Chapter 75.2 Shattered Into Pieces

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On a windy and snowy night, a woman dressed in white quietly appeared in Linwei City.

She clung onto a small sword sharpened from willow wood, stepping on the snow and walking to the city lord’s residence.

Behind the flickering candle flame, the Eighth Prince was seeking pleasure and making merry.

The Eighth Prince had come to the end of the line ¹ (qióngtú-mòlù) – lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse . Separated by a wall, Ye Chufeng had surrounded them with hundreds of thousands of troops. Even if given wings he’d be unable to escape ² 插翅难逃 (chā chì nán táo) – an idiom; completely immobilized which had caused him to act with reckless self-abandon ³ 破罐子破摔 (pò guàn zi pò shuāi) – “smash the pot into pieces just because it’s cracked” – an idiom; be self-abandoned; write oneself off as hopeless and act recklessly .

Su Su hadn’t expected to see Ye Bing Shang here.

Ye Bing Shang was dressed in green and looking at the Eighth Prince with an exasperated expression. When Su Su lifted the curtain and walked in, she was taken aback and stood up, “You…… Third Sister!”

Ye Bing Shang was flustered for a moment. After all, no one had ever known that she and the Eighth Prince were conspiring together. Su Su had come in silently and directly broken her plan.

Su Su turned around and “stared” at her.

“It’s really you,” Su Su calmly said.

Ye Bing Shang pursed her lips. Seeing Su Su’s indifferent expression, as if looking at a clown, the panic in her heart cooled down and turned into mockery.

“I’m just fighting for what I want, what’s wrong with that? You want that position, I want it too. You couldn’t get the Longevity Flower and couldn’t save grandmother. Ye Xi Wu, you’re not as skilled as me.”

Su Su held out her sword and pointed it at her.

To this day, Ye Bing Shang still thought that she was competing with her for the position of Empress. Whether in dreams or reality, she saw her as her greatest arch-enemy.

The funny thing was, Su Su had never cared about all this. The supreme matter within Ye Bing Shang’s heart, for Su Su, was only like a fog in the sky that would disappear in the blink of an eye.

“You shouldn’t have betrayed grandmother.”

Ye Bing Shang smoothed the hem of her skirt, calmly stood up, then smiled and said, “You’re wrong. That wasn’t originally my plan, I just pushed the boat along with the current ⁴ 顺水推舟 (shùnshuǐ-tuīzhōu) – an idiom; fig. to take advantage of the situation for one’s own benefit . That old woman has been eccentric all her life, she should’ve known that she would end up like that.”

The sword in Su Su’s hand flew out and struck Ye Bing Shang’s face. Ye Bing Shang flew back from the hit, and there was a wound on her face. Su Su raised her foot, stepped on her shoulder, and said, “When she was in trouble, what did you do for her? She didn’t dote on you enough, so you had to kill her? Ye Bing Shang, are you used to being shameless, do you think that all women in the world are your mother?”

They should sacrifice for you without complaints or regrets, or they all deserved to die.

Ye Bing Shang couldn’t free herself and was humiliated at Su Su’s feet. The pain distorted her face, “Of course you wouldn’t understand. You’ve had everything since you were a child. How can you look up to us, these daughters of concubines…… Eighth Prince, are you still watching the show? Have you forgotten our agreement!”

The Eighth Prince seemed to have just awakened. He clapped his hands with interest, and the sacrificial soldiers and Hidden Dragon Guards appeared together.

A cold light attacked Su Su, she turned sideways to avoid it under Curved Jade’s reminder, and Ye Bing Shang was immediately rescued.

The Eighth Prince stared at Su Su, then smiled cruelly and said, “You two sisters are really interesting. Ye Bing Shang asked me to pretend to capture her and let that vile little spawn use you to exchange for her, but you came by yourself and tried to kill us. It’s really a pity. I don’t know whether Ye Bing Shang or you are more important in that vile little spawn’s heart.”

He threw his cup, his eyes revealing a hint of ruthlessness, “It’s okay, we’ll know after giving it a try. If he doesn’t come, let Ye Chufeng choose, I think that will be very interesting too.”

Ye Bing Shang frowned, seemed to think of something, and remained silent.

Their reaction made Curved Jade unable to help but get angry. Why does everyone think that my Little Master will definitely be abandoned! Everyone obviously likes Little Master very much.

The sword flew back into Su Su’s hand, it was almost dawn outside.

Su Su thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled lightly.

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In the middle of the night, Ye Chufeng heard the soldiers report that two women had suddenly appeared on the tower of Linwei City.

He had a bad premonition in his heart and hurriedly walked out of the tent.

He urged his horse with a whip and came to the foot of Linwei City. He now had a pair of demon pupils, so he could see who was on the tower at a glance.

Ye Chufeng clenched the reins tightly, and the Eighth Prince who was on the top of the city tower smiled at him coldly, “Great General Ye, after dawn, please watch a good show.”

Ye Chufeng frowned and immediately reported to Tantai Jin with a sound transmission talisman given by the old Daoist.

It had snowed heavily all night, and Ye Chufeng thought that the tyrant wouldn’t be able to make it.

However, the next day, when the sun rose, Tantai Jin and his men suddenly appeared in the camp.

The black clad emperor was wearing martial attire, with still unmelted snow on his shoulders.

The old Daoist had drawn a teleportation array which consumed a lot of Tantai Jin’s blood. Tantai Jin’s face was pale, and he was slowly wiping a sharp crossbow, much calmer than Ye Chufeng had imagined.

Ye Chufeng thought to himself, I didn’t know that Tantai Jin would come so fast. Is it for Bing Shang, or…… Xi Wu?

“What does that useless trash want to do?” Tantai Jin asked.

Ye Chufeng pursed his lips and said truthfully, “The Eighth Prince caught Xi Wu and Bing Shang, saying that he would let this subordinate watch a good show after dawn.”

Tantai Jin smiled sarcastically, and after listening, he got up while holding the crossbow.

“Send troops.” The hem of his clothes fluttered in the wind, “I want Tantai Minghan to die without an intact corpse.”

Tantai Jin’s tone was extremely calm. If he hadn’t come fast enough, Ye Chufeng would’ve even thought that he didn’t care about this matter at all.

When the dark and dense army of soldiers came to the city, Tantai Minghan was momentarily flustered at first, but remembering the two women in his hands, a strange smile appeared on his face.

Within the palace’s classified information, it was said that this monstrous elder brother had come out by cutting through his mother’s belly.

Anyway, he was a dead man. After being forced to a dead end, by dragging his women to be sacrificial victims, he got one last benefit.

The army pressed on to the border. The sun was just dawning, and the sky began to thunder.

The climate of Zhou Kingdom’s winter this year was already weird, and it was even more strange tonight. Thunder roared, but it didn’t rain, and the lightning couldn’t even be seen.

Roar after roar, it seemed to hit one’s heart.

The war horses were so spooked that they paced back and forth.

Tantai Jin, who was in the carriage, was momentarily dazed.

Not letting him think about it, there was another muffled clap of thunder, and on the tower, the Eighth Prince who was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, had a madness in his eyes that came from approaching death.

Ye Chufeng couldn’t help but call out, “Xi Wu! Bing Shang!”

Edited by: Gaze