As Su Li just woke up, Ming Yang's voice came from outside the door.
"Girl, look who I caught!"
Su Li went out and saw her Master holding a person like a chick.
Seeing her come out, he threw the person onto the ground.
Su Li had already guessed who it was. She walked over and saw it was indeed Jun Hui.
"Master, what about him?"
"He won't die, he's just stunned."
At this moment, everyone gathered.
"Jun Hui!"
"This man colluded with Southern Border and massacred an entire city of our Tianqi people! Damn him!"
"And he also poisoned and harmed so many soldiers' lives!"
Jun Hui slowly regained consciousness amidst the murmuring of the crowd. After a moment of confusion, he instantly understood his current predicament.
He looked at the woman in men's clothing behind the crowd, his eyes lighting up.
She really came to Lan'an!
"Jun Hui, do you have anything to say?" Jun Mo stepped forward, subtly blocking his gaze, and spoke in a deep voice.
Jun Hui turned his gaze to him and sneered, "Winner takes all, I have nothing to say! But I am a Tianqi Prince, the Emperor's blood flows in my veins. You have no right to punish me!"
On the way back to the capital, changes were hard to predict.
Even in the capital, the aging Emperor might be lenient!
Su Li looked at his unrepentant expression and said coldly, "Stop dreaming! Your actions don't even qualify you to call the Emperor 'Imperial Father' anymore! Coup d'état, defection, massacre, poisoning—any one of these is enough to send you to hell!"
Jun Hui was silent for a moment, looking at Su Li with a complex expression.
"I have let down everyone in the world, but I have not let you down alone. You helped Jun Mo destroy my power, and I didn't touch you. Why I went to such extremes, you also played a part."
In others' eyes, he might appear affectionate, but Su Li only felt disgusted.
Seeing her expression, Jun Hui continued coldly, "If it weren't for you and Jun Mo, I could have slowly plotted and gained that position without resorting to a coup. One wrong step, and every step is wrong. Su Li, you are the one who brought me to this!"
Su Li sneered, "Still the same old habits! If you truly ascended to that position, it would be a misfortune for Tianqi and even the whole world!"
Jun Hui exclaimed emotionally, "No! If I ascend to that position, I will definitely do better than anyone else!"
Su Li approached him and said, "Do you know what you would be like if you ascended to that position? I'll tell you. First, you would eliminate all forces that threaten you, regardless of whether they are loyal subjects! For example, the Duke of Wei's mansion, the Marquis Wuyang's mansion!"
"No! I wouldn't!" He had always aimed to be a good emperor. How could he do such a thing?
"You would! You are someone who stops at nothing to achieve your goals! You are insecure and cowardly. You can't stand to hear any voice that differs from yours. You can't tolerate ministers who have seen you in your humiliated state. You're prejudiced, and you're autocratic!" Su Li grew more agitated as she spoke.
Jun Mo quickly embraced her, gently stroking her back.
Jun Hui refuted her words, but deep down, he was terrified.
A voice kept repeating, "She's right, he is just as she says."
She actually understood him so well!
Jun Mo looked at the stunned Jun Hui and said coldly, "You colluded with Southern Border and massacred an entire city of people, incurring the wrath of heaven and earth. Imperial Father has already issued an order to execute the traitor!"
Jun Hui was startled, his eyes widening. "Impossible! You're lying!"
Jun Mo was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Take the traitor Jun Hui to the city gate and behead him in public, to appease the souls of the deceased citizens of Shuiyong City!"
He had said he would sacrifice Liang Shao's son and Jun Hui's blood to the citizens of Shuiyong City!
"Yes!"
"Jun Mo, you dare! You dare!"
Wei Yuanling personally stepped forward to restrain him and said coldly, "Go!"
Everyone went to the city gate together, and Jun Hui was pushed onto the high platform.
Wei Xiyong, in front of hundreds of thousands of troops and the common people, read out his numerous crimes. A single "Behead!" echoed throughout the city gate and beyond.
"Behead! Behead! Behead!" The army roared in unison.
The common people also shouted loudly in unison.
Jun Mo and Su Li stood side by side, both watching Jun Hui on the high platform with expressionless faces.
Su Li reached out and quietly clasped Jun Mo's hand.
Jun Mo knew she was comforting him. No matter what, that person was his elder brother.
But Lier underestimated him. When that person poisoned Crown Prince, and moved against Imperial Father, that person was no longer his elder brother, but an enemy!
Moreover, the poisoning of Shuiyong City and Huanhua River—for these accounts, he only regretted that a person could only die once!
Jun Hui glared sinisterly at the two figures standing side by side in front of the crowd, then suddenly burst into laughter.
His life was a tragedy, a failure.
His Imperial Father and Mother never loved him, and his siblings loved each other, but it had nothing to do with him.
The only woman he ever liked inexplicably harbored hostility towards him.
Wuchen, didn't you say I possessed dragon's aura?
His Imperial Mother and he had always believed those words!
But why! Why on earth!
Since there was Jun Hui, why was there also a Jun Mo!
Wei Xiyong looked at Jun Hui, who was laughing as if he would choke, and frowned. He's unrepentant!
"Behead!"
"Whoosh!" An arrow flew over the high city wall.
"Watch out!"
"Enemy attack!"
Everyone quickly picked up their shields to defend themselves.
Jun Mo shielded Su Li and said, "Lier, it's too dangerous here, you must go back quickly!"
Su Li glanced at Jun Mo on the high platform, gritted her teeth, and finally nodded.
"Be careful."
Jun Mo nodded, and said loudly, "Mo Yun, escort the Princess Consort back!"
"Yes!"
Mo Yun shielded Su Li and hurried back.
Jun Mo picked up an arrow and went up to the city wall. It seemed all of Southern Border's soldiers were here.
Su Li was about to walk back when she suddenly heard crying.
Su Li turned around and saw a child of four or five years old crying loudly beneath the high platform.
Su Li looked up at the rain of arrows, gritted her teeth, and ran towards the child.
Shielding the child, Mo Yun swung her sword and shouted, "Miss, hurry!"
Southern Border's combat strength was too fierce today. She could barely hold on.
Jun Mo was about to descend from the city wall to meet the enemy outside, but when he turned back, he saw a sight that made his eyes almost burst.
"Lier, watch out!!"
He saw an arrow fly past Mo Yun and go straight for Su Li, about to pierce her back.
At this moment, a figure blocked Su Li's path, letting out a muffled groan.
Su Li turned around and saw that Jun Hui, who had been on the high platform, had somehow broken free from his ropes and blocked an arrow for her.
Su Li's eyes widened when she saw the arrow's location.
"Why?"
Why did you save me?
Jun Hui fell to the ground, chuckling, "I told you, I was serious about you."
Jun Hui's eyes were somewhat unfocused. In a trance, he seemed to see himself in a dragon robe, sitting on the throne, ordering the confiscation of the Duke of Wei's mansion and the Su family's residence.
The Wei family and the Su family, hundreds of lives, were all beheaded and their clans exterminated.
And Su Li, her pipa bones were pierced, her eyes gouged out, her clothes soaked in blood.
She furiously cursed: "Zhao Huai'an! Su Yue! Jun Hui! I won't let you off even if I become a ghost!"
Jun Hui looked at Su Li, who was at a loss, his eyes filled with a hint of understanding.
"It turns out... I owed you. Then I'll repay you with my life. This way, we're even."
"I hope... cough cough, in the next life, I can meet you first..."
After saying this, his eyes gradually dimmed, and he no longer moved, but his gaze remained fixed in Su Li's direction.
Su Li, holding the child in her arms, stared blankly at Jun Hui.
He died? He finally died!
She should be happy!
But why was her heart so heavy?
Su Li was embraced by a warm hug.
"Lier, you scared me to death!" Jun Mo trembled with lingering fear.
Su Li murmured, "Ziyan, he's dead."
"It's alright, Lier, it's alright. He was meant to die anyway. His blocking the arrow for you can be considered dying in a meaningful way. He owed you."
Jun Mo patted her back. Seeing how dangerous the place was, he took the child from her arms and led her back to the City Lord's Mansion.
Upon reaching the City Lord's Mansion, he handed the child over to a servant.
He helped Su Li onto the bed and lay her down. "Lier, you rest for a while. Don't think too much. I'll go meet the enemy first."
Su Li held Jun Mo's hand and said, "You must be careful. Don't leave me behind."
Jun Mo rubbed the top of her head: "Be good. We are superior to Southern Border in all aspects. Don't worry, when you wake up, I'll be back."
Su Li nodded. Jun Mo stood up, about to leave.
"You... send someone to bring his body back."
He was already dead, and he had died in that manner. All grudges had vanished like smoke.
Jun Mo was startled, then nodded.
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