Episode 20 plot introduction

After Xiao Xun fled back to Xiaonan, he soon revealed his true face.He killed his father to seize the throne, wiped out all opponents in Xiaonan Palace, and used the late emperor's edict in Deng Yi's hands to ascend the throne and rebel.It is no longer important whether the imperial edict is true or false. What is important is that Xiao Xun finally tore off his protective cloak and openly confronted the Chu capital based on Xiaonan.Deng Yi stood beside him, watching the prince whom he had once regarded as someone he could use become emperor, and for the first time, he felt uncontrollable regret in his heart.

The Chu Dynasty personally led an army to conquer.Before the expedition, she did not push Xiao Yu to the front of the battle, nor did she let the young emperor bear the name of this bloody battle.She only told Xiao Yu that the throne of Dachu could not be taken away by a posthumous edict, nor could it be secured by sacrificing the people.Xiao Yu handed her the military order and solemnly called her the eldest princess.When the Chu Dynasty led its troops to leave Beijing, the people in the city spontaneously sent each other off.She did not stop to accept the kneeling, but just rode forward, with only the direction of Xiaonan in her eyes.

On the battlefield, Xiao Xun still tried to use the same methods in his previous life to disrupt the Chu Dynasty.He sent people to spread rumors that the Chu Dynasty supported its troops and pushed Deng Yi to the front of the battle, hoping to create a rift between the old ministers of Chu and the eldest princess.The Chu Dynasty had already seen through his plan, and instead took advantage of Deng Yi's weakness of foolishness and filial piety to set up a trap.She placed the old story of the Deng family and the truth about Xiao Xun's father-killing and seizing the throne in front of Deng Yi, forcing him to choose between continuing to help the tyrants and leaving the last name for the family.

Deng Yi finally rebelled on the battlefield.In the melee, he stabbed Xiao Xun and was surrounded by Xiaonan's rebels.Even after Xiao Xun was seriously injured, he still refused to believe what was happening before him. He did not believe that the Chu Dynasty could rewrite his past life, nor did he believe that he would be defeated by the person who had been strangled to death by his own hands.Chu Chao walked up to him and heard that he was still talking about power and destiny, and felt that the tone of his previous life had finally sunk to the bottom.She took off her scarf and killed Xiao Xun with her own hands in the same way as in her previous life.

After Xiao Xun's death, the Xiaonan rebellion quickly collapsed.Deng Yi was demoted to a commoner, and the remaining troops in Xiaonan were incorporated or dismissed.The Chu Dynasty did not stay on the battlefield for too long because she knew that Xie Yanlai was still on the front line escorting King Shuomo back to Beijing.Xiao Xun's death is not the end, but the most conspicuous link in the hatred in his previous life has been severed.Xie Yanfang, who was really hiding in the shadows, had not yet taken action, or in other words, he was already waiting for Chu Chao to relax his guard because of the victory.On the way back to Beijing with his troops, Chu Chao felt uneasy in his heart.

Before Xiao Xun died, he still tried to evoke the pain of Chu Dynasty's previous life.He said that if she hadn't reincarnated, many things would not have happened; he said that the deaths of Chu Cen and Ka Mianhong were the price of her insistence on changing their lives.Listening to these vicious words, Chu Chao's eyes became calmer and calmer.She had returned to the moment of death in her previous life countless times in her dreams, asking herself if it was too late to see Xiao Xun clearly.The answer doesn't matter these days.She would no longer be dragged back to her old dreams by his words, nor would she leave her fate to his judgment.

After the Xiaonan Army surrendered, the Chu Dynasty personally counted the prisoners and strictly prohibited soldiers from disturbing the people.The war caused by Xiao Xun has caused too many people to lose their homes, and she does not want to inflict new wounds after victory.When Deng Yi was escorted away, he bowed deeply to her through the crowd.He had been conceited and arrogant in his life, but in the end he almost helped Xiao Xun destroy Dachu.The Chu Dynasty did not respond and only asked people to deal with it according to the law.She knew that regret could not offset guilt, just as her own pain could not justify indiscriminate killing.

On the way back to Beijing, she also received news that Xie Yan had come to escort King Shuomo on his journey, so she sent someone to meet him along the way.