The Prince Wants to Assassinate Me Every Day-Chapter 997 - 545: Bai Mowan’s Breakdown (First Update)
The boundless yellow sand, swirling in the sky.
The sound of horse hooves shakes the earth and sky.
Bai Mowan wore a proud expression, barely concealing her excitement as she watched her Bai family’s army approach with such overwhelming momentum, their might shaking the mountains and rivers.
Xiao Jinxing should not have torn apart their facade. Xiao Jinxing, who loved his regime so much, should have cherished and pampered her even through deceit. It was Xiao Jinxing’s arrogance!
Bai Mowan gave a command, "Charge out for me!"
All the soldiers rose swiftly upon receiving the order, picked up their weapons, and once again clashed against Xiao Jinxing’s local forces.
The smoke of war rose again, and the blood flowed like rivers.
By evening.
The setting sun in the west seemed to be stained with the color of fresh blood.
The Bai family’s army, led by Bai Mowan, finally joined forces with the reinforcements from the Bai family.
Bai Mowan rode over excitedly.
The joy on her face was beyond words.
But at that moment, when she truly saw the person, Bai Mowan’s face changed dramatically.
Her flushed face turned deathly pale.
She saw that the imposing person in front of her was not the Bai Moyi she had always thought, not her brother, but Xie Ruotong!
Xie Ruotong, clad in armor and with a face stained with blood, showed no expression, coldly looking at Bai Mowan, who was overwhelmed by the blow.
Watching Bai Mowan suddenly appear stunned, staring at her silently.
She couldn’t understand why it was Xie Ruotong who had come!
Where was her brother?!
Where had Bai Moyi gone?!
Hadn’t she instructed him to follow and provide support?!
Hadn’t she told him to arrange for people to block Xie Ruotong’s army from returning to the rescue?
She had considered everything, she could outthink all of Xiao Jinxing’s strategies, so why in the end did it not go according to her plan.
Where did it go wrong?
Was she hallucinating?!
It couldn’t be!
She could not lose to Xiao Jinxing.
She would rather die than become his prisoner.
Suddenly, she saw Xiao Jinxing, in his battle attire and armor, walking out from among the troops.
Forcing her into complete desperation.
Originally, she planned to make Xiao Jinxing indecisive.
Now she found herself in such a predicament.
No.
She could not accept this.
She picked up the sword in her hand, wanting to fight desperately, but in that moment, a flying dart knocked her sword to the ground.
The sound of "clang". 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
So crisp.
Like the sound of defeat.
Bai Mowan’s eyes turned bloodshot as she glared at Xiao Jinxing.
Staring at him with such a superior air, so cold-blooded and icy.
Bai Mowan suddenly laughed.
Laughed maniacally.
She said, "Xiao Jinxing, in the end, I still cannot defeat you?!"
"I told you, I gave you many chances!"
"How did you do it?!" Bai Mowan raged, her voice nearly hoarse, "How did you manage to bring Xie Ruotong back?! Where is my brother? Where has Bai Moyi gone?!"
"Bai Moyi has already been captured by me." Xiao Jinxing spoke coldly.
Towards Bai Mowan, he had no feelings left.
At this moment, he only coldly watched her madness.
"Impossible! My brother commands hundreds of thousands of troops, how could he be captured by you, how could he be taken by a mere Xie Ruotong!"
"Do you think the Bai Family’s army all consisted of your people?!"
"What?" Bai Mowan’s eyes were full of fear.
What did Xiao Jinxing mean?!
Xiao Jinxing meant that there were traitors within the Bai family army.
No.
She couldn’t believe it.
After so many years of the Bai family’s training and nurturing of the army, it was impossible for them to betray the Bai family, impossible!
"The Bai family has been loyal for generations, with a sole purpose to protect the nation, never harboring thoughts of treason, so the Bai family for generations only focused on fighting, not on winning hearts, or refusing to do so to prove their innocence. Yet now, because of your selfish desires, Bai Mowan, you’ve gone against generations of your Bai family’s principles and embarked on a path unacceptable by righteousness." Xiao Jinxing’s cold voice resonated with righteous words, echoing as if it reverberated through the heavens and the earth.
Bai Mowan’s eyes turned thoroughly crimson.
All she could hear was Xiao Jinxing’s words, because of her selfish desires, she ruined her Bai family’s generations...
"Bai Mowan, you know well that by rebelling against my regime, you wish to stabilize my throne, thus needing power to support you, so you began to learn to win hearts and started aligning with the court officials. You thought you had enough power, so you started raising troops. In fact, those so-called officials largely just pretended to obey you, but in truth, they all remained under my control, loyal only to me."
"You deliberately deceived me!" Bai Mowan stared harshly at Xiao Jinxing, her voice hysterical, "You made me think the time was right, so you forced me to raise troops! Xiao Jinxing, is this what you meant when you said you didn’t want us to become enemies, yet you kept providing me the conditions to rebel!"
"I said, I gave you many chances, but I am not without limits! I provided you conditions hoping you would turn back, yet you ultimately chose a path of self-destruction for yourself and your Bai family!"
"Enough!" Bai Mowan could no longer bear to listen.
In Xiao Jinxing’s grasp, she was unwilling, she was collapsing, she was in extreme distress.
But she no longer wanted to endure Xiao Jinxing’s humiliation.
"The way you won over the court’s power also served as a reminder to me." Xiao Jinxing seemed blind to Bai Mowan’s collapse, deliberately clarifying everything, making it crystal clear so Bai Mowan understood just how foolish her actions were, "Since you can sway my people in court, why can’t I sway your Bai family’s people within the Bai family army!"
"How did you do it?!" Despite being utterly shattered.
She still refused to die with her eyes closed.
She didn’t know where she lost?!
She shouted, "The Bai family are all our Bai family’s own commanders, we’ve always guarded against Xie Ruotong’s people. Who exactly did you use to sway my Bai family’s troops, who did you secretly plant among our Bai family army!"
"Up until now, you still can’t guess?" Xiao Jinxing raised his eyebrows.
Bai Mowan’s expression darkened.
She recalled everything.
Her expression suddenly changed dramatically, turning red, pale, full of disbelief.
"Yuan Wenkang." Xiao Jinxing provided the answer.
Bai Mowan seemed as if she had suffered a heavy blow.
The whole person appeared to be laughing, yet seemed to be crying.
The original high spirits at this moment had completely turned into a fiercely hideous countenance.
She said, "Xiao Jinxing, you’ve been scheming against me all along, never have I escaped from your grasp..."
"Yuan Wenkang once joined my expedition, he has ties with most of the Bai family’s commanders, your Bai family only knows how to use soldiers but not how to win hearts. Wanting to win over the Bai family commanders was exceedingly easy for me. Moreover, I am the ruler, everything under heaven belongs to me!" Xiao Jinxing’s voice, bloodthirsty and terrifying.
