We Agreed On Experiencing Life, So Why Did You Immortals Become Real?-Chapter 376: In This Imperial House

After the Second Prince Qin Jingyuan flung open the border gates, Jin’s one million troops swiftly took control of several cities.

Along the way, not a single commander resisted.

Any commander who might have harbored even the slightest intent to resist was removed by Qin Jingyuan and then put under house arrest.

In less than a month, Jin’s army had already arrived at the prefectural seat of Luzhou.

Qin Jingyuan led his wife out of the city to welcome Jin’s army.

“Yan Liuyun of Jin pays respects to the King Jing.”

Yan Liuyun, Jin’s commanding general, swung down from his horse and performed a salute to Qin Jingyuan.

But from his tone and his manner, everything revealed contempt for Qin Jingyuan—there was even a trace of scorn.

Yet Qin Jingyuan acted as though he knew nothing of it. He returned the salute with cupped hands and said, “I have long heard of the Tiger Marquis’s great name. Seeing you today, General, you truly are extraordinary in bearing. And Jin’s army—merely looking at it is enough to make one feel awe.”

“The King Jing flatters me. On this trip into Qin, we will have to rely on the King Jing all the more.”

As he spoke, Yan Liuyun glanced at the Jin Eldest Imperial Princess Ji Yue.

The look he gave Ji Yue carried a complicated shade, but Ji Yue acted as if she had not seen it. She only lowered her head and stood beside her husband.

Qin Jingyuan noticed Yan Liuyun’s gaze, yet he still pretended as ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) if nothing had happened.

“Tiger Marquis, please come inside. I have already had the servants prepare a banquet, to welcome the Tiger Marquis and wash away the dust of travel!” Qin Jingyuan stepped aside and invited them into the city.

“Then I will trouble Your Highness.”

Yan Liuyun spoke of “trouble” with his mouth, but in truth he showed not the slightest courtesy. He walked straight into the city.

Aside from some high-ranking officers, Jin’s one million troops camped outside the city.

When the people of the Luzhou prefectural seat saw Qin Jingyuan bring Jin’s commanders in, most of their looks carried contempt, yet no one dared say anything.

Some hot-blooded youths who wanted to throw eggs at Qin Jingyuan and the others were tightly held by their fathers, not allowed to act recklessly.

“It seems the King Jing isn’t very popular,” Yan Liuyun said with a smile as he looked at Qin Jingyuan, the corner of his mouth lifting with a few traces of disdain and mockery.

Qin Jingyuan only smiled. “They’re nothing but lowly commoners. Why should this king lower himself to bicker with them? When this king breaks the capital and becomes their ruler, won’t they still obediently shut their mouths?”

“Hehehe...” Yan Liuyun laughed a few times. “What Your Highness says is also true.”

“Tiger Marquis, this way, please.” Qin Jingyuan made a “please” gesture and continued guiding Yan Liuyun and the other commanders.

Before long, the group arrived at King Jing’s residence.

Qin Jingyuan prepared delicacies from mountain and sea and had the servants host these Jin commanders properly. Dancers performed in the courtyard, and strings and winds played without pause.

He also had his own tens of thousands of soldiers from Luzhou City deliver wine and meat to the army outside the city, to reward them well.

After several rounds of drinking, Qin Jingyuan and Jin’s commanders looked as harmonious as could be.

An hour later, the banquet was about to end.

Qin Jingyuan asked Yan Liuyun and the others to stay the night in King Jing’s residence.

“Since Your Highness is so kind, if we refuse again, it would be disrespecting Your Highness’s face. Then we will obey with gratitude,” Yan Liuyun and the others said.

They only put up a token refusal, then immediately agreed.

“Easy, easy.” Qin Jingyuan looked so drunk he did not seem to recognize people anymore. “Tiger Marquis and the rest, do as you please—treat it as your own home. This king cannot handle any more wine, so I will withdraw first.”

“This concubine will also take her leave first and help my husband back inside,” Ji Yue said from the side, bending slightly in salute as she supported her husband and walked into the main courtyard.

“Safe travels, Your Highness. Safe travels, Your Highness the Princess,” Yan Liuyun said, casually cupping his fists in farewell.

As the two of them walked farther and farther away, Yan Liuyun’s gaze remained fixed on Ji Yue.

Only after Ji Yue had gone far did Yan Liuyun sit back down.

Yan Liuyun lifted his cup and drank heavily.

*****

Ji Yue helped her husband back to their room, gently laid him on the bed, took off his shoes, and tucked the blanket around him.

She personally fetched a basin of water from the courtyard and gently wiped her husband’s cheeks.

After settling her husband, Ji Yue carried the basin out of the room and poured it away.

But just as Ji Yue was about to return to the room, she saw Yan Liuyun walk into the courtyard.

“This is the King Jing’s main courtyard. You come here without His Highness’s permission—do you know what crime that is?” Ji Yue scolded with a frown.

“I beg Your Highness the Princess to forgive me.” Yan Liuyun cupped his fists in salute, then cast a spell to block sound and spiritual-sense detection. “But this subject has truly missed Your Highness the Princess too much. I could not control myself, and so I was discourteous!”

“Get out,” Ji Yue said coldly.

“Your Highness the Princess...”

Yan Liuyun’s expression was extremely complicated.

“Now our Jin has already entered Qin, and together with Chu and Yanhuo we will destroy Qin. With the strength of these three states combined, it is absolutely not something Qin can withstand. Even if Qin Jingyuan ends up becoming Qin’s ruler, so what?

“Does he really think that by sitting on the throne this way, he can truly suppress everyone else?

“Leaving others aside, just the Northern Pacification King and that Frost King Xiao Mo will have to counterattack Qin’s capital.

“Then Qin will surely fall into great chaos.

“If Qin Jingyuan doesn’t want to die, he must rely on our Jin, on Yanhuo, and on Chu.

“When the time comes, our three houses can carve up Qin.

“What will Qin Jingyuan amount to in the end?

“And Your Highness the Princess has such a noble status—why must you follow him?

“If Your Highness the Princess is willing, this general can remain at Your Highness the Princess’s side.”

“Insolence!” Ji Yue snapped. “Do you even know what you’re saying?! Aren’t you afraid I will tell my husband every word you just said?”

“Of course I’m not afraid.” Yan Liuyun shook his head. “No matter what, Your Highness the Princess is Jin’s Eldest Imperial Princess, His Majesty’s cherished jewel. How could Your Highness the Princess speak this matter aloud and do something unkind and unfilial?”

“And!” Yan Liuyun stepped forward. “This subject’s heart toward Your Highness the Princess—Heaven and earth can bear witness!”

As he spoke, Yan Liuyun reached his hand toward Ji Yue.

But Ji Yue retreated a step without hesitation, cold light spreading in her eyes. “I’ll say it one last time. Get out. Do you think that with Father Emperor, I have no voice at all—so you can humiliate me as you please?!”

“This general would not dare!” Yan Liuyun dropped to one knee. “This general only wishes Your Highness the Princess to know this general’s true heart. From beginning to end, it has never changed.”

“I’ve said it many times. I have never liked you. And no matter what, I will not allow my husband to suffer any harm. My status as Jin’s Eldest Imperial Princess still carries some weight!”

Ji Yue turned around.

“Hurry and go. I will treat it as if I never saw you, and as if I know nothing. But if you come to find me again, I will tell my husband everything.”

Hearing Ji Yue’s words, Yan Liuyun hesitated to speak.

In the end, Yan Liuyun only let out a heavy sigh. “Since it is so, then this general will take his leave. But no matter what, my heart has always been with Your Highness the Princess, waiting for Your Highness the Princess to change your mind.”

Yan Liuyun cupped his fists in a deep salute, turned, and left.

After Yan Liuyun left, Ji Yue seemed as if all the strength in her body had been drained, and she sat down on the ground.

Her mind was completely empty. She did not know what she was thinking at all.

Only after a long time did Ji Yue stand up and return to the room.

Ji Yue sat on the edge of the bed, looking at her husband lying there, her eyes swaying slightly.

Ji Yue raised her hand and gently stroked her husband’s profile, tears gradually sliding from the corners of her eyes.

“Husband... this concubine is an unfilial daughter, and as a wife, disloyal... what should I do...

“Why must this concubine and husband...

“In this imperial house...”