I, who disguised myself as a woman, turned out to be a queen! ?

Chapter 1276 Let's proceed slowly

boom!
No warning!

It's even more certain!
Just as the ninth-rank swordsman charged forward, heading straight for Xia Tingyu, his two swords trailing behind him, he had already assumed a fighting stance, ready to strike!

Two figures appeared in front of the ninth-rank swordsman.

It was none other than Kunling and Langgou!

Although Kunling was only an eighth-rank cultivator, the moment he landed, he opened his fist stance, resembling Wu Qinhu's Lion Double Charge.

He even threw a punch directly.

Only a ninth-rank swordsman would need to raise his sword to block!

The blade of the wolf hook had already fallen to the side.

The ninth-rank swordsman's wolf hook, forged through countless battles in the no-man's-land, is a deadly move with every strike!
The blade went straight for the swordsman's waist.

The swordsman was startled and was about to dodge when Kunling's fist slammed into his face.

The swordsman swayed!
Swish!
But the wolf-hook blade fell!
Blood splatters!

The swordsman was cleaved in two at the waist by Wolf Hook's blade!

And the next moment.

Kunling took a step forward, took the blade from the wolf hook's hand, and slashed down!

Wow!
The swordsman had half his head sliced ​​off by Kunling's blade and fell to the ground, motionless.

And at the same time!
A roar!
But it was right where Wang Mang was.
Wu Mao, the current master of the Beast Forest Manor, crushed a soldier's neck and threw him away. He then looked at Wang Mang, whose chest was stained with blood and whose face was pale. "We had to guard Tingyu before, but now that Mr. Fang has arrived, we can come out. You'd better have some guards, otherwise, as a Jianghu person, I don't care about your status."

Wang Mang gripped the knife tightly in his hand, staring intently at Wu Mao.

However, the moment Wu Mao took a step forward, a figure suddenly appeared beside him—another expert at the Limit Break realm!
The end of Zoroastrianism!

Wang Mang's face lit up with joy.

But he was just about to speak!
The moment Wu Mao clenched his fist, a lion's head seemed to appear on it, and he threw a punch directly at the person who had come to him!
instantly!

A single punch pierced the chest of the Zoroastrian Grandmaster.

One punch drags the corpse away.

Not to mention Wang Mang, even the surrounding soldiers were terrified!

Wu Mao looked at Wang Mang and said, "If you don't have it, I'll tear you apart!"

"Roar!"

Right behind Xia Tingyu, the black tiger's massive body slashed down, tearing soldiers apart or biting them off by the neck and throwing them aside!
Extremely horrifying!

This deterred the soldiers from advancing.

Kunling and Langgou were attacking enemies from Xia Tingyu's left and right sides!
In an instant, although Xia Tingyu and others joined the battle, the huge difference in numbers meant that the situation did not actually change much.

But right where Xia Tingyu was.

No one disturbs.

Dian Junming was panting heavily as he looked at the blurry Xia Tingyu in front of him. He could see Xia Tingyu's lips moving.

But he
He couldn't hear anything, but he could see Xia Tingyu crying. Compared to that, Dian Junming looked at her and said, "What are you doing out here! Your uncle is outside; no one can hurt you!"

Xia Tingyu shook her head, holding Dian Junming, who was covered in blood and whose eyes and ears were bleeding, her eyes filled with tears.

The lips were still moving.

Dian Junming still couldn't hear anything, but looking at Xia Tingyu, he said, "Go back. Go back."

That's all for now!

A sudden glint of light flashed in Dian Junming's originally cloudy and bloodshot eyes!
Immediately!

As he shielded Xia Tingyu behind him, he looked up at the sky!
Arrows were already closing in!

Seeing this, Dian Junming wanted to use his internal energy, Gang Lei.

But it's all gone!

With a smirk, he said, "Little girl, hide behind your uncle!"

Then, he stared intently at the arrow, his hand gripping Xia Tingyu tightly as she tried to emerge from behind him, as if he were using his last bit of strength to protect her.

A hail of arrows is approaching!

Dian Junming was so calm and composed.

Xia Tingyu kept screaming, trying to break free from Dian Junming's grasp. She could see the arrow feathers, but she just couldn't shake off Dian Junming.

But Dian Junming couldn't hear it.
His world is unusually quiet right now.

I could only hear my own breathing.

But it doesn't matter.

Dian Jun knew this was the case, but he was just glad that Ting Yu would be alright.

"fall!"

It was in that very instant!
Fang Wenhe suddenly appeared in front of Dian Junming, and the moment he pressed down with one hand, more than a dozen arrows fell to the ground!

A sword beam flashed by!
All the arrows were cut off in an instant!
Right beside Fang Wenhe, a female swordsman stood with her sword in one hand, turning to look at Dian Junming and Xia Tingyu: "The thirteen elite guards of the Left and Right [Tengshe] have come to protect the new King of Shu by order of the Emperor!"

Wow!
And just as [Tengshe] Shi Chanxi finished speaking!

An arrow shot out from the main hall of the Shu King's Palace toward the location of the Feather Spirit Tribe archer!
An arrow, trailing a golden tail, with something seemingly tied to the arrowhead sparking, arrived in an instant!
immediately
boom!
A deafening roar suddenly resounded.

Meanwhile, in the main hall of the Shu King's Palace, Huang Xu, the "Bow Saint," held a large bow and looked down at the people from the Western Regions.

The Thirteen Guards of the Left and Right [Gandharvas]!
And right outside the palace, among the Western Region soldiers, a man wielding two broken swords fell straight down, crashing through the crowd!
Within the Thirteen Guards' residence, there was Zhou Shuang, known as the "Pixiu," who was always involved in assassinations.

boom!
boom!
And in that very moment!
Right where the city gate of Yizhou was located, a huge roar, accompanied by the loud sound of the city gate breaking open, reached the ears of everyone in the Prince's Mansion.

Subsequently
The earth trembles!

Needless to say, everyone knew that this was cavalry entering the city, and it was heavy cavalry at that!

Dian Junming looked at Fang Wenhe.

Fang Wenhe bowed respectfully, saying, "Brother Dian, I'm late."

Dian Junming looked at Fang Wenhe and grinned. Ah~~~ So that's why the girl came out? Hey, that's good, that's good!

Thinking this, Dian Junming's eyes gradually became cloudy. He looked at Fang Wenhe, who was stepping up and saying something, and also saw Xia Tingyu saying something. He smiled and said, "I...I can't hear what you're saying, but it's good that you're here, it's good that you're here."

As he said this, Dian Junming's body went limp.

Fortunately, Xia Tingyu held him in her arms, and then Xia Tingyu sat on the ground and looked at Dian Junming.

Dian Junming watched as the girl's lips moved, and then he saw her eyes redden and become teary.

His breathing became increasingly even, and he strained hard to lift his hand.

Seeing this, Xia Tingyu quickly reached out and grabbed Dian Junming's hand, placing it on her cheek.

Dian Junming grinned, "Crying makes you look bad, smile. Smile."

hear the words
Xia Tingyu's lips moved, and she nodded quickly.

But looking at Dian Junming's appearance, she wanted to smile, but no matter what she did, she couldn't! And she couldn't stop her tears.

Finally, he covered his eyes with both hands and tried to smile.

It was barely a smile.

But tears were still streaming down her face beneath her palms.

Laughing while crying.

Dian Junming laughed and said, "You little rascal!"

“Little girl, I can’t hear what you’re saying, I’m sorry. But I’m tired, I’ll lie down for a while, and then I’ll take you to a safe place.”

"Just lie down for a bit."

Dian Junming rested his head on Xia Tingyu's lap. When they were little, this girl used to sleep with her head on my lap, and now she wants me to rest my head on her lap.
Grown up.

And
Is he calling me uncle?
Dian Junming looked at Xia Tingyu's eagerly moving lips and thought to himself.

I really wish I could hear it.

This girl calls him "uncle" in a very sweet way.

but
It's alright now.

Safe.

"Dian Wei."

Dian Junming looked at Xia Tingyu, where someone was softly calling his name. "I'm sorry," the woman said gently to Dian Wei.

When Dian Wei saw the woman, tears inexplicably welled up in his eyes, but he grinned and said, "It's what I should do!"

Snapped!
Xia Tingyu watched as Dian Junming kept calling out, "Uncle!"

But at that moment, the hand that was originally on her cheek suddenly fell to the side.

……

"Dian Wei."

At the Shu Prince's Mansion in the capital, the Shu Princess, who was widely criticized in the capital, looked pale as she gazed at the guards beside her.

Dian Wei immediately looked at the princess.

The princess said, "Let's go back to Shu."

Dian Wei's expression froze for a moment.

The princess looked down at the young Xia Tingyu beside her: "After the New Year, our Tingyu will be eleven years old, a little adult."

Xia Tingyu immediately nodded, grinning, "That's right, that's right. I can help Mother with chores from now on."

The princess smiled, a hint of sadness in her eyes: "Even when Mother isn't around, you must be happy. Can you do that?"

Dian Wei's heart skipped a beat.

Xia Tingyu nodded vigorously, like a chick pecking at rice, "Yes!"

The princess gently rubbed Xia Tingyu's head. When she felt like coughing, she immediately turned around and covered her mouth with her hand.

Dian Wei saw it.

The princess coughed up blood again.

The princess smiled and turned to look at Xia Tingyu: "Pinky promise?"

Xia Tingyu grinned and extended her little finger, saying happily, "Pinky promise, a hundred years from now, no take-backs."

The mother and daughter hooked their little fingers together, and their thumbs flipped up and touched tightly together.

The princess turned to Dian Wei and said, "The Chen family will not let her go. If we go back, the prince can protect her. It's dangerous here, so we must go back."

Seeing the princess's reddened eyes, Dian Wei clasped his hands tightly and squeezed out a "Yes!" through gritted teeth.

……

On the way back, inside the city of Deyang.

The princess coughed even more.

Xia Tingyu stayed by her mother's bedside, carefully feeding her rice porridge with meat bits added.

The princess looked at her daughter, gently opened her mouth, and tried to drink.

at last
After drinking the whole bowl, Xia Tingyu said with a smile, "The doctor said that as long as Mother eats properly, she will recover!"

The princess smiled and reached out to touch her daughter's hair.

Xia Tingyu turned and left with a grin.

But as soon as he stepped out, he closed the door again.

The little girl suddenly sat down outside the door, hugging her knees, her smile completely gone.

Her eyes were red and she couldn't stop the tears from flowing.

I could hear my mother coughing and vomiting inside the house.

But she covered her mouth to prevent the crying from reaching the house.

Dian Wei was outside, watching all of this, clenching his fists, hating his own powerlessness!
……

I stayed in Deyang for half a month.

One night.
The woman on her sickbed looked at Xia Tingyu and said softly, "Would you like to sleep with your mother tonight?"

Xia Tingyu nodded immediately, silently reminding herself not to kick off the covers or anything, and to be good.

at night
The mother held her daughter and whispered, "Tingyu, do you still remember your promise to your mother?"

Daughter: "Mmm!"

The mother hugged her daughter, looking down at her: "From now on, you must try your best to live with a smile. Even when bad things happen, you must try to make them better. Understand?"

The daughter didn't dare to look up, not quite understanding, but she just wanted to hold onto her mother, as if her mother was about to leave.

But she still tried hard: "Mmm!"

The mother smiled gently, and with trembling hands, patted the back of her daughter in her arms, humming a folk song from Sichuan as she gazed at her child's face, her eyes brimming with pride.

……

The next day, the princess struggled to get out of bed and helped her daughter cover herself with the blanket.

Looking at Dian Wei, he said, "Dian Wei, could you buy me some rouge? And find a carriage to wait for me at the door?"

Dian Wei looked at the princess's appearance today, hesitated for a moment, then nodded and turned to leave quickly.

The princess took out the red wedding dress she had never worn before from her luggage.

The rouge was quickly bought back.

She hadn't worn rouge for many years; ever since entering the Prince's mansion, she hadn't used it to adorn herself.

But looking in the bronze mirror, she smiled gently as she applied rouge to herself.

Soon, looking at himself in the mirror, he smiled with satisfaction, then looked at Dian Wei and said, "Let's go to the reed marsh outside the city."

Before leaving, the princess looked at Xia Tingyu on the bed, and then at her sleeping daughter. Her eyes welled up with tears, and she gently kissed her daughter's forehead. "Don't forget our promise."

That day
The woman looked at Dian Wei and said, "We'll have to trouble you with Tingyu in the future."

Dian Wei looked at the princess and bowed deeply with his hands clasped: "I promise!"

The princess smiled gently: "Thank you."

That's how it is.
The woman looked at the dilapidated, solitary grave in the reeds behind her.

After gently sitting down beside the grave, she lay down on the grave and slowly closed her eyes.

Dian Wei watched this scene without saying a word, his eyes bloodshot.

The princess never opened her eyes again.

On that day, after Dian Wei burned the princess's body, he buried her ashes next to a lonely grave.

The next day.
No one spoke.

Only Wang Mang, who was also a guard, asked Dian Wei if this was acceptable.
Dian Wei nodded, and I apologized to the prince alone.

Xia Tingyu sat in the carriage, leaning over the reeds, her eyes red, but she was trying hard to smile.

Beside her lay a thick stack of letters, left to her by her mother.

The little child looked at the reeds, trying to put a smile on his face and tell his mother that he hadn't broken his promise.

But the tears kept flowing.

She could only cover her eyes, trying to hold back her tears, and forced a smile.

She was trying very hard to smile through her tears.

Dian Wei looked at the child.

I will never forget the image of a child biting their lip, pressing hard on their eyes to stop themselves from crying, and trying their best to smile.

Dian Wei gently reached out and wiped away Xia Tingyu's tears, "I'll be with you from now on."

Xia Tingyu looked at Dian Wei and tried to utter a sound, "Mmm!"

……

Xia Tingyu, who was no longer a child, looked at Dian Junming in her arms, biting her lower lip tightly to stop herself from crying out, but tears fell drop by drop onto Dian Junming's face.

But that uncle who wiped away her tears.
like a statue.

And right in front of the main hall of the Shu King's Mansion
The King of Shu stood on the steps, looking at his daughter, at the corpse of Dian Junming, and at the corpse of Yao Zhien. He picked up the wine jug and poured the wine into it, murmuring softly, "What have I been doing all my life? Xia Huachang, you've won."

Snapped!
The wine jug fell to the ground.

The King of Shu looked calmly at Zhu Huang and his men who had stormed into the palace.

……

P.S.: This has a strong aftertaste, so I might only have this one chapter today. I'll resume two chapters tomorrow.

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