"We can"t, we really can"t fight against..."They had surrendered before they even started to fight Feng Ruqing.
They had lost the battle, thoroughly.
Zhang Yun slowly stood up after he finished crying. He swung his hand and said through his gritted teeth. "Open the gate!"
"Yes."
The crowd standing behind him had already opened the door, Zhang Yun"s voice spoke when Feng Ruqing was about to enter.
"Your Highness, I have some old comrades in the barracks who didn"t join the army on their own, they were all forced to be in here. Could you… let them return to their homes?"
Feng Ruqing stopped and nodded.
"I"ve said that all the soldiers in Liu Yun Kingdom joined us voluntarily. We don"t force."
Zhang Yun slowly exhaled.
Those who were forced to leave their homes… Finally, they could go back to their homes now.
Perhaps, Tian Xuan Kingdom being annexed by Liu Yun Kingdom, was actually a good thing to the world...
"Qing"er." Nalan Yan gently held Feng Ruqing"s hand and smiled. "You did a really great job here."
Feng Ruqing smiled and said, "Perhaps, I have always had a good impression for soldiers."
"Why?" Nalan Yan asked, surprised.
Feng Ruqing lowered her eyes and stayed quiet.
Why?
It was because she was a citizen of Hua Xia—members of Hua Xia have always had a good feeling toward the military.
Now, she would definitely give them another chance since her grandfather was a soldier too.
She might not be capable of doing that if they were not soldiers...
***
Tian Xuan Kingdom"s emperor was considered far better than Zi Yun Kingdom"s emperor, at least he did not get frightened by Feng Ruqing and Nalan Yan to the point of fainting. However, his pale face revealed his despair.
After they took a tour in Tian Xuan Kingdom, Feng Ruqing and Nalan headed to the other two kingdoms. Both of the two kingdom"s emperors had already known that they would come. However, they were still scared off of their pants even though they were mentally prepared.
After this chaos, the world had come to know that the world did not need to be in any fight anymore... It was because Liu Yun Kingdom had already unified all the kingdoms.
***
In front of the graves of martyrs within Liu Yun Kingdom.
Nalan Hu raised his hand and poured a gla.s.s of spirit wine onto the grave.
"Dear fellows, Liu Yun Kingdom is in peace now, and those people who had invaded us have paid their price too. For this toast, I would like to express my grat.i.tude to all the heroes who had protected our land."
"First, let"s give a toast to the heroes."
"From now on, war will never happen again. All of you can rest in peace now. We... did not let your blood be bled in vain!"
"Second toast, let"s wish you"re still a member of Liu Yun in your next life.
"And for the third toast, since we couldn"t spend more time to drink good wines together, I hope many years later, we will be reunited in somewhere else, with the Nalan family.
"And then, everyone would toast for each other."
"Father."
Nalan Zhangqian had appeared behind Nalan Hu before anyone noticed.
He knew his father was in deep grief.
Nalan Zhangqian looked at the spirit wine that Nalan Hu had poured on the ground. His lips twitched but he remained in silence.
The heroes of Liu Yun Kingdom, they deserved the best!
"Your sister and your cousin should have returned by now." Nalan Hu sighed deeply. "Let"s go.I won"t let go of any of the doggie emperors who brought up the battle. I will use their blood to pray for these souls!
"And also Liu Rong and the people from the reclusive world..."
Their fresh blood were needed to pour on the heroes" souls.
That was what they had owed them!
"Liu Rong and her daughter haven"t died yet?" Nalan Hu was a bit surprised.
They had been tortured for so many days, how could they be still alive?