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Chapter 98: Death 2

Xiang Liang, a young man at the head of Xiangcheng, whipped the drum with tears in his eyes. Pan Wuming, who was stationed here, stood at the head of the city. He did not beat the drum, but watched the Qin people withdraw in disbelief. The soldiers around him cheered and cheered. The Qin army attacked the city more than ten times in the past six months, but they were all repelled. In the warm and gentle spring, the spring when all things are reviving, and the spring when flowers are blooming, the Qin army finally retreated.

"Order!" Pan Wuming did not dare to be careless at all. He shouted, and the troops bent over him. "The reconnaissance cavalry followed the Qin army, and saw where it retreated, and rewarded it every ten miles."

"Ye!" The cavalry general Pan Shi responded loudly, then hurried down to the city and took his subordinates out of the city to explore the enemy. The horse had not galloped for half a year, and when he left the city, he screamed regularly, extremely cheerful.

"General, this matter should be reported to the Grand Sima Mansion of Yingdu." The general around him suggested that the Qin army retreated, which is a major event. Regardless of whether it is true or false, it should be reported to the Grand Sima Mansion immediately so that the Yingdu court can understand the trends on the front line.

"Report." Pan Wuming nodded. "This matter was reported to Yingdu quickly, and the Qin army suddenly retreated, but it was not clear whether it was true or not. Ma Gu also sent someone to report it."

Pan Wuming led Cai Shi to guard Chengyang, Xiang Shi stationed Magu, and Chengtong was the backing of Xi County. When the Qin army retreated, it should not only notify Xi County and Yingdu, but also Magu. Speaking of Magu, Pan Wuming's huge head shook his head helplessly. Before that, the Qin army had blocked both ends of Magu. Fortunately, there was no shortage of food and fodder in the valley, otherwise the soldiers of Xiang Shi would starve to death. There was no one in the desert and the narrow roads of the valley. I really don't know what the Grand Sima Mansion was going to come.

The Qin army attacked the city, and all the surrounding information poles were destroyed. Fortunately, the messengers hidden in the dense forest could read the information from the head of Chengyang City. After riding for dozens of miles, the message was quickly transmitted to Xi County. The news was clear. When the whole city of Xi County was jubilant, the message was transmitted to Yingdu at one stop at a time. However, in Jiyi, which was more than 100 miles west of Chengyang City, the Chu State's return convoy, which had been traveling for a long time, was in a panic:

Before the day was dawn, Jiyi's order came to tell him in person, saying that the king had ordered the withdrawal of his troops. Later, he asked Qu Sui to mourn, saying that the royal city of Chencheng had been destroyed, and that the State of Wei had sent someone to kill King Jing compared to Ziji.

Qu Sui felt a crack on his forehead when he heard that the royal city had been broken. When he heard that the king had died, he couldn't help but tremble. However, according to the courtesy, he still politely sent the county dictator away, and then he was still crying. The king came from heaven to save the State of Chu, but the king and tens of thousands of generals died in the border city. This heaven would not bless Chu.

Although Qu Sui's crying softly, the servants and soldiers in the convoy still heard it. When it was dawn, they started crying, and then worshiped Dongfang. Mi Xuan had been sleeping lightly these days. When Cui Xiu, Xiu Zhu and others stood up after hearing the sound, she had been sitting on the bed and cried for half an hour. It was fine if others didn't comfort her, but when she comforted her, she threw herself into Cui Xiu's arms and cried loudly.

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it! I don't believe it! Ahhh..." Mi Xuan burst into tears, his voice so loud that the entire convoy could hear it. She pulled Cui Xiu hard while crying, and Cui Xiu and other women also burst into tears.

The girls once accompanied Mi Xuan to Chu. The relationship between the female princess and the King of Chu was still half understood by Xiuzhu, but how could anyone who had experienced Cui Xiu not know? The King of Chu was young, but his every move and attention were no different from that of the adults, and his love for the female princess was even deeper. Unfortunately, the day was not far away, and he actually died in the battle formation.

Mi Xuan cried loudly, and the servants and soldiers cried. Mi Qian and the dowry concubines were also crying, especially the young women, who cried the most miserable. However, Mi Qian wiped her tears while crying, and got up and got out of the car in surprise. When she reached Qu Sui's car, Qu Sui, who had tears on her face, quickly got off the car to greet her.

"Doctor Qu," Mi Qian suddenly bowed to Qu Sui, "Mi Qian is not loyal, please allow King Qu to return to Xianyang."

As soon as Mi Qian bowed to Qu Sui immediately avoided her. After hearing her say, tears came down again and said, "Princess Chi has never been unfaithful, this is great loyalty. However, the Qin Palace is dangerous and the Qin King is unpredictable, so he entered the Qin Palace as the queen, and he was unable to maintain his mother country."

"Mi Qian does it with all her strength." Mi Qian's face was no longer sad, only an indescribable indifference. The king's brother has passed away, and the State of Chu may be in chaos. Even if the King of Qin let her return, she cannot return, let alone...

"Yes." Looking at Mi Qian who had made up his mind, Qu Sui immediately bowed to her heavily. When he finished bowing and got up, Mi Qian had already left.

Mi Qian, who returned to the carriage, seemed to have changed. As the girls cried, she said, "Don't cry anymore. Since the King of Qin has withdrawn his troops, we will make a promise to return to Xianyang."

"Return to Xianyang?!" The crying stopped immediately, and then the girls howled even louder. A young concubine shouted: "The King of Qin killed the king, how could the princess marry him again?"

"The two countries of Chu and Qin have promised first, but now that the King of Qin has withdrawn his troops, I naturally have to return to the Qin Palace and file a temple with the King of Qin." Mi Qian repeated the previous reason, with no expression on her face.

"Go! I, Mi Xi, would rather die than marry a Qin person." Mi Xi was still crying, and she stared at Mi Qian, as if it was her first time to know Mi her.

‘Bang!’ slapped Mi Xi in the face. Mi Xi was slapped as if nothing had happened. Mi Xi was slapped without any pain. The two looked at each other directly. Then Mi Xi suddenly laughed, and she smiled and said, “She is naughty!”

‘Pa!’ Mi Qian slapped her again, but she still laughed, “It’s a bad person. I, Mi Xi, don’t swear to be in the same car as the bitch.”

After Mi Xi said that, she got off the carriage. Mi Qian's face turned red. She looked at the concubine in the car: "If you don't want to go back to Xianyang, you can get off here."

No one got off the car, they were all concubines who were dowry by the princess. They would marry whoever Mi Qian would marry, and Mi Qian would let everything be decided.

"Since I want to return to Xianyang with me, I am not allowed to cry anymore. We are already the wife and concubine of the King of Qin and have nothing to do with our mother country." Mi Qian warned this. At this time, a sudden scream came from outside: "Come... Come on! The girl, the girl is lying on the sword."

"I'm here to pay homage to the king!" A flag was flying outside Jiyi City, and countless servants and soldiers were lying on the ground. King Zhao Zheng of Qin came. He did not look at the subjects who were lying on the worship, but Zhao Zheng only looked at the Chu convoy not far away. He came for this.

"My despair of the king." With a staggering stutter, Qu Sui finally came under the Changqi. Unlike the Qin people, he was just a bow.

"You can tell that I have ordered the Qin army to withdraw." The sunlight spread on Zhao Zheng's young face, and he was smiling.

"I know." Qu Sui responded in a low voice without any sorrow.

"Since that's the case, Princess Chi should go back to Xianyang to report to the temple." Zhao Zheng's face was even more smiling.

"Of course." Qu Sui responded again, without looking at Zhao Zheng.

"I will also join forces with the new king of Jing State here. Qin and Chu will stop fighting and be repaired forever. Then, Jiyi will also give Jing State as a betrothal gift for Princess Chi." Zhao Zheng's words were filled with high gifts. What disappointed him was that he did not bow to his gratitude and bowed to him deeply, or he was still hunched over there and motionless.

Zhao Zheng was finally a little displeased: "Doctor Qu doesn't want Qin and Chu to stop the war?"

"No." The hunched Qu Sui finally moved. "However, the widowed king is depressed, and the minister is mourning."

"If King Jing had not opposed me, Qin, and I, how could this be?" Zhao Zheng said with disdain. Qin was the overlord of the world. Anyone who dared to fight against Qin would be dead. "However, King Jing died in Chencheng, and I heard of it halfway and respected his heroic spirit. Therefore, I ordered the left prime minister Changwenjun to enter Ying to pay condolences, and would go with Doctor Qu."

Zhao Zheng decided to withdraw his troops at the beginning of the month. Chang Wenjun was originally a general to join Ying Shang as an envoy of Qin and join the two countries. Now that King Jing has passed away, Chang Wenjun naturally wants to pay his respects to the former king in addition to discussing the Qin-Chu alliance, and wait for the new king to ascend the throne. Hearing Zhao Zheng's words, Qu Sui couldn't help but look at Chang Wenjun, and then bowed and said, "I thank the king for his kindness. I hope that the two countries of Chu and Qin will continue to fight from now on and will never attack."

"Hahahaha..., great kindness." Zhao Zheng laughed loudly, and he warned again: "Remember! The new king should also marry the princess of Qin as his queen, and must not marry the daughter of Qi. I heard that the order Yin Zhaoshu was willing to cut 600 miles of land to Qi and asked the King of Qi to send 100,000 troops to save Chencheng, but the people of Qi did not save him. Therefore, I am willing to send 200,000 troops to help the new king of Jing attack Qi and avenge King Jing. As for Wei..., because the prime minister of Wei, Bangzi, Ziji, the 200,000 Qin troops in Chencheng will be able to withdraw their troops in a few days. The dispute between Jing and Wei has nothing to do with our Great Qin."

"Attack Qi?" Qu Sui felt distressed, and he bowed and said, "With the new king is in trouble, how can he fight again?"

"Then it will not be too late to attack Qi next year." Zhao Zheng did not force himself. The matter of attacking Qi would naturally be written into the alliance letter. If Chu did not attack Qi, Qin would attack Chu. "Doctor Qu should return to the country today. I still have family affairs..."

Qu Sui said he retreated. When he turned around, he saw Mi Lu and Mi Xuan. The difference was that Mi Lu's face was not sad, while Mi Xuan's hair was scattered and tears continued to flow. He couldn't help but sigh and walked away.

"I'm paying homage to the king." Mi Lu smiled and bowed to Zhao Zhengsu. Her skin was already pale, and her smile was even more eye-catching at this time.

"Mi Xuan pays homage to the king." Mi Xuan was not what she wanted to come, she was escorted by two palace maids.

"The beloved concubine has been suffering all the way, and I have ordered people to punish the officials along the way." Zhao Zheng did not look at Mi Xuan, but only looked at Mi Xuan with a smile.

"I am asking for thanking the king, but the officials along the way are loyal to the king and have not treated me harshly. Please do not punish me." Mi Rui's eyes fluttered, and Zhao Zheng was stunned for a moment.

It would be fine for the others, and Mi Xuan also ate sweet potatoes and drank beans with everyone. When he heard this, he was furious. Seeing Mi Xuan was safe, he stopped his anger. "Since the queen pleads for mercy, I will save them from death." After saying that, he glared at Mi Xuan again, "Mi Xuan has been a concubine, but she deceived me and went out of Xianyang privately. What should you blame?"

"Mi Xuan only wants to die." Mi Xuan bowed, she was more sad than death, and she was determined to die.

"King," Mi Lu said hurriedly. "If my sister Wu Xuan entered the palace and said that she would never marry into the Qin Palace. Nian Xuan's sister helped Qin and Chu marriage, so I asked the king to die."

"Please give death to the king." Mi Xuan pleaded for mercy, but Mi Xuan was desperate to die.
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