The Flower Of War

Chapter 45: The Sky Siding

Elsewhere, Bai Qing Palace.

Liu Yu was sitting on his seat of greatness in the Qiang Da Hall (The hall of might as well as the emperor's workplace)

It had been three days since his last visit to the Sky Prison to meet Yiu.

He instantly sent a troop of stealth to head for Qiu Wang to make it easier for him to wage war, he said, given the condition of Qiu Wang who lost 5000 soldiers sent to Bai Qing, it reduced the total number of troops slightly and affected the security of the government a little.

Although Bai Qing also had a slight obstacle. However, BaiQing had already conquered Ling Jian so the overall cost of the war was borne by Ling Jian.

For the troops, Liu Yu secretly set up his own army military camp in Xin Yang City which was in the southern part of the country during his time as Crown Prince.

However, this time his face was riled up, the troops he sent were lost without a trace in the grass desert belonging to the uighurs even before reaching Qiu Wang.

The pile of investigation reports slowly piled up on his desk, plus the letter of request for the release of Imperial Empress Candidate Wang Yingmei carried out by several Imperial Generals whose entire contents stated that Princess Ying was only framed by an insider conspiracy or this was all just a misunderstanding of the member institutions researchers and so on.

Liu Yu was thinking how could Yiu who was even just a few months with Bai Qing already suck the strong support of a portion of the royal warriors, it felt like Liu Yu wanted to silence all of those who were still on Yiu's side even though he eventually chose to pretend to be deaf, realizing he still needed them.

Liu Yu's goal was not to kill him but to torture him was to avoid suspicion from the western region and only by torturing him could reduce the chances of him rebelling and lead to a bloody coup for the country, on the other hand Liu Yu also needed information from him about the composition of the gunpowder with the powerful explosive material even though he kept his silence.

"Your Majesty, if there's anything you want to convey you can tell the servant."

The low voice belonging to the right hand as well as the emperor's adviser, Hai Ran, sounded soft after seeing the look on Liu Yu's tired face.

The age of that handsome young man from the richest family in Yi City named Hai Ran was only a few years older than Liu Yu but what made him reach the most important position on Liu Yu's side was because he was the originator of the idea behind Liu Yu's entire plan of uniting Mainland China under his wing. Ever since Liu Yu became emperor, Hai Ran's position had become unshakable and his opinion had a powerful influence.

Liu Yu turned to support her head on the back of the chair. "The royal generals and the missing scout troop really made me dizzy, my head almost broke!"

Hai Ran smiled respectfully and spoke with great emphasis, "Why doesn't His Majesty 'free' Princess Ying from suffering alone?"

Liu Yu was still fixed in his position and replied, "That's impossible! I have not mastered Qiu Wang and the other western regions, if I kill him there will be internal conflicts as well."

Hai Ran was still with a smile full of meaning, "I didn't tell His Majesty to kill him."

Liu Yu raised his head to look questioningly at Hai Ran. "What do you mean?"

Hai Ran, "Why didn't His Majesty make a little noise in the Sky Prison and tell the world if it was an accident?"

Liu Yu furrowed her brows, "What does that 'little commotion' mean, Hai Ran? Then, how do you explain to western society and countries about the uproar?"

Hi Ran, "It's easy, we'll burn the Sky Prison cell, but before that multiply the hay around the cell, if this news leaks out we can spread it to the world if it's just a technical glitch from a prison heater."

Liu Yu, "Can't! The western kingdom will definitely ask us why Princess Ying can be in the Sky Prison and become a victim. That's too flashy!"

Hai Ran shook his head. "No, Your Grace. Ah before that did your cousin try to retract the calculations in BaiQing?"

Liu Yu was still frowning but a second later suddenly fell silent and smiled meaningfully. "You mean Liu Wen? ... I get your point. Great idea!"

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Yiu was pensive on his white bed, next to his bed had been engraved with stone scratches marker how many days he was confined in this creepy place.

His body was getting weaker and weaker, the wounds on his body were almost healed but every day he was forced to drink the energy-weakening poison mixed in his food. It makes him lose energy slowly from day to day.

His appetite is also reduced even though he gets enough nutritious food, Yiu must eat it up to survive to get revenge. Sometimes due to too forcing Yiu back spewing out the contents of his food.

Today as usual Yiu again given food in the bushel of food made of woven bamboo in which contains fried chopped vegetables and a plate of hard and cold rice.

Yiu took it with the rest of the energy he had and brought it to the table in the middle of the cell. After that Yiu ate the food without any interest. However, he felt strange as he lifted the bamboo abstinence cover intending to close back his chain he saw a piece of paper inscribed with 'poison cure' and a paper-wrapped pill stuck in the cover.

Yiu picked up the paper containing the alchemy pill and frowned while tracing the medicinal contents by relying on the smell, "Sweet, who is smuggling the medicine in my food? ... There is a ginger plant content in the extract and can ward off toxins, he does not lie but .. who is he?"

It didn't feel like Yiu had been locked up in this cold cell for nearly a month. However, he felt strange lately he was not too cold even though the weather was early winter. In his cell was also given some dry straw covering the entire floor and there were also many torches surrounding his cell, making Yiu feel warmer.

One morning or day or night? I don't know that in here there's only a yellow light from the torch, not a single line of sunlight going through the wall in this cell.

Yiu who was sleeping on his white bed smelled a faint charred smell like someone was burning something.

Yiu immediately got up and saw the smoke gradually spread to the entire cell, the smoke came from the empty cell next to him and it turned out that the fire had spread throughout the room.

Yiu started screaming for help even though he had tried for as long and as hard as he tried. However, there was not a single sign of anyone coming as if they were closing their ears.

"Fire! There's fire! The guard! the fire!"

Yiu began to be engulfed in panic in his brain, the resulting smoke grew even thicker. He soon crawled to get more oxygen while trying to break the prison handcuffs with wooden chair legs.

His efforts were in vain, Yiu had already started coughing badly from inhaling too much smoke. The fire quickly crept out of the cell, lucky he still had time to get rid of the straw that was on the ground to a corner of the room that was far from the reach of the fire so that the fire did not quickly flare in his cell.

Still struggling to escape, she suddenly felt something strange moving under her feet. The stone floor at his feet moved like something was pushing from below.

Curious, Yiu decided to step aside and lifted the stone. It turned out that under the rock was a hole that was quite large, looking like a secret passageway.

In addition to the secret path, Yiu also saw the silhouette of a person whose face was covered in robes underneath looking up at him, before being able to pick up the consciousness Yiu had already dragged into the secret path.

"Fast take off your outerwear and jewelry! Hurry on!" said the black shadow while occasionally coughing due to inhaling smoke.

Liu Yuanyuan?!

The cloaked person was the younger sister and eighth Princess of BaiQing Kingdom, Liu Yuanyuan.

In the past the interaction between Yiu and Liu Yuanyuan was just a greeting to each other and jokingly spent the afternoon just for pleasantries.

"You want what you?!" yiu said as he moved spontaneously to grip Liu Yuanyuan's neck, his level of alertness increased drastically.

"Ohuk ... Ying Jiejie, listen to me first. I'm trying to save you .. I'll explain everything later after we get out of here. Quickly take off your clothes and come with me. We're running out of time uhuk uhuk."

Feeling that his speech was right and feeling desperate, Yiu finally decided to lower his presence and took off his outer clothes and bracelets and earrings on his body and threw them into the corner of the cell.

After closing the hole, the two immediately ran down the dark, stuffy tunnel with the help of just an inflatable match.

Long enough the two ran until they finally saw the moonlight appear in the distance and it turns out that the road is directly connected to the forest outside the city.

Liu Yuanyuan immediately headed for the nearby bushes and took out a thick and warm hairy coat then handed it to Yiu while she frowned. "Ying Jiejie, wear this so as not to get cold. I'm sorry to scare you, but I'm really trying to sincerely help you out as much as I can. My half-brother was indeed too cruel, I didn't even expect that he would be this cruel to even kill JieLu Gege."

The smile on her sweet face turned into a teary, unsightly look made Yiu not know what to do.

Liu Yuanyuan then spoke as she pointed at the brown horses behind Yiu as she handed him the imperial stamped letter, "Ah forgive me, jie. Now quickly go I have prepared a horse and supplies there. Go as far as possible and do not let the emperor know and this permits out the border, as long as the jiejie does not show the face everything will be safe. Hurry along!."

Yiu nodded and inwardly thanked him and went running towards the horse and immediately spurred him into the depths of the forest.

Following the kite-shaped star of the night that was always in the south, Yiu drove his horse west. He had to as quickly as possible reach the border of Qiu Wang.

The next morning Yiu made it out of Bai Qing's border but his journey was blocked when he entered the grassland area.

He was confronted by about twenty soldiers who he believed were Bai Qing's troops, visible from their war flags.

Yiu fought against those twenty soldiers, his strength only recovered by about fifty percent, although Yiu managed to kill them all, Yiu still had to suffer many wounds all over his body and this time touched his vital point.

His frail body rested on the sword in his hand, his breathing was hunting, his head and entire body were in pain, blood was pouring from his wounds, and his eyes finally blurred. His consciousness was taken over

Maybe this is the end ....