Chapter 763 - Is he bluffing with me? (1/2)

” Even if there was some tension going on at the border, does he really need to go himself? He could have sent someone else, why did he go there himself?” Zhao Ming cried out as she clutched her chest in pain.

Rather than physical pain, her heart was aching. The fear engulfed her as she remembered the scene when Tan Xiu saw the bloodied body of Yuan Song on the battlefield, lifeless and painted with dark-thick red blood.

He also went onto the war but never returned. The events are repeating themselves, Ji Zhelan has attacked their country while Ji Cheng went on the war. If the curse has been lifted, then why is everything happening according to the past events?

She hugged her knees closer to her as tears made their way to her cheeks, silently sobbing thinking about the pain that this war might bring to her. The thought of not seeing him before he went onto the war was killing her from inside.

” Your Majesty…” Lu shi cried out seeing her vulnerable condition.

” Zhao Ming, you need to gather yourself. Nothing will happen, he will surely come back. Ji Cheng has fought multiple battles in his life, this is nothing compared to the battles he has fought in the past.” Wen Xu tried to comfort her but seeing her crying appearance, she couldn't continue to say those positive words.

How can she tell her to not worry when she can't think about it herself. Even though she has seen him going onto many wars in the past, this time she was feeling extremely emotional and uncomfortable about the whole situation.

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Ji Cheng was in the tent built by the soldiers near the border area where the guards were stationed to look out for the enemies and stop them from entering further into the territory. Though the enemy soldiers managed to capture the city near the eastern border area, however, their soldiers retorted and pushed them back, demarcating the border again.

The tension in the area was the same as before, the enemy soldiers kept attacking while their soldiers tried to block them out, not letting them cross the border.

It took him a week to reach the border area with Wen Ru and his guards, who were bringing the necessary items required for the soldiers at the border.

He was sitting on the chair while the military chief was showing him the map of the area and was informing him about the places where they have spotted the enemy movement.

” Your Majesty, we have cleared the area around the borders for the safety of the people. Also, the places that have been captured earlier by the enemy have been stationed with more soldiers.” The military chief said.

” We have distributed the items among the soldiers that you brought with you, however, the situation is not well. Along with the western border, they have attacked the eastern border as well which is going through a serious struggle with the enemy soldiers.”

” Since we were attacked severely and were not prepared for the war, it was affecting the condition of our men. Also, the double attack was confusing our men, dividing the military power into two. To resolve this issue, the only option that we were left with is peace-settlement.”

Ji Cheng tapped his fingers on the edge of the chair whose handle was covered with velvet cloth as he pondered about his suggestion.

Wen Ru glanced at Ji Cheng who was thinking about it and looked at the military chief, ” Is there any other way other than the peace-settlement? Because King Xiao Ruogang is doing this to avenge his daughter's death, it's not like we can bring Consort Xiao Li back to life.”

” And for Ji Zhelan, we all know how ambitious he is about the throne and succession. However, I never thought that he would dare to attack us without a warning. He knew that this will not be taken as breaking the rules since he is from Ji Dynasty itself, from him it will be treason.”

” But King Xiao Ruogang should know better. Involving himself with him in this unannounced war, he has broken the rules of the war by going against the moral set for the territorial wars.” Wen Ru was enraged at the stupidity of Xiao Ruogang, he was being used and he doesn't even know about it.