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"What if Jiang Yan is unwilling to send troops after so long?"

Su Yu Wan sat on Duan Cheng Xuan's lap, and even acted as a substitute for the other deputy general in order to let Cheng Shan and the other deputy general leave the tent.

"Wait." Duan Cheng Xuan was helpless against this.

"Then why don't we take the initiative?" Su Yuwan whispered into Duan Chengxuan's ears. She even found a letter from the desk and said in a low voice, "Although Gu Cheng and Gu Sheng were taken away by them, due to the matter of the city's blockade earlier, Ai Yan is still afraid of attacking the city, afraid that he might fall into a trap."

This was a secret letter that he had received from Jiang Yan's spy.

Ai Yan almost hated Duan Chengrui and Yun Chen because of what happened earlier, and Navy Tide officers treated this matter as a joke as they passed it on, causing Ai Yan to be even more angry.

"Taking the initiative to attack the city is not certain." Duan Cheng Xuan took the letter from Su Yu Wan's hand and placed his callused fingers on her waist, yet he didn't carry a trace of camaraderie with her.

Su Yuwan grabbed his wrist. "But we still have Ai Qi."

Duan Chengxuan's hand trembled slightly.

After a short moment, the heavily injured Ai Zhi was brought inside the tent, and she seemed to only be able to rely on her last breath to speak to Duan Cheng Xuan. "Prince, I really want to cooperate with you …." "Cough, cough …"

Su Yu Wan looked at her vomiting blood in disgust. As a woman, Ai Qi's body was already dirty. The dried up marks on her thighs only made Su Yu Wan feel even more disgusted.

"You're just an unfavoured daughter." Duan Chengxuan's words were spoken in a light and relaxed manner, "If I transform you into this appearance, there's no guarantee that you'll still have more revenge in the future. If you know what's good for you, then this duke will not let you be bullied day and night, and will not allow you to live well."

Aizi's shoulder was on the ground, and the two soldiers started to laugh vulgarly.

Su Yu Wan took out her handkerchief and covered her mouth and nose, but she still tried to persuade Duan Cheng Xuan. "Let's listen to what she has to say first."

In this way, Duan Cheng Xuan could only listen to what this Ai Qi wanted to do.

Only then did she find the strength to speak up, "I can find a time to attack the city. Since Gu Cheng and Gu Sheng can join Jiang Yan, I can naturally join you as well."

"Back then, it was you who brought Gu Cheng and Gu Sheng back to Jiang Yan, causing me, Navy Tide, to lose two cities."

"Two cities, in exchange for the throne of a prince, in exchange for a chance for me to straighten my back, I will not lose out." "I don't want to be ignored for the sake of a girl. I'm more willing to kill my father for you."

Ai Qi's eyes were filled with hatred.

Su Yuwan was mesmerized by what she heard. Only Duan Chengxuan broke the cup in his hand and only after a long while did he softly say, "Drag her out and chop his off."

"Big Brother Xuan, you can't!" Su Yu Wan knelt down beside Duan Cheng Xuan in shock and took out the cup fragment from his hand. She said in a low voice, "The situation right now is still unclear. Leaving her here will only benefit us. It's impossible for her to really escape."

"She is …"

"She could also be our hope, Brother Xuan." Su Yu Wan looked at Duan Ling Tian seriously. He was stubborn to the point that he looked like a child.

Duan Chengxuan was silent for a long time, then agreed to Su Yu Wan's request. However, when Su Yu Wan tried to stay by his side, he opened his mouth and refused.

In the moment that Ai Qi spoke, he seemed to see Gu Tinyan's shadow on her.

But unfortunately, that short instant had caused him to be unable to contain his rage.

Gu Liuyan had acted willfully and recklessly in front of his eyes, but she was also gentle and virtuous in front of him, as if almost all the people he saw in his eyes carried her shadow.

He no longer had endless desires for Su Yu Wan, and he didn't need Su Yu Wan to stay by his side all the time.

Everything changed.

However, he did not know that Su Yuwan, who was usually ignorant of military matters, was standing outside the prison, preventing the soldiers who were trying to bully Ai Qi from doing so. They could only squat down outside and look into those unwilling eyes, "You're the same as me, but the difference is that you're not so lucky to be able to find a backer like Big Brother Xuan."

"I investigated you." Ai Qi chuckled. "You were born in a brothel and grew up among men."

Su Yu Wan's expression changed. She pushed away the layer of soft skin and revealed the darkness within: "So what? If I want, I can become the queen of this world."

"We are the same kind of people." Ai Qi laughed crazily, while tears rolled down his face. "I don't care about this body anymore. As long as you can protect me, I will give you everything."

"Of course." She hid the unwillingness in her heart, just like when she was taken away by her master in the brothel. But now that she met Ai Qi, the truth unconsciously flowed out: "What I love has always been only power. Brother Xuan is my power, so you must repay him well."

The deal was done inside and outside the prison. It seemed like the soldiers in the camp never saw Ai Qi again. However, there was an additional iron cage in Su Yuwan's tent.

Duan Cheng Xuan knew nothing about this either.

When spring arrived, Jiang Yan sent envoys to Sky Flame. The short war had yet to truly begin when it was halted, but the army didn't dare to relax even a bit. They could only practice day and night on the school field, prepared and unharmed.

When Duan Chengrui returned on horseback, he just happened to see the scenery. It took him over two hours to settle the official affairs of the border area, and only then did he realize that Yun Chen didn't seem to be nearby, and Yin Qiufu, who was helping to count the rations, secretly told him, "She couldn't hold back anymore and wanted to go to the nearby mountains to find some medicinal herbs. She left yesterday, and because it rained a little that night, she's afraid that it won't be good for her either."

"Do you want me to send someone to pick you up?" Yue Qing said softly from the side.

"No need. Since I have nothing to do, I will make a trip personally." Duan Chengrui raised his hand and rode up the mountain. He didn't even bring a single soldier with him as he followed a group of hidden guards in the dark.

However, as they walked through the mountain forest, they hadn't even found a trace of them on the muddy road yet. Instead, they heard the sound of light, familiar laughter and the sound of running water from the forest.

"Being afraid of water, you still want to come down. It's really cute."

This was Gu Liuyan's voice.

Duan Chengrui frowned slightly, but he didn't know who she was talking to. He only got off the horse and hid his presence before walking in.

However, he had only taken a few steps when he was shocked to the point that Duan Chengrui was unable to move his eyes away.