Chapter 525 The Eve of the Final Battle!
How could Bu Linglong not expect that she would see Shen Ninghua again at this time. At this time, she was in a sorry state, bound by ropes around her wrists, weakly kneeling on the ground, her eyes gripped with blackness. Knowing that at this time, she was completely without any advantage or credentials, she still tried hard to open her eyes wide and looked at Shen Ninghua who was sitting above her.
Shen Ninghua came to the border city with Baili Junyi only yesterday, after a night’s rest, her spirit recovered, because of her relaxed mood, the whole person seemed to be carrying a soft light in general, sitting up beautifully as if she didn’t look like a real person, “Princess Linglong, I didn’t expect that we’d meet again in such a way.”
Bu Linglong tilted her head and looked at her with an arrogant face, “Empress Mother, I also didn’t expect that you would follow the Emperor to the border city.”
Shen Ninghua smiled faintly, “Is the princess’s body alright?”
Thinking about this, Bu Linglong’s eyes were instantly filled with resentment and hatred, “How is my body, shouldn’t the Empress know best, after all, if I didn’t live in the palace, I wouldn’t have ended up in such a state, wouldn’t I?”
“Princess, why do you say that? In all seriousness, the one who caused your body to turn into what it is now is Tu Su Qing Li, what does it have to do with this palace?”
“Hehe, it’s okay for you to go and lie to others, will I believe it? Tusu Qingli didn’t drug me at all, the so-called poisoning setup before was all designed by you!”
Shen Ninghua raised her eyes, “Well, not bad, I did design it.”
Bu Linglong gritted her teeth in hatred, “Why did you harm me like this?”
“That’s for you to ask yourself, what do you want to do by coming to my Da An Kingdom in disguise and approaching my husband?” Shen Ninghua’s gaze went cold.
“What did you say? What disguise, why don’t I understand?”
“Can’t you understand? You’ve learned to pretend to be confused at this moment. I won’t say anything in the dark, since you don’t understand, then I’ll have something to say straight away. As Prince Yi’s first daughter, Bu Linglong, who is your martial arts teacher?”
Bu Linglong’s eyes trembled, Shen Ninghua actually knew that she knew martial arts, how could this be possible, her master had clearly said that the martial arts she practiced were special and wouldn’t be noticed, “I can’t hear what you’re saying.”
“Back then, when His Majesty was fighting at the border, he was wounded by a poisoned arrow and also unfortunately fell off a cliff, which was the handiwork of that mysterious master of yours, wasn’t it?” Shen Ninghua gazed at Bu Linglong, not missing any trace of her subtle expression. “Or rather, there was also your help in it?”
Bu Linglong’s lips moved uncontrollably and slightly, “I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, anyway, now that you’ve become an invalid, it doesn’t matter if you understand it or not.”
Bu Linglong stared at Shen Ninghua with hatred: ”You think that by killing me, you will be able to have Baili Junyi all to yourself? I heard about it, he announced that he will not take any more concubines in his harem and will only keep you alone, but would you believe it? An emperor, an emperor who sits on the world’s rivers and mountains of beauty, how could he possibly manage to love only you.”
Shen Ninghua slightly turned the jade bracelet on her wrist, her eyes looking at the agitated Bu Linglong with a smile or not, “What, are you jealous?”
“I didn’t! I’m just reminding you!”
“No, you are just jealous.” Shen Ninghua’s tone was firm, “As a woman, I believe in my intuition, and I also understand your mind, you are just jealous.”
Bu Linglong let out a cold laugh, “Fine, I am jealous, so what? All the women in the world are jealous of you, as long as you are the Empress for one day, you have to bear the jealousy of the women in the world, moreover, you have to guard against other women taking advantage of the situation. Now, you are in the prime of your life, your appearance is good, when a few more years go by and you are old and yellow, I don’t believe that the Emperor will still guard you alone!”
“What does it matter if you believe it or not, I’ll just believe it myself.”
Shen Ninghua smiled blandly, but in the eyes of Bu Linglong, it was extraordinarily piercing, and she didn’t even care in the slightest?
Bu Linglong bit her lips tightly and closed her eyes to hide her monstrous hatred.
Shen Ninghua looked at her with downcast eyes, “You and Prince Yi and the others came to the border city for no other reason than wanting to go to the Great Yue State’s army, since that’s the case, I’ll send you there.”
Bu Linglong snapped her eyes open, “What did you say? You’re sending me to the Great Yue Country?”
“Not bad, you at least accompanied me for many days in the palace, it is still okay to send you a favor. Just, your father, it’s better to stay on this side, don’t you think?”
“Shen Ninghua, you … you don’t bully people too much, my father is a prince of a country and also holds the position of ambassador, you can’t treat him like this!”
“Hongling, go and make the arrangements, there’s no time to lose, have someone send Princess Linglong over there, and by the way, Princess Linglong, please give a message to Bu Yonghan, say that this palace has come to welcome her back to Da An Kingdom in place of Prince De!”
“You …” Step Linglong was about to open her mouth in annoyance, when she was lifted up by Hongling who held her arm and took her out of the tent directly.
Not long after, Baili Junyi came back and swept a glance at the tent without anyone else, he couldn’t help but smile, “Ninghua, has Bu Linglong been sent away?”
“Uh, sent away.” Shen Ninghua raised her eyes and kept sizing up Baili Junyi.
Baili Junyi’s heart was beating wildly as she looked at him, so he couldn’t help but bully his way forward, his voice a little low and hoarse, “Ninghua, what are you looking at?”
“Bu Linglong said that you are the emperor, and when I am old one day, you won’t like me as much as you do today.”
Baili Junyi froze, then reached out and swept Shen Ninghua into his arms, “Haha, Ninghua, how can you be so adorable, don’t say that you are old, even if you become old, full of wrinkles, and your back is hunched, I still love you the same.”
Shen Ninghua reached out and pinched on his waist, “When I become wrinkled, you will also become an old man.”
Baili Junyi stifled his laughter and concurred, “Yes, you’re right about everything, you’re a granny, I’m an old grandpa, and when the time comes, we’ll still be the most loving couple in the world.”
Shen Ninghua pursed her lips and laughed lightly, getting tired of being with him for a long time before asking about the situation at the border, “How is the arrangement everywhere now?”
“Originally, my Great An Kingdom stood on the upper hand, and now that you and I have come to the border, it is a great morale booster, and now that the bait of Bu Linglong has been released, we are just waiting for Jin to take the bait or not, and no matter what, in this battle, we are bound to win!”
In the army of the Great Yue Country, Bu Linglong was helped to Empress Jin’s tent.
“Linglong has met the Empress Mother.”
Jin frowned as she looked at her, her eyes full of astonishment, “Linglong, how did you become like this?”
Bu Linglong’s tears fell with a brush, “Your Highness, my martial arts have been abolished, and now my body is broken as well, making me a complete invalid.”
“What?” Jin’s brow furrowed, “How were you exposed?”
“I don’t know, clearly there was no flaws before, somehow the martial arts were abolished.”
Jin’s tightly furrowed brow loosened a little, “You go down to rest first, don’t think much about anything else, this palace will let your master go and help you look.”
“Yes, thank you, ma’am.”
After leaving the tent, Bu Linglong almost bumped into the oncoming Bu Yonghan.
Bu Yonghan looked at Bu Linglong with disgusted eyes, how did this bitch come back, “Sister Linglong, it’s really rare, didn’t you go to Da An Guo to make peace with the bride? How come this appearance is in such a sorry state now?”
Bu Linglong was not willing to entangle with her more and turned around to leave but was blocked by Bu Yonghan, “What do you want to do?”
Looking at that pale and loveable face, Bu Yong Han almost couldn’t control herself to slap over, but now she hadn’t undone her previous mistakes on her mother’s side and didn’t dare to do much more wrong:
“What, is this how you speak to this princess? I care for you, and it’s just as well that you don’t accept it, where is the reasoning behind being so disrespectful?”
Bu Linglong sneered, “I almost forgot to tell you, Shen Ninghua, the Empress of the Da An Kingdom, asked me to send you a message, saying that she will come in place of Prince De to personally receive you back to the Da An Kingdom.”
Bu Yonghan shuddered, his face slightly white, “You … talk nonsense.”
“The words have been brought, whether you believe it or not has nothing to do with me.” After saying that, he directly left.
Thinking of the previous torture, and Baili Jinze’s indifferent face, Bu Yonghan subconsciously shivered, “No, I’m not going back, I won’t go back no matter what!”
On the following day, Baili Junyi did not delay much and directly sent people to invite war in front of the army of the Great Yue Country, and also sent a message to Empress Jin, “Either, retreat and apologize and pay compensation, or, go to war!” He believed that Jin was able to hold out and fight with Da An Kingdom for so long, so naturally she would not easily retreat.
Sure enough, Jin sent his troops directly out to the station, and the two sides skirmished a couple of trials and tribulations, all of which ended in victory for the Da An Kingdom. For a while, the Da An Kingdom’s army was even more demoralized.
For the next few days, the two parties fought and stopped, constantly testing each other’s strength, with no one really laying down a deadly blow.
Inside the tent of the Great Yue Country, a man wrapped in black clothes stood in front of Empress Jin of the Great Yue Country and gave her the pamphlet in her hand, “Now, the grain and grass of the Great Yue Country can only support less than half a month.”
Jin threw the booklet aside and looked at the man in black, “Tu Ying, you are Linglong’s master, is there any chance of her martial arts recovering?”
“No, the foundation has been ruined.” The voice of the man known as Slaughter Shadow was flat.
“Then, this matter can only be left to you.” Saying that, she took out a box and opened it, and instantly a cold mist came out, and in the box was placed a white jade bottle, which was crusted with frost, and there was also a blue light emitting from it, which was obviously icy cold and bizarre to the extreme.
Slaughter Shadow nodded, stepped forward and cradled the box in his arms with the lid closed, and turned to head out the door.
“Tu Ying!” Jin snapped his mouth to call out to him, “Do you know what’s in that box?”
“Know, highly toxic.”
“When you go to cast the poison, you will inevitably come into contact with the jade bottle, and I’m afraid that it will be difficult to survive at that time.”
“Know.”
“So … you can hate me?”
Tu Ying turned around, the eyes exposed outside were exceptionally cold and flat, without any emotional fluctuations in them, “My life was saved by you, and when I die, I’ll return it to you.”
Jin nodded, revealing a smile that was shallow to the extreme, “… You go ahead …”
Slaughter Shadow turned around, striding out of the tent.
Jin inhaled a breath, pushed down the tear tracks under her eyes, hugged over the tablet of the Emperor of the Great Yue Country, and gently rubbed it with her hand, “Your Majesty, after tonight, the army of the Great An Country will surely be dead and wounded, and when that time comes, my servant will have the army attack Great An, and personally capture Baili Jinze and Shen Ningshua, and use their blood to offer sacrifices for you.”