At this time, Zhuge Qing led the imperial army and the state soldiers summoned midway to the position of Xishen Pass.

Although he found that Lu Fusu obviously did not eat or sleep well, he did not say anything more, reconfigured his position and confirmed the current situation.

"With our current strength, even if we attack head-on, we will not lose..."

“Are we going to take the initiative?”

"……No."

Zhuge Qing glanced at Lu Fusu, who was sitting in the corner without saying a word, and immediately turned to his entourage and said: "Avoid confrontation as much as possible."

"But they also have weapons. Since they have gathered people from Xuzhou, they should want to fight..."

"...If the opponent's proton is not a queen, hit them immediately."

One of the attendants whispered: "The Queen's brother is also there. Although the Queen is a hostage, he should not be harmed..."

"You mean Shui Qiancheng...the problem lies with the queen herself."

"Um……?"

Zhuge Qing scratched his head and lowered his voice.

"Let me tell you, at this time, the queen will feel that it is her fault that she was kidnapped."

"...It's obviously the kidnapper who did something bad."

"If the Queen would think so, Your Majesty wouldn't be so haggard."

The queen must be feeling very guilty and in pain now.

Lu Fusu understood this, so he felt the same pain.

Once the fighting between the two sides results in the death of people, it will increase the pain of the emperor and the queen. Zhuge Qing does not want to see this happen.

Zhuge Qing frowned deeply and looked at the map near Xishen Pass.

If you sneak into the ruins overnight and rescue Shui Xinyuan, you can then launch an offensive. However, the ruins are surrounded by an empty flat land. As soon as you get close, you will be discovered immediately.

"...How many times have envoys been sent there?"

"I came twice during the day and evening. The messenger was really timid."

"I don't know if I will do it again..."

At this time, the Imperial Guards on guard walked into the tent to look for Zhuge Qing.

Zhuge Qing walked out of the tent, and the imperial army took him to the next tent.

"What's wrong?"

"The envoy Bai Zikui sent by the other party has surrendered."

"surrender?"

"It has been detained. Do you want to report it to His Majesty?"

"Okay, if there's no danger, take him there."

Zhuge Qing walked into the Forbidden Army's tent and found a man with a haggard face and a thin body sitting there.

"I heard you surrendered."

"……right."

"I can't trust you easily, why did you surrender?"

Bai Zikui was dejected and shook his head feebly.

"Because I'm...scared."

"..."

"I do...I do hope that Liuzhou will prosper, so when I heard my servants and Lin Bojian say that a new country can be established...the new Xia Kingdom, I think...the people in my hometown will be very happy...but...

"

Zhuge Qing squatted in front of Bai Zikui and looked into his eyes.

"Since you have the courage to surrender, I really hope you can bring the queen with you."

"sorry……"

"Tell us the situation inside in detail, and everything you know. If you dare to lie, be careful not to save your head."

"Woo..."

There was a sudden commotion outside the tent. Zhuge Qing looked back and saw Lu Fusu just walking in.

"...Your Majesty, just wait there. I'm about to take him there."

Bai Zikui looked up at Lu Fusu with empty eyes, and his whole body immediately became nervous.

Lu Fusu's intense anger was no less intense than during the day and evening, and his haggard face was even more majestic.

"No, just interrogate him here. I just want to ask one thing."

Zhuge Qing silently took a step back.

The light of the candle swayed, as if it were trembling.

"...Where is my queen?"

This sentence is as cold as a knife...but I don't know why, it sounds a bit sad.

…

Look up at the moon.

The wind stopped at some point, the clouds almost stopped moving, and the full moon appeared in the sky.

Chunxiang sat on a chair, buried her face in the lute she was holding and fell asleep. Her fatigue must have reached its limit.

Shui Xinyuan felt that it was really unbearable for her to accompany him without eating or drinking. He should have asked Chunxiang to eat something just now.

I was exhausted myself, but it didn't matter whether I was hungry or thirsty.

"..."

The fire in the distance is getting thicker and thicker. Lu Fusu should have gathered troops there... maybe there will be a fierce battle.

Shui Xinyuan sat on the terrace, leaning on the stone railing and sighing.

Even at this time, she still wanted to see Lu Fusu. She felt that she was too cowardly.

If all this is a nightmare, just close your eyes and fall asleep. When you wake up again, you will be lying peacefully in the palace of Chunying Palace. You don't know how happy you are.

...I really want to see Lu Fusu...

If this happened because she married herself as the queen, she felt that she would be willing to die.

However, I still want to take a look at him... just one look.

Before dying, I wanted to see Lu Fusu again.

……sorry……

Please forgive me for wanting to continue being your wife.

Although I know I am not qualified to ask for your forgiveness, I still want to say this selfishly.

Please forgive me for being so selfish.

I……

At this time, there was the sound of hurried footsteps. She opened her eyes and saw Xu Gongchun running in.

Lin Bojian, who was sitting at the door, raised his head.

"What's wrong?"

"Where's Bai Zikui?"

"he's not here."

"...Ah, that guy really escaped."

"What did you say?"

Hearing the noise, Chunxiang stirred and woke up.

"He can't be found anywhere. He seemed to be frightened when I sent him as an envoy."

"Coward...can't even last three days."

Today is only the second day.

Lin Bojian muttered and stood up, and Chun Cha also went upstairs.

"Not here?"

"Yes, he seems to have escaped."

"It's really hopeless...even I can endure it in this bad place."
To be continued...