"Sister Royal."

Xu Zhi looked at Xu Yi, who was dressed in commoner clothes and standing in front of the iron furnace, banging iron stones, with complicated eyes.

After not seeing each other for five years, he has become a lot more mature and steady, but Xu Yi still hasn't changed at all, just like when they parted ways, time seems to have left no trace on her body.

Xu Yi ignored him and dropped the hammer again and again.

The red-hot iron pieces underwent amazing changes under her hands.

"Bold, you dare to despise the royal family!"

A man with a proud face next to Xu Zhi stood up and yelled at Xu Yi with disdain in his eyes.

"Shut up!" Xu Zhi glared at the man, shouted him back, and said to Xu Yi, "Sister Huang, I am here to announce the decree for my father and the queen. They are willing to take you back to the palace and make your identity known.

Tell the world that you will be the most noble eldest princess of Anguo again!"

Xu Yi's performance in turning the tide this time was regarded as the goddess of war by the people of Anguo.

After Emperor Anguo learned about this, he immediately thought that he could use Xu Yi's identity to consolidate his royal status, so he came up with the idea of ​​recalling her.

He also knew that Xu Yi and Xu Zhi had a very good relationship, so he sent Xu Zhi to intercede.

"Dangdangdang..."

Xu Zhi's answer was still the sound of hammer beating.

Xu Zhi was vaguely dissatisfied. Because of his mother's powerful family and the support of his wife's family, he was now the most popular candidate to inherit the throne.

He hasn't been as neglected as he is today for a long time.

But thinking of the interests Xu Yi represented, he could only suppress the unhappiness in his heart and continue to persuade: "Sister Huang, you have a noble status, why do you have to live in this remote village..."

"Bang!"

Xu Yi slammed the hammer in his hand, causing sparks to fly.

She finally looked at Xu Zhi, "Did you receive the letter I sent you in December last year?"

Xu Zhi's face changed slightly, and his pupils trembled with guilt, "What letter? I don't know."

"The letter says that spies from the Northern Kingdom are visiting and intend to attack the border city of Anguo. Why don't you report it?"

"Sister Huang, you misunderstood me, I really..."

"Xu Zhi, did you know? You can't help but glance down when you lie. After so many years, you still haven't changed this problem."

Xu Yi's aggressiveness made Xu Zhi, who was already accustomed to being sought after, completely intolerable.

"Promise!"

"Why don't you call me Huang Jie?" Xu Yi said lightly.

"Xu Yi, you are always so self-righteous. Have you never thought about my situation? If I report this matter to my father, then I will have to bear his anger. Wouldn't it be giving the handle to the other brothers?

!”

Xu Zhi's face was full of anger.

He had received a letter from Xu Yi, and it was credible and there was no other evidence attached, so how could he gain his father's trust?

What's more, recently, my father has become more and more stupid, dissolute and immoral, and the national treasury is in urgent need. He simply cannot bear the consequences of going to war with other countries, so he simply pretends not to know.

Anyway, the Northern Kingdom also came to seize food in the early years. As long as they have food, they will not attack Anguo again.

Just give them what they want, why bother fighting and killing.

"You finally said what was on your mind."

Xu Yi looked at Xu Zhi as if he were looking at a stranger.

She wondered what kind of power it was that could make a just and kind-hearted person become what he is now.

She still remembered that she and Xu Zhi had rescued kidnapped children together, stopped the carriages and horses running rampant in the downtown area, and rescued and trained dandy boys who molested girls from good families.

Standing on a high mountain outside Kyoto, Xu Zhi said that his dream is for the sea to be clear, the rivers to be clear, and the country to be peaceful and the people to be safe.

But Xu Yi still remembered those words, but the person who said those words had forgotten them.

"Sister Huang, I am different from you. You have no desire for power, you are free and easy, and you do whatever you want. I also envy you such a life.

But what is tied to my body is not only my own safety, but the lives of more than a hundred people from my mother's family, my wife's family, so I can't be careless for a moment. We grew up together, you will definitely understand me.

, right?”

Seeing Xu Yi's indifferent expression, Xu Zhi knew something was wrong, so he hurriedly threw out the past events in an attempt to revive the old friendship between Xu Yi and him.

Xu Yi glanced at him again and shook her head in disappointment. The Xu Zhi who only called her eldest sister was dead. The Xu Zhi in front of her was just a royal child who looked the same as him.

"You can go back. For the sake of our past friendship, I won't argue with you."

Xu Yi finally relented.

Because of Xu Zhi, thousands of people in Anguo died.

But this mistake was not made by Xu Zhi alone, so Xu Yi let him go.

But Xu Zhi didn't understand Xu Yi's painstaking efforts. Instead, he chose to completely break up with her because of her repeated refusals.

He waved his hand, and hundreds of elite soldiers behind him immediately strung their bows and pointed their sharp arrows at Xu Yi.

"You want to kill me?"

Xu Zhi sneered, "Xu Yi, you committed the crime of kidnapping an official of the imperial court and mobilizing troops privately. You will be punished according to the law. If you are willing to take the initiative to go to Beijing with me to plead guilty, you will be exempted from the death penalty. Make your own choice."

The emperor gave Xu Zhi two ways, and now he also gave Xu Yi two ways.

Xu Yi looked at Xu Zhi with murderous intent on his face, and couldn't help but sigh. He didn't expect to reach this point.

"Xu Zhi, in the battle to defend the city, I forced back thousands of troops from the North Kingdom alone. Do you think this small number of people can defeat me?"

Xu Yi's force has surpassed that of mortals, reaching an astonishing level.

Xu Zhi didn't take it seriously. He had also heard about Xu Yi's feats when defending the city, but in his opinion, those were just exaggerated rumors.

Xu Yi is not a man of steel, with three heads and six arms. How could he single-handedly take on an army of tens of millions without falling behind?

So until Xu Yi grabbed a sharp arrow and pressed it on his neck, he didn't realize what happened.

"Sister, eldest sister..."

Xu Zhi felt the chill on his neck and subconsciously uttered a somewhat unfamiliar title.

"Xu Zhi, don't join the royal family again in your next life."

"Hmm..." Xu Zhi's eyes suddenly popped out, and warm blood overflowed.

"Third Prince!"

"Help! Help!"

"..."

Xu Yi knew that killing Xu Zhi would anger Emperor An Guo. In order not to implicate the small town where he was, Xu Yi left the blacksmith shop with his few belongings and began to wander around.

She has been to deserts and borders, to snow-capped mountains and forests, experienced the luxury of nobles and nobles, and experienced the poverty of common people. Her footprints have traveled to every inch of Anguo's land.

Until one day, she heard the news that the Northern Army was attacking again.

This time, it is not the twelfth lunar month of winter, and the northern country is not in urgent need of food.

After many trials in the Northern Kingdom, it was finally determined that Anguo, known as the lion, had sunk past and no longer had the vigor it once had.

The Northern Kingdom, which has lived in a poor land for a long time, has long been interested in the rich and flat land of Anguo, so this time they decided to launch a massive attack to completely swallow up this piece of fat land in Anguo.

But Anguo's approach made Xu Yi couldn't help but crush the wooden chopsticks in his hand.

Before Anguo went to war with the Northern Kingdom, he took the initiative to send a letter of surrender, offering six cities in exchange for peace.


Chapter completed!