It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 721 A Lifetime Servant's Promise
On the day of White Dew, the grass grows and the warblers fly.

The moment the huge stone gate of Xianping Mausoleum closed, a figure in white suddenly flashed in.

Before anyone could react, the heavy stone bolt fell, and the burial ceremony was over.

Compared to the crying when Yang Xianrong suddenly passed away, everyone's state has improved a lot. After all, after a year, the accumulated sadness will slowly fade away.

But now, the scream came from Yang Ruoxi. She rushed out from the funeral procession and threw herself at the stone door, slapping it hard, even trying to pry open the gap with her slender fingers...

"Mother! Why are you doing this? Come out!"

Her crying made everyone realize that the person in white who had just flashed into the tomb was Cui Xi, the maid who grew up with Yang Xianrong and her second sister-in-law.

"Why? Don't you want Ruoxi anymore? Come out!"

Yang Ruoxi cried loudly, and her hands were bleeding from pounding on the stone door.

Liu Yin, who was following Liu Yao, ran over quickly, trying to pull Yang Ruoxi away. But he didn't expect Yang Ruoxi to be so strong that he couldn't control him.

Soon, Yang Xiankang also ran over, hugged his daughter, and cried, "Ruoxi, Ruoxi, don't hurt yourself. Your mother doesn't want to see you like this."

"Father!" Yang Ruoxi suddenly turned to look at Yang Xiankang, her eyes red, "Did you know this a long time ago? Do you agree with her doing this? Why?"

"Why?" The same shout also came from Liu Yao's mouth.

It was rare that he didn't drink today, but he looked extremely tense. At this moment, the veins on his forehead were exposed and his eyes were full of anger.

"This is her choice, I can't stop her." Yang Xiankang cried hard, and he hugged Yang Ruoxi with trembling hands, "I really can't do anything! Cuixi said that she promised the old grandmother that she would die on the same day and be buried in the same grave with her third sister. She has already lived for me and Ruoxi for another year... She said that she can see her third sister every day and night, she misses her, and she wants to fulfill her promise!"

"No! Mother!" Yang Ruoxi's cry was sharp and fragile, and her whole body was shaking uncontrollably. Yang Xiankang had to hug her even tighter, while also trying his best to control his emotions.

"Third sister won't agree!" Liu Yao yelled, "Cui Xi, come out!"

But there was no sound behind the stone gate.

Everyone knows that once the stone door closes, there will be no chance of survival.

Cui Xi offered herself as a living sacrifice, hoping that Yang Xianrong's soul could ascend to heaven and rest in peace as soon as possible.

The burial ceremony was presided over by Xu Henian.

He stood in front of the stone door with an expressionless face. Suddenly, a talisman appeared between his fingers. It instantly caught fire and turned into black ashes that floated into the gap of the stone door.

Yang Ruoxi widened her eyes, watching everything Xu Henian did, and then shouted to him: "Master Xu, save my mother!"

"This is her choice." Xu Henian put away his whisk, bowed deeply to Yang Xiankang and said, "My worldly affairs are over, and I will return to Mount Zhongnan now."

Yang Xiankang knelt down and bowed to Xu Henian, "I am grateful to Senior Brother Xu for taking care of my third sister over the years. Thank you for your hard work."

"Father! How could you..." Yang Ruoxi refused to give up and tried to pry the stone door open.

Liu Yin hugged her again, refusing to let go. "Ruoxi, Ruoxi, don't hurt yourself."

"This is my mother!" Yang Ruoxi widened her eyes and looked at everyone behind her. She couldn't accept this. "Ruoxi, this is your mother's decision." Yang Xiankang had calmed down at this time. "The day your aunt passed away, she wanted to follow her like this. She said that her life was connected with hers. Later, because she saw that you were still young and needed someone to take care of you, she reluctantly agreed to let me stay, and only left today... She fulfilled her wish..."

"How can this be?" Yang Ruoxi still couldn't accept it and started crying again.

After hearing these words, Liu Yao turned around and walked away, without any intention of stopping. He went down the mountain, mounted his horse, and galloped all the way, never returning to Chang'an City in his life.

He couldn't go back because he was afraid of not seeing her.

If he didn't go back, he might still think that she was still in Chang'an, waiting for him to come back. She would still smile as she brewed wine, did needlework, and watched over the babbling children...

My heart aches so much that I can only drink.

The spicy taste will cover up the piercing tearing sensation.

There were many things he couldn't say anymore.

Going forward, there is no one to accompany me.

In the third year of Xianhe, Shi Le sent Shi Hu to lead 40,000 troops from the west of Chenguan to Puyang to attack Liu Yao, and Liu Yao led his troops to meet the attack.

The two armies fought at Gaohou, and Shi Hu was defeated. The corpses of his troops were scattered over 200 miles and blood flowed like a river.

Liu Yao won a great victory and seized supplies worth billions.

In November of the same year, Shi Le sent troops to attack Liu Yao from three directions in order to seek revenge.

In December, Shi Le assembled his troops at Chenggao. Seeing that Liu Yao had not set up defenses, his troops quickly marched to the Luo River.

At this time, Liu Yao had to drink several buckets of wine every day to suppress the huge heartache.

During the long campaign, Yuan Jianshuo and Zhang Heng had already died in battle. He refused to let Li Lianhua follow him, so he dismissed her from her official position and asked her to return to Chang'an to take care of the children.

In fact, he already knew that after Yang Xianrong died, all her people would leave him, because they would only obey the girl.

After Cui Xi was buried alive, Zhang Du and Da Xi also drank poisoned wine. They felt that their status was not high enough to be buried alive in Xianping Mausoleum, so they chose to build their own small graves on the hillside at the entrance of the tomb, so that they could watch over Yang Xianrong's tomb every day.

Yang Xiankang took his daughter Yang Ruoxi away from Chang'an City and followed Xu Henian's footsteps to Mount Zhongnan. After hearing this, Li Lianhua no longer cared about Liu Yao.

Liu Yao found a random reason to let Li Lianhua leave. In fact, he also asked Li Lianhua to take her and Yang Xianyong's son to Mount Zhongnan.

Although they didn't know when the war would end, if they could have a peaceful life, that would be what the third sister wanted to see. Moreover, if the third sister had hidden in Tai'an County, perhaps there would not be such an ending today.

I didn't drink enough today, so I've been sober the whole time.

Liu Yao asked his servants to bring in two more jars of wine, which he drank in one gulp.

At this moment, Shi Le suddenly led a large army to attack. He hurriedly mounted his horse to meet the enemy, and dropped his spear, holding only a long sword.

When the armies of both sides reached the north of Luoyang City, Liu Yao and Shi Le finally met face to face.

This was the first time the two met after not seeing each other for a few years.