The shimmering light in Ji Wushang's eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by blood-red pupils.
Yiyun Shangcheng released her pressure points, held her tightly, and tears streamed down his face and onto her clothes...
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, and instantly, a torrential downpour began! Lightning flashed, thunder roared, and a fierce wind arose!
Ji Wushang twisted her body, and she tried to roll on the ground in pain, but Yi Yunshangcheng pulled her into his arms and held her tightly with his arms.
"It hurts so much, Nan Xuzong, save me! It's so painful, let me die!" she cried out, trying to break free of his grasp! She felt excruciating pain all over her body! Her head felt like it was about to split open! She couldn't escape, couldn't vent her frustration!
"Just bear with it, just bear with it!" Yi Yun Shang Cheng looked at her and held her tightly as she sat up. He knew she was in pain all over, but it was necessary!
Everyone who wants to undergo a transformation must endure pain that ordinary people cannot bear!
She glared fiercely at Yiyun Shangcheng, "You've brought me endless pain! Yiyun Shangcheng, I will hate you forever, hate you endlessly!"
Yiyun Shangcheng looked at her; her face was contorted with pain!
"Hate it!" he replied calmly.
Unable to vent her anger, Ji Wushang glared at him and bit down hard on his shoulder! Even though there was a robe between them, she managed to bite deep into his flesh through the robe!
...
Nan Xuzong looked at the thunder and rain outside, unable to calm down for a long time. His heart was aching, and whenever he closed his eyes, he dreamed of many things about her.
She screamed in agony, her eyes were no longer clear, and the tenderness in her gaze was gone! Her hands were now stained with blood!
Nan Xuzong felt as if he was in endless torment!
This is the tenth day since she left home.
"Gong Shu." Nan Xuzong turned around and called out.
"Master!" Gong Shu immediately ran in from outside.
"Is everything ready?" Nan Xuzong turned around. "Let's go."
"My lord, is it really not enough to wait a little longer for His Highness the Crown Prince?"
"I can't wait any longer." Nan Xuzong felt a sharp pain in his breath; he was about to see her! He couldn't wait another second!
The night was bleak, and the air after the rain was not as fresh as I had imagined, but rather filled with the smell of blood.
Deep within the palace, Yiyun Shangcheng gazed at the stunningly beautiful woman sleeping on the bed for a long time.
He turned and walked out, but returned shortly afterward. When he came back, he had the maids bring in all the best desks and writing implements.
Separated by a curtain, Yi Yun Shangcheng handled state affairs, and if she looked up, she could see Ji Wushang behind the beaded curtain.
For three consecutive days, she remained asleep without showing any sign of waking up.
Yi Yun Shangcheng always sat at his desk, and all his meals were taken in the palace. When he got tired, he would climb into bed, hold the unconscious and cold-bodied Ji Wushang, and sleep. When he woke up, he would continue to work at his desk.
Only when a minister came to see him would he go to the Imperial Writing Hall.
Everyone in the palace knew that ever since the Queen played that fake search "game" with their Western Region King, the Queen had fallen into a deep sleep, and the Western Region King had also fallen silent.
No one could find any emotion other than indifference on Evian Upper Town's face.
Day four.
Moores requested an audience outside the palace.
Yi Yunshangcheng put down the wolf-hair brush in his hand, "Let him wait in the Imperial Study Hall."
"Yes." The maid immediately left.
Yi Yun went up to Ji Wushang and sat on her bed, gently stroking her delicate, fair face. "Wushang, it's the fourth day. It's time to wake up."
Ji Wushang did not react at all.
"Don't worry, I will absolve Nan Xuzong of the pain you've endured." Yi Yun Shangcheng looked at her thin face, which had become frail from sleeping for three days. "You've lost weight... you've lost weight." He sighed, turned and walked out.
"Prepare some congee; the Queen will eat it when she wakes up," Yiyun instructed the maids guarding outside the palace as soon as she left the palace.
The maid quickly agreed and went to do it immediately.
Upon entering the Imperial Library in Yiyun City, Murs immediately stepped forward, "Your Majesty, I have important matters to report!"
“Speak.” Yi Yun Shangcheng sat down at the desk.
"Your Majesty, our spies have learned that the fourth prince of the Great Xia Zhou Dynasty has infiltrated the Western Regions City!" Murs knelt on one knee.
“Nan Xu Cong?” Yi Yun Shang Cheng immediately stood up. “He really didn’t die? How could he possibly have the antidote for the Heart-Eating Gu?!” As she thought about it, Yi Yun Shang Cheng remembered that Ji Wu Shang originally had two personal maids with him, but she hadn’t seen those two maids since Ji Wu Shang ate the Heart-Eating Gu that day!
Yiyun Shangcheng suddenly understood everything; she had truly underestimated Ji Wushang's intelligence!
"Fine, let him come! If he dares to come, he can forget about leaving alive!" Yi Yun Shangcheng's eyes were cold.
Just then, a maidservant came in from outside and said, "Your Majesty, General Hao Yueyi requests an audience."
“I see you!” Yiyun immediately sat down on the city wall.
"Hao Yueyi pays his respects to Your Majesty!" Hao Yueyi immediately knelt down to pay his respects.
“Get up and speak.” Yiyun Shangcheng looked at him.
Hao Yueyi immediately took out a memorial from his bosom, "Please take a look, Your Majesty! The Great Xia Zhou Dynasty has gathered 100,000 troops to attack our Western Regions! The commander-in-chief is the Fourth Prince, Prince Huangfu Zong!"
Yiyun Shangcheng took the document, which bore the large characters "Challenge Letter"! Upon opening it, he found the details of the decisive battle written inside.
"Fine, you have guts! Then I won't have to wait another month!" Yiyun Shangcheng sneered. "Murles!"
"Your subject is here!" Murs immediately knelt down, but he was very puzzled. Wasn't the fourth prince, Huangfu Zong, the same person as Nan Xu Cong? How could he be a commander-in-chief, and yet here it was said that he had already infiltrated the Western Region City?
"Assemble 120,000 soldiers!" Yi Yun Shangcheng coldly declared. "I, the King, will personally lead the army! We must punish their Great Xia Zhou Dynasty!"
“Yes!” Moores replied.
"Hao Yueyi, I'll temporarily entrust the affairs of the city to you!" Yi Yun Shangcheng sneered.
"yes."
Since you're here, we should treat you well!
Under the cover of night, Yiyun Shangcheng and the two of them finally finished discussing the matter and came out.
Yi Yun hurried back to the Nixia Palace. He lifted the curtain and saw Ji Wushang sitting on the bed, already awake. Her blood-red eyes were scrutinizing him.
“Lord.” Yi Yun stepped forward from the city, looking at Ji Wushang with a hint of a smile in his eyes.
Ji Wushang sneered, "King of the Western Regions need not humble himself before me!" She got out of bed and looked him up and down, "Chief of the Yiyun Clan, successor of the immortals, King of the Western Regions, you are immortal!"
“Your Majesty will live even longer.” Yiyun Shangcheng stood ramrod straight. “Your meal has been prepared by Your Majesty.”
"Thank you very much!" Ji Wushang smiled, turned around and walked out. She looked at the congee in front of her and smiled. Yi Yun Shangcheng walked up to her and said, "I have received news that the God of War has led 100,000 troops to attack the Western Regions. I wonder what Your Majesty thinks?"
"God of War?" Ji Wushang pondered the name, and images seemed to flash through her mind, but they appeared so quickly! She tried to capture them, but it was so difficult!
"He is the fourth prince of the current Great Xia Zhou Dynasty, Huangfu Zong, courtesy name Xu Cong, personal name Zongzheng," explained Yi Yunshangcheng.
“Nan Xu Cong…” she suddenly said these words, but she didn’t know why she would say those three words! Ji Wushang frowned.
Yi Yun Shangcheng looked up slightly at Ji Wushang. Did he think of something?
"I'm going to kill him!" Ji Wushang said after a long silence.
"I, Xiao Wang, will certainly serve you at your service!" Yi Yun Shang Cheng glanced at her. "I intend to personally lead the expedition. I wonder if Your Majesty would like to accompany me?" Yi Yun Shang Cheng lowered her eyes.
"Hmm." Ji Wushang gave a soft hum. "Everything will be as you say." She glanced around. "Since I am now your queen, I will naturally follow you!"
"Yes." Yi Yun Shangcheng was startled. How could she, as another person, know everything?
But as long as you keep going according to your own plan, that's fine!
War was imminent on the border. Nan Xuzong led his army into battle, while Huangfu Xuan later led 200,000 troops to assist him. Yiyun Shangcheng personally led the army, and with the help of Ji Wushang, who had become the Blood Lotus Demon Lord, both sides experienced victories and defeats, and life and death.
However, in that border region, the greatest number of casualties were among the civilians.
Ji Dingbei was old and was eventually wounded in the battle against Bohai, returning to his residence. Ji Tiankui replaced Ji Dingbei as the new General of the North, continuing to fight alongside the Prince of the North, guarding the southeastern coast and the northeastern Bohai Sea.
Bohai's resolute withdrawal of troops restored peace to the northeast of the Great Xia Zhou Dynasty. However, because the court was focused on the war with the Western Regions, it allowed Ji Tiankui to recuperate.
The Great Xia Zhou Dynasty and the Qingzhao Kingdom in the southwest of the Western Regions were developing rapidly. While the two countries were at war, the Qingzhao ruler Tuoba Heyan had already annexed the surrounding small countries and was also focusing on internal affairs, always keeping a watchful eye on the situation.
The war between the Great Xia Zhou Dynasty and the Western Regions lasted for about four months, and Ji Wushang's belly had gradually become swollen.
Because of her child, Ji Wushang could no longer accompany Yiyun to fight in the city, but the Demon Lord's bloodlust drove her to watch the battle from the front lines every time!
Each time, Nan Xuzong would watch from afar, hoping to catch a glimpse of her, and he would charge forward into battle, hoping to see the legendary Queen of the Western Regions. But each time, he was blocked by countless soldiers and could not see her.
He also heard that the Queen of the Western Regions was already four months pregnant.
The battle lasted exactly four months.
Nan Xuzong became even more silent, his face expressionless, and he talked with Huangfu Xuan about nothing more than war or court affairs.
That sorrowful yet proud figure would stand outside that tent every night, gazing at the main tent across the way.
The wind grew stronger with each passing day. The weather also gradually turned colder.
Yiyun Shangcheng was sitting at his desk, looking at the woman standing there. Although she was pregnant, her belly was not very protruding because she was too thin.
He stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency."
"Tomorrow, I will have a decisive battle with Huangfu Zong. You must issue me a challenge." She looked outside and said, "Every night I can see him watching us intently. Tomorrow, I will make him die by my sword!"
"Your Majesty, you..."
"Do as I say." She glanced at him. "If too much time passes and my child grows up, I won't be able to kill him, but he will kill me!" She sneered and turned to walk into the inner room of the tent.
Yiyun looked back at her departing figure as she went up to the city.
After a long while, a smile suddenly appeared on his lips.
Yi Yun Shangcheng believed Nan Xuzong knew she was carrying his child, but she wondered what he would do if he truly faced Ji Wushang in a decisive battle. She sneered. She was precisely looking forward to that scene!
The night was colder than ever before! Nan Xuzong simply couldn't sleep. She hadn't returned, and she really had... left.
He sat at his desk, looking at the candlelight in front of him. He had tried to sneak into the camp in the Western Regions, but every time he searched the entire camp, he could never find Yiyun Shangcheng and Ji Wushang!
In the end, they had no choice but to return in frustration!
Each time, he sent people to inquire where the King and Queen of the Western Regions would be at night, but there was never any news.
Because even the soldiers from the Western Regions didn't know where they would be staying at night!
Nan Xuzong stepped out of the tent and looked into the distance.