I did it all for the Han Dynasty!

Chapter 76 Long time no see?
Of course, Yuan would not learn those things; she just read some of them out of boredom on the way here.

And then... a whole new world opened up!

Therefore, on the way here, Yuan had already imagined hundreds of ways Liu Miao might take liberties with her!

Even after sharing meat from the same cauldron with Liu Miao, holding the same cup, drinking wine together, and completing the ritual of sharing food and drink, Liu Miao did not overstep any boundaries!
Yuan speculated that Liu Miao had refrained from revealing his true colors because others were present.

So when Liu Miao entered the room and removed the betrothal tassel from her head, leaving only the two of them alone, Yuan was certain that Liu Miao would take liberties with her! She just didn't know which trick he would use, so Yuan was once again uneasy, wondering whether she should cooperate according to the posture recorded on the silk.

Who would have thought that after Liu Miao removed the betrothal ribbon, he would be lost in thought again, forgetting to perform the subsequent "hair-tying" ceremony, and just sit at the table, seemingly pondering something.

On their wedding night, the husband didn't touch his wife, but instead sat alone...

For some reason, Yuan felt as if she had been insulted by Liu Miao!

Liu Miao sat for a long time, until the honey candles in the room burned out and his vision was plunged into darkness, before he realized that he seemed to be getting married. So he lit a new honey candle and walked towards Lady Yuan...

Before Liu Miao could even get close, Madam Yuan cowered in fear, staring at the honey candle in Liu Miao's hand and scolding, "You've finally been exposed! Are you going to use that to splatter me?"

"What the hell?"

Liu Miao, holding the honey candle, stared at Madam Yuan in astonishment.

Madam Yuan realized she had made a mistake, but not knowing how to explain, she simply started rambling: "Yes, it's Auntie... What? Come on then! Who's afraid... No, don't come any closer, I'm afraid it will hurt, it'll be too hot, won't it?"

"Ah!"

Seeing that Madam Yuan was so flustered and disoriented, Liu Miao realized that he had been overthinking things.

Normally, Liu Miao would have teased Yuan Shi quite a bit, but at this moment, he simply placed the honey candle by Yuan Shi's bedside and told her, "I have urgent business to attend to. You rest at home!"

Having said that, Liu Miao abandoned Yuan Shi and left without looking back, leaving Yuan Shi alone, hugging her knees, bewildered in the wind.

"He actually... left?"

Liu Miao walked out of the backyard, grabbed Zhou Tai who was drinking his own wedding wine, and immediately kicked him: "Wake up! Go and gather the troops!"

Zhou Tai was surprised that Liu Miao had come out from behind so soon after going in, and blurted out, "So fast?"

Seeing that Liu Miao was about to kick him again, Zhou Tai immediately rolled to the side and fell to the ground: "Youping is here! What can I do for you, my lord?"

"Prepare the boat!"

Liu Miao tore off the deep robe he had worn for the wedding ceremony and finally put on the gold and silver scale armor for combat, and put on the peerless eight-sided Han sword.

"Damn it! Chen Gongwei, you owe me a huge favor this time! Let's see how you're going to repay it!"

Instead of leaving his beautiful and delicate wife on the bed, Liu Miao was willing to risk losing everything to save Chen Yu. He suspected that he had been bewitched by someone!

But now that we've moved forward, there's no reason to turn back!

"Let's go! Destination: Shouchun!"

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Shouchun City.

This seat of Yangzhou, which was also the seat of Jiujiang Prefecture, was no longer as prosperous as it had been half a month ago. Instead, it was visibly dilapidated and charred.

Chen Yu stood on the city wall of Shouchun, his five bloodless fingers gripping the wall beside him, trembling slightly.

Beneath the walls of Shouchun stood Yuan Shu's tens of thousands of troops! "Governor."

"Prefect".

"Prefect..."

Chen Yu leaned against the city wall as he inspected the soldiers, who addressed him with respect and showed him reverence.

This was because Chen Yu refused to open the city gates and prevent Yuan Shu from entering.

The soldiers guarding Shouchun had witnessed too many tragic scenes of refugees fleeing from the north in recent days, so they naturally knew what kind of situation they would face if Yuan Shu were to actually enter Huainan.

No one expected that when Chen Wen died and Yuan Yi was defeated, it was Chen Yu, who had been appointed by Yuan Shu as the governor of Yangzhou, who stepped forward to continue leading the people of Yangzhou in their resistance against Yuan Shu.

Although Yuan Shu's army outside the city was awe-inspiring, since even Chen Yu was still holding the city, who would give up the resistance and let Yuan Shu take control of Huainan?
"Governor! Yuan's army is attacking the city again!"

Yuan Shu was clearly enraged by Chen Yu's betrayal and launched attacks almost day and night. This time, judging from the banners, it was Yuan Shu's general Ji Ling who was leading the troops to attack.

The defenders of Shouchun were already exhausted. Although they still fought hard, the Yuan army broke through their defenses in no time and climbed the city walls using the most basic ant-like swarming method.

"Governor! There appear to be boats approaching from the East Fei River behind us!"

The front lines were already in dire straits, and now boats have emerged from the Dongfei River... Even Chen Yu felt a sense of despair at this moment.

He drew his sword, looked at the blade in his hand, and felt its cold light was blinding.

He leaned over the city wall again and looked down, but the sudden dizziness made him unconsciously stretch his neck back...

Chen Yu collapsed in the corner, tears welling up in her eyes once more.

"Am I, Chen Yu, so cowardly that I cannot even die for my country?"

The soldiers on both sides were all weeping, but they could not resist the increasing number of Yuan soldiers. They could only protect Chen Yu on the city wall and retreat little by little.

Shouchun has a water gate to the south that connects to the Nanfei River. When Chen Yu arrived at the water gate, he had nowhere to retreat and knew that this place was probably where he would be buried.

Chen Yu, his face filled with grief and indignation, kept pounding on the city wall: "I lament the cruel Heaven, for chaos reigns without end. The moon rises, yet the people are left in turmoil. My heart is heavy with worry; who will govern this nation? The ruler does not govern himself, and in the end, the people suffer."

"How hateful that I, Chen Yu, am cowardly and incompetent, unable to protect the people of the Han Dynasty!"

Ignoring the soldiers' attempts to pull him up, Chen Yu climbed directly onto the city wall.

The shimmering waters of Shaopi on the horizon, and the endless flow of Feishui River before my eyes.

It's a pity that we will never see this beautiful land again... It's even more pitiful that this fertile land will be plowed up in the future!

Chen Yu looked south and sang "Zhou Nan: Jiu Mu" again, the song he had sung with Zhou Yu that day. At the same time, he seemed to see Liu Miao's face again in a daze.

"My lord from afar, you must be... hmm?"

Chen Yu rubbed his eyes, then squeezed them a few times, staring blankly down below, thinking he was hallucinating.

A golden warship emerged from the Dongfei River, its large banner bearing the character "Liu" fluttering like clouds hanging from the sky, resembling a fiery waterfall splashing onto the river's surface and creating towering waves!
A burly man at the bow of the ship, clad in gold and silver scale armor and wearing a crimson robe and crown, was looking at Chen Yu on the city wall with a half-smile.

"Gongwei, how have you been?"

(End of this chapter)