Li, who was serving beside him, trembled his hands and replied timidly, "Your Majesty, it was the Empress Dowager... She said that you needed to rest well during these days when you were ill. These letters didn't seem to be very important... So..."
"Foolish!" The emperor gave Eunuch Li a cold look. His eyes were full of fierceness.
Eunuch Li immediately knelt on the ground and lowered his eyes, "Your servant deserves to die!"
The emperor didn't look at him anymore. Instead, he habitually unfolded the letters on the table in chronological order.
The first letter: The Princess of Ning has gone to Chuanzhou City!
The second letter: The Prince of Ning is going to marry the third princess of Xiliang?!
The third letter: It turns out that the Prince of Ning faked his death to deceive the royal family of Xiliang. The one who spread the news of the marriage was a fake Prince of Ning!
The fourth letter: Xiliang is furious and has sent a letter of challenge to Qingzhou City!
The fifth letter: The people of Xiliang have been defeated!
The sixth letter: The eldest prince and the third princess of Xiliang have been captured. The second prince of Xiliang has fled to Chuanzhou City. The Prince of Ning has chased after him!
"Um..." The emperor silently placed the last letter on the table. His expression was hard to describe.
The person who wrote these letters was really concise.
But his mood had been ups and downs within just a short moment!
When he received that urgent secret letter and saw that it said the Prince of Ning had betrayed, he admitted that he panicked for a moment.
But after the initial anger, he calmed down and felt that there was something fishy about it. The Prince of Ning would never do such a thing as betrayal.
If he really wasn't from the Great Yan, he should also not have such ambition!
He knew this imperial uncle better than anyone else!
Sure enough, not long after, he received a secret letter personally written by Wei Ying. The other person simply wrote his plan in the letter, but after explaining the plan, he put forward a strange request.
That was... to pretend to be ill.
When the emperor saw the request to pretend to be ill, he couldn't help curling his lips.
If he pretended just because Wei Ying asked him to, wouldn't he lose all his dignity?
But despite his thoughts, he still chose to pretend to be ill early the next morning.
Thanks to the secret medicine that Wei Ying had given him in the letter, the imperial doctor didn't notice anything strange.
After lying in bed for seven or eight days, he couldn't bear it anymore and came to the imperial study. Then he saw this stack of letters.
No one had even reported this to him?!
Thinking of this, the emperor concealed the darkness in his eyes and some thoughts arose in his mind.
...
"Master, the emperor has gone to the imperial study."
"Oh? Has he read those letters?"
"He should be reading them..."
"Let him read them. He will know the content of the letters sooner or later." In the shadow, the woman stroked her well - manicured fingertips. Her eyes flashed with a sharp light. But then, as if she thought of something, she frowned slightly and said to the shadow beside her:
"Xiao He hasn't sent any letters recently?"
"Reporting to master... Young Master Xiao hasn't sent a letter for about ten days."
"Could that brat Huyan Longhao go back on his word?"
"Reporting to master, it should be unlikely."
"That's good. I heard that the Prince of Ning has gone to Chuanzhou, while the Princess of Ning... is still in Qingzhou?"
"Reporting to master, the Princess of Ning is still in Qingzhou."
"I heard... she's pregnant?" At this, the woman clenched her hands tightly.
That woman was actually pregnant!
She was really a vixen! She was able to conceive that man's child! It seemed...
She couldn't be left alive!
Thinking of this, the woman's eyes were filled with viciousness. "Find an opportunity and take action."