The court officials also echoed this sentiment.
Mu Jing paused for a moment. Although she was extremely unwilling, she still reluctantly replied for the sake of saving face, "The Third Prince Consort will do his utmost and live up to everyone's expectations!"
Early in the morning, Green Butterfly hurriedly ran to Muming's palace to tell Chu Xiyin about the matter.
"What? They're sending the prince into battle? Isn't that letting their own people fight each other?" Chu Xiyin suddenly sat up in bed, staring wide-eyed at Green Butterfly.
"Don't get excited!" Mu Ming comforted him.
"How could I be excited? Green Butterfly, tell me, is there any way to stop them from letting the Prince go into battle?" Chu Xiyin asked, holding Green Butterfly's hand.
Green Butterfly lowered her eyes and shook her head. "Even the Third Princess couldn't stop it, so what can Green Butterfly do to stop it?"
"What should I do? What should I do..." Chu Xiyin paced anxiously.
“Quiet down. I think war is inevitable. But the only way now is to help the Fourth Prince regain his memory,” Mu Ming said, looking at Chu Xiyin.
Chapter 47 Bloodbath (Part 2)
Mu Ming looked at Lü Die; she was now the only person who had a chance to get close to the Fourth Prince.
Following Mu Ming's gaze, Chu Xiyin also looked longingly at Green Butterfly.
"Why are you two looking at me like that?" Green Butterfly said, taking a step back.
"Because only you can do this!" Mu Ming said, gripping her shoulders. "Go and find out what kind of medicine the Third Princess gave the Fourth Prince. Only by restoring the Prince's memory can we rescue him!"
Green Butterfly looked at Mu Ming, then glanced at Chu Xiyin, and said helplessly, "Alright! I'll go back now!"
"Be careful!" Mu Ming said worriedly, watching her retreating figure. Although he knew that with her martial arts skills, no one in the Mu'ai Kingdom could harm her.
Green Butterfly paused for a moment, then said, "Don't worry! I'll be fine."
At the border of the Twilight Kingdom, soldiers of the Ziling Dynasty were fully prepared for battle. Mo Cong led the vanguard of two thousand men in a charge, followed closely by Qi Yu and Hua Shao with five thousand men in the central army, while Liang Siqi prepared three thousand elite troops to cover the rear.
On the other side, the soldiers of the Twilight Kingdom were also ready, waiting for the Third Princess and the Third Prince Consort to come and lead the army.
Inside the Third Princess's palace, Mu Jing, dressed in white armor, looked dashing and heroic. She helped the Fourth Prince change into the silver-white armor specially made by the Mu'ai Kingdom and styled his hair into a neat and tidy bun.
"Here, take this!" Mu Jing returned the purple imperial sword to the Fourth Prince.
The instant he raised his sword, a series of images flashed through his mind. On the battlefield, he and she were his opponents. Behind her was a blurry face, a face that seemed... seemed to...
The Fourth Prince frowned, enduring the sharp pain in his head.
"This time, we must join forces to destroy the Ziling Dynasty, so that you can rightfully become my consort." Mu Jing straightened his collar and leaned against him intimately.
The Fourth Prince gently pushed her away and said calmly, "Let's go!"
Mu Jing raised her alluring eyes and nodded obediently.
Green Butterfly looked around for a while, then quietly sneaked into the Fourth Prince's room. After rummaging through drawers and cabinets for a long time, she finally found a few pieces of paper with residual medicine powder on the Fourth Prince's bedside.
"What are you doing?"
Upon hearing this, Green Butterfly was startled. "Third...Third Princess..."
Mu Jing glanced at her sideways and slowly approached. She had come back to retrieve her personal amulet, but unexpectedly, she bumped into Green Butterfly secretly stuffing something into her bosom.
"What were you doing running into the prince consort's room all by yourself?" Mu Jing questioned.
Green Butterfly lowered her eyes, not daring to look directly into her gaze.
Mu Jing glared at her angrily, then suddenly grabbed her by the front of her clothes and pulled the medicine packet from her bosom. "What are you doing hiding this?" she demanded, her face fierce as she leaned closer to Green Butterfly, her sinister eyes gleaming with bloodlust. "Speak! What are you plotting?"
"Third Princess, I'm sorry! Green Butterfly has failed your kindness!" In truth, with Green Butterfly's martial arts skills, the Third Princess was no match for her at all.
"Who did you accept bribes this time? How dare you betray me?" the Third Princess asked, staring into her eyes.
"Green Butterfly did not betray the Third Princess, nor did she accept any benefits. It's just that..." Green Butterfly raised her eyes and said, "It's just that I owe a favor that I have to repay."
"Oh? What favor is more important than the kindness of raising you for so many years?" Mu Jing released Green Butterfly.
"A life-saving grace!" Green Butterfly's eyes were firm and unwavering.
"Fine! Then tell me, what is your benefactor's purpose? If you tell the truth, I will not pursue this matter any further." Mu Jing crumpled the medicine paper in her hand into a ball.
Green Butterfly hesitated for a moment, then frowned and said, "Let the prince consort regain his memories." She had never lied, nor would she ever lie.
"Then, is the person who wants the Prince Consort to regain his memory Chu Xiyin?" Mu Jing bowed slightly and enunciated the three words "Chu Xiyin" one by one.
Green Butterfly lowered her head and answered, "Yes!"
"Fine, you can leave now!" Mu Jing said coldly, arms crossed.
Green Butterfly paused, then walked step by step towards the door. She had a premonition that with each step she took, she was moving closer to death. Because she was the top assassin of the Twilight Kingdom, her sensitivity to danger far surpassed that of ordinary people!
rub--
The Twilight Moon Sword pierced her heart silently, and a metallic taste filled her mouth...
She had killed countless people in her life, yet this was her ultimate fate. If she had died under the human trafficker's whip that day, perhaps she wouldn't have suffered so much!
Mu Jing suddenly drew her sword, a smirk playing on her lips, and said, "This is what happens when you betray me!"
The green butterfly smiled and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Third Princess, farewell! Xiyin, farewell!
Farewell, Ming!
"Green butterflies dance in the wind, accompanied by the moon; twilight and rosy clouds await the butterflies on the flowers!" In this life, I cannot rightfully become your woman. I hope in the next life, you will still remember your promise and wait for the green butterflies...
Green Butterfly felt light and gently landed on the ground like a fluttering green butterfly.
Mu Jing put on the amulet, wiped the blood off the sword with the medicinal paper, glanced coldly at Green Butterfly, and left the room. She was used to bloodshed and betrayal; a life was utterly insignificant in her eyes!
Green Butterfly crawled toward the blood-stained medicine paper and used all her strength to crawl out of the room.
She left a long trail of blood as she dragged her from the room to the open space outside.
She tilted her head back, gazing at the azure sky where several colorful butterflies chased each other. She forced a painful smile, pulled out a few signal flares from her pocket, and tossed them into the air!
Mu Ming felt a strange pain in his chest.
"Second Prince, look!" Chu Xiyin asked, pointing to the colorful signal flares in the sky. "Is that a signal from Green Butterfly?"
Looking at the dazzling array of colors in the sky, Mu Ming frowned and said, "Let's go take a look!"
When Chu Xiyin and Mu Ming arrived at the Third Princess's palace, a group of palace maids surrounded Green Butterfly's body, pointing and gossiping.
Mu Ming pushed aside the palace maids and saw Green Butterfly lying in a pool of blood. He rushed over and hugged her tightly. The moment he held her in his arms, the crumpled piece of paper that Green Butterfly was clutching rolled to Chu Xiyin's feet.
Chu Xiyin paused, picked up the crumpled paper stuck together with blood and medicine powder from the ground, and tears streamed down her face. Life is so fragile! If she could choose, she would rather be the one who died.
Mu Ming picked up Green Butterfly's body and said blankly to Chu Xiyin, "Let's go!"
The Fourth Prince and Mu Jing led eight thousand elite soldiers from the Mu'ai Kingdom to the canyon in a grand procession.
"Your Highness!" Mo Cong exclaimed in surprise. He hadn't expected the Fourth Prince to appear among the Mu'ai Kingdom's army.
A platoon of soldiers in the vanguard also recognized the prince; the rumors circulating in the army these past few days were indeed true!
"Go and inform Lord Qi that I have something to report and ask him to come immediately!" Mo Cong waved his hand, signaling the soldiers to halt their advance.
Mu Jing laughed loudly, "What? Is this all the courage the soldiers of the Ziling Dynasty have?"
The soldiers of the Twilight Kingdom roared three times in unison. Their roars were as loud as thunder, echoing throughout the canyon.
The Fourth Prince sat on his Akhal-Teke horse, staring straight ahead with a blank expression.
Mo Cong said, "What a joke! How can the mere Twilight Kingdom compare to my mighty Ziling Dynasty? I say, are all the men in your Twilight Kingdom dead? Why send a woman to lead the army?"
A burst of laughter erupted from the Ziling Dynasty's military camp.
Mu Jing sneered, raised her sword and pointed it at the Fourth Prince beside her, saying, "Open your eyes and look, who is this?"
Soldiers of the Ziling Dynasty whispered among themselves, "Isn't that the prince?" "How did he end up in the enemy camp?" "Could it be, as the rumors say, that he's fallen in love with that woman?"...
A smug look spread across Mu Jing's face. "Let me tell you, he is now the third prince consort of my Mu'ai Kingdom!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Qi Yu arrived at the front-line camp.
"Lord Qi, look!" Mo Cong pointed at the Fourth Prince.
"What's going on?" Qi Yu stared at the Fourth Prince on his warhorse, his expression indifferent, with a look of surprise.
"I don't know either. That woman said he's now the third prince consort of the Twilight Kingdom!" Mo Cong also looked puzzled.
Upon seeing the Fourth Prince, the soldiers of the Ziling Dynasty hesitated to advance. The two sides remained locked in a stalemate.
Hua Shao waited for a long time, but when Qi Yu still hadn't returned, he worried that something had happened to them. He suddenly cracked his whip and rode his horse towards the front camp.
Upon arriving at the vanguard camp, Hua Shao saw the two sides locked in a stalemate and reined in his horse, asking, "Hey, what's going on?"
"See for yourself!" Qi Yu rolled his eyes at him.
Hua Shao smoothed his hair, and upon seeing the Fourth Prince, he exclaimed again. After hesitating for a moment, a plan suddenly came to him. He cleared his throat and shouted loudly towards the enemy camp, "Third Princess, I would like to have a few rounds of one-on-one combat with the man beside you. I wonder if he has the courage to come out and accept the challenge?"
Mu Jing glanced at the Fourth Prince and laughed, "Of course, no problem. Does the Prince Consort think he's afraid of a sissy like you?"
When Hua Shao heard Mu Jing call him a sissy, he was furious. "Ugh, you damned tomboy! You have no breasts, no butt, your brain is full of water, you don't even recognize your own grandpa Hua!"
The tense atmosphere was heated up by Hua Shao's excellent verbal sparring, and the soldiers burst into laughter.
Enraged, Mu Jing slapped the Akhal-Teke horse beneath the Fourth Prince and shouted, "Fight back for me!"
In the soldiers' camp of the Twilight Kingdom, led by someone, they chanted in unison, "The Prince Consort will surely win! The Prince Consort will surely win..."
Hua Shao tossed his hair, turned around with a dashing air, and said, "Brothers, our slogan is 'Handsome Men Are Invincible'! Come on, shout 'Handsome Men Are Invincible' with me!"
Qi Yu rolled his eyes at him.
The soldiers looked at each other, covered their mouths, and chuckled.
"Handsome men are invincible, handsome men are invincible..." The few scattered shouts clearly showed that the slogan had already been overshadowed in terms of momentum.
The Fourth Prince frowned, his melancholy eyes coldly fixed on Hua Shao, carefully examining his fatal flaws.
"Your Highness, I am Hua Shao." Hua Shao glanced at Mu Jing and said softly to the prince.