Female Master: Why doesn’t my wife love me yet?

Chapter 125 Don’t Die Easily

During the time when she was injured, Chu Zhiyan was also not feeling well. Without Chu Zhiyan, those people in southern Xinjiang were leaderless and were defeated one by one by General Gu's men.

At this time, General Gu's men had already captured several cities in southern Xinjiang.

Chu Zhiyan was forced to retreat with his men.

The people of southern Xinjiang originally thought that the people from Daning Kingdom would come and kill them all.

But unexpectedly, General Gu issued an order that anyone who was willing to surrender would become a citizen of Daning Kingdom in the future. Not only would they not be killed, but they would also receive subsidies in the future.

Is this still a choice?

Their monarch was cruel and inhumane, but many of the policies promulgated by the Queen of Daning were beneficial to the people. Women were respected there, and men stayed at home to embroider, sew clothes, and do housework.

After the city was attacked, the people chose to surrender and even took the initiative to provide supplies to General Gu's men.

"This general will remember your kindness."

The soldiers, who were used to eating dry rations, were almost moved to tears when they ate fresh, hot food.

After eating, they felt more energetic when fighting.

The women of southern Xinjiang were envious and admired by the majestic and powerful appearance of the women of Daning.

Seeing that Southern Xinjiang was losing ground, the countries that had originally sent troops to support it realized that something was not right and recalled their troops.

The army, which originally had a considerable number of troops, suddenly had fewer people.

Chu Zhiyan's face looked grim at this time, and he took his men to hide in a farmer's house.

The farmer was carrying water when he was suddenly knocked to the ground by Chu Zhiyan. He was so scared that he knelt on the ground.

"How dare you offer me such turbid water?"

The water in the bowl was yellow, as if mixed with mud and sand.

"But this is the water we usually drink... Sometimes when there's a drought and we can't get water from the well, we collect rainwater to drink."

Qin Jia advised, "Your Majesty, it is more important to save your body right now. Let this water sit for a while. After everything inside sinks, it will still be drinkable."

Chu Zhiyan's expression became even uglier.

We cannot return to the palace because General Gu’s men will be there to attack us soon.

Now, they can only hide in a panic.

After the water became clearer, Chu Zhiyan took a sip, but still accidentally drank mud and sand. He endured the discomfort and drank most of the water in the bowl.

Now is not the time to throw a tantrum. He has already lost this time and he is unwilling to accept it.

The farmers carefully prepared food and brought it over. Chu Zhiyan looked at the food that was not even eaten by dogs in the palace, and his brows were furrowed so much that he could pinch a mosquito to death.

"That's all I have."

The farmer said with his wife and children.

The child looked at the only food eagerly and clamored to eat it. The farmer hit him, and the child cried and made a fuss.

Chu Zhiyan hesitated for a moment and gave half of the dry steamed bun to the child.

The child smiled after picking it up.

Everyone was starving and was lucky to have something to eat.

Chu Zhiyan finished the remaining half, and asked them to share the porridge in the bowl that was as thin as water.

But no matter how hard you try to hide, the day will always come.

Finally, General Gu and his men found Chu Zhiyan's shelter. The children of the farmers were frightened when they saw so many people holding knives and burst into tears.

General Gu stood at the door and said coldly, "Lord of Southern Xinjiang, I know you are in there."

Qin Jia winked at him, signaling him not to go out, but Chu Zhiyan smiled.

"I should have thought of this day earlier."

He ignored Qin Jia's dissuasion and walked out.

"General Gu, nice to meet you."

As soon as Chu Zhiyan stepped out, he was surrounded tightly. He still had a cynical smile on his face, as if he was not afraid of what was going to happen next at all.

"Hmph, let's settle all the old and new accounts together."

General Gu snorted coldly and did not kill him immediately. Instead, he took him up with iron chains just like he had tied up Gu Qingyuan.

Then, Qin Jia, who was with him, was taken back as well.

It's time to end this war.

……

The trumpet of victory sounded.

The people of Xiancheng ran out of their houses and shouted with joy.

"we won!"

"we won!"

"I knew General Gu and his men would win. Now we don't have to worry about anyone attacking us anymore!"

The whole city was filled with the sound of drums and gongs, and it looked very festive.

Even firecrackers were set off for this purpose.

The crackling sound was like the New Year's Eve.

Gu Qingyuan finally regained her freedom, and she happily went out to greet General Gu.

The soldiers watched their young master come out and reported the good news to her.

"I know, I know everything. If my mother takes action, she will definitely beat them to a pulp!"

Being flattered by his own daughter, General Gu smiled and said helplessly: "You."

However, they were able to win this time thanks to Gu Qingyuan. If she had not risked her life to burn all the medicines refined by the King of Southern Xinjiang, they might not have won so easily.

Dongzhi, as the new commander, dismounted, walked up to Gu Qingyuan and pinched her face.

"Hey, why don't you praise me, young master?"

"you are great too!"

Dongzhi took out a small gadget from his arms and threw it to her. Gu Qingyuan took it and looked at it, and found that it was actually a dart.

The javelin was made of bones. Dongzhi said lightly that it was made of the bones of someone she had killed with her own hands. Gu Qingyuan felt it was a little hot.

"Well, I'll give it to the young master."

Dongzhi still liked to wear her white clothes, which were stained with a lot of blood at this time.

Although she said it easily, judging from the bloodstains on her face, she was also injured.

Gu Qingyuan put the javelin into his sleeve and discussed the next steps with General Gu.

"Now that Southern Xinjiang has been defeated, several other small countries have also sent letters of surrender."

General Gu summarized it in a few words.

It was originally Southern Xinjiang that provoked the incident. Now that Southern Xinjiang has been defeated, several other countries have surrendered to them.

"By the way, I also brought back the king of Southern Xinjiang."

If he hadn't died, Gu Qingyuan would have died too. General Gu would not let him go easily.

When Gu Qingyuan heard what General Gu said, he ran to where Chu Zhiyan was being held and looked at how miserable he was.

Chu Zhiyan's hair was spread out, and her eyes were not as bright as before. When she saw Gu Qingyuan appear, her first words were, "Are you okay?"

"I'm very good."

Gu Qingyuan looked at him with a smile, and said with a gloating look: "How come you have become like this?"

Qin Jia looked at Gu Qingyuan with some hatred in his eyes.

But Gu Qingyuan ignored him, walked up to Chu Zhiyan and pulled off his mask.

"Wow!" she exclaimed.

"I thought you wore a mask because you were ugly."

But I never thought that he would be even more eye-catching without the mask.

Chu Zhiyan looked at her and suddenly closed his eyes.

Gu Qingyuan was afraid that he would commit suicide, as that would be too easy for him.

She tore off a piece of her clothes, crumpled it into a ball and stuffed it into his mouth.

"You can't die easily."