If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

Ruan Xinglin rushed to the outside of the city and saw the devastation where the Southern Dynasty was stationed.

Just experienced a deadly battle.

All those who died were soldiers from the Southern Dynasty.

He looked in shock at Lu Yuan who was standing among a group of Ti cavalry.

The embroidered spring sword in his hand was already covered in blood, and its original sharpness could no longer be seen. His dark clothes were also covered in blood.

His eyes were still clear and cold.

"Lu Yuan, what happened?" Ruan Xinglin asked in a hoarse voice.

Lu Yuan's clear eyes shone coldly over, his murderous intent had not yet subsided, and his whole body exuded a chilling aura.

"He Jingyao set a trap to lure me here. The soldiers of the Southern Dynasty rebelled in my Yong Dynasty. Anyone who rebels under the feet of the emperor will be killed without mercy."

Ruan Xinglin breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm glad you're okay."

He glanced around and saw that He Jingyao had brought at least two hundred elite cavalrymen, and perhaps more than half of them had been killed here.

Apart from anything else, these elite soldiers are worth ten times as much as one in the Southern Dynasty.

"You killed them all?" Ruan Xinglin's breathing paused.

Lu Yuan: "No, there are other Tiqi from the Pacification Division."

Ruan Xinglin looked around and saw that there were only about twenty Tiqi riders present.

"Lord Ruan, do you want to collect their bodies?" Lu Yuan asked.

"No, I can't bear to see such a bloody scene." Ruan Xinglin waved his hand, "What about He Jingyao? Did he kill him?"

Lu Yuan's eyes darkened, "He's not here."

"He is trying to make a feint to the east and attack in the west. He is using the lives of over a hundred elite cavalrymen in exchange for his departure from Shangjing City." Anger welled up in Ruan Xinglin's eyes.

He Jingyao deserves to die a thousand times.

"He is seriously injured, and the journey back to the Southern Dynasty must not be easy, but he is as cunning as a fox, and..." Ruan Xinglin pursed his lips.

Lu Yuan glanced at him and said, "The Southern Dynasty has an intelligence dark network in our Yong Dynasty. He relied on spies in the dark network to escort him out of Yong Dynasty."

Ruan Xinglin nodded slightly, "This intelligence dark network is in the hands of He Zhiyuan, I..."

"That's good. This time we can eradicate this dark web completely." Lu Yuan smiled faintly.

How could he not know that He Jingyao wanted to make a feint to the east and attack in the west? He appeared here on purpose to let Guan Jin pursue him secretly and eradicate the Southern Dynasty's intelligence dark network in the process.

Ruan Xinglin hesitated to speak. He was now the commander of the Pacification Division of the Yong Dynasty. If he returned to the Southern Dynasty in the future...

Forget it, don’t think about this anymore.

"Lu Yuan, let's go over there and talk for a few words." Ruan Xinglin said.

Once he returned to Shangjing City, he would no longer have the chance to talk to Lu Yuan alone.

Lu Yuan handed the embroidered spring sword in his hand to the Tiqi next to him, "Wipe it clean."

He and Ruan Xinglin came to a hillside and waited for the other party to speak.

"Whether you believe it or not, the Queen and the Ruan family have never given up looking for you over the years. You have suffered so much, and it can't be made up for no matter what." Ruan Xinglin said in a low voice.

Lu Yuan: "You said this before."

Ruan Xinglin: ...

I really can't listen to any sensationalism.

"We hope you can return to the Southern Dynasty. Besides the Queen misses you, your brother also misses you." Ruan Xinglin said.

"Lu Yuan, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...will not live long." Ruan Xinglin said this with difficulty.

Lu Yuan looked at him with cold eyes.

Ruan Xinglin's eyes were reddened. "The Imperial Concubine and He Zhiyuan tried to attack the Crown Prince several times. We took adequate precautions but failed..."

His throat choked and he took a deep breath.

"I failed to protect the prince's biological father."

"Lu Yuan, at least while the prince is still alive, you should go and meet him. You two are brothers." Ruan Xinglin whispered.

"Isn't your Ruan family the number one family in the Southern Dynasty? Why can't you defeat He Zhiyuan?" Lu Yuan asked with a raised eyebrow.

Ruan Xinglin smiled bitterly, "If it was only He Zhiyuan, the Ruan family would not be afraid."

But in recent years, the emperor has supported He Zhiyuan to oppose the Ruan family, targeted the Ruan family everywhere, cultivated all the opponents of the Ruan family, and suppressed the Ruan family in various ways.

If the queen did not hold military power, I'm afraid even the queen would have been deposed.

"The Queen and the Crown Prince already know that you are in Yong Dynasty. They will not force your will. Lu Yuan, everything is up to you." Ruan Xinglin said.

"But I still have to remind you that He Zhiyuan will not give up if he fails to get rid of you. I'm afraid your life story can't be kept secret for long. He may use other methods to deal with you."

"If the Yong Dynasty knew your background, would they still let you serve as the commander of the Pacification Division?"

"By then, you will be in Shangjing City..."

Lu Yuan said calmly, "I know."

"Then we'll talk about it when the time comes."

But since He Zhiyuan had attacked him, he couldn't just stand there and take the beating.

"When it's time to go to the Southern Dynasty, I will go there naturally," said Lu Yuan.

When Ruan Xinglin heard this, he felt very happy. "You...you are willing to return to the Southern Dynasty?"

"My background has not been announced to the court in the Southern Dynasty yet," Lu Yuan asked.

"If He Zhiyuan wants to kill you, he will naturally not let anyone know your background. However, since he wants to murder the royal heir, the Ruan family will not let him get away easily." Ruan Xinglin said.

Lu Yuan is the eldest son of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty. As long as he returns to the Southern Dynasty, no one will question his identity.

"Your emperor originally misunderstood that the queen was having an affair with He Zhiyuan, but now he uses He Zhiyuan in a respectable position. What is the reason?" Lu Yuan asked.

According to normal people's behavior, no matter whose child the queen's belly belongs to, as long as there are some rumors about the queen and He Zhiyuan, the emperor should kill He Zhiyuan.

Ruan Xinglin sneered, "He Zhiyuan is a bastard!"

Lu Yuan heard his hatred for He Zhiyuan and guessed that there were some unknown secrets in the story between He Zhiyuan and the emperor and empress.

"He deliberately took advantage of his old relationship with the Queen to make the Emperor misunderstand the Queen and ruin her reputation..." Ruan Xinglin said in a low voice.

"So it was the Emperor who allowed him to get close to the Queen?" Lu Yuan asked.

Ruan Xinglin was silent for a long time before he said bitterly, "The one he loves is not the queen."

Lu Yuan didn't expect this answer.

Therefore, he was abandoned since birth, just because of the calculations of He Zhiyuan and the Southern Dynasty Emperor, and because his biological mother blocked others.

"I understand." Lu Yuan nodded.

"Don't kill He Zhiyuan." He said without turning his head.

He wanted to kill He Zhiyuan with his own hands.

Ruan Xinglin looked at his tall figure gradually disappearing into the distance and sighed softly.

Returning to Shangjing City again, Ruan Xinglin went to the palace to meet the emperor.

It's impossible to negotiate peace.

Ruan Xinglin and the emperor talked in the imperial study for an hour before Yong Chao agreed to let them leave.

He promised the Emperor of Yong Dynasty that he would escort He Jingyao to Yong Dynasty to plead guilty.

As for the other conditions, only they know.

After the envoys from the Southern Dynasty left, the Yong Dynasty officially decided to reopen sea transportation.

However, a heated debate began again on how to implement the special maritime camp.

Bai Shaojie was determined to capture the Shipping Special Battalion, so he came to Tianhe City with generous gifts to find the head of the Shui family.

However, he was told that Hengshui Datantun no longer belonged to the Shui family.